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BSL 6
🕑 Added 2024-10-22 15:27:00 +0000 UTCBehind The Spotlight Chapter 6
Collin went to the elevator to reach the 8th floor. His friend's office was on this floor, indicating that he had a higher status in the company.
In ANT, the higher the floor you worked on, the higher your status. Obviously, the CEO of ANT was staying on the 10th floor, the highest floor in the building.
Collin and his friend had known each other since high school. Although his friend was two years older than him.
In fact, his friend helped him get a job in the company. He was also the one who taught me how to be a professional agent.
Collin could describe his friend in one word, thick-faced. He was probably the most shameless person Collin ever met.
He walked to the hallway. But before he could even reach his destination, he found his friend talking to a woman.
"I want you a $10 million contract. If they are interested in hiring someone as gorgeous as me, they need to offer at least that amount."
The woman scoffed.
"Hehe, you don't have to worry. I'll take care of it. You just have to listen to me, don't answer their calls. The negotiations should happen between me and them. All you have to do is relax, maybe you can take some time and party around. I will settle it and your salary will be $10 million, no, $15 million."
"You better be."
The woman scoffed and walked away. The way she strutted was attention-grabbing; her hips swayed in a seducing manner.
Collin recognized the woman. She was Jolyne Robs. She was an A-list actress who starred in many romance movies. She was famous all over the world.
Jolyne walked towards the elevator and found Collin. Collin greeted her and Jolyne paused for a second. Her eyes scanned him up and down before walking past him.
'That guy is handsome, is he an actor? Wait, did I meet him somewhere? Meh, probably a nobody who auditioned for some of the movies I starred in.'
She was very wrong. The reason why she remembered Collin was because he helped the actress find a personal assistant for her.
Jolyne mistook him as an actor because most handsome men in the industry were striving to become actors instead of talent agents.
"Arnold."
Collin called his friend who was two years older than him.
Arnold Johnson. He was a talent agent who managed three celebrities. To be precise, he managed one A-list actress, which was Jolyne Robs, and two B-list celebrities, an actor and a horror movie director.
The difference between A-list celebrities and B-list celebrities was quite obvious.
A-list celebrities were global superstars. Famous all over the world.
B-list celebrities were well-known personalities but one level lower than a superstar.
Most people knew Jackson Mike, who was King of Pop, but only die-hard fans of Rock N Roll knew Colt Kurtbain, who was the vocalist of the band Enlightenment.
Arnold kept his smiling face but it was obvious that he was stressed. Jolyne was a famous actress and recognized as a Hollywood goddess, but she clearly had flaws.
In Arnold's opinion, Jolyne was too arrogant yet she was easy to convince.
One time, while negotiating for a movie, Arnold was striving for a $10 million deal. But because the producer convinced Jolyne to sign the contract lower salary, Arnold's job became nothing.
At that time, the producer kept saying Jolyne couldn't perform the female lead's role because she didn't know how to act. Jolyne was so offended that she immediately agreed to the contract, and thus, she received only a $1 million salary. The movie was a box office hit but Jolyne didn't make much money out of it.
Since then, Jolyne has become serious about salary.
And since then, Arnold made sure that the actress would stay away from negotiations. She was not allowed to contact the production crew unless the contract had been signed.
"Looks like you have a tough day."
"Don't even talk about it. How about you? You came out of the hospital?"
"Yeah, I started working again today."
"Your Mom told me it's because of being overworked. You should take your time and rest longer."
Arnold was too busy to visit Collin but he called Evelyn last time and even delivered a box of fruits for Collin.
"I don't have time to rest."
"Kid, once you've reached my status, you will realize that having a vacation is a miracle."
"You're just two years older than me; why do you keep calling me kid?" Collin blurted out.
"It doesn't matter."
"I'm also taller than you."
"... It doesn't matter." Arnold was firm in his opinion.
"And? What's the reason you want to talk to me? I thought your client was hired as an assistant director."
"About that... Can you lend me $200,000?"
"Fuu--!"
Arnold started coughing when Collin asked for money.
