I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 237 Come again, get killed again
"Evan, I'm sorry, you were not nominated for Best Director, so I can't give you any tourism tax money."

As soon as they met, Leonardo said very apologetically.

However, maybe Leonardo was too happy in his heart, so his expression was a little too fake. Wan Qingshan could tell at a glance that Leonardo was happy in his heart. Perhaps he was happy because he was nominated for the Oscar for three consecutive years. The male protagonist may also be happy to pay 500 million less.

"It's okay, Leonardo. I also want to apologize to you. Because I was promoting "Fire", I didn't have time to promote "Marriage Story"."

Since the premiere of "Marriage Story", Wan Qingshan didn't care at all and didn't do any promotion.

Leonardo doesn't care either. "Marriage Story" has been in theaters for more than 20 days and has already grossed US$5000 million at the global box office. The total box office is expected to be US$8000 million.

It's certain that the movie will make money, even more than "Manchester by the Sea."

Plus the movie was nominated for an Oscar!
The money was earned and everything he wanted was in front of him, so what else could he be dissatisfied with.

Although he was very satisfied in his heart, Leonardo didn't show it on the surface.

"Evan, you couldn't come to promote the movie. You have to come to this outpost of the Oscars."

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't fly to the United States."

"Thank you!"

Leonardo smiled broadly.

"Fire" made Wan Qingshan a famous figure in the United States. With him, there is no need to spend money, and all major media will rush to report on it.

One of the promotions for a movie to participate in the Oscars is to promote it in various media.When reporting on Wanqingshan at this time, "Marriage Story" will naturally be mentioned in passing, which is a good thing for publicity.

That's why Leonardo made several calls to Wan Qingshan and asked him to come to Los Angeles as soon as possible.

Wan Qingshan promised well, and he really planned to do so, but the plan could not keep up with the changes.

The next day, he attended an Outpost Film Festival and after being interviewed by several media, people from major Hollywood film and television companies came over to talk to him about cooperation.

"Fire" now has a North American box office of 8000 million US dollars, and the global box office has reached nearly [-] million US dollars. If it drags on, it will reach [-] billion, which is not a big problem.

A single movie with a global box office of [-] million can already make Wan Qingshan a supporter of major film and television companies, let alone [-] billion, especially for universe movies, which is almost driving the major film and television companies crazy.

"Fire" is a hit, and many people on the Internet are already talking about Yuan Yuan and Feng Jie, the two giants, the man who makes the mechanical sound, and Liu Yifei, who has no name in the movie and doesn't even have a line.

These popularity are very high, which shows that as long as the subsequent movies are not poorly made, they will not be bad at the box office.

Ever since the global box office of "Fire" exceeded [-] million, Hollywood has been crazy about Wanqingshan. People from major film and television companies are thinking about how to get a share of this movie universe series. As for Colombia, countless banknotes Right in front of you, who cares what happens to Colombia behind you.

Major film and television companies have been calling Wan Qingshan desperately before, but Wan Qingshan always said that they would wait until he returns to Hollywood to talk.

Now that they knew Wan Qingshan was back, people from major film and television companies rushed over overnight.

Wan Qingshan knew that all the major film and television companies in Hollywood were the same, so he decided long ago to continue cooperating with Columbia.

But in Hollywood, if all these companies are offended, it will be difficult to do anything. When it comes to movie ratings, there is nothing he can do.

Columbia will definitely not help him when the time comes, but will force him to give up the subsequent scripts. That's why he said before that we can talk about it after he returns to Hollywood.

Now that people from major film and television companies have come to find them, Wanqingshan is also reluctant to talk about it.

Wan Qingshan was dragged by people from major film and television companies and could not participate in the outpost, which greatly affected the promotion of "Marriage Story" for the Oscars. Although Leonardo was very annoyed, there was nothing he could do. He did not dare to offend these film and television companies.

Then, Leonardo went to Outpost with Knightley and Laura Dern, who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, while Wan Qingshan discussed cooperation with people from major film and television companies.

"Evan, we at Fox have worked with you since "Loyalty". We are old friends, and we can definitely cooperate with old friends again."

"Evan, your "Parasite" was distributed by us at Universal. Although there was some unpleasantness before, as you Chinese people say, we have never known each other before we started fighting. We can completely forget those unpleasantnesses."

"Evan, long time no see. The last time we met was 7 years ago at the Berlin Film Festival. I still remember that you were a little green at the time. In the blink of an eye, you became the most popular person in Hollywood.

Evan, as an old friend, I hope you can cooperate with me, Weinstein Pictures. Although my company is a bit behind in distribution, we have unique operational capabilities when it comes to the Oscars.

As long as you can cooperate with me, I guarantee that within a few years, you will be able to fill the room with Oscar trophies. "

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What all companies say is similar, they are all about promoting relationships and making conditions.

I don’t know if these companies are in sync with each other, or if the point they can tolerate the most is the same, and the conditions they offer are also the same.

50% of the investment share, the director's fee of US$500 million, and 20% of the global box office share can be audited by Wan Qingshan.

Not to mention the investment share, the director's fee of 500 million and 20% of the global box office share are already the conditions that the top directors in Hollywood can get.

The conditions were very good, but Wan Qingshan said he would think about it and didn't say anything to avoid offending others.

After dealing with these people, Wan Qingshan immediately flew back to China to celebrate the Spring Festival.

As soon as the Spring Festival was over, Wan Qingshan did not fly to Hollywood immediately. Instead, he flew to the General Administration and submitted the script he had written for a Chinese-language film to participate in the Oscars.

Then after waiting for a few days, Wan Qingshan flew to Hollywood with Wang Zhongjun and Wu Kebo.

The three of them were at Wan Qingshan's home and contacted Jiang Zhiqiang, who had been staying in Hollywood during this period.

After a while, Jiang Zhiqiang came with two people carrying two bags of documents.

"You three, all the accounts of "Fire Flame" are here!" Jiang Zhiqiang patted the two thick piles of documents on the table.

"Mr. Jiang, I won't watch it anymore. Please tell me how much profit "Fire" made."

As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, Wu Kebo immediately said, "Yes, Mr. Jiang, we still don't believe you, just tell us how much money you make."

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled, picked up the top document from the two piles of documents, opened the document and said,

"The total global box office is US$600 million, which is a pity that it did not exceed one billion US dollars.

The global box office profit is 1000 million. There is no way, the share is a bit low in some places.

Except for the audio and video rights in Europe and the United States, the audio and video rights in other places were sold to Colombia, and the sales were good, with US$8000 million.

Including some minor gains, the total profit was US$4000 million.

However, you have to subtract Director Wan's 10% director's share and 4% screenwriter's share, which is more than 6000 million. "

There are two models for Hollywood's box office sharing. One is advance box office sharing, which only deducts the box office share from theaters.

The second is the net profit sharing after deducting film production and promotion costs.

There is no saying that a [-] million share can be obtained from a [-] billion box office. If this is the case, all film companies will go bankrupt.

Nowadays, generally speaking, the box office share is the latter, which is the box office profit share after deducting all costs. The former is the advance box office share. Generally, the requirements are set, and the amount can be given according to the box office reached, and then it increases step by step.

"By the way, the revenue from European and American audio and video and peripheral products has not yet been calculated. Colombia plans to handle this aspect on its own."

Jiang Zhiqiang closed the document and looked at Wan Qingshan, "Director Wan, I suggest that you sell all the profits from European and American audio and video and peripheral products to Colombia.

Otherwise, you will have to send people to keep an eye on it in the future, otherwise there will be nothing we can do once Colombia makes its accounts.

I will also advise Liu Yifei to sell the profit from the commercialization of the characters at once. Since there is no foundation here, it will be very troublesome to get enough money in the future. "

Wan Qingshan nodded, "Mr. Jiang, I will discuss this matter with Colombia. I am going to sell all the proceeds from the movie to Colombia at once. We have no foundation here, and some money can only be earned once."

In the past, Wan Qingshan would definitely have wanted to get his annual share of the accounts, but with Universal deducting the profits from "Parasite", he has no expectations for this now.

"Director Wan, you still see clearly." Jiang Zhiqiang glanced at Wu Kebo and Wu Kebo, who looked obviously disappointed, and praised them.

The next day, Wan Qingshan and Jiang Zhiqiang went to Colombia together.

Wan Qingshan wants to sell the peripheral and audio-visual income, and Columbia is very happy. These incomes are flowing in a steady stream, and after a few years, they will also be a large amount of income.However, there is some controversy between Columbia and Wanqingshan on these prices.

Wanqingshan offered [-] million U.S. dollars. Columbia thought Wanqingshan was crazy and actually asked for [-] million U.S. dollars.

"Fire" is a big hit, but unlike Marvel movies, there are many peripheral models. "Fire" has no peripherals at all except for a few models of the beasts from the Book of Mountains and Seas. It would be good to have 1000 million a year.

If "Fire" only relies on video tapes, online broadcasts, and character merchandising to make money, it will cost US$[-] million. It will take them several years to recoup the cost.

The Colombian people immediately cut off three-quarters, $[-] million!
Wan Qingshan talked with Columbia for a few minutes, but when they couldn't talk, he stopped talking in person and asked Jiang Zhiqiang to send someone to talk.

Anyway, he's not in a hurry, just talk slowly.

Let's talk slowly here, but Colombia is very happy to give out the rest of the profits. After signing a series of contracts, Colombia guarantees that the money will be received within a week.

The conversation about audio and video and surrounding matters was very slow. After two days of talking, there was still no progress. Wu Kebo and Wang Zhongjun returned to China first. When the talks were completed, they would come back.

Jiang Zhiqiang remained in Los Angeles because he was responsible for negotiating with Colombia.

After waiting for a few days, the more than 6000 million yuan arrived, and Wan Qingshan went to the law firm again to apply for tax avoidance.

Then, the Oscars party began.

Because when "Marriage Story" was released, "Fire" happened to be released as well, and the huge sales of "Fire" naturally made many people pay attention to "Marriage Story".

"Marriage Story" is expected to have a global box office of nearly [-] million, a large part of which is due to "Fire".

There are many people paying attention to it, coupled with praise from the media and high praise from major film critics, many people say that this is one of the must-see movies for married people.

In addition, many media and netizens mentioned last year's Oscars, Wan Qingshan won the award, and Leonardo lost. They joked that Leonardo should win the award this time, otherwise he would cry.

Therefore, in this Oscar, although "Marriage Story" is not shortlisted for many awards, its popularity is not low, especially Leonardo's Best Actor.

Lobbying money was spent a lot, and among the actors nominated for Best Actor this year, he was the most popular. This made Leonardo think that the right time and place were on his side, and he was sure to win this year's Best Actor.

Leonardo was full of confidence, but the first award won by "Marriage Story" was not his, but Laura Dern's supporting actress.

Won the supporting actress, but lost the best actress, and was won by Natalie Portman for "Black Swan".

Natalie Portman won Best Actress, and no one was surprised.

Natalie Portman previously won the Best Actress award at all outposts for her role in "Black Swan". Among the nominees for Best Actress, she has the highest voice.

Leonardo comforted the somewhat disappointed Knightley very gracefully.

After Knightley was in a good mood, Leonardo straightened his tie and prepared to get up to get the award. The best actor award was next.

With Leonardo confident and smiling, the award presenter Sandra Bullock on the stage read out, "Best Actor, "The King's Play" - Colin Firth."

Everyone was surprised. Although Colin Firth's voice for winning the award was not low, he couldn't compare to Leonardo. In the previous outpost, Leonardo won most of the Best Actor awards.

In addition, "The King's Play" has already won the best director and best original screenplay. For the sake of balance, it should be given to Leonardo.

Everyone looked at Leonardo in surprise, the smile on his face had solidified, and then - applauded warmly.

'It's better if you don't win a prize. There is someone who will accompany you all the time without winning a prize. '

'It's a good thing he didn't win the award. He already has such high box office appeal, and if he wins the Best Actor, that's okay. '

'I didn't win the prize, haha, I want you to scream! '

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While most of the male celebrities were happily complaining in their hearts, Colin Firth stood up and went on stage to receive the award.

When Colin Firth gave his acceptance speech on stage, Leonardo had already come to his senses.

He was very disappointed, leaning on Knightley's shoulder like a child, accepting Knightley's comfort.

A few minutes later, the best picture award was also announced, and "The King's Speech" won.

This makes everyone a little confused about what Oscar is doing. Although "The King's Speech" is good, it has not reached the point of being outstanding. "The Fighter", "Black Swan" and "Marriage Story" are not mediocre films either.

But in terms of awards, "The King's Acting" stands out. "Black Swan" was okay and won the best actress, but "The Fighter" and "Marriage Story" only won the best supporting actor and actress awards.

What is Oscar doing? "The King's Acting" paid a huge amount of lobbying money?

At this time, Leonardo had recovered a little and was no longer leaning on Knightley like a child, but his expression was still very downcast.

Seeing this, Wan Qingshan rolled his eyes and whispered, "Leonardo, it's okay, I didn't win this time, there will be another time.

I recently thought of a good script. If you are interested, we can collaborate again.

Of course, I can't give you any more discounts for this cooperation. You have to pay according to the market price, but I don't need the lobbying money clause. "

Leonardo's lost eyes suddenly shone with light.

"Thank you, thank you, Evan, thank you for not giving up on me, of course I am willing to cooperate with you again."

Leonardo was a little excited and spoke a little loudly, so everyone around him heard it.

Then, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

These two people are coming again!
At the same time, people like Matt Damon couldn't help but think that if they hadn't known that Evan was married, they would have thought that he had an abnormal orientation and had thoughts about Leonardo.

Otherwise, why did they come to him several times, but Evan just refused to cooperate with them, and instead kept cooperating with Leonardo.

After the Oscars, Wan Qingshan refused Leonardo's invitation to go to the Vanity Fair party and took the car home.

Early the next morning, netizens took Leonardo's sign on Knightley's shoulder like a lost child and joked, "I feel sorry for Leonardo." Leonardo, who couldn't wait any longer, ran to Wanqingshan. Come home and ask about the new script.

"Leonardo, you may have to suffer a little this time. You have to lose at least 40 pounds because the character you are going to play is a terminal AIDS patient."

Leonardo was stunned for a moment and took the script.

"No problem, but if you want me to lose weight, you need to give me some time."

"You don't need time, and I can't shoot immediately. I have to go back to China to shoot a movie. I'm afraid I have to wait until July to shoot this movie."

"OK, that's better."

After Leonardo read the script, he frowned and said, "Evan, is this script adapted from a true story? There seems to be news about this in my memory."

"Yes, it is a true story, and a true story will be more helpful for you to win the award. After the outside world knows that this incident is adapted from a true story, public opinion will naturally be biased towards our film.

When competing for prizes, you can find someone to instigate you online to put you on the right side.

You can even use your remuneration to set up a relief fund for AIDS patients.

When the time comes, you will carry the voice of justice, and as long as the Oscars still want to be famous, then it won't work if they don't give you the Best Actor Award. "

The more Wan Qingshan spoke, the more excited Leonardo became. As soon as Wan Qingshan finished speaking, Leonardo shouted excitedly, "Evan, you are such a genius. I will do as you say. I will be the best actor next year." It’s decided.”

This time, Leonardo didn't ask the team to evaluate the script anymore. He worked with Wan Qingshan twice, and he didn't fail both times. He was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor both times. He was very convinced of Wan Qingshan's script.

And he also knows that there are many actors who want to cooperate with Wan Qingshan.But Wan Qingshan has been looking for him to cooperate for the sake of friendship with him and for him to win the Best Actor. He can't do anything to harm this pure friendship.

The next day, Leonardo came to Wanqingshan with a lawyer and a contract to sign the contract.

This time, Wan Qingshan still did not invest, but this time, Leonardo paid according to Wan Qingshan's current market price - the treatment of Hollywood's top director, 500 million director's fee plus 20% of the global box office share.

After signing the contract, Leonardo happily started to lose weight, while Wan Qingshan was made to fly back home by a phone call.

The new script was killed again!
(End of this chapter)