Chapter 830

Before the transformation of elite drama, grace had a considerable reputation in the company because of her deep resources and contacts in her daily work and the success of the new media operation Department. Otherwise, John Casablanca would not turn over because of the threat of status. In addition, Simon westero came out in person this time, grace took over elite very smoothly.

Simon revealed last year that she wanted to let her take charge of elite. She had no doubt that men had the ability to push her to the top. Grace had considered it more than once in private. She sent Simon upstairs to have a rest. In the following hour, grace began to adjust elite in an orderly way according to some previous considerations.

First, a series of job structure adjustments.

Because it is an unlisted private enterprise and there is no CEO title, grace is the president of elite company. This time, she is the head of the elite models management, which leads all the global subsidiaries of the modeling giant.

Elite had a board of directors before. With Simon's permission, grace announced the dissolution of the Department on the spot. In the future, the management will only report directly to the shareholders, mainly Apollo management company.

It's just Simon.

The main reason for holding 55% of elite through Apollo management is to avoid conflict of interest.

All walks of life in the United States have legal provisions to avoid conflicts of interest.

From the "moral reform law" for government employees to the "labor relations law" for enterprises, and then to the "model rules of professional conduct" which specifically limits a certain field, such as the lawyer industry, there are legal restrictions to avoid the professional subject representing the interests of both sides at the same time and bias one side to bring losses to the other side in practice.

Hollywood's talent agency companies can not directly set foot in the production business, which is restricted by the relevant federal and California conflict of interest regulations.

However, there is a large degree of operational leeway in the implementation of most laws.

Just like the project packaging mechanism created by Michael owitz, it is actually bypassing the legal provisions that the brokerage company can not get involved in the production business in order to obtain more benefits.

The model agency industry has very loose restrictions on conflict of interest regulations.

Just like a golden real estate company, it used to have a model agency, a TV production company and a direct involvement in the field of fashion. In fact, these three areas are all in conflict with each other, and they can be bypassed only by using some commercial means such as trusteeship and affiliation, at least on the surface.

For elite, Simon has the same strategy.

She took charge of elite in person and announced the dissolution of the board of directors. Grace impolitely removed the president of elite's US branch who used to be John Casablanca's confidant and replaced him with a senior executive who usually made friends with her. At the same time, he also appointed the head of elite advertising planning department, which was promoted before Casablanca's turn over.

Grace fine tuned the Department and renamed it business planning.

It seems that the change of a word actually means that this department will be involved in not only advertising planning, but also activities planning similar to elite's model competition in recent years.

This is also taking over power in disguise, and directly holding the right to hold the world elite model contest, which has become more and more influential in recent years.

Apart from advertising and competition, this department will also be involved in TV program production and fashion activity planning in the future. At first, grace just wanted to start from advertising business. Now that she has mastered elite, she can carry out reform according to her own ideas.

In fact, it is also imitating img (International Management Group), another giant in the talent agency industry.

With Tiger Woods and other sports celebrities, IMG's main business is concentrated in the sports field. In recent years, it has also started to set foot in the model agency industry, mainly Acting for high-end customers. Therefore, the scale of relevant aspects is far less than elite. However, compared with elite's empty scale and single business, IMG has been trying to break through its core business of talent agency in recent years. Now, it has expanded its brand to planning consultation, sports training, TV production and other aspects.

Because of the great success of this diversified operation strategy, IMG not only gets rid of its dependence on talent agency business, but also makes more big names rely on img's resource channels in turn. At the same time, IMG is far larger than elite.

Most importantly, IMG has gained the right to speak in the field of sports.

It's like CAA in Hollywood.

If it wasn't for Simon, the big butterfly, and relying on the project packaging mechanism, Michael owitz would have been the first person on Hollywood's power list in the past few years.

As long as elite's diversification strategy is successful, the model agent giant can also gain a stronger voice in the fashion field, instead of being the lowest end of the fashion industry chain at the present stage. In order to win more opportunities for its customers, it has to try every means to win over all aspects.After arranging these things, grace asked elite's legal department to start drafting the contract again and transfer a series of model contracts that John Casablanca held directly to her personal name.

In fact, grace also hopes to implement the CAA model, which can avoid internal friction to the greatest extent and bind the interests of all agents of the company together.

It's just that it's not appropriate at this stage.

Because CAA's Cross agency model is essentially a decentralization, to avoid any agent with a large number of top customers to leave.

If elite wants to complete a transformation, it must not be decentralized in the short term. For this old model agency, which has accumulated many years of disadvantages and is bloated and inefficient, strong centralization of power is the key to realize the transformation. Otherwise, any reform measure may be shirked and perfunctory because of the lack of strong skills of the helmsman.

As a result, nothing can be changed

the meeting is over, and it's already 12 o'clock at noon. Grace comes upstairs and knocks on her office door. Her vigorous action just disappeared. Seeing the three women of Cindy, who are talking and laughing around Simon in the room, she just nods and says to the man, "Simon, it's already noon. Can I invite you to lunch ？”

Women are naturally good at disguise.

Simon nodded with a cooperative smile, got up and said, "good."

In fact, the three women really want to be together. They just feel Grace's light glance and immediately give up the idea. The woman's sixth sense is also very sensitive. Karen Mulder, who was swept by Grace's eyes, can't help shrinking her neck because of her guilty heart. She wants to take the opportunity to say a few words until Simon and grace leave.

They left elite headquarters and got into Simon's car in the underground parking lot. Grace suddenly lost her strong woman demeanor and couldn't help leaning over and embracing Simon's arm. She was curious and said, "what's the matter with Karen?"

Simon felt Grace's emotion, so he took the woman over and put it on his lap. He said, "I'm with Cindy for two days. She broke in."

Grace said, "I'll fire her this afternoon."

Simon around the woman's waist: "but, she asked me to help intercede, I agreed."

Grace raised her face, rubbed Simon's stubble chin, breathed a little more quickly, and whispered, "let her go."

Simon bowed his head and gave a kiss on the woman's lips. He said with a smile, "so independent?"

"You Well, that's my opinion. "

In fact, there is still a lot of work to do in the afternoon. However, when she is with Simon, grace doesn't care about the concept of time at all. It's a big deal to add one more time off in the afternoon and evening.

They arrived at Simon's upper east side apartment, also on Fifth Avenue, and didn't sit at the table until 1:30 p.m.

The housekeeper, angri Davies, personally delivered lunch to them. Noticing Grace's face after being moistened, she couldn't help admiring her.

Looking at the housekeeper's back as she left, grace said to Simon, "I'll let Karen and Lima come with you in the evening?"

Simon slowly cut the black pepper sturgeon in the plate, shook his head and said, "no, you do your own things. You don't need to help me arrange these all the time. It's not good for your reputation."

Grace, um.

But I don't care.

In this circle, Hollywood and music circle, in order to make the artists in their name ascend, many agents are doing something similar to pimping, trying every means to push customers to the arms of the rich and powerful people.

This is true in any circle.

Otherwise, the most important thing for so many people in the world is to have a good figure and a beautiful face. Why can you get on the top, go to the big show, get the luxury endorsement, and earn millions of dollars that others can't earn in their whole life? Is it just a good step and a good skin bag?

This is not a fairy tale world.

This is the way of life. There is no reason.

Maybe after some things are exposed, some people will be filled with righteous indignation and others will be ruined. However, when the storm is over, many things will continue to repeat, repeat again and again, outsiders still can't stand it, and the players are still taken for granted. Of course, there will be some outsiders who try to make themselves the players, and then enjoy it together.

How do you say that?

The law of the jungle is the law of the jungle.

In fact, modern society has been very friendly to the weak. At least, it will not make the weak feel the severity of being killed and robbed by life thousands of years ago. As long as the weak do not try to change their class, they can be safe and stable all their lives. However, the hierarchy pyramid has never disappeared. Once some unwilling weak people want to climb up, the cruel jungle law will come immediately. Rush past, look down on all living beings, but break into pieces.

In the dining room.

Grace soon took the initiative to take over elite in the morning. She has worked for this modeling agency for many years. She knows more about Elite's inside information and potential than Simon. She used to be an ordinary agent and can only do her own job. Now, she has a complete platform. Whether it's for a career or to live up to Simon's expectation, she is very happy We all want to make elite the best."When they sold most of elite's shares to the private equity fund in Canada, the company's financial situation began to be confused. In recent years, it has become more and more chaotic. You know, it's convenient to operate. I'm sure I can't let you suffer losses in the future, so I plan to conduct a comprehensive financial audit on the company as soon as possible. "

Simon agreed: "I'll say hello to Leon in the afternoon. We can use our own accounting team instead of employing a third party."

Grace lowered her head and cut the fish, and continued: "also, taking advantage of this audit, I plan to clean up some people and take back the power of several major branches in Europe and Asia. Several European executives have completely taken those branches there as their own territory in recent years. They must be unclean and easy to find excuses. In addition, I will readjust the sharing rules between the company and brokers and customers. "

Simon remembers the 1999 elite scandal and asks, "who is in charge of the Paris division?"

"Gaillard Marie," grace blurted out, adding, "this is Linda's ex husband. What's the matter?"

Linda evangelinsta's ex husband, Simon, didn't notice before: "is this man on your clean-up list?"

"Yes, he's the only one I've just mentioned, and he's John's next of kin. If I don't get rid of him, I won't be able to take back the power of the Paris branch."

In this case, Simon didn't mention it again, thought about it, and said: "in fact, these are details. The first thing you need to change is elite's internal culture, which is very important. As far as I know, the internal atmosphere of elite is very bad. Many people regard the models under the company's name as prey rather than customers. If this is not reversed, sooner or later, something will happen. "

Most companies have their own corporate culture.

However, many of them are superficial.

As for elite, the real corporate culture can be seen from John Casablanca's attitude of changing an 18-year-old girl to be his wife every few years, and then the best will come and the worst will come. In the BBC Documentary, Gaillard Marie's remark that all the young girls who participated in the model contest were only 12 or 13 years old at least, also shows that elite is reckless I'm afraid.

Simon also knows that the whole circle is like this, even now he can't change too much.

However, if we don't know the convergence completely and don't worry about it, maybe elite will have bad luck before it can complete its diversified transformation. Now that he has taken over the company and has such a big backing as the westero system, the chance of elite breaking out similar scandals is very small. It's just that Simon doesn't want westero system to provide protection for some rotten things of small fish and shrimp, and the effort is not directly proportional to the harvest.

Grace nodded solemnly and looked at Simon with a smile: "well, what do you do? You're not going to use elite to pick up girls?"

Simon naturally said, "there is a very interesting idiom in China. Only state officials are allowed to set fire, and people are not allowed to light lamps."

Grace wondered, "well?"

Simon talked about the meaning of this idiom, and then said, "I'm the state official who can set fire. As for those cats and dogs, fish and shrimp, just try to help me. They light the lights at random, but all they burn is my lamp oil. "

Grace bent her mouth, but nodded her head: "I'll help you watch the lamp oil."

"You are my lamp oil, too."

"Well, well, no wonder you've always held the decision-making power of the Vermeer angel in your own hands."

"I mean well, do you believe it?"

"Of course, I've seen it for a long time. Let the girls know that if they want to get on the stage, they only need to please westrow, and they don't need to flatter agents, photographers, management and so on. "

"So, I was actually taken advantage of."

"What's more, you don't want those girls to sleep all the way to you."

"Well, don't say anything about it. You can only say those flattering words in front of me in the future."

"In fact, some of them are very grateful to you, just a title of westrow lover. They haven't encountered any harassment in the past year. You know, they can't avoid this kind of thing even Cindy. I don't know how many girls want to be treated like them, or Cindy won't always come to you."

Simon nodded with satisfaction: "yes, that's it."

Grace looked tenderly: "I'm serious."

"OK, one or two cakes a day is enough."

Grace stopped to eat, looked at Simon and said, "in fact, if other people just told me that they want to change elite's corporate culture, I can only tell him that it's impossible, because this is the normal situation in this circle. Everyone is like this. If they force a change, not to mention those in power, even the girls may not be willing to. You know what? When many girls are looking for a model agency, they will take the initiative to explore whether the company can help them introduce paid escort. If not, they will not sign a contract. This time, because it's you, I'm willing to try. In fact, I still can't change anything. I just hope elite can be more powerful in this circle by relying on the westero system. Just like Hollywood, when the bottom actors become big stars, they will naturally be less coveted. "Grace said, with some obvious sadness in her voice.

Simon reached over and took the woman's little hand. "You know, I'll protect you. That's it."

Grace smiles again and shakes Simon's hand: "I know. That's why I'm willing to be your lamp oil."

"The metaphor of lamp oil is not so good as a vase."

"I think it's good."

"Well, as long as you like."

Grace's little finger suddenly hooked in Simon's palm again: "master, do you want to light the light again later?"