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At this moment, the capital is also dripping with a light rain, moistening the hazy morning, with a burst of fog, fortunately, the rainfall is very small, and there is no problem with taking off and landing planes, just to make the ancient capital, there is a lazy feeling.

Walking out of the VIP channel, the guy who was waiting outside the airport at the moment was George, and Ye Ming's agent in the innovation company was this guy.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Ye Ming's movie and TV series advertising endorsements must go through George, but in Hollywood, most of the work is arranged by George, after all, he is familiar with the road.

And the day after tomorrow, in these movies, such as the minority report, were actually arranged by George, Ye Ming auditioned in the past, and then signed a contract.

This is actually the benefit of having a backer and a helper, and innovation is a snake in Hollywood, quite a powerful existence, and William Morris Agency and become a Hollywood duo, William Morris If it is not said that it has a deep heritage, it is estimated that it may be killed by innovation. Innovation is now the most influential and powerful agency in Hollywood.

Interestingly, the five founders of Innovation actually came out of William Morris's brokerage company. From this point, it can be seen how long the William Morris Company is.

Therefore, with the help of innovative companies, Ye Ming can be said to have taken many detours in Hollywood. The innovative agent George will choose a role suitable for Ye Ming according to Ye Ming's acting skills, acting and other conditions, so that Ye Ming does not have to run around in Hollywood.

After George saw Ye Ming, he greeted him and said, "Ye, here, here, God." You're finally here. Ye Ming walked over and shook hands with George and said, "George, it's a pleasure to meet you, I am very touched by your work attitude." ”

George immediately said righteously: "Don't doubt the professional quality of my agent, I am a licensed professional agent, and I serve my actors." In addition, the more work you have, the more my commission will be. If you can't bear it, it's time to increase your commission draw. I think it's 10 percent?"

Generally speaking, agents in Hollywood are divided into two categories, one is self-employed, generally speaking, this kind of self-employed person is the kind of old man who has a wide range of channels and has been in the entertainment industry for a long time, and the other is the kind of company that has a background and a backer, George is naturally the kind with a backer, and behind it is an innovative brokerage company.

In a place like Hollywood, it is not that any kind of person can work as an agent, this is subject to verification, that is to say, if you want to take a job for an actor, you must have a broker license, and according to the provisions of the broker franchise regulations, whether it is an individual or a unit agent, it must be licensed. Otherwise, it is illegal. And this broker license is issued by SAG.

It is also the abbreviation of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild. By the way, the maker of the regulations for the broker franchise is also the Actors Guild.

In California, the law clearly stipulates that the commission of a brokerage company cannot exceed 10%, and Ye Ming's commission is 8%, which is already a very high number. And it's also because Ye Ming was dug up by innovation, and innovation must come up with some good conditions. For example, if the average star enters the innovation, it is basically 10% of the start.

Therefore, Ye Ming has a lot of stains on this issue. Of course, now Hollywood agency companies generally package and sell one-stop personnel services such as directors, actors, lighting, etc. to the crew, in this way, on the one hand, they can take care of the plaintiff and eat the defendant.

In fact, any law and regulation has loopholes, even Hollywood.

Therefore, in fact, there are still quite a lot of contradictions between the agent company and the actors.

After all, it is said that on such a problem, no matter what it is, at this time, the agency company wants to charge more money, but the actor naturally wants to charge less money. This is actually quite a contradiction in Hollywood.

In such a situation, in fact, no matter what it is, on such a problem, sooner or later there will be problems, even if it seems to be more complete Hollywood.

Ye Ming naturally said unceremoniously at this moment: "Don't dream, eight percent is already high enough, you still want to improve, I also want to reduce some, don't forget that I still have to pay taxes to the damn U.S. government?"

According to California law, the highest personal income tax is 13.3 percent, which means that the actor's 13.3 percent income must be used to pay taxes, and of course there are some reasonable tax avoidance policies, such as donating to charitable funds, donating to welfare institutions and other welfare institutions with formal qualifications, which can offset personal income tax.

Why do you think the rich in the United States like to do charity, a considerable part of it is that doing charity can offset taxes.

In the case of setting up a foundation or something, children can get certain benefits through the foundation, and they do not have to pay a huge amount of inheritance tax.

So don't think that rich people are stupid, those people are some of the smartest people in the world. You think that Bill Gates left 10 million to his children, and his huge family fortune was donated, because his children were able to get a lot of money from the foundation every year.

In Hollywood, it's actually the same, generally, a person's salary is at least about 20% and it is absolutely impossible to take it away, either obediently handed over to the agent and the US government, or done charity.

George is just joking, people like Ye Ming, in fact, under normal circumstances, they gradually reduce their commission. Because Ye Ming's salary is getting higher and higher, at this time, in order to keep Ye Ming, the brokerage company naturally said that it would give certain concessions when taking a cut. Some celebrities' salaries are even five percent, which is not impossible.

Therefore, at this moment, George immediately said: "Don't talk about this, I came to bring you very good news today, there is a road movie going to be filmed over there in the world." In fact, they did this at the beginning, but they did it very early, at a cost of 50 million, and the box office was less than 40 million. The lost pants are all gone, and only the pants are left to be humiliated by Hollywood people. So they decided to make a good road movie to prove that they were still the top studios in Hollywood.

It is said that someone in Universal has a good relationship with James, so the role of this starring role falls on you, and now Alexander from Universal is waiting for you at the hotel. This guy is the producer of the movie. ”

Ye Ming didn't care about this, but thought about it and said: "George, this is not what I care about, what I care about is, what is the name of this movie, whether it has been said fast and furious, if so, then other things are easy to say." ”

To be honest, if anyone is the producer, then this has nothing to do with Ye Ming, but what kind of movie this movie is, this must be understood.

George nodded very affirmatively and said: "There is absolutely nothing wrong with this matter, Fast and Furious, this is a script that is very optimistic about the company, if it weren't for Mr. James's recommendation, I don't think you would have gotten this starring opportunity." ”

Ye Ming said while getting into the car prepared by the company: "Come on, George, don't I know about the company's affairs?"

Business is business, people are favors, in fact, no matter how I do it, there seems to be only one result, that is, I want to be the protagonist It takes luck. Even with James' help, I guess if it's a very promising script, it won't be my turn. The prequel to this movie, I heard that it is quite a loss of money, and the Hollywood Actors Guild gave this movie a C-level, that is, the kind that barely keeps its capital. ”

Don't watch blockbuster movies are all making a lot of money, but it's a blockbuster, in fact, there are a lot of movies in Hollywood that lose money, and if you can count it as not losing money in Hollywood movies, it is already a pretty good result.

Therefore, Hollywood movies don't say that everyone makes money, in the American entertainment industry, there is a saying, if you love someone, then send him to Hollywood, because it is heaven, do you hate someone? Then send him to Hollywood, because it is hell.

Yes, Hollywood is a place that wanders between heaven and hell. Under the neon of drunken dreams and death, there are also many sad stories.

So, on a question like this, no matter how you put it, Hollywood is such a place full of dangers and dreams.

George said a little embarrassed: "Well, maybe, people in the company are actually quite optimistic about this script, this is a very good road movie concept, if it can be filmed well, then on such a problem, in fact, no matter how you say it, there is hope to rush out."

Of course, Universal is really not very optimistic about this movie, but he is not convinced that the first movie was lost, so he changed the director and the script, and this time he wanted to recreate a road movie.

It's true that people in Hollywood don't think much of this movie, but I think it's an opportunity for you, a good opportunity to get into mainstream cinema. Do you think, if it's a movie that everyone is optimistic about, how many chances will you have to be the starring role?"

This made Ye Ming a little unanswerable, because after all, on such a question, in fact, no matter what it is, Hollywood's racial discrimination against blacks and yellows does not mean that it does not exist, but it is very serious.

Although it is said that on the surface, except for some radical people, no one dares to openly say that it discriminates against blacks and yellows.

But the drivers came up and said that on such a problem, they all discriminated against yellow people in their hearts. thinks that it is impossible to have a yellow person as the protagonist in a Hollywood movie, basically just two or three big cats and kittens.

And if you can really be the master of the house, that is, Cheng Long and Bruce Lee can really eat. For the rest, Li Lianjie and Zhou Yunfa are counted as one, but in the end they did not gain a foothold in Hollywood.

Therefore, in fact, in such a situation, if Ye Ming can have the invitation of Fast and Furious now, it is a very good problem, if it is not for the fact that Ye Ming is also well-known in Hollywood, and he is even more wealthy in the United States, he is still the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

It is precisely because of such and such conditions, coupled with the recommendation of this guy James, that Universal began to use this guy Ye Ming.

I hope Ye Ming can bring them a miracle. Of course, the recommendation of a guy like James is also quite useful, if it weren't for James's recommendation, a movie like Fast and Furious would be able to star in Ye Ming.

In fact, there are some things like this, and there are some similarities with the Chinese entertainment industry on such a problem.

Ye Ming nodded, did not continue to dwell on this issue, nodded and said: "Fifty million is not enough for a big production, so this opportunity is my turn." But since it's my turn, then on such a question, I will take the time to prove my worth. ”

Fifty million is just a big deal for a big production, but it's still within the scope of Hollywood's top filmmaking. Therefore. This is actually a place where everyone is not optimistic, and it gives Ye Ming such an opportunity.

George nodded and said: "That's right, in fact, there are still a lot of people in Universal who are optimistic about this script, if no one is optimistic about this book, then Universal will not invest in filming this movie, but because of the failure of the prequel, everyone is not very optimistic about Universal's road movies, so no top star is willing to play such a starring position, this just gives you a chance." ”

Universal spent money to shoot this movie, naturally because people from some companies are still very optimistic about this script, otherwise, Universal would not have invested money to shoot this movie, which is not wrong at all.

Since Universal is willing to invest money, it means that such a script is not bad and has merit. (To be continued.) )