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After lunch, Aziva Gossman returned to Warner Studios, and on the way he was also thinking about Francis Lawrence's words, Matthew Horner and Will Smith each had advantages, but Matthew Horner worked with him once and was more familiar, and Will Smith had not dealt much before.

Out of precaution, he specifically looked for someone to know about Will Smith's salary, starting from "Boxing King Ali", Will Smith officially entered the 20 million club, and then "Men in Black 2" The salary is 20 million US dollars plus 10% of the box office share, "Absolute Men 2" not only has a salary of up to 20 million US dollars in the early stage, but also a proportion of as much as 20% in the later stage.

"Me and the Robot" did not have a box office share, but the salary reached the terrifying level of $28 million.

There is no need to talk much to Will Smith's agent, and Aziva Gosman also knows that Will Smith's salary cannot be less than $20 million.

After several previous negotiations with Helen Herman, his psychological bottom line for the actor's salary has risen from $15 million to $20 million, and if it is more, let alone him, Warner Bros. will also have an opinion.

Matthew Horner and Helen Herman refuse to cut prices, and Will Smith only needs $20 million in salary, he could consider Francis Lawrence's opinion and replace Matthew Horner with Will Smith as the actor.

In previous contact with Kevin Howayne, Aziva Gossman has tested that Will Smith's bottom line seems to be $20 million.

"My father was one of the founders of CAA, you know. ”

Coming out of the cafeteria, Helen Herman walked towards the gate of Warner Studios and said to Matthew on the left, "Although he was later out of the power struggle at CAA, and the people who supported him back then basically left, there are also a few people with hidden connections who stayed in CAA, and if I specifically asked, they would give me a little information." ”

Matthew had long heard Helen Herman talk about her family history.

When the two entered Warner Studios, Helen Herman added, "Will Smith and Kevin Howie's bottom line is $20 million, and they will never voluntarily quit the $20 million club on a commercial big production project." ”

She turned her head and glanced at Matthew, "Just like what I told you before, if you take the initiative to reduce the price, then the next role, the filmmaker will have a fair and honest reason to lower the price." ”

Matthew is well aware of this and said, "It's easy to quit the 20 million club, but it's hard to go back." ”

The 20 million club is more attractive to many Hollywood stars, even than the Oscar for Best Actor, and no one wants to take the initiative to quit as long as possible.

Helen Herrmann and Matthew said as they walked towards the studio where the "I Am Legend" crew was located, and according to the original plan, Matthew would meet with Aziwa Gossman before Helen Herman negotiated with the two producers on the set.

After all, he worked with Aziva Gossman, and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was also a box office hit.

"Kevin Howayne is said to be influential?" Matthew asked.

The CAA's name is so loud that it is impossible for him not to be affected by media reports.

"Don't worry. "Helen Herman seems to know what he's thinking," and Kevin Howayne is just one of CAA's many junior partners. ”

She suddenly smiled, "In the early years, CAA's public relations and publicity campaign mythologized CAA, and even some of CAA's partners themselves believed that CAA was an invincible tool in their hands, but they forgot that CAA was no longer the broker's CAA." ”

Matthew wondered, "What do you mean by that? Isn't CAA a broker partnership?"

Helen Herman shook her head, "Brokers? How many shares of CAA do all the brokers of CAA have combined? The real ownership of CAA belongs to Detai Investment, and Detai Investment Company holds an absolute controlling stake in CAA. ”

These are all things that Matthew doesn't know, but he doesn't say much, Helen Herman has had an unhappy relationship with CAA, and her evaluation of CAA may not be true and fair.

The two soon walked to the studio where the crew of "I Am Legend" was located, and the studio was equipped with a lot of items, and the crew had obviously begun preliminary preparations.

A staff member took Matthew into Aziva Gosman's temporary office, where Aziva Gosman was not alone, but also a middle-aged man with short black hair.

Helen Herman will have to prepare for negotiations for a while, and will not go over until Matthew leaves.

"Hi Matthew. ”

Aziva Gosman took the initiative to shake his hand and said enthusiastically, "We haven't seen each other in a long time, haven't we?"

Listening to his tone, it was as if the negotiations between the two sides had gone very smoothly and there were no disagreements.

"It's been a long time since I saw each other. Matthew shook Aziva Gosman's hand vigorously and said enthusiastically, "I miss the chemistry we had when we worked together on Mr. and Mrs. Smith. ”

Aziva Gosman laughed, and then introduced the short-haired middle-aged man to Matthew, "Matthew, this is David Heyman, a producer from Warner Bros. ”

He also introduced Matthew to David, "David, this is Matthew Horner, amazing actor. ”

Matthew shook hands with David and said, "David, you're a great producer, and I wouldn't be able to see the Harry Potter movies without you." ”

These words were tickling David Hayman, who laughed and said, "I was just lucky to have met Joanna Rowling, and good things are never buried." ”

Needless to say, Matthew can also guess that David is in the crew and represents the interests of the investor Warner Bros.

In fact, without the introduction of Aziwa Gosman, Matthew also recognized David Heyman, whose name and photos have often appeared in the entertainment pages of newspapers and magazines in recent years with the "Harry Potter" series of movies.

While Michael Barnathan was the first producer hired by Warner Bros. specifically for the Harry Potter film series, anyone who has followed the series knows that the person who actually recommended the Harry Potter series to Warner Bros. was David Heyman.

According to media reports that Matthew has seen, back in 1997, when David was looking for a script for a children's film, his assistant recommended Joanna Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to him, and the book was lying quietly on the shelves of the bookstore at that time, and no one cared about it.

The rest of the story is basically known to everyone, David and Joanna Rowling had a few lunches one after another, discussed the adaptation, and then recommended it to Warner Bros., Warner Bros. realized the commercial potential of this series, mobilized huge financial, material and human resources, and did publicity and marketing in the entire Western world, and the "Harry Potter" series has also changed from an unpopular that can't sell many copies a month to a hit all over the world.

This series can be said to have made Matthew fully aware of the importance of publicity and marketing, in the words of some media, without the efforts of Warner Bros., there would have been no popularity of the "Harry Potter" series.

When Matthew first practiced reading, he had also read several books that had been published in Harry Potter, and he had also roughly browsed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in the movies, probably because he was accustomed to oriental spells and mythology, and he had no feelings about the Harry Potter series, and he couldn't perceive what was so good about the series.

Even, he thinks that some of the things he has read at a certain point, from the brain hole to the setting to the plot, have completely exploded the "Harry Potter" series.

It's a pity that there is no Warner Bros. behind those books, and it is impossible to be as lucky as Joanna Rowling.

He still believes that Joanna Rowling can achieve where she is today, writing the "Harry Potter" series is just the foundation, and the most important thing is that she has the support of Warner Bros.

Therefore, since Matthew starred in the movie, in addition to his past memories, the projects of the six major companies are also a factor that influenced his choice.

"I'm working on The Three Hundred Spartans with Warner Bros. ”

Matthew was the real protagonist in the meeting before the negotiations began, telling David, "I would love to continue working with Warner Bros. and I think we're going to be able to agree on working together." ”

"Of course!" David smiled, Warner Bros. was unhappy with Matthew's offer rather than his commercial value and appeal, "Now all the studios in Hollywood want to work with Matthew Horner. ”

Matthew deliberately looked surprised, "I didn't expect me to be so sought-after." He joked to Aziva Gosman again, "When the filming of "I Am Legend" starts, you must prepare a special tidbit for me, so that those who spread rumors about the breakdown of our negotiations will slap themselves in the face." ”

Aziva Gosman nodded, "No problem. ”

Matthew retracted his smile and said seriously, "A few days ago, I went to New York to participate in the promotional announcement of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Coffin of the Soul", and went to First Avenue and Wall Street to take a look around.

Aziva Gosman continued, "Different people may feel differently, and if it were me, I would have gone crazy." ”

David nodded, "Humans are social creatures after all. ”

"Makes sense. Matthew nodded first, and then said, "I don't know why, I thought I would enjoy this loneliness at that time, probably a delusion, could it be that I am antisocial?"

After saying that, he laughed himself, as did David and Aziva Gosman.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Matthew said goodbye and left the office on the grounds that he had work to do in "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta".

Helen Herman quickly walked in and negotiated with the two producers.