Chapter 570

Andy anticipates the tough attitude of Universal Pictures.

The original dawn Johnson is like this, Universal Pictures is reluctant to let go, Neil is not willing to give up his own interests, leading to the final one shot two scattered, Andy cleverly used the advantage of the middle, let lenley win the opportunity to perform; Now it's lanli's turn to raise the film pay, and universal pictures will not let go easily.

But compare Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth and lenley hall on the same scale? Andy was really angry and laughing.

Anyone in the industry knows that commercial value can be created. In the past 30 years, the box office hegemony has changed several times, including Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr.. But besides them, there are a lot of new people with box office appeal, Almost before the front wave had time to climb up, the back wave came up again. Fresh faces are always popular in commercial movies, even the leading actor. Chris Hemsworth is the latest representative.

But in the past 30 years, the outstanding old actors are still Meryl Streep, Daniel Day Lewis, Sean pan, Denzel Washington and so on. The reason why the topic about the rise of generation Y in this Oscar is so lively is that the actors of Generation X have not been able to meet expectations and take over the burden from the baby boomers. Now, Langley seems to have become a leading actor of generation Y who can compete with Natalie Portman and Jennifer Lawrence, which is the most difficult and valuable.

In short, the positioning of Langley and Chris is different, and their future development potential is also different. They are not comparable at all. However, Michael has completed the "Statistics" so simply and rudely, which is ridiculous and funny.

Andy's face is still with a bright smile, but the power of words is as heavy as a precipitous one. He directly hit back with guns and sticks. "It's actually very good. You can go to Chris, any Chris can. I'm not sure if Disney has signed an exclusive agreement, but I'm sure you'll get the answer you're looking forward to. "

In such an interview, Andy's response can even be said to be impolite. Even Neil's expression was stiff, not to mention Michael. The atmosphere quickly cooled down. Michael didn't even want to maintain his polite smile. He looked at Andy with a serious face and seemed to be questioning: are you kidding?

"Ten million dollars, to play in a foreign film; Eight million dollars in two sequels. In addition, there is a 5% box office bonus. " Hidden under Andy's amiable smile is the lion's ambition.

From the beginning of today's meeting, Universal Pictures has been putting pressure on Andy. Every detail reminds him not to act rashly. In front of Hollywood's six giants, lanli is still just a shrimp. At the beginning, they could give up dawn and choose lanli. Now they can also give up lanli and choose another actor, Take part in the sequel.

Now that the other party has worked so hard, Andy doesn't conform to the situation, extorts money well, and expresses lanli's arrogance of "not knowing the greatness of heaven and earth". That's very sorry for Universal Pictures' hard work.

Such conditions can be said to be the level of first-line actors, basically equal to van diesel's position in "speed and passion". For lanli now, it is beyond the scope of ability.

After Andy said it, Neil could not help but be stunned, but Michael laughed directly, thinking that Andy was joking, but then saw Andy's serious look, and the smile solidified in the corner of Michael's mouth.

Originally Andy did not intend to be so radical, but now, he just showed his strength and hegemony, and this is not the end“ Of course, we have other ways to cooperate. " This sentence made Michael's stiff face a little better, but then it was as good as the bottom of the pot.

"We can start with the film. The sequel of the cooperation agreement, and then talk slowly Andy puts out a gesture of "waiting for a price to sell". His confident attitude shows his trust in lanli. With the advance of time, Andy believes that lanli's film pay is only high, and universal pictures will regret it at that time“ As a member of the creative artists agency, I am very happy to lead the whole team to contribute to the casting of this film and create a perfect cast. "

Creative artists agency is the industry leader in Hollywood. Its actors account for almost 30% of the whole Hollywood, and there are only a few more. Even in front of the top giants like Warner Brothers and Disney, such a big Mac has no weakness.

Any actor can be changed, which is the law of Hollywood. Offending a Lan Li is nothing at all; But if you offend Andy, and the creative artists agency he represents, it's troublesome. However, the innovative artist agency is also a tycoon in the industry. Will they break up with universal pictures just because of a blue rite? Obviously not.

Between lightning and flint, Michael's mind is also full of thoughts, and finally turned into a burst of laughter, "ha ha, I've heard that you are very humorous for a long time, and today I'm finally seeing. We very much welcome the follow-up comprehensive cooperation, but it is absolutely impossible to sign an agreement with lanli. "

Andy did not retort, the smile on his face has never changed, "in private and at work, I have a very clear personal division. I believe so do you. As for the signing agreement of Universal Pictures, you should know that it is absolutely impossible. "

Michael and Andy are both reluctant to give up. For a moment, the atmosphere is actually stiff here. This is not only a personal fight, but also a game between two top companies. No one will compromise easily.

Neil, caught in the middle, said that he was miserable. He coughed twice and broke the frozen air. "Today is just the first time we met. Our conversation is so full of sparks. It seems that we can look forward to the future cooperation. Next, we have a lot to discuss about the details of cooperation, right? "

Neil throws questions at the two people, but they don't respond immediately. The whole conversation gets stuck in the middle of the air. Finally, Andy was the first to laugh, "of course, the so-called cooperation, now even the first step has not started."

In this battle, Michael, who had the upper hand for a short time, raised his jaw slightly, straightened his waist, and showed the style of the superior, "so let's stop here for the time being. I don't want to delay your trip to the airport. Family is always the most important thing. "

Without politeness or greetings, they cut off the topic in a tough way, and once again announced the initiative of Universal Pictures - when it comes to the fight for core interests, the tough of the six major film companies is beyond doubt.

Andy knew that Michael was seeing off the guests. He didn't panic at all. He stood up straight and said with a smile, "I think there's still a lot of work to be done inside Universal Pictures, so I won't continue to delay my work. Goodbye. "

He patted his ass and walked away, but the hint in the words gave a strong counterattack: Neil and Michael didn't seem to have the same mind. And what's Lang Meyer's attitude?

Michael didn't leave the office, just Neil took Andy to the elevator. Today's meeting broke up in such a bad mood, but it didn't start very well. In the bustling summer season, the negotiation of "speed and passion" series did not go smoothly.

After leaving Universal Pictures, Andy didn't get angry. Instead, he calmed down and rearranged the whole story. Then he informed the company and began to inquire about the news through his extensive contacts.

The reason for the success of innovative artist brokerage company is resource sharing. The resources of brokers are open to all contracted artists of the company. Similarly, the resources of contracted artists are also open to all brokers, so as to realize benefit sharing. This is Andy's advantage, he will not let it go easily.

As for the preparation for the sequel of "speed and passion", it's now the top secret project of Universal Pictures. All the people involved in the project are senior managers, so it's not easy to get information. But the creative artists agency still got a small amount of information, which made Andy successfully put together the whole picture of the puzzle.

It's not hard to guess the attitude of Universal Pictures. They hope to make money through the "speed and passion" series. It's true that there are waizhuan and two sequels, but they don't want to spend too much money. The budget of each work is still around 100 million, especially for the film payment. They don't want to let go easily.

Although lanli's catalytic effect on "speed and passion 5" is obvious, so far only one "speed and passion 5" has proved its commercial box office potential. In addition, there is no evidence to show lanli's popularity for the time being. What's more important is that lanli takes the lead in literary works and saves the world in commercial films, These are two things. Not everyone is suitable for the leading role in a commercial blockbuster.

The most famous case is George Clooney, the absolute top actor in Hollywood, who is out of tune with the leading actor of commercial blockbusters.

First, the disastrous defeat of "Batman and Robin" in 1997 directly led to Warner Brothers' dust laden Batman Series for nearly a decade; Then, after the millennium, the "perfect storm", "allied team" and "tomorrow's world" were defeated one after another; The only set of "eleven Arhats" series with good box office performance has been shot three times, but the box office revenue is worse one by one. The last one still benefits from the excellent overseas box office, which avoids the tragedy of losing money.

Even George is like this, not to mention Langley, the new pink man? Universal doesn't want to take risks.