I’m in Hollywood

Eric, last night at the Frank's party, I ran into Richard Lovett from C+ and he said that Matt Damon would love to try Bourne. I remember you mentioned that So I promised to think about it, what do you think?

Eric flipped through the draft contract between MGM and the Marshalls, without looking up, asked Amy, Is he willing to accept our remuneration plan?

After the success of Fast and the Furious, in the process of determining the salary of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, the two leading actors in the film sequel, Eric and the executives of the Firefly system have discussed many times, and recently they have just determined a new set of basic salary Compensation plan with bonuses.

Simply put, the new salary contract will give the protagonist a base salary. Then, according to the box office situation after the film is released, another part of the bonus will be given to the actors. The higher the box office of the film, the higher the bonus will naturally be.

For example, the already launched Fast and Furious 2, due to the great success of the first film, MGM offered Vin Diesel and Paul Walker a base salary of $5 million. 5 million US dollars, but also the basic salary cap of the new salary plan that the Firefly system will implement in the future.

Next, according to the content of the contract, as long as the sequel's global box office reaches 500 million US dollars, the total remuneration of the two male protagonists will each reach 10 million US dollars, and the global box office will reach 700 million US dollars. US dollars, the total remuneration will reach the top 20 million US dollars, and if the global box office figures can rush even higher, MGM will naturally be willing to pay more. However, if the sequel grosses less than $300 million worldwide, the duo also won't get any prize money.

Of course, a detailed contract is much more cumbersome than this simple calculation. Moreover, other film projects in the future will also consider more factors such as film subject matter, budget cost, etc. on this basis. After all, no one can expect that a vulgar comedy with a budget cost of only 20-30 million US dollars and a global box office volume of more than 300 million can accept the blockbuster remuneration model of Fast and the Furious.

However, the general idea of ​​this remuneration package is simple and easy to implement. At the same time, this scheme can also tie the actors to the project to the maximum extent, which can reduce the risk of the studio, and at the same time, it will not discourage the enthusiasm of the actors. In order to obtain more compensation, the actors will naturally work hard.

In fact, Eric had already developed a similar idea of ​​remuneration payment a few years ago, and the Spider-Man film contract signed by Stuart Runkel and Firefly roughly adopted this model. The reason why the large-scale implementation has not been officially determined until now is mainly because the Firefly system now has the power to change the rules of Hollywood.

There are already trilogy contract restrictions, and now Vin Diesel and Paul Walker have accepted a new salary agreement. In the future, key projects of the Firefly system, such as the follow-up series of the Secret Service Cinematic Universe, the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, the Harry Potter series, and the Pirates of the Caribbean series, will all adopt this payment scheme.

Amy noticed Eric's inattentive look, and already realized something, a little lack of confidence: This, Richard Lovett means that Damon can't be regarded as a newcomer. However, he said that many things are It can be discussed.

Then, Eric looked up and smiled at Amy, then lowered his head and continued to look at the documents in front of him, Then, Bourne Bourne was a success, everything had to be the same as before, constantly because The issue of benefit distribution and the main creators are wrangling,

Even until the project is yellow, like the current Men in Black?

Amy was suddenly silent, and other people in the conference room who wanted to speak also closed their mouths.

Eric patiently turned over the last few pages of the draft contract, closed the document, and then looked up at the MGM executives who were still sitting around, saying, I've said many things more than once, we He is the master of Hollywood. Now that we have enough strength, we should take back the initiative that the big studios have lost over the years. From now on, in Hollywood, only we can decide, and Not the stars or directors or producers.

After a pause, Eric continued to add in a flat tone: Of course, you can also understand that in Hollywood now, I have the final say, you are all Williams' retainers and have the same privileges, but others, they You can only follow the rules we have made. So, do you have any objections?

Eric's voice fell, and the conference room became even quieter. Several executives didn't even wink at each other, and no one dared to try to raise any objections at this time. Eric's tone was very flat, but he obviously didn't mean to joke at all. Who knows if he jumped out at this time and would be swept out of the door directly.

Eric waited for a moment, nodded with satisfaction, and said, Very good, then, back to the topic just now. According to the past situation in Hollywood, if we do not have the initiative in the Fast and Furious series, now, the two The male protagonist must be up for sale, and even announced his withdrawal because he was dissatisfied with the sequel salary offered by MGM, so the series would not go on smoothly. But the reality is that the sequel has been launched smoothly, and the two of them are due to contract restrictions. , can only accept the remuneration plan we gave. Everything is going well, that's great, isn't it? So, on the Bourne Bourne project, I also won't make concessions, maybe we won't be able to do it any more in a short time. Inviting first-line stars to join will also lose some benefits, but keep at it, all Hollywood stars, as long as they want to get jobs, must abide by our new rules. At that time, we will also completely regain all the big studios that have been lost. initiative.

After saying this, Eric paused for a moment to give everyone some time to digest before continuing: Okay, that's it for today, I've seen a few actor profiles handed over by icm, that Mark Wahlberg Yes, although he is a notch lower than Damon, he is also very suitable for the role of Bourne. Moreover, Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights has also made him a good name. What you have to do is Negotiate this person's contract, of course, it doesn't matter if you can't negotiate, continue to find the next one.

In the parking lot of the MGM headquarters, watching Eric's car leave, MGM President Frank Macasso looked at Amy Pascal and whispered, Amy, you accept Richard Lovett's benefit?

Amy glared at Frank Makasso immediately: You just accepted the benefit of Richard Lovett.

Then you also recommend Damon, Frank Macasso didn't mind Amy's stare, and smiled: You clearly know the boss's thoughts, now it's alright, we are all retainers.

If you don't want to, you can resign.

Amy said teasingly, feeling a little aggrieved, she naturally knew what Eric thought. However, the matter of Matt Damon was what Eric said at the beginning. And, well, Richard Lovett, the president of c+, is indeed a very good lobbyist, so she will recommend Eric a little for the other party today.

Forget it, actually the retainers are not bad, Frank Macasso said, stroking his middle-aged hair, at least, we are privileged.

John Carley next to him also said at this time: I suddenly feel that the boss's temper is not as good as before.

It is estimated that the pressure has been too high recently, Frank Macasso shook his head gently and said, Tsk tsk, 300 billion US dollars, how can the pressure be not big.

It makes sense, it's easier for us to be retainers.

Amy rolled her eyes, turned and walked towards her car, saying, Can you two be more sour?

Frank Macasso and John Cali laughed together. The parking spaces of several MGM executives were adjacent to each other. They also followed Amy to the corner not far away, and Frank Macasso said again. : Is that Mark Wahlberg familiar to you?

I've seen his profile, and his acting skills are pretty good, John Carley said as he walked to his car without rushing to open the door, Also, I suddenly felt that his appearance and style were somewhat similar to Damon's. Similar points, it seems that the boss still prefers to use this type of actors to play the Spy series.

Amy didn't rush into the car either. She frowned and thought for a while before continuing, This actor's background is not very good. He seemed to be a ruffian a long time ago, and he even went to prison.

These are the things that icm has to worry about, Frank Marcasso said, but he didn't care. As long as he signs a contract, icm will definitely help him maintain his public image. Besides, this is Hollywood, so there is nothing wrong.

John Carley said: However, if it is determined to be him, we must still remind icm of this, so that people don't black it. The corner of the male protagonist of the Spy Shadow series will be on this guy's head, and the jealous person must be A lot.

Today is Friday, and the three of them didn't chat for too long. After a while, Frank Macasso and John Carley both drove away.

Amy also got into her car and started the engine slowly, but did not leave immediately, instead she was a little dazed.

Just ten years.

The young boy at the time has become the master of most of Hollywood.

She still clearly remembered the first time she met Eric. At that time, the other party looked like a fledgling boy, but he obviously had talent and confidence that other people of his age rarely had. At first, she was not even that sophisticated enough. Although she got a good job at Columbia Pictures, she left because of a moment of anger.

Now, he may never be able to do such juvenile things again.

and.

Keeper.

This somewhat classical title, it seems, is really good.