"We can't accept it at all, the news we got is that the North American box office has exceeded 300 million, and the overseas box office has also reached 400 million, which has exceeded the provisions of the contract!" In the bright conference room, Frederick, who slammed a stack of papers on the table, said to the two middle-aged men sitting in front of him.

After exchanging glances, the middle-aged man with glasses and an older man opened his mouth unhurriedly: "That's right, Mr. Rogers, but we have said many times that our actual income is not high, and before Mr. Tang, there are still many people waiting to divide the account." ”

"No kidding, everybody knows that the new line only paid $300 million for the Lord of the Rings trilogy," Frederick glared at him, words popping out of his teeth almost word by word. "Spread across three films, the cost of each is only 100 million!"

"That's right," the other of the two received, still in the same unhurried tone, "but the actual cost is more than 100 million ......."

"Don't tell me this!" Frederick interrupted him unceremoniously, "We all know very well that as the parent company, Warner can't take all the profits after the release, and as the filming location of a blockbuster movie, it is impossible for New Zealand not to give the crew certain tax exemptions." ”

"That's right," said the unhurried tone, with a hint of nonchalance and impatience, "but our expenses are just as huge, and all kinds of expenses are more than we imagined, especially the special effects that Mr. Director needs, even though the financial staff has been very economical, but still a lot of overspending, and these are all recorded in the ledger in detail. ”

Sean sat next to him, his hands crossed, and watched their performance coldly, obviously, these two guys representing the new line were not going to pay for it.

Frankly, greed is not a sin, at least Sean pocketed most of the profits from "My Grand Greek Wedding", but it would be very stupid to be greedy too much. Before today, he never thought that New Line, as a film company with quite a lot of qualifications in Hollywood and one of the top few second-tier films, could be greedy and shameless to such a point!

80,000 US dollars, this is the new line in the first part of "The Lord of the Rings", in more than four months in the whole Shijie range of 700 million box office, concurrency is expected to exceed 800 million, after the share, to him.

"Shit!" After hearing the news, Sean, who had been stunned for two seconds, immediately cursed.

After the production of "My Grand Greek Wedding", he was already familiar with Hollywood-style ledgers, so he guessed from the beginning that the new line would not pay the bill happily. But he thinks that under the premise of a total box office of 7 or 800 million, it is estimated that his share is between 100 and 2 million, even if the other party will deduct some, there should always be more than 1 million, right?

Or take a step back, even if it is only eighty or nine hundred thousand, he also admits that it is not worth it to contradict the new line for such a small amount of money, but when he never expected it, they could actually reduce this estimated number by ten times! How greedy and stupid this is!

What Sean didn't know was that in the history of his previous life, the new line was so greedy and stupid, and I don't know how many lawsuits were fought over the proceeds of "The Lord of the Rings", although they were all settled out of court in the end, but they were all paid in the end.

Therefore, it is normal for this kind of fool to do such a stupid thing, not everyone is the boss of a film company, and he still has a certain bottom line like him.

Frankly speaking, Sean is not short of this money, as a person with a net worth of more than 100 million yuan at present-although various investments have spent a lot of money, Netflix has gone public, although his equity has fallen from 14% to 8%, but the original investment of 4 million has now become more than 20 million.

Therefore, the income of more than 1 million is really not in his eyes, but the problem is that it is not a matter of money.

"Alright, two," after Frederick's argument again, Sean grabbed his agent and looked at the two representatives of the new line with a blank face, "Anyway, you don't want to pay this money, do you?" ”

"It's not that we don't want to, Mr. Tang......" One of them pushed his glasses, but Sean interrupted unceremoniously: "Do you think I'm an idiot?" ”

The faces of the two people in front of them immediately became very ugly, but Sean just continued to sneer: "I'm sorry, gentlemen, I made tens of millions of profits in "My Grand Greek Wedding", and I know the trick very well, so, are you playing me like a fool now?" ”

"Watch your words, Mr. Tang, we've made it clear......" Their faces became even more ugly, and their tones became stern, apparently unaware of anything.

So Sean unceremoniously interrupted them again: "I'll tell you, what I'm going to do, first of all, I'll file a lawsuit, even if the evidence is collected and the subsequent appeal may take several years. Then, I will inform all the crew members, from Peter Ilya to Vigo, to remind them to beware of your greed and shamelessness, so it is necessary to unite to put pressure on you, and I will be happy to help them! ”

Basically, several low-paid main actors have more or less signed a net profit sharing contract, otherwise there is no way to appease the actors while controlling costs, do you really think that if you provide a job to a new actor, even if it is an hourly salary, the other party will happily agree?

If you don't understand it, it's just that, and those who understand it are counting on the box office of the movie to be a big hit, and then wait for the film company to eat the meat after the **** soup comes to drink, in this case, if they know that they may not even have the soup to drink, what will happen?

The representative of the new line in front of him obviously thought of this, and one of his faces suddenly turned red: "This is different!" ”

He stopped after saying a word, and then glanced at his companion, who seemed to have reminded him just now.

Sean, who saw it in his eyes, sneered in his heart, Is it just aimed at me? That's really a fool of fools, as long as he makes this public, guess if they trust him more or trust the film company more. At that time, if you want to appease them, the new line must have some blood, and besides, do you really think that this is it?

"Next," Sean continued in defiance of them, "as a shareholder in Google, I believe Larry? Paige and Sergey? Brin would be happy to make a deal with me, and in the next 10 years, whenever someone Googles the name of the New Line, the first thing that will come up will be the lawsuit against me and the New Line, and all of them will be news links that favor me. ”

He sat up straight and stared at them: "I can guarantee that!" ”

Then he raised a hand: "Zuihou, as long as I lose the lawsuit, even if it is a regional return, I will invest a lot of money to set up a new actor alliance or similar organization to help any newcomer who is forced to sign the so-called net profit sharing to get their share of the money!" It doesn't matter if it takes ten or even ten years, I have enough time and money to do this, and I want to make all film companies think of it when they face being sued by newcomers in the future, and it is completely caused by that damn greedy miserliness to swallow no more than a million shares! ”

Speaking of zuihou, he was almost roaring, so much so that the two representatives of the new line involuntarily leaned back, and their faces were difficult to see.

"Either pay obediently, or shoot it off!" Sean issued an ultimatum.

"Is this a threat?" The middle-aged man with glasses was angry but had a seizure.

"Threat?" Sean, who had already stood up, tugged at his collar, "No, it's just a notice. ”

After saying that, he walked out without looking back, and Frederick got up and went out with him, and proposed, "I'll give it to Brent right away?" Fields Call, one of Hollywood's most famous lawyers, has no precedent for failure so far. ”

He spoke very loudly, no doubt for the two people in the room.

"Damn bastards! I don't know how thick the sky is! As soon as they left, a representative of the new line scolded indignantly, "Who does he think he is!" ”

"The producer of 'My Grand Greek Wedding', the singer of 'YouRaiseMeUp', sang as popular as the actors, and even appeared at the Oscars." The middle-aged man with glasses said with a gloomy face, annoyed and irritated.

The previous representative stopped talking for a while, that's right, even if the other party didn't have any influential works last year, an independent film with an average box office, and it was only a supporting role in "Ocean's Eleven", but it can still attract many people's attention in other aspects. This is not a person who can be dismissed with a few simple words, and he already has some contacts compared to two years ago, damn, Weishenme Company is going to give them such a task?

"What now?" He clutched his head, and when he thought of the other person's cruel words, he was as irritated as the other person.

"What else, we're just here to explain, and the bosses should take care of the rest." The middle-aged man with glasses replied.

This is the correct answer, in any case, they are just a mouthpiece, as for this humiliation, if the company Zuihou compromises, they can only honestly bear it all.

"How do you get there? Isn't the boss's office supposed to go over this side? After leaving the conference room, the first man asked strangely after the middle-aged man with glasses walked to the right.

"I know, but I'm going to another boss's office right now." The latter said nonchalantly.

"Another boss? You mean Mr. Shay? The former was a little puzzled, "but we ......"

"Yes yes, I know, but generally this time, Michael? Will Mr. Lynn be in Robert? Inside Shay's office," the latter sighed, "so this is our most haode opportunity." ”

It only took a few minutes for the former to react, and then he was a little worried: "That...... What if Mr. Lynn isn't there? ”

"Then pray he's there!" The latter glared at him.

There are some things that they can't be involved in.