"Your supercar is out of the limelight this time!" Acks took a morning newspaper, sat on the sofa in the living room of Lin Mingyang's house, and said with a sigh:

"It's more famous than me now!" Lin Mingyang, who had just gotten up, took a carton of milk from the kitchen and drank it to himself, "So you're going to get married soon?" ”

"Martha asked me to say thank you on her behalf, she loved the house."

Lin Mingyang poured a carton of milk into his stomach, and after he was done, he breathed a sigh of relief, "It's a little meaning, it's a gesture!" ”

Hearing this, Ex was a little surprised, and asked, "That's a million-dollar house!" ”

"But I didn't spend a penny, the investor paid for the house, and then gave it to me!" Lin Mingyang's breakfast every day is very rich, in addition to the milk just now, he also has to eat a box of pies. Chewing something in his mouth, his speech was a little slurred: "What's the use of asking for a house in Arkansas?" ”

Ex asked, "Don't plan to move out after college?" ”

"I don't have this plan yet, but recently my parents are discussing taking my grandfather, who lives in Canada, over and living together. You know that my father and grandfather are both of Chinese descent, and Oriental families pay a lot of attention to the concept of 'reunion'. Lin Mingyang took out a tissue to wipe his mouth.

"Originally, I planned to give you a house as a gift for sincerity when you were born next year, but now it seems that there is no need for that!" Ex sighed with feigned regret.

Lin Mingyang asked curiously: "Is it Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, or Manhattan Island in New York?" ”

"All my possessions now are just enough to buy a bathroom in those two places!" Ex glanced at him angrily, "You still sell me!" ”

"Well, as Felix Lin's agent, you're going to own a house in those two places one day, so you have to have faith in yourself!" Lin Mingyang smiled, he felt that he was now more and more "leader-like".

"Then I'll wait to fly with you!" Exfang put down the newspaper in his hand, "I heard that you scared your tutor away?" ”

"I just asked him for some more esoteric mathematical models." Lin Mingyang looked at his agent very innocently: "Then he won't do it himself!" ”

Ex knew that the questions raised by Lin Mingyang were difficult to say, and even ordinary university professors might not be able to answer them. However, Lin Mingyang's talent in learning is really staggering, and this time I am afraid that even his mother Catherine will not be able to do anything about her son.

"How's it going at school these days?"

"Don't mention it!" Lin Mingyang pressed his head with a distressed face, "You know everything the teacher said in class, and you have to pretend to listen carefully." Everyone on campus likes to stare at me, just like watching orangutans in a zoo! ”

"You know Spider-Man, right?" Ex put away the paper, and he seemed ready to get down to business.

"I've seen it in comics and movies, is Sony ready for a sequel?" The film "Spider-Man" is preparing to shoot a sequel, and Lin Mingyang will not be surprised. The first part of the film grossed more than 400 million at the national box office in the United States, and after making a lot of money in a beautiful way, it is impossible for this fashionable "money printing machine" not to continue to work.

"Our superheroes may have been in some trouble lately." Ex always likes to sell a pass first.

Lin Mingyang didn't understand too much, "Spider-Man will encounter different troubles in each episode of the comics. ”

"I'm talking about the real-life Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire!" Ex did not detour with Lin Mingyang again, "Although the inspirational film "Pentium Age" he starred in has just been nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, Maguire has not been able to please the producer of "Spider-Man 2". I don't know why Toby, who is neither handsome nor tall and mighty, was chosen by Sony to play the comic book hero 'Spider-Man', but for Sony, the actor has more trouble than contribution. ”

"I think it's his simple civilian temperament that makes his characters more humane and relatable."

"Plain?" Ex seems to have a problem with this assessment, "His performance is very simple, but his reality is not simple at all. The sequel to "Spider-Man", he offered Sony a salary of $20 million, which is about the same as Johnny Depp's current value. Sony's executives privately complained to me that if it weren't for "Spider-Man," Toby would still be a second-tier actor. ”

"Sony is ready to make a substitution?" Lin Mingyang shook his head: "This is not a wise idea!" ”

For Tobey Maguire, Lin Mingyang actually only remembers his performance in the movie "Spider-Man". Of course, there is another point, this actor is very close to the Chinese director Ang Lee. He has played Ang Lee's two films "Ice Storm" and "Riding with the Devil", but neither of them became popular. In 2000, he was lucky to get the role of Peter Parker in "Spider-Man", which made him ten times more valuable as soon as he appeared on the Dragon Gate, and immediately became the object of interest among film studios and fans.

"Let Sony have a headache for itself!" Eks wasn't interested in the topic of "Tobey Maguire," "Now you have a chance that Sony might drop Tobey Maguire if talks over a big pay break down. Their higher-ups are interested in you and are interested in you succeeding Tobey Maguire as the new Spider-Man! ”

"Why?" What puzzled Lin Mingyang was Sony's decision, because in his memory, Tobey Maguire participated in three Spider-Man movies in its entirety, could it be that history has changed because of his appearance?

Ex made a joke: "It's probably because Sony's major shareholders think that you have half of the Oriental blood, which will be more intimate in their eyes!" ”

"If that's the reason, I'd rather give up this role!" Lin Mingyang looked at his agent very seriously, "I hate myself!" ”

"Just because Ben once waged a war of aggression against China?" "But don't forget, they also bombed Pearl Harbor in the United States, but that's all history now." ”

"German Chancellor Brandt can kneel in front of the monument to the Jewish martyrs in Warsaw, but the prime minister of Ben will visit the Yasukuni Shrine, where war criminals are enshrined." Lin Mingyang said expressionlessly: "A nation that doesn't know how to repent makes me unable to find any reason to like it." ”

"Whether it was Brandt in the past or Junichiro Koizumi now, their actions were essentially a political necessity. In the 70s of the last century, the Federal Republic of Germany, which was rapidly recovering its economic strength, urgently needed to cooperate with the countries of Western Europe; At the beginning of the new century, the economy has not yet completely emerged from the depression of the Asian financial crisis, and the national confidence needs to find a spiritual sustenance. Acks patiently explained to Lin Mingyang:

"I appreciate the national sentiment in your bones, but real Chinese don't stop buying Sony products because of this incident, and you are just a mixed-race Chinese, but you refuse to cooperate with Sony Pictures because Prime Minister Ben visited the Yasukuni Shrine?" I think you're more likely to confuse the most crucial connection. Not to mention whether Sony Pictures agrees with the position of the political axe, it is just a joint venture film company in Hollywood, its predecessor is Columbia Pictures, the company's presidents to the most ordinary employees, most of them are Americans, it is based on the European and American markets, and the movies it produces have nothing to do with the book. If you refuse on such grounds, I don't think it's fair to Sony Pictures. ”

Lin Mingyang can understand what Ex said, but he is still a little awkward emotionally.

"And what do you mean?"

"Why not accept it? It's a great opportunity for you to be a unique protagonist in a big-budget movie. If your performance can win the audience's approval, then you are a big step towards becoming one of Hollywood's top movie stars. From Ex's point of view, he thinks more about Lin Mingyang's future development, "And you can try to increase your salary, in the last "Spider-Man", Tobey Maguire's salary was $12 million, and your previous highest salary was only 8 million. In terms of fame and acting, I think you are much better than Tobey Maguire, so this time we can ask Sony for a salary of 15 million. ”

"Do you think Sony will accept this price?" Lin Mingyang felt that Ex's proposal was a bit like a lion's mouth.

"You've saved $5 million for Sony Pictures compared to Tobey Maguire, it's a good deal, and if they don't agree, then you have nothing to lose, and good movie roles in the future are good, and being young has such benefits!" Ex smiled evilly and nodded at Lin Mingyang: "The problem encountered by Sony Pictures this time is very tricky, and to be honest, I don't like it very much, so you can also regard this as a fair and justified legal blackmail!" ”

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Ex gave Sony Pictures a difficult choice, where "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi insisted on using the original cast to shoot the sequel, while the starring Tobey Maguire insisted on a salary of 20 million and refused to let go. Lin Mingyang's salary is lower than that of Toby Maguire, and in terms of his current reputation in Hollywood, he is better than Toby Maguire.

Tobey Maguire here also has his own advantages, first of all, he plays Spider-Man with preconceived notions in the eyes of the audience, and the director of the film is also on his side. In the first round of the encounter, the two sides were evenly matched, and there was no winner or loser.

However, Lin Mingyang's "sideways foot" also made Toby Maguire feel a lot of pressure. Although Tobey Maguire offered Sony Pictures a sky-high price on the issue of salary, he did not really want to lose the role, and he actively said in front of the media that he would definitely give the role more room to develop. Privately, he also promised director Sam Raimi that he would return to the team as soon as possible.

Lin Mingyang became the biggest variable in his plan, and Tobey Maguire began to be a little anxious, but his agent Kevin told him to calm down, which was just a smoke bomb thrown by Sony. As early as the beginning of Toby Maguire's price increase, Sony considered replacing him with Jake Gyllenhaal, but it was ultimately confirmed that it was just a means for the other party to force Toby Maguire to "give in".

"But Kevin, Felix Lin is not Jack Gyllenhaal, I think Sony Pictures is serious this time, they replaced my last name with Felix Lin!" Toby Maguire hasn't been in a good mood these days, and he always has a bad premonition, as if he is losing something soon.

"Toby, you're so nervous!" Agent Kevin did not agree with his judgment, "I admit that Felix Lin is in the limelight now, but don't forget that guy still has a lot of faults, picking scripts, actors, and even directing He likes to point fingers, I think he's like a spoiled kid now, Sam Raimi wouldn't like such an actor!" ”

"If you don't have enough capital in your hands, a fool will do those things!" Tobey Maguire covered his head uneasily, "Do you think Felix Lin would be such a fool?" ”

"Maybe he's really as good as you say, but don't forget your strengths, you're the first actor to successfully portray Spider-Man in a movie, the audience recognizes you, and the director appreciates you. To make a good sequel, Sony Pictures can't do without you at all, because you are the Spider-Man in everyone's mind! After saying this, Kevin still felt that it was not enough, and then he added a little more.

"Felix Lin was only trying to explore Ni Films, and his attitude was not positive, according to my investigation, he stayed in school all this time and did not have any contact with Sony at all."

Kevin's intelligence is not wrong, but he missed a very important person, he is Toby Maguire's agent, but he forgot that Lin Mingyang also has his own agent. Little did he know that in the reception room of Sony Pictures headquarters, a conversation was going on that could decide the fate of Tobey Maguire.

"Director Sam Raimi has a stubborn attitude, we can throw Tobey Maguire aside, but we can't afford to lose Hollywood's most dynamic and creative director." Joel, the president of Sony Pictures, reluctantly expressed his distress to Ex.

Director Sam Raimi is distinguished by his fast-paced and exaggerated camera movements, and his work has the witty and comic-like rhythm of early comedies, but also full of dark humor. The success of "Spider-Man" can be said to be inextricably linked to the director's outstanding talent, and it is precisely because of his support of Tobey Maguire that Sony feels so difficult.

"Letting the actors set their own salaries is not a good start for the company!" During this time, Ex has been in frequent contact with the top management of Sony Pictures, so he is well aware of the other party's weakness. Lin Mingyang's $15 million salary didn't seem to have been discussed with the other party, but Ex's words came naturally, and it also gave the other party a feeling of standing in their position and thinking about them.

Joel was silent, and Ex further expanded his assumptions: "When Tobey Maguire made "Spider-Man 1", his salary was $12 million, and "Spider-Man 2" rose to $20 million, if you are going to make "Spider-Man 3", do you have to pay him $40 million?" It's normal for actors to rise in value, but is Tobey Maguire really worth 40 million for a movie? ”

"I'll have to talk to Sam again, and as long as he nods, we'd love to welcome Felix as the new Spider-Man!"

Ex pulled out a folder from his briefcase, "Maybe this will help you convince Sam Raimi!" ”

"What is this?"

"Felix's new script for the Spider-Man sequel!"

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88 chapters before the shelves, the numbers are quite auspicious, but together it feels like saying goodbye to everyone, okay, let's see you VIP.

In fact, counting the wedge, the public chapters should add up to 89 chapters, which the number frog likes, as for the reason, I won't explain much

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