The rapid ringing of the mobile phone woke Chen Tian from his sleep, and he touched the mobile phone at the head of the bed in a daze.

"Hey, hello!"

"Justin, things are going badly. An urgent voice came from the other end of the line.

"Oops?WHY?"

Chen Tian was half asleep, and he didn't realize how anxious the voice on the other end of the phone was.

It was five o'clock in the morning, and it was more than half an hour away from Chen Tian's normal time to get up.

"James Bucky, that bastard, said a lot of things that shouldn't be said, and we have to imagine solutions. ”

"James Budge?" Chen Tian seemed to sober up when he heard the name, and Tom Thornberg on the other end of the phone was very anxious.

He didn't expect James Bucky to stab Lionsgate hard after leaving, if he hadn't gotten the news from the Los Angeles Times, then he could only wait for the newspaper to be released and passively catch up.

Lionsgate is not a big company, and since it can give Chen Tian such a lucrative sharing agreement, other directors are likely to follow suit.

If it comes to that point, it is obviously unrealistic for Lionsgate to give all the requirements as requested, and if it is not given, it is destined to offend a group of people.

Without Chen Tian's precedent, then everything is fine.

The key is that now that there is a precedent of Chen Tian, it is impossible for others not to think about it, after all, the sharing agreement is indeed enough to make countless people blush.

"Oh, wait, I didn't wake up, are you?"

Chen Tian took away his mobile phone and looked at the screen before he realized that it was Tom Thornberg who called him.

"Tom, what the hell is going on? I seem to hear James Butch, didn't he leave?"

"Thank God. You're finally sober. I heard the news, and he reached out to the Los Angeles Times yesterday and said a lot of things that shouldn't have been said. Now I'm sent to the gallows. ”

"So serious?"

"Yes, it's not just me, it's probably going to be worse at MGM, they're big names.

Justin, you also know that we signed a sharing agreement with you, from "Buried Alive" to "Chainsaw", MGM also has three film contracts.

What kind of sharing agreement between the two of us is like in the industry as a whole, I think Justin should know it.

Although you have the ability. But not everyone understands and is willing to accept your offer of sharing.

And there are a lot of good directors in Hollywood, and when they see this, some other ideas may come up that can be fatal. ”

Chen Tian came to his senses, and he understood what Tom Thornberg meant.

At least for now, he's an entry-level rookie director, even if "Buried Alive" and "Hard Candy" gave the media the title of miracle director.

But Chen Tian can imagine what the name of the so-called miracle director is in the eyes of many people.

These people will also try to demand similar treatment to him, and then even a strike may break out.

At the same time, they will be dismissive and may expect a certain film Waterloo and then disappear from Hollywood.

That's the reality. Brutal reality.

Having little seniority and being a yellow race, it's impossible to avoid it.

Chen Tian can also think of it. If it weren't for the fact that he insisted on investing himself from "Buried Alive" and then seeking distribution, he was looking for what kind of scene the producer investment would be.

There is no doubt that he has been squeezed, and more importantly, it is absolutely impossible to get today's benefits, and once he fails, then he will be abandoned like John Woo, who once created his own glory in Hollywood and left his own style.

All along, Chen Tian has always wanted to take every step in a low-key and down-to-earth manner.

If you make one wrong step, you may make all your previous efforts in vain.

However, at this moment, Chen Tian's thoughts have changed, and no matter how low-key he is, he can't change some people's opinions.

Having lived in the United States since childhood, Chen Tianzhi understands the characteristics of Americans, and they advocate heroism.

In the eyes of some people, his blind low-key is a sign of lack of self-confidence.

So now simply boldly express what you think, and simply show your confidence to everyone.

When the performance of self-confidence is proven by facts, then this is the charm.

The direct impact is far greater than the progress brought by each of his low-key films.

Although this may bring more criticism at first, it is better than passively accepting other people's accusations now, especially since there is no good way to respond to such a high share agreement.

"Tom, I have a solution that may be able to solve this problem, but of course it will require your cooperation. ”

"How?" asked Tom Thornberg immediately.

"Tom, who's the top director right now, and what does their sharing agreement look like?"

"James Cameron is probably the tallest, and he's working on a film called Avatar right now.

It is said that it cost more than 300 million, and James Cameron's share agreement has not been exposed.

However, in his last film "Titanic", I know that the script of 600,000 plus 8 million director fees and post-production shares got a total of 115 million.

Michael Bay had 25 million when he filmed "Pearl Harbor", and he had to divide it again.

At present, the highest should be Peter Jackson, who took over the filming of Universal's "King Kong", and the directorial fee is $20 million, and the other 20% of the net revenue share of the box office.

The rest of Spielberg is similar, they belong to the top of the group.

Other first-class directors generally have a director fee of 5 million to 10 million, plus 5%-8% share. ”

"In fact, there are not many people who are higher than them compared to me, and I didn't take the director's fee, screenwriter's fee and post-production fee for "Buried Alive", and I bear all the investment alone.

The following "Super Burger King", "Hard Candy" and "Little Sunshine Beauty" were all like this.

I took a big risk myself, and I succeeded on the basis of risk, didn't I? except for the sharing agreement for "Chainsaw" plus the director's fee and the screenwriter's fee. ”

"Yes, but Justin, your approach?"

Chen Tian laughed: "Since someone is destined to attack me." Of course, the peer criticism must be envious that I took a lot.

And other companies slammed me. Nothing more than I took the money that they thought should have gotten into their pockets. Isn't it?"

"Yes, but I didn't think so, because you and Lionsgate have so much to gain, don't they? Tom Thornberg immediately made his attitude clear.

"Tom, I didn't say anything bad about Lionsgate, in that case, you said that if I went to cooperate with other companies, would they be willing?" Chen Tian added. "On the basis that I can guarantee that they will be able to make money. ”

"Of course, it goes without saying that you can guarantee that, if not guaranteed, I believe there are many companies willing to do the same as us and MGM.

Justin, we will always support you in this turmoil, and if anyone can guarantee that they can be like you, we are willing to send them such a sharing agreement. ”

Tom Thornberg also understood Chen Tian's method, which is to turn the contradiction from a sharing agreement to a premise, that is, you want the premise of this sharing agreement to be able to make money.

Although it sounds a little crazy, at least Chen Tian's films are like this.

Such a solution may seem overconfident. But in the face of the facts it is enough to shut up a large part.

Of course, it will also make a large part of the criticism, but at least it can solve a lot of contradictions in the sharing agreement.

Chen Tian laughed: "Tom." As long as there is no problem with the promotion of "Saw Horror", I believe there is no problem with the North American box office exceeding 100 million. ”

Listening to Chen Tian's words, Tom Thornberg laughed, and the tension in the early morning relaxed at this moment: "Justin, are you so confident?"

"Yes, it's that confident, otherwise my solution this time will make me a laughing stock, which is absolutely not allowed, so it has to win at the box office, doesn't it?

Don't you have faith in it?" Chen Tian asked with a smile.

Prior to this, Tom Thornberg's prediction for "Saw Horror" was that there should be no less than 60 million in North America, and more than 100 million in the world.

However, he did not swear to predict that North America would exceed 100 million like Chen Tian, and he knew that hundreds of films were released every year in the entire North America.

But the number of films with hundreds of millions of films at the box office in North America basically stabilizes at about 25 every year, and you can imagine how difficult it is to reach hundreds of millions.

However, Chen Tian's tone was full of confidence, although it could not be ruled out that he said so in order to solve this turmoil.

"You gave me the confidence that I know how to deal with the media. ”

Looking at the phone that hung up, Chen Tian was no longer sleepy.

In response to this turmoil in this way, then the future director needs to be more cautious and not make any mistakes.

Edda, the little guy, was tilting his head, sticking out his little tongue with his ears pricked up, and looking at Chen Tian with cute eyes.

Chen Tian waved his fist and roared: "Chen Tian, come on!"

As if hearing Chen Tian's encouragement to him, Edda, the little guy, snorted at Chen Tian, as if he was cheering Chen Tian up.

As Tom Thornberg thought, with the Los Angeles Times report.

All of a sudden, Lionsgate, MGM and Chen Tian were sent to the forefront.

However, what Tom Thornberg didn't expect was that James Bucky poked out more than just a sharing agreement.

In order to make Chen Tian happy, he forcibly dismissed James Budge, who had worked hard for Lionsgate for six years, deliberately fabricated the Rita Conroy incident to attract attention to promote "Buried Alive"; the anti-war wave Lionsgate was one of the manipulators behind the scenes; MGM poached Chen Tian and made a higher sharing agreement than Lionsgate; Lionsgate welcomed back Chen Tian's sharing agreement to an unprecedented extent.

These five events appeared in the Los Angeles Times, and the entire related news page took up two pages.

Two eye-catching subheadings stung Tom Thornberg's eyes.

James Bucky's stabbing made Lionsgate and Chen Tian and MGM all in an extremely difficult situation. (To be continued......)

PS: I was pulled out of the city by my college classmates yesterday morning, and I was still swimming in Yunlong Lake at ten o'clock in the evening, and then I came back this morning.

I'm sorry I couldn't update it yesterday.,Xiao Ai said last time that after ten o'clock, don't wait.,I thought I wouldn't let my friends send a single chapter......

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