Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 266 Lin Yuan's High Salary

Liu Yufei continued to read the comments and found that many netizens were focusing on Lin Yuan’s current salary.

"Do you think Lin Yuan's current film salary has entered the $2000 million club?"

"Not yet, right? If he really enters the $2000 million club, wouldn't Lin Yuan be a world superstar?"

"Chen Long once entered this field, and now Lin Yuan's commercial value is no less than his. It should be fine, right?"

This is the certification standard for Hollywood's top superstars, which are basically dominated by male actors and rarely include female actors.

This is the same as in later generations in China. Under normal circumstances, male actors can bring more box office revenue than female actors.

When the domestic film market rose, it was Wu Jing, Shen Teng, Huang Bo... these actors were the most capable of carrying the box office and had the highest status among actors.

There are almost no domestic actresses who can compare with them.

For an actor, being able to enter the $2000 million club is the highest certification.

Such income is at a staggering level worldwide at this time.

Before filming "Jurassic Park 3", everyone generally believed that Lin Yuan could only be regarded as a second-tier to first-tier star.

There is still a huge gap between them and the top actors.

But unexpectedly, in just one year, he soared to fame with two movies.

Of course, there are also three short films and the rugby incident to the credit.

"I have a friend at Disney. I heard that Lin Yuan's salary for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" signed by Disney is 2500 million US dollars, which does not include dividends!" Suddenly, a netizen's comment appeared in front of Liu Yufei.

"It's fake, right? How could you possibly know? This is a trade secret. Your friend will be in big trouble if he leaks it." Sure enough, some netizens questioned him.

"Many people inside Disney know this, and it's already a semi-public fact," the netizen retorted.

"It's true! Because Lin Yuan didn't want to take on projects from other film companies, he acquiesced to the leak of the salary standards and used high salaries to directly block many film companies from entering." Another netizen expressed support.

"I've also heard of this rumor. It's said that the staff leaked the information on orders. Although the company hasn't directly admitted it, it shouldn't be false." This was another comment from another netizen.

Seeing this, Liu Yufei nodded.

As a girlfriend, of course she knew about this.

The salary agreement between Lin Yuan and Disney for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was indeed US$2500 million, in addition to a 4% box office incentive dividend.

It was agreed that as long as the global box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" exceeded US$8 million, Lin Yuan would receive an additional 4% incentive dividend.

This means that as long as Lin Yuan can get this dividend, it will start at 3200 million US dollars.

Lin Yuan and Liu Yufei said that he expected the box office for the film to be $11 billion, which means that Lin Yuan is likely to get more than $4400 million in dividends.

In this way, his total income from one movie will exceed 6900 million US dollars!
When Liu Yufei first heard the estimated salary, she was so shocked that she doubted her life:
My boyfriend's commercial value has reached this level?
However, Lin Yuan explained that this is not actually the real market price, and some consideration of the friendly price is included.

Disney has restricted Lin Yuan's investment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series and taken away the ownership of the film IP, which can be said to be the biggest piece of the pie.

Lin Yuan cannot be simply viewed as an actor, he is also the controller of a large film company.

Disney also needs to find a way to win over Lin Yuan and let him continue to work on the cash cow of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series.

Therefore, some compensatory salary concessions will be made. Such salary prices will definitely be prohibitive for other film companies and will not be recognized by the film industry.

But does Lin Yuan need their approval?
He has his own film company, a filming team and funds. Why should he work for others and give away a large amount of profits?

Lin Yuanba had to star in films produced by other film companies, but refusing directly would hurt his feelings.

So he simply asked internal staff to spread the information about the film remuneration to reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Lin Yuan has estimated his salary himself. If the total amount is around 2500 million US dollars, there should be many film companies willing to pay for it.

This means that he has actually entered the $2000 million club.

But he felt that he was at a huge loss for this salary.

With the advantage of being born again, he can ensure that every movie he makes becomes a hit.

You only give me this little money. Who are you looking down on?
Later, when Tom Cruise was filming "Top Gun 2", he received a total salary of more than 1 million US dollars, surpassing all other actors and creating a huge gap.

Lin Yuan felt that was his goal.

Sooner or later, the film industry will recognize his true value.

Liu Yufei could only hate Lin Yuan's Versailles, because at this time, she received a salary of 100 million US dollars for "The King of Spy Wars", and a large part of it was due to favors.

Even though she was the leading actress and had only the fourth or fifth role in the movie, she was one of the main actors after all, so her salary couldn't be too low, so she was given this price.

She is still a newcomer and has only filmed one TV series. The price of 100 million US dollars is enough to make many crews avoid her in China.

But Liu Yufei cannot take the initiative to lower her pay in order to continue filming TV series. After all, if you take the initiative to lower your net worth, it will be a thankless task.

Therefore, in the past period of time, Liu Yufei no longer considered other crews, but focused on preparing her own movie.

Lin Yuan provided the people and funds, and even took charge of the script, so why not just start his own business?
In addition to the discussion about the pay, domestic netizens also gave Lin Yuan a special compliment for his appearance in the flying fish costume:

"As a Chinese, Lin Yuan deserves praise for wearing a flying fish dress while walking on the red carpet! It is on occasions like these that we should showcase our Chinese culture to the world!" said a netizen.

"Come to think of it, Lin Yuan also wore a flying fish suit at the last press conference in South Korea. Hahaha, well done!"

"I remember now! I don't know how many times I've watched that interview video where he said Koreans don't understand Tai Chi. It was so brilliant!"

"By the way, who was the actress walking the red carpet with Lin Yuan? She was so beautiful. The horse-faced skirt she wore with the drop-catkin double-breasted stand-up collared shirt was also very beautiful."

"Gao Yuanyuan, who played Ruyue in 'Hero'. Oh, and she's currently starring as Zhou Zhiruo in 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber' which is currently airing."

"I've heard of this TV series. It seems to have been invested in by Lin Yuan Company. No wonder she got the role of Zhou Zhiruo."

In March 2003, "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" was first broadcast on Tianjin Satellite TV, and the ratings continued to soar.

Other local satellite TV stations also introduced this TV series, and at one point the ratings reached over 26%. It can be said to be the most popular TV series this year.

Lin Yuan was not surprised at all when he saw the performance reports from domestic film and television companies.

Several other TV series he funded are also being filmed intensively in the ancient costume area of ​​the newly completed Fanyu Film and Television City.

Lin Yuan's career and reputation in China can be said to be in a very good situation and are thriving.

(End of this chapter)