"It's just, I don't know what the crew plans in terms of salary budget?"

Andy's words were full of smiles, friendly and kind, as if he was asking for advice on lunch options, but the words were unabashed, and they were open to the topic. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Neil wasn't surprised by this.

The tug-of-war between the crew of "Fast and Thrill 5" and Dwayne Johnson should have been heard of by most of Hollywood. As we all know, the root of this dispute is that the crew thinks that Dawn's cost performance is not worth their payment of 3.5 million, but Dawn and his agent think that Dawn's importance to the crew has definitely reached 3.5 million.

However, as time progressed, it gradually evolved into a game between actors and producers. Now that the average salary level of Hollywood has risen to a whole new level - even the 20 million club cannot be capped, which also makes agents and actors more and more bold and increase their value faster and faster, but from the perspective of producers and production companies, they do not want to see such a situation.

This is the fundamental reason why Lang chose to support Neil.

Now the crew has decided to choose someone else, either an actor like Bruce Willis, who may ask for six million, although it is much more expensive than Dawn's salary, but the market return is worth looking forward to; or choose an unknown but potential actor like Lan Li Hall, his salary may not be much, but there will be more inclination in terms of publicity resources.

However, the brokers are human spirits, and they know very well that this is their opportunity. The crew gave up Dawn's cooperation, no matter who the replacement object was, the agent standing behind him would not let go easily, and he was bound to take advantage of the fire to rob him. It's just that now everyone will take a look at the size.

Relatively speaking, the newcomer's room for price increase is relatively limited, which is why Neil chose Lanli.

"What's your plan?" Neil naturally doesn't take the initiative to show his cards, that's the trick to negotiation.

Andy paused for half a second, about the specific plan, he had thought about it repeatedly in the past time, naturally he was no stranger, and the plan quickly went through in his mind, "One percent of the box office dividend." ”

Neil's expression paused slightly, his look of surprise barely concealed. Fortunately, he chose to communicate by phone, if it was face-to-face, he would be unprepared for Andy's attack - this is the case, he really did not expect that what Andy was seeking was actually dividends!

No wonder, no wonder Andy used Steven Spielberg's trump card! At the beginning, he heard that Steven personally talked to Lang and recommended Lan Li to Lang, Neil also felt that Andy's head was not clear, and it was completely overkill.

After the broadcast of "Pacific War", everyone could feel Steven's appreciation of Lan Li, and Tom Hanks talked about the interesting story of the original audition many times in private. With the blessing of Steven and Tom, two of the industry's top bigwigs, this also means that Lan Li has really entered the waiting list of top film companies for large-scale productions, and if used correctly, it is an opportunity to soar.

However, Andy actually used this relationship for the sake of "Speed and Excitement/Love 5", which is completely ruined. Not to mention that "Fast and Excitement/Emotion 5" is just a 100 million-level investment project, just talking about the position of the third protagonist, there is no need for a big guy like Steven at all.

This lowered Neil's evaluation of Andy by several notches.

However, now it seems that it is not only Neil who underestimated Andy, but it is estimated that most of Hollywood's practitioners underestimate Andy. Unexpectedly, Andy's ambition has never been in the movie "Fast and Thrill/Love 5", but in Lan Li's entire career plan.

In Hollywood, there is an unwritten rule that there is a strict class system for actors' income, less than three million, three hundred to eight million, eight hundred to fifteen million, and then a club of twenty million. There may still be some deviations in the details, but it is certain that every actor wants to increase his salary, which requires the right time, place and people, otherwise Dwayne Johnson will not be closed this time.

As for actors who want to reach the level of box office dividends, it is even more difficult, just like Johnny Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean", actors cannot get dividends until they prove themselves, which refers specifically to commercial films. Independent art films that grossed less than 10 million at the box office were a different story.

Because the box office of a commercial film needs to be divided by multiple parties, the production company, the distribution company and the screening theater chain divide the box office, and the dividend ratio is generally 40% to 45% of the production company, 15% to 20% of the distribution company, and the screening theater chain takes the remaining 40%.

Among the dividends received by the production company, part of it is given to the company itself, and the remaining part is divided by the director, screenwriter, producer, actor and other crew members.

If the producer of the crew is Steven Spielberg, and he alone has to take 15 percent of the box office dividends, then the proportion of other people's profits will naturally have to fall. Therefore, in Tom Cruise's films, he always tends to work with second- and third-tier actors, directors and screenwriters, because this ensures that Tom's dividends will not be divided.

In short, this part of the profits allocated to the crew is limited, and there needs to be competition among the crew members. Naturally, producers don't want actors to come over and share their profits.

The importance of remuneration also lies in the fact that once a precedent is set, it is equivalent to determining the position and level of the actor. This time, the actor got 15 million for his work, so the next work will naturally be opened according to this price, as for the actor's voluntary reduction of salary or friendship starring, that is the actor's own choice;

In a modern society where interests are paramount, box office dividends are equivalent to digging a piece of meat from capitalists, which is naturally not so easy.

However, this is Hollywood, a Hollywood that is good at dreaming. There are many examples of overnight success, and there are not a few examples of salaries soaring from three million to fifteen million for just one movie.

This was also Andy's goal, and he even did not hesitate to use Steven's personal connections.

However, why did Andy have such confidence in Lan Li? The plan was so ambitious! Just "burying a work alive" doesn't show much to see. There are not too many acting geniuses with a flash of inspiration.

"Box office dividends? You know it's impossible. Neil was only stunned for a moment, then regained his composure and chuckled. He didn't even discuss the issue of proportions, and bluntly rejected them at the root.

Andy didn't panic at all, "If it's not possible, you can hang up right now." Andy showed his decisiveness and perseverance in understatement, "We all know that one percent dividend is nothing at all. ”

The first three works of the "Fast and Furious" series, in fact, are far from amazing at the box office, the first with the best results, the North American box office is 144 million, and the third part is also losing money to the point that the underwear is lost;

In the case of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, he unexpectedly achieved a box office of 155 million in North America, and the investment cost was well controlled at 85 million, and finally relied on the excellent performance of the overseas box office to gain 360 million US dollars worldwide, which made Universal Pictures successfully make a small profit. So, this is the fifth part.

In other words, even according to the North American box office of the fourth part of the series, the one-percent box office dividend is only 1.55 million.

Lan Li is a newcomer, a complete newcomer, his salary hovers around 500,000 at most, and after the blessing of the Dwayne Johnson incident, coupled with the limelight of Toronto and Telluride, the salary can rise to about 800,000 or 1 million, which is also Neil's psychological expected price.

Now, Andy has proposed a one-percent dividend, and then sat on the ground and bargained, which is really not outrageous from a purely numerical point of view. However, pay is never about numbers, is it?

"One percent of the dividend is really nothing, but it depends on who the object is. Neil still didn't let up.

Andy chuckled instead, "It's a supply and demand relationship, and the focus is on what the buyer's market needs." ”

The question begs again, why did Neil choose Blue Rite instead of Jason Statham, Keanu Reeves, Bruce Willis or Kiefer Sutherland?

Neil can choose other actors, of course. No one in Hollywood is indispensable, he just gave up the self-righteous Dawn and chose the blue ceremony, and in the same way, he can also give up the blue gift and choose someone else.

But the question is, is there a more suitable option than Lan Li?

There are thousands of actors in Hollywood, and it is not difficult to pick a replacement, but now the crew of "Fast and Thrill/Emotional 5" is racing against time, and there are still ...... Neil suddenly remembered Steven Spielberg, and I have to say that Andy's move was really ingenious.

Day. Location. people.

Neil shook his head and denied it again, "One percent is absolutely impossible. However, it is no longer "box office dividends are impossible", but the focus is on the numbers.

Andy smiled contentedly, "So, 0.5 percent, what do you think?"

"I'm listening. Neil didn't respond, because he knew it wasn't over yet.