~： Four hundred and ninety-one - sky-high contract

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December 25, 1996, ushered in the grand festival of the entire Western tradition, Christmas. Although there is no snow in Los Angeles, which makes Christmas seem a little less traditional, for the annual North American "Spring Festival", the excitement is not reduced at all because of the lack of white.

From an alternative point of view, Wayne has been independent a few years ago. Since living alone with his parents, work has become the focus of his life. Festivals are also like a struggling young man. People in general have become dispensable.

But this year, the situation has changed. The unexpected arrival of little Fendi Greenberg is like a bright light for his life. For the first time in two lifetimes, he experienced the feeling of being a father.

So he would rather put his busy work aside temporarily, and also want to participate in his first Christmas with his daughter. As a novice father, he has been trying hard to recall the scenes of old Greenberg accompanying him when he was a child. Give your girlfriend a perfect childhood, even though the little guy now basically doesn't understand anything.

One thing was beyond Naomi Watts's expectations. Little Fendi seems to have inherited his father's dog-loving genes, and he is very close to the three little bully dogs like meatballs, even if he can't see them when he wakes up. , will cause little Fendi to cry in dissatisfaction.

The safety issue that the Australian actress has been worrying about is obviously just her own mediocre self-disturbance. Although the three little meatballs are only less than three months old, they can be found by careful observation. The characters of the little guys are quite calm and important. He is very smart and patient, especially when facing Little Fendi, even if he is scratched, he will never make a threatening roar.

Just as Wayne expected, in just two days, a little girl who was still crawling on the ground became friends with three ugly and cute puppies. If there are no major accidents, these three The bully dog, like the two golden retrievers who accompanied Wayne back then, would accompany little Fendi through childhood, adolescence, and grow into a big girl.

The happy time is always short, Christmas passed quietly, and early the next morning, when the city of angels woke up from the darkness again, the press corps of major media seemed to be attracted by a strong magnet. Generally, it begins to converge towards Beverly Century City.

The realm of Hollywood is actually not that big. After decades of development, the term Hollywood has long been separated from its regional attributes. Compared with Hollywood, which is not spacious, there are thousands of film and television companies crowded in Los Angeles, and it is these film and television companies that allow Hollywood to have new projects every day.

As one of the six major Hollywood giants, 20th Century Fox, whether it is the company or its film and television subsidiary, is constantly investing in new film projects. Due to its strong media attributes and the well-known parent company News Corp. The existence of them, their advantages in publicity and promotion are quite obvious.

And 20th Century Fox's publicity for new projects has long been accustomed to media reporters who are familiar with the entertainment industry and Hollywood.

However, when 20th Century Fox suddenly announced that the partner this time was Wayne Greenberg, it still attracted a lot of media attention. As we all know, since the rise of the young director in the early 1990s, he has basically never taken over the invitation of other companies except Warner Bros. This situation has become a kind of situation after he officially became a shareholder in Warner Bros. impossible.

Judging from the information of the media conference urgently announced by 20th Century Fox, the title given turned out to be "Welcome to the return of Wayne Greenberg." This not only made countless media and insiders begin to speculate that Wayne Greenberg Whether there is a rift between Grid and Warner Bros. that has not yet been reported.

Basically, as long as people who are a little more well-informed in the industry know that Wayne Greenberg's random operation this summer has made Warner Bros. the biggest winner of the summer season, and in addition to the big winner Warner Bros., the second one. Tenth Century Fox was also one of the last laughing winners because of the movie "Independence Day".

Is there any involvement from Wayne Greenberg? No one can tell this question clearly, but according to the earliest rumors from 20th Century Fox, he must play a role in the temporary change of the release date of the movie "Independence Day".

There is also a very important point. Anyone who has carefully studied Wayne's rise will clearly know that the distributor of his first film "Happy Death Day" is 20th Century Fox, and it was bought out at a sky-high price. Although the two sides parted ways in the end, there were no rumors of any disagreement.

It is precisely because of this "Happy Death Day" that the young director discovered the first pot of gold in his life. The specific relationship between the two has always been the object of speculation by the major gossip media.

It is precisely because of all the rumors and speculations with fog, coupled with the slogan of 20th Century Fox that welcomes the return, it has completely attracted the attention of a large number of media reporters, and everyone wants to know what happened.

At ten o'clock in the morning, witnessed by hundreds of media reporters, Wayne and Twentieth Century Fox CEO Townsend Rothman signed their names on the producer contract, and exchanged contracts as the two routinely went about their business. , showing the contract, and taking a group photo, the media conference that the reporters were thinking about officially began.

Obviously, this time, 29th Century Fox has thoroughly played a title party in order to attract the attention of the media and also to attract the attention of the majority of moviegoers.

Unlike most people's imaginations, this is just a producer contract and has nothing to do with the director's work at all, but the content announced by the organizer Fox at the press conference still caused quite a stir.

"X-Men" is a superhero series affiliated with Marvel Comics. Twentieth Century Fox announced the official project. The first producer of the film is Wayne Greenberg, which is completely reasonable. After all, these years In the field of superhero film and television, only he can be regarded as a real success.

After the project is launched, preparations will be made within the next two years, and will meet with the audience in the summer of 1999 at the latest. Faced with repeated questions from reporters, Townsend-Rothman sings praises to Wayne without hesitation, claiming that as early as "Batman: Hour of War" has already started an uninterrupted pursuit before it was released. Although it is a little later than expected and the way of cooperation is different, it is still a very pleasant collaboration.

What caught the reporters' attention even more was not Wayne who was smiling and sitting there without saying a word. After all, the specific details of the "X-Men" movie must be released at the launch conference a long time later, or It was revealed at the specific preparatory press conference that they were interested in this sky-high producer contract.

At least on the bright side, 20th Century Fox readily disclosed the details of the cooperation between the two parties, especially the terms of Wayne's personal treatment.

As the first producer of the first film of the "X-Men" series, compensation is what everyone cares about most. When they heard the basic compensation of up to 20 million US dollars, everyone's first reaction was that 20th Century Fox wanted to The success rate of superhero movies is really willing to bleed and spend all the money.

When they learned that there was a box office sharing clause, and it was as high as 20% of the global box office, everyone felt numb to the money figures. Because everyone knows that this is completely different from the director who has to perform specific work. I am afraid that this number will not be surpassed for many years after that.

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In this circle, although the upper and lower limits of the salary and benefits of practitioners are quite wide, at the very least, people in the circle have a good reputation. It is indeed a producer-centered system, and it is often the actors and directors who can get sky-high remunerations as laborers.

Producers who make more than $2 million in the industry, even without box office splits, include Jerry Bruckheimer, Scott Rudin, Brian Glazer, and Daniel H Murray Here and others, this range is not limited to the 1990s. After more than 20 years, there are very few people who can get a basic salary of 200 US dollars, which can be counted on ten fingers.

The top earners among these people, take Daniel H. Moretz as an example, his contract in the "Fast and Furious 7" project, got 2.5 million US dollars plus 7.5% of the box office share.

Of course, everyone knows that for the producer, the management role, these are just income on the surface. In fact, the North American Producers Union has never announced its members like other labor unions. The average income and real income of 2018 are well known. Successful producers are filled with a large number of film company bosses, and their income cannot be counted at all.

However, according to data collected by some reporters, the average salary of a novice producer who has just entered Hollywood is only between $250,000 and $350,000, except for some popular movie stars and big directors who cross-border part-time producers.

The entire press conference didn't last long, and Wayne was like a smiling mascot, sitting behind a long table, listening to the 20th Century Fox press spokesman, constantly answering questions from reporters.

Unless it's a question he can't hide from, he always keeps a silent state, even when some reporters deliberately pick things up and ask him if there is a rift with Warner Bros. He also smiled back and did not explain.

It was not until the press conference was over and the reporters were unwilling to leave the stage that he put away the formulaic smile on his face and said to Townsend-Rothman: "I have been too busy during this time, the overall planning of the series of films. , as well as the specific script of the first movie, I will take the time to complete it as soon as possible. You know, after the Oscars ceremony at the end of March, I will adjust some of my focus here. "

Townsend-Rothman smiled, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Okay, script and plan, you can communicate with Avi Adra at any time, trust me, he will be you on this project He is a good partner, and you can give him the specific work such as the construction of the crew frame."

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