In America, the winner takes all.

Chapter 183 I Can't Help My Child

Olá, o que você precisa?" Ethan followed the locals and started speaking Portuguese.

I learned this phrase from Dilson, which means hello, do you need help?
"Ethan, you have to make sure you get back to Alabama tomorrow night, we're going to face the Arkansas Razorbacks at War Memorial Stadium this weekend."

The Razorbacks of Arkansas State University are also known as the Pigs. This team just lost to Southern Methodist University in the last game. As the champion of the SEC Western Half last year, they are playing at home and are obviously striving to win. For the Crimson Tide, Words are a tough battle.

It happened that at this time, Ethan, who had just become the starting quarterback... went to Brazil to visit relatives.One of his elders unfortunately passed away, and Ethan had to go back to attend the funeral.

At least that's what he explained to the school.

Regardless of the truth, Eugene needs Ethan to return to the team quickly and prepare for the next game.

"Sorry, Coach Eugene, it may be two days late..." Ethan said.

He stayed at Giselle's house for too long. Today was the last day of his three-day vacation, and he had to go to Porto Alegre.

In other words, the fastest way back to Alabama would be the morning after tomorrow.

It was already Friday and there was only one day of training left at best.

The phone conversation between the two ended on bad terms.

Ethan put down the phone. Of course he understood Eugene's anxious mentality, but similarly, he also had reasons for having to come to Brazil.

“There is a time conflict, of course it’s understandable.” Sarah Douglas, sitting in the front row, looked at Ethan in the rearview mirror.

"I believe you will handle all this properly." Lisa also looked at Ethan.

"Dilson, stop the car." Ethan suddenly said.

A sharp braking sound appeared in the vast fields of southern Brazil, scaring the calf grazing aside and taking two steps back.

"This, this, and this, I can buy their contracts." Ethan selected three of them.

The first one was naturally Alessandra Ambrosio, whom Dilson recommended to Sarah before. She is one year younger than Gisele, 15 years and four months.

and two others.Fabiana Tambosi, who is the same age as Giselle, and Luize Altenhofen, who was born in 79.

With the exception of Alessandra Ambrosio, the other two Ethans purchased purely on Dilson's recommendation.Of course, these three people are not cheap. The total cost is nearly 40 U.S. dollars. After a final bargaining, Ethan bought out the three people for 35 U.S. dollars.

This is not a selling contract, to be precise, it is a signing opportunity, which is completely useless to an outsider like Ethan.

"Are you related to a modeling agency?" Sarah couldn't help shouting.

"Of course, the boss of Hurricane Model Agency is right in front of me, Sarah Douglas. Why can't we cooperate?" Ethan looked at her and said.

"The two of us set up a new company and jointly own it. These three models, including Gisele Bundchen, are all signed under the name of the new company. You are responsible for the business, and I am responsible for the profit and loss. The income is /. In other words, You don’t need to pay a dime.” Ethan looked at Sarah.

"Sorry, I won't listen to your nonsense." Sarah sneered.

At first glance, this condition sounds very suitable. You don’t need to pay for it yourself, and you will also get a share of the income. In fact, you are working for Ethan in vain.

Only those with a funny mind will accept this condition.

"My words are not finished yet. The new company will only sign a two-year contract with these four people. After the expiration, the other party can choose whether to renew the contract. Your company has the priority to renew the contract."

"Ethan... you are using your own money to train new people for Sarah!" Lisa, who was sitting next to Ethan, couldn't help it at this time and shouted.

If such a condition is added, it will be too disadvantageous for Ethan.

Ethan didn't seem to hear it.

"Why did you do that?" Sarah thought for a moment and asked immediately.

"Because I want to help Lisa get involved in new fields. Although your company can give priority to renewing the contract, the final choice lies with the model itself. With Giselle, this company will become famous." Ethan said.

Sarah heard that this was Ethan borrowing his own resources to pave the way for his company.

This young man even revealed his next plan. It can be said that he is putting all his treasure on Giselle. Sarah has no control over the affairs between Giselle and him. That is Ethan's responsibility.

Besides, she didn't think Giselle had much potential, and traditional leg-cum-models were not popular at all now.

"You are sincere, but it's not enough. I need the profit to get a big share, % off."

What Sarah means is that Sarah takes % of the profit, and Ethan has to pay all the costs, but can only get % of the profit.

"You have to leave some for me, and I can't throw money into it every month? What do you think?" Ethan laughed.

"Then seven-three." Sarah took a step back.

Even if she signs these models herself, she still needs to pay costs, including training, daily living, and even mailing photos, makeup, and photography. In short, these young models need expenses no matter what they do, which is almost %, and there is no guarantee. , every model can make a profit.

And Ethan is taking all these risks.

In the past, I chose to resell the contract instead of keeping it all in my own hands. This was partly due to the pressure of cost and risk.

Thinking further, I can also use Ethan to carry out long-term operations.

Putting aside all factors, this last point is what attracts Sarah the most.She also wants to take the company she owns to a further level, and cannot remain a second-rate dealer.

"Deal." Sarah nodded and formally agreed to the cooperation proposal.

"In terms of operations, Lisa will hold my interests in the new company on my behalf. Can you accept this?" Ethan asked.

Sarah shrugged: "No problem at all."

As long as Ethan doesn't divest, these are all minor issues.

"But one thing, don't make excuses when it's time to spend money in the future. At present, the combined monthly expenses of these four models will exceed 10 pounds." Sarah vaccinated Ethan in advance, and the amount She even deliberately said too much. According to her estimation, even if Ethan started from scratch, the cost would be high at the beginning. The cost incurred by four models in one month would only be to pounds at most.

"If you are worried, all the payments that need to be made will be clearly stated in the contract." Ethan responded.

"Very good, if you are brave, then I can tell you everything. I won't add any extra cost. It will be whatever it is." Sarah said.

In terms of professional ethics, she still had it, otherwise she wouldn't have impressed Giselle's mother. Seeing Ethan so cheerful, she also expressed her attitude.

As for the issue of control, she didn't say much because there was no need for it.

After he had stable long-term operation capabilities, he naturally kicked Ethan away.

Dilson, who was sitting in the driving position, watched the two people communicate throughout the whole process. Unexpectedly, this young man was really "bold".

"In that case, in order to celebrate the cooperation between you two, why not celebrate tonight? Boss O'Connor." Dilson said with a smile on his face.

"Forget it, no money." Ethan shook his head.

He will not be vague about the money he should spend, and he will not spend any unnecessary money. "Dilson, what if these models become famous quickly? Do you want to make some investments?" Ethan asked with a smile.

"Don't be kidding, there is absolutely no chance." Dilson responded immediately.

"You are sure, you won't regret it when the time comes." Ethan said again.

"I never regret it," Dilson said.

The model matter finally came to an end. Dilson had nothing important to do in the past few days. He ate a lot of food at Ethan's place again. At this time, he also decided to continue to the next destination with Ethan and the other three - Aleg. Puerto Rico is an important port city in southern Brazil.

As for Sarah Douglas, she also went with her because she wanted to see what Ethan wanted to do.

After a lot of running around, when the four of them arrived in Porto Alegre, it was already that night. They had something to eat and stayed at a local hotel for the night.

"You are ten thousand times worse than that Leonardo!" Giselle shouted on the phone.

Then he said a long paragraph in Portuguese mixed with German, which Ethan couldn't understand at all, and probably didn't use any good words.

"You didn't just find out now, did you?" Ethan chuckled.

"I will ignore you from now on." Giselle said fiercely.

"Okay." Ethan said.

"You actually agreed. You are a hundred thousand times worse than Leonardo!" Giselle's voice was sharper than before.

"Then I refuse."

"You...when will you teach me English?" Giselle asked.

"Aren't you teaching now? I feel like your English is much more fluent than when we met."

"Really? There seems to be some." Giselle felt it herself.

Gisele then talked about packing.

"Tomorrow I have to say goodbye to my classmates. I'm going to England soon!" Gisele expressed her anticipation and excitement for the huge changes that will take place in her life.

"Don't forget to stay with your family for a few days. You will have less time to see them in the future." Ethan reminded.

Gisele clearly didn't realize what this actually meant.

"There is nothing to treat. Finally, I don't have to feed those animals. This is great news to me." Gisele is eager to go to London, England tomorrow.

Gisele's modeling career in her previous life started in New York. In terms of the absolute number of fashion resources, London is obviously not as good as New York. However, London is Sarah's base camp, and most of the models she signed also live in London. Under her nose, at least there is someone taking care of the lives and work of these models.

"By the way, why are you leaving in such a hurry? I haven't had time to take you to ride a horse. Do you feel that you are bullying me and feel embarrassed?" Giselle asked with a smile on the other end of the phone.

"Then you are wrong. There is nothing to be embarrassed about. I just have other things. I found a player who is very talented in football. He will go to Europe to play in the future and maybe he will become a world-class player. Star, I'm ready to sign him."

"agency?"

"Yes."

"But people won't agree easily. This is a big deal." Giselle thought, thinking of her mother.

"Compared with you, there is a big difference between him and you. You have no worries about food and clothing, but he is entangled in poverty. Even food and clothing may be a problem. Every year, he has to scrape together the tuition for the football school."

Why did Ethan choose South American players as a breakthrough? Because they have "superstar starts" and their family conditions are often not very good.

By analogy, during Susan's previous trip to Europe, she met Beckham, who had just become famous. The problem was that he signed a contract with a brokerage company last year.

Even if I signed him last year, the outcome would be the same.Susan couldn't come up with anything attractive enough.

As for other young European players, Susan didn't even meet them because of the language barrier.

"Then what if the other party agrees?"

"Provide him with a career plan, get a small share of the transfer fee and employment contract, help him with transfer negotiations, help him take over business activities when he becomes famous, be responsible for his schedule, and be responsible for handling him. The relationship with the media… there’s a lot going on.”

"Can you make a lot of money?"

"It depends on how much 'a lot of money' you think of."

"Our family currently costs about 300 Brazilian reals to sell a pig for slaughter, and it takes nearly half a year. (The price is for reference only)"

That’s about $60.

"Then the commission he can generate in the future is probably... one hundred thousand pigs."

"Then I..." Giselle's currently barren mind could not imagine when she would make so much money.

"I didn't expect you to be quite smart."

"It's best to save these words for later," Ethan said.

"Do you have other ideas?"

"of course."

The two chatted for a long time, and Giselle hurried to pack her luggage and hung up in a hurry.

Ethan put down his phone and watched Lisa come out of the bathroom wrapped in a bathrobe, her body steaming.

"If you do this for a month, your phone bill will probably double several times." Lisa tapped Ethan's lips with her fingertips.

"I just don't understand why you want to cooperate with Sarah in this way. There is no profit at all." Lisa couldn't think of what Ethan wanted.

"You have to be willing to put down the bait to attract animals into the trap." Ethan hugged Lisa.

He also wanted to kill the wolf with nothing, but the prey was also cunning.

So I can only spend a little money, but these are within the acceptable range.

"Those four models are the bait, and the prey is..." A smile appeared on Lisa's lips.

"Don't forget what I said to you at the airport before departure." Ethan hugged her into his arms.

"I haven't forgotten."

　The next chapter will start before twelve o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)