Chapter 1472

If Christopher doesn't know the rumors in Hollywood, Emma knows them all.

Now among all the front-line actors and top actors, lanli is the most difficult and the easiest to cooperate.

The reason why it's difficult to do it is that Langley's critical attitude towards scripts, characters and performances has reached an appalling level. Including the six major Hollywood film companies, the number of script projects of all sizes has been piled up in Langley's hands, and even there is no chance to have a mirror talk.

Of course, there is a widespread saying in the industry that lanli's vision is vicious, and it still maintains a 100% success rate in the selection of works. If any work is appreciated by lanli, the success rate will go up in a straight line. That's why the "pop drummer" attracted so much attention at the beginning, and now the "Night Walker" is bound to trigger a discussion.

The reason why it's easy to say is that outside the script, lanli has almost no requirements - no taboos for CO actors, no requirements for studio treatment, no list of numerous prohibitions, and even a good attitude towards film remuneration, which is incredible for top actors.

Not to mention the small cost of independent production, even the "gravity" film payment negotiations are the same. Warner Brothers is willing to turn on the green light, and lenley is not aggressive. The whole negotiation process of film payment presents a harmonious scene, which can be called a rare spectacle in Hollywood.

But today, lanli has put forward the demand for film remuneration, and is it straight to the point?

What does this mean?

Emma was a little surprised, but she couldn't say unexpected.

From a thousand to ten thousand steps back, it is imperative for lanli to increase the film payment.

In today's Hollywood, of all the first-line and second-line actors who are active in large and small screens, regardless of their age and qualifications, Langley is the only egot winner. At the same time, Langley also has a strong performance in four consecutive films with the box office exceeding 100 million in North America, which is worthy of being one of the top actors in the first-line.

If even Lan Li doesn't mention the pay, how can other actors talk? At the same time, the producers and production companies are also hard to be at ease. The standard line of other actors' film remuneration is ambiguous. Should they raise the film remuneration or press the film remuneration? This is bound to break the order of the whole industry.

No matter other brokerage companies, no matter other production companies, no matter other producers... All eyes are focused on the pay figures of lanli, more or less behind it.

The only question is: how much is lanli expecting? In other words, how much is the present blue rite worth?

On this point, the brokerage company and the production company are two positions.

Production companies naturally want to save costs. They don't want to create another Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr. after all, the interests of the actors are shared from them.

The brokerage companies naturally hope that the higher the better. The best thing is to break the record of Robert Downey Jr.'s taking over Iron Man 3 and further raise the upper limit of film remuneration, so that they can promote the remuneration of other actors.

Before lenley took over "gravity", in fact, the industry had gathered a lot of attention, concerned about Warner Brothers' choice and decision, but in the end, it was a tepid agreement: 10% of the North American box office bonus.

It's not a top figure, but it's far from bad. For the front-line actors in Hollywood, especially the actors who have the advantage in film payment, it is a proper choice.

On the one hand, the dividend figure can't be compared with the 15% and 20% of Tom Cruise's, but it still reaches the height of 10%, which can be said to be a watershed; On the other hand, in a short period of time, we can't know what the market appeal of lanli is. After all, the box office bonus is not as direct as the 20 million club.

Only after the release of gravity can we see whether Warner Bros. is losing money or making money.

Now, once again, there is an opportunity.

Over there, Thomas Toure is stuck with the "Jurassic Park" pay figures - outsiders don't know what role long Meyer played in it; On this side, "Star Trek" is likely to become Lanley's next work, so how should Emma Thomas control the pay?

What's more, Star Trek is now in a dilemma. Warner Bros. and legend pictures are fighting for the production right, and both sides are not giving up. The terms of the original contract signed by Christopher Nolan are also very complicated. He can't simply say that if he chooses Warner Bros. or legend pictures, both sides must make compromises——

The problem is that both Thomas Toure and Kevin towon refuse to give in, which also leads to the temporary failure of the project to continue to promote, and now Emma Thomas has limited authority.

From the kitchen to the backyard, Emma's brain was running at a high speed, even in the interval of the polite greetings with blue Li at this moment.

Generally speaking, business negotiation can be simply divided into two types: one is to give the initiative to the other party, and the other party will take the lead in "asking prices all over the sky and paying back money by sitting on the ground", and then find out the psychology according to the other party's bid, and then launch an attack; One is to take the initiative in one's own hands, set up the benchmark first, and then start negotiations around this line.

So, which one should she choose?

Between light and flint, Emma's mind has changed a lot, and then she made her own choice, "so, you and Chris just talk all right?"

"I won't use smooth to define the conversation, otherwise he won't run away." Lanli's unexpected reply made Emma a little stunned.

Then Emma laughed happily and nodded in agreement. "Of course. of course! But you can't blame him. Even if I heard your topic, my first reaction was stunned. Obviously, we didn't expect that the first time we met and talked to each other, we had come to such a stage. "

"I didn't expect that either." Lenley shrugged. "I thought Chris needed some time to think about it. Now in Hollywood, actors who want to play Chris's works should be queuing up to get their numbers. I'm not sure about my position. Today's interview should be the first step, but Chris just sent out the invitation, and I was caught off guard

So... It's not Langley's fault, it's Chris's fault?

Emma, of course, knew that it was a little humor, and she laughed more and more briskly. "But I guess you must have come prepared this time, or you wouldn't say it was a gamble. Well, now let's measure whether this gamble is worthwhile or not

Emma chose to defend.

Unlike top producers like Weinstein brothers, Emma is not a pure producer. She is mainly responsible for producing all Christopher's works. She is not so much a producer as a communication bridge for the director; Outside of Christopher, she was responsible for only one film, "Superman: the body of steel.".

In other words, Emma is not the type of profit first or strategizing. Therefore, she did not aggressively take all the initiative in her own hands. Instead, she entered the negotiation with retreat as advance and defense as attack.

Lanli didn't show any politeness, didn't refuse, and didn't explain the whole story. Just according to Andy's advice, he threw out the expected film pay figure, "20 million, plus 5% of the North American box office bonus."

Emma's expression was slightly surprised, not because the pay figure was too high, but because the pay figure was too reasonable

There was no exaggeration, no lion's mouth, no hype, but a down-to-earth number that Emma could hardly refute or reject.

As a matter of fact, the industry can still capture some information about the progress of the project negotiations among Thomas tour, Jurassic Park and Langley; Moreover, because Thomas and Christopher have a close personal relationship, Emma needs to know more about the first 15 million yuan and the present 20 million yuan.

Objectively speaking, with lanli's current achievements in the industry, 20 million plus 3% of the box office bonus, this is the bottom line of the film production company's psychology. If we wait until "gravity" is released, the situation will change - if the box office fails, then lanli's 20 million club will still be unable to run away; If the box office is successful, then the proportion of box office bonus will definitely be more than the current figure.

But standing on the position of brokerage companies - whether it's innovative artists brokerage companies or other competitors, they are looking forward to the further development of lanli, entering the club of "30 million plus box office bonus" and creating a new era.

In today's Hollywood film market, the part of film pay has been basically fixed. The 20 million club is an unbreakable shackle. If you want to pursue higher film pay, there are two situations——

Either, like Tom Cruise, he will reduce or give up his basic salary and take the box office bonus as his income. The figure is basically 15% off and 25% capped. The actor's salary is directly linked to the box office performance, which also makes Tom Cruise's propaganda of every film extra hard.

Or, like Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr., they "threaten" the production company with the box office bonus, and then the production company will make a balance between the bonus figure and the base salary of the film, and finally determine a "no loss" film salary figure, such as 40 million or 50 million. After paying all the film salaries at one go, the actors will give up the right to the bonus.

It can be concluded that the interests that the production companies and Wall Street are willing to give up have reached the bottleneck.

The major brokerage companies are looking forward to blue Lee breaking this bottleneck, but now, blue Lee has put forward a very reasonable film pay, just because it is too reasonable, so that Emma can not refuse.