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Matthew left Helen Herman in charge of the negotiations for "I Am Legend", and what he needed was a desirable result, not a detailed negotiation process.

Despite knowing that Will Smith was also working on the male lead, he didn't pay much attention to it.

In the latest negotiations, Helen Herman's post-production share was reduced to 5% of the global box office, although there was still no agreement with the crew of "I Am Legend", but this bargaining drama also showed a certain effect, and the salary of the "I Am Legend" crew rose from $15 million to $16 million.

Although the distance between the two sides is still very long, it also shows the sincerity of each side that they still want to continue to cooperate.

It is normal for the actor of a Hollywood first-line production to have multiple actors competing, and if you want to get the role, it depends on the actor's hard power, relationship network and agent operation.

In terms of hard power, if you go back a few more years, Matthew will definitely be at a disadvantage, but Hollywood producers are more looking at the box office results of the movies starring in the past three years, and Matthew is undoubtedly in an absolute advantage in this regard.

Will Smith has starred in movies in the last three years, including 2002's "Men in Black 2", 2003's "Jedi Men 2", 2004's "Me and the Robot", and the just-released "Public Enemy".

Compared with Matthew, the box office results of his films in the last three years are obviously at a disadvantage.

There are even films like "Jedi Men 2" that lost money at the box office and finally recovered their costs through DVDs.

Matthew synthesized the news that Helen Herman has fed back in recent days, and it is not difficult to judge that he is still in the preferred position of Aziva Gosman and the crew of "I Am Legend".

Of course, the earth will turn without anyone, and Hollywood is still the most powerful industrial center of world cinema, and he has never thought that the friendship between him and Aziva Gossman when he collaborated on "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" can play a big role in negotiations involving millions or even tens of millions of dollars, and if the final conditions cannot be negotiated, it is not impossible for Aziva Gosman to choose someone else.

In March, as soon as the Oscars ended, the promotion of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Coffin" gradually began to gain momentum, and Matthew temporarily left the crew of "Three Hundred Spartans" to participate in a number of promotional activities planned by Disney Studios.

At the same time, the crew also released a new batch of promotional posters, which featured Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swan and David Jones, and entered the poster boards of major theaters in North America early in the morning.

Matthew also appeared in a theater in Los Angeles and unveiled Will Turner's personal poster on the spot, both he and Disney Studios are very important to the publicity effect of the poster.

No one will deny the importance of a movie poster, because it can be posted on the wall of the street, in newspapers, magazines and on television, and its light can shine on thousands of movie fans.

Moreover, there can be multiple posters for the same film, each with a different focus, so that different groups of people can be appealed.

For example, Will Turner's first poster is designed to be hot enough to attract enthusiastic young people, and the second poster of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan is a combination that highlights the film's "romance" and captures the hearts of many women.

Currently, a good poster designer is paid a lot of money, and the poster designer of Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Coffin of the Soul is paid up to $750,000.

Later, Matthew flew to New York to participate in a movie picnic in a large park in New York.

Disney Studios invited more than 200 entertainment journalists from the industry to attend the picnic.

"Dealing with those pesky entertainment journalists. ”

In the park's makeshift parking area, a make-up Keira Knightley sat inside Matthew's make-up trailer and muttered, "What a headache." ”

Matthew shrugged, "There's no way, you have to do things when you get money." ”

Keira Knightley muttered dissatisfiedly, "Why can't Depp come?"

"The crew had a similar promotional event at Disneyland Paris the day after tomorrow. Matthew contacted Johnny Depp before coming to New York, "Depp has to face more European entertainment reporters, and it is estimated that it will be more difficult than us." ”

"Well...... "Keira Knightley said, biting her lower lip, "I'm mentally balanced." ”

Matthew put on his coat, walked over to Keira Knightley, patted her on the shoulder, and said, "It's a business event, it's no different from a press conference, and we're going to give entertainment reporters a little bit of sweetness and make them write more positive stories." ”

Keira Knightley sighed, "I know that journalists are important to us actors and to the movies we are in. ”

As she gets older, so does her experience.

Matthew nodded and said, "The relationship between film and entertainment media is inseparable today, and if a film production company does not have a media to market the film, the performance of the film will be greatly reduced, and in turn, the entertainment media also needs funding from the film production company to better exert its influence and attract more readers or viewers." ”

The news has penetrated into the entertainment industry, and the entertainment industry has also penetrated into the news, and any hype in the press about the film industry will bring financial benefits to the film industry.

"Well, don't play with the poor little knowledge you got from Helen Herman. Keira Knightley, as always, struck Matthew first and reminded, "It's almost time, let's get out of here." ”

She walked over and grabbed Matthew's arm, and Matthew led her out of the makeup trailer and slowly walked to a huge lawn under the guidance of Disney Studios staff.

Many members of the crew, as well as the executives of Disney Studios, have been in a heated fight with entertainment reporters, and many long tables have been placed on the lawn, and the tables are piled with all kinds of food and drinks.

Matthew and Keira Knightley are among the last to show up, and it's a Hollywood convention that the biggest names tend to play last.

Soon, reporters gathered around, and at the reminder of the crew's PR manager, Matthew also separated from Keira Knightley so that he could deal with more reporters and achieve better publicity purposes.

More than 20 male and female reporters gathered around, Matthew was still relaxed, and without waiting for the reporter to ask, he preemptively said, "Everyone, I haven't had breakfast since I got off the plane this morning, can you let me eat something first?"

Although it was a picnic, the entertainment reporters knew that the purpose of coming here was not to eat and drink.

Matthew simply pointed to an empty round dining table not far away and said, "Let's all go get something to eat, and then go over there and sit down and talk while eating, okay?"

After speaking, he didn't wait for the reporter to answer, and clamored for a long table where food was placed, and the reporter finally remembered that this was the home of the crew and took the initiative to make way for him.

Matthew picked up the porcelain plate, chose a few favorite meals, poured another glass of water, and came to the round table.

Soon, all the seats were filled, and the later reporters had no place to sit and simply sat on the grass.

Matthew took a bite of the vegetable salad, nodded, and said, "Well, the chef is good today, and the taste is okay." ”

Sitting on his left was a bald middle-aged male reporter, who quickly asked, "Matthew, can I ask questions?"

Perhaps because of the atmosphere of the scene, the reporters were relatively polite at the moment.

Of course, these are all entertainment reporters invited by Disney Studios, and they all know some unwritten rules about tacit understanding, even if they want to go wild, they will not choose this place.

Matthew put down his knife and fork, picked up a napkin, wiped his mouth, and said, "Yes." ”

The next moment, more than a dozen arms were raised at the table, and on the grass around the table, everyone also raised their hands.

"You ask first. Matthew pointed to the bald middle-aged male reporter and said.

The bald middle-aged male reporter was also not polite, and asked directly, "Matthew, you are a big star now, do you find it difficult to treat your fame correctly?"

"It's not very clear. Matthew saw that the question was not sharp, but relatively friendly, and said slowly, "There are a lot of very kind people who will come over and say some nice things to you after they recognize you outside, and this kind of thing will not have much impact on you, and your life will not change because of this." I've always felt like a professional actor, and while I'm certainly recognizable in a lot of places, I don't think I'm a famous person. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, many more reporters raised their arms, and Matthew pointed to a female reporter sitting on the grass, who immediately stood up and asked, "When you are frustrated in work and life, what kind of way do you usually encourage yourself to get back together?"

Matthew scratched his eyebrows, "Sense of humor!" he thought for a moment, then explained, "When you encounter a problem, unless you can see the interesting side of this thing, it will be difficult for you to get over this hurdle." If you take your life too seriously, then this path will not be easy to follow. So keeping a sense of humor can make you see the brighter side of things. ”

Then he ordered a young male reporter sitting across the table.

Compared with the two reporters just now, the male reporter's question is more in line with his reality.

"Matthew, my cousin just went to Los Angeles this month and wants to get into Hollywood. He asked, "As we all know, you are a star who has come all the way from the bottom, can you give some advice and advice to my cousin, or other newcomer actors who have just entered the industry and have just entered the industry?"