Dealing with a Dickhead
It happened sooner than expected.
I'm cruising down the highway on my way to buy an overpriced hotel steak that will give me some horrible gas when the phone rings. It's GonZo. The Dickhead who has Lexie has figured out he may be in over his head, and he's looking to deal. So I conference in Richard, and we get the story while GonZo is talking to the guy via IM.
The girl is getting antsy for money. He's also figured out that it's not so easy to get processing setup when you have no money or credit. And furthermore he's bitching about the amateur lighting that GonZo shot the girl with. This is where we get to stick our foot in the door. We can solve all of these problems.
We let it be known we're willing to do the whole thing and pay him a referral fee. He says he's already been offered $4K. We call that bluff and tell him to take it. This dickhead is so full of shit, he hems and haws and says he doesn't like those people and would rather deal with us. Yeah, ok, whatever.
Next up, although he brings absolutely nothing to the table other than an introduction to the hottie, he wants 40% of the revenue, and he wants to retain all the contractual rights and relationship with the girl. He'll pay the girl out of his share. Ok, so the guy who has no money is in charge of payroll to the girl, the key to keeping her happy and involved. That aint gonna happen either. We quickly figure out the guy is desperate to hang on, has no clue and is a chronic liar. He's giving us some shit that the girl only wants to deal with him, so he has to be the sole interface to her.
We do detect he's desperate for some more pics so he can try to build the site, and he's not happy with what GonZo shot. So instead of trying to deal with him there, we decide we'd like to just get in front of him and girl and see where it all goes. We throw him a bone and offer to do a free test shoot with her to see how she moves, we'll pick up the costs of the location and shoot her with pro lighting.
He bit, so we're on for this weekend. This could get interesting.
I'm cruising down the highway on my way to buy an overpriced hotel steak that will give me some horrible gas when the phone rings. It's GonZo. The Dickhead who has Lexie has figured out he may be in over his head, and he's looking to deal. So I conference in Richard, and we get the story while GonZo is talking to the guy via IM.
The girl is getting antsy for money. He's also figured out that it's not so easy to get processing setup when you have no money or credit. And furthermore he's bitching about the amateur lighting that GonZo shot the girl with. This is where we get to stick our foot in the door. We can solve all of these problems.
We let it be known we're willing to do the whole thing and pay him a referral fee. He says he's already been offered $4K. We call that bluff and tell him to take it. This dickhead is so full of shit, he hems and haws and says he doesn't like those people and would rather deal with us. Yeah, ok, whatever.
Next up, although he brings absolutely nothing to the table other than an introduction to the hottie, he wants 40% of the revenue, and he wants to retain all the contractual rights and relationship with the girl. He'll pay the girl out of his share. Ok, so the guy who has no money is in charge of payroll to the girl, the key to keeping her happy and involved. That aint gonna happen either. We quickly figure out the guy is desperate to hang on, has no clue and is a chronic liar. He's giving us some shit that the girl only wants to deal with him, so he has to be the sole interface to her.
We do detect he's desperate for some more pics so he can try to build the site, and he's not happy with what GonZo shot. So instead of trying to deal with him there, we decide we'd like to just get in front of him and girl and see where it all goes. We throw him a bone and offer to do a free test shoot with her to see how she moves, we'll pick up the costs of the location and shoot her with pro lighting.
He bit, so we're on for this weekend. This could get interesting.
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