"I won't change my style, right! It's just explosions, more explosions!"

As the news conference was coming to an end, Duke was interviewed by some media. When asked about the theme of the new movie, his answer was simple and powerful, "Next summer, you will see unprecedented explosions, and the entire North America and the whole world will fall into a sea of ​​fire."

"Director Rosenberg!" a reporter asked loudly, "Do you want to destroy the whole world?"

"If possible," Duke shrugged, "I would love to do this in the movie! I hope there will be such an opportunity in the future."

"Can you reveal specific subjects?" another reporter asked.

"This will be a science fiction film." Duke also replied in time, "It is roughly a story of aliens invading the earth and humans' Jedi strike back."

After saying that, he winked at the host and the other party tacitly announced that the news meeting was over.

Back in the backstage, throwing the signed agreement to Nancy Josephson, Duke left the news hall of Four Seasons Hotel, turned to the safe passage on one side, and went directly to the third floor through the stairs, where Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox also had a media party.

As for the agreement signed at the press conference, it was just a formality. The specific agreement was signed a few days ago. Nancy had several rounds of tug-of-warrior negotiations with the producers jointly formed by Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox.

At first, Nancy called out a $15 million basic salary for Duke and a top director contract of 20% of the full revenue of the film. The producer refused without thinking. Then the two sides entered the bargaining stage. Warner and Fox also knew that with Duke's current results, they already had the capital to share the share, but they offered $5 million and 15% of the box office net income share.

If the negotiations want to reach a result, both sides must make certain compromises and concessions. After more than a week of contact, after each tentatively tentatively crossing the bottom line, Duke's consent and Warner and Fox management's default, they reached an agreement on the treatment of the director with the greatest differences.

Because Duke focused on box office sharing, he had to make certain compromises in terms of basic remuneration, the joint basic remuneration of directors, screenwriters and executive producers was reduced by half compared to Duke's expectations, only $5 million.

It is not easy to get the box office share. Hollywood production and distribution companies are all vampires. If there is no sufficient profit as a guarantee, they will not be able to let it go easily.

This is a step-by-step share agreement. Duke will be paid in the form of "advance payment + box office revenue share". He can get a prepayment of US$5 million in three sessions in advance, and then get a share according to the box office revenue of the film.

If the North American box office of "Day" in the future is only over 100 million yuan, Duke can only get a basic reward of 500,000 US dollars; if the North American box office exceeds 150 million US dollars, he will enjoy a 5% share of North American box office. After 200 million yuan, the share ratio will increase to 10%, 250 million yuan is 15%, and 300 million is 20%, which is also the highest share ratio.

In terms of overseas box office, US$150 million is the basic share point, and the same is US$500,000 bonus. Then, the share ratio of every 100 million increase in overseas box office is increased by 5%, and the maximum is no more than 20%.

The more popular the film, the more corresponding income the director will get. Such a contract can be said to tie Duke and the film together.

This step-by-step income sharing method of well-known core creators will become a routine for Hollywood blockbusters, because on the one hand, it can encourage the main creators to invest more, and on the other hand, it can also avoid the huge risks brought by too high early investment.

To get a high income, it is very simple. Do everything possible to make the film more refined and popular.

Entering the banquet hall, Warner Bros. and the 20th Century Fox had been waiting at the door and took Duke directly to find Jeff Robinoff and Tim Fisher. Under their introduction, he greeted some media practitioners on the scene one by one.

The banquet hall is very wide, as big as three basketball courts, but it seems extremely dense, which also indirectly confirms the appeal of Warner and Fox. The two production and distribution companies are long ago. They have a larger media platform behind them, and the power they can use during publicity is not comparable to that of Hollywood companies.

Of course, this is good for Duke and "Day", otherwise he wouldn't have let Nancy lead the needle and lead the cooperation between the two companies.

Excellent movies require better promotional and media promotion platforms, which is the most obvious truth in Hollywood.

It is basically media under Time Warner and News Corporation that can appear in the banquet hall. In addition, Nancy Josephson followed and reminded that it is not too difficult for Duke to socialize. Occasionally, the head of the News Corporation's tabloids deliberately raised some overly private issues, and he also pushed them around the circle to the Pacific Ocean outside the beach of Malibu.

Promotion can be coordinated, but Duke will not do it if he takes the initiative to expose his old status. Moreover, this is the early stage of the movie, and it is far from the time to really make efforts.

"Duke, this is Robert Shay, the president of New Line Film!"

After dealing with the media, Duke came to the film company circle again, and Nancy Josephson reminded the names and identities of the people coming from the other side in his ear.

"Hello, Mr. Shay."

"Hello, Duke."

Robert Shay seemed to be in a normal mood, but just shook hands with Duke and asked tentatively, "It is said that you have a script, maybe you can choose New Line as your partner."

"There will be a chance to cooperate." Duke just casually made a polite statement.

Although New Line has just been acquired by Warner, Robert Shay is still the largest individual shareholder and enjoys the independent operation rights of New Line companies. Therefore, although New Line belongs to Time Warner Group, its film operations have no direct connection with other film companies within the group.

In other words, the new line is still the new line that is not worthy of life.

In the past, present, and future, the reputation of the new line was extremely poor. Other Hollywood companies still knew how to restrain themselves and tried to put some things in the deepest. However, the new line under Robert Shay's control, concealing box office, owing the salary of cast and crew, paying investors' share overdue, etc., are basically the norm. Perhaps now they are all small projects and are not well known to the media and the public.

But in the past "Lord of the Rings", the new line concealed how much it reported at the box office, and there was no clear figure in the end. It is said that after reaching an out-of-court settlement with the copyright custodian of Tolkien's works, it paid a huge amount of compensation of hundreds of millions. The poor director Peter Jackson also made a fortune through the trilogy, but he relied on his total director's remuneration of more than 15 million US dollars, which once delayed for nearly two years, forcing the New Zealanders to go to court.

Seeing Robert Shea and the New Line Films he represented, these are the memories Duke first evoked. New Line is not within his cooperation, whether it is credibility or strength.

After a few more greetings with Robert Shay, Duke walked roughly in the banquet hall, and there were many people around him. Most of these people were agents of performing arts agency companies, who promoted actors under his name to him, especially those agents who accepted the crew's audition invitation, and even praised his clients to the sky.

"Director Rosenberg."

A female agent blocked Duke directly and greeted the black man and woman next to him, "Will, Halle..."

The man has a pair of eye-catching ears, which is impressive. The woman has seen her in an audition before and is the famous black actress Halle Berry.

The crew has sent an audition invitation to Will Smith, and the agent aims more than just his role.

"Will and Halle know each other, it's very suitable for playing a couple in the film..."

The other party said a long time, and when she stopped talking, Duke raised his hand, "This..."

He found that the other party had not introduced himself and simply said, "I will consider your suggestions!"

After saying that, he saw that there were other people going up, so he simply went to the bathroom. After coming out, he did not return to the center of the banquet hall. He went directly from the side door to the largest terrace in front. Perhaps the terrace on the third floor was the relationship between the main entrance and the road of the hotel. Those who seek quietness would not choose this place, and those who seek social interaction would not choose this place either. Duke finally obtained a rare purity.

Those agents are very difficult to deal with. In order to promote actors, they can talk endlessly for ten minutes.

Standing by the guardrail of the terrace, Duke turned around and could faintly see those who were struggling to find opportunities in the banquet hall through the curtain. More than two years ago, he was one of them, but now he is also the one who can determine the fate of others.

"Can you wait here for a while?"

Sofia Coppola, with a mother and daughter, walked through the chaotic crowd and pointed to the terrace, "I asked Nancy, Duke is here."

"Sophia..." the little girl's eyes flashed and she lowered her head and asked, "Can I go see him by myself?"

"Oh?" Sophia tilted her head and looked at the little girl with interest, "Are you sure?"

"I think Duke certainly doesn't want to be influenced by your opinion."

The little girl put her hand behind her and slowly pulled the curtains that separated the banquet hall and the terrace. She seemed a little excited. She looked at the middle-aged blonde woman, "Mom often told me that opportunities are achieved by herself."

"Well... OK." Sophia saw that the girl's mother did not object, so she simply nodded.

Mrs. Leah's goddaughter obviously has maturity and cunning that is not in line with her age. Anyway, the ones outside are not fools. What will happen if the big fox and the little fox get together?

When she opened the curtain and walked towards the terrace, the little girl couldn't help but pout. If she hadn't gone to Israel, she wouldn't have been back next month, so she wouldn't have begged her mother to take her to help Sophia Coppola.

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