130 Chapter 130 Interest Exchange (seeking subscription recommendation) (1/2)
Paramount's people are gone, not in a good mood.
Subsequently, the people from Europa Pictures also left one after another, leaving only Lehmann and Luc Besson in the huge conference room.
He knew that Lehman must have doubts in his heart at this time, so he took the initiative to stay.
”In this new project, Paramount Pictures will invest 60 million yuan, and their right to speak will be great.” Luc Besson said self-consciously.
But these words made Lyman even more confused, and he posted a suspicious look in the past.
It's no wonder that Paramount's people are so strong, so they have confidence.
”They gave up the copyright of the film, only demanded revenue sharing, and gave us all the rights to distribute overseas except North America. They declared that they would not interfere.” Luc Besson stood up and said slowly: ”This is a The proposal that people cannot refuse, so we also agreed to their excess investment ratio.”
In order to ensure the protection of the rights and interests of all investors in the offline division, theoretically, each investor should hold a part of the film copyright according to the investment ratio, such as the ”Mission: Impossible” series, which is clearly led by Paramount’s people. Yes, but because Tom Cruise was very courageous at the time, he invested heavily in taking the risk of shooting, which led to him holding more film rights than Paramount’s people, which means that this series of If you want to make a movie, you can't avoid Tom Cruise.
This is why Shirley Lansing advocated for Tom Cruise to join.
Everything is inseparable from an exchange of interests.
Paramount wants to broaden performance, which is Shirley Lansing's self-protection method;
Tom Cruise wants to transform, not to be a screen vase;
Europa Pictures does not want to take too much risk, but also wants to grasp long-term benefits...
As for Lehman, isn't it? Now that there is a stalemate on the revenue share and investment quota, doesn't he also have his own considerations.
”oh, I understand now.”
After speaking, Lehmann shook hands with Luc Besson and left politely.
After leaving the headquarters building, he called his agent Johnson and told him to reach an agreement with Europa Pictures as soon as possible, even if he lowered the conditions slightly.
After giving the order, Lehman put down his phone, looked at the blue sky above his head, and couldn't help but smile.
I thought it was just a simple meeting, but I didn't expect so much toss.
Toss is good, people, just to toss more while alive.
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In Tom Cruise’s mansion, just after having lunch and taking a nap, the agent Pat Kingsley called.
Tom Cruise was not surprised either, because he knew that the people from Paramount flew to Paris to discuss things with Lehman. He thought it was done, and he felt a little relaxed, ”Hey, Pat, this is Tom. .”
”Are you at home now?”
”Well, my property in Beverly Hills.”
There was some silence on the other side, which made Tom Cruise aware of something, ”About the role of the new project, there may be something wrong.” The agent tried to say it as tactfully.
”Because of what?” he asked calmly.
To be honest, he really did not expect that he would be rejected, and he was willing to lower his salary to join this kind of thing.
But the sincerity he released did not seem to be effective.
”Lyman doesn't want to change the story setting of the script, so...”
Although the agent's words were vague, Tom Cruise still roughly understood what happened.
To put it bluntly, people don't care about his value, and they don't want to change anything for him.
”I'll come over right away, let's meet and talk, I can't tell on the phone.” Pat Kingsley continued.
Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Tom Cruise instantly lost his mood.
He didn't expect him to take the initiative, but he was disappointed in the end.
The idea of his wanting to transform is not a day or two.
The loss of word-of-mouth in ”Mission Impossible 2” made him realize that his market appeal is slowly declining. For an actor, he is still an actor who has been ridiculed by film critics for ”no acting” and ”vase man”. That is a terrible thing.(Remind, the director of ”Mission Impossible 2” is Wu Baige, so everyone understands.)
Later, he participated in the romantic drama ”Vanilla Sky”, Steven Spielberg's ”Minority Report”, and participated in many movies that focused on the rhythm of the story instead of the one he had received the most. Play handsome as a cool commercial film.
He is not considering the amount of pay, but the depth of the role, but it is no surprise that the harsh film critics still did not let him go.