MTL - Best Actor-Chapter 63 Dividends? !
"We can't accept such conditions, Peter, we don't care about the treatment, but the salary is a bit too much."
"I think Stan made it very clear to you, Fred, and I'd love to pay the actors more in exchange for better performances, if I could, but the crew is currently I've made it clear to you."
"The total investment is 270 million yuan, and a movie is 90 million yuan, but you can't squeeze out even a little remuneration. Are you kidding?"
"There are many places to spend money, even me, the answer is this, I have no more ways, unless you can pull in investment."
In the small office, Sean's agent was arguing loudly with Jackson over the salary issue, Jackson's assistant Stan was silent next to him, and Sean looked indifferent.
"In that case," Frederick looked irritated, he gave up his communication with Jackson and looked at Sean instead, "I don't recommend taking this role, Sean, It's so embarrassing."
"But..." Sean made a meaningless gesture to say something.
"Listen to me, Sean, listen to me," the agent emphasized, "Anthony Minghella is a great director, and Ripley the Genius will be a great one. Movies, in a few months, the movies that come out will prove it, you might get a Golden Globe nomination or even an Oscar nomination, so there's no need to go to great lengths for such a role, they won't spend more on you Kung fu is their loss."
"But I really want to play a role in this movie." Sean spread his hands like this, looked apologetically and looked at Jackson, who shrugged helplessly.
"Damn, did you even listen to me, Sean, when you're famous for Ripley the Genius, you're only paid $100,000 for a major role in this movie , think about what the media will think?" Frederick made an appearance of hating iron.
"That's for the future, isn't it?" Sean said this first, then quickly changed the subject, "Well then, I won't get paid."
"What?" The agent's eyes widened.
"Since this is the case, I won't get paid, and I will play this role as a friendship, right?" Sean said seriously, "Since 100,000 is too little, it is easy to cause discussion, then Just don't get paid, it's good to act as a friendship."
"No pay? Friendship?" Frederick's mouth twitched, and he seemed to be laughing in anger, "What are you kidding, Sean! Wake up!"
"Okay, Fred, if you're worried about the commission, it's okay, I can add 10% more for the next movie." Sean's tone was comforting.
"I...damn..." Frederick scratched his head angrily, as if he would jump up the next moment, but in the end he just took a deep breath: "It's not about the money, Sean , of course, I don't deny that such a paycheck hurts my interests. But, what I'm saying is, if your character only has ten shots, it's okay to play it as a friendship, but the problem is that your script is at least 30 pages. , and it will take at least one to two months to shoot! Do you know what others will think? Do you know? They may praise a few words on the surface, but behind the scenes, they will only laugh at you for being an idiot, and at the same time the crew will be ridiculed for being mean, especially the A production crew with an investment of nearly 100 million yuan.”
He looked at Jackson, the fat man who had been watching the play, and had to say, "It's possible, so I don't suggest you give up your pay, Sean, but I'm sorry."
"Nothing works, so what should I do?" Sean sighed depressedly.
Frederick didn't speak, he just spread his hands, already showing his attitude.
Sean scratched his head, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Wait, maybe there is another way, don't get paid, just get dividends."
"What?" The agent's mouth was crooked, his facial features were almost squeezed together, and Jackson was stunned for a while.
"Don't worry, listen to me, I know I'm still qualified, but we can do this," Sean smiled, "I only want a 1% box office, and the premise is the global How about a box office of over 500 million?"
Frederick opened his mouth, looking sluggish, and finally covered his face with a long sigh: "Okay, whatever you want."
Sean didn't care, but looked at Jackson, who smacked his lips and nodded unexpectedly: "I think this is an interesting idea."
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"1% box office dividend? Over 500 million at the global box office?" Noah Kane, who was called to the office, took about five or six minutes to react.
"Yes, I mainly acted in two films, any of these two films has a global box office of over 500 million, and I will take a 1% dividend of the film's global box office." Xiao En once again briefly explained his thoughts.
"Are you serious, Peter?" Kane didn't answer, but looked at Jackson, "You know...you know...he still..."
"I think it's an interesting idea, maybe try it." The fat man shrugged.
Kane then looked at Frederick, who spread his hands, showing a completely giving up attitude: "No matter what he wants now, I support."
"Peter, you have to think carefully." Kane had no choice but to look back at Jackson.
"I admit, I got along very well with Sean, his enthusiasm infected me, and I also think he should be treated to match. However, I also have my difficulties, and give Shaw Well, he made it clear. So now, in order to support me, he proposed such a plan, from a personal point of view, I think it is acceptable." Fatty expressed his meaning very clearly.
"Okay, I'm going to call the company." Kane left the office with those words.
"Sorry, Sean, you may have to wait a long time," Jackson said after he left.
"It's okay, it's not a bad day." Sean smiled and waved his hand.
"I have to say, thank you for your support." He then whispered again.
"I just want to realize my dream, just like you, Peter." Sean said and glanced at his agent, "Don't worry about Fred, he is also for my good , but a little too preoccupied."
"I know, he's actually... pretty good." Jackson smiled and said he didn't care.
Then both of them whispered a few words before Sean and Frederick left the office.
"Alright, cheer up, Fred, it's done."
"It's done? Isn't it the last step? And don't forget, in the eyes of others, we should still be in a cold war state."
"Don't worry, you did a great job, no one saw it, I promise, especially when I mentioned the dividend and then gave up on myself, it's pretty good."
"Damn, I'm angry when I mention this, I'm an agent, not an actor! Do you know how worried I was just now? Also, you didn't say that the precondition for dividends is , the global box office of a single movie is more than 500 million, how optimistic are you about this series?!"
"Don't worry, Fred, you will admire my vision at that time. As long as you can sign a dividend contract, your commission will not be less."
"Okay okay, I hope you're right, what the hell, why do I have to accompany you crazy every time."
"Because we're used to doing miracles, aren't we?"
"Speaking of which, I never knew you were very good at intrigue."
"Thanks for the compliment."
Yes, in the past, Frederick was dissatisfied with the salary and arguing with Jackson, and he kept persuading Sean to give up, and Sean made various suggestions to keep his role, It's all planned by them before. The reason for being so moved to fight is that Jackson and the New Line Company agreed to the dividend plan that was finally proposed.
Sean didn't want to play such an important role in this movie. Although he did have a few minutes of heartbeat after knowing that he might win Legolas, his intuition told him, This may be more than worth the loss. Of course, that's not entirely the case. Intuition tells him that this is only a possibility, but it has something to do with the path he chooses in the future.
So, out of conservative considerations, Sean agreed to the role of Haldir after considering it. Anyway, the role is not small, and the first focus of this series of movies is not on the role. So, as he said, it is enough to be able to impress the audience, and Haldir, who sacrificed in Helm's Deep, is undoubtedly more in line with this.
However, the salary of 100,000 is indeed too little. If it is a little more, it will be the same as "The Genius Ripley", even if it is three films combined, Sean will not have any opinion, but this Somewhat unacceptable. Although he knows and understands that more money should be used for live-action, special effects and post-production, the investment for a movie is 90 million.
However, the news brought by Frederick is also very clear, it is absolutely impossible for the crew to increase the price, so after thinking about it, he thought of the box office bonus. It's not a few years away, and high pay is still the mainstream, everyone wants to be in the 20 million club, but the box office dividends are not without. It's just that the actors who can ask for dividends are basically first-line actors or front-line actors in Hollywood. If "Genius Ripley" is released and has achieved good results, there should be no problem with dividends, but the problem is that it has not been released yet.
Therefore, Sean asked his agent to play a scene. First Frederick sang a white face in front of Jackson, and then he sang a red face, trying to portray himself as an image that he didn't care about this interest for the character he liked. , and then in order to have steps down on both sides, he made this proposal that seemed to be very harsh to himself.
The possibility of Jackson agreeing is very high, why pay so little? Because he can't wait to spend every penny on special effects, Sean is doing him a favor, anyway, the money at the box office is not his.
Of course, he said it alone, the new line gave him a lot of power in other areas, but he was very tight on money, so he agreed after that, and he had to call Noah Kane came to discuss it, and he couldn't make a decision on it, so he had to call back and let the people in the company decide.
It is more difficult to get the new line company to agree than to get Jackson to agree. In any case, Sean is only a second-tier or even a near-perfect actor now, and his popularity and commercial value are too low. But it's not all chance. On the one hand, his asking price is quite low, the preconditions are very high, and Jackson will definitely support it; on the other hand, the way to get dividends is not mainstream now, and most actors will still take dividends when they ask for them. A little basic salary, and Sean gave up completely, considering the cost savings, it is not impossible for them to accept.
As for whether Sean himself suffered a loss, although he can't remember the specific global box office of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it is definitely more than 500 million!
