Chapter 555: Dishonest
In fact, after the previous war of words between the two agents, everyone knows both sides better.
Sun Ya understands Liang Ren's desire and eagerness for a good script, and also understands the distress that he must transform; And Ye Tian understood Sun Peng's main requirements for script buyers, as well as the same high price as 30 million for a song......
cooperated with Liang Ren, in fact, Sun Peng didn't plan to open a sky-high price.
As long as he can give a price that is in line with his current status and fame, Sun Peng is already very satisfied. Therefore, as long as the other party agrees to the box office share, the surrounding income does not matter, after all, it is not enough to rely on the two scripts of "Hurricane Rescue" and "Mission Impossible", even if "Bourne's Identity" is added.
But for the production fee, Sun Peng's obsession is very deep!
Others only saw the success of "Mission Impossible" and saw the appearance of a blockbuster with a global box office of more than one billion Chinese coins, but only Sun Peng responded very much. Because he knows that Tang Long's version of Mission Impossible is not even as good as the original version in the nineties, because of the production cost...... What a thing this is!
So if you write a script for Liang Ren, Sun Peng must be more cautious.
Lao Liang's acting skills are good, and his movies can indeed attract huge investments, and some capitalists are willing to spend money on big brothers in the film industry. But in the same way, Liang Ren's salary is too high!
The basic salary starts at 100 million, and the box office share ratio is also very scary!
Therefore, for the cooperation with this big brother in the film industry, Sun Peng must be as cautious as possible. If you repeat the mistake of "Mission Impossible" again, it will be a poor box office performance, the key is to spoil the original classics on the earth, Sun Peng can't accept it in his heart......
Liang Ren and Sun Peng communicate directly, and the efficiency is much higher than that of the brokers.
In the final analysis, although the agents play a very big role in the negotiation, they can only be regarded as a mouthpiece and staff after all, and the real person in charge is the person behind them. So after eating a meal, Sun Peng and Liang Ren have reached a preliminary agreement, Sun Peng is willing to lower his opening price, and Liang Ren is also willing to reduce the salary and sharing ratio in exchange for higher production costs!
The specific figures, of course, are waiting for Sun Peng's script and the decision of the investor.
"Hehe, then first?"
When leaving after dinner, Sun Peng shook Liang Ren's right hand and said with a smile: "I will be busy for a while in the next period, so it may take a long time to ponder the script, but at most at the end of the year, I will come up with a draft!" ”
"Okay, then please!"
Smiling slightly, Liang Ren also nodded slowly.
"But I have something to say in front, if you like the script at that time, you must ensure sufficient investment!"
After taking a deep breath, Sun Peng then smiled: "In fact, it is best to determine the investment first, and then I will build the script according to the investment!" But I only have one request, that is, the promised investment amount must be in place, if it is like Galloping Horse Pictures, I swore that I would invest 300 million to make my script, and in the end, the actor's salary alone was more than 100 million for him...... "Impossible Mission" hit the street like that, is it strange? ”
"Hit the streets? Do you think Mission Impossible is a failure? ”
Hearing Sun Peng's meaningful words, Liang Ren suddenly raised his eyebrows, and asked with a little surprise.
"Hehe, is it still not successful?"
The corners of his mouth twitched, and Sun Peng said disdainfully: "It was supposed to be a more exciting movie than "Hurricane Rescue", but what happened? Obviously, the actor cast is so much bigger than others, and the investment is more than twice as much, but what about the box office? Compared to "Hurricane Rescue", "Mission Impossible" is much less, right? ”
"Hmm...... That's right! ”
After hesitating for a moment, Liang Ren had to admit it.
If you only count the domestic and Asian box office, there is no doubt that "Mission Impossible" is higher than "Hurricane Rescue", after all, the coffee positions of several actors are there, and the publicity momentum of Galloping Horse Pictures is there, how can "Hurricane Rescue" be compared with only one outdated male protagonist? But this is only the domestic and Asian markets that are more sensitive to Chinese stars, and when it comes to North America and Europe, where Chinese stars are all the same, the only thing that can be relied on is the quality of the film!
The Hurricane's box office in North America is tens of millions, how much is "Mission Impossible"?
And in Europe, although the movie was eventually released in a very few countries, the sales of Internet clicks and Blu-ray discs have been steady, and the revenue has been considerable......
"So, it doesn't matter how much you invest, the key is to be real!"
The slightly frowning brows stretched, and Sun Peng's smile was particularly meaningful at this time: "In fact, if the production cost of the movie is 100 million US dollars, there will naturally be 100 million US dollars to play; With 100 million Chinese coins and 100 million Chinese coins to play, the prospect of a low-cost movie is not necessarily as good as a blockbuster with a huge investment......"
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"This kid is not honest!"
After seeing Sun Peng leave, Liang Ren suddenly spoke.
"Uh...... What do you mean? “
"What do you mean? That is to say, there is something in his words! “
Squinting a pair of dark eyes, Liang Ren said with a smile: "Did you hear what he said just now?" Obviously, there is already a script...... Well, at least he should have had an idea, but he said he would have to wait until the end of the year or something, hehe, do you say he is honest or not? “
”……“
After listening to Liang Ren's words, Ye Tian was also speechless.
But after a while, Liang Ren was happy again, and shook his head while being happy: "But this little guy is really interesting, it's not in vain that so many people scolded him for being arrogant some time ago." Tsk, what kind of script can be written as much as there is investment, and the person who says this is either an idiot or a genius who is really capable......"
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"This Liang Ren, it's not true!"
After the car drove away, a sentence suddenly came out of Sun Ya's mouth.
"Huh? How so? “
Glancing at the passenger seat, Sun Peng asked with some puzzlement.
"Hehe, that's what he said now!"
Pouting, Sun Ya said: "When I was communicating with Lotus Pictures about "Byrne's Identity" before, I happened to hear someone talking about negotiating a new film with Liang Ren...... Where is he refusing other people's cooperation, it is completely because people think that his price is too high, and the box office of the last two movies has not met expectations, and the two sides are frozen in terms of salary! “
”…… Then if you cooperate with me, you can go up? “
Blinking his eyes, Sun Peng asked with some puzzlement.
"If I work with you, it's different!"
Shaking her head, Sun Ya explained to her younger brother: "Liang Ren insists on the salary of a huge costume production, as for the cooperation with you, it must be another type, of course it is no problem to reduce the salary!" In fact, not only Liang Ren, but other stars are basically like this, commercial film superstars can't lose a cent if they do their old jobs, but they can get a lot less when they go to literary films, and some people will even be satisfied with some symbolic money...... That's why I said, this Brother Liang is also quite dishonest! ”
"Hahaha......"
Hearing the second sister's complaint, Sun Peng suddenly laughed: "Forget it, whether he is honest or not, anyway, I just want to cooperate with the real big brother in the film industry, as for what he thinks, it doesn't matter, as long as he can make the movie well, it's enough......"
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I feel that this chapter is weirdly written, so awkward.