The first movie role? How much do you get? How can you not remember, Frederick will always remember, that damn guy, that guy named Chiccarelli, who didn't even want to talk about the salary of 600,000 yuan, step by step to 300,000, and he and Sean couldn't have any opinions. This time, he asked Miramax for a salary of 10 million, except for the valuation of Sean, there was no intention of demonstrating, and if a lowly person did not have Weinstein's instructions, how could he dare to do that.

"So, the second question, from when to now, how much time have we spent?" Sean then asked again.

The agent sighed but didn't answer, he knew what he wanted to say, and he knew that it was indeed a miracle, but there was still a lot to consider.

"I know what you're thinking, Fred," Sean smiled insightfully, "I admit that it would be immeasurable for my career to be in the club of millions, but is now a good time?" ”

Frederick paused, then frowned and thought for a few minutes, "You mean...... You don't think well of this movie. ”

For an actor who has just stepped into the tens of millions of salary clubs, the worst thing is that the film has caused serious losses to the producer. In this case, although it will not be labeled as box office poison, if the next big production does not reduce the salary, it will be difficult to get the role again, but if the salary is reduced, it will only go in and out, what will others think?

"I can't say it's not optimistic," Sean smiled, "Answer me a few questions first, Fred, what is the approximate investment in this movie?" ”

"Although it hasn't been talked about yet, it's at least more than 70 million." The broker thought about it and gave an answer.

"In other words, at least it's almost double the previous movie, "The Genius Ripley", right?" Sean's face lifted, "And it's nearly three times higher than "The English Patient", and then, what is their box office?" ”

"Well...... "The English Patient" is about 1 worldwide. 400 million, while "The Genius Ripley" is about 1. 200 million. "Frederick did the work, I remember the data fairly well, and he wasn't slow to react," you mean, unless Anthony has a clear change in the film that will appeal to the audience, there is a risk of losing money. ”

"Although I've only worked with Tony once, I know that he is just as strict with the landscape as the actors in his films, whether it's the Sahara of The English Patient or the Italy of The Talented Ripley, which makes his films relatively slow," Sean shrugged his shoulders and continued, "After the millennium, people's lives are getting faster and faster, and they are relatively more inclined to fast-paced movies, so we all know that the cost of movies is boring, but if "Cold Mountain" If the box office has not changed much compared to the previous two films, then at most the cost will be maintained. ”

Frederick pinched his chin and his brow furrowed even deeper, but he had to admit that Sean's words made sense, which made him depressed.

"I feel like I'm going to be persuaded by you again, weishenme always does." The agent asked with some annoyance and reluctance.

"Because I'm right." Sean smiled and spread his hands, then took a deep breath and looked at him seriously, "I thank you for doing this for me, Fred, I also understand your feelings, but, don't worry too much, since we only took more than three years to go from a rookie actor who can only get 300,000 yuan to a star close to the first line, then the 10 million club, or even the 20 million club, will it be far away?" ”

After a pause, he laughed again: "Or do you think I can't do it?" ”

"How can there be anything you can't do." Frederick sighed, kind of accepting the fact, "Okay, I know what to do, but Sean, I hope this situation will happen again in the future, and no matter what, I won't take it lightly." ”

Although he knew that it might not be of much use, Sean was not the kind of person who didn't know how to be flexible, but he wasn't that easy to compromise with, he never gave up on what he was sure of, he was aware of this from the beginning, but he still had to say what he had to say, who made him an agent?

After the communication, the tone of the matter was set, although Sanders still had some regrets.

"It's actually not bad if you can enter the 10 million club now, you are already very popular, although they are all alternative limelight, there is no shortage of such one," he said to Sean in private, "Even if you are not optimistic about this movie, even if you took it for Anthony, you must have a way to get yourself out of the predicament, right?" ”

"There must be a way, but what about Weishenme going to take the risk?" Sean smiled and asked, "Or, Sandy, do you really think it's a good time to get into the club of millions?" ”

He sighed lightly: "I know that there is a saying in China......"

"Don't tell me this, okay? You know, I have a headache with those blocks and how they sound them. Sanders immediately interrupted.

"Well, well," Sean chuckled, "anyway, if a tree, no matter how thick it is in the forest, stands alone outside, it can easily be blown to the ground by a gust of wind. But if it's only a little taller than the other trees, as long as the forest stays there, then no amount of wind can withstand it. ”

"Simply put, it's like in high school, when we always left out people who were too arrogant or too dull?" Sanders thought for a few minutes before saying.

"It's not very appropriate, but that's pretty much what it means." Sean nodded.

Frankly speaking, Sean also had a heartbeat when he heard Frederick say 10 million, who wouldn't want to join the 10 million club? If an actor's salary can be more than 10 million, his identity, status and influence will immediately become completely different. He knew very well that the other party's purpose in coming to him was not only to find out what was going on, but also to pull him together to put pressure on Miramax.

For a few minutes he wanted to agree, but when his thoughts returned, he refused.

First of all, Sean has promised that Minghella will definitely participate, and Miramax already knows this, so if the talks fall apart, it will be very bad. However, the club of 10 million is tempting, but now is not a good time to join, and there are several reasons for this.

The first point has been told to Frederick before, and it falls out immediately after joining, so it can easily become a joke, not only is it not good for the career, but it has a lot of impact. The second point is naturally to say to Sanders, he has been in the limelight enough, although it was all production and music before, but the release of six movies in June is enough to make many people look sideways, and it is easy to become the target of public criticism if he climbs too high at this time.

As for the third point, it is still the contradiction between honor and value, although the two are not completely contradictory, but it is not so easy to have both, there are very few actors in the 10 million club, and even fewer in the 20 million club. And, even Nicholas? Cage and Tom? Hanks, who has also gone through setbacks and tempering, only rose in commercial value after being crowned emperor.

Therefore, it is better to move forward steadily now, and there is no shortage of money, although Sean has created a miracle, from a rookie actor to a first-line star in three years, but he jumped up too quickly and did not go through so much tempering - although he has the experience of his previous life, it can only make him mature personally, and it will not help much for his current career, so the foundation is not solid.

It doesn't matter, there will be opportunities in the future, as he said to Frederick, since it may take him three years to jump from a rookie actor to a star who is close to the first line, it is only a matter of time before he enters the club of 10 million. And...... As long as your own production company develops, even if you focus on honor, it's a big deal to open a movie for yourself, and then open a salary of 10 million.

As long as the box office of the movie is not bad at the time, no one can say anything, isn't that what Drew did?

Putting this aside for the time being, and still handing over all the negotiations to Frederick, Sean immediately and Eric? Brace came into contact, yes, the one who replaced James in "The Grim Reaper 2"? Huang's screenwriter.

The other party looked about thirty-four, five to forty years old, not tall, with a square face, some curly hair, and a circle of beard, which looked quite rough. There was nothing to say about the whole process, and after making an appointment to meet, Sean first asked him to elaborate on the idea, then looked at the script that had already completed a third of the time and asked a few more questions, Zuihou exchanged conditions.

Blaise's conditions were simple, he wanted to direct it himself, because he had been working on the idea for several years, and it wasn't until last year that it was officially formed, so no one knew the rhythm of the plot better than him.

Sean thought about it carefully, and then agreed, he didn't remember who directed "The Butterfly Effect" in his previous life, but he felt that he could trust the other party once. However, he also put forward his own conditions, that is, whether he can use women as the protagonists.

"Changing to a woman as the main character? weishenme？ Brace was puzzled.

"There are too many horror movies and thriller movies with men as the main characters, and women are vases in them, and although everyone is used to this model, to some extent, there is also a little tired of this model." Sean said very seriously, "So, if we make a change, as long as the movie is good enough, it will be amazing." In the last year, Nicole? Kidman's "Island Cry" has proven that, and this year, Reincarnation Pictures will continue to prove it with a horror film for Halloween release. ”

Of course, this is nonsense, and all Sean thinks about is to find some good roles for his women.

Kate doesn't care, she is already a famous actress, and she doesn't need horror movies and thrillers to boost her fame; Camilla doesn't care, she's still young, so there's no need to make horror movies for the time being. Others, Naomi has the American version of "Midnight Bell", Jordana has the remake of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", and Katie has the upcoming American version of "The Grudge", but someone has nothing.