Chapter 1164 1164 Game Behind the Scenes

In today's Hollywood, if you ask an average audience whether they like Tom Cruise or Hugo Lancaster, the answer is probably five or five. Maybe someone can have the upper hand, but the advantage is definitely not. It will be too obvious; when the same question is handed to major film companies, their answer must be "like all", because for them, actors are a whole noun, and in the face of personal friendship, interests are always the core.

So, when Tom and Hugo were competing for a movie, it got pretty much everyone excited, and "Mission: Impossible" took the spotlight in one fell swoop.

Now that Hugo is almost on the verge of making a deal with "Mission Impossible," Tom has once again come from behind, making an offer that Paramount can't refuse. On the one hand, it is to sign Hugo and create Hollywood's first feat of 20 million US dollars in salary; on the other hand, it is to sign Tom and reach a cooperation with the top superstar who has been in Hollywood Changhong for ten years. This is a dilemma in the eyes of any company. .

But in fact, for Paramount, the choice is not so difficult.

In less than forty-eight hours - the time left for the Endeavour Elite Agency to react is very limited, Paramount officially announced that they signed Tom Cruise for a salary of 10 million US dollars, and Tom joined "Mission Impossible", The crew will be set up within two weeks and put into formal shooting!

The twists and turns, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, the battle for the male protagonist of "Mission Impossible" has been tossing and turning for nearly a month, and finally ended with Tom Cruise's victory. The audience was hooked, those who supported Tom were overjoyed, those who supported Hugo were indignant, and the onlookers cheered and looked forward to the release of "Mission Impossible".

Hugo still missed out with "Mission Impossible" after all, which is embarrassing.

In fact, it is not surprising that Paramount made such a choice. Their weighing position is nothing more than a choice of interests.

Although signing a contract with Hugo can create a gimmick, the 20 million US dollars in remuneration is also paid by Paramount itself, which means that their box office pressure is greater - and the profit margin is smaller. Not to mention the other major studios, including Paramount itself, none of the studios would be happy with a pay rise. It has always been the brokerage companies that have promoted the increase in film salaries, while the film companies hope to keep costs down and control them.

But the problem is that there are enough gimmicks in "Mission Impossible" now, and the "20 million salary" is just icing on the cake - and it's Paramount's own bleeding, plus pressure from other major film companies. In fact, Paramount's choice was not too difficult.

On the other hand, the cooperation between Tom and Paramount is definitely not as simple as lowering the salary. There are many things Tom can bring to Paramount, not only "Mission Impossible", but also other works. partnership. No one will forget that Tom is an artist who belongs to Creative Artists Agency.

This is really an interesting situation. On the one hand, the Creative Artists Agency has joined forces with William Morris Agency and Endeavour Elite Agency to promote a new breakthrough in the 20 million yuan salary; Tom's Affiliate Partnership. Sure enough, it is the most powerful brokerage company in the industry at present.

For the creative artist agency, they are invincible. If Hugo starred in "Mission Impossible", it means that the 15 million cap of the entire agency industry has been broken. They are definitely Top contenders for the next 20 million club; if Tom was in Mission: Impossible, they could get their actors to work more with Paramount, and they also won head-to-head competition with Hugo.

Therefore, the creative artist brokerage company can definitely be said to be able to do it with ease.

Objectively speaking, in this competition, the biggest winner is not Tom or Hugo, nor the creative artist agency, but Paramount and "Mission Impossible". The preliminary preparations for this work have not yet been completed. It is already word of mouth. When the movie is released in the future, as long as the publicity can keep up, the box office of the movie will have a high chance of breaking the sky.

Behind Tom Cruise is the Creative Artists Agency, and behind Hugo is the Endeavour Elite Agency. This is also the first head-to-head game between the two brokerage companies, with cooperation on the surface and competition on the back, or the old-fashioned and strong Creative Artists Agency has the last laugh, but the Creative Artists Agency has clearly realized one thing through this incident, and that is to forge ahead. The rise of elite brokerage firms is unstoppable!

Others don't know it, but Creative Artists Agency knows it all too well.

In fact, the cooperation between Tom Cruise and "Mission Impossible" was finalized as early as the night of the Oscars. Tom showed his determination to win this work, and his contacts in Hollywood are naturally not Hugo in the three Years can be compared, and the foundation of the creative artist agency is not something that the elite agency can compete with.

Tom not only persuaded the main characters of the crew to get the support of Brian De Palma and Robert Downey, but also won the favor of Paramount boss Shirley Lansing. In addition, Tom also relied on his own ability to obtain the support of Qiang-Walter.

Who is Jon Voight? A veteran actor who has been in Hollywood for nearly 30 years, he has become famous as early as the late 1960s, and his connections range from Broadway to TV series to movies, and he can also be seen in various fields such as screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, etc. figure. If you want to talk about the achievements of actors, maybe he is not as good as Paul Newman and Jack Nicholson; but when it comes to the behind-the-scenes power in the circle, he is a top existence.

Qiang expressed his willingness to play "Mission Impossible" on the condition that Tom must be the male lead. And, he himself appeared on Oscar night as a lobbyist for Tom. Qiang took his daughter, Angelina Jolie, to the party that night - her daughter was able to act as a distraction, so that others would mistakenly think he was just paving the way for her daughter's future acting career, so that they wouldn't pay attention to his whereabouts.

Tom's collaboration with "Mission Impossible" was decided on Oscar night. Tom reduced his salary and only took 10 million dollars. You must know that Tom has long been the backbone of the 15 million club. It is not easy to get him to reduce his salary; and Tom is also named a producer. Using the resources of an innovative artist agency, and following the ideas of the director and screenwriter, the crew can be quickly built—and a high-quality crew.

Paramount has no reason to refuse.

These transactions were originally hidden in the intertwining of gongs and chips, and it was difficult for even insiders to know before the official announcement. But to the surprise of the Creative Artists Agency, Rick Rosen, the fox, smelled something wrong. He took the time to hand over the Paramount matter to Joseph Gibbs, and then he and Ali Emmanuel Er was running around the Sunset Tower Hotel. Creative Artists Agency couldn't see the purpose of their running around at first, but now it seems to be clearer.

First of all, Joseph persuaded Paramount not to announce the news that Tom Cruise had signed for the time being. At the same time, Joseph also pulled Paramount to the chariot of Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company and cooperated with the performance. It came on the stage with gongs and drums. At the same time, Joseph and the others are fairly accurate, and the Creative Artists Agency will definitely cooperate, because it is beneficial to them, and even more benefits can be obtained.

Subsequently, Rick relied on his strong personal ability to pull Disney and Warner Bros. into their camp.

The limelight Tom Hanks joins Disney's dubbing job to support "Toy Story" in exchange for Nicolas Cage's exit in "Breaking the Dead Island" and Alexander Lorraine Affiliate. Then they reached an agreement with Disney, which let Disney join the ranks of 20th Century Fox and other companies to put pressure on Paramount.

Clint Eastwood and Al Pacino reached cooperation with Warner Bros., in exchange for the addition of Warner Bros. In fact, it doesn't matter whether Warner Bros. joins or not at this time, they just do it by hand and take advantage of the situation ——Because they originally did not agree with the salary exceeding 20 million.

At such a "critical" juncture, Tom Cruise came out strongly. After weighing the pros and cons, Paramount gave up the $20 million remuneration plan and chose Tom who "reduced the remuneration". The result is clear at a glance.

As a result, it was not that Hugo did not want to increase the salary, but was strangled by the film company. Not only could other brokerage companies no longer be able to put pressure on Hugo, but they would sympathize with the situation of Endeavour Elite Company, and said gloatingly, "After all, it is a small emerging company, and its power is not enough. After this blow, it is estimated that it will take a long time to recover. Cheerful."

It was obviously Tom Cruise who ran around and achieved a turnaround by relying on his strong personal connections; it was obviously the creative artist agency that was still strong and provided a strong back-up to help Tom Cruise win "Mission Impossible". However, under the crisis management of Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company, it not only resolved the previous remuneration accusation against Hugo, but also obtained a lot of benefits for the company's artists. The tacit secrets of each other take the relationship to a higher level.

The most important thing is that the Endeavour Elite Agency is doing it without anyone knowing it. If the Creative Artist Agency is also a player, they will not be aware of it at all. Not only the old foxes like Rick and Ali are not leaking, but even Joseph, who was generally looked down upon by people before, did not show any clues.

Moreover, Tom teamed up to convince Paramount Pictures that it was on Oscar night, but Rick and their reaction speed and crisis handling ability were amazing, whether it was their thoughtful and thorough consideration beforehand, or their judgment on the spot. Accuracy and clarity of thought have proven their abilities.

Creative Artists Agency didn't know how Rick sensed something was wrong, which also left them with no evidence to confirm all these speculations; but for them, facts didn't matter, guesses were enough, because they clearly knew , Next, the entire Hollywood agency circle is estimated to be shuffled.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company actually had a backer! Moreover, this backhand seems to be their ultimate goal!