Best Movie Star

Chapter 199: Double the pay

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After the start of the new week, Helen Herman rushed to the crew's office at Walt Disney headquarters to negotiate with Jerry Bruckheimer. Of course, Matthew would not go to such a place where there might be a verbal confrontation, only Just need to wait for the final result.

Although Jerry Bruckheimer is a gold medal producer and a top producer in the industry, Helen Herman, who should be fighting for it, will definitely fight for him.

The agent is also a buffer between him and the crew.

Helen Herman also revealed to him that not long after the release, there are 100 million US dollars in North America and 200 million US dollars in the global box office. He, the absolute hero, will not drop seven figures in the salary of the new film. .

Matthew made an appointment to meet at the cafe diagonally across from the Angels Agency. Now that he has the role of Will Turner, he is also going to find an assistant for himself. Last week, Mila Wang returned to Los Angeles from London. , after contacting him, agreed to meet today for a detailed discussion.

"We've worked together twice."

In the cafe, Matthew looked at Mila-Wang on the other side of the table and said, "Mila, I also want to find a familiar and reliable person. Besides you, I can't think of a better person."

Mila Wang didn't speak, she was obviously thinking about Matthew's words. She not only worked in one crew, but also served as a temporary assistant to many actors. In terms of faults and eccentricities, Matthew was definitely the least one, and he was also the kindest to him. one of.

Matthew asked, "Do you have a job now?"

"Well." Mila nodded and said, "temporarily working as a handyman in Stephen Sommers' crew."

Like actor assistants, this is a low-status position in the crew and the income is not ideal.

"Tell me about your treatment." Matthew knew that this was the key. "The monthly salary is 2,500 US dollars, and the double salary at the end of the year. If you want to join the industry association in the future, I will bear the cost of joining the association."

Among the personal assistants of Hollywood stars, this kind of treatment can only be regarded as an average level, but it is much higher than the income of Mila Wang Zaiheshi.

It is impossible for Matthew to offer a high salary when he comes up, and he must leave room for future salary increases. Moreover, his looking for an assistant is a typical business behavior, not a charity.

"I want to ask." Mila seemed a little tempted and asked, "Am I serving as your personal assistant while you are shooting your new film?"

"No." Matthew explained, "I'm looking for a long-term personal assistant. As long as you want, I won't be out of luck. You can do this job for a long time."

Mira-Wang thought for a while, but still didn't make a decision, and said, "Matthew, I need to think about it."

Matthew was very patient and asked, "When can you give me an answer?"

If she doesn't think it's suitable, he can also recruit others.

"Three days." Mira-Wang raised three fingers, "No more than three days at most."

"Yes." Matthew nodded in agreement.

The two talked for less than half an hour before Mila Wang took the initiative to leave. Matthew then went to the Actors Guild to renew his dues for next year. This amount of money is not much for him now, but it is. What must be paid, the Actors Guild safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of its members and provides many conveniences, so paying membership fees is naturally an obligation.

At noon, Helen Herman called. The negotiation between her and Jerry Bruckheimer was relatively smooth. The two sides basically reached an agreement. There are still some relatively small terms to discuss with another producer in the afternoon. , it is estimated that the contract can be negotiated today.

This is also related to Matthew and Helen Herman's clear positioning of themselves and the relatively sufficient budget for the crew.

Among the things that have been negotiated, the first and foremost is of course the salary. His salary for the role of Will Turner has quadrupled to $2 million.

The remuneration is still paid in three installments. Except for the amount stipulated by the union, there is no later share involved.

Then there are the routine terms such as independent dressing rooms. Generally, Hollywood commercial film crews will not make things difficult for actors in terms of food, clothing, housing, transportation and safety. These are all related to his status as one of the two male protagonists in the film. meets the.

In addition, Helen-Hellman also won the right to review the film's promotional posters and opening and closing subtitles. According to her, the film has three main characters and an Oscar winner. The allocation of resources such as publicity will definitely appear. The more intense competition, the power in this area must be fought.

Generally speaking, Matthew did not put any excessive conditions on this aspect. After all, his coffee position is here, and he does not have much capital to ask for more.

In addition to these, Helen-Hellman also told him two pieces of information: First, the crew has officially confirmed the heroine, seventeen-year-old British actress Keira Knightley will play Elizabeth Swan; second, she I found out that Johnny Depp's salary is five times that of Matthew's, a full $10 million.

This price is normal. Matthew is not surprised. Johnny Depp is not a first-tier now, and at most it is a second-tier position. However, he rarely appears in pure commercial entertainment movies, and his past remuneration is simply not up to the mark. At the level of ten million dollars, the highest is only five million dollars. It is estimated that the crew deliberately set a high price in order to impress Johnny Depp.

As for the heroine, since the crew has just confirmed the candidate of Keira Knightley, the salary is naturally impossible to discuss. Matthew has nothing to do, so he made a guess, even if it is the most optimistic estimate, the salary of Keira Knightley Nor will it surpass him.

He remembered that Keira Knightley had a movie released at about the same time. The title of the movie seemed to be called, and the North American box office also exceeded 10 million US dollars.

However, unequal pay for equal work between men and women in Hollywood is a common imagination, and her salary cannot be very high.

That afternoon, Helen-Hellman and the crew completely negotiated Matthew's actor contract. On Tuesday morning, she and Matthew and Wilson's lawyer rushed to the office of the Disney headquarters building and signed a contract with the crew about Will-Hellman. Turner's actor contract.

Matthew also officially became a member of the crew.

According to the stipulations of the contract, starting from July, he will enter the crew and participate in the necessary preparations for the shooting.

In order to make it look more believable when it was released, Jerry Bruckheimer mandated that all actors who played pirates and British navy have to undergo a five-week training, and the crew invited action stunt designer George Marshall Lu Top professionals in the industry, such as Grid, sword master Robert Anderson and his disciple Mark Ivey, designed action scenes and action routines, and guided the actors in the whole process of training and shooting.

Matthew also has a general understanding. Robert Anderson is unknown to the outside world, but he is a legendary swordsman in the Hollywood circle. He has worked in this industry for 50 years. Before shooting, he was trained by him. Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and a host of stuntmen, the final result is obvious.

He is also the former head of the swordsmanship coach before Matthew.

Although contemporary swordsmanship is the same as seen in sports competitions, it requires high skills and precise movements, which is quite different from the fighting scenes that appear in movies, but whether on or off the screen, it is necessary to master certain basic skills, such as how to hold a sword, How to attack and defend and so on, that's exactly what Robert Anderson has to teach.

These are also the main content of Matthew's training.

He believes that when the training starts, he will enter the state faster than other actors.

On the day of signing the contract with the crew, Matthew also got a reply from Mila Wang. Mila Wang expressed her willingness to serve as his personal assistant, but it will take a few days. She is still working in the crew and needs to resign to complete the handover. .

Matthew is not in a hurry, just ask Mila Wang to report to him before July.

Seeing that Matthew had found an assistant himself, Helen Herman didn't say much. She is such a smart person, so she can naturally guess something.

Leaving the Disney headquarters building and returning home, Matthew was in a good mood~www.readwn.com~ thinking about having a party to celebrate? Then I remembered that such a good thing should be notified to Britney first, and I called her number immediately, but until I hung up automatically, there was no one there to answer.

In recent times, this situation has gradually become the norm. The frequency of his phone calls with Britney has decreased. Sometimes it takes three or four days to get through. Moreover, after Britney finished the overseas publicity announcement, she did not go back to Los Angeles, but went directly to Nash. Will, start preparing for a new tour.

Matthew also felt that something went wrong between the two, but recently, he has been busy with auditions and has no time to go to Nashville.

In the past six months, he and Britney met too few times.

Afterwards, he called and texted Britney several times, but there was no response.

Matthew was no longer in the mood to have a party, so he simply called to book a flight to Nashville, and went to see Britney while he didn't have to go to the crew yet.

At eight o'clock in the evening, he received a text message from Britney: I'm training for the concert, so it's not convenient to answer the phone.

Matthew then edited a text message to reply, telling Britney that he would take a flight to Nashville on Thursday.

He specially called Helen Herman and told her about his itinerary, so as not to find anyone in case of any emergency, Helen Herman knew about his relationship with Britney and didn't say much, just He told him to return to Los Angeles before July and not to delay normal work.

On Thursday morning, Matthew got on a plane at Los Angeles International Airport and rushed to the famous music capital of the United States.

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