Chapter 864 Two-pronged approach

“Lance, you are going to direct the work of ‘Invincible Hulk’, what conditions do you need?” After a simple greeting, Lang showed a rare determination.

Lance raised his brows slightly, a little surprised. For a long time, Universal Pictures has given people the impression of Xiaojiabiyu, who has always been slow-moving. He is the last among the six major film companies. He occasionally shines, but he is embarrassed. Therefore, Lang Meyer is also generally considered to be a lack of courage. leader. In the previous negotiations, whether to choose the “Wanted Warrant” or the “Invincible Hulk”, Lang has always been wavering and hesitant.

Today, Lang shows a very different face, but, think about it, Universal Pictures can make history in 2015, “Fast and Furious 7”, “Jurassic World”, “Minions with Big Eyes”, It is obviously no coincidence that “Pitch Perfect 2”, “Fifty Shades of Grey”, “Straight Outta Compton” and other works are all in full swing.

“Final editing rights, actor selection rights, 20% box office dividends, and 150 million.” Since it is rare for Lang to be straightforward once, Lance is not polite, and directly reported himself conditions of.

Although it is said that the works of the Marvel Universe are all cooperation between Chaos Films and Marvel Pictures, or Universal Pictures at the company level, the details are different, such as the distribution of distribution links, such as the proportion of production links , and so on. Companies are bound to conduct negotiations and confrontations for power and interests. However, the company is the company, and Lance is Lance. At this moment, Lance is fighting for his own interests as a director, producer and screenwriter, and this part of the interests is borne by the production company—for In other words, it is shared by Chaos Films and the cooperative company.

Yep, Lance is asking himself for a salary right now — and Ron, of course.

20% of box office dividends, considering Lance’s three jobs, and Lance’s current top status in Hollywood, although it is a bit too much, it is still acceptable. After all, Lance’s five works so far have remained undefeated at the box office, and the script of “The Incredible Hulk” has been recognized by Universal Pictures.

Lang’s way of thinking is different. According to objective conditions, 20% box office dividend is a fair figure, but the reality is often not 100% relatively objective, such as now. The summer file has just been unveiled, and the prospect of “Fury Road” is unclear. Once this work suffers a disastrous box office failure, the situation of Chaos Films will fall into the bottom, or even on the verge of collapse. “, this will become the life-saving straw for Chaos Films to make a comeback. In other words, “The Incredible Hulk” is the insurance for “Fury Road”.

Of course, some people would say that “Fury Road” is a success, so what the heck, Lance’s worth will inevitably rise, and it may be 25% by then.

However, what they strive for is this time difference. Universal is taking a gamble, and Chaos is taking a gamble, so both parties have to take some risks.

“Fifteen percent.” Lang directly cut off a quarter. In terms of profit distribution, he showed Universal Pictures’ excellent quality of “cherishing every penny”.

“Oh.” Lance chuckled, “Lang, you can talk slowly, I have a lot of time.” Lance did not continue to bargain, but directly asked Lang to use his trump card.

Lang’s thoughts turned sharply.

“The Incredible Hulk” was brought up by Lance. It can be seen that Lang has a strong interest in this work. He even took the initiative to write the script to show sincerity. Such a gesture is really rare. So, how much sincerity is Lance? How many companies in Hollywood are eager to cooperate with Lance now?

Everyone has an account in mind, even if “Fury Road” fails, Chaos Films may go bankrupt, but Lance will never sink there. A company is a company, and an individual is an individual. Hollywood is willing to invite Lance to direct. There are still a lot of works. Of course, Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures will definitely not give up the opportunity to add insult to injury. This is the fundamental reason why small and medium-sized film companies are still waiting to see, but Universal Pictures is not a small company. They don’t need to look at Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures. act.

Since Lang put the “wanted warrant” on the table the day after Oscar night, it means that he is ready to bear the consequences. Therefore, what Universal Pictures needs to fight for is this vacancy, otherwise once “Fury Road” succeeds, they will not have an advantage in the competition with other companies.

Lang couldn’t help thinking of Gale’s evaluation just now, what if “Invincible Hulk” also failed in Lance’s hands? Can Universal Pictures afford such consequences? But what if “The Incredible Hulk” becomes another “Alien 2”?

“16.5 percent.” Lang gritted his teeth and showed his hole card.

Lance’s chuckle came through the receiver of the phone, which made Lang a little nervous. Although it didn’t show on the surface, “The Incredible Hulk” is not only an investment of 150 million, but also an investment of Universal Pictures. All-or-nothing — if Hulk fails this time around, maybe Universal Pictures will really give up on bringing this work to the big screen. This loss is far from being as simple as a movie, or a series of movies, but more importantly, the huge surroundings produced by this set of comic-adapted movies, as well as the hope of supporting Universal Pictures in the next ten years.

It’s like the “Spider-Man” series is to Sony Pictures.

“Lang, my bottom line is 18 percent.” Lance also said his bottom line, Lang frowned slightly, and things started to get tricky, but Lance’s words were not over yet, ” But the cooperation negotiations between Chaos Pictures and Universal Pictures are obviously not that simple, I think, you should have a careful discussion with Theo about the director’s dividend, as well as the producer’s dividend. Of course, there is also the distribution of costs.”

The subtext is that if Lance has lost his personal interests, Universal Pictures is bound to make concessions to Chaos Pictures in terms of corporate interests. In this tug-of-war, Lance didn’t intend to haggle over every detail, but he also didn’t intend to compromise easily.

150 million, this is Lance’s cost budget for “The Incredible Hulk”, mainly because of the Hulk’s computer special effects, Lance hopes to use the most advanced motion capture technology to complete, which also means huge expenditures. Although Lance said that Universal Pictures will bear all the costs, he knows that this is impossible and must be shared by Chaos Pictures and Universal Pictures. Therefore, in terms of the distribution of benefits and responsibilities between the two parties, There will also be some haggling.

Now Lance’s resolute attitude on personal interests is not trying to gain more initiative for Chaos Films.

Lang sighed softly deep in his heart. He knew that eighteen percent, if nothing else happened, Lance’s dividend would be this ratio. However, he didn’t intend to let Lance succeed easily now, at least after meeting with Chaos Shadow Industry, the two sides had to really care about it.

After sorting out his thoughts, Lang’s emotions gradually eased, “Lance, don’t worry too much, I didn’t even fight for the final editing rights.”

From the perspective of the production company, they are unwilling to give up the final editing rights easily, which guarantees the quality of the film; from the perspective of the director, Lance’s ability has been fully recognized, and his signature is The most important guarantee of movie quality. Therefore, what Lang said was wrong, but he was also right. If Universal Pictures insisted on messing around, things would definitely not be that simple.

Lance chuckled lightly, “So you don’t have to worry about my choice of actors.” He avoided the conversation, there was absolutely no point in arguing with Lang on such delicate details, and it didn’t hurt to let Lang use his tongue.

Lang shrugged, “That’s not the primary issue right now.” Dividing up profits is the real job, of course, and… “So, when will the script be finished? I can’t wait to see the finished version now. ”

“Give me another month.” Lance gave a conservative expectation, mainly because the pre-publicity of “Fury Road” will inevitably take up a lot of time in the next period of time, and he can’t devote himself wholeheartedly like he is now. at work.

“Very well, then I’ll wait and see.” Lang said with a smile, the two of them didn’t exchange more pleasantries, and then hung up the phone.

“Invincible Hulk”, officially decided.

All this is going really smoothly. After the Oscars ended, in less than two months, first “Iron Man”, then “Invincible Hulk”, and then the Marvel Universe, the grand blueprint of Chaos Films Finally officially launched. Especially after going through nearly a year of confrontation and suffering, and even standing on the opposite side with Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures.

Lance took a deep breath~www.readmtl.com~ suppressed the joy in his heart, because he knew better than anyone else that on the surface, this time was extremely smooth, but all of this was based on perseverance in the past few years Based on the hard work; what’s more, the tough battle has just begun.

Picking up the phone again, he dialed Ian’s cell phone first, “The project has been negotiated, and the next step is the negotiation between Marvel Pictures and Universal Pictures.” Hearing the good news, Ian was very calm, and they all did their best. I did it, and the result now is completely expected, “Well, you should communicate with Theo first about the specific situation, I will have a video conference with him tonight, and leave the rest to us, you are in charge of the professional Just work, don’t worry about these trivial things.”

Lance chuckled lightly. At this moment, he really relaxed. Then he called Theo’s mobile phone and briefly explained the situation just now. Theo’s voice also revealed a trace of Warmth, “Thanks for your hard work, you go back first, don’t worry about other things, the next promotion of ‘Fury Road’ is up to you.”

“Hehe, I’m afraid people don’t know that you and Ian are two brothers.” Lance’s sudden words made Theo’s head full of question marks, but Lance didn’t intend to explain, “Okay, stop talking, I want Went to announce the good news to Gao Wen, he must hope to know the news as soon as possible.” (To be continued.) Opening a new website