After the Kate Beckinsale affair, John flew back to Los Angeles. While he was boarding the plane, thousands of miles away at Crown Studios, Nancy was in the third salary negotiation with Tom Hanks' manager, Brian Nord.

"Mr. Nord, with all due respect, Tom Hanks is good, but he's not worth that much, you're asking for a skyrocket, oh! no....... Nancy said as she stood up excitedly, her hands propped up on the table, leaning slightly towards Brian Nord. "You're not asking for a price, you're robbing, you're robbing ......!"

Nancy said that at the end, she roared loudly regardless of her image, venting her inner dissatisfaction, Brian Nord's asking price is simply shameless, a salary of 10,000 US dollars, plus a 5% box office share, and a nanny car, a makeup car, three personal assistants, makeup artists, stylists, first class on flights, presidential suites in hotels, and insurance .......

The sum of these miscellaneous items will cost Tom Hanks more than $25 million alone, which is equivalent to 1/3 of the total investment of the film.

And more importantly, at such a price, where is Tom Hanks, a third-tier actor, able to enjoy, without a super A coffee position, it is impossible to have such treatment. Nowadays, there are no more than 5 actors with such treatment in Hollywood.

So Nancy won't agree to this price at all, if it is really given to Tom Hanks according to this amount, then what about the other actors, not invited? Let Tom Hanks play a one-man show. Or will you continue to increase your investment in films? It seems that neither of these is possible.

"Miss Josephson!" Brian Nord wiped the saliva that Nancy had sprayed on her face. "Don't be so excited! I made a point in offering such a price. ”

Brian Nord finished wiping his saliva and looked at Nancy with a rogue look. "Tom Hanks' career is on the rise at a high speed now, and he took the risk to shoot Forrest Gump, so he should naturally get the price he deserves, otherwise he will take a high risk and get a low income, do you think this is appropriate? Is it appropriate......?"

Brian Nord spreads his hands. "Miss Josephson, you are also an agent, you must understand that if Tom Hanks starred in "Forrest Gump", and the film Waterloo, it would have an impact on Tom Hanks' future career, and this impact may last for a year or two, so we need some stability and insurance now, which is also a last resort! ”

"Difficult!" Nancy really wanted to take off her shoes, use the 6CM high heel, and take Brian Nord's old face well, asking him if he wants to be ashamed, and actually take the unknown of the future for granted. is still licking his face and asking for money, this is no longer shameless, it is shameless.

"That's not how the accounts are calculated, are you so sure that Forrest Gump will fail? And even if it fails, there is no reason to be compensated, which is unheard of in Hollywood. So I will never promise to give you the so-called compensation, as for Tom Hanks's salary, we can talk about it according to the price of a third-tier Hollywood actor, 8 million US dollars, which is already very high. ”

"What?" said Brian Nord stood up excitedly, shaking his hand incessantly. "No way, absolutely impossible. $19 million plus a 5% box office share is not a lot, otherwise we don't need to waste time. Brian Nord took a symbolic $1 million cut. In his opinion, it doesn't matter whether Tom Hanks can shoot "Forrest Gump" or not, the important thing is to complete the task assigned to him by his boss Michael Ovitz, which is to make John bleed, bleeding profusely.

Nancy, on the other hand, frowned, until now she didn't know that Brian Nord was deliberately offering a high price, so she wouldn't have to mess around in Hollywood.

The festival between Michael Ovitz and John of CAA doomed this negotiation not to go well, but she still underestimated Michael Ovitz's bottom line, or Michael Ovitz had no bottom line at all, and dared to use the interests of artists to complete her purpose of suppressing John, which has already stepped on the line.

"Mr. Nord, since there is a huge difference in prices between us, I want to suspend the negotiations, let's all go back and think about it, and talk in a few days!" Nancy stopped the pointless negotiations, which were beyond her authority, so she had to wait for John to come back and deal with it.

"No problem!" Brian Nord shrugged indifferently, he didn't care if he could talk about it or not. All he had to do was complete the task, and then sit in the CAA's private office, and with a devil's assistant, he would be able to ...... when the time came.

After Nancy and Brian Nord concluded their negotiations, John returned to Crown Studios the next day, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Nancy with a tired face. "How is the negotiation, has it all been decided?" Negotiating with the actors about remuneration and treatment is to constantly bargain at the negotiation table, which is not only laborious but also time-consuming, and it is normal to negotiate for a month or two.

"It's hard to talk about!" Nancy rubbed her temples.

"CAA's clients, in particular, have very high asking prices, and Tom Hanks's agent is the most outrageous, offering $20 million! plus a 5 percent share of the box office. After talking four times, he made a symbolic reduction of $1 million. Nancy said indignantly.

"How much do the other actors cost?" Because most of the actors were clients of CAA, John had long expected that this negotiation would be a bitter battle.

"Will Smith's agent is offering $10 million, and Winona Ryder's agent is asking for $12 million. Nancy had a headache and said the actors' salaries, which were twice as high as their real worth, and there was no room for bargaining.

And John frowned when he heard these prices, these salaries were too high, he knew that Michael Ovitz would embarrass himself, so much so that he didn't expect it to be so outrageous.

"Nancy! Abandon negotiations with these people, and then send a notice to other agencies that "Forrest Gump" is officially recruiting for the main role. ”

John made a decision in an instant, since the asking price of these actors in CAA is so high, then he doesn't need to use all of them, and it is better to use actors from other agencies instead.

You must know that Hollywood lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of actors, and every day I don't know how many newcomers come to this vanity fair one after another, eager to become famous overnight. I don't know how many low-level actors dream of getting one or two small roles in big-budget movies.

So in Hollywood, there is no actor who cannot be replaced, and no role has to be a certain person.

What's more, "Forrest Gump" is a big-budget movie with an investment of $80 million, so as long as the film sends out a recruitment notice for actors, Crown Studios can receive tens of thousands of actors' resumes the next day. So John won't be short of actors at all.

And Nancy heard John's words, her heart was very happy, she had had enough of the arrogance and invincibility of those agents of the CAA these days, and now she finally didn't have to look at the faces of those people, which was undoubtedly something to celebrate. And she also wanted to know how these agents would account for their clients.