Chapter 53: Preferential Choice

Tang De has been busy with Supreme Creative for a few days, and during this time, CAA agent Mike has been pushing him various MV shooting invitations, but unfortunately Tang De has no desire to shoot as soon as he sees the names of those singers.

What is there to shoot street songs, no matter how powerful his MV is, it is only from 30 points to 70 points.

So he never accepted the shooting, which made Mike really can't wait, and went directly to Donde's house to find him.

"Mike, are you here for anything?" Don De handed Mike a cup of tea, he didn't buy coffee at home, only a variety of green or black teas.

Of course, not cheap tea bags like Lipton, but bulk white tea bought specifically from Chinatown.

"Of course there are......" Mike took a sip of his tea, frowning as if he wasn't used to drinking.

So he put down the teacup and said: "Recently, a lot of singers are looking for you, Tang De, they all want you to shoot the MV, you know?" ”

Tang De nodded, carried the teacup with two fingers, looked at the floating tea leaves on it and blew: "I know, Mike, but I said before that I've been busy lately." ”

"No, Donde, you should strike while the iron is hot, now is your best chance." Mike patiently persuaded: "The senior management are waiting for your performance, if you can continue to play like this, not only will your packaging price be further improved, but also your popularity in the industry will also increase, and there will be more and better resources for you at that time!" ”

"yes, you're right, Mike." Tang De smiled: "But there must be a premise, isn't it?" Even I can still make great music videos, but to be honest, I don't think the singers you've found for me at the moment are not good. ”

"Thank goodness!" Mike touched his hooked nose: "It's good that you don't want to retire, so I came here to give you a list." ”

"Let's see." He took a document from his briefcase and pushed it from the table to Donde.

Tang De picked it up curiously and found that this turned out to be the list of singer packaging services that CAA had recently received.

"Where did this thing come from?" Tang De looked at Mike with surprised eyes, he didn't realize that this old boy could show this kind of information to himself, if he let the other brokerage company know, something would happen.

Mike sensed his thoughts and explained, "It's not what you think, the singers on this list have already signed the agreement, and I can't show you what they're talking about." ”

"I see, so it's for me to pick from the list?" It was the first time for Tang De to enjoy this kind of treatment, but he didn't expect that just by shooting a MV, his status in CAA would be significantly improved.

"Of course, although this is my personal decision, I am really optimistic about you, maybe in the future you will break out of the MV circle and become a real film director." Mike spreads his hands.

But Tang De sneered in his heart, come on, if there is no high-level instruction, where would Mike have the courage to leave the list to his own choice.

From the fact that he knew that Thorn's creativity was not working, but he still chose to let Don De be wronged, you can see where the scale in Mike's agent's heart is falling.

Didn't he think he hadn't asked Nelly and Kelly?

What decides a good director, bullshit.

Don even suspects that Thorn has left Mike's relationship and joined the CAA with his straw bale aesthetic.

But since he is still under his hands, and Mike is also quite important to himself, he doesn't have to tear his face, the adult world is all about smiling and stabbing in the back.

Tang De looked at the list, his thoughts rolling, and Mike recommended Tang De in a few treasures.

"Ford Lotito, country style, debuted album at No. 40 on Billboard, and has a new album in the near future, I think there is a lot of potential."

"Marta Duffy, female rocker, has a great voice. It has been hovering around 30 on the Billboard before, and the new album intends to hit the top 10. ”

"Rhaeri MacDonald, a rapper, is from the UK, although she has come out of the closet, the senior management is more optimistic about her style, and she may be able to attract a group of fans."

Mike chattered there, but Don De turned a deaf ear, just scanning the list with his eyes until he saw a familiar name and a familiar photo attached to it.

"Avril Lavigne, how's this singer?" He interrupted Mike and asked.

Mike raised an eyebrow and wondered, "She? It seems to be Canadian, and I haven't released an album yet, and I say I sing rock 'n' roll, but I think it's quite ordinary. ”

Ordinary? Tang De really wanted to laugh out loud, if he let Mike see his current self in a few months, he would probably slap him directly.

Avril Lavigne, after the release of her debut album "Let Go", became popular all over the United States, winning the first place in the New Zealand album chart, the second place on the US Billboard 200 album chart, and the third place in the Dutch album chart, with global sales of more than 16 million.

And the following year, the album also made Avril a Grammy shortlist for Best Female Rock Singer, Best Female Pop Singer and Best New Artist.

can be said to be a well-deserved new star in the music scene, much higher than Kelly Loren's gold content.

Only BeyoncΓ©, who released an album in '03, can compete with one of them.

So Tang De didn't hesitate and said, "That's it, Avril." ”

"What? Are you really sure? Mike looked surprised: "Do you want to see other singers?" ”

"No, I've already made up my mind." Tang De looked at the familiar smoky makeup and long blonde hair in the photo, and flicked his finger lightly: "It's her." ”

"I don't understand, Don De......" Mike had an expression of disagreement: "You are a little sloppy, there are so many other singers with names and surnames?" Why pick Avril? ”

"I think she's more pleasing to the eye and will be hot."

"What's the reason for that?" Mike's brows furrowed, but then he shrugged his shoulders after seeing Tang De's determined eyes and said, "Okay, I won't interfere." So what position do you want to occupy, director or cinematographer? ”

Tang De shook his head: "Why can't we be together?" ”

"What?" Mike was even more surprised.

"I said, why can't the director and the cinematographer be the same person?" This is also Tang De's decision after thinking about it recently, why let one more person be angry with himself and divide his own money? As long as I can shoot enough MVs, I guess the singer and CAA won't care about this little thing.

"You heard it right, Mike, I'm going to come with the director and the cinematographer, and you'll just say that to the higher-ups."

Mike didn't understand it at all, but thinking about the feedback from Nelly's music video shooting, he could probably understand why Don De did it.

Fortunately, Avril is a little-known new singer, and presumably this form of packaging should not make her agency protest.

"Okay, okay, Tang De, you're really willful, but you have such capital." Mike stood up: "It's just that I hope that the MV effect this time can be half of the last time, and only then can you continue to be willful." ”

"Don't worry, Mike, I know."

Tang De sent off the guests with a smile, but when the two walked to the door, Tang De remembered one more thing: "By the way, Mike, I have two girls who want to participate in the filming of the MV, and they only need to play a small supporting role." ”

He was talking about Cindy and Kayden, the two customer service ladies who were his next big dealers.

"It doesn't matter, you decide, after all, you're the director, aren't you?" Mike had no objection to this, and gave all power to Donde.

After Mike left, Don De happily picked up the tea and took another sip.

Look, isn't this related, as long as you rely on the CAA platform to continuously improve your status and receive MVs or movies, you can continue to let your company's customer service ladies show their faces one by one.

Maybe at some point, a girl will become popular.

But now there is one more thing, which is for Jimmy to register another agency, which will be independent of Supreme Idea and not bound by Henry.

Don has high hopes for it, so what should it be called?

Let's call it 'Angel Manifesto Agency'.