Chapter 074 (2/2)

After getting along for such a long time, Simon also found that Janet was a person who hated to answer the phone. It took a long time for someone to answer the phone and hum lazily.

Simon grinned and said, ”Jennie, it's me.”

Hearing Simon's voice, Janet, on the other side of the phone, got up in spirits, but immediately began to blame Simon for bringing her a lot of paparazzi.

After chatting for a long time, under the obsession of women, although he knew that he would lead more paparazzi to Malibu, Simon finally promised Janet that he would go as soon as possible after talking with Jonathan.

Hang up the phone, obviously has been waiting outside for a while Jonathan just pushed the door into.

They went to the reception area to sit down, and Owen Wright brought in two more cups of coffee. When Owen left, Jonathan introduced the folder to Simon one by one and said, ”Simon, here are some documents and memos related to you in recent weeks, from the media, from the studio, from other filmmakers. I told you something on the phone. But you'd better see for yourself. ”

Simon nodded and opened a folder for a few glances.

Jonathan waited for Simon to turn through a few pages of documents, handed over two more scripts, and said, ”and the screenwriter you asked me to inquire about, Nora Efron, happens to have two scripts in her name. It's a crime comedy called ghost horse father and daughter. I think it's not bad, but it's been bought by Warner Brothers. Another romantic comedy, when Harry meets Sally, has a very special plot structure. However, it may be too far away from the mainstream, and no studio has taken a fancy to this story

Simon took over the two plays and flipped through them with a smile on his face.

Jonathan looked at Simon's expression, then handed over the last folder and said, ”finally, after you asked me to release the news about death, Warner, MGM, Columbia, Canon and new line have all inquired about it to me in recent days. Although no definite reply has been given, the heads of these companies have indicated that they hope to talk to you in person. ”

Simon took over the last folder and opened it, but it was Jonathan's assessment of the possibility of cooperation between Warner and other companies on the ”death is coming” project.

After a few simple glances, Simon put the document in front of him. Then he looked at Jonathan and said, ”Joe, I think we'd better talk about the new contract first.”

Simon and Jonathan signed a pure script agency contract with a term of three years.

But now, Simon is rising rapidly in Hollywood with ”Lola Run”. If the two people want to continue to cooperate, the original contract will not be suitable.

Jonathan piles up this pile of script documents and memos in front of Simon, which not only shows that he has invested enough energy for him, but also reminds Simon that they need to renegotiate the contract.

So Jonathan listens to Simon's voice, just smiles and nods, waiting for him to go on.

Simon is not a stingy person, so naturally he will not let Jonathan take the percentage of script agent to do the job of overall agent. However, considering his development plan in the next few years, Simon is unlikely to sign a sharing contract with Jonathan.

After a second thought, Simon said, ”Joe, I thought about it before I came back. Next, I hope we can sign a fixed salary contract, three years, 500000 dollars. What do you think?”

When Jonathan heard Simon's offer, some disappointment flashed in his eyes, but he didn't speak for a moment.

Simon noticed the change of Jonathan's expression, then realized that his words were ambiguous, and quickly explained: ”you misunderstood, Joe, it's 500000 dollars a year, not 500000 dollars for three years.”Jonathan knows something about Simon's upcoming revenue from ”Lola Run.”.

Judging from the details he knows, Simon will definitely get no less than $20 million from the distribution of ”Lola Run” in various channels in the future. With such a huge sum of money, he is not willing to sign a sharing agency agreement with himself, which is understandable.

However, at first, he thought that Simon would only give him a fixed salary of $500000 for three years. Although the offer is not too low strictly, if Simon insisted that in order to maintain cooperation with the boy in front of him and fight for opportunities for other clients, Jonathan would agree, but his disappointment with Simon is inevitable.

Now, with half a million dollars a year, Jonathan Friedman has no complaints.

In this era, only a small number of first-line stars can earn US $5 million, and they often receive a leading film in a year or two. As a result, on average, the annual commission they bring to brokers is definitely less than $500000.

Simon's offer is equal to putting himself directly in the position of a first-line star with an average annual full pay film. Although he has a hunch that the young man's annual income will definitely be more than that, as an agent, Jonathan knows he can't ask for more.

With a smile on his face, Jonathan reached out to Simon and said, ”well, good cooperation.”

Simon also extended his hand to his agent and said, ”happy cooperation.”

Naturally, there was no hurry to change the contract. Jonathan immediately began to explain the series of documents to Simon in detail. But within half an hour, the phone rang from Jonathan's desk.

With a wait sign to Simon, Jonathan goes to pick up the phone and talk to the other person. Then he covers the phone and whispers ”Goldberg” to Simon quickly before continuing to talk.

Simon didn't get up either, just quietly listening in on Jonathan's conversation with Fox President Ronald Goldberg.

A moment later, when he hung up, Jonathan said to Simon, who had a general idea of the situation: ”Goldberg would like to invite you to dinner at noon. Besides, listen to what he just said, fox should agree to your terms. ”

Jonathan said so, with some disbelief in his face.

10% of the North American box office and 5% of the video sales.

Even if Spielberg would not rashly put forward harsh conditions, fox should agree to come down, this is really incredible.

Although he tried his best to communicate with the film company for Simon, Jonathan just thought that it would be very difficult for Simon to get half of his offer after some bargaining.