"Eric, I met Richard Lovett from CAA at Frank's house party last night, and he said Matt Damon wanted to try out the role of Bourne. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info I remember that you really wanted Matt to play the role, so you agreed to think about it, what do you think?"

Eric looked at the preliminary draft contract between MGM and the Marshalls, didn't look up, and asked Amy, "Is he willing to accept our salary plan?"

After the success of "Fast and Furious", in the process of determining the salary of the two leading actors Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the sequel to the film, Eric and the senior management of the Firefly system have recently decided on a new set of basic salary and bonus compensation scheme.

To put it simply, the new salary contract will give the protagonist a base salary. Then, according to the box office situation after the release of the film, another part of the bonus will be given to the actors, and the higher the box office of the film, the higher the bonus will naturally be.

For example, "Fast and Furious 2", which has been launched, due to the success of the first part, MGM offered Vin Diesel and Paul Walker a base salary of $5 million. $5 million, which is also the upper limit of the base salary of the new remuneration plan that the Firefly system will implement in the future.

Next, according to the content of the contract, as long as the global box office of the sequel reaches 500 million US dollars, the total remuneration of the two leading actors will reach 10 million US dollars respectively, and the global box office will reach 700 million US dollars, this figure will rise to 15 million US dollars, 900 million US dollars globally, and the total remuneration will reach the top 20 million US dollars. However, if the sequel falls below $300 million at the global box office, the two will also not receive any prize money.

Of course, detailed contracts are much more cumbersome than such simple calculations. In addition, other film projects in the future will also consider many factors such as the subject matter of the film, the budget cost, etc. After all, no one can expect a vulgar comedy with a budget cost of only $20 million or $30 million, and a global box office volume of more than $300 million, to accept the 'blockbuster' salary model of "Fast and Furious".

However, the general idea of this new compensation scheme is simple and easy. At the same time, this compensation scheme also maximizes the binding of the actors to the project, which reduces the risk to the studio and does not discourage the actors, who will naturally work hard in order to get more paid.

In fact, Eric had already come up with a similar idea of salary payment a few years ago, and the "Spider-Man" contract signed by Stuart Runkle and Firefly roughly adopted this model. The main reason why large-scale implementation has not been officially decided until now is that the Firefly system now has the power to completely change the rules of Hollywood.

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker have now accepted new contracts. In the future, the follow-up series of the Agent Cinematic Universe, the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, the Harry Potter series, the Pirates of the Caribbean series and other key projects of the Firefly system will adopt this salary payment scheme.

Amy noticed Eric's nonchalant look, and she realized something, and said, "This, Richard Lovett means, Damon is not a newcomer. However, he said that many things can be discussed. ”

"And then," Eric looked up and smiled at Amy, then lowered his head and continued to look through the documents in front of him, "Then, "Spy Shadow" succeeded, and everything has to be like before, constantly arguing with the creators because of the distribution of interests, even until the project is yellow, just like the current "Men in Black"?"

Amy was silent for a moment, and the other people in the room who were trying to speak also shut up.

Eric patiently flipped through the last few pages of the draft contract, closed the document, and then looked up and swept to the several MGM executives who were still sitting around, and said: "I have said many things more than once, we are the masters of Hollywood, and now that we have enough strength, then we should take back the initiative that the big studios have lost over the years." From now on, only we can say in Hollywood, not the stars, directors or producers. ”

After a pause, Eric continued to add in a flat tone: "Of course, you can also understand that the current Hollywood, I have the final say, you are all Williams's retainers, and you also have privileges, but the others, they can only follow the rules we set in peace." So, do you have any objections?"

Eric's voice fell, and the conference room became quieter, and several executives didn't even make a small gesture of making eye contact with each other, and no one dared to try to raise any objections at this time. Eric's tone was very flat, but there was obviously no joke at all, who knows if he jumped out at this time, and would be swept out of the house directly.

Eric waited for a moment, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Very well, then, back to the topic just now." According to the past situation in Hollywood, if we did not grasp the initiative of the "Fast and Furious" series, now, the two male protagonists must be waiting for the price to sell, and even announced their withdrawal because they were dissatisfied with MGM's sequel salary, and the series would not want to go on smoothly. But the reality is that the sequel has been successfully launched, and the two of them can only accept the remuneration plan we offer because of contract restrictions. Everything is going well, how good is that, isn't it? So, on the project of "Spy Shadow", I will also not make concessions, maybe we will not be able to invite A-list stars to join us in a short period of time, and therefore we will lose some benefits, but persevere, all Hollywood stars, as long as they want to get a job, must abide by the rules of Hollywood, and at that time, we will completely regain the initiative that all the big studios have lost. ”

After saying this, Eric paused for a moment to give everyone some time to digest before continuing: "Okay, that's it for today, I've seen a few cast materials handed over by ICM, that Mark Wahlberg is good, although he is a notch lower than Damon, but he is also very suitable for the role of Bourne, and Paul Thomas Anderson's "Unruly Night" has also made him a good reputation. What you have to do is to negotiate this person's contract, of course, it doesn't matter if you can't negotiate it, continue to look for the next one. ”

In the parking lot of MGM's headquarters, watching Eric's car leave, MGM President Frank Maccasso looked at Amy Pascal and whispered, "Amy, you took Richard Lovett's favor?"

Amy glared at Frank Maccasso fiercely, "You just accepted the favor of Richard Lovett." ”

"Then you also recommend Damon," Frank Maccasso didn't mind Amy's glare, and said with a smile: "You know the boss's thoughts, now it's okay, we're all retainers." ”

"If you don't want to, you can resign. ”

Amy said a little teasingly, and she felt a little aggrieved, she naturally knew Eric's thoughts. It's just that Matt Damon's story was said by Eric himself. And, well, CAA President Richard Lovett is a very good lobbyist, so she's going to recommend it to Eric a little bit on behalf of the other party today.

"Forget it, it's not bad to be a retainer," Frank Makkaso said, touching his middle-aged hair with a somewhat thinning hair, "at least, we're privileged." ”

John Cali, who was next to him, also said at this time: "I suddenly feel that the boss's temper is not as good as before. ”

"I guess it's been too much pressure lately," Frank Maccasso shook his head slightly, "Tsk, $300 billion, how can the pressure not be great." ”

"It makes sense, it's easier for us to be retainers. ”

Amy rolled her eyes, turned to her car, and said, "Can you two be a little more sour?"

Frank Maccasso and John Cali laughed together, and the MGM executives were in their parking spaces next to each other, and they followed Amy to the corner not far away, and Frank Macassoc said, "That Mark Wahlberg, are you familiar with it?"

"I've seen his profile, and his acting skills are still good," John Cali walked to his car, didn't rush to open the door, and said, "Moreover, I suddenly feel that his appearance and style are somewhat similar to Damon, and it seems that the boss still prefers to use this type of actor to play the "Spy" series." ”

Amy didn't rush to get in the car, frowned and thought about it, and continued: "This actor's background is not very good, he seems to be a gangster a long time ago, and he was in prison." ”

"That's what ICM has to worry about," Frank Macacso said, "As long as he signs a contract, ICM will definitely help him maintain his public image, and besides, this is Hollywood, there is no." ”

John Cali said: "However, if it's him, we'll definitely have to remind ICM of this, don't let people hack it." The male protagonist of the "Spy" series has a corner on this guy's head, and there must be a lot of people with red eyes. ”

It was Friday, and the three of them didn't talk for long, and after a while, Frank Marcasso and John Cali both drove away.

Amy also got into her own car, started the engine slowly, but did not leave immediately, but was in a daze.

It's only been ten years.

At the beginning, that young boy has become the master of most of Hollywood.

She still vividly remembers the first time she met Eric, at that time, the other party was completely a fledgling big boy, but he also clearly had a talent and confidence that was rare for other peers. At the time, she was not even so sophisticated enough, and although she landed a good position at Columbia Pictures, she left because of a moment of anger.

Now, I may never be able to do this kind of youthful thing again.

And.

O retainers.

This somewhat classical name, it seems, is really good.