Chapter 62: It's so beautiful to think
The next day, Tang De drove to the company.
He found that the frequency of Mike looking for himself has plummeted recently, and he used to urge himself to shoot the MV several times a week, but he has not found himself once every two weeks.
Don sensed that Mike's focus was shifting, or that he wasn't paying as much attention to himself as he used to.
Even though Avril's song is still hot, he has proven his strength, but Mike doesn't seem to think so, he seems to think that it's just a good song, and it has nothing to do with the MV at all.
So in the period before and after the release of the song, he recruited several directors and photographers to join his banner, although Tang De was not in CAA, he couldn't stand Jimmy's well-informed and reached his ears.
But it doesn't matter, anyway, it's just a one-year contract, and Tang De plans to cancel his contract with Mike when the contract is over and change to another agent.
"Jingle bell!" As soon as I drove the car out of the community, the phone rang suddenly.
"Hello?" Don looked ahead and answered the phone with one hand.
"Is it Donde? I'm Brady's secretary, Shelly......"
Two minutes later, Don hung up the phone and turned around and drove to the CAA building.
Brady, who serves as the executive vice president of CAA, just doesn't know what he's going to meet with today. Could it be that Avril's song exploded and surprised him a little?
Tang De didn't think too much about it, and soon after arriving at the mansion, he saw the secretary in the lobby.
Her long hair was coiled back at her head, and she was wearing a black tight-fitting suit, flesh-colored stockings and red high heels.
"Hello." Her attitude was quite arrogant, and there was a down-looking attitude in her eyes.
As soon as Tang De saw her style, he immediately realized that she must be the "personal secretary" of this high-level Brady.
Without saying a word, the two walked into a special elevator that led to the 28th floor, which was the senior management floor of CAA, which other elevators could not reach.
Secretary Xie Li took Tang De to the office door, knocked first, waited for a few seconds, and then slowly pushed it open.
Suddenly, a man holding a golf club and waving it and standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass in front of the sun appeared in front of Tang De.
Tang De sneered in his heart, even the office of Henry, the CEO of the Heinz Group, was not so magnificent.
And Brady, the executive vice president of CAA, seems to be very particular about face and pomp.
After Tang De entered the office, Brady suddenly spoke: "Come, come and see those buildings and people, don't you feel very small?" ”
Tang De walked up to him, looked at the scenery below the 28th floor, and then turned his head to look away: "I think it can be a little higher." ”
Brady followed his line of sight and saw that it was the Empire State Building, a landmark building in New York.
Since the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, the Empire State Building has returned to its former glory, standing at the top.
Brady raised his eyebrows: "But if you want to see a higher view, you have to endure a lot of things that ordinary people can't understand......"
Tang De shrugged: "I can bear too much if I can't understand things." ”
Brady thought he was talking about his origins and patted him on the shoulder: "That's right, Donde, I was shocked when I saw your resume. Graduated from a third-rate university and engaged in underground magazine photography, which is mediocre, but in just half a year, you have grown up quickly with a small album cover, and even now you have shot two MVs for hit singles. ”
Brady handed the club to the secretary and sat back on the couch: "If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to do better than you." ”
"Thanks for the compliment." Tang De felt that this guy really liked to put gold on his face.
But Brady's words later dispel his doubts: "I studied in Tokyo, and I was really fascinated by the beautiful scenery there, and these books and paintings, elegant and artistic, I have a lot of collections." It's a pity that I haven't been to Huaxia yet, so I don't know what the scenery is like there? ”
"Believe me, it's only better than Tokyo." "Although I haven't been there either, my father has told me about it since I was a child. ”
"It's so exciting, maybe I can go there when I rest, what about you? How long are you going to take a break? There are still many singers' MVs waiting to be filmed in the company, are you interested? Brady took the paper handed over by Shelly and held it up in front of Donde.
Tang De knew that it was the right of first choice again, so he picked up the piece of paper.
It's just that unlike the previous list, there is only one big name on it.
Eminem.
It turned out to be him! Tang De was a little surprised.
"How? Do you want to work on the MV of his new album, I heard that filming is about to start, but they haven't decided on a candidate yet, I can recommend it to you. ”
Brady saw Donde's surprise and looked confident on his face.
But Tang De frowned slightly, Brady obviously would not hand over the new song of Eminem, who is famous in the European and American music circles, to himself so simply, there must be a demon when things go wrong.
So Tang De suddenly became vigilant in his heart, but he pretended to be happy on the surface and said: "I am his fan, I didn't expect to be able to direct his new songs one day, thank you Mr. President." ”
"It's not just thanks." Brady shook his head slightly.
"So what should I do? Or are there any conditions for this directorial position? ”
Xie Li took over and said, "Of course, Mr. Brady has arranged the position of director for you in the company meeting. ”
"Oh, Shelly, don't talk about these ......" Brady interrupted her with a wave of his hand, and looked at Don De with a smile, "It's not that troublesome, Don De, I just hope you can sign this agreement." ”
Secretary Xie Li handed over another document, but this one was obviously much thicker.
Tang De glanced at it lightly, and his eyebrows immediately furrowed, because the conditions above were harsh for him.
This agreement requires Tang De to abide by the company's arrangement, except for the stipulated time of rest, to accept the company's assigned shooting tasks every month. This is the exact opposite of the current contract in which Tang De himself is led by himself and freely chooses the packaged service.
On the other hand, the singer resources in Brady's hands are given priority to Tang De, and the salary has also increased several times compared with before.
In addition, the agent is still Mike, but the stipulated term of the contract has been changed to five years.
In Tang De's opinion, there is no difference between this agreement and the deed of sale.
But Brady obviously didn't think so, he opened his hand, made a speech gesture and said: "Donde, no one can guarantee that he will always succeed, I can't, and neither can you." But I can guarantee that you get the best music video for the best singer every time, think Grammys, think MTV Awards? That's what you're after, and I can help you. ”
It's nice to say, but the sound of abacus in the words can be heard even by Raymond's illiterate estimate.
It was only then that Donde fully understood Brady's intentions, and the executive vice president was ready to tie himself to his ship.
However, how could he possibly accept such an agreement?
Just kidding, even without Brady's promises, he was sure to get everything he wanted, just slowly.
Not to mention that he is still the boss of the supreme idea and angelic declaration, how can he work hard for CAA every day.
But Don De doesn't plan to tear his face right away, after all, he doesn't plan to break away from CAA yet.
If CAA is left alone, then whether it is resources or contacts, I need to put in ten times the effort I have now.
The platform is far more important than the ability of the individual, and of course, for Tang De, the platform means saving trouble.
So Tang De thought for a while and said: "To be honest, I'm very excited, but I'm a person who has some difficulty in choosing, and I need to go home and think about it,"
Brady nodded generously: "Of course you can, but you have to ...... as soon as possible Donde, I'm busy, and there are a lot of people who want this agreement very much, but I only give it to you. ”
His tone was full of appreciation, but Tang De knew that behind this appreciation was full of calculations.
"I will, then I'll ......" Tang De picked up the document and made a gesture to take it away.
"Take it, no problem."
"Thank you."
After thanking him, Tang De, who maintained a fake smile, followed Xie Li back into the elevator, and then Tang De left the CAA building under Xie Li's eyes.
Driving all the way back to his company's office and sitting in the boss's chair, Tang De tore up the agreement and threw it in the trash.
"Shit, it's so beautiful to think."
After scolding, he called Jimmy in and asked directly, "Which executive vice president is your agent in?" ”