Best Movie Star

"The more Warner Bros. and DC Comics put in, the better for me."

In a hotel near the sea in Cannes, France, Will Smith sat on a chair in the lounge of the hotel lobby and said to Jada Smith opposite, "Any super-selling film needs a lot of publicity. Marketing."

Jada Smith didn't seem to agree, saying, "No matter how much money you put in, your pay won't go up."

Will Smith couldn't help shaking his head, "You have to look into the distance!" He reminded, "As long as this "Green Lantern" is a big hit, my career will have a turnaround, and it will not be difficult to return to the 20 million club ."

"Really?" Jada Smith was moved by the "Twenty Million Club".

"Of course!" Will Smith said directly, "My brokerage team and I have done enough analysis, and we have also obtained detailed information from many first-tier market institutions. According to the "Spider-Man" series, the new "Batman" series and Judging from the market response of the "Iron Man" series, it is very likely that there will be an era of superhero movies in the future."

He didn't take the role in a flash.

Jada Smith was stunned for a while, as if he couldn't understand, but he still asked the most concerned question, "Will your salary be increased?"

Without a high enough return, how can she support her high consumption?

Will Smith analyzed, "Have you seen the pay for Iron Man and Robert Downey Jr?" The remuneration is only a few hundred thousand dollars, and by the time of "Iron Man 2", the remuneration is close to ten million dollars, and I have definite news that Marvel Studios wants to build "The Avengers" with Iron Man as the core, when Robert Jr. - How much will Downey get paid?"

Jada Smith nodded mechanically.

"I starred in the first film of DC's Justice League universe!" Will-Smith's analysis is very reasonable, "For Warner Bros. and DC Comics, Green Lantern is Marvel's Iron Man, as long as this film With great success, I can push DC to form the Justice League with Green Lantern at its core!"

"Sounds good." Jada Smith is still a little brainy.

Will-Smith suddenly laughed, "My salary now is in the tens of millions of dollars. When you say it, how much should we ask the filmmaker for?"

Jada Smith also laughed happily, "The more the better! It can't be less than the treatment of Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean"!"

Disney is said to have paid Johnny Depp more than $40 million for Pirates of the Caribbean 4.

Will Smith is also smiling happily. Since he failed to compete with Matthew Horner for a leading actor, he has been unlucky in the past two years. He has never made a good film. Even his salary has to be lowered. He continues to sink. Maybe The position of the first-line star will not be preserved.

Warner Bros. reached out to him at this time, just in time for the success of "Iron Man", and the "Avengers" plan of Marvel Studios was circulated around, allowing him to see a very likely brilliant future for superhero movies, and then finalized "Avengers". The Green Lantern character.

He is very clear that the earliest a series of movies like this is joined, the more likely it will become the core, and the more it becomes the core, the higher the income will be.

Although this may have some impact on future development, it is better than slipping to a second-tier star, and there are ready-made examples like Johnny Depp here. What's wrong with being a superstar in a series?

It's not the nineties anymore!

In this regard, Will Smith has a clear understanding. In this day and age, it is too difficult to become a superstar. Not everyone has the strength and luck of Matthew Horner.

Look at the new century, in addition to Matthew Horner, has there been a new superstar in Hollywood?

The answer is obvious, not at all!

Will Smith knows that Green Lantern, and the entire Justice League project, is unlikely to make him a real superstar, but a superstar like Johnny Depp is good too.

"Green Lantern" will bring the famous Will Smith back!

With Warner Bros. and DC Comics putting so much emphasis on Green Lantern, the beginning of the series, and significantly increasing their promotional budgets, Will Smith believes it.

But... still not as good as Matthew Horner!

Thinking of this, Will Smith couldn't help sighing, that man became the most popular and influential actor in Hollywood in just ten years.

"Will! Will..."

Jada Smith's voice suddenly sounded, "Look over there, those two people who just came out of the elevator door, isn't that woman the head of Matthew Horner's studio?"

Hearing this, Will-Smith quickly looked to the side, it was a young woman and a middle-aged man, it seemed that the young woman was sending the middle-aged man away.

He didn't know the middle-aged man, he was very unfamiliar, but the young woman he knew was Bella Anderson, the former personal assistant of Matthew Horner and now the CEO of Studio Thirteen!

Why is she here?

Will Smith is a bit strange, and everyone in the industry knows that Matthew Horner has no interest in European film festivals or anything.

Just when he was strange, Bella Anderson had already sent people out of the hotel.

"Mr. Longman." She said to the middle-aged man with a smile, "I am here with Mr. Horner's sincerity. I hope you can reconsider the $20 million offer."

She also emphasized, "We are really optimistic about the film "The Artist"."

Thomas Longman responded with a smile, "I will definitely consider it carefully."

As the producer of "The Artist", this time to participate in the Cannes Film Festival, in addition to wanting to get a gold-plated award, it is to find a suitable international distributor and sell the copyright of the film outside of Europe for a big price.

Such a publisher could only come from Hollywood.

Apart from Hollywood, studios in other places simply do not have global-level distribution capabilities.

Watching Thomas Longman get in the car and wait for the car to start to leave, Bella Anderson returned to the hotel and walked towards the elevator.

She has been in Cannes for a while, and has achieved her initial goals. She has intervened in Harvey Weinstein's negotiations with international filmmakers several times, and has ruined several deals for Weinstein Films.

Sadly, this time it didn't achieve its purpose.

Judging from various reactions, this film called "The Artist" was Harvey Weinstein's first goal.

Bella Anderson had obtained enough relevant information before. The cost of "The Artist" participating in the business fair was about 10 million euros, and the price of 20 million US dollars was not high or low, but it just overwhelmed Harvey Weinstein. one head.

At the same time, Thomas Longman, who was leaving by car, just hung up the phone and told the driver, "Go to the Duwako Hotel."

Ten minutes later, he appeared on time in a reception room at the Duvaco Hotel and shook hands with Harvey Weinstein, who had dealt with him before.

"Thomas, how are you thinking?" Harvey Weinstein asked.

"Mr. Weinstein," Thomas Longman said in French-accented English. "The $15 million offer is too low for us to accept, and it doesn't even cost the artist to make it."

Harvey Weinstein narrowed his eyes and said, "I want to buy copyrights outside of Europe!" He glanced at Thomas Langman with disdain, "You still have the European market, if it goes well, You'll get your money back in Europe, and the $15 million will be your net gain."

Thomas Longman smiled and said, "Who knows what the future holds? I can't do business at a loss."

The film, "The Artist," sounds pretty grand, but in the eyes of the producers, it's ultimately only about money.

Harvey Weinstein was used to being strong in the face of these overseas producers, and said directly, "Thomas, winning Weinstein's friendship means that your future films will completely penetrate the North American market."

North America is the world's largest single movie market, who doesn't want to get a piece of the pie?

If there is no better choice, Thomas - Longman also wants to take over the so-called Weinstein's hand of friendship, but the difference between the two is 5 million US dollars!

That's $5 million!

That fat face and fat hands of your Harvey Weinstein worth $5 million? What a century joke!

Selling you by the gram can't close such a big hole.

As a producer and a film businessman, how could Thomas Longman not understand such a simple negotiation method as taking advantage of pressure.

"Mr. Weinstein, I personally hope to cooperate with Weinstein Pictures." Thomas Langman said calmly, "But the film has multiple shareholders, and many things are not determined by me alone. A $20 million offer was made…”

As soon as these words came out, Harvey Weinstein immediately thought of several businesses that he had been ruined ~www.readwn.com~ asked coldly, "Is it Studio No. 13?"

"Yeah." Thomas Longman doesn't mind that the other side knows who the competitor is, which is more beneficial to him.

"Did you know they don't have the ability to distribute?" Harvey Weinstein reminded emphatically.

Thomas Longman just talked to Bella Anderson, and responded, "They'll be distributed by Disney or Warner Bros." He also emphasized, "That's a member of the Big Six in Hollywood!"

Harvey Weinstein frowned and added, "As I said before, I bought The Artist to hit the Oscars, and no company in Hollywood can compare to Weinstein Pictures in terms of running the Oscars! Forget the Oscar influence!"

"Then we can change the contract." Thomas Longman doesn't like this set at all, Oscar is really attractive, and the actual income is real, "The $15 million is the basic buyout fee, and "The Artist" is profitable in North America , we are half divided!"

"It's impossible!" Harvey Weinstein refused directly.