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There is a paragraph that says it well, I don't remember it clearly, but it is roughly: the boss talks to you about your ideals, you talk to the boss about salary, and the boss says that ideals are more important than salary. That is absolutely the girl who wants to cheat others.

So, don't look at Vince's good words in the scene, perhaps with a bit of sincerity.

But what Lyman went on to talk about was still the treatment-don't talk about those imaginary things, just serve hard dishes.

People who have grades and ability, just use their salary. The attitude of being close is just a supplement, not a necessity.

With Vince's control of the project in the first quarter, it should go up.

Later, Lehmann proposed to let Vince Gilligan continue to be responsible for the production of the "Breaking Bad" project. The main position is still the producer, director and screenwriter. It is entirely his intention to control the overall project, except for financial expenditures. The fireflies control the gate, and he basically has the final say.

This letter is heavy, which is pretty good.

Vince was horrified, but he was grateful and satisfied.

Then, Lehman generously pushed the long-prepared project terms to Vince Gilligan.

The main thing is to determine the standard of treatment.

First of all, the success of the first season. Firefly used more than 18 million in advertising revenue and used 2 million to motivate the entire behind-the-scenes team. According to the credit, Vince can get 900,000;

The second is the work in the second season. Vince’s salary for each episode has risen to 250,000, and the combined roles of screenwriter and producer can get about 5.3 million;

Third, this is just basic salary, and there is also an incentive clause that fluctuates based on big data such as ratings, word of mouth, retention rate, etc., which is roughly 1 to 30% year-on-year increase, or 1.6 million caps.

Fourth, Vince’s studio can participate in the project’s revenue with a 20% share, but does not involve advertising sharing. That is to say, the profit after deducting expenses from the broadcasting copyright of the second season, Vince can get it in the form of a studio 20% of the project dividend, and reserve the floating space.

Looking at the entire contract, Vince can make a conservative estimate of 10 million as long as he guarantees the viewership of "Breaking Bad" for the next season.

This salary is really not low, and other TV stations may not have done as much as Lehman.

Of course, this is also Vince's worth of this price, hundreds of millions of big business, for so many Lehman thinks very suitable.

——Slightly higher, but not too high.

After that, it was a happy and easy thing for everyone.

Vince didn't want to refuse the offer at all, so he tweaked it a bit and confirmed it.

In this regard, Lehman is also very satisfied.

This kind of talent who can write and direct, and has good production ability and crew control ability, at least don't worry about getting him to lose.

It is nothing to create benefits and share benefits.

After signing the terms, Vince said: "Be so trusting, I will not let Mr. down."

Speaking very seriously.

Even if Lyman was sane, he almost showed emotion.

"I make you bother."

......

After Vince left, Lehman ran to discuss with Joseph and asked him to contact Fox first. This way, it would be better to negotiate. If Lehman does not show up, there will be a chance to save everything, even if he talks. It collapsed without hurting the friendship between the two parties.

After all, Joseph is an executive of Firefly, fighting for his own company.

And Joseph is also a good person, and he knows how to negotiate.

After meeting with the Fox TV manager, they greeted each other and said some kind words.

I can't wait for the two to change into one, and they are all their own.

But in fact, both of them were wondering how to lower prices and raise prices in their hearts, and they were not affected at all.

Sure enough, the Fox manager said: "If you don't decide the follow-up broadcast copyright, you will be confused, and it will be easy to change. I hope to make a decision early. I think the cooperation between Fox and you is still very pleasant."-The words are reasonable and reasonable. According to the righteous words, he still looks at the project for the sake of the project, but it is a pity that it is a bit deliberate to avoid talking about utilitarian interests.

Joseph smiled, and nodded from time to time as he heard what you said to you, but politely said: "It takes some time. I can't decide on this matter alone. Or, wait a few more days. Wait for us to think about it?"-Anyway, if you don't talk about anything practical, let's play Tai Chi. If you kill the boss and have trouble, you can't spare time. Not everyone can agree.

I haven’t seen any routines of Manager Fox. I don’t know what Joseph’s idea is. Besides, Fox doesn’t know how many senior executives are staring at this. It must be a great achievement to win "Breaking Bad" on more cost-effective terms. He definitely didn't want to delay the incident.Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if the project changes and good things turn bad.

But eager to return to eagerness, the negotiating table is most afraid of the card showing up too quickly.

So it was also a gentle question, "So, when will Mr. Luster be free?"-You are not qualified enough, call your boss out.

Joseph was despised by him and was not angry, but he replied more seriously: "He is discussing the shooting ideas for the second season with the crew chief and controlling the quality of the series. So there is no time for the time being."-Just wait if you want to see it. It can be a day or a week, if you can bear it.

The manager was helpless, but also gave a little sigh, "Before I came, there was a discussion. This trip, I must continue to cooperate with sincerity. Fox is willing to increase the broadcast copyright of the series to 2.9 million per episode year-on-year. How about?" ——Almost 2 times the broadcast transfer, not dead yet, always sit down and talk.

But Joseph received the task of dragging on and putting pressure on, so he didn't let go.

Manager Fox was also a bachelor. Seeing that he didn't mean to talk about it, he casually found a reason to say that he would go back next time.

After I went back, I told the high-level staff that Firefly would raise the price.

While looking for a countermeasure, the big boss Rupert Murdoch stood up and called and invited him.

This time, Lehman was not upset to show up, otherwise it would be really shameless and had to make an appointment to meet and chat at a private club in Hollywood tomorrow afternoon.

On the other hand, Disney also made it difficult for negotiations.

The thing is like this, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Gathering Coffin" was released on July 7 (Friday). The first weekend it was released, it smashed more than 130 million in North America, becoming the fastest to break 100 million after its release. Yuan Daguan’s work was faster than the record time of "Spider-Man" in 2002. It stretched for several hours and was screened for one or two shows.

Disney is not a fool. Seeing such outstanding market appeal, he soon wanted to confirm the production of the third part.

And the sequel movie, of course, is to ensure that the original crew will leave the country to give the audience the highest expectations.

However, the salary ratio of the main creative actors is extremely abnormal.

In other words, in the real-time survey of the audience, most of the favorites are Captain Depp, who is full of personality, so naturally, Johnny Depp who has more drama and more prominent will get more pay.

In the first part, the little blacksmith played by Orlando Bloom could have been able to fight with the captain's role. After all, the tone set at the beginning of this work is the dual protagonist, but the fairy prince shows off his muscles and sells his face. Now, the audience used their feet to vote to reduce his role lower and lower, not to mention the protagonist, the male supporting role is a bit hanged.

Who can accept such a gap?

And Keira Knightley, the heroine of a masterpiece, whose pay is dozens of times worse than the starring role, and have no idea?

Not to mention that Johnny Depp’s agent is not a vegetarian. He saw that his client encountered a big project, and the audience had a good eye, and the performance was really good, of course, he was also very confident to talk about-even the second part. Here, Depp conservatively estimated that he could harvest more than 20 million from "Gathering Soul Coffin", but the increase has to go up.

Therefore, Disney's top leaders are also big.

A group of people immediately performed an endless drama, the Eight Immortals crossed the sea, and fancy price increases.

Highlight one with confidence.

And the reason they dare to do this, of course, is the bitter fruit that Disney planted in the beginning.

At the beginning, Disney’s idea of ​​shooting this film was very simple. It was to promote the pirate theme of its own amusement park through the movie of the same name.

If they knew in advance, they would definitely ask the actors to sign a long-term contract, which is like now, one by one is very refined, and if they refuse to sign more, they will be counted as one for one performance, which makes Disney worthless.

Moreover, despite the fact that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is very profitable, the production budget has also skyrocketed. The first one is 140 million, and the second one soars to 225 million. If it weren't for their own amusement park, it would have been retired. .