Generally, the routine of modeling agencies to make money is divided into 3 steps, first of all, the tuition fee is a lump, because of the mystery and particularity of this training institution, it is often much higher than some other off-campus training costs, followed by competitions, which account for the highest proportion of overall earnings. There is also a partnership with some film and television institutions on the 18th tier or Yeluzi to earn parents' money.
The competition is divided into preliminary round, official competition, final and grand final. After the preliminary competition, 98% of the children will be selected to give a promotion card, and then the parents will pay more than 1,000 yuan to more than 2,000 yuan for the official competition fee, and some small institutions only need to pay a few hundred yuan for the next round of competition.
The specifications of the official competition and the stage construction are much higher than the preliminary competition, the children's clothing, but also the parents in accordance with the organizing committee's requirements for stage dress, the cost of clothing is more for the parents of child models, parents will also measure the purchase according to their own economic situation, our son child model in the first year, various events before and after the Spring Festival, the clothing alone cost more than 60,000 yuan (that is our most fanatical, the most indistinguishable period).
The elimination rate of the official competition will be much higher, and most of the children who are selected are really because of the typhoon, and a small part may have a better family economy, and there is no problem in continuing to burn money.
Then the cost of entering the finals will be hundreds or more than a thousand yuan higher than the preliminary round, and the elimination rate of the finals will be higher, at least more than half, but more than half of the children who enter the finals will give up for economic reasons. All its expenses: air tickets, hotel expenses (generally five-star), food and beverage expenses, etc., are borne by themselves. Just the cost of a final of such specifications, how can adults and children save more than W. Our son's Beijing finals, because my younger brother was relatively young, went to three adults, in addition to the cost of the game, plus half a month of play, it cost several Ws.
One of the main reasons why I was so fanatical and irrational at the beginning was that my son's typhoon and image were really good, he was the kind of person who really brought his own light as long as he stood on the platform, so as long as it was a competition, we would win the grand prize. There is also a reason to lose myself, thinking that this road is the road where my son becomes famous overnight and can become a dragon and a phoenix. It wasn't until that time I came back from Beijing, and many other events that I found a lot of clues that allowed me to gradually return to my normal senses.
We walked on the catwalk in Beijing with the daughter of a famous actor surnamed Dong and the daughter of an actor surnamed Zhong in Hong Kong.
At that time, NetEase, Baidu, Sohu and other media, as long as you enter my son's name, you can have a series of introductions from him. However, fortunately, I am a sober and rational mother at all times, so that my young son will not fall deeper and deeper in this vanity fair.
After returning from Beijing, I asked a senior in this circle for tea, and I discussed with him what my son's future path should be? He reminded me: For such a young child, it is not a good thing to get involved in Vanity Fair too early! Also, if this single-plank bridge fails, his studies will also be ruined, can you, as a mother, bear the consequences?
For the modeling industry, it can be described as a mixture of fish and dragons, and there are all kinds of people and things, and it is really not easy to keep a sober and rational mind at all times. For example, some institutions took the fee of a clothing brand, and then took advantage of the mentality of parents to go by name, and quietly completed the transaction between the two parties in a T runway competition.
Our son experienced this kind of thing in a final, and I remember that it was the hottest weather in Guangzhou, but I asked the children to wear thick winter clothes for a certain brand. Cotton clothes, some parents who know the inside story do not agree, the agency promised to go through this competition, clothes for free to the children, the brand of clothes is not only expensive, but also fashionable, parents also have a greedy mentality agreed, as a result, after the end of the competition institutions and parents to pursue clothes, are mixed in a circle, parents will definitely not because of a piece of clothing, offended the institution, can only go back.
There are also some eighteenth-tier film and television institutions that also cooperate with the agency in this way, bullying parents who want their children to become famous overnight, and letting children participate in various small roles without any honorarium. is such a routine, and it is also a role that thousands of people compete for!
If you simply want to cultivate the temperament and body of your child, the model agency is indeed a good choice, but if you want to take this road as a shortcut to the name, then you need to be cautious and cautious, it is not the most expensive of all training institutions, but its subsequent high costs are not affordable for ordinary families.