hollywood draw

The Rolls-Royce Silver Spurs have a wide riding space and the stability of the travel is very guaranteed, which brings a good office environment to the rear riding area.

Before Jimmy could drive out of Burbank, he opened his briefcase, took out a printed document, and placed it on the small table in the middle.

"The contract problem on Twentieth Century Fox cannot be solved in one or two days. When you get your promise, the other party is also procrastinating intentionally or unintentionally. In my opinion, they should be waiting for the market response of "Hulk" and the reactions of fans of non-DC comic-formed movies."

"What about your suggestions?" Wayne was not in a hurry to look at the paper, looking at the agent with a relaxed expression.

"My suggestion is that since they are willing to support them, we will just drag it until next year!" The agent looked fearless. He knew best how capable his clients were. When things went to the future, the 20th Century Fox came to invite them.

"I can't tell whether Universal Pictures' "Hulk" can be successful now, but there is one thing I can be sure of now. Of course, 20th Century Fox can wait and see without fear, but after next year's awards season, it will even take a little longer. When Batman's second film is released, our treatment will not be the friendship price!"

The companies in the circle who have dealt with Jimmy can basically be determined. The agent's other abilities can only be said to be qualified. He has no chance to participate in whether it is the career planning of his clients or finding job opportunities for clients.

However, who asked him to serve Wayne, a top client who doesn't need an agent to find opportunities.

So what is the value of Jimmy's existence? The most troublesome thing about him is that he is completely shameless in negotiating customer treatment, and he frequently uses all kinds of tricks and threats. As long as the customer treatment figures are involved, his IQ is like an instantly increasing by 30 or 50, and he can consider urgently using all favorable factors.

So it is such a shameless agent who is extremely sensitive to money numbers during negotiations. Even Warner Bros. has a headache every time. Wayne is usually easier to communicate with, but his agent Jimmy is not necessarily the case. As long as this guy involves the interests of his own customers, he never knows what the bottom line is.

"Jimmy."

Nina, who usually keeps silent when talking about business, remembered the nature of this agent, suddenly took off her glasses, widened her eyes curiously, and asked: "What price did you offer to make the 20th Century Fox, which has finally been promised, would rather continue to wait slowly than hurry up and put it into the pocket?!"

Although Wayne made a promise, everything that did not fall into the contract terms on paper was always just a promise.

Twentieth Century Fox deliberately transferred "Independence Day" to obtain greater benefits. The normal approach should be to solve Wayne's treatment problem as soon as possible, and nothing else matters.

At this time, the agent looked innocent. Facing Nina's curious gaze, he said with confidence: "If you want to invite Wayne so many companies, 20th Century Fox should pay a price that exceeds the market rules when he gets the promise, right? So do I want more than 30+25? Not much at all..."

"Puff, cough cough, cough cough."

Before Jimmy could finish speaking, Wayne almost squirted out a sip of water. While coughing constantly, he looked at the agent who looked like a proper expression, and found that he had a deeper understanding of his shamelessness.

"fxxk! The 30 million basic salary plus 25% of the global box office share?!" Nina's eyes magnified suddenly, and her mouth was so surprised that she didn't close her mouth, and she murmured.

When the agent looked at the two people opposite and mentioned the 20th Century Fox, a shameless tone came to his face. Even his own people did not expect that he would speak like this. "Of course, is it very consistent with Wayne's value? We didn't ask them for an invitation, so we should have the attitude of asking for others!"

It has been a few years since I entered Hollywood. Nina has already figured out the basic operating model of the production company. She is surprised because she knows enough. If Twentieth Century Fox agreed to this price, it would almost be equivalent to the status of labor and capital changing, and she was working for Wayne in vain throughout the whole process.

No matter how successful "X-Men" is, at least most of its profits will be taken away by itself, and no production company will easily agree to such conditions.

"Is there anything to be surprised?" Jimmy shrugged, his eyes full of not being fussy. "When we first negotiated, Twentieth Century Fox agreed to the salary."

“What the fxxk…?”

“Why?!”

Don't listen to Wayne saying that he is not short of money, so he won't be tempted by money. If the other party agrees with this weird salary, it's too realistic and doesn't mind taking the opportunity to make a profit.

"They can give this salary, on the condition that Wayne not only plans the first few movies of "X-Men" and makes a comprehensive plan in detail. After all, Warner Bros.'s DC superhero plan is not a secret in the circle.

He also has to serve as the first producer and director of the beginning film, and also participate in script writing and other work. Therefore, the premise for them to agree to this price is to ensure the success rate of "X-Men" to the greatest extent, as well as the success rate of subsequent films..."

That's right. Hearing Jimmy say all the conditions, he nodded suddenly. I'm afraid that only such a requirement can make 20th Century Fox willingly give up most of the profits of the film to buy a successful movie series.

"Talk slowly, don't worry, just follow what you planned to do. You did a very good job." Wayne looked into the agent's eyes and fully affirmed the other party's work.

As for Jimmy's condition that it was like a snake swallowing an elephant, he didn't think there was anything wrong. This is Hollywood, the most bizarre and incredible place in North America. Sometimes, there is no possibility of sky-high pay, but everything can be discussed anyway.

If you are a movie star or a big director and a big company invites you to film, are you willing to get a large amount of early pay at one time, or are you willing to not have the basic pay and ask for later dividends?

Normal people will hesitate, so that is just a normal person. The choice of big names in the circle is, of course, they have to share the pay! In fact, most big names in the circle participate in movies, and Wayne is definitely not an exception.

This has also caused some top stars, directors and producers to have an incredible income in a film. With a film, they earned endless money in the rest of their lives, but instead appeared more than once or twice.

That's why Los Angeles attracts handsome men and beautiful women from all over the world, and they are sharpening their heads and trying desperately to squeeze into this world of fame and fortune.

The familiar Johnny Depp, a movie called Pirates of the Caribbean 4, made him earn more than $55 million, of which the initial basic salary was $35 million, and the rest was the share.

Another star related to Tim Burton, Jack Nicholson, received more than 60 million US dollars in "Batman" in 1989, of which the basic salary was only 6 million, and the rest was all the share of the later stage, but this was equivalent to an accident.

Harrison Ford received more than 65 million US dollars in the 2008 version of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", which is not the most important thing. What is important is that the film director Steven Spielberg and George Lucas also received 65 million US dollars. The brothers and others are making money together...

Tom Hanks won $70 million in "Forrest Gump", Sandra Brock also received $70 million in "Grain" filming, and the money-making prince Robert Downey Jr., who got more than $75 million in "Avengers 4". The key is just a routine operation for him. In "Avengers 3" and "Iron Man 3", he also got this number.

If someone asks who is the richest in the Marvel Universe, there is no doubt that it is Tony Stark in the play, and Robert Downey Jr. outside the play...

This is not the highest pay. For example, Will Smith pushed this number to $100 million with "Men in Black 3", and Bruce Willis also received more than $100 million in "The Sixth Sense".

Among the recorded and exposed pay, the one with the largest total income may be Tomco. This Hollywood superstar has received at least $100 million in films such as "Mission Impossible 2", "War of the World" and other films.

Another thing is Keanu Reeves, the one with the highest pay for a single film, which is actually due to some unexpected factors. Because the second and third sets of films in "The Matrix" were filmed, his agent quoted a basic pay of US$30 million according to the shooting cycle, plus fifteen percent of the film's revenue.

Although the second two movies were not as good as the first one, the Wachowski brothers (sisters) were obviously fooled by film critics and became more and more sarcastic, they still unexpectedly brought Keanu Reeves more than $160 million in revenue.

Note that the above are only revealed and proven. More sky-high salaries that have not been revealed are everywhere. The director's income will only be higher if he is good-looking Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park", George Lucas's "Star Wars", etc.

Seeing the car turn into Mulholland Road, Wayne calculated the time and instructed Nina: "Help me meet Steven as soon as possible. The premiere of "The Matrix" will begin soon, and the next is the premiere of "The Matrix". This summer, my work arrangements are very full, and I must solve this problem as soon as possible!"

"No problem, I'll call when I go back."

Along the way, Wayne looked at Jimmy's investigation data from time to time. The things on it were related to some of his plans in the next few years.

"This Blue Sky Studio is also involved in the special effects work of "Titanic"?"

Jimmy recalled it and nodded affirmatively. "Yes, but it's just a little bit of virtual scene production. This studio is too small, and it's not realistic to take on more work."