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"Also, Pat Kinsley wants to make an appointment with you."

After talking about his thoughts, Charlize began to talk to Charlotte about work. This surprised Charlotte a little,

"Patkinsley!? Sally, did you say that Patkinsley? Tom Cruise's agent?"

"She's right!"

Charlize nodded.

"She contacted me two days ago and said that she wanted to sign me on behalf of Caa. The conditions are good, but"

The girl bit her lip,

"She wants to see you first."

"see me!?"

Charlotte was taken aback, but seeing Charlize’s somewhat unnatural expression, he immediately understood.

"Don't think too much, Sally! It's normal in Hollywood to use middlemen to build relationships. You don't have to have any psychological burden."

"But"

Seeing what the girl wanted to say, Charlotte waved her hand.

"Anyway, let's meet this Tom Cruise's agent first!"

In fact, Charlotte was not too surprised by this incident.

Because two days ago, Mr. Westwood had called to inform him.

"Patkinsley specifically asked me to find out about your relationship with Sally. I guess she wanted to use Sally to pull you to caa."

The producer was wary in his tone at the time, and he obviously didn't like caa very much.

Charlotte also understands this.

After all, caa has always promoted the packaging business, and likes to put its own artists into their optimistic projects. This somewhat overbearing approach can easily arouse disgust from the producers.

In particular, they also want to obtain an overall share of the film's profit.

When it comes to real money, no one can bear it.

Mr. Westwood must have suffered from caa's loss before, so he doesn't have a good impression of him.

However, he did not say anything against it.

After all, in this circle, the director is fortunate to say, who doesn't have an agent for actors?

Mr. Westwood could not object to this kind of convention. Besides, as a brokerage company, caa is a greedy bastard, is ma so much better?

In fact, how many people are not greedy in Hollywood?

Crows in the world are generally black.

In contrast, Charlotte was more interested in what Pat Kinsley wanted to convince him.

In later generations, Pat Kinsley is one of the few agents who are also well-known outside the circle.

On the one hand, this is related to her long-term role as the agent of the superstar Tom Cruise, on the other hand, it is because she was able to black out the other party after being terminated by Tom Cruise, but the other party had nothing to do with her.

"This is a shrewd woman!"

That's how everyone in and out of the circle commented on her.

Now, Charlotte wanted to see where she was shrewd.

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The meeting place scheduled with Pat Kinsley was a high-end coffee shop.

Pat Kinsley came on time, not one minute earlier, not one second late.

"So, Pat Kinsley!?"

Under Charlize's guidance, Charlotte stretched out her hand to the lady gentlemanly.

This is an ordinary-looking middle-aged woman, if she is carefully dressed, she can be regarded as a beautiful woman. But obviously, as an agent, she wants to highlight her shrewd and reliable characteristics, so she dresses more neutrally.

"Hello, Mr. Booth."

Pat Kinsley shook her deep hand in Charlotte with a reserved hold.

"You can just call me Pat!"

"Pat?"

Charlotte nodded and talked casually after sitting down.

"Pat, you are so punctual!"

"Of course, punctuality is the king's etiquette!"

Faced with Charlotte's implicit compliment, Pat Kinsley responded with a slightly arrogant sentence. But then she laughed again.

"However, the agent’s etiquette is to prepare for the client in advance. Actually, I didn’t arrive early because Tom happened to have something I needed to solve. I’m sorry."

"It's okay! I just said casually."

Charlotte waved her hand to show that she didn't care.

But in his heart, he realized the attitude of the woman in front of him

She was sincere, but she was slightly arrogant in her attitude.

This is also normal. Compared to Tom Cruise, who currently has the largest coffee position under her, whether Charlize or Charlotte, they can only be regarded as small fish and shrimp in the industry.

Even with the success of "Fatal Turn" and "Happy Death", this gap has not narrowed too much.

With this kind of contrast, Pat Kinsley occasionally has some arrogant attitude, which is actually quite normal.

However, the subsequent conversation quickly made Charlotte look at the woman in front of her with admiration.

It is true that she occasionally reveals the arrogance of the big agent facing newcomers in her words, but on the other hand, she can make herself appear very enthusiastic.

With this kind of enthusiasm, the arrogance that was originally annoying can easily become a symbol of reliability in front of the newcomer.

An incompetent person cannot be proud!

This is actually a trick that Charlotte used to cheat, so he saw it at a glance

Pat Kinsley's attitude is pretended!

In fact, she is neither arrogant nor enthusiastic. She is just using the best means to give Charlotte and Charlize the psychological impression of a reliable agent.

"Sure enough, she is a shrewd woman!"

Charlotte muttered in her heart.

In fact, he doesn't hate such people.

In the eyes of Charlotte, this kind of shrewd person is actually better than a fool.

Because their behavior is predictable.

For Pat Kinsli, no matter what she says, her ultimate goal is definitely to draw the two into caa.

That being the case, other things are in fact imaginary, and the key is to look at the final conditions!

Charlotte made up his mind, and on the other hand, after a while, Pat Kinsley, the female agent who consciously exaggerated the momentum, finally saw:

"First of all, regarding Sally's contract, if there are no problems, we can sign at any time."

With that, she glanced at Charlize who was sitting next to Charlotte.

"Sally, don't worry, this contract will not be affected by Mr. Booth's decision in any way."

This woman, she's very prosperous!

Charlotte raised an eyebrow. He knew that Pat Kinsley's sentence was actually just a scene.

After all, how much support a newcomer can get in economic companies is actually related to many factors. It is not clear at all whether there is a Charlotte factor among them.

However, as long as this sentence is said, Pat Kinsley can gain a certain favor from Charlize, and even Charlotte, who is mentioned, will look at her with admiration.

It's completely benefit and not cost!

"Actually, I don't have a bad feeling for caa."

Since being mentioned, Charlotte always has to say a few words.

"Including your packaging business, which is hated by many major production companies. I am not the kind of art director who accepts the death of actors. In my opinion, except for individual positions, most of the positions of actors are actually replaceable."

"You're right!"

As an agent of a business superstar, Pat Kinsley actually agrees with this view. It can even be said that most of the Hollywood producers are supporters of this view.

The problem is just

"The producers hate the packaging business, but they don't like the profit of the film being divided, and the directors hate this because they don't want to be outside the producer and have one more dictatorial person on their heads!"

Charlotte pointed out the key points of the problem sharply.

"But if caa's packaging business can provide all the actors that the director wants, then the director will no longer have any opinions. As for the producers, if your packaging business does a good job, you can actually save the film party the cost of preliminary preparations. of."

"You mean!?"

"The work you are doing is equivalent to an outsourcing of the preparatory work for the film."

Charlotte used an analogy ~www.readwn.com~If outsourcing can save costs, the producer is not necessarily unwilling to divide your profits, but the premise is"

"The packed actors must be suitable and determined quickly!"

Pat Kinsley understood Charlotte's meaning in an instant.

It should be said that there are some film directors who actually have views similar to Charlotte, but compared the packaging business of caa to outsourcing, Charlotte is the first one.

"This guy is not the kind of pure director who only has movies in his mind!"

Pat Kinsley wondered to herself.

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