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Chapter 2 The Company Cooks Hot Pot

As Yu Hua once said, "When I first started working at the cultural center, I deliberately arrived two hours late, only to find that I was the first one there. I knew then that I had come to the right place."

Lin Qingsong didn't deliberately arrive two hours late on his first day of work.

But when his colleagues invited him to have hot pot at the company, he knew he had made the right choice.

Of course, this is also related to their industry.

After all, during filming, the agent also needs to be on set to coordinate the situation.

Most of the shooting times were quite unusual. Sometimes we had to get up at three or four in the morning to take the models to the set for makeup, or the shooting would continue until the early hours of the morning.

Another crucial point is that modeling agencies are a form of indirect sales, and their companies consistently perform very well.

In this situation, it's perfectly normal to treat the company like home, have hot pot meals occasionally, not clock in at work, and leave work depending on your mood.

As soon as they stepped outside, Lin Qingsong jokingly said, "Old Yang, being able to eat at Xin Ya Xuan isn't just making a small fortune! What? Got a big job?"

As a gourmet, he had already figured out all the good restaurants in the vicinity during his first week at the company.

Of course, we also took the opportunity to explore the massage and bathing areas.

The Xinyaxuan restaurant that Yang Xiaoxiao mentioned is located on Shuxiang Road, which was mentioned in Intelligence 3. It is a Cantonese restaurant with an average cost of 400 yuan per person, and its roast meats are considered to be the best in the area.

"What big job?" Yang Xiaoxiao said with a smile while tidying up her bag. "A client asked me to help find two male models. The requirements are high but the budget is low. It's 300 yuan per hour, but it's a long job. It'll take two days in a row, ten hours a day! I deducted 100 yuan. Although I can earn 4,000 yuan, I don't have time to go during the two days of shooting. If I had to find someone to supervise for two days, it would have cost me 1,000 yuan. In total, I spent seven or eight days on this and only earned 3,000 yuan."

She sighed as she spoke, "I've been staying up all night every day these past few days to work on this client's case. I've even developed dark circles under my eyes. If I hadn't already received the deposit, I would have really turned down this case."

"The black model you told me about a few days ago?" Lin Qingsong had also heard Yang Xiaoxiao mention this case, but he was busy with other things at the time and didn't get involved.

"Yes," Yang Xiaoxiao sighed, "I've submitted seven or eight batches of materials to nearly forty people, and they've all been rejected. I submitted another batch of materials to the client yesterday, and I don't know if they'll choose any of them!"

She then complained speechlessly, "They even told me that the model should have the temperament of an African lion. With this budget, if we don't hurry up and finalize the deal, let alone an African lion, we might not even be able to find an African groundhog."

Just as Yang Xiaoxiao was pouring out her grievances, her phone, which she had been holding, suddenly vibrated. She glanced at it subconsciously and her face instantly lit up with a smile. "Hey, they actually made a decision over there!"

"Oh? Who was chosen?" Lin Qingsong leaned closer.

"Here, these are the two." Yang Xiaoxiao didn't hide anything. While typing to reply to the client about the time to communicate, she tilted her phone screen slightly towards Lin Qingsong.

Um.
This creamy, fruity scent must be Chloé's Smoky Jasmine.

After smelling the perfume emanating from Yang Xiaoxiao, Lin Qingsong subconsciously thought to himself.

However, his attention was soon drawn to the two Black models on his phone.

Upon seeing the model card of Jimmy on Yang Xiaoxiao's phone, he couldn't help but point at it, "Old Yang, how did you find this Jimmy?" "Him? He added me himself, probably because he saw the announcement I posted in the group." As Yang Xiaoxiao spoke, she found Jimmy's WeChat and prepared to send him a message to ask about the schedule.

"Wait a minute." Lin Qingsong took out his phone, found the chat history where his friend had complained about Jimmy in the group, and placed it in front of Yang Xiaoxiao, saying, "Look, isn't Jimmy the same guy named Heigl?"

"Huh?" Yang Xiaoxiao took the phone in confusion. After reading the chat history, she was shocked. "Holy crap, Jimmy actually tried to raise his price on set!"

"Learn from past mistakes! I advise you to tell the client that Jimmy is unavailable and to quickly find a replacement," Lin Qingsong said, holding up his phone.

In any case, people with such a dark past are like time bombs and definitely cannot be used.

He also asked Yang Xiaoxiao for the Jimmy card so he could send it to his friend and ask him to take note.

After all, most black men look pretty much the same. Now, this Haigel has not only changed his name, but he has also changed his hairstyle from dreadlocks to a bald head.

If you don't carefully compare his previous photos, you might actually be fooled by him.

"Old Lin, I'm in dire need of help!" Yang Xiaoxiao replied to a client while looking pitifully at Lin Qingsong: "I'm completely broke, where can I find anyone else!"

She had already sent all the suitable Black models to her clients in the past few days, and now she had to change them at the last minute, which was driving her crazy.

"Ask your client if they want someone like Jimmy. If so, I'll try to find them a few more." Lin Qingsong didn't refuse, after all, he did have more resources than Yang Xiaoxiao.

"Good, good!" Yang Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief and said with certainty, "According to the rules of the underworld, if a client orders your person, Lao Lin, the headhunting fee is yours."

"We'll talk about that later." Lin Qingsong had already sent Jimmy's model card to his friend, and then, while contacting a black model he knew before, he said speechlessly, "There aren't many black models in Shanghai these days. You need to communicate with your client. It's best not to be too picky. After all, the budget is fixed, and you won't find anything special if you keep picking."

"Don't worry, I just told him Jimmy didn't have time, so I took the opportunity to spur him on and make him feel a bit of urgency." Although Yang Xiaoxiao hasn't been an agent for very long, she has still learned some of these sales techniques.

Their company building is also on Shuxiang Road, not too far from Xinyaxuan.

After the dishes were served, Lin Qingsong had already contacted four Black models of the same type as Jimmy and sent the corresponding model cards to Yang Xiaoxiao.

Whether it was Yang Xiaoxiao's words that had an effect, or the client had Jimmy as a reference, or the four people Lin Qingsong contacted were of good quality, in any case, they were quite fast this time.

The meal had barely finished when the selection was finalized.

"Old Lin, it has to be you again!" After confirming the shooting time and location with the model, Yang Xiaoxiao put her phone on the dining table and let out a heavy sigh.

She'd been driven crazy by this case these past few days, but now that it's finally over, she can finally relax for a while.

Lin Qingsong, a seasoned veteran, was no longer so emotionally volatile. After seeing that things were settled, he simply smiled and said, "Come on, Mr. Yang is treating me to dinner. I'll treat Mr. Yang to a massage to help with digestion."

"Haha, let's go!" Yang Xiaoxiao stood up happily.

(End of this chapter)