Chapter 1387: 1387
The news that the "Doomsday" crew will be openly recruiting child actors has become one of the most popular discussions after Christmas, and Endeavour Elite and 20th Century Fox have used this opportunity to make a splash.
The former has become the most eye-catching brokerage company for senior managers and the most yearning for new artists. It even surpassed the three major brokerage companies simply in terms of momentum. After all, brokerage companies are too unfamiliar to most ordinary people. Endeavour elite brokerage companies This time, the right place and the right people have really benefited a lot, but the real powerful influence will have to wait until the next few months to slowly radiate.
The latter has swept away the depression of the past two years, and has become a pioneer in the eight major film companies. Although the "Doomsday" investment of 100 million is not top, but relying on this series of publicity, Kevin Peng Sri Lanka's follow-up plans for the company have been pushed forward one after another, and the company's brand effect is immeasurable.
Just when everyone was focusing on the topic of public auditions for child actors, Columbia Pictures was caught in an embarrassing situation.
Mark Canton has been in a bad mood the last few days, terribly bad! Even so, he still can't describe his terrible mood.
Mark knows better than anyone about the current state of Columbia Pictures, and he has been working hard to turn the company around. In fact, since last year, Mark has been making relevant plans. The contact with Hugo during the World Cup can only be regarded as an outpost, but unfortunately, Mark has never thought about Hugo's idea. The script was ultimately rejected by Hugo.
Everyone knows this truth: in Hollywood, no one is irreplaceable, in fact, the reverse is also true, no film production company is irreplaceable, including brokerage companies.
Normally, the cooperation with Hugo has not been successful. There are hundreds of actors in Hollywood who can cooperate, and there are thousands of third-tier and fourth-tier actors who are eager to succeed. For the top film production companies, there is no need to worry about a lack of co-stars.
But those who can achieve the position of Mark know a simple truth. The reason why a star becomes a star is because he has corresponding value. The resources and energy expended to cultivate a star is very huge, whether it is Tom Cruise or Hugo Lancaster, the accumulation of one work after another, the contrast of resources one after another , driven by waves of propaganda, this is the result of the condensed power of the entire industry - otherwise, there will be so many meteors across the sky, and few stars that can really stay.
The influence of stars is definitely not that simple, and what Columbia Pictures needs is precisely the power of stars. If you keep going the low-budget comedy line like Universal Pictures, then it doesn't matter if you don't have top stars; but if you want to get astonishing box office like "Forrest Gump" and "Jurassic Park", you need stars cooperation.
Among many stars, Hugo is the first person today.
But Mark also knows that there is only one Hugo, everyone is robbing it, and Columbia Pictures has a low chance of winning. Therefore, on the one hand, Mark is still trying his best to win Hugo, and he is always reluctant to give up, trying to maintain a good relationship with Rick; on the other hand, Mark has also launched an alternative plan: the 20 million salary plan!
After experiencing the remuneration turmoil in the second half of last year, although the entire Hollywood remuneration plan of 20 million yuan was temporarily put on hold, all the senior management including Mark knew that the time was not far away. Layers of film, the achievement of this unique "film history for the first time".
Mark is naturally also in the pipeline. He has many projects in his hands and has talked with many top actors such as Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, etc., but unfortunately these have been famous for a long time. It is not so easy for the actors to compromise, not only the actors, but also their agents - which one is not a vampire with a high morality, is not willing to give in easily on the details of the contract.
Moreover, being the first recipient of a salary of 20 million can be said to be highly anticipated, but the pressure on the shoulders is also enormous. Once the work fails, the ensuing disaster will also multiply. Therefore, they also hesitated and considered the script again and again.
In the end, in desperation, Mark changed his development plan. He found Jim Carrey, who had been prosperous in the past year.
If you have to find an actor who can compete with Hugo in the last two years, it is not Brad Pitt, but Jim Carrey. Starting from "Detective Plane", to "Geezes in Disguise", and then to "Dumb and Duck", Jin almost experienced a perfect 1994; after entering this year, "Detective Plane 2" achieved another success, and then he also Starred in "Batman Forever", it is definitely the only competitor who can compete with Hugo in terms of box office appeal in the past two years.
And most importantly, Kim is the hottest comedian right now, and comedies, like horror, are known to be a model of low-budgeting. To make a commercial popcorn movie, the high visual effects will cost tens of millions of dollars, and the cost will cost more than 80 million, but to make a comedy movie may only cost 20 million dollars, even if you add The salary of 20 million yuan for Shangjin is only 40 million yuan.
Mark made a wishful thinking. If he can reach a cooperation agreement with Jin, and produce another work with an investment of over 100 million and a remuneration of 20 million, Columbia Pictures can definitely sweep away the decline and regain its strength.
While waiting for Hugo, Tom and others to reply, the negotiation between Mark and Jin went very smoothly. The "trump card commissioner" submitted by Mark attracted the interest of the other party. Unexpectedly, Jin's creative artist agency really proposed In order to package and cooperate, Mark naturally does not have much meaning for this.
The two sides negotiated some details with each other, and finally the prototype of the bad boy gang that will support Half the Sky in the future of American comedy appeared.
But at this time, 20th Century Fox took the lead and announced the "Doomsday" cooperation project. Everyone knows what happened next. Relying on Hugo's incomparable momentum, 20th Century Fox and Endeavour Elite Agency stole all the limelight, while Columbia Pictures and Creative Artists Agency could only be stunned.
For the creative artist agency, in the competition between them and the Endeavour Elite Agency, they were actually ahead of the other by half, and the sense of crisis began to emerge. Perhaps, they should join hands with the International Innovation Management Company to suppress the currently booming Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company to avoid a fourth giant crocodile in the future.
But objectively speaking, Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company has done a good thing this time, and can win the support of almost all brokerage companies. In the future, their goal will be the 20 million club. But what about Creative Artists Agency? They can now announce that Jim Carrey has also won 20 million, which is not difficult for them, the point is that they have lost the opportunity, and this is the most embarrassing.
Columbia Pictures even more so.
With the first 20 million, there will naturally be a second one, and even the second one will inevitably lead to countless discussions, which will last at least until the third one. After that, people will still sigh, just like the 15 million club, the 20 million club will also become the top existence, but in terms of topicality, it cannot be compared with the first three.
But the problem is that now everyone's eyes are locked on the "first 20 million". If the second candidate is hurriedly announced at this time, this is completely "following the trend", and the topic discussion heat cannot be compared with the first. A comparable, even submerged in the wave of topics of the former, without a splash of water.
If this news is postponed later, then the strategic significance of Mark's "20 million remuneration" plan for Columbia Pictures will no longer exist, and all previous efforts and all subsequent follow-up plans will be voided.
Such an embarrassing situation of being in a dilemma of being in a dilemma made Mark almost have a myocardial infarction. After planning for so long, he finally ended up in such an embarrassing situation.
But this is Hollywood, and this is society. Opportunities are changing rapidly, and often just a day, an hour, or a minute gap, and an opportunity may pass by or collide head-on. On the other hand, even if the opportunity is seized now, the future is still unknown, because the possibilities that can happen in a short period of time are countless.
After repeated hesitation, Columbia Pictures and Creative Artists Agency decided to announce the news after repeated discussions. Rather than waiting for a better opportunity - which in turn leads to being seized by others, it is better to follow the original plan and finally let the box office results of "Doomsday" and "The Ace Commissioner" speak, and then say success or failure. It's too early.
On the first day of the new year in 1996, Columbia Pictures looked for the right time and officially announced the news, "We officially signed a contract with Jim Carrey, and Jin will play the leading role of 'Ace Commissioner'. Pay twenty million dollars in salary!"
Compared to 20th Century Fox's scheming, Mark is still a step behind the chess game. The brewing and promotion of the whole news seems to lack some sparks, but fortunately, the creative artist agency is completely good at this, and they use their own hands. All the resources of the "20 million salary" topic have been pushed to the top again.
What Creative Artists Agency emphasizes is that two top actors, Hugo and Kim, jointly created the era of Hollywood's 20 million salary. One actor may be just an accident, but two actors are not just accidental. The 20 million film remuneration comes from different film companies and different brokerage companies, which also means that Hollywood has officially entered a new era of 20 million film remuneration!
Under the promotion of the innovative artist agency, the momentum began to climb again!