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Today, the contact with Warner has come to an end.

In order to prepare early, Nolan is not a fast shooter in filming, and even because he insists on real shooting, his work efficiency is actually low.

Therefore, Firefly must first start with the difficult and easy principles of props, costumes, and location setting, perfect the trivial matters in the early stage of shooting, and prepare the crew to clarify the plan.

Although Nolan and Jonathan have not even finished the final script, but the general idea is on the right path, but it takes time to deepen the details and formulate the narrative model in advance.

Putting these jobs elsewhere may require a lot of energy.

But in Hollywood where everything has a process, and the film is produced in an assembly line workshop, the director can prepare well even if he doesn't interfere.

Only at this time can we see how maturity of the team and the producer can save time on the project.

In many places, big and small matters, and even how to make-up, the director decides. That means the underdevelopment of the industry. Feng Gangpao once complained about this unprofessional abuse.

Therefore, Nolan can still put his mind on the script and the plot line, while Lehman takes Ryan to help with the preliminary preparations.

After many projects, Ryan is very familiar with similar work and knows how to arrange it even with his eyes closed.

After all, he is just a manager and does not need specific execution.

To be more precise, whether he can implement the process or not is what he has to do.

Of course, this job is definitely not easy.

Soon he found Lehman, saying that the starring aspect had not yet been determined, and there was no specific plan for the scope of the audition work, so he had an idea.

After Lehman carefully consulted Nolan's opinion, except for some newly added roles, the others just need to maintain the original team.

This was originally a sequel, and the workload was very small.

So he called Johnson again.

Is it more appropriate for brokers to deal with brokers?

Moreover, several actors are CAA, so it is convenient for Johnson to talk.

When the two chatted, Johnson's brain became more active.

After knowing the request, immediately respond.

In fact, the slightly troublesome aspect in this regard is the determination of the pay.

The actor's worth is the accumulation of a series of works and achievements. "The Mystery of Xia Ying" is successful, so of course the actors in it can open up their salary. There is nothing to say.

Anyway, even if the actors didn't have this idea, the agent team behind them would never be embarrassed to speak up.

Talking about money, it's not tacky.

Johnson, as a senior agent who has been around the major negotiating tables, has never seen him in the world.

Of course, the only doubt is that his big client seems to have a new actor candidate for the villain "Joker" in the script. When he asked about this, Lehman asked him not to bother...

The boss's vision is still very accurate.

Since you don't need to bother too much, Johnson is happy too.

Soon, he found a few creative agents.

The others are quite relaxed. After all, shooting such a project can increase fame and make a profit. The asking price is also based on the standard, and the talk goes smoothly-no one is stupid enough to refuse to appear.

But, only the protagonist, Christian Bale, is more troublesome, or his agent is more troublesome.

After an initial contact, the next day, Johnson hurriedly ate lunch and rushed to the door again.

The tremendous growth in fame made Christian Bell's agent emboldened to bid, and because of the signing of the three ministerial contracts, it was actually within reasonable requirements.

After all, it is impossible for people to shoot three films at one price...That is unrealistic.

A few people were seated.

Johnson first came up with the contract template that he discussed with Lehman, and the basic salary of 9 million on it also made Bell's agent smile.

The first film paid plus box office rewards, they also took almost 8.5 million yuan, the second film alone is more than this number, it is by no means sorry.

Then, Johnson said a few words about the scene of mutual business and win-win cooperation, and Dao understood the potential common interests of the two parties, and then emphasized: "The shooting budget for the second film is at least 170 million. Such investment production, You also know how much bonuses being able to play the protagonist will be, and Nolan’s director level is obvious to all. I believe that the second part will definitely achieve higher achievements than the first."

Not tempted?

Of course tempted.

Ninety-nine percent of Hollywood actors can't play such an investment project for life, let alone a male lead.

Being able to join means that you have stepped onto the road to a superstar. Only with good conditions and some luck can you have such a chance.

However, there is no shortage of all kinds of people in the actor industry.

There are people with abnormal brains, white lotus-like hypocrisy, and even those who are acting until they can’t distinguish themselves...

Christian Bale is not very tempted by such pay.

It's not too little, just afraid of repetition, afraid of stereotypes.

But on the other hand, he and Nolan have a good relationship, get along well and appreciate each other, so he agreed happily.

However, the promise goes to the promise.

The broker team behind it thought about it, and was reluctant to raise prices.

After all, the more profit they earn, the more they will share it.

After some wrangling, Johnson saw that the other party was so upset, and continued to throw his chips out, "Wait a little while before the script can be finalized. His...This is a rare big project, and Warner promised to vacate it next year. Summer vacation files for...Oh, I really don’t know how to say it. Such connections, such opportunities..."

"It is very promising." The person praised it casually.

"Let's do it, I also care about the love of the past." Johnson pretended to be difficult: "9 million pieces of remuneration plus stepped box office incentives, how about? Nolan obviously values ​​this purpose very seriously. The script is more polished. Do you think that the first film will have a box office of 370 million, and the second film will be able to break 500 million, right? Maybe after the show, there will be more big endorsements."

Johnson's remarks were extremely tempting, but when it came to specific salaries, he was always deducted and searched, and he was really familiar with negotiation skills.

What's more, it's impossible to check the truth before the result comes out.

Just like the so-called fame and a few good endorsements, it is indeed better to earn money than simply acting. Some big luxury dogs pay tens of millions of endorsements without frowning, but who knows if they can receive it?

After receiving it, what should the actors do not want to do?

In other words, with such a big movement, what will happen if the project fails to meet expectations because of the careful investment of Warner and Firefly?

Of course, it’s not about Johnson’s business. Anyway, his task is to reach agreement with Christian Bell’s agent as little as possible and turn the contract of intent into a specific starring contract. Anyway, as the leading actor, bound to the future of the project. Is it not common sense to be in a piece?Can it not be involved in any way?

Besides, it is nothing more than a salary issue.

Giving too high makes Firefly reluctant, and giving too low makes others not stupid.

There is no good or bad for any bargaining method, only appropriate.

However, Bell's agent obviously liked this set.

In other words, the conditions offered have already touched their psychological price, which is quite exciting.

The other party bowed his head for a while, and felt that there was such an interest, and it was not bad to get it, so he apologized and informed Christian Bale that he had gone.

For actors like this, the agent can no longer do many things, and most of the time they just give advice.

The relationship between master and slave is also in line with Hollywood’s usual rules.

After all, this kind of famous actor really wants to leave a brokerage company, and there is not much loss at all.

It is not uncommon for all parties to change jobs and dig people.

Sometimes it can even be brought over in a swarm.

Christian Bale thought more clearly than his agent, knew the price was similar, and didn't want to delay, so he nodded in agreement.

Anyway, he has already decided to act.

Whether he succeeds or fails, he can't hide, unless he takes the initiative to break the contract...

Think about it this way.

On the second day, the two parties formally signed a contract under the witness of the lawyer.

Except for some details of the crew, for example, there can be no farts during the acting period-divorce, sucking du, fighting, etc. Once this kind of image damage occurs, he will face huge compensation.

Of course, Christian Bale's personality is still good, and life is not as chaotic as many famous actors.

In addition, there is a base salary of 9 million yuan and a North American box office incentive of up to 5 percent (a global ceiling of 900 million).