Hollywood legendary director

Lyman dragged his suitcase and walked into a hotel. After checking in, he came to the door of another room.

"Ding Dong, Ding Dong..." He gently pressed the doorbell.

After a while, the door opened, and the face of agent Johnson Brandon appeared in front of him. He smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Lyman."

A simple greeting to his client, Johnson quickly moved aside the door and let Lehman in.

The two sat on the sofa, and Johnson Brandon made a cup of coffee with insight.

"How is the situation?" Lehman asked.

Just yesterday, Johnson-Blanton called and said that the negotiations had made significant progress, and he left Cannes and came to Paris.

Johnson-Blanton heard the words, took out a contract-style document from the drawer on the table, handed it to Lehman, and said: "This is the condition after the renegotiation yesterday. You can check it out first."

Lehmann took it and looked through it in detail.

"The investment share of 6 million U.S. dollars, and you can enjoy the income from the film in the same proportion. This is the condition that Europa Pictures loosened yesterday to bring capital into the group. What do you think?" Johnson Brandon smiled Asked.

He felt that the results of his two weeks of hard work were not in vain, and great results have been achieved. At least it can be regarded as the initial completion of the customer's idea.

"You did a good job, Johnson." Lyman praised from the bottom of his heart.

"One more thing, you have to pay attention. Although Europa Pictures agreed to bring capital into the group, this part does not involve the profitability of the film after three years of painting."

"I understand." Lehman nodded, expressing his understanding.He actually never thought about owning the copyright income of the film for a long time.

Because according to the general film operation situation, if he shoots a film, the copyright of this part is in the hands of the production company, which is Europa Pictures, how can he share the long line after the film is drawn three years later? income.

Later, the two discussed some cooperation requirements that need to be guarded when contacting Europa Pictures.

Johnson Brandon was very enthusiastic and even passionate about this performance. After all, in front of Franklin, no one can be stable.

Seeing that the cooperation is about to be achieved, he will immediately get a 10% share of the salary from Lehmann. In addition, he can get 1% of the investment income of Mann Studio, which is not tolerated by him. Not caring.

After close discussions for most of the afternoon, Lyman returned to his room.

On the second day, Lyman, Johnson-Blanton, and a commissioned lawyer rushed to the headquarters of Europa Pictures in advance according to the time and place agreed by the two parties.

It is the high-level director of Europa Pictures, the director Luc Besson, who is in charge of receiving them.

"Lyman, we meet again." He smiled and extended his right hand to show kindness.

His move undoubtedly gave Lehman a lot of face.

"Mr. Luc Besson, I am very happy to meet you." Lyman was equally polite and polite.

The two exchanged a few words before walking into a conference room one after another.

With everyone seated, Luc Besson stopped going around in circles, took the script and project plan report submitted by Lehmann, and said with a smile: "We Europa Pictures are very interested in this new project and want to talk to you. Keep working together."

Lehman said modestly: "This is my honour, and I am also very happy to cooperate with Europa Pictures."

"Then, let's talk about the conditions."

The two parties had met many times before, and the corresponding quotations and conditions were very clear, and they quickly cut into the theme of this meeting-that is, the real detailed agreement for cooperation is given.

Time lapsed from noon to about 4 pm. Under the witness of the lawyers of both sides, Lehman officially signed the project cooperation agreement for "Furious".

In duplicate, both signed his own name, and Lehmann exchanged the contract.

"Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation!"

The two shook hands again to show friendship.

In this way, Lehman finally got what he wanted.

Since then, the producer and distributor of the "Furious" project will be Europa Pictures. They will provide funding for most of the production budget of the film through financing, and the $6 million will be funded by Mann Studios. Responsible, of course, the copyright of the film is 100% in the hands of Europa Pictures. There is nothing to say about this.

Then, there is the issue of his personal salary.As the director of the film, he can get 2.7 million U.S. dollars, and 500,000 U.S. dollars for the screenwriter (most of it is Ryan's), totaling 3.2 million U.S. dollars, which will be paid in two installments, one before the filming , That is, you can get 1 million by signing the contract, and the latter part can only be obtained after the post-production of the film is completed.

This is also a normal value and payment method that conforms to market laws, and part of the reason is to avoid risks.

If he didn't take the investment share, he would be worth a little bit more, but Lehman would never do that.

Being a boss is better than working all the time, and always has to take the first step.

As Lehman asked, Europa Pictures will respect his opinions as long as the crew's personnel issues are not out of the ordinary.

Therefore, the employees behind the scenes are basically the people who have worked with Lehman and are relatively familiar with them.The director of photography, art direction, setting, lighting, makeup, etc. are all selected from the team of filming members of "Three Fools in Bollywood". In addition, he also pulled Thomas, George, and Ryan. Came in.

Correspondingly, they are a cameraman and a producer. Ryan has three roles, including drama, coordinator, and named producer.

He has always wanted Ryan to embark on the path of a producer, but he still doesn't have much relevant experience, and he has been learning from George.

There is no doubt about the personal abilities of these people. The team are all old acquaintances of Europa Pictures, and the producer George is no exception. They are all trusted.Europa Pictures agreed happily.

In addition, although the signing process went smoothly, there is one more thing that I have to mention.

That is, according to Luc Besson, this project will involve Paramount Pictures.

They will be responsible for part of the filming funds and arrange the promotion of the film in North America.

Luc Besson did not say what the specific amount was. Although Lehmann did not understand how Paramount Pictures got involved, he did not ask too much.

Anyway, he can guarantee his own income, and he doesn't care about other things.

In addition, in order to ensure that the film can be successfully completed and released, the Allianz Fire Insurance Foundation hired a third-party guarantee.

Frankly speaking, Lehman doesn't like the introduction of third-party guarantee work, because when the filming is then, many things need to be reviewed by the other party before he can implement the filming.

This is undoubtedly a great inconvenience.

But there is no way, this is specifically requested by Paramount Pictures. As one of the film investors, he needs to satisfy his demands in this regard.

This can be regarded as the most common film production system in Hollywood. He has encountered it in filming before, but they are all small, local insurance companies contracting the shooting business. They will not be too involved at all, which is like now .

The Allianz Fire Insurance Foundation is the world's largest insurance company and has deep contacts with Hollywood.

They have also formulated a very complex and complete shooting review system for this purpose, specifically responsible for the smooth production of the film.The same is true. They are very familiar with the operation process of a movie, and they can also monitor the shooting process of each scene of the movie in order to monitor and control the financial status in time.

It is conceivable that this kind of system is definitely not comfortable for directors, but it provides great protection for investors like Paramount Pictures.

This is also the key to the emergence of the third-party insurance system.

After all, those investors who have invested huge sums of money can believe that the film will be released. If the filming is abandoned halfway or the budget is insufficient, won't their investment be fully compensated?

With the responsibility of a third-party insurance company, it is different.

Even if the project cannot be completed by that time, the third-party guarantee company that undertakes the business must find a way to complete the project or pay the corresponding losses.

Hollywood's film industry can be so big and strong, it is also the guardianship under this industry system to help various investors enter the market.

Finally, it is the various related shooting procedures and the deployment of location.

These matters are very troublesome to deal with, but fortunately, Europa Pictures is helping, Lehman only needs to give his own opinions.

For example, the shooting of location, the battle involved in the film and the military equipment support of World War II, also need professional tank consultants, and the tanks that appeared in the film. All these need to be prepared in advance.

The choice of location is simple, and because Australia has tax rebates for shooting, all the related shooting scenes are placed there for shooting.

This part of the money saved is undoubtedly convenient for budget control during shooting.

Knowing the knowledge of tanks and designing the battle, the selection of World War II experts in the formation is also very simple. A professor in the History Department of the University of Paris was hired by Europa Films and became a military consultant for the film "Furious."

The trouble is the tank and the support of World War II military equipment in the film.

If it were all modeled, it would undoubtedly be too dull and fake, which is naturally not the scope of Lyman's consideration.

Then we have to start from the government...

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