Chapter 10 Remuneration
It was one day in early August, and after receiving the phone from Nicole, Ryan scratched his head, he really couldn't think of anything that fat man could do to find him, could it be that Miramax was so idle, or Harvey? Weinstein's head cramps and want to talk to him about the future?
"Hello, Harvey." Now Miramax is not as confident as he was later, although this pair of brothers are philistines, they still maintain due closeness to those who can create value for themselves. "Yes, Pat has already come, and the contract has been taken, conditions? Of course satisfied, no problem. ”
"What? No, no, no, Harvey, I don't want to interfere with your decision, I grew up in Los Angeles, yes, but Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in North America, isn't it? Don't you think it would be more convincing to set the location for the movie in Philadelphia? ”
Hearing Harvey? When Weinstein said that he wanted to change the location to Los Angeles, even though he knew that he was a small person, Ryan couldn't help but raise objections. Weinstein hadn't yet begun to swell and quickly dismissed that thought.
"Alright, so be it. Wait, Harvey, I want to ask, have the director and the actor been decided? Listening to the name coming from the microphone, Ryan subconsciously scratched his face, "David? Finch? Is it for Madonna? Has Siccone ever filmed the MV one? ”
After getting an affirmative answer, Ryan hung up, okay! Another Hollywood celebrity was distorted by his big butterfly fan.
"Ryan, what does it feel like to star in a script that you wrote?" Ms. Kinsley, who was drinking coffee, asked with a smile.
Ryan rolled his eyes widely, as if to say you're stupid, "Pat, the movie hasn't started filming yet, how do I know what it's like?" ”
"Ryan, come here." Nicole spoke at this time, she pointed to the two contracts on the table in front of her, "This is the script contract and your actor contract, I have signed it, and it is up to you to do the rest." ”
Kinsley, who was sitting on the other side, explained, "In terms of the script, $50,000 has not changed, but there are some minor flaws in the script that need to be revised. ”
"I understand."
"In terms of actors, Harvey should have been on the phone with you just now, the film won't start until the end of next month, and although you're playing one of the three most important roles, you're a newcomer without any work, and Miramax has pushed down the price in terms of salary, only $150,000."
"What else?" Ryan remembered what he had told the businesswoman.
"Of course, the main reason why the salary is so low is because of the conditions you put forward." The economic woman sighed, she really couldn't understand Ryan's whimsical thinking, "It's already stated in the contract that if the film can grossed more than $250 million in North America, you and Nicole will each have a 1% share of the box office. ”
"Wow~" Ryan shouted excitedly, he could fully imagine that after the movie was released, Harvey? Weinstein's look of vomiting blood.
"Don't be too happy, for the same reason, Nicole is only paid $1.5 million."
The female agent directly poured a basin of cold water, she knew very well that Mira Maxken added such a clause to the contract, firstly, because she believed that the box office of the film would never reach this astronomical figure, and secondly, by lowering the salary, she would save a lot of money for the stretched finances.
In the eyes of those veteran filmmakers, "The Sixth Sense" is indeed a very good story and script, and it is possible to achieve tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of North American box office, but what is the concept of the North American box office of 250 million US dollars, only Star Wars and Jaws have done this in history, can it be said that such a family ethics film dressed as a thriller can also achieve such results? No kidding.
It is based on immediate interests that Miramax will seem to be generous in opening this contract.
Of course, Ms. Kinsley also played a crucial role, and although it seemed to make her income less, as a smart person, she took it for granted that Ryan's value was more in the writing aspect, and that was the most important thing for her to earn.
The matter of "The Sixth Sense" has come to an end for the time being, unlike Nicole, who has to study the script and characters, he is the author of the script, and he has watched the original movie more than a dozen times in his previous life, thanks to the super memory of this life, those pictures seem to be engraved in his mind, and there is no need to study them at all.
It's also a bit wrong to say that, after dinner, as well as in the daily routine of exercise and walking, he will also have some discussions with Nicole on the script, especially the interaction between the two characters, he has a lot more feelings and understanding of the movie, and some views will naturally affect Nicole, which will be somewhat helpful for future filming.
Just like Nicole once complained, Ryan hardly has any friends, as a person who has experienced the baptism of the Internet in his previous life, he is somewhat homely, compared to the Australian beauty who likes to be lively and social, he is now much quieter and more regular in life.
Every morning and evening is his and Nicole's routine exercise time, after breakfast is reading and writing, every afternoon in addition to writing, a certain amount of time to practice the instrument, sometimes inspiration comes, will compose a simple tune, fill in some English lyrics, with a childish voice to scourge Nicole? Miss Kidman and her neighbors who live in the same building.
After dinner, he would watch TV and the news for a while, often arguing with Nicole about certain current events, using more than 20 years of experience to argue the cold girl speechless, and occasionally when refuted, he would coquettishly use the privileges belonging to his age until Nicole surrendered.
I have to say that Nicole spoiled him a little too much, making Ryan more and more lawless in front of her.
Of course, most of the evening was still spent in writing, and now that "The Sixth Sense" has found a home and is preparing for a rainy day, Ryan naturally has to prepare for the next step and beyond, and with the experience of writing the script of "The Sixth Sense", he has gained some experience.
For Ryan, who has a clear picture in his mind, after having enough experience, it is easier and faster to construct a script than to adapt a novel, and the script rarely needs the flowery rhetoric and complex language description of the novel, which makes him more handy, besides, the creativity suitable for his age group has been occupied by him early, and those film companies if they still want to make these movies, I am embarrassed, I can only go to Ms. Kingsley to talk slowly.
Although he doesn't mind others treating him as a little monster, Ryan doesn't want to be too shocking, in his current thinking, as long as the few movies with good reputation and high box office every year are from him, so that he can not only make a lot of money, but also put a halo on himself.
In his previous life, he was just an ordinary little person, if there was something special, it was because of his profession and love, he had seen far more movies than ordinary people, and at the beginning of this life he was a helpless orphan, even if he had some delusions in his heart to realize, and sometimes he was greedy, but he didn't have the great ambition of the legendary reborn.
What he wants is actually very simple, to realize his dreams in the past and present lives, and to help the people he likes and loves deeply.
Unless Shijie is at the end of the day, or the Red Empire is about to end up pulling all Shijie to grow mushrooms together, Nicole will knock on the door every day to remind him to go to bed within a few minutes after half past ten, and even, in the year when he was first adopted, Nicole would often be by his side at night.
This is a portrayal of Ryan's daily life for several years, even when he was in school, he was known for only doing what he wanted to do in class, and the school also approached Nicole for this at the beginning, but after all the grades were consecutive A's, the school gradually closed its mouth.
For Ryan, who has experienced a cruel education in his previous life, the knowledge taught in Western elementary schools is simply too pediatric, of course, it is not useless, for example, they will not educate children when they are just entering school, and the first thing to learn when entering school is safety rules and how to protect themselves, and these are also the top priorities in daily teaching.
The hot August passed in a flash, and at the end of the month, Nicole reconnected an elementary school for Ryan, but as a transfer student, he also did a test before enrolling, and finally was successfully divided into the third grade, fortunately, Ryan has always had a dispensable attitude towards school, and he didn't care much, if it wasn't for dropping out of school and making Nicole break the law, how would he go to this damn American elementary school.
Of course, he just needs to survive the compulsory education age, and if there are no accidents, he will not waste time going to college.
In the space of a month, Ryan sorted out the outline and main line of the two movie scripts, and also drew some set drafts, although some content and bridges were written, but the music and other things were distracted a lot, otherwise, the two scripts would not have only been frameworks until now.
Because most of Nicole's previous lives were literary films, except for a limited number of them, the others were not impressive, and one of the two scripts belonged to the aiqing comedy that was popular in the nineties, which Ryan specially prepared for her, but such an aiqing movie was made by a ten-year-old child, which is a little too absurd.
Forget it, let's wait for a while, and wait for "The Sixth Sense" to be released, when I am a year older, I can add a little more convincing, even if someone will chirp, then let them go.
Besides, being a boy and not a girl, this society is much more receptive to male genius than women.