Chapter 1165 (1/2)
”Five million? Are you out of you mind? Or was it too high last night? ”
The agent thinks Leonardo must be crazy.
As early as 2000, his value has almost touched the threshold of the 20 million dollar club. In addition, the recent rise of ”cat and mouse game” box office, the one-day box office surpassing ”Lord of the rings 2”, and even a large number of female fans' fanatical pursuit of Leonardo and other phenomena are helping Leonardo to continue to improve his value.
If we give ”cat and mouse game” another month to ferment, if his global box office can reach the scale of $500.6 billion, then Leonardo's value will continue to have a greater breakthrough.
The remuneration of more than 20 million dollars sounds terrible. Even a movie can make several so-called ”big Productions” in China at this time. But for Hollywood, it is totally within the acceptable range. As long as the actor's strength is worth this price, he will be able to get such a high remuneration return.
Hollywood movies have always been big money, with high budget, high pay for actors and high production costs. But behind the big money, there are also big profits, such as high box office and high copyright income.
Some films cost $100 million, have a global box office of $350 million, and make tens of millions of dollars from DVD distribution. For example, the copyright derivatives of novels, animes, and peripheral products can also be sold for tens of millions of dollars or more. Therefore, in this very mature business system, Leonardo's $20 million film remuneration is almost without water.
If you meet a famous director or a favorite script, it's normal for an actor to reduce his / her remuneration. But there's a limit to reduce his / her remuneration. For example, normally, if Leonardo continues to participate in Spielberg's films, it's normal for him / her to reduce his / her remuneration to 15 million dollars. The five million dollar human relationship is very dignified.
However, how can I not think that Leonardo seems to have been kicked in the head by a donkey, and he will reduce his pay to five million dollars as soon as he opens his mouth? You don't have that value in Leonardo's history, okay? You've got two and a half million dollars for Titanic, and then Titanic has become a global blockbuster. You're worth more than ten million dollars. Now you tell me that you want to reduce your pay to five million? What about the noise?
Leonardo explained: ”Jason, you need to know that this film is not just directed by Spielberg. This film is invested by Li Mu, with an investment of 100 million US dollars. In addition, the script story is that during the Second World War, an American elder brother named Chennault led a group of American civil pilots to China voluntarily to resist the Japanese invasion side by side with the Huaxia air force Things. ”
”Li Mu?!” When the agent heard the name, his voice suddenly increased eight degrees.
”Li Mu, the Internet tycoon of China? Which push pushed ”cat and mouse game” to Li Mu, the first at the box office? ”
”Bullshit, who else but him.” Leonardo said seriously, ”Li Mu's willingness to invest so much money to make this movie is enough to show his emphasis on this movie. People who know Li Mu know that he is a very strong nationalist, so this movie about China and the United States side by side Anti Japanese, he will try his best to push the influence of this movie to the maximum.”
Speaking of this, Leonardo added: ”you know, his resources are too strong. There are so many media tycoons in Hollywood, but their information delivery ability in the world is much worse than that of Li Mu. Li Mu's YY may not be as authoritative as time magazine or Los Angeles Times, but it is the most influential one for ordinary people.”
”God...” The agent sighed at the other end of the phone and said, ”forgive me Leo. If I knew it was a movie invested by Li Mu, I would not say such rude words to you!”
Then the agent exclaimed, ”God! This opportunity is really rare. If we can establish a good cooperative relationship with Li Mu, it will certainly have a huge impetus to your future development. At this time, we really need to show enough sincerity. The five million dollar pay should be very sincere. Although the loss is a little big, we believe that the future return will be higher! ”
Leonardo saw that the agent had fully agreed with his decision, and immediately said: ”OK, then you can help me communicate with Spielberg immediately, give him a formal offer, and then prepare to go through the formal contract process. In addition, ask about the approximate shooting schedule of the play. From now on, as long as there are conflicting schedules, the film will not be accepted!”
“OK！ I'll do it now! ”
Leonardo said, ”go ahead and let me know the result. I have to Google it. Who is Chennault?”
”If you don't tell me, I've forgotten. I just heard you talk about this person's name, so I want to Google it and have a look...”