Chapter 664

Michael Ford was furious. He didn't yell, yell or lose his countenance. He just sat quietly behind his desk, but his face was so gloomy that he could drip water. He held the pen tightly in his right hand, and tried again until his knuckles turned white. The strong low pressure was like a cloud, The restlessness and uneasiness of the building is hidden under the skin, which naturally has a frightening atmosphere.

Neil H. morritz did not panic at all. Instead, he looked at Michael with great interest, and van diesel, who was on pins and needles in a panic. The kind of oppression, depression and humiliation made van look like an angry bull, and the blue tendons protruding from his neck and forehead seemed to be on the verge of bursting all the time.

Deep down in his heart, Neil is a bit gloating. Everything today is predictable. He warned Michael, he warned fan, he warned other producers of the crew, and he even tried to warn Lang Meyer. Unfortunately, no one listened to his advice.

Before refusing "Thor" and playing "buried alive" and "speed and passion 5", he devoted himself to "crazy love". These clues can be seen that Langley is not a typical Hollywood actor, or even a typical British actor. What's more, there are Andy Rogers and the creative artist agency that can't be ignored——

Almost at the same time as the news broke out, there was the latest rumor of "reincarnation of killing" in the industry.

Ten million dollars, 5% of the box office bonus, this is blue Li to join the "killing reincarnation" of the film payment contract. Such a standard can be regarded as a first-line standard. When signing "speed and passion 4" with fan and Paul, it was basically the same; But the point is that this is just the first time that Langley has starred in a commercial film. It's an amazing leap from a work of art to a commercial film.

To make a horizontal comparison, Chris Evans as "Captain America" is 300000, Gail gado as "Wonder Woman" is 300000, and Chris Hemsworth as "Thor" is 150000; Even if these special cases are not mentioned, let's just say that Robert Downey Jr. plays in the "Iron Man" series. The first one is 500000, the second one is 10 million, and the third one only includes the box office bonus before it rises to 40 million.

Objectively speaking, for lanli now, the sequel of "speed and passion" benefits from the great success of the fifth film. Andy asks for 7 million or 8 million, which is a reasonable category; But it's the first time to play "samsara of killing". It's eight million dollars and no dividend. This should be the most normal condition for signing a contract.

But now, with a stroke of pen, Warner Bros. has directly given 10 million plus 5% of the box office bonus, which is comparable to Robert Downey Jr. of "Iron Man 2". Even if Warner Bros. is rich, it's incredible.

This rumor has aroused many doubts. In the past, it always takes countless efforts to inquire about the internal film remuneration information, but this time it is easy to leak it. Many people think that this is the wind deliberately released by the innovative artists agency, in order to strive for more interests in the future negotiations.

But then, Warner brothers gave confirmation, but also revealed more insider cooperation, the industry was stunned.

So far, samsara has no producer in charge of the overall situation - at least no producer in charge of budget and strategy. Tim Lewis is in charge of film production. So, in this cooperation, Andy and Jeff have a direct dialogue, skipping the intermediate part of the producer. Instead, the negotiation becomes crisp.

On the one hand, the internal rumor of Universal Pictures has become Andy's biggest chip in the negotiation process, with eight million US dollars playing in one biography and two sequels, which is undoubtedly an important certification of the box office appeal of blue Lee; Apart from the box office success of "speed and passion 5" and "crazy love", it can not be ignored that "buried alive" realized a profit of nearly 12 times of its own investment cost under the condition of being not optimistic.

On the other hand, Geoff treats lanli differently and speaks highly of him. Not only as an actor, but also as a screenwriter and producer, lanli shows a keen sense of the work. Jeff held a separate meeting with Langley and Tim. After negotiation and discussion among the three parties, Jeff decided to give Langley the title of "executive producer" and let Langley participate in the production of "samsara of killing".

Only by working in two ways can we achieve the present situation.

It's not just 10 million yuan, it's not just 5% of the box office bonus, it's executive producer. Everyone knows that Warner Brothers are bold, dare to reuse Christopher Nolan, dare to promote Gerard Butler, dare to use Wolfgang Petersen, dare to believe m-night-shyamalan, dare to spend money crazily and dare to bear the failure, but this time the "cycle of killing" is coming, People were stunned.

You know, Langley has only been in Hollywood for two years; You know, "samsara of killing" is just lanli's seventh work, including two not shown and one TV series; You know, this is just the first time that Lanley's commercial film of monoclonal antibody has been made. Just the position of the leading role, the risk is not small, now even with the executive producer?

So bold, so gambling, so strong, Warner Bros. once again showed the absolute style of Hollywood hegemony after the millennium.

In contrast, the dawdling, groaning and wandering of universal pictures not only seems petty, but also has no foresight at all, completely losing the style of Hollywood's six major film companies.

Rumor has it that universal pictures is not willing to pay even six million yuan; It's said that fan and Lan Li have a tit for tat relationship; Rumor has it that the internal strife of the cast has reached a point where it can not be cleaned up. Even a good man like Paul has never signed a contract; It is said that Michael is ambitious, but he does not have enough ability to support him; Rumor has it that the cast has a bad attitude and the renewal of the contract with lanli has been deadlocked from the beginning

Compare universal pictures with Warner Bros., compare "speed and passion" with "samsara of killing", and have a higher opinion.

After these rumors came out, Michael and van were immediately grilled on the fire.

First of all, they failed to complete the contract renewal work with lanli, and the previous negotiations became stepping stones, which made lanli's executive title; Secondly, they did not take the initiative to "get rid of" Lan Li and took the lead in the preparation of the sequel. They not only became the target of being used, but also became a laughing stock; Thirdly, it is clear now that it is not the "speed and passion" sequel that refuses to cooperate with lanli, but lanli refuses to cooperate with lanli. What should they do now?

In Michael and van's view, these rumors are so easy to hear, not because of the negotiation work of "reincarnation of killing", but to humiliate them.

The pen in Michael's hand could not bear the pressure any more. It broke into two pieces. The ink in it was all over his hand, and the sharp fragments stabbed his palm. The blood was dripping. The picture looked very frightening, but Michael shook his hand and pulled out some paper towels as if nothing had happened, Wipe the stain away.

"Michael." Fan called, hesitated for a moment, "what should we do now?"

"Well. Isn't that what you expect? " Michael pushed fan into the abyss with one sentence, "didn't you say that you would quit if Langley stayed? Now, Langley's gone, you can stay. Isn't that what you want? It's up to you to tell me what to do? What do you think would happen if Paul left our series again? "

Fan choked for a moment and looked at Michael with astonishment. At the beginning, Michael supported all his actions. They were comrades of the United Front, weren't they? Why is Michael now blaming him for all his mistakes? It's like he planned it all by himself? It's not fair!

Yes, he really doesn't like Langley to continue to join. But in fact, he just doesn't like Lan Li grabbing the class and power. If Lan Li can promise to stay at the right price, which is helpful for the sequel and can achieve box office success again, why doesn't he agree? Because the ultimate winner is him, he is the only one who has the right of box office bonus among the cast members!

More importantly, what he hopes is that the crew will kick out Lan Li, rather than Lan Li choosing to leave, making the crew become a joke!

He doesn't want to see the current situation. How can Michael!

But Michael ignored fan's amazement and shock and looked directly at Neil. "What should we do now?" After a detour, it was Neil who finally cleaned up the mess.

Although in the mind is making the murmur, but Neil surface actually does not make a sound. As for the departure of lanli, he felt a pinch and regret that they could have avoided such a dilemma; But it was done, and he soon accepted the facts and began to plan for the next one. Just like last year's dawn Johnson, this year's lenley is also not an essential factor.

"First of all, we need to whitewash peace." "No matter what the media asks, we have to stick to the same view of lanli," Neil said. Everything is peaceful, everything is just a peaceful breakup, there is no contradiction between us, we will wish blue Li good results, just as blue Li wishes us the same

As he spoke, Neil's eyes fell on fan.

Fan just felt a burst of tightness in his chest and his mouth was so bitter that he couldn't say anything. But he knew that if he made any inappropriate remarks at this time, the responsibility of the crew's internal strife would fall on his shoulders, which was an unbearable reputation loss for the preparation of the sequel. Especially at such a sensitive juncture, they couldn't bear more negative news.

Know to know, but that kind of rampant anger, but almost tear him to pieces. Even if he left, Langley could easily embarrass him. This damn guy!

"Second, we need to respond immediately. Paul, that's our priority. " Neil's vision is still locked on fan, fan's chest is stagnant, almost spitting blood.