"We can't accept such conditions, Peter, we don't care about the treatment, but the salary is a bit excessive."

"I think Stan has made it clear to you, Fred, and I'd be willing to pay the actors more if I could, in exchange for better performances, but the crew has made it clear to you at the moment."

"Total investment 2. 700 million, a movie is 90 million, but you can't even squeeze out a little salary, are you kidding? ”

"There are many places to spend money, even for me, it is the same answer, I have no more way, unless you can pull to invest."

In the small office, Sean's agent is arguing loudly with Jackson over the issue of salary, Jackson's assistant Stan is silent, and Sean looks indifferent.

"In that case," Frederick looked enraged, and he gave up communication with Jackson and looked at Sean instead, "I don't recommend taking this role, Sean, it's embarrassing." ”

"But......," Sean gestured meaninglessly, trying to say something.

"Listen to me, Sean, listen to me," the agent accentuated, "Anthony? Minghella is a great director, and "The Talented Ripley" will be a great movie, and in a few months, the movie will prove it, and you might get a Golden Globe nomination or even an Oscar nomination, so there's no need to bother with such a role, they won't go the extra mile on you, that's their loss. ”

"But I really wanted to play a role in this movie." Sean spread his hands and looked apologetically at Jackson, who shrugged helplessly.

"Hell, did you listen to me, Sean, when you became famous for 'The Talented Ripley,' but you were only paid $100,000 for a major role in this movie, what do you think the media will think?" Frederick made a look of hatred for iron.

"That's for later, isn't it?" Sean said this first, and then quickly changed the topic, "Then let's do it, I won't get paid." ”

"What?" The agent's eyes widened.

"In that case, I won't get paid anymore, and I'll play this role in friendship, so it's okay, right?" Sean said very seriously, "Since 100,000 is too little and it is easy to cause discussions, then simply don't get paid, it can be regarded as a friendship star."

"Don't get paid? Friendship starring? The corners of Frederick's mouth twitched, as if he was smiling angrily, "What are you kidding, Sean!" Wake up! ”

"Okay, Fred, if you're worried about the commission, it's okay, I can add 10% more to the next movie." Sean's tone was reassuring.

"I ...... Damn it......" Frederick clawed his head in annoyance, as if he would jump up the next moment, but he only took a deep breath in the end: "It's not about money, Sean, of course, I don't deny that such a salary hurts my interests." But, I would say that if your character only has ten shots, it's okay to play in friendship, but the problem is that your script is at least 30 pages long, and it's going to be shot for at least one to two months! Know what others will think? You know? They may praise a few words on the surface, but behind the scenes, they will only laugh at you for being a fool, and at the same time, the crew will also be ridiculed for being stingy, especially if it is a crew with an investment of nearly 100 million. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Jackson, the fat man who had been watching the show, and then he had to speak: "Possibly, so I don't recommend that you give up your salary, Sean, but I'm sorry,"

"Nothing, so what am I going to do?" Sean sighed gloomily.

Frederick did not speak, but just spread his hands, already indicating his attitude.

Sean scratched his head, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Wait, maybe there's another way, don't get paid, just get dividends." ”

“What？” The agent's mouth was crooked, his facial features were almost squeezed together, and Jackson was also stunned for a long time.

"Don't worry, listen to me, I know I'm still qualified, but we can do this," Sean smiled, "I only need a 1% box office, and the premise is that the global box office exceeds 500 million, how about it?" ”

Frederick's mouth was open, looking sluggish, and he covered his face with a long sigh: "Okay, whatever you want." ”

Sean didn't care, but looked at Jackson, who smacked his lips and nodded unexpectedly, "I think that's an interesting idea." ”――

"A 1% box office dividend? The global box office exceeds 500 million? "Noah who was called the office? Kane, it took about five or six minutes to react.

"Yes, I mainly participate in two movies, and if any of these two movies has a global box office of more than 500 million, I will take 1% of the global box office of the movie." Again, Sean briefly expounded his thoughts.

"Are you serious, Peter?" Kane didn't answer, but looked at Jackson, "You know...... To know...... He also ......"

"I think it's an interesting idea, maybe you can try it." The fat man shrugged.

Kane then looked at Frederick, who spread his hands and gave up completely: "Whatever he wants now, I'm for it." ”

"Peter, you have to think about it." Kane had to turn back to Jackson.

"I'll admit, I had a good conversation with Sean, his enthusiasm was contagious, and I thought he deserved the treatment he deserved. However, I also have my difficulties, and I made it clear to Sean. So, now, in order to support me in proposing such a proposal, from a personal point of view, I think it is acceptable. The fat man made himself very clear.

"Okay, I'm going to talk to the company on the phone." Kane left the office with such a sentence.

"I'm sorry, Sean, you might have to wait a half day." Jackson said after he left.

"It's okay, it's not bad for this day." Sean smiled and waved his hand.

"I gotta say, xiexie, for your support." He then whispered again.

"I'm just trying to make my dreams come true, just like you, Peter." Sean said and glanced at his agent, "Don't care about Fred, he's also good for me, but a little too careful." ”

"I know, he actually ...... Pretty good. Jackson smiled and said he didn't pay attention.

Then, after a few whispered conversations, Sean and Frederick left the office.

"Alright, cheer up, Fred, it's done."

"Done? Isn't it still one step away? And don't forget, in the eyes of others, we should still be in a state of cold war. ”

"Don't worry, you're doing a good job and no one can see it, I promise, especially when I mention the dividends and then give up on myself, it's pretty good."

"Damn, I'm angry at the mention of this, I'm an agent, not an actor! Do you know how worried I was just now? Also, didn't you say that the prerequisite for dividends is that the global box office of a single movie is more than 500 million, how optimistic are you about this series?! ”

"Don't worry, Fred, you will admire my vision when the time comes, as long as you can sign a dividend contract, your commission will not be less."

"Okay, okay, I hope you're right, what the hell, weishenme I'm going to be crazy with you every time."

"Because we're used to doing miracles, aren't we?"

"Speaking of which, I never knew that you were also very good at intrigue."

"Xiexie compliment."

That's right, before that, Frederick was dissatisfied with the salary and argued with Jackson, whether it was constantly persuading Sean to give up, and Sean made all kinds of suggestions in order to keep his role, all of which they had planned before. So impressed, in order to Jackson and the new line company, agreed to the dividend plan proposed by Zuihou.

Sean didn't want to play a big role in the movie, and although he did have a few minutes of excitement after knowing that it was possible to take down Leglass, his instincts told him that it might not be worth the cost. Of course, not exactly, his intuition told him that it was only a possibility, but it had to do with the path he chose in the future.

Therefore, out of conservative considerations, after careful consideration, Sean agreed to the role of Haldier, anyway, the role is not small, and the first focus of this series of movies is not in the role. Therefore, as he said, it is enough to play a role to give the audience a deeper impression, and Haldier, who died in the Valley of the Holy Helmet, is undoubtedly more in line with this.

However, the salary of 100,000 is indeed too little, if it is a little more, it is the same as "The Genius Ripley", even if it is three combined, Sean will not have any opinions, but this is somewhat unacceptable. Although he knows and understands that more funds will be used for real scenes, special effects and post-production, the investment in a movie is 90 million.

However, the news brought by Frederick is also very clear, and it is absolutely impossible for the crew to increase the price again, so after thinking about it, he thought of the trick of box office dividends. It's not a few years later, it's still mainstream to get a high salary, everyone wants to be in the 20 million club, but box office dividends are not nothing. It's just that the actors who can ask for dividends are basically Hollywood first-line actors or former first-line actors, if "The Genius Ripley" is released and achieves good results, it should be no problem to pay dividends, but the problem is that it hasn't been released yet.

This is also the reason why Frederick heard it, and said that it was impossible, he didn't have the capital to talk about it now, and it was almost impossible for Jackson and the new line to agree. So, Sean asked his agent to act in a scene, first Frederick sang white face in front of Jackson, and then he came to sing red face, trying to portray himself as an image that didn't care about this interest for the sake of the role he liked, and then put forward this proposal that seemed to be very harsh on himself in order to have stairs on both sides.

There is a high probability that Jackson promised to come down, and Weishenme opened so little salary? Because he is now eager to spend every penny on special effects, Sean is tantamount to doing him a favor, and the money at the box office is not his.

Of course, he didn't count it alone, the new line gave him a lot of power in other aspects, but he was quite tight on the money, so after that he agreed, and he still wanted to be called Noah? Kane came over to discuss, and he couldn't call the shots, so he had to call back, and it was up to the people in the company to decide.

It's more difficult to get the new line company to agree than it is to get Jackson to agree, anyway, Sean is now only a second-tier actor or even a little worse, and his popularity and commercial value are too low. But it's not all out of the blue, on the one hand, his asking price is quite low, the preconditions are very high, and Jackson will definitely support it; On the other hand, the current way of getting dividends is not the mainstream, and the average actor will still get a little basic salary when asking for dividends, but Sean is completely giving up, and it is not impossible for them to accept it from the perspective of cost saving.

As for whether Sean himself suffered, although he couldn't remember the specific global box office of each part of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it was definitely more than 500 million!