Hollywood Hunter

Daenerys Entertainment Headquarters.

Simon came to his office. Six men and women were already waiting in the outside lounge. Among the four women and two men, three tall and beautiful girls were the Wonder Woman candidates chosen by Simon. The other three were obviously theirs. broker.

Seeing Simon appearing, one of the girls in the group took the lead and raised his hand to say hello to Simon: "Hi, Simon."

Simon walked closer, looked at Helena Christensen who hadn't seen him for half a year, and said with a smile: "How are Cindy and the others?"

"Very good," Helena Christensen said, with some small grievances in her eyes: "I thought you had completely forgotten us."

At Simon’s twentieth birthday party at the beginning of this year, he happened to meet several supermodels in memory, namely Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, Paulina Preskova and Stephanie Seymour.

Simon remembered to leave contact information for several girls in the end, but the circle between the two parties was too far apart after all. After the diligent phone call, Simon did not give a too positive response, and the women were also very interesting. The land no longer contacts him frequently.

If it weren't for this time, Simon didn't mean to contact them actively.

"Of course not, I have a good memory."

Simon said with a smile, and greeted the others.

In addition to Helena, one of the other two Wonder Woman candidates is Famick Jensen and the other is Erica Anderson.

Famke Janssen is the actor of the first generation Phoenix girl in the original time and space "X-Men" series, and has also participated in the role of the villain in the "007 Golden Eye".

Among the three candidates, Simon is actually more inclined to Famke Jensen. In many aspects, she is on par with Gal Gadot. The Phoenix girl in "X-Men" is even stronger than Gal Gadot. ·Gado.

Famke Janssen is 23 years old this year and comes from a Dutch acting family.

The filming of "Wonder Woman" planned by Simon will start in three years and will be released within five years. This is actually due to the usual five-year copyright contract restrictions. Therefore, Famike Jensen's age is also right. Five years later, she was 28 years old. After several years of training and polishing, her appearance and aura will just reach the peak.

Erica Anderson is also a big beauty on par with Helena and Famick, but is less famous than the first two. In Simon’s memory, Erica Anderson’s most famous film should be a few years later and Nicholas Cage starred in the **** film "Love the Wild Rose".

Simon picked the opponent based on a sports-style video tape submitted by Erica Anderson.

The last Helena Christensen, Simon fancy the healthy and wild temperament of the Nordic **** her, but she is actually the youngest among the three girls. She is just 20 years old this year. If she can get it Opportunity, the age of 25 in five years is just right.

Six people entered the office along with Simon, and the room suddenly seemed a bit crowded. The reception area was a two-seater sofa layout. Only five people could sit. The other two agents moved chairs and sat down beside them.

When everyone sat down, Simon looked at the three women squeezed on the couch and said: "First of all, you'd better not disclose our conversation today. Whoever can't control the tone will get out."

Prior to this, various agencies only submitted candidates based on the casting conditions given by Daenerys Entertainment. Although there have been speculations, there is no definite news until now.

At this moment, hearing the solemnity in Simon's tone, the three women and their agent cheered up.

Simon said so, obviously also means that this opportunity is very rare. The three agents who pay close attention to the industry's dynamics have even basically made a judgment. After all, Daenerys Entertainment just announced that it had obtained the copyright of Wonder Woman some time ago.

However, after taking a few glances at his clients, the three brokers almost simultaneously raised a little regretful thought: they are not chested.

You know, whether it is in the comics, or the most well-known Wonder Woman actor Linda Carter in the 70s, the chest is definitely very predictable. However, the three women in front of them do not seem to have any advantages in this regard.

Did you guess wrong?

Or maybe Simon Westero likes this type?

The mind of a big man is still hard to figure out.

Simon naturally has Linda Carter's Wonder Woman image in his memory, but even without Gal Gadot's reference, he is not interested in choosing an image of a large breasted vase.

When everyone nodded to express their understanding, Simon continued: "You probably guessed it, yes, I am indeed choosing the actor for Wonder Woman." Before the three women were happy, Simon immediately added: "However, Daenerys Entertainment does not plan to start making this movie in the near future. You need to wait until three years later. If we can reach an agreement today, Daenerys Entertainment will arrange some opportunities for you in the next three years to help you practice your acting skills. Yes, you probably don’t have much acting skills right now."

Because they are all models above the standard, the three women definitely don't lack the sense of camera. Many Hollywood actresses will work part-time as actors and models in the early stages of their careers. But model quality and acting skills are completely different things.

Smiling cooperatively, the three girls heard Simon's confirmation, but their hearts were more excited.

If they can choose between the two professions of actors and models, they will definitely choose the latter without hesitation, and most girls in the circle will obviously do the same.

After all, what a model eats is a bite of youthful rice. Except for those few who have become famous and become supermodels, most models tend to retire before the age of 30, or find a good man to marry and become a housewife, or turn to other Occupation.

In contrast, actors are a long-term job.

As long as you can successfully enter this circle, even if you can only become the second and third line of occasional supporting roles, it is definitely much better than ordinary well-known models. The fame brought by being an actor can in turn prolong their professional life in the fashion industry and give them more opportunities.

What's more, the salary difference between the two is also very obvious.

Therefore, most models in the fashion circle have tried to make it into Hollywood.

Michael Fox’s "Road to Development" last year was just the first few shots that flashed by without any lines at all. It brought together several top fashion models such as Cindy Crawford. In contrast, Hollywood's first-line stars obviously will not surrender their status in reverse.

After briefly introducing the situation, Simon talked about the specific details: "If there is no problem on your side, we can sign an agreement recently. The three of you will need to follow Daenerys Entertainment's arrangements for the next few years."

The three girls paused, but this time it was Erica Anderson, who has been more restrained in the three girls, said: "Simon, what if we don't get the chance in three years?"

"Even if you can't play Diana Prince, you still need a lot of Amazon women warriors in "Wonder Woman." And, after the next three years, I believe you will be enough to gain a foothold in Hollywood as long as you are not too slack. , Even if you continue to return to the fashion industry, there is no problem." Simon said, remembering one thing, and said to Erica Anderson: "Did you just recently got a role in the new line "Most Ghost Street 5" ?"

Erica Anderson nodded, unexpectedly Simon would know this.

"Push it," Simon said after receiving confirmation from Erica Anderson: "The style of the "Men Ghost Street" series is really not high, and it is not the protagonist. Participating in such a movie will not do you any good."

Although it was only a small role of a female protagonist's girlfriend in "Night Ghost Street 5", she was still a bit miserable in the end, but it was also hard to win. Erica Anderson couldn't help but look at her agent.

The girl's agent was obviously very decisive, and said: "Mr. Westero, after the meeting, we will contact the new line to push the role off."

As the agent said, he looked at Erica Anderson with some disappointment, and felt that the girl was a bit petty.

Just kidding.

Compared with the opportunity given by Simon Westeros, even if the protagonist of "Most Ghost Street 5" does not change, does this still need to be considered?

Simon just nodded and continued to chat with the three girls for some details, and then sent them away.

Sending off these people, Jennifer walked in with a cardboard box containing a stack of documents and seven or eight cassettes of video tapes: "Boss, this was sent by Mr. Deutschman. He recently selected it. Some project scripts and samples from independent filmmakers."

Simon casually put a business card that Helena Christensen secretly left on his desk on the desk, and looked at the female assistant whose eyes floated to his hand and quickly escaped, and smiled and took out a copy from the cardboard box. Turning over the script, he knocked on his right hand and said, "Come on."

Jennifer stood opposite Simon, her face flushed, and said, "No."

"Should I go there?"

"I'm going back to work."

Jennifer said, stepping back a little, but suddenly stepping forward. Simon thought she was going to do something across the table, and just raised her eyes from the script, the female assistant had already walked out.

Simon was a little puzzled, his eyes swept left and right, only to find that the business card he just put down was missing.

Just smiled, Simon refocused on the script in front of him.

After a while, Simon had just turned his attention to the script in front of him when the office door was knocked again and Amy Pascal walked in.

After getting along for a long time, Simon did not be too polite with Amy, but just nodded at her and asked: "How did you talk to Wes?"

Amy sat down opposite Simon, shook her head and said: "Paramount has offered a $6 million base salary plus a 10% profit share contract for the project. I talked to Wes and he hopes to get it in the sequel of "Scream". The same treatment."

For the first "Scream and Scream", Wes Craven received a salary of $5 million for top first-line directors, but this accounted for half of the project budget, and the actors in the film were only for newcomers.

In the next two sequels, Simon is actually planning to double his budget. However, although Amy did not explain the specific details of the 10% profit share, Simon immediately rejected it in his heart.

Take the first "Scream and Scream", the North American box office is counted as 100 million US dollars. Then, the overseas market, video tape, TV broadcast and other omni-channel operations, this project can at least bring no less than Daenerys Entertainment Net profit of 100 million US dollars. Even if Wes Craven asks for this part of the net profit share, a 10% share will reach 10 million US dollars.

If Wes Craven is indispensable to "Scream and Scream," Simon is willing to pay even if the basic salary includes the $16 million in expenses. After all, Daenerys Entertainment's profits are still very impressive.

However, for a youth horror film with a fixed routine, Wes Craven is not essential. Simon would never pay the $16 million director's salary equivalent to an extra horror film budget.

After thinking about it for a moment, Simon said: "Two sequels, 15 million dollars, this is Daenerys Entertainment's offer. You can talk to Wes again, if he doesn't want to, forget about it."

The two sequels of "Scream and Scream" cost an average of 7.5 million US dollars each, which is equivalent to a 50% increase in salary based on the first song, which is already very good for horror film directors.

After all, horror movies seem to be able to gain popularity with small, but there are actually more failed projects. Hollywood has one or two box-office horror movies a year is very good, but there are definitely more than one or two hundred low-cost horror movies that are unknown or even flow directly to the video tape market.

Amy's thoughts are actually the same as Simon's.

For "Scream and Scream", Wes Craven is definitely not essential. Just like the "Most Ghost Street" series he created for New Line Pictures a few years ago, Wes Craven only directed the first part of "Most Ghost Street", and then the two parties did not agree on the pay for the sequel. S. Craven chose to leave, but the "Most Ghost Street" series was not affected by this. Instead, the box office of several consecutive sequels was higher than one.

Looking at the conditions given by Paramount, the basic salary of 6 million US dollars plus 10% of the film profit sharing, if calculated according to "Screaming", this salary is indeed high, but what about "Screaming"?

Wes Craven’s best box-office results for several previous films were the first "Most Ghost Street" with more than $25 million. The other films were all under $20 million. This is actually the limitation of horror films. Sex.

Calculated at this level, there will not be much additional share clauses in the contract. If the project budget is too high, for example, it reaches 20 million US dollars and the box office is 20 million US dollars, then basically there will be no profit at all.

In comparison, Simon's $15 million sequel to the two "Screams" is absolutely very sincere.

Just think about Wes Craven's choices in the previous series of "Most Ghost Street", but I don't know if he will be smart enough. If Wes Craven chooses to cooperate with Paramount, once the next project is not satisfactory, his value will immediately fall again, and Daenerys Entertainment will definitely not wait for him to come back and continue to take over "Scream "sequel.