"I never intended to make you break up."
Joanna was stunned, raising her head: "Can you accept this?"
Linda smiled, her smile carrying a hint of helplessness: "Honestly, not quite. But, even if I don’t accept, you won’t sign with me. So, I have to compromise."
"I won’t ask you to break up, but there’s one thing I hope you can promise me." Linda sat up straight, her face showing a serious expression.
"You two can continue dating, but I don’t want your love life to be public. You don’t have any fame now, and you are just a newcomer. If your relationship goes public before your career takes off, it will be very unfavorable for your future development."
Linda genuinely saw potential in Joanna.
In Joanna, she saw all kinds of potential to make a big splash in the industry.
That’s why she really wanted to sign Joanna.
If it were any other artist who started dating before signing a contract and unwilling to break up, she wouldn’t be willing to compromise .
Because such a situation would expose her to many risks.
But she genuinely didn’t want to miss out on such a promising talent.
Yet if Joanna didn’t want to promise her this, then she would have to painfully let her go.
"Okay, I promise," Joanna took less than a minute to decide, giving her answer, "I can keep the relationship private."
Anyway, she and Ashton Heath haven’t gone public to date.
She thought Ashton could understand her, right?
So, without consulting him, Joanna agreed on her own.
Relief and joy appeared on Linda’s face.
Thank goodness Joanna agreed.
Otherwise, letting such a promising talent go would truly break her heart.
"Since we don’t have any objections, shall we sign the contract now?" Linda had always been efficient in her work, preferring to resolve matters on the spot rather than dragging them to the next day. She took out a pen from her bag.
"Get the contract signed early, so I can arrange your schedule."
"I heard you just signed onto a TV series directed by Gary White?"
"Yes." Joanna nodded, "I’ll join the film crew in three days."
"In that case, before then, I need to find you an assistant." After some thought, Linda continued, "Because you haven’t achieved anything yet, we might not be able to get you a nanny car. The most we can do is get you an assistant."
Joanna never even thought about a nanny car.
She knew her place in the industry.
She had to be at least third-tier before she would dare to request one.
Even if Linda didn’t explain this, Joanna wouldn’t be making such demands.
"Linda, actually, you don’t need to find me an assistant. I..."
Now that Joanna has decided to have Linda as her agent, she naturally needs to change the way she addresses her.
Calling her "Linda" is more appropriate.
As soon as she heard "Linda," Linda felt extraordinarily comfortable.
She thought Joanna was a smart girl.
Unlike Annie Lawrence...
When she was in Galaxy Agency, which artist wouldn’t politely call her Linda.
Only Annie Lawrence, relying on being David Benington’s woman, called her by her name directly.
She was never polite to Linda.
Thinking back, to put up with Annie for so long was the most patient she’d ever been.
"You must have an assistant." Linda said, her tone much gentler, "Having an assistant to help you handle many things will be much more convenient."