Birth of an actor

Peter Jackson asked for an initial budget of [-] million U.S. dollars for the film trilogy, and additional investment in the later stage. He also asked that the filming location be set in New Zealand, and at the same time use a large number of New Zealand actors and staff. All William agreed, but when Peter Jackson When he suggested that in order to save filming costs, the remuneration for the actors could be appropriately reduced, and they signed a contract with them instead, William refused without thinking.

"Although your original intention of saving money for the crew is good, Peter, but since we have found the investment of 5 million US dollars, we will not sit and save on the actors' remuneration. Anyway, we are not prepared to find all big-name stars. Don’t you want to play the role?” William emphasized: “All the actors have signed a salary agreement settled in US dollars. Don’t worry, Willot will not default on their salary. As for you, Peter, you are the central figure in the entire film plan , "The Lord of the Rings" can't do without you, of course we can't be harsh on you, how about [-]% box office revenue share?"

Peter Jackson originally wanted to ask for both the box office share and the DVD share, but William didn't bargain at all, so he simply agreed to his many demands (especially agreeing to provide at least thousands of jobs to Jackson's hometown Wellington. It touched him very much), and proposed to give him a share of the box office, and the number written in the remuneration column on the filming contract was much better than what he originally imagined. Peter Jackson originally estimated his own remuneration and box office share, DVD share plus The number together is no more than that, and William also promised that Peter Jackson's salary will arrive as soon as the filming is over, and there will never be a half-day delay, so Peter Jackson also gave up the matter of DVD sharing, and the two parties will be in harmony. So happy to sign the contract.

——Actually, for a movie like "The Lord of the Rings", DVD and peripheral income are far more generous than box office income. If William remembers correctly, if he hadn't stepped in, Peter Jackson should be with New Line Movies The company signed a contract to shoot the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.During the filming period, New Line Film Company signed an all-round sharing agreement with Peter Jackson and most of the cast members including DVD and peripherals in order to save film remuneration. I didn’t expect that movie DVDs and peripherals would make so much money. The line later regretted not giving Peter Jackson a share with the actors. As a result, Peter Jackson and the actors sued the court, and the two sides fought a marathon lawsuit that lasted for several years.

When it came to William, in order to get it done once and for all, he simply increased the pay for Peter Jackson and the leading actors, and would state in the contract that everyone's pay would be in place before the end of filming, in exchange for Willot's exclusive access to " The DVD and peripheral income of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.According to preliminary estimates, Willot invested tens of millions of dollars in the early stage, and the profit obtained in the later stage is at least hundreds of millions of dollars.

Of course, if the profits of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy make people jealous, William will still write a dividend check to the director and other important creators, just like Fox gave James Cameron after the "Titanic" hit. Writing a check to make up for the loss of the other party's share is a kind of move to win people's hearts-if the share is clearly written in the contract, even if everyone pays everyone's share of the dividend honestly afterwards, the effect will definitely not be so good.

William was so engrossed in his memories that he didn't even hear Lance's question clearly, until the other party called his name, he raised his head and asked, "What?"

"I don't understand what you mean. Why did you say that Peter Jackson moved his movie to New Zealand to save New Zealand's tourism industry?"

"It's a joke." A "joke" about New Zealand's tourism industry being saved by a movie after Lord of the Rings came out.But even for Lance, it might be difficult to understand now, so William put two glasses of wine on the table, weighed an ice tray and a can of cream, and explained again: "Actually, this is a win-win deal. Peter Jackson has deep feelings for his hometown. He insisted on setting the filming location in New Zealand. He definitely wanted to contribute to the promotion of his hometown. The filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will at least bring tens of thousands of people to New Zealand. It is a short-term employment position, but the reason why we agree [-]% is because the labor in Hollywood is much more expensive than that in New Zealand. The price of hiring an extra actor here is equivalent to two or three extra performers in New Zealand. The first movie I made was a war scene with tens of thousands of soldiers..."

Speaking of the rise, not only is it cost-effective for William to put the film in New Zealand (there is no union in the New Zealand film industry, the wages of actors and workers are much lower than those in Hollywood, and the New Zealand government has also given very favorable tax cuts), even three movies How much money can be saved by filming the song together (no need to re-build the studio, no need to re-coordinate the schedule of the actors, and most importantly, eliminate the risk of the actors asking for a raise in the sequel after the first film hits), all in one stroke He explained it clearly to Lance.

Lance watched William talking eloquently, put a few ice cubes into the wine glass, took a sip, and immediately frowned at the bitter taste.Do you frown because you drink, or do you drink because you want to frown?He couldn't tell which one was his real purpose.

——Although I have known for a long time that William will not spend his whole life in obscurity, but seeing that the other party has no foundation, he can still thrive in the extremely complicated circle of Hollywood, and even bloom more and more With a dazzling light, Lance's mood... It's not that he's not happy for William, it's just that the feeling of "what belongs to him has been stolen" is getting stronger and stronger.

When they were very young, William said that he would become a lawyer in the future, and after Lance took charge of the family business, he would become a consultant to the Roderick Group. Lance teased William at the time and said: "If a successful lawyer is also a beautiful Man, Will, at least one of the girls from the reinforcement company has to follow you." William was amused by Lance's words at the time, and at that time, Lance was faintly jealous when he was happy, although At the time, he didn't know exactly what he was jealous of, whether it was William or the girls.

Now, William can no longer be a lawyer, but he has become a more dazzling and eye-catching movie star. Now the girls who want to pounce on William, I am afraid that they will not be able to pull them all with an aircraft carrier, right?

Whenever he thinks of this, Lance's heart is almost overwhelmed by jealousy, and the only way he can comfort himself is to keep repeating: "Although Will can no longer be my lawyer, it doesn't matter, we still have Will. lot."

Taking another sip of Black Russia, Lance let out a breath.

"Here's the cream, don't put on that unhappy face anymore." William shook the cream can, pointing the spout down at Lance's wine glass, and squeezed a big lump into it.

William thought Lance was upset that there was no cream in the glass.This kind of wine made with vodka as the base wine and coffee liqueur is called Black Russia. The bitter aroma of coffee is mixed with the strong vodka, which has a delicate taste, but for people like Lance Said, you have to add a lot of cream to the wine glass to turn it into Belarus before you swallow it.

But in fact, Lance was not unhappy because there was no cream, but he didn't explain, just picked up the glass and drank slowly.

William looked at the Adam's apple that moved up and down when the other party swallowed, and moved his buttocks on the chair twice uncomfortably, and finally stood up: "I'll go and see the cake."

The cupcakes in the oven were fat and cracked, and the surface was also stained with a very beautiful caramel color. William turned off the fire, put on a gloved baking tray and took it out to dry on the dining table. The booze, this time a lot of vodka and a little coffee liqueur, and more ice.

After William got himself a little drunk again, the cupcakes had reached the right temperature for entrance. He squeezed a thick layer of cream on top of the most beautiful one and brought it to Lance. Lance looked at William and didn't accept it. Came over instead and just took a bite.

"Wow." Lance commented.

"Too sweet." William took a bite where Lance hadn't bitten: "Too much sugar."

"No, it's just right, I like the sweetness." Lance ate the remaining half of the cupcake and poked William's chest. , he couldn't help poking it again.

William almost turned into a big tomato, he sat down in his seat and continued to drink, and eating cakes as a supper was a bit too high in calories even for him, so he basically baked cupcakes for Lance, and Lance Si is also very face-saving, he ate two in one go, and sucked his finger at the end.

It was a rare moment when William pretended he wasn't staring at his best friend's pink tongue.

William pretended to be too serious and took too long. He almost took the cocktail in his hand that was about the same color as Coke with water for a real Coke with water, and then completely drunk himself.

"I seem to drink a lot." William squinted at Lance and said vaguely, "It's a bit too much."

Lance stood in front of the bed, a little out of breath. He just managed to throw William on the bed: "Say, you're right, Will." Even though William is a thin reminder among people of the same height, his muscles are not Get some water, and Lance has been less fond of exercising since he went to London, and he rarely even gets out in the sun. It is really tiring to move William from the dining room to the bedroom on the second floor.

William lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling for three seconds with absent-minded eyes, then sat up crookedly all of a sudden, took off the T-shirt in one go, and drunkenly went to untie the belt on his trousers.

Throwing away the trousers rudely, and the underwear had just faded over the buttocks, William suddenly yawned, closed his eyes and fell back, and quietly began to sleep.

"Jesus Christ God." Lance's gaze was fixed on William's wet and bright red lips, which had been doused with wine, and then moved down to see a shadow under his belly.

Lance sighed, sat on the edge of the bed, looked at William, squeezed his arm, and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Click there, my friend, my head hurts like hell," William said suddenly.

Lance almost jumped up from the bed in fright, he finally held back, let out a breath, put his hands into William's hair, he pressed gently: "Is that so?"

William let out a vague moan of enjoyment, closed his eyes and moved his head towards Lance, and spread his limbs happily, looking extremely relaxed.

Lance didn't stop his massage until William fell into a deep sleep, motionless and without any reaction.

William didn't know when he had rubbed his panties to the base of his thighs, and now he was completely visible.

Lance warned himself that he could only take a look, so he took a look.

Then the second eye, the third eye, the fourth eye...

He gently covered William with the quilt and walked out of the bedroom.

Lance regretted it as soon as he left, but he didn't go back.

God knows how much self-control he used.

……

"Hey, be careful!" Danny Byrne was startled by the rude actions of a young field manager who was arranging the shooting scene, and quickly yelled.

The young field manager stopped immediately when he yelled: "What?"

"You almost destroyed these manuscripts!" Danny Byrne carefully removed a tilted open ink bottle on the table behind the field manager, and moved the stack of manuscripts next to the ink bottle to a safer place .

"Sorry, I just didn't notice that the lid of the ink bottle was not covered." The young field manager apologized for his carelessness, looked at the manuscripts carefully protected by Danny Bourne, and said curiously: "These are Will's Props to be used in the filming, those manuscripts made after Shakespeare's posthumous works in the museum? Wow, it looks real, man, I visited Shakespeare's house in Stratford, look at the paper These lovely circles are at least eighty-nine points similar to the real ones, did the director specially find a handwriting master to copy these manuscripts?"

What is even more exaggerated than doctors' handwriting can only be read by pharmacists is that the manuscripts of famous playwrights can only be read by themselves. My own creative efforts were stolen, and writers always deliberately wrote very messy handwriting when creating, wishing that only they could understand the manuscript - this reason, plus the [-]th century, the circle is the same The cursive script is popular among British aristocratic literati, and the English grammar at that time is different from now. To be honest, it is really difficult to recognize what Shakespeare wrote in the manuscript without special research. contents.

It was precisely because he had seen what Shakespeare’s original works looked like in the museum that the young field manager was amazed when he saw the stack of manuscripts on the table—look at those illegible cursive characters, which are very similar to modern English. The different grammatical habits are very close to Shakespeare's original manuscript. One of the manuscripts was filled with sonnets horizontally, then revised obliquely, and many words were crossed out. It is even more similar to the one in the museum. Zhang Zhenji is almost exactly the same!There is also the signature of "William Shakespeare" in the lower right corner of the paper, the way each letter of Shakespeare is connected together, and the way the last letter e is picked up, all to the extent that it can almost be faked.

The young drama manager was still sighing just now: "The Yankees are still very attentive. They seem to really understand Shakespeare. If they are not very attentive, they will not be able to do these details well." The next second heard:

"These manuscripts, you say? Will wrote them."

The young theater manager blinked, thinking he had an auditory hallucination: "Jesus Christ! You really brought William Shakespeare's manuscripts out of the museum?!" angry!

"... I mean Will, William Bradley, not William Shakespeare."

"Oh shit!"