One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-One Lion Mouth

Hollywood industry rumors, Christopher doesn't know, but Emma is clear.

Among all the first-line actors and top actors, Renly can be said to be the most difficult and easiest to cooperate with.

The reason why it is difficult to do is because Renly is so picky about scripts, characters and performances that it has reached an outrageous level. Including the six major Hollywood studios, large and small script projects have been damaged in Renly's hands. The numbers are already piling up, and there isn't even a chance for an audition interview.

Of course, there is a saying that is widely circulated in the industry now. Renly has a vicious vision. At present, he still maintains a 100% success rate in the selection of works. If any work is appreciated by Renly, the success rate will skyrocket. That's why "Boom Drummer" attracted so much attention at the beginning, and now "Nightcrawler" is bound to spark a discussion.

It's easy to say, because Renly has almost no requirements outside of the script - no taboos for co-stars, no requirements for on-set treatment, no list of countless prohibitions, and even in terms of remuneration, it has always been admissible. No good attitude, which is unbelievable for a top actor.

Not to mention those low-budget independent productions, even the "Gravity" salary negotiation. Warner Bros. was willing to give the green light, and Renly was not aggressive, and the entire remuneration negotiation process presented a happy scene, which is also a rare sight in Hollywood.

But today, Renly has made a request for remuneration, and it's straight to the point?

What does this mean?

Emma was a little surprised, but she couldn't say surprise.

Taking 10,000 steps back, Renly's increased salary is an imperative.

In the whole of Hollywood today, among all the first- and second-tier actors who are active on the big and small screens, no matter their age or qualifications, Renly is the only egot winner, and also has four consecutive films with a strong performance of over 100 million at the North American box office. He deserves to be one of the top actors in the first line.

If Renly didn't even mention the salary, how could the other actors say anything? At the same time, producers and production companies are inevitably restless, and the standard line of remuneration for other actors is ambiguous. Should they raise the remuneration or press the remuneration? This is bound to disrupt the order of the entire industry.

Other agencies, other production companies, other producers... All eyes are on Renly's salary figures, and they will be more or less behind the scenes.

The only question is: how much is Renly expecting? Or, how much is Renly worth now?

On this point, the brokerage company and the production company are two different positions.

The production company naturally wants to save costs. They don't want to create another Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr. After all, the interests of the actors are divided from them.

The brokerage company naturally hopes that the higher the better, it is best to break Robert Downey Jr.'s record for "Iron Man 3" and raise the salary ceiling further, so that they can push the salary of other actors.

When Renly filmed "Gravity" before, there was actually a lot of attention in the industry, concerned about the choice and decision of Warner Bros., but in the end it was a tepid agreement: 100% Ten of the North American box office dividends.

This number is not considered top, but it is far from bad. For the current Hollywood first-line actors, especially the male actors who have an advantage in remuneration, it is a well-established, good or bad choice.

On the one hand, the dividend figure cannot be compared with the ratio of 15% and 20% like Tom Cruise, but it still reaches a height of 10%, which can be said to be a watershed; On the one hand, it is impossible to know the market appeal of Renly in a short period of time. After all, the number of box office dividends is not as direct as that of the 20 million club.

Only after the release of "Gravity" will we be able to see whether Warner Bros. is losing or winning this business.

Now, the opportunity presents itself again.

Over there, Thomas Turka is holding on to the "Jurassic Park" pay figures - Ron Mayer's role in it is unknown to outsiders; over here, "Interstellar" is likely to become Renly's next work, so how exactly should Emma Thomas handle the paycheck?

What's more complicated is that "Interstellar" is now in a predicament. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are fighting for the production rights. You can't simply say choose Warner Bros. or choose Legendary Pictures, both sides must make compromises——

The problem is that both Thomas Tour and Kevin Tsujihara refused to give in, which also resulted in the project not being able to continue to advance for the time being, and now Emma Thomas has limited authority.

From the kitchen to the backyard, Emma's mind was running at high speed, even in the gaps between the polite greetings with Renly at this moment.

Generally speaking, business negotiation can be simply divided into two types. One is to give the initiative to the other party, and the other party will take the lead in "calling for the price and paying back the money", and then find out the psychology according to the other party's bid, and then Attack; one is to take the initiative in your own hands, set the benchmark first, and then negotiate around this alignment.

So, which one should she choose?

Between the lightning and flint, Emma's mind was full of vicissitudes, and then she made her own choice, "So, did everything go well with your conversation with Chris just now?"

"I wouldn't use 'smooth' to define the conversation just now, otherwise he wouldn't have fled." Renly's unexpected answer left Emma stunned for a moment.

Afterwards, Emma laughed cheerfully and nodded in agreement, "Of course. Of course! But you can't blame him, even if I heard your topic, the first reaction was stunned. We obviously didn't. It is expected that the first meeting and conversation has come to such a stage."

"I didn't expect it either." Renly shrugged lightly, "I thought Chris still needed some time to think about it, and now all of Hollywood, actors who want to appear in Chris's works should be queuing up to get a number. I don't think so. Determining where I am, today's interview should be just the first step, but Chris sent me an invitation straight away, and I was a little caught off guard."

So... it's not Renly's fault, it's Chris' fault?

Of course Emma knew that this was a little humor, and she laughed more and more lightly, "But I guess, Lord Renly must have come prepared this time, otherwise, you wouldn't say that it was a gamble. Then , now let us measure whether this gamble is worth it or not, and whether it is worth giving it a shot."

Emma chose to defend.

Unlike top producers such as the Weinstein brothers, Emma is not a pure full-time producer. She is mainly responsible for producing all of Christopher's works. She is not so much a producer as it is the director's royal communication bridge; in Christopher In addition, she was responsible for the production of only one movie, "Superman: Man of Steel".

In other words, Emma herself is not the type of profit-oriented or strategizing. Therefore, instead of aggressively taking all the initiative in her own hands, she entered the negotiation with retreat as advance and defense instead of offense.

Renly did not politely, did not refuse, and did not explain the ins and outs of the matter. He simply followed Andy's advice and threw out the expected salary figure, "20 million, plus 5% of the North American box office dividend."

Emma's expression was slightly surprised, not because the salary figure was too high, but because the salary figure was too reasonable:

There was no rhetoric, no lion opening, and no hype, but put forward a down-to-earth number, almost a number that Emma had no way to refute and no way to refuse.

In fact, the industry is more or less able to catch some wind about the progress of the Thomas-Tull, "Jurassic Park" and Renly project negotiations; and, because Thomas and Christopher are close personal friends, Emma understands The situation is even clearer: about the first 15 million salary and the current 20 million salary, the entire succession and transition are known.

Objectively speaking, based on Renly's current industry performance, 20 million plus 3% of the box office dividend is the psychological bottom line of the film production company. If we wait for "Gravity" to be released, the situation will change. If it fails at the box office, then Renly’s 20 million club will still be unable to escape; if the box office is successful, then the ratio of box office dividends will definitely exceed the current figure.

But from the standpoint of the brokerage company—whether it is an innovative artist brokerage company or other competitors, they are all looking forward to Renly going one step further and entering the club of "30 million plus box office dividends", creating a new era. .

In today's Hollywood film market, the remuneration part has basically been fixed. The 20 million club is an unbreakable shackle. If you want to pursue higher remuneration, then there are two situations -

Either reduce or give up the base salary like Tom Cruise, and use box office dividends as income. The figures basically start at 15% and cap at 25%. Actors' remuneration is directly linked to box office performance. It also makes the promotion of each Tom Cruise movie extraordinarily hard.

Or, like Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr., "threatened" the production company with box office dividends, and then the production company made a calculation between the dividend figure and the base salary, and finally settled on a "won't lose money". Remuneration figures, such as 40 million or 50 million, after paying all the remuneration in one go, the actors give up the right to pay dividends.

It can be summed up simply that the interests of the studios and Wall Street that they are willing to give up have reached a bottleneck.

Major brokerage companies are expecting Renly to break this bottleneck, but now, Renly has proposed an extremely reasonable remuneration, which is so reasonable that Emma simply cannot refuse.

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