Chapter 249

"It's just that I don't know what the crew's plan is in terms of the budget of the film's remuneration?"

Andy's words are full of smile, friendly and cordial, as if he is asking for advice on lunch options, but the words have no cover, frankly point out the theme.

Neil was not surprised.

Most of Hollywood has heard of the tug of war between "speed and passion 5" and dawn Johnson. As we all know, the root of this dispute lies in the fact that the crew thinks that dawn's cost performance is not worth paying them 3.5 million yuan. However, dawn and his agent think that dawn's importance to the crew is absolutely 3.5 million yuan.

However, with the advance of time, it gradually evolved into a game between actors and producers. Now the average pay level of Hollywood has risen to a new height - even the 20 million club can not be capped, which also makes agents and actors more and more bold, and the price is rising faster and faster. However, from the perspective of producers and production companies, they do not want to see such a situation.

This is also the fundamental reason why Lang chose to support Neil.

Now the crew has decided to choose someone else, or Bruce Willis. He may ask for $6 million, which is much more expensive than Donne's pay, but the market return is worth looking forward to; Or choose an unknown but potential actor like Langley hall. His film salary may not be much, but he will be more inclined in terms of publicity resources.

But the brokers are all human beings. They know clearly that this is their chance. The crew gave up the cooperation of dawn, no matter who the replacement object is, the agent standing behind will not easily let go, and is bound to take advantage of the fire. It's just that now we're all going to pinch the size.

Relatively speaking, there is limited room for newcomers to raise their prices, which is also the reason why Neil chose lanli.

"What's your plan“ Neil will not take the initiative to show his cards, which is the key to negotiation.

Andy pauses slightly for half a second. He has thought about the specific plan repeatedly in the past. Naturally, he is not unfamiliar with it. The plan goes over in his mind quickly, "one percent of the box office bonus."

Neil's expression stopped slightly for a moment, his surprised look almost hard to hide. Fortunately, he chose to communicate by phone. If it was face-to-face, he would not be prepared enough for Andy's attack. In fact, he did not expect that what Andy was seeking was a dividend!

No wonder, no wonder Andy played Steven Spielberg's ace! At the beginning, he heard that Steven talked to Lang himself and recommended lanli to lang. Neil also felt that Andy's head was not clear and he was totally overqualified.

After the "Pacific War" broadcast, everyone can feel Steven's appreciation of Langley, and Tom Hanks talked about the interesting story of the audition in private many times. With the blessing of Steven and Tom, the two top executives in the industry, this also means that Langley has really entered the waiting list of large-scale production of top film companies. If it is used properly, it will be a chance to soar.

However, Andy actually used this relationship for the sake of "speed and passion 5", which is totally outrageous. Not to mention that "speed and passion 5" is just a 100 million level investment project. In a modern society where the interests are supreme, the box office bonus is equivalent to digging a piece of meat from the capitalists. Naturally, it is not so easy.

But this is Hollywood, the Hollywood of dreams. There are many cases of overnight fame, and there are many cases of a movie's salary soaring from 3 million to 15 million.

This is also Andy's goal, he even used Steven's personal relationship.

But why does Andy have so much faith in Langley? Planning is so ambitious! It's just a work of "burying alive", which doesn't show much. There are not too many acting geniuses with a flash of inspiration.

"Box office bonus? You know it's impossible. " Neil was only surprised for a moment, then regained his composure and said with a smile. He didn't even discuss the issue of proportion, and he simply refused at the root.

Andy did not panic at all. "If it's impossible, you can hang up now." Andy in the understatement, showed his determination and perseverance, "we all know, one percent of the dividend, is nothing."

In fact, the box office performance of the first three films in the series of "speed and passion" is far from amazing. The box office performance of the first film with the best performance is 144 million in North America, and the third film also loses money to the point of losing all its underwear; The reason why the series can come back to life is that universal pictures is not good at developing sequels. They have no cards in their hands. Considering comprehensively, this is the fourth one.

In the case of a dead horse working as a living horse doctor, it unexpectedly made a box office of 155 million in North America, and the investment cost was well controlled at 85 million. Finally, relying on the outstanding performance of overseas box office, it made 360 million US dollars in the world, which made Universal Pictures a small success. So, this is the fifth one.

In other words, even according to the North American box office of the fourth series, 1% of the box office bonus is only 1.55 million.

Lenley is a new man, a new man to the core. His film pay is around 500000 at most. After the blessing of the dawn Johnson incident, plus the momentum of Toronto and trilliureid, the film pay can rise to 800000 or 1000000, which is also Neil's psychological expected price.

Now, Andy put forward a 1% dividend, and then bargain. From a purely numerical point of view, it's not too far off the mark. But pay is never about numbers, is it?

"A one percent dividend is really nothing, but it depends on who the target is." Neil still doesn't let go.

On the contrary, Andy chuckled, "this is the relationship between supply and demand. The key is what the buyer's market needs."

The question goes back to the origin. Why did Neil choose Langley? Instead of Jason stanson, Keanu Reeves, Bruce Willis or Kiefer Sutherland?

Neil can choose other actors, of course. No one in Hollywood is indispensable. He just gave up the self righteous Donne and chose Langley. Similarly, he can also give up Langley and choose other people.

But the question is, is there a better choice now?

There are thousands of Hollywood actors. It's not difficult to choose a replacement. But now "speed and passion 5" is racing against time, and... Neil suddenly thinks of Steven Spielberg. I have to say that Andy's move is very clever,

weather. Good location. People and people.

Neil shook his head and denied again, "one percent is absolutely impossible." However, it is no longer "the box office bonus is impossible", but focuses on the number.

Andy smiles contentedly. "So, 0.5 percent, what do you think?"

"I'm listening." Neil didn't respond because he knew it was definitely not over.