Los Angeles is sunny all year round, and even in winter, the temperature often rises above 20 degrees, but it rained freezing early this morning. The continuous raindrops mixed with small snowflakes flying in the sky brought the cold and shrouded the entire city of Los Angeles in a gray cloud.

Jiang Peng was about to be interviewed by reporters in Studio 1, when he suddenly heard Sun Ziming's personal statement and clarified the facts in Beverly Hills, and immediately asked his subordinates to insert other programs, and went to the office to discuss countermeasures with George.

Let Sun Ziming become a topic of conversation and break his news, in order to expand his influence in Hollywood, and by the way, to promote the film, it was also with his own permission. The support of the four major sports leagues, the response of other giants, and the hype of the media are all foreseen by George and Jiang Peng. It's just that neither of them expected that Sun Ziming would stand up and clarify the facts so soon and disrupt all their plans.

“Shit! How can a boss do this? If it doesn't go as planned, how much less money do we have to make? How many fewer ratings? If ESPN can cover the Hollywood negotiations from all over the time, we will overwhelm ABC and NBC and become the NOs of entertainment television in the United States. 1……”

George's anger made Jiang Peng also deeply touched, if it wasn't for Brother Ming's plan in advance, the dominance of Hollywood would have been in the hands of light and shadow. If the light and shadow film company can lead the negotiations of various associations, the momentum can suddenly overwhelm other giants, and become a veritable giant company in one fell swoop, on an equal footing with Paramount and Fox, and they can participate in the division of the prime time, rather than relying on the quality of the film alone! If you can participate in the negotiation of the prime time, you can open up the distribution market, distribute other films, and earn 7-10% of the box office share .......

However, Jiang Peng could guess Sun Ziming's thoughts, and things were indeed a little out of control. In case other TV stations dig up those false reports, and Sun Ziming fails to clarify them in time, his personal image will plummet. The United States is an inclusive country that tolerates all kinds of ideas, but it has one principle: everyone must be honest.

"Honestyisalwaysthebestpolicy" is a maxim followed by all Americans, derived from Shakespeare's play, the second half of which reads, "If I lose my reputation, I lose myself." ”

A person can lose his wealth, lose his career, and lose opportunities, but he must never lose his credibility, and these two words are the foundation of American society.

George's outburst was because Brother Ming disrupted the plan and did not let the Light and Shadow Group get the maximum benefit, and because Light and Shadow did not bear this moral hazard of losing integrity. Brother Ming clarified the facts in advance because he took all the moral hazards. Considering from their respective standpoints, Jiang Peng understands their respective difficulties.

Jiang Peng waved off the assistant, went to the pantry and poured a cup of coffee, waited for George to calm down a little before handing it to him, and reminded him in a low voice: "George, the boss may have his difficulties." He was a man who grew up in an authoritarian society, and he saw people who were regarded as gods and suddenly became the object of everyone's spit. George, he can lose a qiē, but he must not lose credibility, that is the foundation of his foothold in the United States! ”

Jiang Peng's explanation made George's anger come up again, glaring at him word by word: "NO, he didn't do this, he just needs to keep silent for a while!" ”

Jiang Peng didn't grow up in a Christian atmosphere, he was used to thinking badly of people's hearts. Now the light and shadow are not as good as before, the family is big, and the backbone members will receive everyone's attention. The whole plan is being promoted by Li Rui, and if he leaks it out one day, it will inevitably become a stain on Brother Ming. Loyalty is because the price of betrayal is not enough, and Jiang Peng does not believe that Li Rui, who is now loyal, can maintain his loyalty in the face of temptations that he cannot refuse.

When the two were still arguing in a low voice, the phone on the desk rang, and Sun Ziming explained on the phone: "George, our group has developed fast enough, and it needs to be deep for two or three years. In Hollywood, we have already got the right to speak, and we can't ask for more. Dapeng, as planned, to do the interview, we only put forward our own proposals, and give up the dominant position of liaison with all parties in negotiations. Listen to me, we have won the momentum, but we are not strong enough to lead the whole negotiation, and this is not urgent. George, we're already big winners, don't dwell on that last bit of goodness, OK? ”

After Sun Ziming's phone hung up, George's enthusiasm was extinguished, and he was silent for a long time and said: "The boss is right, if we take the lead, we will let the negotiation fall into the quagmire of quarrels." Peng, let's do an interview, according to the boss's order, only put forward our construction. ”

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Jiang Peng's interview was a success, and after it was broadcast on ESPN that night, it won wide recognition. Since Sun Ziming's implementation of the system in Hong Kong, it is essentially restricting the ultra-high remuneration of stars, reducing production costs, and cutting out a piece of the income of stars and investors to compensate low-income actors, behind-the-scenes technicians, and so on.

It is the celebrities, investors, and brokers who suffer from the profits, but what the investors get is a reduction in risk. A Hollywood film invests tens of millions of dollars, and the star can take half of the production fee, once the salary is reduced or discounted into the investment, the producer has sufficient funds to make the film more sophisticated and increase the possibility of high box office. Investors can see this clearly and are willing to pay this price. There is no problem in making a little less, the key is to make money, and you will not vomit blood at every turn.

A-list stars are also willing to accept it, and the restriction on remuneration has little impact on them, such as Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman, their salaries are only one or two million, even if they take all the cash, it will not have much impact on the entire budget of the film. Moreover, if they think it is a good film and is likely to be a box office hit, they can also choose to convert their remuneration into investment and share in the profits after the success of the film. Just like Morgan, he has been annoyed that when he starred in "Shawshank", he did not convert his salary into investment, otherwise he could have earned at least seven million, instead of getting two million after the film was successful!

As for second-tier and third-tier stars, small actors, etc., they don't care. Many actors, even if they play supporting roles, are paid less than $100,000, what does this concern them? Of course, Jiang Peng's interview on TV also made them yearn for light and shadow, the success of "Shawshank" made the main supporting actors also get bonuses, as many as millions, and at least hundreds of thousands!

After analysis, the biggest damage to the interests of the entire program are those superstars with a salary of tens of millions and a box office share, and the brokerage companies that take actors' salaries and a 10% commission of the box office. And these superstars are the cash cows of major film companies, the cash cows of love and hate. The super blockbuster was played by them, the box office was successful, the company made a lot of money, the box office failed, and the company lost a mess.

Superstar, if you convert the salary and box office into investment, it's okay to make a profit, but if you lose it, it's equivalent to doing it in vain. Not every mega-blockbuster will make money, and in terms of probability, the chances of success and failure are half the time. If you take a risk yourself, but the benefits do not increase, what will a fool do? is like Schwarzenegger and Shange Winton, the salary is shared, and each movie is worth more than 20 million. If you take half of the salary plus investment, and succeed, it will only be twenty or thirty million; Failed, except for half of the cash pay, I couldn't get a dollar!

The brokerage company is so angry that it wants to vomit blood, how much is half of the salary? Half of the salary is converted into investment, and the profit is the star's own, so he has an income, but what about the loss? Doesn't your income equal to a sharp decline?

Jiang Peng's interview earned ESPN super high ratings, and it was also endorsed by major film companies, and they expressed their support one after another.

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"I support China's approach, everyone should share the risk" - Paramount

"The actor's cash remuneration cannot exceed 30% of the film's budget, and of course I support it" - Fox

"This needs to be negotiated, and I personally support China Ming. We in Colombia are also ready to talk to Light and Shadow, and if China Ming agrees to cooperate with us, we will immediately talk to him. - Colombia

"Dude, China Ming is our vice chairman and executive vice president of Global, and our chairman and president Mr. Nobuyuki said that he is the soul of our company." -- Universal

"Yes, we will cooperate with Light and Shadow in "Batman Forever" next year, with an investment of $150 million, and the cash remuneration of the actors will not exceed $30 million!" - Warner

"I just took over MGM and don't know much about the situation, but there must be a reason why so many people support China Ming." -- MGM

The expressions of several giant companies have made superstars and brokerage companies anxious, but they have influence on the giants, but they have nothing to do with the light and shadow companies. There are only two superstars in their films, who are using or will be used: Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise.

Cruise has canceled his contract with CAA, negotiated with Sun Ziming himself, and got a contract for five films: the salary starts at 8 million, with each film increasing by 20%, half of the cash salary, and the other half of the salary is converted into film investment.

What about Hanks? He doesn't care about making money when he cooperates with Sun Ziming, what he cares about is his directorial talent, and he wants to break through his acting skills and get that little golden man. In order to cooperate with Sun Ziming, he did not hesitate to bypass CAA and take the initiative to reduce his salary, only taking 8 million, and promised to convert half of his salary into investment.

What frightens them even more is that "Very Little Spy", which is now being screened in the United States, is known as a children's film, without a superstar, but the box office is rising. By what? Thrilling graphics, cool special effects, whimsical ideas, and a plot full of jokes.

As film critics say, the films of Light and Shadow are always creative, they don't need superstars, just rely on China Ming's genius head.

is also like the second thousand-year-old of the talk show on the TV station, David's big mouth said, "Very Little Spy" may be recorded in history, and the future movie may be the world of computer special effects, and the role of stars will be greatly weakened. It's completely unbelievable that in those wonderful scenes, replacing Antonio Banderas with Tom Hanks will have no impact on the film's excitement and box office. In the future, the actor will become a tool in the hands of the director, just a tool. I have to admit that my Chinese friend succeeded again, and he once again used the actors as props to make us a wonderful film that was completely directed by the director. ”

David's big mouth is right, and the success of "Very Little Spy" has made the giants see the huge role of computer special effects in the film, and it is greatly weakening the role of superstars. So, they finally avoided everyone's attention and hid in a private club in the mountains of San Gabriel, and began to discuss how to control the increasingly high remuneration of actors.

This time, at the initiative of everyone, Sun Ziming explained his views in detail to the heads of major film companies.

“…… An actor is just a prop for the director, and only a great actor can make the value of a movie rise again, and a superstar is not necessarily a great actor. The future movie is the world of special effects, at least before the audience gets tired of watching it, it's like this! If this is the case, why should we take a huge risk and pay them so much? ”

"Ming, are you here to organize this negotiation? It is only reasonable for you to organize your construction. ”

This is not good, I will come to you what offends, and the benefit will be yours. Light and shadow don't have that ability, now go and be the overlord of Hollywood! Besides, film companies always rely on movies to speak, and the production plans of the two film companies next year; There are a lot of things about the selection of directors and actors, how can I have the energy to talk nonsense with these people? What's more, which of these kings/bastards is not a human spirit? If they are not virtuous or high-minded, nine times out of ten they will be pulled into the quagmire of negotiations, making it impossible for them to make a good film, and suppressing the development speed of light and shadow.

"No, we at Light and Shadow and Universal will not lead the negotiations with the agencies and superstars. We don't need an agreement like guò, because we are the executors of this agreement in the first place, and the brokerage company has nothing to do with us! Gentlemen, the rights are to be fought for by ourselves, we have the production rights in Hollywood, why should we succumb to the pressure of the CAA? Let me introduce you again, this is Mr. Shinyuki of Universal, and he will participate in the entire negotiation with Peng as our representatives of Universal and Light and Shadow. We will enforce your decisions, and we promise to do so more strictly. ”

Nobuyuki? A few fat or thin white people looked at Shimoyuki, this kind looking old Japanese monkey, but a ruthless character, more than 600 employees around the world, so that he could not cut a hundred.