Best Movie Star

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Watching Britney's car drive away, Matthew turned around and walked into the small building of Angel Agency, and found Helen Herman standing near the front desk, seemingly waiting for him.

"Let's go." Seeing Matthew, Helen Herman immediately came over and greeted him, "Let's find a place to have lunch first, and then go to Warner Studios."

Matthew turned around and followed her out of the small building, "In such a hurry?"

Helen Herman nodded, "We'll be there at one o'clock at the latest."

"The crew is so urgent?" Matthew is in a good mood now, "You attach great importance to us?"

"You think too much." Helen Herman walked towards a restaurant on the left first. "The signing team of the cast will sign a lot of actors today."

She waited for Matthew to follow, and then said, "And before the signing of the contract, any accident may happen."

The two entered the restaurant, and Helen Herman ordered a few random dishes. Matthew asked curiously, "Could it be that the crew will regret it temporarily?"

"This is not uncommon in Hollywood." Helen Herman returned the menu to the waiter. "So, we have to complete the negotiations with the crew as soon as possible, and it is best to sign the contract this afternoon."

Matthew had no opinion on this aspect and asked, "Treatment..."

This is the most basic job of an agent, Helen Herman said, "I will strive for the best treatment for you within the range that the crew can afford."

While waiting for the food to be served, the two kept talking and talking about work.

A few simple foods were brought up one after another by the waiter, and Helen-Hellman and Matthew continued to chat and eat.

"In the crew, you have to find a way to deal with interpersonal relationships." Helen-Hellman said some precautions, "It doesn't matter to the actors, but the directors, film crew, and supervisors don't want to commit crimes, they arrange The positioning of the film, the shots taken, and the choices made in post-editing will directly affect the performance of the actors in the finished film."

After all, Matthew is no longer a rookie in the past few months. He has studied at the Los Angeles Performing Arts School for a while, so he naturally knows that the performance of an actor is not only determined by himself, but also directly affected by other factors, and even restricted.

For example, in photography, the angle of a lens may show two completely different effects.

The influence of the director is huge. Even if he only serves as the director of the shooting, the rehearsal on the spot will greatly affect the final performance of an actor.

Most directly, when the actor's acting skills are in good condition, the director keeps calling to stop, and the actors are bound to be affected. Maybe the good state will be interrupted or even disappear without a trace.

Not to mention the producer, those producers who can participate in the post-production, the choice of shots when editing is very terrible.

Of course, in the vast majority of cases, Hollywood practitioners are very professional ethics, after all, it is related to their jobs.

But Matthew saves others by himself, and feels that things like people's hearts and professional ethics are sometimes very unreliable.

He very much agrees with Helen Herman's words. It is good for him to have a good relationship with these people and if they can be more attentive in their work related to him.

Matthew exchanged his thoughts with Helen Herman, and Helen Herman nodded to him, "You can have such an idea, it will be good for your future career development."

She reminded again, "One more thing, people in these departments, maybe they can become the full-name director or key producer of a project, an inconspicuous assistant director, who will become a solo filmmaker in the future. Director, that happens a lot in Hollywood."

"So, have a good relationship with these people now." Matthew has a lot of experience in dealing with interpersonal relationships. "When we meet again in the future, will you be able to talk?"

Helen Herman said seriously, "Interpersonal relationships are still very useful in Hollywood. The interpersonal network is woven bit by bit, especially for actors from your background."

Matthew understands the meaning behind this sentence. He doesn't have any proven background. If he wants to have a good relationship with people, it is not enough to rely on Helen Herman as an agent. He often has to play in person.

"Actually, there is a better way..." Helen Herman suddenly looked up and down Matthew with strange eyes, "and it's simple and practical."

Matthew raised a creepy feeling, thought about it, understood what Helen Herman meant, and said directly, "I have a very low bottom line, but I still have a bottom line."

He emphasized, "I'd rather continue to be a pauper!"

With Michael Sheehan ahead, Helen Herman was not surprised, "So, I said you have to find a way to deal with interpersonal relationships."

Matthew put down his knife and fork, picked up a tissue, wiped his mouth, and asked, "Are many people going this way?"

"For actors without any background, whether male or female, this is the easiest way." Helen-Hellman made no secret, "Although it may not be a common phenomenon, there must be many in the circle, even some famous ones. Celebrities come this way."

She looked at Matthew and said, "A lot of actors, like you, come from poor families and didn't even finish high school. They don't have rich dad to make money for them, the only thing they can trade is their bodies, they have nothing else. Work skills and knowledge. If you don't succeed, you may only be able to work as a waiter in a restaurant. Many people think that it is very valuable to dedicate your life in exchange for a performance opportunity.

Helen Herman shrugged again, "It doesn't mean that everyone is like this. Some people play roles that are not too competitive, but they are unexpectedly popular, and some people are lucky enough to not meet people with special needs. , there are people who are very talented and stand above thousands of competitors. It's all possible."

In fact, Matthew, who has paid attention to entertainment gossip, also knows to some extent that when looking at the entertainment industry all over the world, this is not an unspoken rule at all.

He remembered seeing it on an entertainment feed, there was this sentence in Marilyn Monroe's autobiography: "Yes, I'm going to bed with the producer, everyone is like that, if you don't do it, there will be another girl outside the door. Wait, I don't remember how many times I squatted down to unzip them..."

Of course, this is an entertainment gossip feed that I read on the Internet, and it's hard to tell whether it's true or false.

Helen Herman also finished eating, took the initiative to pay the bill, looked at her watch, and said, "Let's go."

The two walked out of the restaurant and came to the parking lot in front of the office building. Matthew took SH Len-Hellman's car and rushed to Warner Studios.

Before one o'clock, they arrived on time at the audition studio where the "Band of Brothers" crew was located. Guided by a staff member, they walked into the office where the signing team was located.

Like the last contact with Britney's MV crew, Matthew handed over all the negotiation work to Helen Herman, who is the real professional after all.

The reason why the crew asked the actors to come over was not just looking for an agent, besides negotiation, there were several other things to communicate.

Before the signing team negotiated with Helen Herman, they made a few special declarations to Matthew. In fact, it is not a big deal. It is what Eric Polk said before. Starting in November, all the actors of the main roles will fly. I went to the UK to participate in a one-and-a-half-month military training. The filming will last from January to July or August next year, and all the shots will be shot in Europe.

Matthew took this role with great difficulty, so naturally he would have no objection.

Then there was the negotiation between Helen Herman and the signing team. In this regard, Matthew acted as a bystander. Just like the last negotiation, Helen Herman took out almost all the actors' treatment one by one, such as makeup and assistants. , security, etc. Since the filming was set in the UK, the actor was bound to stay in a hotel, and she also won a separate room for Matthew.

The most important aspect of remuneration, because it is still uncertain how many episodes Ronald Spears will appear in, Helen Herman simply packaged the remuneration for the entire episode and asked for a payment of $100,000 for ten episodes.

She has done a special evaluation, this is an epic TV series, most of the expenses will be spent on filming and production, which is one of the reasons for using less well-known actors, so that the actors can be paid Compressed within a lower scale ~www.readwn.com~ $100,000 is basically where the upper limit of the crew is.

However, one of the goals of the signing team's negotiation is to compress the actors' remuneration as much as possible. Compared with unknown actors such as Matthew, the crew has an overwhelming advantage.

To put it bluntly, it is not difficult for them to kick Matthew out and find another actor with suitable conditions, but it is not easy for Matthew to find such a job again.

It was inevitable for Helen Herman to make concessions in the negotiation. In the end, the two sides reached an agreement on $60,000, and according to Hollywood practice, the remuneration was paid in three installments, after Matthew joined the crew to report, before the official start of the series, and after the completion of the series. After all production.

After negotiating the terms and drawing up the contract, the two parties signed the contract in triplicate under the witness of the representatives of the Actors Guild.

Matthew is now a member of the Screen Actors Guild. In addition to keeping a contract for him and the crew, there is also a contract to be filed with the Screen Actors Guild.

Then, he went to the production team to lead the script and shooting plan.

After finishing all this, Matthew finally breathed a sigh of relief after walking out of the studio. The two sides had signed a contract. As long as there were no major changes, the role of Ronald Spears would definitely belong to him.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you something."

Walking out of the studio, Helen Herman remembered one thing, "I approached Jelena Boyar and convinced her to work with us, you can continue to contact her in the future, but Whatever you do, let me know first."

"No problem." Matthew nodded first, and also remembered one thing, "You said last time that if I'm in love, I want to tell you."

Helen Herman stopped and looked at Matthew, who said naturally, "Britney is my girlfriend now."