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After the deputy director was selected, Wayne was relieved and was waiting for news from Warner Bros.

From the end of July to mid-August, he was preparing simple storyboards while communicating with Zach Schneider on phone, discussing issues about camera positions and shooting techniques.

Warner Bros. finally passed the risk assessment and gave a green light to the project review, notifying Jimmy that he could start negotiations on director’s remuneration at any time.

Although Wayne was anxious to wait, he knew that the large amount of money would have to go through all the procedures that should be done for such a giant company.

If, as the legendary, the Hollywood production company's CEO could easily decide a movie project with an investment of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, it would not be so troublesome.

However, legend is a legend after all. Any mature production company has its own set of investigation systems and power constraints, and every investment will be very cautious.

"I'm going to offer a high price with Warner Bros. on your director's treatment!" Jimmy talked about the business he was good at and was very confident, and Wayne was also qualified to negotiate with them.

"With your business achievements, you can basically get the rights of a front-line director, including the final editing rights."

"I'm leaving it to you, you know my bottom line!" Professional things are left to professionals, Wayne has no objection to these things. Jimmy and his interests are tied together, and he will definitely try his best to bite a piece of meat from the previous company.

Moreover, he is no longer the new director who can't find a publisher with the video. If Warner Bros. breaks his bottom line, he will not be able to resist.

Judging from business achievements, he already has the capital to negotiate with major companies.

"Ok, leave it to me!"

The two discussed the matter about the film for a while, and Jimmy hurriedly left Wayne's house, went back to sort out the information, and prepared to start negotiations with Warner Bros. as soon as possible.

After a long period of screening, "Escape from the Deadly Town" has basically been lowered from the world, with only a few remote theaters in North America that have greeted Warners, and are still screening one or two shows every day.

The film's overseas screenings have all ended, with the global box office accumulated by more than 310 million US dollars, which has caused major media to have a collective carnival.

The cumulative box office of North America closed at more than 165 million US dollars. Although this number is still growing tenaciously, it will not increase to the million US dollars in the end. It can be said that this is the final number.

In the media's extensive media coverage, Wayne has quietly entered the upper class of Hollywood.

After Jimmy and Warner Brothers had tentative contacts twice, the two sides slowly agreed on many conditions. After all, everything is false, and only interests can make both parties compromise.

"Escape from the Deadly Town" has been gradually removed from the global market, giving Warner Bros. great confidence and relaxing the negotiation standards on some unnecessary conditions.

As time entered September, after two weeks of quarrel, Warner Bros. and Jimmy finally reached an agreement and agreed to a contract with the director.

The investment cost of the movie "The Joker" is $60 million, and it is wholly owned by Warner Bros. At the same time, Warner Bros. will also serve as the North American publisher and global publisher of the film.

The reason why he went through such a long dispute was that Jimmy called out a sky-high reward for the director.

The first time he negotiated the director's remuneration, he called out the treatment of a top commercial director of 20+20, almost scaring Thomas Mendes, who represented Warner's negotiations, was so angry that he was angry.

20+20, which represents a director's basic remuneration of $20 million, plus a 20% global box office share, Jimmy's price is indeed scary, but he also knows that the other party will not agree.

Negotiation, asking for a price everywhere, paying back the money by land!

His job is to win more profits for his clients.

During the temptation between the two sides, a consensus was gradually reached. Wayne was not a novice director and could not rely on millions of dollars to pay for it. Finally, he agreed on a share contract again.

Wayne can get 10% of the total box office in North America after the film is released, and it will be shared as a post-production director. Of course, the premise is that the North American box office of the project "Joker" must exceed three times the production cost, which is $18,000.

The box office share is determined to be dead, and there is no incentive fluctuation.

As the project initiator, screenwriter, director, and second producer of the film, he has a basic salary of US$10 million. This money will be paid in three times, before the film starts, after the production is completed and when the film is released.

In fact, Jimmy wanted to bite a piece of meat around the film, but he was obviously a little whimsical. After feeling the other party's firm attitude, he immediately gave up the idea.

The red line of film companies is peripheral products. If you want to live this part of the profit and cross this red line, you must be the top major commercial film director and superstar in Hollywood, otherwise you don’t have to think about it.

The income in this aspect is different from the one-time transaction of basic film pay and box office sharing, these film companies have guaranteed profitability. The surrounding income generally does not have a lot of income in the short term, but it can be found throughout the years.

As long as this film is still brought income to the production company in the copyright library of the production company, the directors who enjoy this share will receive a steady stream of income and can even be passed on to their descendants...

The current contract may be a bit far from those top directors, but this is already the top director contract in this circle.

In order to run the crew smoothly, Warner Brothers once again sent Wayne's old friend, John Gray, as the representative of the production company, and the producer, and will also send two deputy directors to assist the director and producer in the preliminary preparations.

One of the assistant directors is a casting director, who will help Wayne and John host the first round of auditions to screen out the unqualified actors.

In mid-September, Wayne and his group walked into the large conference room of the Warner Building and held a press conference on a new project. This is a video with an investment of tens of millions of yuan. Since the signing of the contract, they have entered the promotion and distribution process!

Wayne never gave any discounts on the publicity work required by the production company. He came from decades later and knew too much about the help of publicity and marketing for the film, not to mention that it also involved his interests.

Normally, Hollywood has a general process for press conferences, and the media and production companies are going through the motions and following the procedures. Wayne smiled and signed a contract with Kevin Teshura under the flash, and then exchanged and let the media take photos.

In fact, the real contract was signed before, and the above terms could not be displayed to the media. Now they are just for fooling people.

After taking the photo, the press conference reached the final stage, which was the reporter's question. The staff of Warner Bros. were the first to click on their own media. The female reporter of the HBO TV News Department has stood up and asked questions.

"Director Greenberg, is this film still the same as your first two, a horror thriller? Can you talk about the general theme?"

After hearing her question, Wayne turned the microphone to her side, shook her head and said, "No, this film is very different from previous works. This is not a simple thriller. If you have to distinguish it, it should be considered a crime drama.

As for the theme, the name of this film is "The Joker". Yes, it is from the clown Arthur in DC comics. The theme is how Arthur became the clown afterwards. Of course, the story takes place in Gotham. I will portray a real Gotham for the audience, a metropolis that combines chaos and order."

"Wayne, this seems to be the real New York?" Bella Grant, an old acquaintance from the Los Angeles Times, a beautiful reporter who wrote the details of "Escape from the Deadly Town", stood up and asked him.

"Of course!" Wayne directly admitted the other party's guess. "If modern Gotham is, ninety percent of people will think of New York. But it is still different. It is like the emotional enlarged version of New York, and people living in it will become different!"

After thinking about it, she continued: "This video will be shot in New York in real scenes, striving to restore the real Gotham to the audience."

Regardless of whether it can be done or not, anyway, his words have been said, and the publicity effect will also occur.

In fact, Wayne knew that it was impossible to shoot all the real scenes, so he would have to use props to build and CGI synthesis. As long as the preliminary preparations began, he would immediately contact Industrial Light and Magic. In this regard, no one would be more professional than those who only did "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark"!

There are not many shots needed in this regard, so they do not take up too much budget.