Hollywood industry rumors, Christopher doesn't know it, but Emma is clear.

Now among all the first-line actors and top actors, Lan Li can be said to be the most difficult and easiest to work with.

The reason why it is difficult to do is because Lan Li's pickiness of scripts, roles and performances has reached an outrageous level, including the six major Hollywood studios, and the number of large and small script projects lost in Lan Li's hands has been piled up, and there is not even a chance to audition for an interview.

Of course, there is now a saying widely circulated in the industry that Lan Li's vision is vicious, and it still maintains a 100% success rate in the selection of works. That's why the "Burst Drummer" attracted so much attention in the first place, and the current "Night Stalker" is bound to cause a lot of discussion.

The reason why it is easy to say is because outside of the script, Lan Li has almost no requirements - there are no taboos for co-actors, no requirements for treatment on set, no list of countless prohibitions, and even the good attitude of dispensability in terms of remuneration is simply incredible for a top actor.

Not to mention those small-budget independent productions, even the "gravity" salary negotiations are the same. Warner Bros. was willing to give the green light, Lan Li was not aggressive, and the whole salary negotiation process presented a harmonious scene, which is also a rare wonder in Hollywood.

But today, Lan Li put forward a salary request, and it was straight to the point?

What does this mean exactly?

Emma was a little surprised, but she couldn't say surprise.

A thousand steps back and 10,000 steps back, it is imperative for Lanli to increase his salary.

In today's Hollywood, among all the first-line and second-tier actors who are active in the big and small screens, regardless of age or seniority, Lan Li is the only EGOT winner, and also has a strong performance of four consecutive movies with a North American box office of over 100 million, and deserves to be one of the top first-line actors now.

At the same time, the producer and the production company will inevitably sit on the edge of their seats, and the standard line of other actors' salaries will be ambiguous.

Other agencies, other production companies, other producers...... All eyes are focused on Lan Li's salary figures, which will more or less be pushed behind the scenes.

The only question is: how much is Lan Li looking forward to, or how much is Lan Li worth now?

On this point, the agency and the production company are two positions.

Naturally, the production company wants to save costs, and they don't want to create another Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr., after all, the interests of the actors are carved out of them.

The agency naturally hopes that the higher the better, and it is best to break the record of Robert Downey Jr. taking over "Iron Man 3" and further raise the salary ceiling, so that they can push the remuneration of other actors.

When Lan Li took over the filming of "Gravity" before, in fact, the industry had already gathered a lot of attention and cared about Warner Bros. Brothers' choices and decisions, but in the end it was a tepid and non-trivial agreement: 10% of the North American box office dividends.

This number is not top-notch, but it is far from bad. For the first-line actors in Hollywood now, especially the actors with an advantage in salary, it is a decent, not good or bad choice.

On the one hand, the dividend figure cannot be compared with the 15% or 20% ratio of Tom Cruise's movement, but it still reaches the height of 10%, which can be said to be a watershed; on the other hand, it is impossible to know in a short period of time what the market appeal of Lanli is, and the box office dividend figure is not as direct as the 20 million club after all.

Only after the release of "Gravity" can we get a glimpse of whether Warner Bros. is losing or making money.

Now, once again, the opportunity has arisen.

Over there, Thomas Turr is stuck in the salary figures of "Jurassic Park" - what role Ron Mayer plays in it, outsiders don't know; here, "Interstellar" is likely to become Lan Li's next work, so how should Emma Thomas grasp the proportion of the salary?

What's more complicated is that "Interstellar" is now in a predicament, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are fighting for the production rights, both sides are not giving an inch, and the terms of the contract signed by Christopher Nolan are also very complicated, he can't simply say that he chooses Warner Bros. or Legendary Pictures, both sides must make compromises and concessions-

The problem is that both Thomas Tours and Kevin Tsujihara refused to budge, which also led to the fact that the project could not be continued for the time being, and now Emma Thomas has really limited authority in his hands.

From the kitchen to the backyard, even in the interval between greetings with Lan Li at this moment, Emma's brain is running at high speed.

Generally speaking, business negotiation can be simply divided into two types, one is to give the initiative to the other party, and the other party will take the lead in "shouting the price and paying back the money", and then find out the psychology according to the other party's bid, and then attack;

So, which one should she choose?

In a flash of lightning, Emma's mind was already full of vicissitudes, and then, she made her choice, "So, did everything go well with the conversation you had with Chris just now?"

"I wouldn't use 'smooth' to define the conversation just now, otherwise he wouldn't have run away. Lan Li's unexpected answer made Emma stunned slightly.

Emma then laughed happily and nodded her head in agreement, "Of course." But you can't blame him, even when I hear about your topic, my first reaction is to be stunned. Apparently we didn't expect that the first meeting and conversation would come to such a stage. ”

"I didn't expect that either. Lan Li shrugged his shoulders slightly, "I thought Chris still needed some time to think, and now in the entire Hollywood, actors who want to play Chris's works should be queuing up to get numbers." I'm not quite sure where I am, and today's interview should be just the first step, but Chris just extended the invitation, and I was a little caught off guard. ”

So...... It's not Lan Li's fault, it's Chris's fault?

Emma knew of course that it was a little humor, and she laughed more and more briskly, "But I guess that Your Excellency Lan Li must have come prepared this time, otherwise, you wouldn't have said that it was a gamble." So, let's now weigh up and see if this gamble is worth the gamble and whether it's worth the go. ”

Emma opted for defense.

Unlike top producers like the Weinstein brothers, Emma is not a pure full-time producer, she is mainly responsible for all of Christopher's work, not so much a producer as a director's bridge, and outside of Christopher, she is only responsible for the production of one film, "Superman: Man of Steel".

In other words, Emma is not a profit-oriented or strategic type. Therefore, she did not aggressively take all the initiative into her own hands, but cut into the negotiations by retreating and attacking with defense.

Lan Li did not be polite, did not excuse himself, nor did he explain the ins and outs of the matter, and directly followed Andy's advice and threw out the expected salary figure, "20 million, plus 5% of the North American box office dividend." ”

Emma's expression was slightly surprised, not because the salary figure was too high, but because the salary figure was too reasonable:

There was no rhetoric, no lion opening, no skyscraper, but a down-to-earth number, almost a number that Emma had no way to refute or reject.

In fact, the industry can still catch some rumors about the progress of the project negotiations between Thomas Tool, "Jurassic Park" and Blue Rite, and because Thomas and Christopher have a close personal relationship, Emma knows more clearly: about the first 15 million salary, and now the 20 million salary, the whole beginning and end of the transition is known.

Objectively speaking, with the current achievements of Lanli in the industry, 20 million plus 3% of the box office dividend, this is the psychological bottom line of the film production company, if you wait until the "gravity" is released, the situation will change - the box office fails, then the 20 million club of Lanli still can't run away; box office success, then the box office dividend ratio is definitely more than the current number.

But from the standpoint of the agency, whether it is an innovative artist agency or other competitors, they are looking forward to Lanli going one step further and entering the club of "30 million plus box office dividends" to create a new era.

In today's Hollywood film market, the remuneration part has been basically fixed, and the 20 million club is a shackle that cannot be broken.

Either like Tom Cruise, reduce or give up the basic salary, and completely use box office dividends as income, the figure is basically 15% jump, 25% cap, and the actor's salary is directly linked to the box office performance, which also makes Tom Cruise's promotion of each movie extremely hard.

Either like Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr., "threaten" the production company with box office dividends, and then the production company weighs between the dividend figure and the basic salary of the film, and finally finalizes a "no loss" salary figure, such as 40 million or 50 million, and after paying all the salaries in one go, the actors give up the right to dividends.

It can be simply summarized that the interests that production companies and Wall Street are willing to part with have reached a bottleneck.

Major brokerage companies are expecting Lan Li to break this bottleneck, but now, Lan Li has proposed an extremely reasonable salary, which is so reasonable that Emma can't refuse at all.