It wasn't until about a quarter past ten that Simon finally finished talking to Celia and sent the woman away, then came to the living room.
When Grace Spurter saw the man entering the door, she stood up immediately. There was no dissatisfaction with the long wait on her expression. In fact, there was no dissatisfaction in her heart. If there was a chance to meet Simon Westeros, let alone forty minutes. , even if it takes four hours or even four days and forty days, some people can probably afford to wait.
Simon shook hands with Grace, and he casually sat down on the sofa, motioning to the woman: "Sit down."
Grace sat down again, of course she didn't dare to be as casual as a man, and even felt a kind of embarrassment that she hadn't experienced in many years in front of this young man who was more than ten years younger than herself.
Zoe followed in, poured coffee for the two of them again, and then exited quietly.
Noticing that Grace's eyes were wandering, she followed Zoe out of the living room. Simon held the coffee cup, crossed his legs and leaned on the back of the sofa, and said, "Is Zoe suitable to be a model?"
Their baby-faced maid looks a bit like another Brazilian supermodel Caroline Tertini that Simon remembers. However, 'CT' was active after 2000 and is still a little loli. Maybe she will also look like Empress Ka in the future. Mr. Shen'an and the others collected them together like this.
When Grace saw Simon speaking, she quickly cheered up and turned to the man, then said, "Yes, but Miss Parks probably doesn't like the job of modeling."
Simon shrugged slightly and said with a smile: "That's not certain. If I just run out randomly again, I won't even have a maid to make coffee at home."
Grace, of course, knew that the young man in front of her had raised hundreds of girls. When she heard the man say this, she didn't answer. She just smiled, picked up the coffee cup, brought it to her mouth, and took a small sip.
Westeros is not in a hurry to talk about the matter of Gralf, mother and daughter, and she certainly isn't in a hurry either.
I couldn't help but quietly look at the handsome and angular face of the man in front of me, and remembered the other woman's voice in the corridor just now. It was not Jerry Hall from last night, and it probably wasn't his wife. For some reason, Grace felt her breathing quicken, and her legs, wearing flesh-colored stockings under her skirt, changed their posture slightly.
Simon just used this kind of casual chat to sort out what he had just discussed with Celia. After drinking a cup of coffee, he turned to the topic and said: "I am very satisfied with your performance in the past month, so this meeting There are rewards.”
Grace suddenly came to her senses because of Simon's words. She felt a little relaxed and a little excited in her heart, but she didn't show it on the surface. She noticed the man's empty coffee cup. After a moment's hesitation, she stood up and picked up the coffee cup on the coffee table. The coffee pot came to the man and bowed slightly to help him refill his cup.
Another brand new feminine fragrance came, and Simon also looked at the woman in front of him from a close distance.
The face of a typical Nordic woman is soft, not beautiful, but very attractive. Her fair skin, shoulder-length light blond hair and light green eyes also prove Grace's Nordic ancestry. If it weren't for the visual inspection of her height, which is slightly less than 175CM, it would be easy for a woman to become a model when she was young.
According to the files that I have read in advance, Grace is 41 years old. The skin exposed on the woman's neck and wrists is still fair and moist. There is no scary sunburn that can cause trypophobia in many middle-aged Western women. She obviously pays great attention to it in daily life. Maintenance, the black OL suit wraps up the perfect figure common among upper-middle-class American women.
Even if you don't have any special thoughts in your heart, getting along with such a woman can at least make you physically and mentally happy.
In fact, if it were not for these 'basic' conditions, Grace Spurter would not have been selected by Simon from dozens of candidate agents provided by several modeling agencies in New York.
Now Simon has no need to compromise his visual enjoyment.
Feeling that the man was looking at her unabashedly, Grace poured a cup of coffee with almost trembling, and sat back down where she was. She realized that the man's eyes were following her, and her cheeks were on fire without her realizing it.
Thinking that she was blushing in front of a young man whom she had only met for the second time, Grace wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
What a shame.
Being in this circle, I am used to seeing too many handsome men and beautiful women as well as all kinds of big shots who get into this circle to hunt. I originally thought that I would get used to it in this life.
Only now do I realize that the aphrodisiac of power and wealth can be so intense.
Simon looked at the blushing woman next to him with interest for a moment and said, "It's actually nothing, it's just an instinct."
Grace felt that she was a little burned out, her eyebrows were lowered, and when she heard the words, she just made a small response to ask questions: "Huh?"
“In nature, females are always more likely to be attracted to the most powerful male, because the instinct rooted deep in their genes tells them that by combining with such a male, they can give birth to the strongest offspring, and at the same time, the offspring can also obtain the broadest possible range. Territory, the most abundant food and the most solid protection can ultimately help our genes survive more smoothly. Although we humans claim to be civilized creatures, we have only transformed this instinct into other factors, and the core remains unchanged."
Grace only felt that the man's words were a bit cold, just like the truth of nature that has existed for thousands of years and remained unchanged despite the changes in the world.
But the coldness couldn't neutralize the heat on her cheeks.
Simon smiled, reached out and pressed the top of the boxed white clock on the table next to the sofa. Zoe quickly walked in, took a look at the situation in the living room, lowered her head slightly, stopped looking around, and asked in a low voice: "Boss ?”
"Take Grace to take a bath. She may be a little tired during this period. Please relax."
"Okay," Zoe nodded, then turned to Grace: "Ms. Spurter, please follow me."
Grace also knew that she needed to avoid this man and calm down for a while. She said thank you in a quiet voice, got up and left with Zoe.
Grace left, and Simon temporarily went to the study to handle some work emails.
About an hour later, Zoe brought Grace directly to the study. Probably because she had taken a shower, the woman looked a little more radiant. She sat down on the sofa in the living area again, calmed down, and lost her previous gaffe. .
However, she didn't know whether she was expecting or worrying that a man would break into the bathroom while she was taking a shower, but it never happened.
Simon did not get up and walked to the reception area. He sat behind the desk and asked with a smile: "How do you feel?"
Grace was a little disappointed that the man was talking to her from such a distance, but she immediately replied: "Not bad, thank you."
Simon temporarily put down the pencil in his hand and said: "Well, let's get down to business. First of all, I am very satisfied with your work some time ago and you will be rewarded. However, there is one thing you did wrong."
Grace nodded slightly.
The man's tone was not serious, indicating that her small mistake was insignificant.
Simon also continued: "I remember I ordered you to be harsh to the mother and daughter. You seem to take good care of them."
Grace blinked, then felt a little aggrieved.
Of course I remembered the man's instructions, but these words came through other people. Who knew what he was thinking. After all, it is common sense that if someone arranges this kind of thing, they must take good care of the person involved.
Simon didn't wait for Grace's response and said again: "So, let me be clear this time. From now on, you have to position yourself as the owner. Those, um, do you have cats at home?"
Grace shook her head. The couple were very busy on weekdays and had no energy to raise pets.
However, she also completely understood Simon's attitude.
If someone else, such as her lecherous boss, had said these words, she would have been very disgusted, but at this moment, in front of him, she felt that the little man was unabashedly training several women into playthings. Not many negative emotions arose.
After all, he didn't mean to do this to himself.
Moreover, that woman is really annoying, maybe she offended him somewhere.
She defended him so slightly in her heart, she looked over and waited for the man to continue.
Simon realized that Grace had understood what he meant and did not continue. He changed the topic and said: "Okay, let's talk about rewards. Elite had 13 places in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show last year. It will not change this year. However, among them I can give you 3.”
Grace's heart beat a few times, and she felt like she suddenly fell back to reality.
However, this time it is certainly a very exciting reality.
Although there are a few girls under her name who are slightly famous, none of them can appear on the Victoria's Secret T stage. In the past two years, these places have been firmly occupied by several core executives of Elite such as John Casablanca.
Now, she didn't expect that she could get three at once.
Just from the simplest model salary analysis, this means that she has the opportunity to elevate her three clients, who only have an annual income of about 100,000 US dollars, to the level of supermodels with an annual income of one million US dollars. According to the agent's Although she still has to hand over a portion of the commission to the company, if the operation is successful, her future annual salary will be enough to increase several times from the current level.
Of course, Victoria's Secret Angels may not all develop well. After all, the size of the Victoria's Secret Army reaches about forty people, but this circle cannot accommodate the forty top supermodels. Some models have appeared on the Victoria's Secret T stage. Recently, Two years have still been tepid due to various reasons.
However, Grace also believes that she has accumulated more than ten years of experience in this industry. What she lacks are resources and opportunities.
What's more, this time there is Simon Westeros standing behind her. This young man who controls a super business empire worth hundreds of billions of dollars, if he shows a little bit of his resources, it is enough to kill her.
Feeling that the man was looking at her again, Grace quickly came back to her senses and said, "Thank you, Mr. Westeros, I, um, I will definitely do what you asked me to do."
"You can call me Simon. In addition, you should also know that you have taken away the Victoria's Secret quota of other people in your company. This is actually a small punishment for me not being honest last time in Casablanca. Will there be any pressure? "
John Casablanca, the president of Elite, failed to hold back when Laura Gralf took the initiative to embrace her a few days ago. He thought he could take advantage of her without anyone noticing. Unexpectedly, he was beaten by the surveillance agent sent by Simon at the critical moment. A fire call was made.
Grace also knew about this, smiled when she heard this, and said: "It's nothing, everyone is already competing. What's more, as long as Simon doesn't take back those three places, I will have no problem even leaving Elite now."
With three Victoria's Secret angel spots and a huge potential in Westeros, if she can't stay at Elite, Grace will have enough confidence to switch to other agencies or stand on her own.
Simon shook his head and said: "It's best not to leave Elite. On the basis of the three quotas, I can give you some additional support. What you have to do next is to be optimistic about the three vases. You can also try Go further.”
"Go further?"
Simon looked at Grace's slightly confused and expectant eyes and said, "Yeah, for example, that location in Casablanca."
Grace suddenly felt that her breathing was a little faster.
John Casablanca is the founder of Elite. He has been the president since the establishment of Elite in the 1970s until now. However, it is not impossible to replace him. Elite has been a partnership from the beginning. Over the years, after many rounds of financing and equity changes, John Casablanca's equity holdings have been reduced to very little.
Simon also knew that in history, John Casablanca, who had been controversial over the years, was kicked out of Elite in a high-level scandal a few years later.
After hesitating for a moment, Grace finally asked: "Simon, why is this?"
The little man obviously had no personal intentions for her, otherwise, she would have surrendered just now, and he would not remain indifferent.
Simon shrugged and said: "Because I have many girls in this circle, I think you know better than me what the nature of your boss is. I don't want a hyena to be thinking about the lion's prey all the time. So, change it to a hyena." Having a woman in charge of Elite can make me feel more at ease.”
The reason given by the man was really frivolous, but Grace gradually figured out that by helping her to the position, the young man in front of her would indirectly control Elite, the largest modeling agency in the world.
Perhaps, this is the way for big men to control their power.
The Westeros system has been able to develop to its current scale in eight years. The amazing talent of Simon, the helmsman, is indispensable, and his vision is also crucial.
By supporting her and holding Elite in her hands, the influence of the Westeros system is equivalent to covering the entire fashion industry chain from enterprises, media to human resources. As for whether she will obey Elite again in the future after taking control of him, Grace knows that she doesn't have much choice at all.
Although Elite is the largest model agency in the industry, it can only bow to the Westeros system, which is not of the same size at all.
After all, not to mention Westeros' support for her, if Elite does not surrender to this young man in the future, the Westeros system will only need to cut off the various resources of this model agency, and many leading supermodels will be the first As time passes, Elite will quickly fall apart.
Just like the Hearst Group, which is many times stronger than Elite recently.
Grace doesn't mind that she might become a puppet. After all, in the entire Westeros system, how many people in the entire Westeros system are not Simon Westeros' puppets
Grace was a little confused immediately. In this case, who is the priority among the three mother and daughter, and this matter at this time
Simon seemed to be able to hear her thoughts, and said with a smile: "At first, I just wanted you to look at the three of them, but then I thought that maybe I could go further. Of course, it still depends on whether I can really steal the position in Casablanca. It’s your own ability. I’ll build a ladder for you. If you don’t have the strength to climb up, then don’t expect anything more.”