The best answer to this question is, of course, 'I choose your choice', but if she says so, she won't be able to 'find trouble' for Cesare for a long time to come, so Jenny will rule out the easiest answer for now.

The second thing that was ruled out was the choice to squeeze Josh out, not because of the life-saving grace between them, or the love contract, of course, these factors are also taken into account, but Jenny's biggest concern is the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". ――If Josh is out, the script will definitely have to be overhauled, so can 2 still be as successful at the box office as in her previous life?

No one knows the answer, at least she doesn't know, so far, the movie scripts in this world are almost the same as what she has seen, box office, it is impossible for her to remember the data of her previous life, anyway, there is nothing wrong with the impression, the explosion of the explosion, the explosion of the street, the fight of the street, "Pearl Harbor" except for the replacement of Jennifer. Except for Bale to act, the basic plot and box office trend are similar. So Jenny also tends not to take too much risk, even if she gets a little less salary, she still maintains the situation that the box office of "Plus 2" continues to explode, after all, she is very outstanding in "Plus 1", and it is impossible to lose room for performance in "Plus 2", of course, it is mainly based on popularity and qualifications, supplemented by salary. A very high-grossing trilogy and the first blockbuster, the second Explosive Death series, of course, the former is more helpful to her qualifications.

Looking at it this way, of course, it is safest to choose to stick to the current bargaining strategy, but this faces a very direct consequence, that is, offending Tracy and Johnny.

Tracy and Johnny wouldn't have offered to join the alliance if they hadn't been forced to do so, and it was clear that they wanted to set a 20/20 deal as soon as possible, so that even if the future literary films didn't perform well at the box office, Johnny would have this contract guaranteed. Of course, you want to tie up Johnny to negotiate the price, and Tracy and the others can't protest or interfere, but no one is a fool, if the status quo continues, Disney will choose to drag out the time, and Jenny would have wanted to drag out the time, these two points can be seen by Cesare, and Tracy will not be able to see it? It's like telling Tracy and Johnny directly: I'm using you to drag up my time so that I can raise my own price.

She was able to sign a contract for the performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1", and Johnny also expressed his support, although this is a friendship between him and Cesare, but in this matter, Jenny feels that the communication philosophy of the East and the West still has something in common. Donnie, Jenny has seen some news about him, he has been able to return to the normal track from the point where he has not acted several times, because he made connections when he was popular, and he played a role in his lowest period, although most of his friends abandoned him, but there were always a few people who never left him to thread the needle and provide opportunities.

Of course, this is not to say that the West also advocates 'the grace of a drop of water, the spring reciprocates', people have provided you with a favor, you can not return it for the time being, but you can't add too much to the other party's career. If Jenny really doesn't give in and everyone drags on time together, there may not be anything to see in the short term, but in the long run, at least the members of the Tracy Gang and the Johnny Gang will not have a much better impression of her, and there will be a big loss in the future on the line of connections.

"Can I choose neither?" She asked Cesare, "There's no rule that I can't choose the third way, right?" ”

A slight smile appeared on Cesare's lips, and instead of answering directly, he raised his glass and took a sip.

Jenny then spoke of her thoughts, "Will this solution satisfy you, Lord Vijeri?" ”

She also knew that Cesare was giving her a 'stumbling block', which could be regarded as a tribute to the previous Oprah incident, otherwise she would not have made a judgment in a very short time without any prior warning.

"To my surprise, our basic ideas are on the same page," Cesare did not show even his astonishment, as if he had not given Jeanne any problems at all, "Let's go, it's time to go back." ”

While they were talking, Johnny and Tracy were whispering something too, and when they were seated, they stopped, and Tracy smiled warmly and said to Jenny, "How's it going?" My dear, what is the result of your consideration. ”

Jeanne looked at Cesare's face and saw that he didn't say anything in particular, knowing that he was keeping the talking stick in her hands for the time being, she spread her hands and said with a smile, "I still remember who supported me at a critical time and got me this contract, Cesare and I are not ungrateful people - we are willing to give up following the bargaining strategy." ”

Tracy's face suddenly lit up with excitement, she stood up and hugged Jenny, looked at Cesare for a moment, and then leaned forward and made a gesture of hugging, but Cesare stepped forward to implement the hug. "Eon, Tracy, don't be so unapproachable."

"It's not really annoying, is it, Chesa?" Tracy's tone was still a little snarky.

Johnny also hugged Jenny and said politely, "Thank you for your help, Jennifer." ”

"Call me Jenny, Johnny, and I'm sorry I haven't thanked you in person." Jenny said with a smile.

"Then you should call me John, too—when Vanessa goes back to Los Angeles, or you go to France, you should come and eat with us." Johnny also warmly invited, "Seriously, let's find a time to go on vacation in France, our house is especially charming in autumn, the fruit trees are ripe, and we have our own wine." ”

As for the interaction between him and Cesare, it was more genuine than with Jenny - Johnny reached out and cesare struck hard, and the two smiled at each other, without saying anything more, which made Tracy's expression a little sour.

For Johnny's team, after Jenny gave up following the pricing, the biggest problem has been solved, and the strategy of bundling the alliance does not need to be mentioned, however, Tracy still showed her professionalism, although she has been expressing her 'dissatisfaction' with Cesare with expressions and small gestures, but she is still very interesting in this matter, and when everyone hastily ends lunch and moves indoors to enjoy the air conditioning, Tracy raises the issue of tying up the alliance. "Did you give up following the negotiation, but did not accept the bondage alliance, because you were not satisfied with the current distribution of benefits?"

is worthy of being a big agent, a wording in a statement can allow her to grasp the key information, but Jenny did not open her mouth - just now she announced that she would give up following the price, in fact, it is equivalent to taking more than half of this favor to herself, not without the intention of cultivating a good feeling with Johnny and Tracy, Cesare's acquiescence can be seen as a reward for her 'answering the question correctly', but now that it is in the stage of negotiation and persuasion, she does not have to overstep her responsibilities without the two communicating the details in advance.

"We do have some opinions about 20/20," Cesare naturally took over the conversation, but, unlike Tracy, he spoke directly to Johnny, "John, you know, if you negotiate the sequel separately, there will be a pay increase for each episode, that's the rule in the industry, you call 20/20 in the second episode, so what kind of bid might you get in the third episode?" The reason why the Disney folks didn't accept 20/20 I think was largely worried about how you'd raise the price in the next three episode negotiations. So they've always wanted to offer you a package price, and these two films have to be shot back-to-back anyway. I think even if we give up on following the talks, if you stick to 20/20, there's a good chance that Disney will put the negotiations on hold now and restart again in a year's time. ”

Johnny looked thoughtful, and Tracy lit another cigarette - she was indeed a big smoker, and she had finished smoking three or four cigarettes from now to now.

When she was outside just now, Jenny didn't feel anything, but now in the air-conditioned room, she is still more sensitive to second-hand smoke, but she doesn't plan to protest anything.

"I'm sorry." In the midst of such nervous thinking, Tracy noticed the slightest change in her expression, and she immediately sat downwind, "I really can't live without this baby, you know, especially when I'm thinking." ”

She took a deep drag on her cigarette, "Do you want to sign the package price and then make a supplementary agreement?" ”

"If it were me, I might give up 20% of the dividend, and the price of the two parts is 40 million, but when the box office of the second part exceeds a certain amount, such as 800 million in the world, I will implement the 10% dividend clause in the supplementary agreement, and 10% of the box office profits of the second and third parts will be divided." "It's a little more comfortable for Disney, and it also reduces concerns and risks," Cesare said. Of course, this certain amount must be determined only after careful calculation and negotiation, and it is impossible to open your mouth and come at once. ”

That leaves Disney with room for bargaining. They are likely to demand that the third part of the supplemental agreement be executed when the box office of the third part also exceeds a certain number. Tracy noted, "And this clause ...... to us."

She looked at Johnny, "John, what do you think?" ”

Johnny thought for a moment, "I trust your judgment. ”

Although he included Cesare, Tracy was not unhappy this time, but asked Cesare thoughtfully, "Do you think 20/20 is not possible?" ”

"I don't think so, the two films are filmed and produced at the same time, and Disney has to throw at least 4 or 500 million shooting expenses into it, including the cost of publicity and distribution, nearly 1 billion investment, which is a big project. And a large part of the filming and production costs are special effects expenses that can't be saved, Tracy, you know, for Hollywood, the 20 million club may still be in, but I think few people will be able to reach the 20% dividend in the future, unless you are shooting a special effects blockbuster, the production company will not let you get this amount. Now to play special effects, the cost is rarely less than 100 million, the filmmaker must weigh the proportion and risk of investment and income, they can't let the actors take 20% of the profits, in this way, they take all the 1 billion risks, but the profits may only be tens of millions, and even losses. This offer is no longer a negotiation, Tracy, it is flipping the table. Cesare replied quickly, "If you do the math, it's very unlikely that Disney will say yes." ”

Although they are all called 20/20, it is difficult to say what the latter 20 represents, some stars with a big appetite directly take away 20% of all the box office, which is equivalent to 100 yuan of income, the theater takes 50 yuan, the star takes 25 yuan, the film company takes 25 yuan, and the filming costs and expenses have to be paid, and the other is to take away 20% of the part of the film company's box office above 20 million yuan, if you ignore the 20 million here, that is, the income of 100 yuan, the film company takes 50 yuan, and the movie star takes 10 yuan, the filmmaker deducted the publicity cost of 30 yuan, and still got a profit of 10 yuan at the box office.

The first model is very unlikely for filmmakers to make money, unless the shooting costs, publicity and distribution expenses are very small, and the surrounding benefits are large, it is almost impossible to agree to such a sharing plan, and the second model depends on the production cost for the filmmaker. If it's gold. A comedy king like Carrey, filming a comedy, the actor's investment is 20/20 of his, other supporting roles do not need to invite any big names, and the rest of the cast and crew expenses are negligible, making a comedy with a cost of 30 million, and the global box office can get three or four billion yuan, then the film company will be happy to obey the 20/20 strategy. In fact, in the era when special effects were not so important and expensive, the reason why stars can perform 20/20 is because most of the time, the production cost is not so appalling, and the star's performance fee is the biggest cost of the whole play.

But now, the situation is completely different, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has more than 100 million is absolutely impossible to save on filming costs and special effects production costs, even if the North American box office is 300 million, and the final global box office goes to 1 billion, which is a shocking number, Disney's global account sharing income is only more than 300 million, after giving Johnny 20% and Jerry's producer 7.5%, there is basically nothing left, and the final account may still be a loss. Of course, there will be a lot of other income to cover their costs, for example, some people say that Hollywood studios can only make 30% of the money they make on a movie, but no matter what, the big cost of 1 billion is paid, and in the most ideal box office situation, the box office book will lose money in the end, and it can only rely on long-term income to make a profit slowly. This is a very big test for Disney's cash chain, and within the group, the loss of your film department is converted into a profit from Disneyland, and within Disney, certainly not everyone supports such a decision.

"Of course, if Johnny was willing to trade the previous 20 for the next 20, maybe Disney would agree." Cesare added, "But I'm afraid you're not going to make that decision." ”

This is tantamount to putting all the treasures on the box office explosion of "Plus 2", if the box office is one billion in the world, Johnny can get a huge share of more than 60 million in one fell swoop, but if "Plus 2" hits the street, 100 million in North America, and only 100 million overseas, then Johnny can only get more than 10 million shares.

Johnny was completely stunned by Cesare's analysis, and he simply chatted directly with Jenny about his good friend, director Tim Brown. Burton invited him to participate in the new film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "I'm still reading the script......"

Tracy, whom he fully trusted, pressed on the calculator for a long time, jotting down a number from time to time, and finally took a hard puff of his cigarette, "20/10, that's our bottom line, Cesare, what do you think?" ”

"I think it's a good asking price." Cesare replied, "But Disney may still undercut the price, and if you want to get this contract done, the best thing to do is to make a slight concession on 2 and divide that part of the profit among 3, so that although the total amount remains the same, they will be less pressured to pay." ”

"It's a good strategy." Tracy spat out a smoke ring, "So, what about you, you're not so happy with eight million, are you?" ”

"We thought about 10/10 at the beginning, although it was just an inflated bid and there was room for bargaining, but in the end we only got eight million, which is definitely not satisfactory." Cesare smiled businessmanly, "Tracy, what do you really think?" ”

"The 10 is just your smoke bomb, isn't it?" Tracy narrowed his eyes and said mercilessly, "What you really want is Disney's 10% share of the salary bonus, right?" You and I know very well that Jennifer is not yet eligible for a share of this kind of big production. ”

"That's true, so I'm not asking for a 10% share, my bottom line is $10 million," Cesare said frankly, "This is the second part, and the minimum salary for the third part is $10 million, and I want to keep the upper limit after the second part is filmed, and reserve the right to ask for another price." ”

Even Jenny and Johnny, who had been pretending to stay out of the matter, couldn't help but show surprised expressions at this time, and instinctively exchanged glances with each other: Cesare's condition is indeed not low, and many award-winning old actors can't call this number in their lifetime, just like Hollywood evergreen Mel. Streep, her current salary is only between three million and five million, and she has never reached the height of ten million.

Moreover, judging from the calculation just now, this asking price did not leave Josh any room at all, 20 million plus 10 million, and there was not even room for 2 million, so it directly sentenced Josh to death, and he was completely kicked out.

"This condition...... "Cesare just did the calculations and advised Tracy not to open his mouth, and now it is Tracy's turn to analyze the situation and try to lower the price to ensure that Disney is more acceptable to this bundle contract." As I expected, it's very your style, you always call the price to the limit, but as you said, Chesa, we're all going to have to take a step back, isn't it good for Jennifer to get eight million? Don't forget, she can only get 300,000 in the first part. ”

"Don't forget, the day after tomorrow is the Tony Award." Cesare said calmly, seemingly unmoved by Tracy's words, "Now that I've given two million dividends, Tracy, if I delay until after the Tony Award and talk to you about this, then I don't call twelve million, Jenny will probably kick me off and turn to your arms." When Johnny calls today, I don't know what I'm going to talk about? I didn't say 'I'll talk about the Tony Award later' because we're friends, Tracy, don't talk to me about the price, I support you, I gave up following the bargaining strategy, shouldn't you show your support for me?" ”

Tracy looked troubled, but Johnny was moved by Cesare's words, and he didn't hesitate to say, "Of course I'm rooting for you, Chesa." ”

What else can Tracy say? I could only shake my head and smile bitterly, "It's going to be a really crazy bundle contract, God, I hope those crazy people at Disney can accept it." ”

"So we've agreed?" Cesare asked.

Tracy extinguished the cigarette butt and held out his hand to him, "I'll contact the lawyer to draw up the terms." ”

After Cesare shook Tracy's hand, Johnny smiled and held out his hand to signal the remaining three to take turns stacking their hands, "No one betrays a friend, does he?" ”

Tracy was obviously frustrated by Johnny's prodigal style, but he rolled his eyes lovingly, and put his hand up in approval, and Jeanne and Cesare certainly weren't disappointed, and in their response to 'no one betrays their friends', Johnny laughed and cheered, raised his hand up, and clapped vigorously, "Okay, it's time to talk about money." Chesa, are you interested in going to the cigar room with me? ”

"Of course," Cesare looked at Jenny, "together?" Jenny? ”

Jenny certainly couldn't say no, and it was a great time for her to socialize. Tracy contacted the lawyer, and after passing on his wishes, he also joined in, and the four of them no longer talked about the box office and salary, but talked about luxury entertainment such as cigars.

By the time lawyers from both sides arrived and drafted a more symbolic memorandum of cooperation, the four men signed it separately, and the negotiating alliance was formalized. Tracy and Johnny invited Jenny and Cesare to play billiards and swim - in short, to make the most of the house's entertainment, until they had a hearty dinner and then everyone dispersed.

Jenny waited until the car drove out of Johnny's house before asking, "Are you really planning to kick Josh out?" Chesa? ”

This is not in line with the idea she has proposed, in which Jenny is willing to return to the six million asking price and leave Josh four million in space, which she thinks is more reasonable, and both sides have improved.

Cesare didn't answer, but put on a Bluetooth headset and made a call at a red light.

"Anna, it's me." He was still as concise as ever, "Today I met with Tracy and decided on an offensive and defensive alliance, and the minimum salary for the second part of Jenny's side will be 10 million, I think I'd better tell you." ”

Anna seemed to be speaking at length on the other end of the phone, and Cesare listened for a moment, "Yes, I don't think Josh wants 10 million too much...... Yes, don't say that, friends should help each other...... Tony Award? Jenny hasn't been on "The Oprah Show" for a long time, maybe after a while, it's too early to let Josh accompany her on the red carpet...... Okay, stay in touch at any time. ”

He hung up the phone, took off his headphones, and Jenny glared at him wordlessly.

“what？” Cesare asked casually.

"Jerry's cast and crew budget is more than 50 million?" Jenny asked directly, "You didn't tell the truth to Tracy and them?" ”

"I'm not lying." "I just wisely kept silent. ”

“…… How much? What is the real budget? Jenny asked.

"Sixty million." Cesare didn't sell it this time.

It's just right, it's the rhythm of 10 million for himself and Josh, and 20 million for Johnny.

"Why would he tell you the truth, instead of keeping a consistent tone with the outside world?"

"Forgotten? My mother was a production manager at Disney, and Jerry knew there was no point in lying to me. Cesare looked in the rearview mirror and steered the car around.

Noticing Jenny's expression, he raised his eyebrows, "What? I wasn't lying, my mother didn't say anything to me, it was Jerry's choice. I'm just speculating on his motives -- of course, you now know why I can't tell Tracy the real budget. ”

Jerry told Cesare that it was because he couldn't prevent it, and Cesare must have a little bit of an eye as the recipient of favors, and he couldn't talk nonsense, which ruined Jerry's negotiation plan, otherwise it would definitely have an adverse effect on his mother.

You're so reasonable, you're ...... Jenny had a bit of an itchy tooth, and she quickly found another bug, "Then why are you trying to convince Johnny to give up 20/20?" Since this plan still leaves 10 million room for Josh, and according to your analysis, Johnny's 20/20 Disney will not agree, it is very likely that they will still choose to shelve the negotiations, so that after a year, Johnny will have to give in, or can only dissolve this alliance with us, or reduce the price, then maybe we can really bid 10/10, or 12 million. ”

"Are you against my countermeasures?" Cesare asked casually.

Jenny was a little reckless, "...... No, I'm just talking. ”

"Okay." Cesare said with a commercial kindness, "Since you say so. ”

Encountering a red light, he stopped the car and turned his head to look at Jenny, "First, it is very beneficial to set a contract now to raise the price of your next film contract, and second, it is true that Johnny gave up 20/20 and returned to 20/10, which seems to have no effect on you, and even if he insists on 20/20, there is a certain chance that you can renegotiate and get 10/10, but you have to remember that in Hollywood, never let an offer become cold, what if Josh has a big new film in this year?" If he doesn't return, Disney's confidence will definitely weaken, if Johnny's every new film loses money, Disney's confidence will continue to weaken, if Disney's internal personnel struggle intensifies, Disney's interest will weaken, and if you don't even sign a performance contract, if you drag it out, there is a certain chance that you won't be able to shout 10/10 anymore, and you will lose the series. ”

He started the car, "But, if Johnny goes back to 20/10, as long as the negotiations go well, you'll have a 10 million contract, as well as ......"

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Cesare's lips, "And the possibility of calling 20/10 in the third part, right?" ”

Jenny was once again in a 'speechless' situation, feeling like she was being caught in it, not realizing the connection between Johnny's reduction to 20/10 and Cesare's retention of the third rebid power - if Johnny didn't shrink that 10 percent, Jenny's 10 percent bid might be rejected 100 percent, and Disney wouldn't have had that much profit to make.

"Aren't you afraid that Tracy will realize your real purpose in persuading her to cut back on your bid?" She asked seriously, "In that case, your reputation will be very bad." ”

"If you don't have a grade, I won't call 20/10, and I think no one will guess my train of thought until I call that number." Cesare pulled into the parking lot, "Is there a risk that the circle will not come back?" Yes, but will I give up because of this? ”

"No, it won't." Jenny closed the door and walked with him to the elevator.

She was silent for a while, and then suddenly said indignantly, "Anyway, you're completely cheating anyway!" Since it was a challenge, there was no reason to hide the key conditions and mislead the test takers - this time, I refused to admit defeat! ”

"It sounds like you're still a little unhappy with me." Cesare's eyes were clouded with a slight smile.

"Maybe," Jenny snorted, "maybe not." ”

"Well, in order to make amends, I will accompany you to the Tony Awards." Cesare said, "Satisfied? ”

"It's the broker's job, you're just doing your job." Jenny squinted at him, "If you can't do it, I'm not satisfied?" ”

“ok，ok。” Cesare raised his hand, "Let's go by private jet, is that okay?" ”

Jenny was not fooled, "It's still my money that is spent, at least 80,000 yuan back and forth from Los Angeles to New York, and my 500,000 yuan loan will soon bottom out." ――You can't really ask Johnny to borrow a private jet, do you? ”

In the previous private jet, Jenny used Johnny's, so of course she guessed this time.

"I didn't ask." "It was Johnny who took the initiative to bring it up—he thanked you for the concession, and this time he entertained all the expenses." ”

"It's still good to make more friends, isn't it?" Jenny said with a smile.

Cesare curled his lips.

"It seems so," he said politely, "bring a few more sets of clothes—in New York we will meet two important men." ”

"What do you want to talk about?" Jenny got excited.

"Of course, the most important issue at this stage." Cesare opened the elevator for Jenny. "Your next film."

He didn't follow inside the elevator, but raised his hand to her to say goodbye, "Good night, Jenny, see you tomorrow." ”

The author has something to say: Note: In Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3, Kayla and Orlando's salaries are both 12.6 million, and some adjustments have been made to the asking price here because of the different circumstances-

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