Volume 336 Face-to-Face
There are big and small designers from all over the United States who come here to pursue their dreams. They will not settle for second best and leave their footprints in other cities.
Even in Graebuilding, this old building, owning a private design studio can be regarded as a fulfillment of one of my childhood dreams.
Qin Guan's student status gave him great protection. Qin Guan had no interest in joining an American agency or model agency and looking for a manager who knew the basics here.
Many Chinese models work under the leadership of their managers, and many of them choose their own.
It's nothing more than tiring during the interview. You will fight for the same opportunity later than others, but this can avoid a lot of trouble.
For the current Qin Guan, it is really a good choice.
Besides, New York doesn't have the actors' union like Broadway, and it's not as complicated as the film and television actors' union in Los Angeles. Models in the fashion industry don't have their own unions, and some of them are in the UK, not in New York.
Ever since, Qin Guan, a newborn Asian child who is not afraid of tigers, plunged headlong into the melting pot of New York with a thick resume.
The person who was most interested in this matter was not her girlfriend, but Xu Xiaoxiao, who almost dropped his eyes the first time he knew what part-time job Qin Guan was going to do.
Then he insisted that Qin Guan didn't buy a car, and if he was killed, he would act as his free driver when he was looking for a job.
"Do you think the distance between Chelsea Avenue and Times Square can be taken by public transportation? I figured it out. If you run around like this, you will definitely end up with two interviews in one day."
"It's such a waste of time, how can you quickly accumulate your contacts? I didn't give it to you for nothing. Let me learn from your homework in the future. Before you buy a car, I will be your driver."
It turns out that this boy who has no money and can't afford to be early is waiting for Qin Guan here.
"Okay, I'll trouble you then, see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Qin Guan finally appeared among the busy people in Manhattan, and Xu Xiaoxiao, who was waiting in the park beside him, only saw a resolute figure from his back.
I really didn't expect that the most low-key student in the low-key Columbia University turned out to be his international student classmate.
When Xu Xiaoxiao's Ford car was parked downstairs at Qin Guan's house, waiting for his Chinese classmate to come down, it wasn't until Qin Guan started knocking on the glass of his co-pilot that Xu Xiaoxiao realized that there was something wrong with the way the classmate opened it. .
The other party was wearing a beautiful black stand-up collar short-sleeved shirt with exquisite round buttons like pearls, and the subtleties reflected the extraordinaryness of this shirt.
Not to mention that when Qin Guan stooped to sit in the passenger cab, his long and bent legs did not leave a trace of wrinkle in his casual trousers.
When Qin Guan picked up the large Louis Vuitton soft leather bag in his hand and got out of the car, Xu Xiaoxiao's gaze was still fixed on Qin Guan's slightly erect short hair, which was scuffed up with hairspray.
It wasn't that he didn't want to focus on the other person's face, it was because he was in the cab, he was afraid that Qin Guan's face would dazzle him too much, and he might have an accident or something on this busy New York street.
After Xu Xiaoxiao regained his composure in the parking lot for a long time, he took the lead in drinking a cup of iced coffee for himself on the mobile dining car in the park nearby.
It is like two different people, this Chinese word, he had doubts and sneered at it before, this is an exaggerated description, but today he is considered to know the profoundness of Chinese, and he can fully feel this word in Qin Guan.
Didn't you see, just when Qin Guan crossed the road in a short time, there were as many as three or four chicks next to him who were as dumbfounded as him?
Even New Yorkers, who are least willing to look at passers-by, have such a reaction. Xu Xiaoxiao is inexplicably full of confidence in Qin Guan's data delivery trip.
The first thing Qin Guan wanted to do was Times Square, where the world's top ten brands gather. Their design studio or branch office is located in the building behind.
With the tide of work, he easily got on the elevator, and what he saw in his hand was the distribution map of the design studio that John had given him.
People go to high places, water flows to low places, and the most efficient use of time is the purpose of Qin Guan's trip.
His first target is Armani, an old men's formal wear brand, which is very suitable for Qin Guan's positioning.
It's a pity that since it is the top in the fashion industry, it is naturally the most fiercely competitive battlefield in the model circle. Let alone the largest modeling agencies in the United States and gold-medal managers, even if it is a world supermodel who chooses to be a studio This is the preferred target.
Don't tell me what newcomers Armani has selected this year, 99.999% of them are newcomers recommended by major companies, and Qin Guan is now trying to win that one in ten thousand chance.
Surface investment materials.
The so-called face-to-face investment materials are those who have been in the modeling industry for a while and are more experienced, but they can't stand the harsh conditions of brokerage companies and managers, and they are unwilling to bow to dirty deals or unspoken rules. Derived from a special group of people.
They know the location of the designer, the company address of the brand company, and when is the peak time for the brand conference and show.
They use their familiarity with this circle to make themselves appear in front of major brands by casting more nets and running more orders.
Although they are much thinner than those models with corporate backgrounds and need to wait hard for opportunities, many designers welcome their existence.
Because they will find models that match their design concepts or brand clothing during the face-to-face casting process.
And there will always be one or two face-to-face models who will be discovered by big brand owners hidden in the corner inadvertently in a small show, and thus skyrocket.
Qin Guan didn't think too much about it. He was a stranger in a lonely land, and this was the only way that suited his pace.
Armani's office is just like his style. It is as simple as if you have entered a different space. The pure white walls are not cumbersome, and there are only a few fancy Armani subtitles running through the hall.
In the quiet and solemn front hall, the chaotic and bustling studio changed, and those who didn't know it thought they had entered a fantasy world.
The receptionist at the front desk was very busy. She was sticking out her short black skirt, and she was burying herself in sorting out the documents that other companies had just sent here, and sorting them out before they could be delivered to various departments.
She turned her head and looked at the neatly dressed visitor, but she judged the identity of the visitor just by scanning the bottom of her trousers from bottom to top.
Her eyes just continued to scan the faces of the visitors casually, pointing to several beautifully designed large folding boxes near the door in the front hall, and said: "Just put the resume materials in the corresponding position." .”
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