Hollywood Hunter

In the office, Simon thought for a moment, took a notebook next to him, quickly wrote a few lines on it with a pencil, tore off and handed it to Linda Vargas, "The trilogy, this is the highest I can give. Quotation. In three days, if Arnold disagrees, you can help me choose other actors. This time I don’t need to consider the position, as long as the image and acting skills meet the standards."

Linda Vargas took the paper sheet handed over by Simon, with three sets of quotes on it.

In the trilogy, the basic salary is 15 million US dollars, the second part increases the global box office gross profit by 10%, and the third part accounts for 20%.

Linda Vargas quickly calculated that the global box office results for special effects blockbusters like "Game of the Brave" should be comparable to Schwarzenegger's original "Terminator 2", reaching about 500 million US dollars. According to the production cost of 100 million US dollars and the announcement of 50 million US dollars, the global box office is 500 million, and 10% of the gross profit of the box office can be about 6 million US dollars, and 20% is 12 million.

For a big coffee who takes full basic salary, such a split is actually very sincere.

The premise is also that the box office of the trilogy can reach such a level.

If only "True Lies" had a global box office of less than US$400 million last year, even a 20% gross profit split would not be too much.

This in turn can mobilize the enthusiasm of the creator to a large extent.

In general, the salary plan proposed by the boss requires the actors and the project to share certain risks, and will not allow the main creator to sit back and enjoy the success of the project in the event of a loss, which belongs to Daenerys's consistent salary strategy.

Moreover, for this pay, there are factors that prevent Schwarzenegger from sitting down on the sequel.

Because even if the first episode reaches more than US$500 million in the world, without long-term contract restrictions, Schwarzenegger may receive an omni-channel share in addition to the full basic salary in the follow-up.

The most typical precedent is Warner's "Lethal Weapon" series. After the success of the first part of "Lethal Weapon" that was not optimistic at the time, Warner basically just made hard money in the two subsequent works. The main creator relies on high basic salary and omni-channel share to take away.

Obviously, his own strong boss would not allow Daenerys to fall into this role.

Based on past experience, the probability that Schwarzenegger will agree to this offer should be between five and five. Linda Vargas put away his thoughts and said to Simon: "Boss, I have read "The Brave" The first draft script of "Game" has an idea in my heart. Would you like to listen to it?"

Simon nodded: "You said."

Linda Vargas said: "I also think that the role of Dr. Spencer is almost tailor-made for Arnold. In this case, if, I mean, if Arnold disagrees, we should be able to modify this character. Set to adapt to other stars, such as Harrison Ford, um, university professor, archaeologist. Or Stallone, Vietnam War veteran, gun expert. This story was originally built on the basis of video games, and the character attributes are of course ours Certainly, there is no need to be trapped by a character."

When Simon heard Linda say this, he suddenly felt a sense of relief.

indeed.

His own thinking is completely trapped by the characters in the plot.

This is absolutely unnecessary.

Moreover, think about it carefully. In the previous films, the characters of Tekken Robbie played by Dr. Spencer and Karen Gillan overlapped in attributes, and both of them tended to use force. Because of the suppression of Dashi Johnson, instead There is not too much room for the equally popular Karen Gillan.

It would be more reasonable if Dr. Spencer's all-around adventurer setting was changed to a gun expert suitable for Stallone, one long-range, one melee, and the other two assists.

Following his thoughts, Simon patted the palm of his hand lightly and looked at the other side. Because of his superb status and high salary these years, he has naturally cultivated a woman with a very enduring temperament. He smiled and said: "Linda, did I give you a raise? "

Linda Vargas was slightly warmed by the scorching gaze of her young boss. In the past few years, she was also regarded as courteous by countless various opposite sexes who wanted to get opportunities from her, just those beautiful men and the opposite youth. It was completely incomparable, and pressed against the restlessness in her heart, Linda smiled and said, "I just added it last year."

Simon nodded: "Oh, then forget it. I'll add it to you in two years. You can tell me if you have such a good idea in the future."

Linda Vargas froze for a moment and pretended to be dissatisfied: "Boss, according to the normal plot, you should add a little more, you are too stingy."

Simon has used a pencil to quickly write new ideas inspired by Linda on the draft of the "Game of the Brave" script in front of him, and smiled: "I am a capitalist. Raising employees' wages is against the genes of a capitalist creature. instinctive."

In a circle where she can often get in touch with Simon, Linda Vargas also occasionally heard about her boss’s'gene instinct' theory, and made a few jokes. She did not entangle the topic of salary increase. She was also very satisfied with her salary. .

Probably talking about the casting progress of some other projects, Linda Vargas got up and left.

This is Thursday, March 23.

Simon gave Arnold the time to consider, probably until next Monday, which happens to be the date of the new Oscars.

Continue to be busy for a day, the next day is Friday.

The movie "This Man Comes From Earth", which was released on February 24, ended its fourth week.

Following the amazing box office performance of US$76.19 million in the first week and US$56.37 million in the following week, the box office of "This Man From Earth" dropped 49% in the third week of its release, an unexpected and unexpected drop, with a revenue of US$28.73 million. . Subsequently, in the fourth box office week from March 17 to March 23, the box office drop of "This Man From Earth" narrowed again to 31%, with a single week box office of 19.83 million US dollars.

Within four weeks of its release, this ultra-low-cost science fiction film with a production budget of only US$1.5 million has accumulated a total of US$181.12 million.

The initial forecast of US$300 million in the domestic box office has been hopeless following the third week of the deep drop. However, even the current domestic box office of US$180 million has made this phenomenon-level alternative science fiction temporarily occupy the 1995 box office champion. The estimated total domestic box office of 250 million US dollars may only be broken by the summer "Jurassic Park 2" and the end of the year "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice".

Because of the unexpected popularity of "This Man From Earth", even knowing that the possibility of copying this box office miracle is slim, various Hollywood studios began to frantically search for similar scripts. In any case, according to the cost level of "This Man Comes From Earth", even if the local box office is only one-tenth of that, the film company is enough to reap considerable profits.

At the same time, many second- and third-line actors who participated in "This Man Comes From Earth", because of the unexpected popularity of this film, all have greatly increased their popularity, even if it is impossible to reach the first-line level at one time, relying on the popularity of this film, A bunch of actors will not be short of movies for at least the next few years. If you can manage it carefully, plus some luck, it will be enough to get a firm foothold in Hollywood.

After all, the top level of the pyramid of this circle has a small capacity, and being able to stabilize this job is already a blessing for many actors.

Simon also found that the baby-faced supermodel Qusi Gove, who performed well in "This Man Comes From Earth", seems to be more and more suitable for the role of Tekken Robbie in "Game of the Brave", which is comparable to the original Karen Gillan. The same baby face, the same tall head, even the body is impeccable.

However, like George Clooney in "This Man Comes From Earth" who wants to continue to participate in Daenerys’s hit TV series "Emergency Room Story" in "This Man Comes from Earth", Qusi Goff is Victoria's Secret. Signed an angel spokesperson, and the five-year contract was signed, which is just over a year later. If you just switch to Hollywood, you may not be able to fulfill your spokesperson obligations wholeheartedly.

The brand spokesperson of Victoria's Secret is not only as simple as participating in the annual Victoria's Secret show, but also has the obligation to shoot various types of brand-related advertisements and regularly attend physical store marketing activities.

Not only that, this baby-faced supermodel who suddenly gained fame is still the target of many other brands. In the past four major fashion weeks in spring, the girl went from North America to Europe and walked more than 70 shows in a row. Do not touch the ground.

When Simon called Grace Spurt for advice, the woman also mentioned that she specially sent an assistant to guard Qusi Gove, who had just returned from Milan, to sleep in her New York apartment for a beauty sleep, planning to sleep for a week. Otherwise, the energy loss of less than four hours of rest a day for the past month cannot be recovered.

At the beginning, I helped Grace to win three supermodels, and Qusi Gove is undoubtedly the most successful one, so it is naturally the cash cow of Grace's agent.

If Qusi Gove’s career shifts to Hollywood, it will definitely be a great thing for this baby-faced supermodel, but not good news for Grace. Qusi Gove’s actor contract is at WMA, and the actors are paid. The rake will only fall to WMA.

However, when Simon mentioned that Qusi Goff was cast as Tekken Robbie, Grace had no objection at all, and she had no opinion on what a man said.

Grace didn't have any comments, and Simon decided directly, and did not ask a baby face for his own opinion.

I believe that as long as the other party is a little smarter, he will know how to choose. Models are only youthful after all, and it is easy to be photographed by the back waves. Otherwise, Cindy Crawford would not insist on starring in the bad movies of Warner after Simon reminded him. "Fair Play."

As for Victoria's Secret, as long as the coordination is good, it is nothing more than making the girls busier. In the good time of youth, if you don't work hard now, you can't want to make progress after the age of 30.

Make up your mind, things are basically settled on the weekend before the Oscar.

Qusi Goff's performance in "This Man From Earth" is still satisfactory to Simon. However, since he wants to act in the more demanding and more demanding "Game of the Brave", Simon still requires the girl to be required before the filming begins. Continue to receive strict performance training.

In this aspect of acting, Simon believes in talent, but he also believes in acquired efforts.

To this end, Qusi Gaofu was given a small encouragement.

Before the shooting starts at the end of the plan, Simon will personally conduct an audition for the girl. The starting salary of the trilogy is determined according to the audition performance, ranging from 1 to 10 points and 100,000 to 1 million US dollars. Of course, if Qusi Gofel can't even reach the 6-point pass by then, Simon will definitely have to make a temporary substitution.

The usual newcomer actresses are paid only two to three million US dollars or even lower for starring in a blockbuster. Even if Qusi Goff has gained good popularity in the fashion circle and with "This Man Comes From Earth", after all, it is a new Hollywood star, Simon's first The basic salary is also very generous.

In addition, since it is Tekken Robbie, she must have physical training.

Fortunately, as a Victoria's Secret Angel, the girl has always maintained the habit of fitness. The next step is to increase the training intensity. Grace also said that she will stare at it herself.

This matter is finalized, Qusi Gof’s fate calculation is completely changed.

In the past, the baby-faced model only became famous in the 1990s. Later, he tried to enter the show business circle without results, and finally fell silent and became an ordinary real estate agent in New York.

Now, under the influence of Simon this big butterfly, not only has a baby-faced supermodel added to the fashion circle, there will also be an extra baby-faced action actress in Hollywood.

The weekend passed.

On Monday morning, Linda Vargas told Simon that Schwarzenegger had rejected his offer.

The other party probably wants to talk again.

However, Simon's ultimatum has no room for negotiation, and he doesn't like to waste unnecessary energy on this kind of juggling.

What's more, Linda also told Schwarzenegger of the alternative plan that was temporarily produced last week. The other party still believed that he had relied on and chose to reject it, which was even more boring.

One thing Simon didn't know, Linda Vargas had some careful thoughts in private.

The plan on Thursday was put forward by her. The woman naturally hoped that her suggestion would be adopted by Simon, so that her weight in the hearts of her boss would definitely increase a lot. Out of this careful thought, Linda almost did not replace it. The plan tells Schwarzenegger that if Schwarzenegger does not know that there is an alternative plan, he is more likely to refuse.

In the end, there was no concealment. After all, it was out of loyalty to her young boss, and Linda knew that Simon was not an easy boss to fool.

Sure enough, when discussing the matter on Monday, Simon casually asked Linda if he had told Arnold about the alternative. The boss seemed to ask questions randomly. At that time, Linda Vargas oozes some fearful sweat, and afterwards reminded herself a hundred times in her heart.

Now that Schwarzenegger gave up the opportunity, Simon directly asked Linda to start contacting Stallone.

Compared to Schwarzenegger, Stallone is more active in this project.

The action actor who became famous and experienced quite inspirational experience in recent years has obviously not developed as well as Schwarzenegger. Even several action movies he participated in in the past few years have brought losses to the studio, and his position has declined severely.

For this reason, Stallone also intends to slow down. Prior to this, he was discussing his plan to participate in James Mangold’s new film "Police Empire", which emerged on Sundance at the beginning of the year. The original actor of this movie was Stallone. The purpose is to hit the Oscars, the production cost is not high, Stallone joined the actors' union at the lowest salary standard, and only received a symbolic salary of 60,000 US dollars.

When James Mangold was signed, Simon asked Stallone to contact him.

With the idea of ​​making friends with Daenerys Entertainment, who was in full swing, Stallone had basically agreed to it, without even mentioning additional conditions.

For "Game of the Brave", Simon didn't intend to use Stallone, he just wanted to have the opportunity to compensate him later. Simon has always admired professional and hardworking people, and Stallone is definitely one of them.

Now, it is a direct compensation. The script of "Game of the Brave" has also begun to be revised. The Vietnam War veteran's popularity setting will definitely remain. In addition, two attributes have been added to Stallone, a strategy expert and a gun master, who can act as the team's command core and Remote output.

The matter was finalized within a day, and Stallone called Simon himself at noon, hoping to talk in person at the Oscars after party that night, and he was very enthusiastic.

As for Schwarzenegger, he was completely out of touch with this project.

Another day passed quickly.

Six o'clock on Monday afternoon.

After experiencing the splendid ‘God Watching Movie’ in 1994, the much-anticipated 67th Oscars was officially opened at the Sacred Citizens Auditorium in Los Angeles.