John Casablanca quickly finished the phone call, stood up with a smile, walked over, and said, "Good morning, Gray."
Having roughly guessed the boss's intention, Grace remained calm and responded with a smile: "Good morning, John."
John Casablanca nodded to Karen Mulder next to him, sat down on the sofa, and said directly without too much nonsense: "I know you are very busy, so I will keep it short. That's it, Karen's development in the past two years has not been great. It went so well, and you happen to have some good opportunities here, so how about you be responsible for taking care of her next?"
Even though she had already made some guesses, Grace's thoughts changed sharply when Casablanca was proposed.
The 24-year-old Karen Mulder has been in the industry for eight years since she was signed by Elite. At the age of 18, she began to receive widespread attention due to the push of Elite, and she has been promoted step by step to second only to Cindy Crawford. Linda Evangelista and several other famous supermodels.
Then, it all came to an abrupt end two years ago.
It is definitely not an easy task to cultivate a supermodel in the fashion industry. In addition to the qualifications of the model itself, it also requires sufficient resources, considerable hard work, and a lot of luck. If Karen Mulder's passing has nothing to do with a certain man, accepting the other party's agency is actually a good choice. The girl is not too old and has a good reputation in the past. With a little work, she is still expected to return to the top.
But it's different now.
Grace knew very well that everything she had now was given by that man, and if the other person wanted to take it back, it would be a matter of seconds.
Therefore, since that man doesn't like girls with plump lips, it is obviously not a wise choice for him to take over such a client and use the resources he provides to help the other party operate.
After thinking about it for a moment, Grace quickly shook her head and said, "Sorry, John, I already have enough customers, it's hard to allocate more energy to Karen."
Karen Mulder next to her suddenly showed a disappointed expression.
But John Casablanca's smile remained unchanged and said: "Don't refuse in such a hurry, Gray, you can think about it again. In addition, are you going to send another batch of model information to Mr. Westeros today, Jia Karen?" How about one?”
Grace suddenly felt that this might be John Casablanca's main purpose.
If Karen Mulder is selected by Westeros, although the chance seems very small, as long as it happens, it doesn't matter whether the other party's agency contract is transferred to her name or not.
Wanting to refuse again, Grace hesitated again when faced with John Casablanca's friendly eyes. The head of Elite seems to be easy to talk to at this time, but in fact, everyone in the company knows that he is completely a tyrant within Elite.
After a little hesitation, Grace finally nodded: "Yes, John, but Karen needs to prepare a document for me as soon as possible, preferably before this afternoon."
Seeing Grace's agreement, John Casablanca's tone became more kind: "This is ready."
As she spoke, she motioned to Karen Mulder. The girl took out a thick kraft paper document bag from a large satchel next to the sofa and handed it over.
Grace took it and opened it directly in front of the two of them.
The most conspicuous thing in the portfolio is a box of video tapes, a stack of photos, and a resume.
This is the 'standard' information that Grace will give to Simon's group of girls.
It seems that the preparations are really sufficient.
Grace thought this, and quickly glanced at Karen Mulder's resume quietly, then pulled out the stack of photos, and then discovered some differences. Then she looked up at Karen Mulder and was finally sure.
This girl has obviously done something to the perfect lips that she was once proud of recently, making them look much slimmer.
Grace didn't know the story about "The king of Chu had such a slim waist that he starved to death in the palace", but because she was in this circle, she also felt that the lip augmentation projects in many plastic surgery clinics in recent years were bleak. Now, unexpectedly, There has been a reverse operation, just to adjust one's lips in a slimmer direction just to cater to a certain guy's preferences.
Karen Mulder's previous lip augmentations were definitely not natural, and Grace knew this. Therefore, from thin to thick, and then from thick to thin, no matter how skilled the plastic surgeon is, the lips will still look unnatural and still look like two thin sausages.
Obviously still not very likable.
However, Grace did not comment on this. She collected Karen Mulder's information again, agreed, and left John Casablanca's office.
In fact, I was also worried that if Westeros really selected Karen Mulder, it would mean that one of the three spots that should have belonged to her would be taken away. I was thinking about whether to secretly throw this information in the trash. in the barrel. However, after thinking about the three standard items in the portfolio, I gave up.
In order to avoid arousing too much jealousy among her colleagues, Grace kept a very low profile during this period, and was limited to a few people she was familiar with to help in organizing information about the girls.
Now she was unknowingly being touched clearly by others. She was obviously assisted by people around her, most likely the new assistants that the two companies had recently assigned to her.
As the largest model agency in the world, not only the models themselves, but also the internal competition among agents is far more intense than outsiders imagine.
Grace never revealed to even John Casablanca that she actually had three places. She only showed that she accidentally got on the line with Simon Westero and had the opportunity to recommend some girls to him, so she could barely take it easy. Otherwise, she knew that at least one of the three places would have to be given up.
As soon as she returned to her office, Michelle, her assistant who had been with her for three years, came over and said that the photographer of "VOGUE" had arrived.
At the beginning of the month, she appeared at the premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises". After some subsequent operations, the baby-faced girl named Grace Gauff quickly received an olive branch from "VOGUE". Originally, the other party I just want Qusi Gauff to serve as an ordinary inside page model for once. As long as she can be featured in "VOGUE", even if it is just an inside page, it will be a rare opportunity for many models.
However, Grace did not agree immediately. After bargaining with "VOGUE" for a while, and even revealing some half-truths and half-false information, she finally got the opportunity to be the cover girl in August.
Today is not about taking pictures immediately, but just a meeting, mainly to confirm the personal style of Qu Si Gauff.
Grace has already taken care of this.
In other words, it was still the intention of a certain man.
Among the materials he originally sent, the man wrote something on a pure-style photo of Qu Si Gauff, which was specially sent to her. There were only two words on the photo: Lovely Baby.
Two simple words made Grace suddenly enlightened.
If you want to be remembered in the fashion industry, the most important thing is to have your own style. Qu Si Gauff's short-haired baby-face image has already made her highly recognizable. At this time, she added a 'Lovely Baby' Positioning tags are the absolute finishing touch.
We discussed with the photographer of "VOGUE" for more than half an hour, and then asked Qu Si Gauff to do a test shoot with makeup. The meeting ended at 10:30 in the morning.
The rest of the time before lunch was spent reorganizing the modeling information that was about to be sent to a certain man.
Near noon, she dialed a phone she didn't know how to use. She originally thought she was going to send someone to Los Angeles, but the female assistant in Westeros opposite heard her intention to call and said someone would come and pick it up in the afternoon. Grace was keen Realizing that Simon was on the east coast at this time, he offered to send him there in person, and also expressed that he wanted to talk to Simon about some things.
There was obvious hesitation on the other side, but finally agreed, saying that she could rush to the manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich around six o'clock in the afternoon.
The thought of seeing that man again made me feel inexplicably happy, and it was inevitable that I would feel a slight suffocation as my heart was being grasped.
However, the good mood did not last long.
During lunch time, Grace received a call and had to rush back to Greenwich Village from the Elite headquarters in Midtown.
Laura Gralf works in an Italian restaurant here.
Since the last interview with Simon, Grace, who was already intolerable, was no longer polite to the mother and daughter. Especially in the past month, the man who was probably very busy seemed to have forgotten about it. The "Real Housewives of New York" role that Westeros originally thought would provide Laura Glover has also gone nowhere. Grace has completely confirmed that he may not be too familiar with the matter of the mother and daughter. A Victoria's Secret Angel comes to your heart.
Then, the Gralf family could no longer accommodate Grace.
The three mother and daughter originally signed a special training contract 'tailor-made' for them with Elite. They did not receive a single cent of base salary. They only promised to provide them with the training they need to become professional models. In addition, they wanted to terminate the contract. , the total amount of liquidated damages for the three people was as high as 300,000 US dollars.
For an already successful supermodel, this amount of liquidated damages is not a large amount, but for the family of Laura Gralf, who is destined to never get ahead, $300,000 is an astronomical figure.
Now that Grace no longer contributes money to support their lives, mother and daughter must be self-reliant.
After Grace reported the incident to Simon, under the man's arrangement, Laura Gralf got a job as a waitress in an Italian restaurant in Greenwich.
Of course the pampered Laura Gralf was reluctant at first. She was used to the life of an upper-class lady in Manhattan. How could she serve a plate? What’s more, it was a Greenwich Village family that she had never even laid eyes on. Street restaurant.
Grace was not polite and threatened that if she didn't agree, she would have to move out of the two-bedroom apartment where the family currently lives and go to a basement dormitory with eight people to a room with Elite's newly signed models.
Faced with this threat, Laura Gralf could only compromise.
Then get on the job quickly.
This woman is definitely not a qualified waiter, but obviously because of the arrangement of a certain man, the restaurant is quite tolerant of her, and after all, there is still a figure of more than 80%, appearance and temperament, even if she has a bad temper Some, most of the guests enjoy it.
However, in the end, something happened after not even working for a full month.
Grace arrived at the restaurant. A police car was parked on the roadside. A corner of the restaurant was in a mess. Two policemen separated the two groups of people and were mediating between them.
Get an overview of things quickly.
During lunch time, two young and energetic male diners saw Grace's appearance and couldn't help but make some teasing remarks. When Grace was delivering the meal, one of them wanted to make a move, but she definitely didn't have a good temper. La Gralf poured a bowl of scalding soup directly onto the opponent's head.
At this moment, a certain unlucky guy has been sent to the hospital, but his companion called five or six people, which directly caused the restaurant to be unable to open, and demanded $50,000 in compensation from the restaurant. The restaurant owner knew that these were some gangs from Greenwich. The members wanted to settle the matter, but they had no choice but to call the police.
In the 1990s, gangs were still rampant in New York, which is why Rudy Giuliani, who last announced that he would focus on fighting crime after taking office, was able to defeat David Dinkins in the election.
After taking office this year, Rudy Giuliani kept true to his word and concentrated police forces to carry out large-scale raids on many gang gathering places in the Big Apple area, but after all, it could not be done overnight.
Grace appeared, and the restaurant owner immediately came forward to complain, saying that he would never accept a certain aunt under any circumstances, and demanded that Grace must be responsible for the situation he is facing now, otherwise, his future business may not be safe. Go down.
Grace had to call a certain number for the second time in one day. The other person only said that they knew about it and asked her to do her own thing.
Less than ten minutes later, several police cars soon appeared and took away a group of gangsters in the restaurant. Grace also left the restaurant with Laura Gralf.
It wasn't until Grace started her car that Laura Gralf, who was sitting in the passenger seat, finally stared at her with resentful eyes and said her first words after meeting today: "You caught up with Simon West." Luo, right?”
Even if no one would take the initiative to tell Laura Graf anything, the change in Grace during this time was obvious. Thinking about some of the trivial things she has heard recently, Laura Gralf can still react to something even if her brain is not very bright.
At the party at the end of last month, Simon Westeros was originally very interested in her and even left his business card.
Then nothing happened.
The news Grace brought back just asked her to wait patiently.
As a result, I have been waiting in vain until now.
Nearly a month has passed, but it is his agent who has benefited.
As a client of Grace, Tracy Gauff suddenly became the new Victoria's Secret Angel and was able to go to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises". This is undoubtedly the most direct evidence.
But she was forced to serve people's plates, and some of the job interview opportunities she had in the past suddenly disappeared.
This is even more hateful.
Bichi!
It must be intentional.
Grace just glanced at her sideways, without admitting or denying.
Too lazy to pay attention to the woman next to him.
Laura Gralf, however, regarded this silence as acquiescence. Thinking of her miserable situation in the past few months, when she finally had a turn for the better, she was snatched away by the woman next to her, and she could no longer suppress her inner emotions. Staring at Grace, he cursed loudly: "You Bichi, you took the opportunity that should have belonged to me."
Upon hearing this, Grace narrowed her eyes slightly, slowly parked the car on the side of the road, turned off the engine, then turned around, raised her hand and slapped the woman on the passenger side of the face.