Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 83 Company Layout
  "Carmela, I didn't expect you to move away now."

"Yes, we also want you to host next week's 'Beautiful Woman'."

Early on the weekend, Tang De heard the voices of his neighbors downstairs. They had been coming to Tang De's house frequently recently, and they also gave gifts to his two younger brothers from time to time.

But when they arrived today, they found that Carmela had already started packing her things to prepare for moving.

This made them very sorry.

"Yes, I also told Tang De that there is no need to move so soon. But as you know, Luis and Regias are about to start school, and Tang De said that they want to receive a better education."

Fanny and Cagalli also agreed with this reason.

"Indeed, although our place is not very bad, the good schools are not here. To be honest, I also want to move recently. Have you heard? There have been several shootings in the black neighborhood next to us recently. It's really... Scary!”

"Yeah, I heard it's another gang fight. They've been fighting for a while before and it hasn't stopped yet! Those damn Nigga!"

"Shh!" Carmela quickly stopped Cagalli's racial discrimination.

"Okay, okay." Cagalli shrank her neck angrily and stopped talking, while Tang De upstairs frowned.

Is the war between Fez and Wild Dog not over yet? But it’s so long-lasting that it must attract the attention of the government and call the police to arrest them all?

But thinking about it, it seems that the government will not do this. After all, fighting crime requires life, and white police officers are not willing to give up their lives for the disputes between black people.

The neighbors did not stay at Tang De's house for long before leaving, but before leaving, Carmela gave them some gifts in return for their concern during this period.

That night, the family sat in Tang De's car and took the truck to leave the community where they had lived for a long time and head to their new home in Manhattan.

Tang De spent the next two days settling in his new home. When he came to the company again, he found that Caiden and Cindy had returned.

"Boss! I miss you so much!" Kaiden was wearing a shiny leather skirt and gave Tang De a big kiss as soon as they met.

After she finished hugging her, Cindy, who was wearing white trousers, also stepped forward and hugged Tang De.

"She looks more and more like a female star." Tang De smiled and looked at their manager Kane next to them: "Is everything going well?"

Kane is a new employee he recruited. He is a former employee of UTA (United Elite Agency). He returned to New York from Los Angeles due to family reasons and was spotted by Tang De.

He has quite a lot of experience, and is good at both contract matters and route planning. However, he does not have many resources in New York. But if he had a lot of resources in New York, he would have been hired by various brokerage companies with high salaries. It's not the angel's turn to declare.

"It went well. I shot for a total of five magazines this time, and I also received invitations to model catwalks. I was about to talk to you about this!" Kane followed Tang De to the second floor and entered the office.

Jimmy also came in and listened to the conversation between the two.

Tang De read over the contracts that Kane handed over, then pointed to one of them and said: "You don't need to pay so much attention to the others, but this one, Victoria's Secret, must be negotiated for the two of them."

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show has been held since 1990, originally to stimulate sales for Valentine's Day, and later evolved into a grand show for the United States.

And since the 90s, its reputation has become more and more high, and its footprints have spread all over Miami, Los Angeles and Cannes.

However, after the fashion show reached a cooperation with CBS, the venue will now be more fixed at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York.

So after seeing the invitation from Victoria's Secret, Tang De immediately decided to win it. This would be the best stage for Kaiden, Cindy, and later Lilina and others.

One visit was enough for men across America to get to know her.

"Okay, don't worry, boss. Originally, this was the most important matter in my arrangement." Kane nodded and agreed, and then several people chatted about Kaiden and Cindy's future plans.

At present, the photo albums of the two have been shipped to the United Kingdom, France, Tokyo and other places. They have accumulated a lot of fame in the United States. However, such fame cannot be limited to photos and magazines, and must be realized as soon as possible.

For example, filming movies, TV series, and variety shows to further enhance your popularity in the circle.

Therefore, Tang De asked Kane to negotiate several TV series or variety show contracts as soon as possible, and quickly increase the commercial value of the two of them through the fame of the photos.

After Kane left, Jimmy also reported to Tang Dehui: "David Dion, the president of Hengmei Advertising, called through his secretary and said he wanted to pay a visit this afternoon."

"David Dion?" Tang De frowned. He was not familiar with this person: "What is he going to do here?"

"I don't know, maybe he wants to discuss cooperation with us? He can't just put down a challenge and ask us not to compete with him for business." Jimmy pouted and said with a smile.

"Ignore him, who knows if the surprise he brings is still a 'surprise'?" Tang De waved his hand: "By the way, have you packed downstairs?"

"After packing it up, we can move down tomorrow."

What Tang De said was to move the Supreme Creative Company downstairs and free up the upper floor for Angel Declaration. After all, the businesses of the two companies were gradually separated, and each had to have its own work station. Moreover, each floor of the independent building where Tang De is currently located is very large, with enough space for arrangement. Tang De plans to decorate the second floor according to the decoration of a star studio, with a dressing room, a rest room and an office area respectively. Make use of space.

This is undoubtedly a tedious matter, so he has asked Jimmy to find a decoration company.

"Oh, by the way, buy me another sofa and put it in the office on the second floor."

After saying this, Jimmy immediately showed an expression that all men understand: "I understand, the red sofa rules, right."

"Get out!" Tang De kicked Jimmy, and Jimmy immediately ran out of the door with a smile.

Tang De turned around and sat back in the office chair. Angel declared that he currently holds 95% of the shares and Jimmy holds 5%. Of course, for this he paid for his hard work over the past few months and 80% of his dividends.

And Tang De doesn't plan to find any more investors, because the money from publishing the photos is enough to support the company for the time being. As long as Kaiden and Cindy successfully realize their commercial value, the company will become a money-attracting tool.

Therefore, Tang De's current focus is still on supreme creativity. During this period, he once again used 80% of the company's profits to launch projects in several important American cities except New York. Such as Los Angeles, Chicago, etc.

New York's local high-end brands are in the hands of major companies and are difficult to poach. Tang De cannot wait for their contracts to end before competing. He must continue to expand the business territory of Supreme Creative.

But the profits currently earned are not enough. Even if all is invested, it will only be enough for a few months. Therefore, Tang De ordered Jimmy to find a third-party company and paid $30,000 to investigate IPG's current customer base.

He needed more customers who could provide cash flow, and IPG was caught in the crossfire. Of course, he couldn't let go of this guy who tried to bribe employees to copy the supreme creative inspiration.

Therefore, after screening customers and judging the signing date, they found the most suitable heavyweight customers from IPG’s customer base.

A client with an advertising contract worth millions, the legendary brand in the camera industry, Leica cameras.

This is Tang De's old profession, the photography industry, and he is really familiar with it.

Therefore, when he saw this customer, Tang De immediately decided to take it down as the first shot against IPG.

As for the negotiation with Leica cameras, Tang De planned to hand it over to the company's second new employee, the former gold medal salesman Fernando.

He used to work for many well-known advertising companies around the world. Now that he is older, he plans to return to New York to work and take care of his retirement.

The reason why he chose Supreme Creative was because he saw the advertisement and thought it was interesting, so he came to the company to have a chat.

Tang De recognized his resume and experience very much. He needed such experienced sales to make up for the shortcomings of the company's youth, so he retained him with an annual salary higher than the market price.

Now that the client has been selected, it's time for him to shine.

In the office, Fernando was sorting out the information he needed. When he saw Tang De coming in, he immediately greeted him: "Tang, seeing that you are walking in such a hurry, you must have something to talk about."

"Yes, I have selected a client, but it is closed now." Tang De leaned in front of the door, looking a little embarrassed.

"Haha." Fernando's thick white hair trembled a few times because of his smile: "No, Don, you are wrong. The door of customers is always open to us, as long as we give them what they need."

"You're right, Fernando, have you ever been in the camera industry before?" Tang De walked closer and found that the desktop was clean and tidy.

"Of course, I have negotiated with Hasselblad, Nikon, and Canon. To be honest, the requirements of camera brands are quite high." Fernando shrugged, smoothed the folded parts of the information with his hands, and stuffed it into the folder.

"What we are looking at this time is Leica." Tang De said with his arms crossed: "They previously signed a biennial agreement with IPG, and now there are still three months until it expires. I don't know if IPG has signed a contract with them, so I need you to investigate."

"No problem, Don, but I think you want more than just an investigation." Fernando chuckled and said, "I will try to bring them over, but the creativity aspect depends on you."

"Of course, Supreme Creativity never disappoints."

In the afternoon, Tang De, who was busy with the company's chores, met David Dion who came to visit in the office.

"Hello, Don."

"Hello, David."

When the two sat down, Tang De felt a little puzzled. The CEO of Hengmei Advertising didn't seem to be in a very good condition.

There were faint red bloodshot eyes in his eyes, and the dark circles were a little heavy. Although his hair was neat but not carefully taken care of, he didn't look like the president of a listed company, but more like a suppressed low-level worker.

And as soon as they met, without even exchanging a few words, he couldn't wait to get straight to the point: "Tang, in fact, when I came here this time, I actually wanted to talk to you in private about acquisitions or investments."

"Acquisition? Investment?" Tang De frowned as if you were teasing me: "Sorry, David, I don't want it."

(End of this chapter)