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"It's really a good idea, Mel, you finally figured it out." His manager looked at Mel who agreed to start negotiations with Diana and said.

Thank God he is finally not so stubborn anymore!

As a gold medal agent, Eli Emanuel has managed many stars, many of whom have eccentricities, but it is still difficult to understand Mel's inexplicable sense of targeting for that lovely lady.Diana Morgan is smart, beautiful, polite, and has a gentle personality. This kind of person is almost extinct in Hollywood, but it also belongs to the category of rare breeds.The long-term pressure has caused many stars to have psychological problems. No matter how expensive the medical treatment is, Feiyang can't make them return to a normal mental state. Otherwise, every time they sign a movie contract, it will take dozens of How did the additional terms of the article come from?

Although Morgan, a woman, has just entered Hollywood, her boyfriend is Tom Cruise who has been working hard in Hollywood for several years, and has received a lot of attention.And there are no rumors so far, which is enough to show that even if she is not as perfect as she seems, she will not be very different in daily life, not to mention that this girl is said to get along very well with Tom Cruise's friends Yes, it is enough to prove her success in interpersonal communication, so why does Mel hate her so much?Avery was puzzled by this.

But these are not important now, Mel has decided to cooperate with this girl.

The success of "Love in New York" not only increased the value of director Garry Marshall, but also the salary of the film's leading actors Mel and Judy.

"A transformational work between a male star of an action movie and an Oscar queen of a drama movie." This is how the famous film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum commented on "New York Love" in his column of "Chicago Reader".

"From then on, Mel Gibson can get rid of his rude wild man image. In this movie, he showed us a sufficiently delicate personality. When he looked at Keira who left, his eyes were so reluctant , nostalgia, and with a trace of regret, he successfully transformed himself from an action star to an acting star. And Jodie Foster, the actress, broke through her previous serious image , showing a talent for comedy. She is no longer the girl who always carries a heavy burden. In this movie, she can be dignified, crazy, and even rude... "

Avery was smiling as he read this review.

When Mel took over the movie, although he didn't say anything, he actually disagreed with it in his heart.The reason is nothing else, but because although Mel is popular enough, he really has no achievements in acting, so it is too unrealistic to rush to hit the little golden man in such a hurry.Not to mention the comparison with those predecessors, even Tom Cruise, who debuted almost ten years later than him, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor at least. What about Mel?What does he have?A haughty heart?

As his agent, Avery is very clear about the personality of his client. Mel is actually a person who offends people very easily, because this person's mouth is too poisonous and his personality is too straight. Not everyone can bear it. He, and what's worse, he also likes to drink!Avery has been worried about what will happen to this guy if he accidentally drinks too much. You must know that this guy is an Irishman, and he is also a very extreme Catholic. Think about the relationship between his ancestors and the British. That little thing is enough for him to be vigilant!

But now these can be put aside for the time being, the most important thing is to start negotiations with Diana Morgan.

The benefits of having a big director in hand are much greater than the benefits of a big-name actor. Avery has never given up on this aspect, and has been working hard to poach corners, but unfortunately the results are minimal.He even planned Mel's career.If you want to tie the other party tightly, you have to do your best to plan for the other party. In fact, Mel's career as an actor has nothing to do with him, because at his current stage, he no longer needs to find resources by himself but will Automatically coming to the door, what he can do is to expand the scope of business for the other party as much as possible, such as acting and leading, and marching towards higher power.

When you are worrying about this matter, someone will come to your door to provide resources. Is there anything better than this?

Especially when that person is Diana Morgan who wrote "In New York"!

Avery followed the whole thing from beginning to end, and he couldn't understand the script of the first version and the script after the revision.

I can't say how good the other party is in writing scripts, but this Miss Morgan is indeed very capable in storytelling, which is enough.

With a director who can tell stories, a few producers who can control the scene, and enough assistant directors, even if Mel wants to have problems, there will be no problems. Don't ask how amazing the first work is. , as long as he doesn't fall into the point of losing money, it will be enough for his second work to go smoothly...

Avery's plan is good, but this guy Mel has never let go because he hates Diana Morgan!

But now that was no longer an issue, he agreed to cooperate.

Was it stimulated by the results of "Love in New York"?Avery's mind was spinning rapidly as he thought about the film's soaring box office results and the word-of-mouth success.

"The primary goal is to ensure your status in the crew." After thinking for a long time, Avery couldn't figure out where the key problem was, and shook off the mystery in his mind, and focused on the things in front of him.

Even though Mel is a rookie director, as his agent, Avery still has to make enough efforts to fight for his rights in the crew. related.

What kind of achievement is "Pretty Woman"?

When it was released last year, the box office of the first weekend reached 1128 million, and it directly rushed to 1247 million the next weekend, which was a double last week. After its release, it won the weekend box office championship for a total of four weeks and remained in the top ten for 2.85 weeks.In the end, it got a domestic box office of 4.63 million and a global box office of [-] million.This result ranked fourth in last year's box office rankings. This is still in the United States, and it ranks third globally. "Let's Go" and "Dances with Wolves", all of them are phenomenal works.And this is because "Pretty Woman" is rated R, otherwise its box office might be much higher, and it is not impossible to break [-] million.

So what about "New York Love"?

Compared with his previous work, Garry Marshall's new work is catching up with his record at an almost crazy speed. In the first weekend, it directly rushed to the score of 1652 million. Probably because of the explosion of word of mouth, it simply exploded. Last week's results reversed and almost broke through 2000 million. If "Silence of the Lambs" hadn't taken away some of the moviegoers, it might have exploded in the third week Own box office dominance potential.

The film market for the entire month of February was almost spent in the scramble between "Love in New York" and "The Silence of the Lambs". Ms. Jodie Foster would really go crazy!

However, although "The Silence of the Lambs" is strong enough and the quality is hard enough, it has a fatal flaw, that is, in terms of rating, it is rated R, while "Love in New York" is a PG-13 movie. In this regard, the latter has an inherent advantage.

And based on this trend, it can be expected that the final score of "New York Love" will reach [-] million.Unlike the mediocre reputation of "Pretty Woman", the reputation of this movie has almost been rising all the way. In the eyes of film critics, this kind of work that breaks the routine of love movies in the past is completely comparable to "The Love of Ghosts". Developed in the direction of "Leave".

This result is enough to make Jodie Foster, the heroine, the new box office queen, and also let Mel, the hero, have the first movie with a global box office of over [-] million.And these can become bargaining chips in negotiations with Diana Morgan.

But will Kevin Howian make Eli Emanuel's wish come true?

"It's impossible!" The manager with a simple and honest smile still had his signature smile, but what came out of his mouth were extremely cold words.

"I admit that Mel's box office appeal is good, but before "Love in New York", his best box office record was "Lethal Weapon 2", but when was that film released? It was the year before last!" Kevin said The smile was still gentle, but the words slashed at Avery like ice skates.

"And what about last year? The box office of "Hamlet" and "Flying Off the Channel" were not very good, and the most successful one was "Love in New York". Are you sure that the box office of this film was brought about by Mel's appeal?" Kevin said to Avery with a half-smile.

Mel Gibson still had a movie with good box office results last year. The "Scary Bird" invested 2000 million, sold 7097 million in the United States, and 1.38 million in the global box office.But who said that this film was before "Hamlet" and "Flying Off the Channel"?Now when calculating the results, people are more accustomed to counting the results of your last three movies. Even if the time difference is not long, it is still a difference. Moreover, "Flying Off the Channel" lost everything, with an investment of 3500 million, but the world only has 3346. Ten thousand, even the capital has not been recovered, which is still somewhat useful for their negotiations.

"But the movie "Love in New York" is enough to increase Mel's worth." Avery was not irritated by Kevin's words, and still said with a smile on his face.

Don't look at the past, only look at the present is what Hollywood pursues.

"Yeah, "In New York" can indeed make the actors who participated in it soar, but the problem is that Mel didn't participate in "Good Night, Hudson" as an actor, but as a director. Do you think he can use the actor's price to get the director's salary?" Avery is an old fox, and Kevin is certainly not inferior to him.

Both of them came from the Hollywood struggle, and now the lower the price of the other side, the better for them. Of course, he will not let this person with the same profession as himself destroy his purpose.

"Unless Mel can join this project as an actor and director." Kevin added with a smile.

If so, then the price is still easy to negotiate.

But will the other party agree?Gibson has never played such a large-scale crazy role. If you want to convince him, can Emanuel do it?

Kevin took a sip of coffee leisurely, waiting for the other party's answer.

It might be a bit of an overstatement to use the term "wretched", but he and the Morgan chick, who has taught herself the producer's instinct, really have a common language on the topic of lower prices.

"I think it's best to keep the director's salary within 50 yuan. New directors always have to bear a little risk." Diana said calmly.

He didn't take the fact that Mr. Gibson's salary had already exceeded 500 million at all.

What about the producers, isn't what they do to keep production costs down?So what if your current salary has reached 800 million?In the director industry, you are a newcomer, so you will be paid less!She was already very kind, for the sake of his fame at least he didn't lower the price to [-]!

"A very reasonable price." Kevin nodded, indicating that the figure was ideal.

Although the "Good Night, Hudson" project did not become a CAA package project, Kevin played an important role in it. Even though the law stipulates that an agent cannot be involved in the duties of a producer, the law There is also no rule that brokers cannot help customers get things done.

Although Kevin didn't have the name of a producer, he was doing the work of a producer, and even used his power for personal gain, stuffing a bunch of people under his banner into the crew.

Among them was Catherine Zeta-Jones, who was signed before, but has been taking training courses in various training courses, and only had a cameo role in two movies.

After this beautiful woman came to Hollywood, she thought she could show her talents, but she didn't expect that the film "Love in New York" was directly upgraded by Mel Gibson, so she could only try to integrate into it while taking various courses. The shooting rhythm of the side, two small roles cameo.

This time "Good Night, Hudson" is Diana's own private investment, so in many ways it is not bound by those big studios, and there is more freedom in the choice of crew members .

"Of course I have the right to choose the right actors for the movie I invested in. Shouldn't it be randomized like the previous "Love in New York"?" Diana snorted coldly, her attitude was very firm.

The biggest advantage of the two consecutive financial wars is that she has more money in her hands, especially working capital.

Leslie has officially resigned from the Morgan family and became Diana's partner. She has joined the law firm she and her friends invested in, and is poaching people everywhere to take orders for future rise.

Before that, this gentleman not only helped her redeem the various equity and copyright mortgaged to the bank, but also helped her find a suitable management talent from a headhunting company to manage one of the foundations. The investment of "Good Night, Hudson" comes from this foundation, basically, it is a difference between left hand and right hand.

But there is a huge difference in operation, and it saves a lot of trouble.

But no matter what, one thing is for sure, that is, Diana herself has the final say on the crew, she doesn't have to look at anyone's face at all, she can do whatever she wants, even if Mr. Warner Steinwith No one can control her if she is changed to a virgin!

Of course, the Morgan chick would not do such a thing no matter how capricious she is. Isn't the most attractive aspect of Mr. Steinwith his insane attributes?Look at Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who cannibalizes people, doesn't he have a lot of fans?She believes that Warner, who is only a little different in his sexuality, will definitely be liked by the audience, at most not so popular.

Well, she is also quite confident, just like she is always beautiful and knows she is extremely presumptuous, she is very firm.

Besides, "Good Night, Hudson" is not the same as "Love in New York". This is a novel written with her own effort and energy, rather than a follow-up novel written casually like the latter, Diana The attitude towards the two is different.

Even now, "In New York" has made a lot of money at the box office because of the relationship between Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson, and its reputation has been rising all the way, and it's the same when it's completely out of the category of chick movies.

There is a difference between being careless and being mindful.

And no matter how much money "Love in New York" makes, no matter how popular the word-of-mouth is, it doesn't matter to her, because she is not a member of the screenwriters union, and she doesn't even enjoy the normal treatment of some screenwriters. The money and the fee of the poor project initiator, if you want to say anything else, there is really nothing.

"So besides the director and the heroine? Do you have any other requirements?" Kevin understood Diana's attitude very well.

Wasn't he angry at the fact that "Love in New York" was intercepted?Diana's reaction was nothing short of normal.

As for the crew, he hoped that Diana could relax and stop controlling everything.Mel Gibson has a very tough personality. If Diana really wants him to be a director, then she can't just give him the position of an empty shell director.

"Keep the final editing rights. The director has the right to suggest editing, but the final editing rights still belong to the film crew." After hesitating for a while, Diana still made a decision.

Although she is very confident in the king of R-rated movies, she is also worried that the other party will suddenly start to do something strange. What if the other party really plans to come to NC-17?It's not like this gentleman can't do such a thing!

She was also thinking that if the grades were good, she would start a second part. If he messed up something messy, where would she start the second part?Even if she is willing to spend money to continue filming the novel, who can she find to distribute it?The first part hit the street, and the second part continues to die, which company can't take it so hard?Even if it is earning distribution fees, people think it has a bad reputation!

"The movie must be released at least with an R rating. This is the bottom line. You can disclose this to him. As long as he doesn't pass the line, I won't interfere with his work." Diana said after thinking about it.

Or decided to give Mr. Gibson a reassurance, tricked him into working but didn't give him enough power, and he wasn't a fool, who would be willing?Especially this kind of big star is very arrogant!

"OK, I'll let you know what you mean." Kevin nodded.

He understood Diana's concerns. It was her first time as a director, and it was better to control some things on the producer's side, so that it would be easy to remedy any accidents.Although he still couldn't understand why Diana insisted on Mel Gibson as the director of the movie, it was a very unscientific thing.

What's even more unscientific is that the other party actually agreed.

It can only be said that he does not understand the thinking of talented people, right?

"The other issue is the distribution of movies. I tend to continue to cooperate with Touchstone. They are very experienced in distributing R-rated movies. Or Warner, they started with B-rated movies, and they are also very advantageous in this regard... ..." In the following time, the two discussed the release of the movie.

The project "Good Night, Hudson" is only a plan on paper so far, and all funds, personnel, and equipment are not in place.Diana didn't even start writing the script, but just listed an outline and timeline. The specific content will not start until Mel Gibson officially signs the contract and the two communicate to determine the tone and form of the film.And Diana will not be the only screenwriter at that time, and other screenwriters will also be added. In this regard, she has invited her friend Robert Downey.

Unlike "Love in New York", "Good Night, Hudson" is the first film she is in charge of as the main producer, and it will inevitably involve a lot of her energy, so the attention to the script may be limited. Not so focused.In order to avoid any omissions, it is still necessary to have a reliable person to check, old Robert is a very good choice.

Then there is the issue of sponsors for the movie. The previous "Love in New York" has paid off the sponsors she brought in, and she has received a lot of orders recently, but the problem is that the movie is a romance movie, and the audience is relatively wide. "Good Night, Hudson" is a thriller and suspense film, or a thriller and suspense film that has a high probability of not starring famous actors. Will anyone really want to sponsor this film?