Chapter 1779 1779 Twenty Percent

"'Independence Day' is your award-winning work, don't you know?" Barry said solemnly, with a sincere light in his eyes.

The North American box office of 500 million US dollars is indeed equivalent to Hollywood's Nobel Prize, far more attractive than the Oscar statuette. Of course, if "only" is the case, Hugo is not enough to really enter the pinnacle of power, even "The Great Wind", "Sleepless in Seattle", "Schindler's List", "Speed", "Vulgar The success of many films such as "The Novel" and "The Seven Deadly Sins" is still not enough for Hugo to knock on the door of the top class, because Hugo is an actor, he is just an actor, not a director or a producer. The strength of these works is at best to put Hugo on an equal footing with top directors such as James Cameron, Mike Nichols, and Robert Zemeckis.

However, the influence of "Storm" on the entire music market has become the key. What Hollywood bigwigs see is not the album sales, let alone the power of music, but the hidden influence of Hugo on music fans behind the sales.

This allows Hugo to be on an equal footing with bigwigs like Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and George Lucas. The biggest difference between these bigwigs and appealing directors is that they have their own power. Steven and David formed DreamWorks, and George was the leader of Industrial Light and Magic. Now, Hugo alone has such a status - Endeavor Elite Agency can also be regarded as barely among the top players in Hollywood.

"'Independence Day'? Wow, this is an unexpected surprise." Hugo laughed, and walked towards the sofa, "If so, is it too late for me to celebrate with champagne tonight? "While speaking, Hugo looked at Joseph, and then saw Joseph tap his chin lightly, and Hugo immediately received the message.

It seems that today's meeting between Rick and Barry has come to fruition. However, Barry actually came to Long Beach on the same day, isn't this too impatient? It's nothing like his composure in Berlin.

Barry is indeed very urgent, in fact, he is deliberately acting so urgent, showing it to Hugo, so that Hugo knows that they value and respect him; also showing it to other competitors, so that they mistakenly think that this time Warner Bros. Forced to the edge of a cliff, he had to make a decision, but in fact the final agreement did not exceed Barry's bottom line, and everything was still under Barry's control - all he needed was other leaders to make wrong judgments, Could buy Warner Bros. more development time.

Therefore, at this time, Barry did not "conceal" his urgency, "I made a special trip here today because Curtis has urged me several times that 'LA Confidential' must enter the casting stage, so I want to I want to come over and say hello to you." Barry looked calm on the surface, but as soon as everyone sat down, he immediately cut into the topic, and his attitude couldn't be more obvious.

"Hehe, Rick is already busy. Tomorrow at the latest, he will call you in person." Joseph, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke at this time, disrupting Barry's plan at once. Hugo revealed a lot of information.

Joseph's choice of timing was very subtle, and his speech was very skillful, but it was enough for Hugo to understand. The momentum created by Barry couldn't help but paused, but Barry was not surprised, and continued following Joseph's words, "I think not only Rick, but many people will start trying to contact you."

After speaking, Barry drew the corners of his mouth and showed a bright smile. The subtext is to say that the works that Hugo participated in are bound to become the targets that everyone is eager to participate in. This invisibly gave Hugo another boost.

What Joseph said just now is actually implying that there is no longer any problem with the production rights of "LA Confidential". As expected, Hugo will take over the job of the film producer for the first time; but regarding the details of the production rights, Barry does not know Willing to make concessions, for example, on the issue of casting, it seems that Barry did not agree to bundle "LA Confidential" by Endeavor Elite Agency.

It can be guessed that Barry has sacrificed so many rights this time, the goal must be to maximize the benefits, and there are many places to make a fuss about in the casting stage. Therefore, the negotiations between Barry and Rick did not achieve a crucial breakthrough. It is estimated that this is one of the reasons why Rick wanted Barry to come to see Hugo. After all, the real right to speak lies with Hugo—only Hugo's autograph can make the contract come into force.

"That's too bad, my cell phone just broke down, and now I'm recuperating." Although Hugo didn't know the details of the negotiation between Rick and Barry, Joseph's reminder just now was enough, so he was neither soft nor hard He gave Barry a nail.

Barry obviously didn't expect Hugo's answer like this, but he didn't deliberately hide it, his eyes widened to show his surprise, but the words he said had another meaning, "No wonder Joe said just now that you can't be contacted now. I didn't think of the reason for this." Barry smiled, and then looked at Joseph actively, "So, in this way, you still don't know the specifics about the cooperation of 'LA Confidential'?" This is After seeking Joseph's opinion, let Joseph take the initiative to explain to Hugo.

No, Joseph got this opportunity, but backed down, and said with a smile, "Then I'll trouble you to explain it yourself. Recently, I have other jobs, so my knowledge of this project is very limited."

Barry immediately thought of "Boogie Nights" and "Murder Lebowski" from Joseph's words. Although he didn't know the progress of "Murder Lebowski", he was sure that Mark Canton would never give up easily, but he knew that Paul -Thomas Anderson and Hugo made an appointment to meet - For Warner Bros., the inside information of New Line Pictures is obviously not a solid wall.

Barry took a deep look at Joseph. He knew that Joseph was putting pressure on him, but he couldn't do anything about it, because Hugo had to go through this level. But Rick is not here, and Joseph has no plans to speak, which means that he has enough time and space to display his ability, which is his advantage, and he has enough confidence.

"The thing is, I heard from Rick that you are very satisfied with the script of 'LA Confidential', and you have discussed it with Curtis several times." attention.

"Twice." Hugo didn't deny it, and said with a smile, "But I haven't had the opportunity to discuss further with Curtis recently. I haven't decided yet which role to play. After all, I still need to ask the director's opinion." "Luo "City Confidential" is a three-protagonist model. Although the weights of the three protagonists are slightly different, the difference is not that big. There is no problem reporting any character as the protagonist.

"Of course, but I believe that no matter which role it is, it will not be a problem for you." Barry said politely, and there is no need for more compliments on Hugo's acting skills. That's more important." Hugo said with a smile, "So, we will do our best to find more suitable actors to form a strong cast. The American Screen Actors Guild has more than 100,000 actors. An inexhaustible resource.”

Barry deliberately bypassed the brokerage company and told the story in terms of the Screen Actors Guild of America. In fact, he didn't want to package the actors to the Endeavor Elite brokerage company.

Listening to the sound of strings, Hugo finally understood. He glanced at Joseph slightly from the corner of his eyes, and got a positive answer. However, before Hugo could react, Barry went on to say, "I discussed with Rick about the remuneration, and I think it would be best to pay with box office dividends, mainly because the movie Given the budget, Curtis didn’t think there was a need for too much visual effects.”

There is a lot of information in Barry's words. Hugo was overwhelmed by the huge amount of information, but he was not too anxious. He followed Barry's words and said, "When I got the script before, about I don’t know much about the cost part, what is the project budget this time?”

"Thirty million dollars." Barry didn't mince words, "but if you choose to pay in cash instead of box office dividends, then the budget can reach fifty million dollars."

Such a cost is already considered high. Obviously, Barry's estimated remuneration for Hugo is still 20 million US dollars.

This is the first time Hugo has come into contact with the scope of production. In the past, it was enough to only consider the salary, but now, he is not only an actor, but also a producer. How to control costs and make more profits , this is one of Hugo's tasks. Obviously, all of this is very strange to Hugo, and a series of numbers are thrown out directly, which is easy to confuse people.

Not to mention Hugo, even for a senior manager like Rick, it is not easy to start working as a producer. Industry specializing in surgery. As a producer, Hugo should control the quality of the work more. With his keen sense of the script and performance, he will control the quality of the finished product of "LA Confidential". Professionals will be responsible for the cost control.

Barry would not be ignorant of all this, but he took the initiative to mention this matter in front of Hugo, obviously coming prepared. Hugo didn't answer immediately, but showed an expression of listening carefully.

Barry paused, did not wait for Hugo's answer, so he continued, "Of course, if you are willing to choose box office dividends, the maximum limit is 20%, and we can use 2% of the North American box office Ten to pay your bills—as an actor, but also as a producer."

Twenty percent, this is almost the highest dividend that a producer can get in the Hollywood circle at present!