This is a big fallacy!

From "Pacific War" to "Buried Alive", and then to "Love is Crazy", the salary is actually lower than the other, and it looks like an outdated actor whose career has reached a dead end. The salary of 100,000 yuan for "burying alive" in the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is low enough, the third-tier actors are almost this price, and even the remuneration of many TV drama actors is higher than this number, but now, it has dropped again and again, 20,000? Isn't this a beggar? It sounds like the price of a little fresh meat in the modeling circle.

What's more, Lan Li is now an Emmy! Emmy Award, an Emmy Award, one of the four major art awards in the United States, and $20,000? What the hell is this?

As for dividends, that's bragging!

It can be judged from the few words that "Love Crazy" has not found a production company at all, it has only attracted investment, as if it is "buried alive", what does this mean? It means that directors and producers have no say at all, how much they can pay dividends, how to distribute the profit ratio and distribution companies, major theater chains, and even whether they can find suitable buyers, all of this is to be determined, and it must be decided by the other party in the future. The box office dividend ratio of "buried alive" is made by Focus Pictures.

Taking a step back, even if the production company and the distribution company agree to box office dividends, how much can Lan Li share?

The wave of Hollywood actors' participation in box office dividends began to rise after the new century, although there was such a situation before this, but it has not been the mainstream, the mainstream of cooperation between production companies and actors is still salary, and what really makes people realize the importance of box office dividends is "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in 2006.

Before that, the 20 million club represented the highest level in the industry, but "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" brought Johnny Depp $33 million in revenue - basic salary plus North American box office dividends, which immediately shocked the entire industry, and the subsequent "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was only a little more, which surprised Disney.

Later, when filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", Disney signed Johnny to continue to star with a record-breaking salary of 55 million US dollars. In fact, this figure is Disney's own internal estimate, which is the result of calculating the superposition of basic salary and box office dividends, and pays Johnny's salary in one go, so that the box office of the movie is a success beyond expectations, and all the proceeds will go into Disney's pocket.

After that, although the 20 million club still exists, it exists in name only, and the actors will not be overly concerned about the level of basic salary, but are more willing to participate in the creation of films in the form of dividends. This is also a good thing for film companies, because they can save their budgets and let the actors share part of the box office risk - they make money together and lose money together, so the major film companies are happy to see it.

In other words, the willingness of film companies to pay box office dividends is to share risks, not to share profits. Naturally, only those top actors with box office appeal can participate in the dividend list, and other actors directly stand aside.

Although Lan Li has just won the Emmy Award, in the star-studded Hollywood, he is not ranked at all, and the accumulation of only two works is not enough to make Lan Li rank among the second-tier actors, and now it can only be regarded as a third-tier actor at most. Even if Lan Li can participate in dividends, one percent is the limit, and the film company will not let go easily at all.

The biggest possibility is that even this one percent, the film company is unwilling to pay. Snatching chicken from a weasel, that's impossible.

Of course, Andy will not forget that there is another situation - if "Love Crazy" is taken over by independent production companies, independent distribution companies.

Then, because of the lack of budget, this kind of small-budget independent film will often invite first-line or second-tier actors to star in the form of box office dividends. For the actors, they have the hope of testing the waters during the awards season, and for the crew, they can save money, which is a win-win situation.

The most famous case is "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, when John-Travolta's career was at a low point and it was a mess, but after his peak, he was not a star, if not a star, for any independent film.

Quentin Tarantino is very keen on old movies and has a soft spot for John, and invited him to star in "Pulp Fiction", but he was shy in his pocket, and John's salary of about three million at that time could only be regarded as a second-tier level in the industry, and it was not something Quentin could pay. So, Quentin discussed, the basic salary was 170,000 US dollars, and then invited John to star in the box office dividend.

John thought that his career couldn't have been worse anyway, so why not?

Thus, the classic "Pulp Fiction" in film history was born. Receiving more than 10 million salaries is secondary, the point is that John's career has regained its second spring, and he even got an Oscar nomination.

But the problem is that there is only one "pulp fiction", and the North American box office of this movie reached 100 million and 7 million. Not to mention 100 million, it is not easy for independent films to break 30 million at the North American box office. This is true for "buried alive", and so is "love is crazy".

All in all, this is the most ridiculous situation, and Andy only feels a tightness in his chest.

The actor's salary is not just as simple as the salary, first of all, the salary is the guarantee of the actor's circular investment, and the investment in the entire image project is not hundreds of thousands of dollars that can be completed, not to mention, Lan Li's "buried alive" This year's awards season still has some hope, and the expenditure on public relations activities is not a small expense, if these investments are not made, then there will be no possibility in the future.

Secondly, the salary is a direct reflection of the actor's status in the industry, those top actors occasionally reduce their salary to appear in friendship or appear in independent films, which is called "pursuit", but the new actors have not achieved any results, and the salary is getting worse, which is called self-destruction of the future.

Finally, Andy's own dividends, which is also the most insignificant part, because cultivating newcomers is not profitable at all for a top agent like Andy, and not only that, but he also has to pay upside down.

Looking at the light and breezy Lan Li in front of him, Andy really wanted to cry without tears. He found that in just one month of accepting Lan Li's brokerage job, his mood has fluctuated more than in the past year combined, take a deep breath, take a deep breath, and then take a deep breath, "Can you tell me, why do you want to star in this work? Give me a reason." ”

"Reason?" Lan Li didn't seem to understand what Andy meant, he was an actor, Andy was an agent, and the perspective of looking at things was originally different.

Andy crossed his hands to support the armrests of his chair and leaned forward slightly, "For example, do you think the challenge of this work is even more difficult than 'burying alive', and it may impact next year's Golden Globe Awards, or even the Oscars?"

Lan Li chuckled directly, "Hah." Sure enough, the focus of the agent and the actor is very different.

Not all films need to be linked to awards and box office, such as the biggest injustice since the beginning of the 21st century, "Mulholland Drive". This work was controversial at the time, those who liked it were regarded as saints, and those who hated it were abandoned, and later this work only received a painless Best Director nomination at the Oscars, and all other departments failed, making it clear that it was just to comfort David Lynch (David-Lynch), which caused strong dissatisfaction among countless fans.

Now this work has become the heart of countless film critics and veteran fans, and in those 21st century film lists, "Mulholland Drive" can almost occupy a place in the top five, which shows its status in film history. Despite this, the heroine Naomi-Watts was born with this work and ushered in a turning point in her career.

There are also "Fight Club", "Death Illusion", "Requiem for Dreams", and so on. These works may not have been able to do well at the box office or win any recognition in the major awards seasons, but it does not affect their important place in film history, and they have all become a bright stroke on the resume of an actor or director, laying an important foundation for the future career.

The actors are concerned with the work itself, while the agents are concerned with the effect of the work. That's the difference in essence.

However, Lan Li understood Andy's concern, so he nodded and replied in the affirmative, "This is the direction of efforts." ”

Andy exhaled softly, "After I get the script, I need to take a look at it." This time, Andy didn't use an inquiring tone, but expressed his opinion directly. Lan Li didn't mind, and nodded directly, indicating that there was no problem.

The cooperation between the agent and the actor is an equal relationship, even if it is a fledgling newcomer, it is the actor himself who signs the performance contract, and if the actor does not agree, the agent cannot force the newcomer to sign. Of course, the vision, ability, and experience of newcomers are not enough, generally speaking, what the agent says, they do it, even some top artists who have been famous for a long time, will listen to the professional advice of the agent.

Like Lan Li and Andy, there are also exists. It's just that both sides need to keep groping in order to cooperate towards a win-win situation, otherwise it is the actor himself who will be hurt in the end - the agent is missing an actor, and countless actors can be found; the actor can also change the agent at any time, but if he misses the golden period of career development, he may not have a second chance, not everyone can get a second chance like Robert Downey Jr. and John Travolta.

"So, what the hell is the matter with you coming to me?" Lan Li looked at the alarm clock on the wall and took the initiative to ask.

Andy reacted at this time, because the impact of "love is crazy" was so sudden and fierce that he actually forgot where he came, at this time Lan Li reminded him, and his brain turned a corner, "I came to you, also about your next project, I found two suitable projects, if you are interested, I can arrange for you to participate in a one-on-one private interview, see how the feedback is, and then do further discussion." ”

Obviously, in the past two days of Telluride, Andy has not been idle.