Just $25 million is already the top salary of Hollywood's top business director.

Just like those top superstars, a $20 million salary is almost a hurdle to distinguish A-list actors from top superstars.

Before Marvel appeared, Hollywood's basic maximum salary was $20 million, and if it was added further, it would be a box office account, and no more remuneration would be given.

But the emergence of Marvel broke this convention.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, among the salaries received by top actors, 20 million can only be regarded as the base salary.

Take Robert Downey Jr., for example, when Robert Downey Jr. first starred as Tony Stark in the first film of the Marvel Universe, Iron Man, he was paid only $500,000.

By the time of "Iron Man 2", his salary would rise to $10 million, and by the time of "The Avengers", he would officially enter the maximum salary stage of $20 million.

By the time of "Iron Man 3", $20 million is only the base salary, and he still has 5% of the box office account, plus various bonus incentives, such as how many dollars are rewarded for breaking 300 million at the North American box office, and how many dollars are rewarded for breaking 500 million at the global box office.

In the movie "Avengers 2", basic salary + account sharing + bonus, Robert Downey Jr. got a total of $80 million!

This is definitely an exaggerated number, a figure that no other studio can prescribe except for Marvel.

For other movies, it is already the highest salary of $20 million, and it is only the base salary in Marvel.

So much so that by the time of "Avengers 3", Marvel couldn't afford to pay the salaries of these old members of the Avengers, and several people together could take away one-third of the box office, so they had to let the Avengers write all the old members to death, leaving only the cheapest Thor.

It can be said that the inflation of Hollywood's salary is led by Marvel.

It's no wonder that the Oscar-winning actress also has to come to Marvel movies to play supporting roles, Marvel has given too much.

And Wu Yuan has enjoyed this treatment now, and he is still enjoying it in advance.

His base salary directly broke $20 million and rushed to $25 million, and he also enjoyed a 5% box office share.

And Marvel has also designed a very cumbersome bonus mechanism, to put it simply, if the global box office of "Doctor Strange" can exceed 1 billion US dollars, then Wu Yuan can still get a bonus of about 50 million.

The reason why Marvel Ken is so generous is mainly because "Doctor Strange" is a new IP, and the actor does not have the baggage of the Avengers, no matter who Wu Yuan finds to play, the total salary he needs to pay will not exceed 30 million US dollars, so Marvel is willing to give Wu Yuan a high price, compared to pressing the treasure on him.

is betting that with Wu Yuan's joining, it can make "Doctor Strange" a big hit, and there is no need to worry that no one will buy this story independent of "Avengers".

The higher the box office, the more Marvel earns, and the more Wu Yuan earns, which is a win-win situation.

And because Wu Yuan is only given bonuses and box office sharing, this sharing is not much, at least it is much better than the situation in "Avengers" where the five leading actors and directors are all shared.

To sum up, this is why Wu Yuan got such generous conditions.

That's it, Marvel still feels that it has made money, and now it is not easy to find a top commercial film director in Hollywood to take over Marvel's movies, but any director with a little status is not happy to make Marvel's superhero movies, and I think this thing is too unnutritious.

Do you think Marvel hired directors like Scott Derrickson, James Gunn, and Alan Taylor to direct movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe because of their high level?

Doesn't Marvel want Christopher Nolan, George. Will big sci-fi and fantasy directors like Lucas, Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, and Roland Emmerich take over Marvel movies?

They can't do it!

These well-known first-line directors don't bother to make Marvel's superhero movies at all.

It's not that Marvel doesn't want to invite, it's that Marvel can't invite.

The current Marvel is a bit like the Blue Moon Manchester City, which was just bought by the Saudi tycoon, focusing on a lot of money, but superstars and top coaches don't like to see this kind of nouveau riche and are unwilling to play for it.

And now Wu Yuan, the latest Hollywood top sci-fi director, is willing to contact Marvel, which can make Marvel happy, and there is a sense of excitement that Tom licks the cat in his dreams.

In this case, Marvel naturally wants to offer the highest benefits it can give, for fear that Wu Yuan will feel that he has been neglected and will not want to cooperate with Marvel again.

And Wu Yuan, who received this treatment, actually didn't think as much as Marvel thought, he really felt that this treatment was very good.

If he remembers correctly, the global box office of "Doctor Strange 1" seems to be more than $600 million, which is without his popularity.

If there is his popularity blessing in this life and his Asian influence, the global box office of "Doctor Strange 1" should be hopeful to break 800 million.

According to the contract given by Marvel, if the global box office is 800 million US dollars, Wu Yuan should be able to get a total of nearly 80 million US dollars in remuneration + dividends + bonuses.

That's not a small amount of money.

Even if he makes his own movie, he has to make a $300 million box office movie in order to earn a net profit of $80 million.

With such a good treatment, Wu Yuan has no reason to refuse.

Soon, he reached an agreement with Marvel and joined hands with Marvel to become the director of "Doctor Strange".

However, this project is expected to be officially launched in 2015, and for the time being, it is only at the level of the project plan, and Wu Yuan does not need to rush to work for Marvel.

In addition to signing a contract of intent, Wu Yuan's daily routine is still busy with the later stage of "The Martian".

Thanks to his and his huge post-production team, in mid-September 2012, the post-production of The Martian was completed, the feature film was edited, and the digital transcription was ready for digital transcription.

And Wu Yuan is also completely relaxed, and he can prepare to return to China to participate in the premiere of "The Legend of Shushan Xianxia".

"John, this is the last movie I've ever made in the Light Age."

"It's still the same as before, the distribution work will be handed over to Warner, and the early publicity and distribution will depend on you and Warner's negotiation."

At Los Angeles International Airport, John personally delivered Wu Yuan to the boarding gate.

Looking at John, who had already given birth to some gorgeous hair on his head, Wu Yuan hugged him with emotion, and said with some sadness: "This should be the last time we will work together." ”

John is also the nominal producer of "The Martian".

"I'll do my best to get the job done." John nodded heavily and said confidently: "Daniel, fans have been looking forward to your new movie for a long time. ”

"As soon as the news is released, it will definitely cause a big turmoil on the Internet."

"Don't underestimate your influence in North America, now that you are one of the most well-known science fiction directors in North America, your science fiction film will be known without any publicity."

"Don't worry!"

"Okay, then I'll go." Wu Yuan waved his hand at John in a chic manner, turned his head and stepped on the flight back to China.

Twelve hours later, the transoceanic flight landed smoothly at Beijing International Airport.

Wu Yuan re-set foot on the land of the motherland. (End of chapter)