While filming the advertisement during this time, Shen Huan also finalized the contract with Todd Phillips.

The main body of the contract is Fengxiang Film and Television Company.

The first 10 million US dollars, Shen Huan had already called him and asked him to make initial preparations.

The second batch of 20 million US dollars will be paid in after the crew officially starts operating.

The third batch of 20 million US dollars will be remitted to the crew's account when the filming is about the same.

If there is anything to add, Todd Phillips has to discuss with Shen Huan a month in advance.

Shen Huan did not find anyone to supervise the crew.

It's not that he doesn't have a sense of vigilance, it's that this movie is the brainchild of Todd Phillips, and he wants to make it better than anyone else.

On the premise of a good shooting, Todd Phillips will definitely not have any money or crooked ways.

And for Todd Phillips, whether this movie can succeed or not is much more important to him than to eat $10 million or $20 million.

So as long as Shen Huan can monitor his financial situation at any time - about this, he will write it in the account book at any time and post it to an account on the Internet, so that Shen Huan can check it at any time.

The teenager also knew that "Joker" would get more than $1 billion at the box office, and for those who could make money for themselves, even if it cost a little more, it didn't matter.

It's just that Shen Huan didn't treat Todd Phillips badly, he gave Todd Phillips a 5% share of the box office.

With a little more than $1 billion at the box office, Todd Phillips can get at least $50 million, which is worthy of him.

It is not in vain that Fettor Phillips gave the copyright of "Joker" to Shen Huan.

Although filming "Joker 2" in the future also needs the authorization of Warner, after all, Shen Huan has a good IP in his hands.

Yes.

Warner agreed to Todd Phillips and Shen Huan's plan, but only for this "Joker", and we will talk about it later.

This also shows that Hollywood companies are definitely not eating dry food.

It is impossible for them to keep selling their future rights and interests for the sake of immediate benefits.

Even Todd Phillips has already set the price very high.

Warner Bros. was not very optimistic about the "Joker" project, but that didn't prevent them from letting Shen Huan and Todd Phillips give it a try.

If it works, they'll follow up right away.

If the effect is not good, the production costs are all paid by Fengxiang Film and Television Company anyway, and they are just responsible for the distribution.

In order to encourage Todd Phillips to shoot better, they thought about it for a few days and then took the initiative to make concessions.

After they took $20 million in copyright money for "Joker", they gave up their box office share, and even the distribution fee was reduced to 12% of the box office.

12% of the price is considered very generous.

After all, the release requirements of at least 1,000 screens, the price of 1,000 copies, and the supporting publicity costs, etc., are not cheap.

From this, it can also be deduced what Warner Bros.'s box office estimate for "Joker" is.

That's about $1.2-150 million.

When Shen Huan got this cooperation agreement, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

When Warner Bros. saw that the box office of "Joker" could reach about 10 times this box office estimate, I wonder if it would hate itself for being blind?

Oh, by the way, they are a little more expensive for the subsequent peripheral derivative benefits.

If they want to give up 30% of the profits, then they have to give them $30 million.

This shows that Warner Bros. still estimates the benefits of peripheral derivatives at a very high level.

Shen Huan doesn't know what the peripheral interests of "Joker" are, but it is definitely higher than 100 million.

Therefore, Shen Huan agreed to a cash payment of a total of 50 million US dollars.

This money will also be divided into 3 payments, 10 million will be given as soon as the contract is signed, 20 million will be given after the film is completed, and the final payment of 20 million US dollars will be paid before the official release.

I have to say that this kind of installment payment by the people of the United States has really achieved the extreme.

Basically, they don't have a lump sum payment, and if anyone pays $50 million at a time, maybe Warner Bros. will be scared.

It just so happened that Shen Huan's recent 4 brands gave Shen Huan 20 million US dollars, so he changed hands and became a porter and directly gave the money to Todd Phillips and Warner Bros.

The tax of the United States is calculated according to the income, but Shen Huan changed hands and spent it again, so the tax amount will naturally be reduced, which is also a reasonable tax avoidance.

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Todd Phillips is also a ruthless man.

For the sake of "Joker", he also gave up.

not only found an outsider like Shen Huan, but also gave up so many rights and interests.

Therefore, he must make this movie well.

In order to achieve this goal, Todd Phillips posted a photo of himself and Shen Huan on his social account within two days of obtaining Shen Huan's consent.

"My script "Joker" has ushered in the best investor! The film with a total investment of more than 100 million US dollars represents Mr. Shen Huan's trust in the crew and me! I believe that I will not fail Mr. Shen Huan's trust! Please look forward to our work!"

He did this purely for advertising.

Jacques Phoenix had read the script a long time ago and thought it was good, and he also liked to play such complex characters.

So as long as Warner Bros. can agree, then he will agree to the show.

In fact, after getting the investment and getting the deal with Warner Bros., Jacquin Phoenix signed the contract.

The salary that Jacquin Phoenix wants is not high, only $4.5 million.

Previously, Marvel's Doctor Fantastic wanted him to star, with a salary of up to $20 million, but he had to bundle at least 5 related movies, and Jacquin Phoenix directly refused.

This guy is really an actor with character, just like his brother.

But it is not enough for a movie to have only a male lead, even if the heroine has been decided, but many supporting roles need acting skills to bring out the sadness and changes in the fate of the clown, and to support the skeleton of the whole movie.

Therefore, Todd Phillips borrowed Shen Huan's fiery name and pointed out an investment of 100 million US dollars, just to attract more well-known actors to join.

As a result, what Shen Huan didn't expect was that Nicholson was the first to call and told Shen Huan that if he agreed to play for the Lakers for another season, then he would join the crew for free, and he could play any role.

This is true love, old man!

Shen Huan was slightly moved, but still rejected him.

There is no way to coordinate this matter, a movie is a movie, and your own decision is a decision.

Wang Zhen reacted very quickly, and saw Todd Phillips post a photo, and also posted a photo of Shen Huan and Todd Phillips in the villa on the watermelon network, meager and his own meager account.

The photo posted by Todd Phillips is a photo of Shen Huan wearing a suit and taking a photo with him with a contract.

And Wang really has more life, and at a glance, he knows that it was taken by the two during the negotiation.

A group of melon-eating netizens have been talking about it for a long time, and they can't bear it even more when they see this photo.

"Wow, it seems that Shen Huan's house is really going in and out of Shen Huan's house at will!

"Wang Mei, what did they say during the negotiation?

"Sister Xiaofeng isn't crazy, right? Why did he invest in such a movie? As soon as you look at the name, you know what genre it is, and there is no way to release it in our country!"

"That's it, Sister Xiaofeng, it's not easy for you to make money, why do you contribute all of them to the people of the United States?"

"What are you doing with all that? Is the genius who can solve Fermat's theorem fake?

"Even if Shen Huan loses such a deal, what is it for him? People take 30 million US dollars from Adidas every year!

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