Three Hundred and Seventy-Two-Those Sky-High Salaries Are Never Accidental
The Rolls-Royce Silver Spur has a large seating space, and its stability while traveling is greatly guaranteed, which brings a good office environment to the seating area at the back.
Before the car drove out of Burbank, Jimmy opened his briefcase, took out a printed document, and placed it on the small table in the middle.
"The contract issues at 20th Century Fox cannot be resolved in a day or two. Even with your commitment, the other party is delaying intentionally or unintentionally. In my opinion, they should be waiting for the release of "The Incredible Hulk" The market response, as well as the response from fans of non-DC comic book movies."
"What's your suggestion?" Wayne didn't look at the printed paper in a hurry and looked at the agent with a relaxed expression.
"My suggestion is that since they are willing to take care of it, let's just postpone it until next year!" The agent looked confident. He knew best how capable his client was. When things develop later, there are people from Twentieth Century Fox. When you come to your door and invite me.
"Whether Universal Pictures' "The Incredible Hulk" will be successful or not, I can't judge now, but one thing I can be sure of now is that 20th Century Fox can of course wait and see with confidence, but after next year's awards season, even If we wait a little longer, our treatment will not be this friendly price after the second Batman movie is released!"
Companies in the industry who have dealt with Jimmy can basically confirm that this agent's other abilities can only be said to be qualified. Whether it is the career planning of his clients or finding job opportunities for clients, he has little chance to participate.
But who asked him to serve Wayne? This was a top client who didn't need an agent to find a chance.
So what is the value of Jimmy's existence? The most troublesome thing about him is that he is completely shameless when negotiating for customer treatment. He often resorts to all kinds of tricks, threats, and other means. As long as the figures of customer treatment are involved, his IQ is like an instant increase of thirty to fifty. He can consider Use all the favorable factors urgently.
Therefore, it is such an agent who is shameless in negotiations and extremely sensitive to financial figures. Even Warner Bros. has a headache every time. Wayne is usually easy to communicate with, but the same cannot be said for his agent Jimmy. As long as the interests of his clients are involved, this guy never knows what the bottom line is.
"Jimmy."
Nina, who usually kept silent when it came to serious matters, thought of this agent's character, suddenly took off her glasses, widened her eyes curiously, and asked: "What price did you offer, so that you can finally get the promise?" 20th Century Fox, would you rather continue to wait slowly than seize the time to settle down?!"
Even though Wayne made a promise, everything is still just a promise unless it falls into the contract terms on paper.
20th Century Fox deliberately shifted the schedule of "Independence Day" in order to obtain greater profits. The normal approach should be to resolve the issue of Wayne's treatment as soon as possible, and everything else is irrelevant.
The agent looked innocent at this time. Facing Nina's curious gaze, he said confidently: "There are so many companies that want to hire Wayne. If 20th Century Fox gets a promise, it should pay a price that exceeds market rules. No." Really? So I want 30+25 more? It’s not much at all..."
"Pfft, cough, cough, cough."
Before Jimmy could finish speaking, Wayne almost spat out a mouthful of water. While coughing, he looked at the agent who looked like he was taking it for granted, and found that he had a deeper understanding of his shamelessness.
"fxxk! 30 million basic salary plus 25% of the global box office share?!" Nina's eyes suddenly widened, and she murmured in surprise without even closing her mouth.
The agent looked at the two people opposite him. When he mentioned Twentieth Century Fox, his shameless tone came to his face. Even he didn't expect that he would speak so loudly. "Of course. Is it in line with Wayne's worth? We didn't ask them for an invitation. We have to be begging for help!"
It has been several years since she entered Hollywood, and Nina has long understood the basic operating model of a production company. She was surprised because she knew enough about it. If 20th Century Fox agreed to this price, it would almost be equivalent to a reversal of status between labor and management. I was working for Wayne the whole time.
No matter how successful "X-Men" is later, at least more than half of the profits will be taken away by itself, and no production company will easily agree to such conditions.
"Is there anything surprising?" Jimmy shrugged, his eyes full of the meaning of not making a fuss. "Twentieth Century Fox agreed to this salary when we first negotiated."
"whatthefxxk...?"
"Why?!"
Don't listen to Wayne's words that if he doesn't lack money, he won't be indifferent to money. If the other party agrees to this kind of weird salary, it's so realistic that he won't mind taking advantage of it.
"They can offer this salary on the condition that Wayne not only plans out the first few films of "X-Men" but also makes a detailed and complete overall plan. After all, Warner Bros.'s DC superhero plan is not considered in the industry. What a secret.
He also serves as the first producer and director of the film, and also participates in script writing and other work. Therefore, the premise that they are willing to agree to this price is to maximize the success rate of "X-Men", and The success rate of subsequent films…”
That's right. When Jimmy said all the conditions, he nodded in realization. I am afraid that only with this request can 20th Century Fox be willing to give up more than half of the film's profits to buy a successful movie. movie series.
"Talk slowly, don't rush, just follow your original plan. You did a very good job." Wayne looked into the agent's eyes and fully affirmed the other person's work.
As for Jimmy's conditions, which seemed like a snake swallowing an elephant, he didn't think there was anything wrong. This was Hollywood, the weirdest and most incredible place in North America. Sometimes, sky-high paychecks didn't necessarily mean there was no possibility. Anyway, everything was negotiable. of.
If you were a movie star or a big director, and a big company invited you to film a movie, would you be willing to take a large lump sum of upfront remuneration, or would you rather not have a basic remuneration and ask for dividends later on?
Normal people would hesitate, so that’s just the choice of a normal person, a big shot in the industry, and of course it requires remuneration and a share! In fact, most big names in the industry take this approach when participating in movies, and Wayne is definitely not an exception.
This has also resulted in the income of some top stars, directors and producers from one film being incredibly high. With just one movie, I made money that I couldn't spend in the rest of my life, and it happened more than once or twice.
That's why Los Angeles attracts handsome men and beauties from all over the world, trying desperately to squeeze into this vanity fair.
The familiar Johnny Depp earned more than $55 million from "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" alone, of which $35 million was the initial basic salary and the rest was divided into shares.
Another star related to Tim Burton, Jack Nicholson received more than 60 million US dollars for "Batman" in 1989, of which the basic salary was only 6 million, and the rest was all post-production sharing. , but this is equivalent to an accident.
Harrison Ford received more than 65 million US dollars for the 2008 version of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". This is not the most important thing. What is important is that the film director Steven Spielberg and George Lucas also We also received 65 million U.S. dollars. It can be said that the brothers are making progress at the same time...
Tom Hanks received US$70 million for starring in "Forrest Gump", Sandra Bullock also received US$70 million for "Gravity", and the money-making prince Robert Downey Jr. must be mentioned. , one "Avengers 4" alone received more than 75 million US dollars. The key is that this is just a routine operation for him. He also received this figure in "Avengers 3" and "Iron Man 3".
If someone wants to ask who is the richest in the Marvel universe, there is no doubt that it is Tony Stark on screen and Robert Downey Jr. off screen...
This is not even the highest salary. For example, Will Smith pushed this figure to 100 million US dollars for "Men in Black 3", and Bruce Willis also received more than 100 million US dollars for his role in "The Sixth Sense".
Among the recorded and disclosed salary, the one with the highest total income may be Tom Cruise. This Hollywood superstar has received at least 100 million in films such as "Mission: Impossible 2" and "War of the Worlds" Dividends from remuneration above USD.
Furthermore, the person with the highest salary for a single film is Keanu Reeves. This actually has some unexpected factors, because the second and third parts of "The Matrix" were shot together, and his agent quoted the price according to the shooting cycle. The base salary is US$30 million, plus 15% of the film's profits.
Although the last two movies were not as well-received as the first one, and the Wachowski brothers (sisters) were obviously fooled by the critics, and the filming became more and more annoying, they still unexpectedly brought Keanu Reeves more than 1.6 billion in revenue.
Note that the above are only things that have been exposed and proven. There are more sky-high salaries that have not been exposed, such as good old Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park", George Lucas' "Star" "War" and so on, the director's income will only be higher.
Seeing the car turn into Mulholland Drive, Wayne calculated the time and told Nina: "Help me arrange an appointment with Steven as soon as possible. The preview of "The Departed" will start soon, followed by "The Matrix" Premiere, my work schedule this summer is very full, I must resolve this mess as soon as possible!"
"No problem, I'll call you when I get back."
Along the way, Wayne occasionally glanced at the investigation materials Jimmy brought. The things on them were related to some of his plans for the next few years.
"This Blue Sky Studio was also involved in the special effects work of "Titanic"?"
Jimmy thought about it and nodded affirmatively. "Yes, but it's just a little bit of virtual scene production. This studio is still too small and it's unrealistic to take on more work."
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