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Eric doesn't know what Tom Cruise's attitude is, but Paula Wagner clearly wants to make this cooperation happen. ww.w.fa`faXs.N.e.t@FAFA! To this end, Paula Wagner also said that Tom Cruise can sign three Iron Man film contracts with Firefly at one time, on the condition that he retains the negotiation of the sequel's salary right.

Compared with Tom Cruise's coffee position, this condition is very sincere. Due to the explosion of the film market in recent years, the value of Hollywood stars has risen sharply. Now Hollywood's first-line superstars have rarely signed more than one time with film companies. Part appointment.

However, this obviously fails to meet Eric's requirements.

Paula, the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan is a very important layout for Firefly. In order to ensure the implementation of this plan, the bottom line of our selection of core hero characters is to sign at least six film contracts. This condition is no exception to anyone. , so, three is definitely not enough.

Paula Wagner said: Eric, since you attach so much importance to the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan, Firefly should obviously be more careful in selecting actors. I think you must know that six film appointments at one time, any frontline in Hollywood. No superstar would agree.

Eric shook his head lightly and said, I think you may have misunderstood a little bit. Firefly hopes to sign a long-term contract, but that doesn't mean we are unwilling to pay the actors more generous remuneration. We have drawn up a detailed floating remuneration. Plan. Take Cruise, if he wants to sign, we can even take a floating salary system from the first part.”

Paula Wagner glanced at Avi Arad, who was sitting next to him.

After she came into contact with Marvel, Avi Arad was very eager for Cruise to participate in Iron Man. Everyone just had a brief discussion and hurried to Los Angeles. Therefore, she has not learned from Avi Arad yet. De heard the explanation of the floating remuneration scheme.

From this little detail, Paula Wagner guessed that Avi Allard might not be too in favor of Eric's plan. However, it is not difficult to imagine that Eric's one-time six-part contract bundled plan will definitely discourage more than 90% of Hollywood's first-line superstars. But in the traditional Hollywood concept, if a big-budget movie doesn't have a big star in it, how can it be successful.

Even so, Paula Wagner did not show any abnormality, and continued to ask: Eric, can you be more detailed?

Of course, Eric nodded and explained patiently: Take Cruise as an example, Firefly can offer him a guaranteed remuneration, which is based on 1000,000 US dollars. Next, the film's global box office Within US$300 million, the base salary of US$1000,000 remains unchanged. Between US$300 million and US$500 million, the increase in remuneration is not too large. For every additional US$100 million, an additional 100 million is added, because this is still in the film’s return range. In. The global box office reaches and exceeds 500 million US dollars, multiply the highest box office figure by 00,000, that is to say, if the global box office is 500 million, Cruise can get 1500,000 US dollars, and the global 800 million, Cruise can get 24oo million dollars, and so on.”

Paula Wagner knew that Eric was simply giving an example, and the detailed rules and regulations involved in a specific salary contract would definitely reach dozens of pages.

However, Paula Wagner also realized that the overall pay package is not generous. In recent years, the number of Hollywood films with annual domestic box office exceeding $100 million has been close to 20, which is almost double the number in the early 1990s. However, although Hollywood films are thriving in the global market as a whole, there are still only a handful of films that exceed US$500 million at the global box office every year.

Take last year as an example, with the exception of Titanic, there are only three films with a global box office of over $500 million, The Matrix, The Mummy 2 and Mission Impossible 2.

Although Sony's Men in Black 2 and MGM's Charlie's Angels 2 also brought huge profits to the studios, the global box office also stayed within $500 million.

Since the production cost of mainstream Hollywood commercial films is still within 100 million US dollars, very few have exceeded 7000,000 US dollars. The global box office of a movie can reach 300 million US dollars, and the multi-channel revenue in the later period can already make a big profit for the film company.

Therefore, in Paula Wagner's view, the salary offered by Eric, although generous on the surface, is more like an empty pie.

According to this kind of remuneration conditions, if an actor wants to get a salary of 2000,000 US dollars, the global box office needs to reach 700 million US dollars. In this way, only Titanic and The Matrix can meet this condition last year. , The Mummy 2 and Mission Impossible 2 both have a global box office of more than 600 million. Paula Wagner's unaware Firefly's plan to achieve mass production has the potential to easily reach the global box office of 700 million.

Although Cruise has entered a low point in his career in recent years, since he has simultaneously served as a co-investor and producer on most of the films, even if the film he participated in is not very good at the box office, he wants to get from each film. 2ooo million dollars in income, it is still very easy.

After thinking for a moment, Paula Wagner said: Eric, if I remember correctly, there were only 5 movies that reached 500 million US dollars at the global box office in Hollywood last year, right? In this case, do you think that 5 For $100 million, the protagonist can only get $1500,000, is this reasonable?

With a somewhat clear smile on his face, Eric looked at Paula Wagner and said, Paula, you should understand that if the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan is successful, Cruise will get more than just the salary. , at least for the next ten years, he will be able to rely on the popularity brought by this film to become a first-line superstar. I think, this is the main reason why you are here today, isn't it?

Due to missing the Mission Impossible series, Cruise's popularity has been in decline in recent years. If he encounters one or two box office failures, he will lose his status as a first-line superstar in almost minutes. John Travolta, Richard Gill and others, who all had a moment in time, basically disappeared into the ranks like this, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and others also came to the brink of this situation.

In order to maintain popularity, Arnold Schwarzenegger took over the role of Frozen Man in Batman and Robin last year, trying to find another way by playing the villain, even Mel Gibson, who has achieved good results in the director's career, also Both began to seek to restart the Lethal Weapon series, so Tom Cruise is seeking to star in Iron Man at this time, and the deeper purpose is not so difficult to guess.

Paula Wagner was not embarrassed by Eric's point of view, she still had a decent smile on her face, and said, Eric, I think this is a win-win thing, as long as you can relax the contract restrictions. Some, everyone can get a lot of benefits. What's more, if the Iron Man series is successful, even if the three-part contract expires, Tommy will definitely be very happy to renew it.

Eric said in his heart that with Cruise's bidding style, Firefly would be very unhappy at that time.

Shaking his head gently, Eric said: Paula, I think it should be difficult for us to reach an agreement, but, except for Iron Man, if Cruise wants to cooperate with Firefly, we are still very welcome.

Paula Wagner was a little disappointed. Cooperating with Paramount, Sony and other companies, Cruise can also get the most production and marketing resources, but Firefly, which has many high-quality projects, will definitely not give them such preferential treatment. Therefore, Eric's solicitation was not very attractive to her. Paula Wagner recalled the recent dispute between Firefly and Paramount, and thought that Eric might be trying to attack Paramount. , Cruise/Wagner Productions is basically affiliated with Paramount.

Knowing that Cruise could not agree to the salary plan proposed by Eric, Eric had no intention of making any concessions, and the two sides did not continue to talk.

After lunch, Paula Wagner left in a hurry, and she will fly back to New York again in the afternoon to take charge of the new film Cruise is shooting.

Avi Allard is not in a hurry to return, he will stay in Los Angeles for a few days, but after Paula Wagner left, Avi Allard looks very disappointed, he doesn't know much about Hollywood, so he will Like outside investors in Hollywood, they are accustomed to the strategy of big production, big director and big star.

In Eric's memory, Marvel's original superhero Dream Team was Tom Cruise as Iron Man, Brad Pitt as Thor, and Edward Norton as Hulk. In the end, everyone knows that the full rise of Marvel-level heroes also proves the correctness of the strategy of adopting potential directors and second- and third-tier newcomers.

If the 'Dream Team' originally conceived by Marvel is achieved, the result is difficult to predict, just like Warner's Batman series in recent years, because the main creator has to negotiate with the producer every time in terms of remuneration and script. After a bit of pulling, four Batman films, three protagonists and two directors were replaced. The strong instability of the main creative team eventually led to the fact that one Batman series was inferior to the other.

Eric didn't explain too much to Avi Allard. The two talked about some trivial matters about the establishment of Marvel Studios, and Eric sent Avi Allard out of the manor.

Christina was very depressed today. She received a call from Eric yesterday to come to the manor for the weekend. It was only this morning that the girl named Miranda Kerr came uninvited and forced her way into the two. In the 'Two World', two more guests arrived near noon, and Eric will leave Los Angeles tomorrow. It can be said that this weekend is really bad.

It was not until after two o'clock in the afternoon that the two guests left and Eric was free.

But at this time, Christina was even more depressed when she saw Miranda pounced on Eric like a dog-ridden kitten. In fact, she was very cautious in front of Eric, and she never dared to be like the one in front of her. The girl is so presumptuous.

Christina even doubted whether the 'kitten' sitting on Eric's lap didn't know that there was a lion in Hollywood in front of her, or was she too confident that the lion would definitely not eat her in one bite. Woolen cloth?

Miranda Kerr, however, was too lazy to pay attention to Christina's entanglement, depression, resentment and other small emotions, and threw herself on Eric intimately, wrapping her arms around his neck and saying, Eric, I read Royal in the newspaper. The screening of Casino will be held in London, so you'll be there too, right?

Eric put his hands on Miranda's small waist, not letting her stick too close, and said with a smile: Yes, but I definitely can't take you there, so don't think about it.

It's so annoying, I haven't even brought it up yet, Miranda grabbed Eric's shirt collar and tugged lightly, dissatisfied: You said last year that you wanted to help me celebrate my birthday, but last month it didn't work at all. I didn't see your shadow, now, how are you going to make up for me?

Eric knew that Gisele would definitely not tell Miranda about their round-the-world trip, and just smiled: Oh, what compensation do you want?

Miranda straightened her body, twisted her waist slightly, and said, The Disney Channel TV series I'm participating in is so boring, Eric, look, can I play Gwen, Spider-Man Gwen Stacy in here?

Oh, this can't be done. In this way, when the time comes, let you play a female classmate next to Gwen.

It's so disingenuous, I don't want these corner characters, Miranda shook her head in dissatisfaction, rolled her eyes, and said, Well, me, Christina and I just saw a lot in your garage. What about the cars, um, so many good cars, such a waste, you haven't driven them a few times, have you?

Eric smiled and pushed the girl out, holding her waist to prevent her from moving, and said, If you want, at least wait until you are sixteen years old, not now.

Miranda glanced at Christina beside her, rolled her eyes, and said, Don't I look like I'm sixteen now, Eric, you can definitely help me get a driver's license, right?

Yeah, so, I can't help you, Eric smiled, pinched the girl's cheek, and said, Don't be so restless, it's still far from your age to drive, in case something happens Now, I can't explain it to your parents.

Miranda begged for a while, and seeing that Eric never let go, he changed his terms and said, Forget it, you drive me, um, how about me and Christina going for a ride, just now. continued.) 8

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