Bright sunlight in the garden, sitting at a small table under the palm trees, Tom? Hanks closed the script in his hand and looked at Eno on the other side? Martin, although according to the rules of the CAA, the other party is only one of his condominium agents, but in Hanks's heart, there is only Eno? Martin can be called his agent.

"Ino, what do you think of this audition invitation?"

Duke? It is no secret that there are contradictions and frictions between Rosenberg and the CAA.

"Worried I have an idea?" Ino? Martin laughed, "Tom, me and Duke?" Rosenberg has never met, nor has he been in indirect contact, let alone a conflict of interest, and there is no contradiction between me and him, and Duke? Rosenberg has a contradiction not with the whole CAA, but with Martin? Bob as the representative of the interest group. ”

Actually, Tom? Hanks also knows that, like all large corporations, CAA is far from monolithic, especially Michael? The competition caused by Ovitz's departure has intensified the contradictions within the company. Martin is Martin? Bob's biggest rival can now only watch the other party take the reins of CAA.

"Tom, a successful director needs great actors, and a great actor needs a successful director." Ino? Martin didn't look against it, "Now that you have academic acting awards, there's no harm in leaning appropriately towards business, Duke?" Rosenberg proved that he was one of Hollywood's finest commercial film directors, and that a successful collaboration with him was even more likely. ”

"Martin? Bob's side won't make things difficult for you? ”

After all, the two have worked together for many years. There's a friendship with each other, Tom? Hanks was still a little worried, "He once hinted that he would try not to talk to Duke? Rosenberg cooperation. ”

"Tom. None of this is a problem for you or me. "Ino? Martin shook his head slightly, "You are an Oscar-winning actor, and your latest work has a North American box office of more than $300 million, and CAA is just a tool for you to serve." Don't forget, support Martin? Bob has a lot of people, but there are also a lot of people within CAA who support me. ”

Tom? Hanks pondered for a moment, "Accept this audition offer." Ino. I want you to help me get a big contract, 1+2 or 2+1! ”

As a professional. Ino? Martin naturally understood what Hanks meant, nodded, and got up to leave.

It doesn't matter if it's a base salary of $10 million plus a 20 percent revenue share, or a $20 million salary plus a 10 percent revenue share. It's a super contract in Hollywood.

Tom? The news of Hanks' acceptance of the audition invitation reached Ireland as soon as it came, although for Tom? Hanks was a little surprised to agree so lightly, but after thinking about the other party's status in Hollywood, Duke roughly understood that for a star like Hanks, it was impossible for CAA to control his part like the materials he had seen on the Internet.

It can be said that the CAA information he once read on the Internet is not reliable at all, according to those descriptions. CAA is simply the mastermind behind Hollywood, and can be at the mercy of people like Tom? Hanks, Tom? Cruise and Steven? The future and fate of Spielberg's people, casually throw out the project. It has its own aura of retardation, and it can kill the six major Hollywood companies in seconds.

Actually?

As long as the mind is a little clearer, it will understand that this is simply impossible, otherwise Michael, who is known as the emperor of CAA? Ovitz will not throw away the business he has worked so hard to build and try his best to get into Walt Disney.

And Tom in Duke's ears together? Hanks' agent shouted out the intention to be paid. A 2+1 super contract.

In general terms, Duke was not involved in the investment. Tom? No matter how high Hanks's salary is, it will not touch his interests, but the troubles of the producer.

However, the film's production budget is only $80 million, and Hanks's $20 million salary plus Duke's own $10 million base salary are all included in the production cost, as well as the fees and expenses of other cast and crew, how much of the filming budget can be left for him as a director?

You know, it's a very, very troublesome thing that the production cost is not enough to add a budget, is it possible that the crew will have no money in the future, and he, the director, will cut his salary and pay out of his own pocket?

There's a Hollywood quote about directors – never use your own money to make a film – that doesn't apply to someone with a peculiar experience like Duke, but it fits the current state of affairs.

Not to mention how the co-producers reacted, Tom? Hanks called out a contract of intent that Duke certainly disagreed with.

Inviting Tom? It's one thing for Hanks to audition, and it's another thing for the other party to have an indirect conflict of interest with him.

Fortunately, this is only a contract of intent, and the two parties still have room to negotiate, and the specific negotiations will have to wait for Tom? After Hanks' audition, if the other party refuses to budge, Duke can only say sorry.

"You mention inviting Tom? Hanks auditioned. ”

Standing in the open space on the set, Sophia? Coppola's monotonous nasal voice was full of mockery, "But I'm worried that the other party's high salary will squeeze your shooting costs." Duke, have you been with Scarlett too long and your IQ is deteriorating? ”

"I thought Hanks' agent would call for a contract of intent with a low salary and a high share." Duke got used to Sophia's tone and shook his head, "Then the ones who should have a headache are Warner Bros., Walt Disney, and Twentieth Century Fox, and they don't have much to do with us." ”

"You continue to have headaches." Sophia turned away, "I still have work to do. ”

Detailed preparations are made by e.g. Sophia? Professionals like Coppola are in charge, and Duke is more in charge of the overall situation, and the crew has been in Dublin for a few days, choosing a large set in the suburbs as the filming location.

It's a set, but in fact, except for a few slightly dilapidated studios, most of them are wastelands for films, after all, Ireland is not a regular location location in Hollywood, and there are very few crews who come here to shoot.

But. This once empty and unmanned set is now extremely busy, not only for the crew of "Saving Private Ryan". There is also a Hollywood crew, which also chose the main filming location here.

On the first day Duke came to the set, he figured out the composition of the crew, I don't know if it was lucky or unlucky, the other party was the project that CAA packaged for Paramount Pictures - Mel? Gibson's Braveheart!

I heard that there is also his old acquaintance Sean in the crew? Connelly......

But looking back, Duke doesn't find it strange. For this famous film, he has some memory. It seems that most of the footage was filmed in Ireland, and the Irish military seems to be still shooting for Mel? Gibson provided the military to help with the filming, and if the time was calculated, "Braveheart" should at least be pre-prepared.

It should have been him who came in a hurry with a large group of men. ran headlong into the crew of "Braveheart", which had come here a long time ago.

Of course, Duke has no plans to change the filming location, and changing the location will inevitably incur a lot of expenses, and he has no reason or need to avoid the CAA's packaging project, and he has won the previous two competitions.

If you want to hide, it should be the other party who is avoiding him!

This is just Duke's idea, and Braveheart will definitely not change the location, after all, it is not far from here. Many medieval scenes have been erected.

The filming locations of the two sides are a little far apart, and as long as they don't want to deliberately provoke conflicts, the possibility of conflict is extremely small.

Besides. "Saving Private Ryan" has an extremely tight schedule, and Duke doesn't have the leisure to deal with the people at CAA.

Standing here and looking at it for a moment, Hannah, the set decorator? Serena is leading people to step on the set not far away, preparing to use a drainage canal through the set to lay out a town destroyed by the war, so the set is extremely laborious. They are at the priority of the preliminary preparations.

According to Serena's plan, when the film started. This town, which was used to shoot the ending battle, was difficult to complete, and the shooting was relatively late.

The set team had a lot of work to do, and after Duke took people to look at several beaches on the west coast of Ireland, they had to make one of them as Omaha Beach as possible so that the crew could shoot the film's opening landing show.

In the following days, actors from the United States and the United Kingdom rushed to the set one after another to participate in the crew's first audition, Duke did not participate in the first audition, the small role was completely handed over to the casting director, and there was a second audition for important roles to attend, and Tom, who was invited by his name? Hanks and Leonardo? DiCaprio will be a few days away.

In addition to coordinating the preliminary preparations, Duke also hung up the phone with Lieutenant Colonel Lenho of the Pentagon, hoping to get the support of the Marine Corps, and the two sides had two pleasant cooperation, plus the crew would pay due remuneration, the Pentagon quickly agreed, not only will it send active duty officers to train actors, but also send several amphibious warfare experts to guide the crew to shoot the beach landing battle.

This is not a science fiction film or other type of military action movie, but a war film with a distinctly realistic nature, and the participation of the military is very necessary.

This is also a big reason why Duke chose to shoot in Ireland, and the Irish government promised to send about 800 military personnel to participate in the filming.

Other policies such as tax incentives proposed by the Irish government are not attractive to Duke, and the main actors can show their military temperament through a certain period of military training, but such a number of extras cannot, not to mention the costs incurred, just a large number of blasting scenes, maybe some extras will cause a series of problems because of stage fright.

Having a professional soldier as an extra is actually the best option.

The people who went to look for the Tiger tank also came to Ireland, but they did not find a suitable Tiger tank, and the few surviving treasures were military museum treasures, and it was too difficult to borrow them.

According to Duke, the executive went directly to Russia and bought back three old Soviet-style T34 tanks at an extremely low price from the bureaucrats who were eager to sell the whole country. (To be continued)

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