Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 63 Meeting an acquaintance
  "My agent? Carl?" Jimmy leaned on the table and said, "I heard he works under Executive Vice President Edinson Thorne."

"Edinson? Well, I understand." CAA currently has two executive presidents under the president, and there are several executive vice presidents under the executive president.

Edinson and Brady are two rivals under the same CEO.

Originally, the management system of CAA was to better expand business, but as the film market share has been fixed, it has gradually evolved into a situation where senior executives criticize each other and push each other.

Stealing people and projects is also a normal operation that happens from time to time.

Of course, these all exist at the top level internally, and external customers and celebrities don’t have much awareness of this. Perhaps only employees can feel this tense atmosphere.

At least the current competition is still in a healthy stage, but in Tang De's view, Brady's agreement is obviously not just for himself.

He must have cast a wide net and used the same set of words to deceive the new directors in the company. After all, how could the capitalist's face be trusted?

So he decided to switch sides: "Jimmy, come here and help me with something."

"Okay, tell me." Jimmy came over and was stunned after hearing what Tang De said in his ear: "Are you sure he can understand?"

"Of course I understand, they are not idiots." Tang De waved his hand: "Just go and tell Karl these few words. I think he will come to me soon."

"Okay!" Jimmy agreed immediately. He no longer takes jobs at CAA, because it is better to work for his own company than to work for anyone. And at his level, there is no way he can make it in CAA.

However, his agent Carl has never complained about him, not only because Carl and Jimmy have a good personal relationship and share the same affinity, but also because he knows that Jimmy and Tang De have a good relationship, and he still has some thoughts in his heart to let Tang De change his family.

Jimmy walked out of the office, took out his mobile phone and called Carl.

"Hey...Karl, are you busy?"

"No, now I'm free to start drinking tea." Karl is a British guy, and drinking tea is the most relaxing moment of the day for him.

"How come it's such a mess, buddy, haven't you recruited a few new directors? Look at Mike." Jimmy smiled and leaned against the staircase railing.

Hearing these words, Karl squeezed out a hoarse sarcastic laugh from his throat: "Hahaha, that guy Mike is really good and ambitious, man. I am different, I prefer to lie at home. Basking in the sun in the yard.”

"Tsk tsk, you are so laid-back. If Mike heard this, he would definitely laugh at you..."

"Come on, Mike is just not satisfied. If there are people like Tang De among the people I'm responsible for, why would I need to find other people? I can make a lot of money by serving this one!"

Carl complained, and then Jimmy heard the sound of sipping tea on the other side of the phone.

There are many agents at CAA, and there are also many fringe agents like Carl. Mike is different. He was originally a core agent. After Tang De achieved results, he became Brady's core agent.

"Maybe, but I think Tang De is a little dissatisfied with Mike recently, saying that he is so busy that he doesn't even return calls..."

"Ahem...Wait a minute, Jimmy, really?" Karl choked a few times, his tone urgent.

"Of course, why did I lie to you, but I just complained a few times when I was drinking with him. I don't know the details... But it's true that Tang De hasn't received a new job since Avril Lavigne. .”

"How is this possible?" Karl couldn't believe that guy Mike dared to let Tang De sit on the bench. There's no way no one is looking for such a hot director!
  "Really, but I don't know the specific situation, so let's forget it..."

Jimmy quickly ignored the topic and continued talking to Carl about other things.

Tang De also came to the bar and met Raymond and the others.

"Hey! Brother! Long time no see!" Raymond's outfit has completely changed now, wearing sunglasses, a black suit with sequins, and a white T-shirt underneath. Sitting on the sofa, his belly is still slightly curved. It is obvious that this period of pampering has changed his mental and physical state.

After seeing Tang De, he first stood up and hugged him, then patted the sofa next to him: "Sit here!"

"Hey, man!" "Good evening, Donde!"

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Several other people took the initiative to say hello to Tang De, and their attitude was quite friendly, which was completely different from the attitude they had when they first met.

After Tang De sat down, he discovered that both Damai and Xiao Bei had changed their looks. Xiao Bei even had a few gold rings tied to his dreadlocks, which made people want to pull them out.

And when he turned around, he saw Davis again, but there was an acquaintance beside him.

"Arkady?" Tang De raised his eyebrows. Didn't he say that this girl was scouted to be in a movie?
  "Yes, that agent is a gangster. He wanted Arkadi to act in adult movies." Raymond shrugged: "Fortunately, Davis arrived in time and beat him up."

While talking, Davis and Arkady hugged each other sweetly and had no time to care about other people.

"Wow, a hero saves a beauty, that's great." Tang De picked up the wine glass and clinked a drink with Raymond. The next moment, he heard a crash in the bathroom, and then Badman walked out with a cigar in his mouth.

"Badman, how have you been these past few months?"

Badman blew out the smoke and smiled: "Long time no see. You can tell how I'm doing by looking at me. I've lost weight!"

Raymond and the others have to travel around major bars and venues. Although they do make a lot of money, they are also more tiring.

And they also encountered a lot of things on this journey. From the fact that Damai's left hand was missing a finger, it could be seen that the journey was not smooth.

It's just that Tang De won't poke people's pain. Anyway, they have returned to New York now. This is their familiar territory. It is not a problem to squander the money earned from Raymond's songs for a few years.

As for why not for a lifetime?

Come on, no black rapper can go through life peacefully, especially if Ramon grew up on the streets and in gangs, it might not be unusual for him to be shot one day.

Perhaps they themselves also had this idea of ​​drinking one day and getting drunk the next, so Tang De learned in the subsequent chat that Raymond bought a large villa, three sports cars of different styles, and a yacht.

This is only a part of his purchases, including shoes, clothes, gold chains, and countless more.

I heard from Damai that there was even an 80-square-meter room in Raymond's house that was used to store shoes. Tang De had to sigh at this guy's talent for spending money. Is this considered a racial BUFF?
  Surprised, he also chatted with Badman about Faith.

Badman only found out later that Faith had done such an outrageous thing, but since Tang De was not harmed, he could only comfort Tang De with a few words of comfort on behalf of Faith.

Tang De and Raymond drank until the evening. When they took out the leaves and planned to take a few puffs, they said goodbye to Raymond and left the bar.

Tomorrow is the advertising campaign for Time brand cigarettes. In his opinion, this project must be won because it will become the most powerful weapon to prove that supreme creativity is not a flash in the pan.

Moreover, although the advertising cost of Time Brand is not high in the tobacco industry, it is definitely not low for Tang De and others. It is US$250,000 per year, and each contract is signed for three years, which is a total of US$750,000.

There are not many projects with annual framework agreements like this, and every one of them is worth grabbing. Coupled with the Chia's Baked Beans contract and the Heinz contract, Supreme Creative will have a stable annual income of 50% after tax deductions in the next three years. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

This is Bai Huahua's cash flow, and Tang De can use it to expand the company or use it for personal enjoyment.

Anyway, he takes the majority of the dividends every year.

And this is just the beginning. As long as the name of Supreme Creativity is known, those big companies will definitely not refuse a company that can increase sales to join their advertising campaigns.

So Tang De made some preparations for this.

(End of this chapter)