Chapter 793

In the office, Simon thought for a moment, took a notebook beside him, quickly wrote a few lines on it with a pencil, tore it off, handed it to Linda WAGGS and said, "trilogy, this is the highest offer I can give. In three days, if Arnold doesn't agree with me, you can help me choose other actors. This time, I don't need to think about coffee seats, as long as my image and acting skills are up to standard. "

Linda Vargas took the page Simon had handed over, with three sets of quotations on it.

The basic pay for the trilogy is 15 million US dollars. The second film will increase the gross profit of the global box office by 10%, and the third part will increase the gross profit to 20%.

Linda Vargas quickly calculated that the global box office results of special effects blockbusters such as "game of the brave" should be equivalent to Schwarzenegger's original "Terminator 2", reaching about $500 million. According to the production cost of US $100 million and the publicity cost of US $50 million, the global box office is 500 million. The gross profit of 10% of the box office is about US $6 million, and that of 20% is 12 million.

For a big man who gets the full amount of basic film payment, this kind of account sharing is actually very sincere.

The premise is that the box office of the trilogy can reach this level.

If only last year's "true lies" grossed less than $400 million worldwide, even 20% of the gross profit share would not be too much.

This can mobilize the initiative of the main creators to a great extent.

Generally speaking, the film payment scheme proposed by her boss requires the actors and the project to share certain risks, and will not allow the creators to enjoy the success even if the project is in the case of loss, which belongs to Daniels' consistent film payment strategy.

What's more, there are also factors to avoid Schwarzenegger's starting price in the sequel.

Even if the first song reaches more than US $500 million in the world, Schwarzenegger may ask for Omni channel share in addition to the full basic film payment in the follow-up period without the restriction of length contract.

The most typical precedent is Warner's "lethal weapon" series. After the success of the first song of "lethal weapon", which was not expected at first, Warner basically made a lot of money in the following two works, most of which were taken away by Mel Gibson and other main creators relying on high basic pay and omni channel share.

Her powerful boss obviously won't allow Denise to fall into this role.

Based on the past experience, it is roughly judged that the possibility that Schwarzenegger will agree to this offer should be between five and five. Linda Vargas put her mind aside and said to Simon, "boss, I have read the first draft of the game of the brave, and I have an idea in my heart. Do you want to listen to it?"

Simon nodded: "you say."

Linda WAGGS said: "I also think the role of Dr. Spencer is almost tailor-made for Arnold. In this case, if, I mean if Arnold doesn't agree, we should be able to modify the setting of the role to adapt to other stars, such as Harrison Ford, um, University Professor, archaeologist. Or Stallone, Vietnam veteran, firearms expert. This story is originally built on the basis of video games. Of course, the character attributes are determined by us. There is no need to be trapped by a character. "

When Simon heard Linda say this, he suddenly felt a sense of light.

Indeed.

My mind is completely trapped by the plot characters in my memory.

There's no need for that at all.

Moreover, if you think about it carefully, the character attributes of Dr. Spencer and Karen Gillan's Robby iron fist in the past films overlap. Both of them tend to export force. Because of the suppression of giant rock Johnson, they don't give the same popular Karen Gillan too much room to play.

It would be more reasonable to change Dr. Spencer's all-around adventurer setting to a firearm expert suitable for Stallone, one for long-range, one for close combat, and the other two for assistance.

After smoothing his mind, Simon patted his palm and looked across the street. Because of his aloofness and high salary over the years, he naturally nurtured a woman with a very tolerant temperament. He said with a smile, "Linda, have I ever increased your salary?"

Linda Vargas is a little feverish from the glare of her young boss. In recent years, she has been courted by countless heterosexuals who want to get opportunities from her. However, those beautiful men are not comparable with the young people on the opposite side, and they force her inner agitation. Linda smiles: "I just added them last year."

Simon nodded: "Oh, forget it. I'll add it to you in two years. If you have such a good idea in the future, please let me know at any time. "

Linda Vargas was stunned, pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "boss, according to the normal plot, you should add a little more. You are too stingy."

Simon has written down the new ideas inspired by Linda on the draft script of the game of the brave with a pencil, and said with a smile: "I'm a capitalist. It's against the genetic instinct of a capitalist to give employees a raise."

In the circle of frequent contact with Simon, Linda Vargas has occasionally heard about her boss's "genetic instinct" theory and made a few jokes. She has not been involved in the topic of salary increase, and she is also very satisfied with her salary.

After talking about the casting progress of some other projects, Linda Vargas got up and left.This is March 23, Thursday.

Simon's time for Arnold to think about it is probably until next Monday, which happens to be the date of the new academy awards ceremony.

The next day was Friday.

"This man is from the earth," which was released on February 24, ended the fourth week.

After the box office results of $76.19 million in the first week and $56.37 million in the next week, the box office of this man from the earth fell 49% in the third week of its release. Unexpectedly, it took another unexpected deep drop, earning $28.73 million. Then, in the fourth box office week from March 17 to March 23, the box office decline of this man from the earth narrowed again to 31%, with a single week box office of $19.83 million.

In the four weeks since its release, the ultra-low-cost sci-fi film, with a budget of only $1.5 million, has earned $181.12 million.

With the deep drop in the third week, the initial forecast of $300 million domestic box office is hopeless. However, even the current $180 million domestic box office makes this phenomenal alternative science fiction temporarily top the box office in 1995. The estimated $250 million domestic box office is probably only Jurassic Park 2 in the summer season and Batman in the end of the year Man: Dawn of justice can be broken.

Because of the unexpected popularity of this man from earth, Hollywood studios are still frantically searching for similar scripts even though they know that the possibility of copying this box office miracle is very small. In any case, according to the cost level of this man from the earth, even if the local box office is only one tenth, the film company can reap considerable profits.

At the same time, because of the unexpected popularity of the film, all the second - and third tier actors in this man from the earth have increased their popularity greatly. Even if it is impossible to reach the first-line level at one time, depending on the popularity brought by this film, a group of actors will not lack the film appointment for at least the next few years. With careful management and some luck, we can get a firm foothold in Hollywood.

After all, the capacity of the top pyramid of this circle is very small. It is a kind of luck for many actors to be able to hold this job.

Simon also found that the supermodel of baby face in this man from the earth, qusi Gough, seems to be more and more suitable for the role of Robbie the iron fist in the game of the brave. She has the same baby face, the same tall body and impeccable figure as the original Karen gilland.

However, just like George Clooney in this man from the earth, who wants to continue to play in Danieli's hit TV series "the story of the emergency room" for a few more years, Tracy Goff is the spokesperson of the signing angel of Vimy, and the signing is still a five-year contract. It's only a year later. If she just turns to Hollywood, she may not be able to fulfill it wholeheartedly The duty of spokesperson.

The brand spokesperson of Weimi not only participates in the annual Weimi show, but also has the obligation to shoot all kinds of brand related advertisements and regularly attend the physical store marketing activities.

What's more, this baby face supermodel, who suddenly became famous, is also the target of many other brands. Just in the past four spring fashion weeks, the girl has gone through more than 70 shows from North America to Europe in a row, and she has no feet on the ground.

When Simon called grace spelt to ask for advice, the woman also said that she had specially sent an assistant to watch tres Goff, who had just returned from Milan, take a beauty sleep in her New York apartment. She planned to sleep for a week. Otherwise, she would not be able to recover the energy loss of only four hours a day in the past month.

At the beginning, she helped grace win three supermodels, and qusi Gough was undoubtedly the most successful one, so she was also the money maker of grace.

If the focus of qusi Gough's career turns to Hollywood, it will definitely be a great thing for this baby face supermodel, but it will not be good news for grace. Qusi Gough's actor contract is in wma, and the percentage of actor's remuneration will only fall to wma.

However, after Simon mentions that Tracy Goff will play Robby, grace has no objection at all. She has no idea what a man says.

Grace had no opinion, Simon decided directly, and did not ask a baby face for his opinion.

I believe that as long as the other party is a little smarter, they will know how to choose. After all, a model is just a youth meal, and it's easy to be photographed by the back waves. Otherwise, Cindy Crawford would not insist on playing Warner's rotten film fair game after Simon reminded her.

As for the Weimi side, as long as the coordination is good, nothing more than to make the girl more busy. If you don't work hard now, you can't make progress after 30.

Make up your mind, things will be basically settled in the weekend before the Oscar.

The performance of Trish Goff in this man from the earth is satisfactory to Simon. However, since she wants to play the more demanding and more demanding game of the brave, Simon still requires the girl to continue to receive strict performance training before the film starts.

Simon believes in talent in acting, but he believes in the hard work of the day after tomorrow.To this end, it also gives a small incentive to Trish Goff.

Simon plans to give the girl an audition in person before shooting at the end of the year. The starting salary of the trilogy is determined according to the audition performance, 1 to 10 points and 100000 to 1 million dollars. Of course, if Trish Goff doesn't even reach the 6-point pass line, Simon will have to change temporarily.

Usually, new actresses are paid only US $200000 or US $300000 or even less to play in blockbusters. Even if qusi Goff has gained good popularity in the fashion circle and with this man from the earth, she is a Hollywood newcomer after all. Simon's initial basic pay is also very generous.

In addition, since it is Robby iron fist, we must also carry out physical training.

Fortunately, as a Vermeer angel, the girl has always kept the habit of fitness, and then nothing more than training intensity. Grace also said that she would personally watch.

This matter is settled, and the fate of Trish Goff is completely changed.

In the past, this baby face model was only famous for a while in the 1990s. Later, she tried to enter the performing arts circle, but in vain. In the end, she was completely silent and became an ordinary real estate agent in New York.

Now, under the influence of Simon, a big butterfly, there is not only a baby face supermodel in the fashion circle, but also a baby face action actress in Hollywood.

The weekend passed.

On Monday morning, Linda Vargas told Simon that Schwarzenegger had rejected his offer.

The other party probably wants to talk about it again.

However, Simon's ultimatum has no room for negotiation. He doesn't like to waste his useless energy on this kind of tug of war.

What's more, Linda also told Schwarzenegger about the temporary alternative plan that was produced last week. The other party still thought it had something to rely on and chose to refuse, which is even less to talk about.

What Simon didn't know was that Linda Vargas had some private thoughts.

The plan on Thursday was put forward by her. Naturally, a woman would like her suggestion to be adopted by Simon. In this way, her weight in her boss's mind will certainly increase a lot. Out of this kind of careful thinking, Linda almost didn't tell Schwarzenegger the alternative plan. Schwarzenegger is more likely to refuse if he doesn't know that there is an alternative plan.

In the end, it was out of loyalty to her young boss, and Linda knew that Simon was not an easy boss to fool.

Sure enough, Simon casually asked Linda if she had told Arnold about the alternative when discussing the matter on Monday. At that time, Linda Vargas exuded a cold sweat of fear, and then repeatedly reminded herself a hundred times.

Since Schwarzenegger gave up the opportunity, Simon directly let Linda start to contact Stallone.

Compared with Schwarzenegger, Stallone is more active in this project.

In recent years, the development of the action star who was famous and experienced quite inspirational experience is obviously not as good as Schwarzenegger. Even several action movies he participated in in in the past few years have brought losses to the studio, and the coffee position has declined seriously.

For this reason, Stallone also plans to slow down. Before that, he was discussing his plan to participate in James Mangold's new film "police Empire", which made its debut in Sundance at the beginning of the year. The original hero of this film is Stallone, because the purpose of the film is to impact the Oscars, and the production cost is not high. Stallone joined the film at the minimum salary standard of the actors' Union, but only before and after He got a symbolic reward of $60000.

When he signed James Mangold, Simon asked someone to contact Stallone.

With the idea of making friends with the booming danilisi entertainment, Stallone has basically agreed to come down, and has not even mentioned the additional conditions.

For the game of the brave, Simon didn't plan to use Stallone at first. He just wanted to have a chance to compensate each other later. Simon always appreciates professional and hard-working people, and Stallone is definitely one of them.

Now, it's a direct compensation. The script of the game of the brave also began to be revised. The Vietnam War veteran's setting of rubbing Rambo's popularity must be left behind. In addition, he added two attributes to Stallone: strategy expert and firearms expert, who can just act as the command core and remote output of the team.

It was settled in one day. Stallone called Simon in person at noon, hoping to have a chat in person at the Oscar Party that evening. He was very enthusiastic.

As for Schwarzenegger, he is totally out of the project.

Another day passed quickly.

It's six o'clock on Monday afternoon.

In 1994, the 67th Academy Awards ceremony was officially opened in the holy citizen Hall of Los Angeles.