Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 53 Prioritization
  Tang De has been busy at Supreme Creative for a few days. During this time, CAA manager Mike has been pushing him various MV shooting invitations. Unfortunately, Tang De has no desire to shoot when he sees the names of those singers.

What's so good about the song "Pujie"? No matter how powerful his MV is, it's just an improvement from 30 points to 70 points.

So he never accepted the filming, which made Mike really couldn't wait and went directly to Tang De's house to find him.

"Mike, what are you doing here today?" Tang De handed Mike a cup of tea. He didn't buy coffee at home, only various green teas or black teas.

Of course, it's not Lipton's cheap tea bags, but loose white tea specially bought from Chinatown.

"Of course..." Mike took a sip of tea and frowned as if he wasn't used to it.

So he put down his teacup and said, "Many singers are looking for you recently, Tang De. They all want you to shoot the music video. Do you know?"

Tang De nodded, holding the tea cup with two fingers, looking at the tea leaves floating on it and blowing a breath: "I know, Mike, but I said before that I have been busy recently."

"No, Tang De, you should strike while the iron is hot. Now is your best opportunity." Mike persuaded patiently: "The senior management are waiting for your performance. If you can continue to perform like this, not only will your package price be further increased. , your reputation in the industry will also increase, and there will be more and better resources for you by then!"

"Yeah, you're right, Mike." Tang De smiled: "But there is a premise, right? That is, I can still shoot a great MV, but to be honest, the singers you are currently looking for for me, I don’t think it works.”

"Thank God!" Mike touched his hooked nose: "Fortunately, you don't want to retire, so I came here specifically to give you a list."

"Let's take a look." He took out a document from his briefcase and pushed it to Tang De from the table.

Tang De picked it up curiously and found that it turned out to be a 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 actually show this kind of information to him. If the other agency knew about it, something would happen.

Mike noticed his thoughts and explained: "It's not what you think. The singers here have already signed the agreement. Of course I can't show you the ones we are talking about."

"I see, so you are asking me to choose from the list?" This was the first time Tang De enjoyed this kind of treatment. Unexpectedly, just by filming a MV, his status in CAA was 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 spread his hands.

But Tang De sneered in his heart, come on, if there was no high-level instruction, how could Mike have the guts to let him choose the list.

From the fact that he knew that Tone's creativity was not good, but still chose to make Tang De suffer, we can see which way the manager Mike's mind is tilted.

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

What the director decides, bullshit.

Tang De even suspected that Tone took advantage of Mike's relationship and relied on his idiot aesthetic to join CAA.

But since she is still under his control, and Mike also thinks highly of her, there is no need for her to break out. The adult world is all about smiling and stabbing him in the back.

Tang De looked at the list, his thoughts tumbling, while Mike recommended Tang De in detail.

"Ford Lotito, country style, debut album at No. 40 on the Billboard, will release a new album soon, I think it has great potential."

"Marta Duffy is a female rock n' roll singer with a great voice. She has been hovering around the top 30 on Billboard before, and her new album aims to hit the top ten."

"Ratiri MacDonald is a rapper from the UK. Although she has come out as gay, the senior management is optimistic about her style. She may be able to gain a group of fans."

Mike was chattering there, but Tang De turned a deaf ear and just scanned the list with his eyes until he saw a familiar name and a familiar photo attached next to it.

"Avril Lavigne, how about this singer?" he asked, interrupting Mike.

Mike raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion: "Her? She seems to be Canadian. She hasn't released an album yet. She says she sings rock music, but I think she's pretty ordinary."

ordinary? Tang De really wanted to laugh out loud. If Mike saw himself in a few months' time, he would probably slap him in the face. After Avril Lavigne released her first album "Let Go", it became popular all over the United States. It topped the New Zealand Album Chart, the runner-up on the US Billboard 1600 Album Chart, and the rd place on the Dutch Album Chart. Global sales exceeded Ten thousand.

The following year, Lavigne was nominated for the Grammy Awards for Best Female Rock Vocalist, Best Female Pop Vocalist, and Best New Artist.

It can be said that she is a well-deserved new star in the music industry, much more valuable than Kelly Rowland.

Only Beyoncé, who released an album in 03, can compete with it.

So Tang De said without any hesitation: "This is Avril Lavigne."

"What? Are you really sure?" Mike looked surprised: "Would you like to see other singers?"

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

"I don't understand, Tang De..." Mike said with an expression of disapproval: "You are a little hasty. There are so many other famous singers? Why choose Avril Lavigne?"

"I think she is more pleasing to the eye and can be popular."

"What's the reason?" Mike frowned, but then he saw Tang De's firm eyes and shrugged: "Okay, I won't interfere. So what position do you want to be, director or photographer?"

Tang De shook his head: "Why can't we do it together?"

"What?" Mike was even more surprised.

"I said, why can't the director and the photographer be the same person?" This is also Tang De's decision after thinking about it recently. Why should he let one more person make him angry and take away his money? As long as I can shoot a good enough MV, I think the singer and CAA won't care about this little thing.

"You heard that right, Mike. I plan to have the director and photographer come together. Just tell the senior management so."

Mike didn't understand it at all, but thinking about the feedback after Nelly's MV was shot, he could probably understand why Tang De did this.

Fortunately, Avril is a little-known new singer, so her management company will probably not protest against this kind of packaging.

"Okay, okay, Tang De, you are so willful, but you have the ability." Mike stood up: "It's just that I hope the effect of this MV can be half as good as the last one. Only in this way can you continue to be willful. "

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

Tang De saw off the guests with a smile, but when the two of them walked to the door, Tang De remembered something again: "By the way, Mike, I have two girls who want to participate in the filming of the MV. They only need to play a small supporting role. .”

He was talking about Cindy and Kayden, the two customer service girls he was targeting next.

"It doesn't matter, you decide. After all, you are the director, right?" Mike had no objection to this and gave all the power to Tang De.

After Mike left, Tang 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 accept music videos or movies, you can continuously let the customer service girls of your company show up one by one.

Maybe by some chance, a girl will become popular.

But there is one more thing to do now, which is to let Jimmy register another agency, which will be independent of Supreme Creative and not subject to Henry's constraints.

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

Just call it 'Angel Declaration Agency'.

　The next chapter will be updated at 0:01, let’s take a look at the new book list
  　　
  　
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