The sound of leather shoes landing came from far and near, and Matthew also noticed that someone walked out of the door of the studio opposite, just glanced at it casually, and vaguely saw an ordinary girl's face with childishness, so he took his eyes back, and continued to talk to Charlize Theron about the filming of the crew.

"It really doesn't work...... "Matthew gave Charlize Theron a bad idea, "and resort to legal means." ”

Charlize Theron shook her head, "The film is more than half filmed, and at this time, the exit process is initiated, and the previous efforts are in vain." ”

Matthew spread his hands, "Then put it aside and go take on other jobs......"

Before he could finish speaking, he was keenly aware that something seemed to be smashing at him, and reached out to grab Charlize Theron and ducked to the side, while blocking her behind.

"Ahh......h

The exclamation sounded at this time, and the girl who had walked out of the studio earlier with a childish look on her face suddenly fell down and smashed it towards the place where Matthew had just stood.

Fortunately, Matthew practiced free fighting all year round, and his reaction was far faster than the average person, and before the girl hit him, he covered Charlize Theron and dodged together.

He dodged, but the girl fell firmly on the concrete floor at the door of the studio.

"Ahh

In the midst of the screams, the girl with a childish face directly rushed into the street, and even made a popping sound.

Seeing the girl fall to the ground solidly, the corners of Matthew's mouth twitched subconsciously, listening to this movement, it really hurts.

The girl snorted twice, lifted her childish face, and looked at Matthew and Charlize Theron, which was completely different from what she had designed.

This fall should have fallen on the big star's body, and then he caught himself......

Who would have thought that guy would dodge it directly!

How could he dodge it? How could he react so quickly, so fast that her fake fall turned into a real one.

Rubbing her aching knee, the girl propped herself up on the ground and sat up.

Charlize Theron looked past Matthew, and when she saw the girl, she frowned slightly, but still asked, "Jenny, are you alright?"

Matthew didn't speak, this time it was different from a casual glance just now, he saw the girl's seemingly ordinary face, this face was somewhat familiar to him, if it was a little more mature, sprinkle some milk on it......

Charlize Theron walked around Matthew and reached out to pull the girl up from the ground.

"I'm sorry......" the girl said with a shy smile as she dusted off her clothes, "I just broke my foot." ”

"It's fine. Charlize Theron shook her head casually.

Matthew didn't think it was an accident, after all, the picture of the milk spilling all over his face left a deep impression on him, and he just felt that this girl was really not an ordinary person.

"That ......," the girl said abruptly, turning to Matthew, "I'm sorry I almost hit you, I'm so sorry." ”

"It doesn't matter. Matthew said casually.

He remembered The Hunger Games and asked Charlize Theron, "Not an introduction?"

"This is Jennifer Lawrence, my partner on the set. Charlize Theron gave a brief introduction, "Jenny, this is my friend Matthew. ”

James Lawrence hurriedly stretched out his right hand, "Hello, Matthew." ”

Matthew shook her hand gently, "Hello, Miss Lawrence. ”

"Call me Jenny. Jennifer Lawrence said politely, "I like your movies very much, strictly speaking, I'm also a fan of yours, and I watched "I Am Legend" in theaters last year. ”

"Thank you for your support. "Matthew was very gracious.

Jennifer Lawrence said a few more words to Matthew and Charlize Theron, and took the initiative to leave with a very clear eye.

"This girl has a good personality. Charlize Theron looked in the direction Jennifer Lawrence left, "It's likable within the crew." ”

Matthew said, "Who was the last girl I met like this......?" That's right, Jessica Alba. ”

"Huh?" Charles-Theron wondered.

Matthew didn't say it explicitly, but said casually, "This girl is not simple-minded." ”

The entrance to the studio is a very flat concrete floor, and he also saw it just now, Jennifer Lawrence is wearing a pair of flat shoes, and an adult walking in this kind of place can suddenly fall?

When he walked towards the door of the studio with Charlize Theron, he thought of the situation in Hollywood in the past two years, now that the 70s actresses are out of fashion, the post-80s generation has just stepped into the front line, and the post-90s generation is ready to seize power.

There is a saying that is very true, it is better to become famous as soon as possible, especially for actresses.

In the period that followed, Matthew was caught up in a busy schedule, taking care of the filming of "Twilight" and "Fast and Furious 4" on the one hand, and communicating with Helen Herman on the other hand to communicate the latest work negotiations.

Also, Marvel is preparing to plan "Iron Man 2", and he must follow up in time to avoid being kicked out unknowingly.

Although Hollywood companies still have a contractual spirit towards their counterparts in the circle, it is not impossible for them to make small moves behind the scenes.

Of course, it is also essential to cooperate with "Warner Bros. to promote "Superman Hancock for All".

By early June, a month after the release of "Iron Man", the film's North American box office successfully exceeded the $300 million mark, and the global box office also exceeded $500 million, and it is climbing towards higher box office figures.

This is undoubtedly very good news for Matthew.

At the same time, another piece of good news came from Helen Herman, who, after nearly two months of tug-of-war negotiations, officially reached an agreement with Warner Bros. on behalf of Matthew, and will next play the lead role in Christopher Nolan's new film "Inception".

Most of the time spent negotiating between the two sides was actually spent on the negotiation of Matthew's salary.

Regarding the basic salary of 20 million US dollars, the two sides have reached a consensus on this point early on, but the later sharing involved, every 0.1 percentage point, may be discussed for a long time.

Matthew and Helen Herman's idea is to divide directly from the pre-box office, and the part is not limited to the North American box office, but takes the form of a percentage of the global box office.

Warner Bros. will definitely not happily agree, Christopher Nolan has a director's box office share, and if Matthew takes away another part of the pre-box office, the box office profit of the film may be infinitely reduced.

Therefore, Warner Bros. wants Matthew to accept the way the box office profits are shared.

In this way, the negotiations between the two sides dragged on until June, when a consensus was reached.

In the signed agreement, Matthew's share is limited to the film's North American box office, but it is only a pre-box office share, not a profit share.

The share ratio is still a ladder, starting with a North American box office of $100 million, and when the North American box office of a film reaches $100 million in the future, he can get 1% of the box office as a share, and $150 million is 2% of it......

And so on, for every $50 million increase in the North American box office, his share of the box office increases by 1 percent, and the maximum is capped at 10 percent.

To get Matthew to agree that box office sharing would be limited to the North American box office and not the global box office, Warner Bros. made other appropriate concessions.

Among them, the most important is the new media copyright fee and DVD, in addition to the mandatory ratio of the actors' union, Matthew can also enjoy 10% of the film's future new media and DVD revenue as a personal dividend.

Nowadays, Hollywood films are generating more and more revenue from the new media of the Internet, and although DVDs have passed their peak, DVD sales of big-selling films are still outstanding.

To this day, DVD is still one of the major Hollywood production and distribution companies in terms of income, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Hollywood is still making money from DVDs, although the kind of popular film DVD sales in the first week are no longer more than 100 million, but the films that can enter the top 10 of the annual box office list in North America, except for very few examples, most of the final DVD sales can be sold for more than 100 million US dollars

And the cost of making DVDs is much lower than the once-popular videotapes, at most one to three percent of the wholesale price that the producer and distributor sells to the seller, and even after marketing and other costs, the profit margin is still terrifying.

Matthew has studied the North American DVD market for two films, Fast and Furious 4 and Twilight.

Normally, a studio can make $5 million to $8 million from a single rental company if it's a hit, and that's just the rental part, and the sales part is more than that.

In other words, a popular film Hollywood can earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars from DVDs, and this income is almost net profit.

finalized the actor of "Inception", Matthew got a more detailed project plan, this film will not start filming until next year at the earliest, and in the next time, the crew will have to prepare in advance and find other suitable actors.

Many of the characters in this film are very heavy, and after reading the script carefully, Matthew recommended James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender to Christopher Nolan after calling them.

After processing this contract with Warner Bros., he got another piece of good news, Paramount Pictures and Stephen Sommos finally came up with the latest script - the script of "Special Forces" with Duke as the absolute male lead!

After much consideration, Hasbro finally chose to compromise with the market, and in the words of Stephen Sommers on the phone with Matthew: if even the first "Special Forces" film does not succeed, what Hasbro and Paramount Pictures have done on this project will not make any sense.

Neither Paramount Pictures nor Hasbro plans to shoot just one "Special Forces", and as long as the first part is successful, some ideas can be put into the sequel later.

Helen Herman opened negotiations with Hasbro and Paramount Pictures on behalf of Matthew, while Matthew was caught up in the busy promotional announcements for "Superman Hancock for All."