Chapter 13: Rhapsody
Shen Ming called and asked Chen Xu, who told him where to buy good tea in Beijing, and then he and Cheng Xiao went...
In fact, many celebrities have poor social skills.
Without the assistant, I can't even handle a lot of daily business!
Shen Ming is already very good, unlike Milk Xiao, who doesn't even have a driver's license.
After buying a pound of Daye Pu'er and paying the bill, the two went to Oceanwide International, where Boge's family lived.
Huang Bo opened the door, and the first sentence was: "Yo, the girl I brought today is different from the last time!"
Shen Ming was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly defended: "How is it possible, don't listen to Brother Bo's nonsense!"
The latter sentence was explained to Cheng Xiao...
Milk Xiao smiled.
She's supposed to have an IQ...
"Come on, bring gifts!"
Sister Xiao Ou took the tea carried by Milk Xiao and invited people into the house: "Hearing that you are coming, Bozi is so happy!"
"Somebody's drinking with him, isn't it?"
“… Haha, you really know him!"
……
Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Shen Ming wiped his mouth: "Finally full!"
“… Why are you so hungry?"
"She won't let me get out of bed!"
Shen Ming pointed at Cheng Xiao and sueped!
Milk Xiao blushed and bowed her head in embarrassment...
"It's good to be young!"
“… By the way, Brother Bo, I seem to have heard that the third season of "Extreme Challenge" is going to add people?"
"No, the Canadians will definitely want to inform us. ”
Huang Bo shook his head: "And Yan Min didn't say it, then it definitely won't!"
"That's good, if you change people, I won't participate!"
“… It's okay if you don't participate, you're an Oscar winner, and the ratings of the program team are guaranteed!"
Shen Ming was helpless: "Brother Bo, I've said it many times, my nomination is lucky, and it has nothing to do with hard power." ”
"Haha, do you know what your brother Honglei said when he learned that you were nominated for an Oscar?"
Shen Ming was very interested, and hurriedly asked, "What did you say?"
"He said, I really didn't expect the Chinese to be nominated for an Oscar!"
“… I joined the Screen Actors Guild of North America, and as long as you are a member of the Screen Actors Guild, you are eligible to be nominated!"
"Are there any conditions for the Screen Actors Guild?"
"You want to join? That's very simple, just find someone to recommend it!"
The conditions for joining the North American Screen Actors Guild are quite strict, and the requirements are as follows: as the main actor to shoot a project, including films, commercials, etc., but this project must belong to a union, or you are a member of another affiliated union, in good standing, and for more than one year, you can also join.
It just so happened that Shen Ming's first project "Nightcrawler" was a union project, so he naturally joined the union.
In fact, there are not so many hard conditions, as long as there is a recommendation from a big director or a big star, or you are a top actor in your home country, joining the union is just a matter of one sentence!
……
Milk Xiao and Sister Xiao Ou went upstairs, and it is estimated that they will ask the way of the husband.
Shen Ming followed Brother Bo into the study.
"This is Rhapsody, look at it!"
“… Good!"
Shen Ming took the script and flipped through it, probably the story is the story of a group of people living on a desert island, a bit like "Lost"...
"How?"
"There's nothing wrong with the script, it's just that there are too many things!"
This script is stuffed with too many things, it doesn't look like the capacity of a movie at all, you must know that "Lost" has been filmed for six seasons, and the screenwriter can't play it anymore, so it's just unfinished...
"That's what you think?"
Huang Bo frowned.
The script for "Rhapsody" begins with a hypothesis: what will happen when people establish a new order if the old social order collapses?
"Actually, we can be a little more radical, rebuild the social order, the first thing that will happen, is bloody violence and war, and women, I have seen a movie called "Anatahan Island" before, about 32 men and a woman trapped on a small island in the Pacific Ocean, isolated for 6 years, in order to fight for the only woman, the men on the island fought openly and secretly, and 11 people died. ”
“… You're too extreme, who's going to watch it?"
"Brother Bo, you want to explore human nature and please the audience, this is fundamentally contradictory!"
In fact, the original source of "Rhapsody" was "Lord of the Flies", which tells the story of a group of children who survive on a desert island, and these children, after a short time, began to divide and kill each other.
Human society has not always been civilized, nor has it been progressing.
At every opportunity, the savage nature is revealed.
People are born like this.
"I'm more of an allegory than a human being..."
"Okay, when will I shoot?
Although I am not very satisfied with this script, after all, it is Boge's first work as a director, and Shen Ming will definitely help!
"November. ”
"Okay. ”
Brother Bo glanced at Shen Ming and suddenly asked, "Eh, how much are you getting paid now?"
"What do I get paid for making your movie?"
"That's not good, what about a month's schedule!"
“… No need. ”
"It has to be given, we don't need to save money for the producer!"
Well said, makes sense!
That's right, the investor is not Bo Ge alone...
"I don't know my current salary, so let's wait for the movie to be released and make money, you can give me a 5% dividend!"
"How much can I pay dividends?"
"No, I'm afraid I'll ask for too much money, my current movie salary is very scary!"
“… How tall can it be?"
"At least 12 million!"
After the Oscars, especially after the release of "The Fault in the Stars", Shen Ming's salary jumped three times, and the price in the North American market was 6 million US dollars, and the mainland was slightly less, but without 10 million, it was impossible for him to join!
Bo Ge swallowed his saliva...
His own salary + director's fee is 60 million, and he invited a group of friends, and the price did not exceed 10 million...
If you really give Shen Ming 12 million, then... What about others?
The cost of production is sure to skyrocket!
So, he changed the subject: "Five percent? Is it too little?"
"It's a lot, how much did you get for filming "The Chef and the Ruffian?"
"I, I'll take eight percent!"
"Okay, then I'll take eight percent too..."
The so-called 8% is the profit share after deducting costs and theater dividends...
The higher the box office, the more dividends.
On the contrary, the lower the salary...
Brother Bo was a little embarrassed: "Then let's do it, I'll give you a dividend of 15%..."
"It doesn't matter how much, I'm rich!"
""The Fault in the Stars" made hundreds of millions?"
“… How do you know?"
"It's all over the Internet!"
Uh, I don't know why Shen Ming's fans are so powerful, not only found out that the second producer of "The Fault in the Stars" is Minghui Studio, but also found out the specific amount of investment in Minghui Studio...
In the first weekend, "The Fault in the Stars" grossed $52 million in North America, directly overturning "Elf Hotel 3", "Ferris Rescue", and "Mamma Mia 2"...