Hollywood legendary director

Los Angeles in March can already smell the taste of summer. The cloudless blue sky allows the sun to fall without any obstruction, mixed with comfortable breeze, which makes people particularly enjoy.

Lehman, Thomas, Ryan, George and others pushed their suitcases out of the passage of the international airport and got on the special car from Paramount and CAA to pick them up.

The group was divided into two groups, each sitting in the car, and separated at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard.

Lehman was in a CAA car. He was the only one in the car except the driver. Originally, Kevin Hoween would come, but because of temporary incidents, it didn't happen.

The vehicle turned into Wilson Avenue, all the way north, after passing the bustling shopping district, gradually entered the luxury house area on the hillside of Beverly Hills.

The hustle and bustle of the city was left behind, replaced by the tranquility that gradually settled down.

The environment here is really good, and it is no wonder that it will become a cluster of rich people in Los Angeles.

Now, the establishment of the new project has been completely completed, and the very different issues regarding his treatment and investment have also been determined.

Relying on the efforts of the agent Johnson, after several rounds of see-saw talks, everything fell to the ground.

The basic remuneration of 10 million U.S. dollars plus 12% of the film's full income, provided that he has to invest 12 million U.S. dollars, but in contrast, in terms of box office revenue, he also needs to sign a stepwise sharing agreement.

Compromise with each other and make concessions with each other.

Because Lehmann focused the negotiation on the film investment income, he had to sign a box office share rule.

In other words, leaving aside the identity of the investor and looking at it only from the standpoint of the director's identity, it is not easy to get the portion of the box office that should be taken.

Hollywood distribution companies are all vampires. If they do not have enough profit guarantees, they will not easily let go.

And this stepped box office division is their common method to avoid director risk.

If the global box office of "Bad Guy" is only over 300 million in the future, Lehman can only get the basic salary and return on investment money, and the basic salary will be settled three times, namely before the shooting, before post-production, and downgrade After that, there will be no box office rewards; if the global box office exceeds 400 million, you will enjoy 3% of the box office revenue; if you exceed 500 million, the proportion will increase to 5%; if you exceed 600 million, 7%... .. The maximum is 10%, which is also the upper limit of the re-sign agreement, provided that the global box office exceeds 800 million, and no matter how much money is made thereafter, this ratio is also the same.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of signing such an agreement is to avoid the huge investment risks brought about by too high initial investment.

This is also the practice of Hollywood blockbusters, they like to tie the director and the movie tightly together.

Anyway, the more the movie sells, the more they earn, and they don’t hesitate to share a little profit, but the premise is that they have to earn some money.

If you make a loss, you should reduce the loss. If you don't sign such a share regulation, in case, the box office of the movie is not very good, the director still takes a lot of shares. Isn't it because they lose more.

Think about it and know that Paramount Pictures also hired the Allianz Fire Insurance Fund as the third party for the film. How could it sit back and watch such risks be exposed.

The operation of each blockbuster can be said to be well-thought-out. Paramount is experienced and even more so.

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Beverly Hills has always been called the "most noble residential area" by the American people. Of course, this name is not because the land price or real estate here is really "the most expensive" in the United States, but because it is the most famous.

This city within the city of Los Angeles is home to countless Hollywood movie stars, and it can be said that it is a place where countless movie fans are flocking.

The CAA driver drove the vehicle steadily into the Beverly mansion area, observing the road conditions expertly, and finally stopped at the door of a mansion.

I opened the car window, leaned out, faced the surveillance camera on the front door, and pressed the voice call button below. After a while, a voice came, "Okay, wait a minute, I will open the door."

The driver retracted his body and waited for the iron door to slowly open to the inside before putting down the handbrake and starting the car.

Slowly driving into the mansion, the first thing you see is a green lawn with symmetrical two sides.

Lehmann watched with great interest, small fountains, pillars, tall trees planted around the walls, etc., can give him a different visual experience.

Around the front yard, the driver parked the car at the door of a house.

Lehmann pushed the door and got out of the car. A man in casual clothes heard the sound and walked out of the house quickly.

"Hi, buddy, welcome your arrival." It was the owner of this mansion who greeted Tom Cruise, who is now a-list in Hollywood, "You go back first." He told the driver. With a cry, he turned his head and said with a smile: "Lyman, sorry for letting you come here. This is definitely my rudeness."

Facing his enthusiasm, Lyman also smiled politely and politely, "It doesn't matter, it's my honor."

The two exchanged greetings and walked into the well-decorated house.

Lehman has always maintained the estrangement he deserves-he is not familiar with Tom Cruise, and has no friendship. He can come here today because of Kevin Hoween’s invitation, but he did not expect him to be temporarily Something.

"Then let me do my best as a landlord today. Since we met at the premiere of "Furious", I have always had this idea." Tom Cruise said sincerely.

"Of course, you are the master." Lyman calmly coped.

After the tour, the relationship between the two got closer. At this time, sitting under the awning by the pool in the backyard, Tom Cruise also brewed two cups of coffee himself.

"how about it?"

Seeing Lyman taking a sip in time, he asked with a smile.

"not bad."

Lyman likes to drink coffee, but it's hard for him to tell him something good or bad or taste something.

He put down the coffee, "I heard that you are very interested in that role undercover."

Wasn't it just for this thing to get Kevin Hoween's favor? Lehman didn't want to be a dumb puzzle, so he pointed out.

Tom Cruise paused for a moment when he held up the coffee cup, and looked up at Lehman, "Yes, when my agent told me about this project, I was interested in this aspect."

"But it seems that when you communicated that day, weren't you confident about my role?" After speaking, he took a sip of coffee.

"I don't have any target candidates for this role, but I won't change the settings for the actors." The initiative of the conversation has always been in Lehman's hands. He doesn't mind who joins the crew, but first of all, this candidate must make him feel feasible. "So, Tom, your conditions are too harsh, and I can't do it."

Is it true?As the agent Pat Kingsley said, Tom Cruise's positive screen image that has always been scrupulously conflicts with this project, and director Lyman will not reconcile it.

Therefore, he can only give in, and he is psychologically prepared for this, "If I can accept the role setting."

After a moment of silence, such a sentence really surprised Lehmann.

He originally thought that Tom Cruise personally invited him, but he wanted to persuade him to change a little setting for him through face-to-face communication, but he thought that he himself was willing to accept it.

So, what are the benefits of joining Tom Cruise?

Unparalleled market appeal, even a literary love movie with a slightly plain plot like "Vanilla Sky" can sell 100 million US dollars in North America. It is conceivable what his face means for the promotion of the box office. .The only worry is whether he can play this role well.

Although objectively speaking, Tom Cruise’s talent is really not in acting skills, so is Brad Pitt, and Leonardo Di Caprio is the same now, but after several years of tempering in literary and artistic movies, acting It began to become vivid and natural.

But can people be tuned?Which actor is born to act.

Lehman thought about the pros and cons, then took out a document from his briefcase and placed it on the small table in front of him, "This is a biographer I wrote for the undercover role, you can read it."

This is a simple character and background analysis that does not involve specific plots. In fact, this should be controlled by the actors themselves, but because when Lehman wrote the script, he wrote the characters first, and then these characters A series of things happened based on my personality, so it's nothing.

But Tom Cruise was a little surprised. He thought Lehman's style was like this: comprehensive and rigorous, even the character analysis was written by himself.

This made him even more sure that Lehman was serious about cooperation, and the chances of success were infinite.

As a member of Hollywood's first-line movie stars, he can say that he has a lot, but he has never gotten rid of the shadow of the "vase". This has almost become his heart disease. This time, it must be an opportunity for him.

Thinking of this, Tom Cruise took over the biographies written by the director himself.

The beginning of the story is a police officer named Kaden Ian who has just graduated and joined the police force.

After a regular patrol, his boss found him.

After reading his information file, he tore up his written file registered with the police force in front of him.

"I have one thing you need to do..."

Name: Kayden Ian, his father was a policeman, died in a gang fight three years ago, and his mother was an elementary school teacher. She died of illness last year. His family relationship is simple. Relatives basically broke off with him.....

Is there a better choice than a police disciple who has a strong roots and becomes an undercover agent?Outstanding grades in school, excellent close combat.

This is a very good dark scheme.