Chapter 1924： Movie stars and characters

The first budget for Terminator 2 is $ 50 million.

This is one of the few in the entire history of Hollywood!

Because this is just the funding for the filming, the part that was announced is not added at all.

It would n’t be a surprise if the additional funds were added, as well as the announcement and so on.

There will be no more than 10 directors in Hollywood who can receive such treatment.

If you count it strictly, the five will be similar.

To be precise, James Cameron can only be counted in the top ten, not the top five.

The top five should be Spielberg and George Lucas, they have a strong IP, and more than ten years of successful experience.

Despite James Cameron's success, it was only five years since he debuted. The films he produced were all the scripts given by Yin Jun, so everyone still has reservations about whether he can make a classic movie by himself.

The truck driver himself realized this, so he told Yin Jun that he would choose the film for himself in the years after "Terminator 2". Unless it is an existing sequel, Yin Jun will not be considered. Script.

This is the self-esteem of a big director and the beginning of his breakthrough. Yin Jun naturally agreed.

As a talented director, even if Yin Jun has already registered all of his works, he can still think of other films to produce, and he will also be successful.

Only such a big director can be called a talented wizard.

Because they can invent themselves, rather than follow the trend and find hot spots.

Yin Jun's layout in Hollywood now has a clear system concept gradually.

Under the influence of Yin Jun, Spielberg's relationship with Universal Pictures is far less inseparable than his previous life.

Especially after Yin Jun handed over the "Resident Evil" series to him, in the next two decades, this will be the bond of interest between Yin Jun and Spielberg.

In the meantime, let him make one or two movies, which is a relaxed matter, and Spielberg will not refuse.

Well, of course it won't be "Jurassic World", which was taken by Yin Jun for himself.

The big dinosaur is such an interesting thing, of course, it is better to shoot it by yourself.

James Cameron is also a focus.

Not only can he create a new script to make a movie himself, but the dozen or so films that Yin Jun has prepared for him are enough for him to be busy for thirty years.

With such two super-significant directors, Kirin Group's North American branch is stable and has its own director superstar.

Or Yin Jun can also be counted as one. After all, there are so many Oscar best films, Oscar best director blessings, and the "Jurassic Park" series, which is enough to make Yin Jun a super director comparable to them.

In addition to the director, Yin Jun's superstar is also a very luxurious version.

The two superstars of the 1990s-Stallone and Schwarzenegger, are already contracts for 10 movies in 20 years. At their peak, they naturally belong to the Kirin Group.

The three superstars that began in the 00s-Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr., are also under the constraints of 30 years and 20 years without contract, they can allow Yin Jun to use it until the era of anime heroes. .

There is also Tom Cruise, a Mesozoic film emperor who has been in full swing for 30 years. It is just the connection of the superstars of this era, and it is also the superstar that Yin Jun focuses on.

The three consecutive Academy Award winners are the gifts given to him by Yin Jun, as well as the great achievement of Kirin Group's North American branch!

Eddie Murphy, a powerful actor, will also be a very rare black star in the Kirin Group in the next 30 years. He and Morgan Freeman are also the bridge between Yin Jun and black actors.

Fei Xiang, who is more than the previous life, because he is a Chinese-American actor, so he will replace the original position of Tom Cruise, at least for 30 years.

As for Xiangjiang stars such as Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, Liang Chaowei, Ren Dahua, etc., it is best to be able to get mixed in the United States and China. People, also invested in Yin Jun's banner.

With their directors and celebrities, the brand of Kirin Group's North American branch is also there, and it will continue to attract more stars and directors.

It doesn't matter if every star and director sign a contract of 20 years or 30 works. Only the best directors and actors can get better treatment.

Otherwise, it is the opportunity of two or three low-pay cooperation, and then they will be replaced.

Heroes such as "Spider-Man", "Batman", "Captain America.", "Thor", etc., can be replaced by an actor in two or three parts.

After the 2000s, in general, the star guarantee box office strategy that had been pursued in the past had been completely subverted.

It should be the other way around, the movie becomes an actor.

People started to know actors through various roles.

For example, Chris Evans of "Captain America." When he became the captain of the United States, who was so hot, who can remember that he was the fireman in "Fantastic Four"?

And Toby Maguire of "Spider-Man", who knew who he was before playing the role of Spider-Man?

There is also Chris Hemsworth of "Raytheon", who became famous with "Raytheon" at the age of 30, and everyone's influence on him is only the role of Thor.

These actors, once separated from the roles of these movies, are completely not first-rate big stars.

Toby Maguire was able to ask for $ 20 million plus 10% of North American profit dividends in "Spider-Man 2" and "Spider-Man 3", but in addition to this series of movies, his pay fell to a sudden 3 million dollars!

From this we can see that it really turned into a role to achieve a star, rather than a star to achieve a role.

Boxing box superstars like Xiaolizi are really getting fewer and fewer in Hollywood in the future.

Even Johnny Depp, who was not the role of the captain, came for five consecutive blows at a stretch, and the cumulative losses of those movies reached more than 500 million US dollars, which really frightened all the producers.

With these previous life experiences, Yin Jun only needs to maintain the star strategy for 20 years, up to 30 years.

Thirty years later, it was the time when the characters chose actors.

As long as Yin Jun chooses the right actors and stipulates the number of parts and remuneration they participate in, there will not be too much difference.

For example, Robert Downey Jr., his "Iron Man" and "Avengers", you can give him a total of 8 participation contracts, when it expires, he will automatically leave, and change to a new Iron Man to join the Marvel Universe .

Of course, Yin Jun will not be too harsh on him. In the status and role of Robert Downey Jr., it is completely in line with the rules to take an average of 20 million dollars for a movie.

It seems that it is impossible to directly display a price tag of $ 100 million.

After changing a new actor, Yin Jun will also count the number of his Iron Man characters, and he is determined to keep the production cost of the movie from soaring.

The production cost of a hero movie, plus the movie stars ’remuneration, can actually reach more than 400 million US dollars in horror. This is simply unimaginable. If you encounter Waterloo, what a blow to the film company!

In fact, Marvel Pictures is walking on such a wire rope.

The production cost of each Avengers is increasing, and the cost of each hero movie is increasing. If there is not a large overseas market, especially an emerging market such as the Chinese market, they have long been unable to make ends meet.

Once a serious loss of one or two comes, I am afraid that Disney's huge net worth will not be overwhelming.

With a few more episodes, it is not impossible for the Disney movie department to go bankrupt directly.

In fact, this is very similar to the madness of the Xiangjiang movies in the 1990s.

At that time, Xiangjiang Movies invited stars such as Liu Dehua, Zhou Runfa, Li Lianjie, and Zhou Xingchi. The pay of these stars alone accounted for 80% of the production costs!

It means that 30 million Hong Kong dollars worth of movies, 24 million will be given to the stars, and only the remaining 6 million Hong Kong dollars will be filmed to pay the salaries of directors and ordinary actors and production teams.

You said that with such a production model, how is it possible to make an excellent movie?

Totally impossible!

So the Xiangjiang movie collapsed, it was completely clean, and there was no room for struggle after 30 years.

Isn't this the same for film production companies in the United States after 2018?

High star pay and dividends account for at least 60% of production costs.

This brings heavy production cost pressure to the crew, and also allows them to cut out a little money to make a movie instead of using more money to make a good movie.

If this continues, sooner or later it will crash.

The result of the crash, but everyone does not want to see it.

It must be very tragic!

Yin Jun learned this experience in this life.

From the beginning, he kept the pay of these stars not more than 20% of the total production cost, which is at most 20%, and in many cases it was controlled below 10%.

Even for superstars like Stallone and Schwarzenegger, they only get a basic film fee of 2 million US dollars, and they don't get much dividends from the film, just a 2% share of the North American box office.

They are already superstars now, and they dare not violate the original agreement at will.

Not only because Yin Jun is now the No. 1 giant in Hollywood, but also because the power of the contract is strong ~ www.novelhall.com ~ If they want to break the contract, it is the endless lawsuits that hundreds of lawyers are waiting for them. .

This is also unbearable for the two.

Fortunately, there is compensation for dividends. Their income will not be less than 6 million US dollars each time. In this era, it is quite a lot.

And with such a great reputation, they dare to shout out $ 5 million in film rewards when they pick up movies outside, plus the super high dividend condition of 10% North American box office share.

There is also advertising income brought by fame, which also makes the two earn a lot of money.

Therefore, they did not have much dissatisfaction with Yin Jun's strategy, so they should be sacrificed for the necessity of fame.

Since these two big stars have not taken the lead in protesting, and have not turned their faces, then the other stars and actors of the Kirin Group North American branch will naturally not be able to ask for a sky-high price.

Their salary is within a reasonable range.

This will enable the two major film companies under the Kirin Group North American branch to spend more money on the film production itself.

This is why Disney and United Arts movies, including ABC TV series and variety shows, have had a good reputation over the past few years.

As long as you have enough funds and everyone has worked hard to create it, the film will not be bad.

As for the dividend after the success of the movie, it seems nothing to Yin Jun.

If you earn more, you should naturally share it with everyone, so that it is a positive incentive measure.

If they have always been so shaggy, wouldn't it be the same as Uncle Shao?

The ending of the Shaw film is not so good!

It's too late, Yin Jun still understands this truth very well! !

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