Chapter 633: Signing
Through chatting, the Grandmaster finally confirmed the fact that the Tom Hanks in front of him was indeed not from the previous life, but the real aborigines of this world. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
This guy was born in 87 and is exactly thirty years old this year, seven years younger than when the actor in his previous life played Forrest Gump. However, it is difficult to distinguish between Europeans and Americans from 20 to 50 years old, especially well-maintained stars, who are almost 50 years old, and look no different from young men in their twenties.
Born in Montana, Tom Hanks was a well-known local child star when he was a child, participated in the filming of more than a dozen TV commercials, and once played a very important role in a TV series.
After graduating from college at the age of 22, Tom Hanks decided to come to Los Angeles and work in Hollywood.
It's a pity that maybe his luck when he was a child was too good, and he used up all his luck as an adult, so that he didn't get any weighty roles in Hollywood for eight years, just walked around between the place where he worked and the set every day, and appeared in a movie as a role actor every three or five days.
Without a regular job and not being appreciated by the director, Tom Hanks' life is very difficult.
But this guy is a very strong person, even if life is so difficult, he still hasn't given up chasing, and is still trying to chase his dream.
These years of career have not been without gains, at least his acting skills have been greatly exercised. Even if it's just a character like a passerby A and B who doesn't have any lines, before every shooting, Tom Hanks will ponder a series of problems such as the character's body language, movements, positioning, and so on.
Although it was useless for him to think about it, he still couldn't get tired of it, and in his words, he liked to do such things.
Like such a guy with a strong desire to succeed, like such a persevering guy, like such a guy whose acting skills can be said to be reasonable, coupled with his appearance like an actor in his previous life, this guy who was born out of thin air was simply born for this "Forrest Gump"......
"Mr. Hanks, I now formally want you to extend an invitation to star as the male lead in my first film. That's right, if you say yes, then you'll get your first leading actor in no time! And I promise, if you play this role with your heart, when this movie is released next year, there will be one more top movie superstar in the world. And I promise that by the Oscars next year, you will be the new Oscar!"
Tom Hanks' eyes widened in surprise when he heard what the Grandmaster said, it was clear that he didn't believe what the Grandmaster said, or that it scared him out of what the Grandmaster said.
Tom Hanks has been at the bottom of Hollywood for eight years, and he knows how cruel Hollywood is, and he knows that that kind of thing that can only happen in movies or fairy tales.
And what the Grandmaster just said is obviously no different from a movie or a fairy tale.
Seeing Tom Hanks' look of disbelief, the Grandmaster smiled and said, "Okay, you won't believe what I'm saying now, but it doesn't matter, it's okay if you don't believe it, when all this is done, you will know that what I just said was never bragging." Well, since you don't believe what I'm saying now, do you believe the contract in front of you? If you don't believe it, you can get your agent over, or find a lawyer you know, and we'll sign the contract in person. Oh, I can pay for the lawyer's fee for you for the time being......"
Tom Hanks took the contract and looked at it in general.
In fact, this kind of contract has a fixed model, even if there are differences, it is basically in terms of salary.
It's like when Tom Hanks was filming "Forrest Gump" in the previous life, his original film was about 10 million US dollars, but Tom Hanks was very optimistic about this movie, so he didn't want to get paid 10 million US dollars at all, but changed it to a 10% share of the global box office, and in the end, the smart Tom Hanks received a total of nearly 70 million US dollars from this movie......
Of course, this Tom Hanks in this life naturally cannot have the influence of the actor in his previous life, so it is naturally impossible for him to ask for a share of the box office, his salary is fixed, and it is only a mere $1 million.
In fact, even this million dollars is an astronomical amount for a pure newcomer like him, who has never made any movies.
According to the rules of Hollywood, a rookie actor like him, even if he is a leading actor, cannot be paid more than half a million US dollars.
The rest of the treaty was fine, but the glittering million dollars made Tom Hanks surrender immediately.
"I don't need to find a lawyer, I don't have any agent, master, I believe in you, I believe you won't cheat me for a million dollars. I can sign this contract now!" The million-dollar salary was so shocking to Tom Hanks that he didn't even think about anything else and asked to sign it.
Grandmaster and Li Maohua glanced at each other, and Grandmaster smiled and said, "Tom, I think it's best to find a lawyer to come and sign the contract, which is the safest." Well, since you don't have an agent, and you're not going to find a lawyer, I can find a lawyer for you, and I think you've probably heard of his name, Mr. Chris Bowman, and I think it would be safer if I called him over and we signed the contract again. What do you say, Mr. Hanks?"
Of course, Tom Hanks has heard of Chris Bowman's name, this is one of the few barristers in Hollywood, of course, the price of this barrister is also quite amazing, if you can get this barrister to come forward without spending money, Tom Hanks certainly has no problem.
Seeing Tom Hanks nodding in agreement, the grandmaster nodded at Li Maohua, Li Maohua immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed a group of numbers to go out, and then whispered a few words, and within twenty minutes, a bright yellow Ford supercar roared and stopped outside this café, and then, a middle-aged man in his forties walked out of the car with a black handbag, and said hello to the grandmaster and Li Maohua through the window, and then walked in from the gate.
Tom Hanks knew him, and this guy was the famous barrister Chris Bowman.