It's not easy to be a supermodel [Comprehensive British American American Entertainment]

"Thank you so much for taking the time to meet me," Letty said with a smile to the blonde girl with a delicate baby face and the brunette next to her in a women's suit.

Gemma Ward blinked her curious eyes and looked at her, "Your voice seems to be very urgent, what happened?"

Although Letty and Gemma are not very familiar with each other, they will go to the show together every season, and they will become familiar after seeing each other. It belongs to the relationship of saying hello when they see each other.

Gemma's female manager, Christine, also smiled back: "Don't be so polite, Martin and I are old acquaintances, so feel free to speak up if you have anything to say."

Christine's attitude is very kind. In addition to being acquainted with Martin herself, she also has a very popular relationship with Letty. Making more "successful" friends is not harmful to Gemma Ergao but only beneficial.

Letty's eyes became serious, "It's actually like this—"

……

"You mean, Wayne and Kelly have approached you?" Stephen Moskowitz frowned tightly, his expression clearly not convinced, "Even if Wayne and I did have disagreements, it doesn't look like he would back it." The person who asked me to do this kind of thing..."

Martin and Letty worked separately, Letty went to find Gemma, and he came to the headquarters of models.com alone. Fortunately, their headquarters is in New York, otherwise it might be difficult for him to find Stephen himself.

"That's obviously a mistake in your perception of him." Martin persuaded him patiently, "Wayne Sterling did tell you that he wanted to add original content to the website, right? Kelly Thompson She also showed us Leticia's score sheet, she is only two points behind Gemma Ward, you know that?"

Stephen's face changed, it seemed that he didn't know about it.

The leader of the team responsible for scoring and ranking the list is Kelly Thompson. Out of trust in her, Stephen will not ask or interfere with her work. Only after Kelly completes the work will he hand over the results to him for review. , But if, as Martin said, Kelly planned to secretly adjust the weighting of the four top scoring criteria, so that Letty's score surpassed that of Gemma, he really didn't notice it after reading the report.

"You came to me because you didn't want to accept their conditions." After pondering for a while, Stephen digested what Martin told him, and asked a little puzzled, "Why? I mean, it's obvious to you Bring a lot of benefits, right? Are you afraid of being caught by us?"

"Not really." Martin shook his head, with a hint of helplessness and relief in his tone, "That's because my client didn't want to, I really can't describe her stubbornness to you in words, but she did give me a favor. It was a lesson, so I finally decided to support her."

"Then she must be a very principled girl." Stephen nodded, just listening to Martin's description has already greatly increased his favorability for Letty, whom he has never met before. As the founder of models.com, he has great feelings for Letty The name Sia Lopez is no stranger, he knows that she is an excellent female model, but Stephen, who usually reads little gossip tabloids and websites, doesn't know much about her.

Stephen founded this website with Wayne Sterling seven years ago. At first, they hit it off very well. is starting his own online magazine, while Wayne Sterling is working as a fashion editor for the famous music magazine "Oneworld", and has a lot of contact with models on weekdays.

models.com is the world's largest model information website, but Wayne thinks that the current website is not attractive enough. Apart from the annual update of the male and female model rankings that will attract much attention, not many people usually pay attention to this website. He thinks The traffic of the website is getting bigger and bigger, so he proposed to Stephen to add original content to the website in advance, but he was opposed.

But Stephen felt that this would make models.com a gossip website—if they operated this website for the purpose of increasing exposure, their direction would only become more catering to the public, losing their unique style, and even more so. Will lose professionalism and authority, so he expressed strong opposition to Wayne's plan.

After some careful consideration, Stephen decided to sell Martin a favor: "I appreciate you telling me about this, and in return, is there anything I can do for you?"

Now Stephen's position is a bit passive, Martin informed him of Wayne's plan, and this plan was basically abolished, because Stephen would not let Kelly have the opportunity to tamper with the data, so Letty is still in second place, this result is definitely not possible Satisfying the savvy manager in front of him was not the purpose of him coming to him.

Although Stephen can ignore Martin, don't forget that he investigated the plan behind Wayne and Kelly that he didn't even know, which means that he has certain evidence to prove it. If the evidence is exposed, people will You will know that the original MDC list can be operated in a black box, which greatly damages their reputation.

So in fact, Stephen has no choice at all. The purpose of Martin coming to him in person is obviously to get something in return from him, and Stephen, who was "saved once" by him, can't refuse at all.

"We hope to compete in a fair and just environment." Martin looked into his eyes and said, "Therefore, I would like to make a request to you."

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"Postpone the release date of the list?"

Both Gemma and Christine showed surprised expressions.

The plan Martin said was to ask Stephen Moskowitz to postpone the release date of the Top50 list by one week, from February 2 to February 5, and during these days Letty received work, including in February The Italian version of "VOGUE" released on the 2th will be counted, so her score will be higher than Gemma.

Of course, the possibility of Gemma receiving a big job during this period cannot be ruled out, but in this way at least Letty can truly compete with Gemma and have a showdown in these two weeks.

Christine first thought of the credibility of Letty's words just now. Although the telephone recording sounded true, a mere recording couldn't prove anything. More importantly, Christine dismissed the feeling in her heart. No one can refuse the temptation of MDC's first sister, but this Latin girl told them that she plans to refuse?

What Letty let them know is only part of the facts, and what Gemma and Christine know now are: [-], the people from models.com unilaterally approached Leticia; [-], Wayne Ster Lin intends to fine-tune the weighting of the score. After the fine-tuning, Leticia has a great chance to become the first sister; third, Leticia plans to reject Wayne Sterling, and then apply to Stephen Moskowitz to postpone the release date of the MDC list a week.

Letty didn't mention the fact that Martin went to find Stephen and reported to him, because Letty would lose one bargaining chip—once Stephen Moskowie knew Wayne's plan, he They will take precautions against this. At that time, Letty will have no chance to agree to Kelly's conditions. No. 1 is still Gemma, so Letty's situation will become passive.

Letty's current attitude is: You'd better accept this arrangement, otherwise Gemma will lose the first place if she agrees to Wayne Sterling's words. Accepting this arrangement at least has room for competition.

Isn't Letty afraid of Christine making public about Kerry Thompson and Wayne Sterling's plans?In this way, their plan fell through, and Letty, who came in second and was unable to change the situation, also lost her right to bargain.

She also expressed this worry to Martin, but Martin replied: "Christine will not do such uncertain things. They can't produce substantive evidence. People may not necessarily believe it if they are reckless, but they will lose money." own reputation."

Christine thought for a moment, before she said to Letty: "This... sorry, Gemma and I have to discuss it alone."

"Of course." Letty nodded without objection.

After leaving the room, Gemma looked at her manager and asked, "You're going to say no, aren't you?"

"It's not that simple. It's not a matter of agreeing or refusing, but our situation is too passive." Christine lit a cigarette in front of her, "On important things like negotiations, only that girl comes forward." Come on, it means that Martin has something important to do, and nine times out of ten he went to find Stephen Moskowitz. I am afraid that Moskowitz already knows the whole thing and is forced to sell him a favor, so no matter whether we agree or not, The release dates are pushed back, Leticia Lopez is just here to let us know."

Christine shook the ashes, and looked at Gemma with shrewd eyes, "The question is, is everything Leticia Lopez said true? Or is there a slight possibility that Martin hasn't gone to Moskowitz yet, he Not showing up just to mess with our train of thought?"

It is estimated that Martin had planned in advance to put pressure on them by not showing up, and he did successfully disturb Christine's thinking, and she was caught in a dilemma.

Sure enough, he was Naomi Campbell's former manager.

The blond girl just closed her eyes and shook her head, "I don't know, but Keslittin, if she hadn't been injured, No.1 wouldn't have landed on my head. I think it's fair to do so."

Christine sighed: "You are too kind, Gemma."

"She could have promised that Wayne Sterling and won the first place, but she didn't do so." Gemma's eyes flashed with determination, "Top50 was originally used to measure a model's HF score, if I'm really not as good as her, so it's only natural for her to get the first place. Since she didn't back down, why should I?"

Christine looked at her client, and various complicated thoughts flashed through her mind—although Leticia acted politely, they actually had no room for choice. Martin's move was too good, and they agreed Kelly, Leticia is the first sister; instead of agreeing, she ran to find Stephen, and she was again qualified to compete for the first place, no matter which result was much better than the original No.2.

……

In the process of waiting, Letty actually had no idea. She didn't know if Martin had successfully persuaded Stephen, but she couldn't act too unconfident. Christine seemed to be a very smart manager. Perhaps she had already seen that Letty was in doubt.

As soon as the door was opened, Letty raised her head and cast her gaze at the blonde girl who came in.

Gemma came in front of Leticia and stretched out her hand to her. Her beautiful gray-blue eyes were bright and dazzling, "I accept your challenge, Leticia."

Letty first showed a delighted smile, and before shaking hands with her, she said solemnly: "Before you make a decision, there is one thing you need to know——I just won an Italian version of "VOGUE" cover, so if the list release date is really postponed, now my score is higher than yours, even so, do you still accept it?"

"No, you're wrong." Gemma also smiled, "I also received an invitation to shoot the cover of the American version of "VOGUE" a few days ago, so the gap between us has not changed."

Leti, who heard the news, was taken aback for a moment, and then the corners of her mouth turned even higher.

The scores of the American version and the Italian version are the same, that is to say, Letty is still two points behind Gemma.

But she didn't feel the slightest bit of frustration. Instead, a wave of excitement rose from the bottom of her heart—things are getting more and more fun!

She also stretched out her hand, and two palms of similar size grasped each other, which also meant that the war started from this moment.

Even if she really lost to Gemma in the end, maybe she will feel pity, but she will not regret it at all, because this is more satisfying than gaining honor through improper means.

Tony taught her that the focus is on the process rather than the result, and that doing what she likes—enjoying the process of fighting a strong opponent is more important than any awards.

Leti felt as if she had regained the passion for everything that she had when she first stepped into the fashion industry—her original heart.

She didn't know if Naomi's "breaking the rules" had anything to do with this. She only knew that she didn't have to follow the rules. Awards and honors were important, but they were not the most important. They couldn't define who she was!

After leaving Gemma's agency, Letty called Martin to see if there was any progress on his side.As soon as the call was connected, she knew that the negotiation between Martin and Stephen had also ended.

After learning that Stephen agreed to their request, Letty was greatly relieved.

"Hey, what's up with you over there?" Martin asked.

"It went well, both Gemma and Christine agreed, but we miscalculated on one point." She said, "It turns out that Gemma also has a cover for the February issue of the American version of "VOGUE", and we are still standing still. , Martin."

"But you sound completely unfazed by it?"

The brunette girl stood on the street, looking up at the darkening sky, but her mood was unprecedentedly comfortable.

"We still have time, don't we?"

"Since this is the case, we can't relax even more. You can only become the first sister if you receive more work than Gemma in these two weeks." Martin said slowly, "This means that you will have to run a lot —a lot of interviews.”