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In the small office, the tension was so tense that it seemed as if even the air had frozen, and Helen Herman sat alone in a chair, facing David Heyman and Aziva Gosman with a calm face.

Negotiations have been going on for more than an hour, and after several rounds of exchanges, the price of the two sides is getting closer and closer.

"We can't accept the $18 million salary. Helen Herman said lightly, "In order to show sincerity, we have first reduced the post-production share from 10% to 5%, and then reduced the share from the global box office to the North American box office. ”

She suddenly accentuated her tone, "We have enough sincerity for this cooperation!"

Aziva Gosman disagrees, "$20 million plus five percent of the North American box office share is also called sincerity?"

Helen Herman reverted to that indifferent tone, "Isn't an actor who has sold five movies in a row worth such a salary? Look at the box office of the movies starring Matthew in the past three years, and it has completely exploded Will Smith!"

Aziva Gossmann can't deny this, after all, the data is here.

David will have been watching and did not speak, he represents the interests of Warner Bros. in the crew, and he also knows that the investor Warner Bros. is actually very optimistic about Matthew Horner's commercial value and market appeal, and is only dissatisfied with the sky-high salary he wants.

He naturally knows where Warner Bros.'s bottom line is.

At the beginning, he agreed to openly recruit actors, in order to reduce the price, but now the goal has basically been achieved.

Seeing that the negotiations were about to run aground again, David took the initiative to say, "You two, can you calm down a little?"

Helen Herman and Aziva Gosman both looked to David Heyman's side.

David added, "Can you hear me say a few words?"

"Of course. Helen Herman nodded.

Aziva Gosman will not refuse either," David said, although. ”

"The project is already in preparation, the actor is the top priority, and we can't delay it for too long. David looked at Helen Herman and then at Aziva Gosman and said, "I don't think it's better to do this, how about we both take a step back?"

Helen Herman didn't speak, just looked at Aziva Gossman, and Aziva Gossman didn't mean to speak.

David continued, "I have a proposal for you to consider. ”

He first said to Helen Herman, "Helen, we all know Matthew's box office appeal very well, he is a very high-quality commercial superstar, but the box office share involves the interests of all parties, which is very difficult to measure, it is better to remove the box office share and increase the basic salary." ”

He then said to Aziva Gosman, "How about we add another $2 million to our base salary so that Matthew can be in the $20 million club?"

After several rounds of negotiations and haggling with Helen Herman, Aziva Gosman's bottom line has also risen to $20 million.

Helen Herman agreed with Matthew to get as much $20 million as possible and join the ranks of the $20 million club.

Although the 20 million club is still quite far from the salary standard of 20+20 superstars, the actors who can enter this ranks are all the most popular and popular stars in the first line.

Aziva Gosman knew very well that Helen Herman could not be given another chance to raise prices, and deliberately waited for a while before slowly saying, "I can coordinate the crew to squeeze out another $2 million from other aspects and add it to Matthew's salary." ”

His tone became quite tough, "$20 million is the final offer!" Helen, if you still don't agree, I'll have to consider Will Smith, who auditioned quite well and was very interested in the role. ”

Helen Herman has been silent, and although Aziva Gosman's offer has lived up to expectations, she is in no hurry to speak, after all, Matthew has other requests.

The office was quiet for a while, David frowned slightly, $20 million is definitely a matching salary for Matthew Horner today.

Aziva Gosman is patiently waiting, and he has the patience to wait a little longer.

Helen Herman was silent for a full two minutes before she spoke slowly, her voice still so calm, "Yes. ”

David and Aziva Gosman breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, as long as they can agree on the biggest difference in salary, the other small conditions are easy to say.

Helen Herman's eyes quickly swept over the faces of David and Aziva Gossman, and she added, "Matthew and I could accept a $20 million salary and give up a post-box office share, but there are two small conditions. ”

Aziva Gosman is not a first-day producer, and he knows that big-name celebrities often have a lot of personal preferences attached to their contracts, so he said directly, "Tell me, Helen." ”

"The first. Helen Herman already had a smile on her face, "There's a supporting actress in the script, and Matthew asked for advice on the use of the cast for this role. ”

Francis Lawrence had also talked about this actor selection before, and Aziva Gossman thought about it and nodded slowly, "Matthew can recommend a suitable actor to the crew, if it's not suitable, I will refuse." ”

Matthew can recommend it, Francis Lawrence can also recommend it, and as for who to use in the end, it looks good at the audition.

Aziva Gosman has plenty of experience to deal with this aspect.

Helen Herman nodded in satisfaction, and then made a second request, "Matthew wants to be named as a co-producer and enter the ranks of producers." ”

Francis Lawrence is completely biased towards CAA and Will Smith, and has a conflict of interest in supporting roles, the best way is of course to bully him, but even if it is an A-list star who directly bullies a director like Francis Lawrence, he must find the right opportunity.

Hollywood is producer-centric, not star-centric, and the real decision-maker of the crew is Aziva Gossman.

"Matthew will not interfere with the operation of the project. Helen Herman naturally knew that the two producers must have some concerns, and said, "Recently, rumors that Matthew will be abandoned by the crew have been spreading, and we hope that the crew can use a way to show Matthew's status in the crew and his importance to "I Am Legend". ”

David nodded slightly, and the nominal co-producer is more of a show of the core position and importance of the crew.

Helen Herman continued, "Co-producers are paid, and Matthew can take a symbolic dollar. ”

This sentence dispelled some of Aziva Gosman's concerns, and the co-producer's position in Hollywood, although more ambiguous, was more of a status symbol.

For example, if someone partially invests in the film, the crew may give him a position as a co-producer.

Helen Herman saw that David Heyman and Aziva Gosman had been silent, and did not rush, patiently sitting on the sofa and waiting.

David Heyman and Aziva Gossman exchanged a look, and Aziva Gossman said, "Helen, we need to think carefully about this, and we need to ask Warner Bros. for advice and get back to you in a few days." ”

Helen Herman nodded, "Yes." ”

She could hear that David and Aziva Gossman shouldn't be opposed.

Negotiations were temporarily suspended, and Helen Herman took advantage of the break to go out and make a phone call to Matthew.

Ma Xian was also resting, received a phone call, listened to Helen Herman's concise finish of the negotiation, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Thank you, Helen." ”

It's not easy to get a $20 million salary in the face of a producer like Aziva Gosman, let alone a co-producer.

In the Hollywood system, because of the commercial nature of the film, the producer is the master of a film, and has the right to decide all the affairs of the film, including what kind of script to shoot, hire directors, cinematographers, actors and send film producers to manage the production funds on its behalf, review the shooting funds and control the whole process of filming.

If the director is the soul of a movie, the producer must be regarded as the biological father and mother of a movie.

The producer has complete control over the funding of the film's shoot, is the leader of the entire filmmaking team, and the implementer of the successful completion of a film from scratch. In Hollywood's studio production system, the producer is often the overall person in charge of the film project designated by the producer.

Aziva Gosman is the head of "I Am Legend", that is, the filmmaker in the traditional sense.

For example, for projects with large investments and large productions, the producer will often be made up of a team.

For example, David Heyman, who is the executive producer of "I Am Legend", is also directly employed by the production company, and is often responsible for the day-to-day management of the crew, etc.

There are also executive producers and co-producers, the former is the direct subordinate of the film producer, and each crew will have several or even a dozen, who will be responsible for the management of the daily affairs of a crew; the composition of the latter is more complicated, in addition to some investors and the like, many big-name stars who participate in the show, often in order to highlight their status, or get the power no less than the director, will also be named as a co-producer, and even a friend of the film producer who has helped the crew in a certain job, will also be hung as a co-producer......

In addition, there are multiple positions such as co-producer.

It can be said that in Hollywood's producer profession, whether there is the last word "person" is completely different.

Aziva Gosman didn't let Matthew and Helen Herman wait too long, and just two days later, he officially notified the Angel Agency and agreed to name Matthew as a co-producer.

Once that was agreed, Helen Herman was able to talk to the crew about the details of the contract.