Please give me a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket!

After the new week began, Helen Herman rushed to the office of the Scorpion King crew at the Walt Disney headquarters to negotiate with Jerry Brookheimer. Of course, Matthew would not go to such a place where there might be a verbal confrontation, and just wait for the final result.

Although Jerry Brookheimer is a gold medal producer and "Pirates of the Caribbean" is also a top big production in the industry, Helen Herman, who should be fought for, will definitely win him.

The agent is also a buffer between him and the crew.

Helen Hermann also revealed to him that "The Scorpion King" has just been released, with a box office of $100 million in North America and a global $200 million in box office. The pay for the absolute male lead in his new work will never drop seven figures.

Matthew made an appointment to meet in a cafe diagonally opposite Angels' agency. Now he has obtained the role of Will Turner, and he is also planning to find an assistant for himself. Last week, Mira Wang returned to Los Angeles from London and contacted him, and agreed to meet and discuss in detail today.

“We have worked together twice.”

In the cafe, Matthew looked at Mira Wang on the other side of the table and said, "Milla, I also want to find a familiar and reliable person. Apart from you, I can't think of a better person."

Mira Wang didn't say anything. She was obviously considering Matthew's words. She had been in more than one crew, and had served as interim assistants for many actors. In terms of faults and quirks, Matthew was definitely the least one and the one who was kindest to him.

Matthew asked, “You have a job now?”

"Yeah." Mira nodded and said, "I'm working as a handyman in Stephen Somos' "Van Helsing" crew for the time being."

Like the actor assistant, these are positions with low status and poor income in the crew.

"Tell me about your treatment." Matthew knew that this was the key, "Monthly salary is $2,500, double salary at the end of the year. If you want to join the industry association in the future, I will bear the cost of joining the association."

Such treatment can only be considered average among Hollywood stars' personal assistants, but it is much higher than Mira King's income in "The Return of the Mummy" and "The Scorpion King".

It is impossible for Matthew to offer a high salary when he comes up, so he must leave room for future salary increases. Moreover, finding an assistant is a typical business act, not a charity.

"I want to ask." Mira seemed a little moved and asked, "Did I be your personal assistant during your new film?"

"No." Matthew explained, "I'm looking for a long-term personal assistant. If you want, I won't be in trouble. You can continue to do this job for a long time."

Mira-King thought about it, but still didn't make a decision, and said, "Matthew, I need to think about it."

Matthew asked patiently, "When can I answer?"

If she thinks it is not suitable, he can also recruit others.

"Three days." Mira-King raised three fingers, "It will not exceed three days at most."

"Yes." Matthew nodded in agreement.

After only half an hour of talk, Mira Wang took the initiative to leave. Matthew then went to the Actors Union and paid the membership fee for next year. This amount of money is not much for him now, but it must be paid. The Actors Union safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of the members and provides a lot of convenience. Paying membership fees is naturally an obligation.

At noon, Helen Hermann called and her negotiations with Jerry Brookheimer were relatively smooth. The two sides basically reached an agreement. There were some relatively small terms to negotiate with another producer in the afternoon. It is estimated that the contract will be negotiated today.

This also has to do with Matthew and Helen Hermann's clear positioning of themselves and the sufficient budget for the crew.

Among the matters that have been negotiated, the first priority is naturally the pay. His salary for Will Turner is four times more than "The Scorpion King" to reach 2 million US dollars.

Remuneration is still paid in three times, and except for the union’s forced amount, no later share is involved.

There are other routine terms such as independent dressing rooms. Generally, Hollywood commercial film crews will not make things difficult for actors in terms of food, clothing, housing, transportation and security. These are consistent with his status as one of the two male protagonists in the film.

In addition, Helen Hermann also won the right to review and suggest the film's promotional poster and opening and ending subtitles. According to her, the film has three main characters and an Oscar winner. There will definitely be a fierce competition for the allocation of promotional resources, and power in this regard must be fought for.

In short, Matthew did not mention any excessive conditions in this regard. After all, his status is here, and there is not much capital requirement for more.

In addition to these, Helen Herman also told him two messages: one is that the crew officially confirmed the heroine, starring seventeen-year-old British actress Kayla Knightley as Elizabeth Swan; the other is that she found out that Johnny Depp's pay was five times that of Matthew, a full ten million dollars.

This price is normal. Matthew was not surprised. Johnny Depp is not considered a first-tier line now, and at most it is the upper-tier second-tier position. However, he rarely starred in pure commercial entertainment movies. His past pay was not as high as tens of millions of dollars, and the highest was only five million dollars. It is estimated that in order to impress Johnny Depp, the crew specially offered a high price.

As for the heroine, since the crew had just confirmed the candidate for Kaila Knightley, there was no way to talk about the pay. Matthew was idle and guessed it himself. Even if it was the most optimistic estimate, Kaila Knightley's pay would not exceed him.

He remembers that Kayla Knightley had a movie released at about the same time as "The Scorpion King". The title seemed to be "Playing Like Beckham" and the box office in North America also exceeded tens of millions of dollars.

However, it is a common imagination that men and women in Hollywood pay differently for equal work, and her pay cannot be very high.

In the afternoon of the same day, Helen Hermann had completely negotiated Matthew's actor contract with the crew. On Tuesday morning, she and Matthew worked with lawyer Wilson to arrive at the office of the Disney headquarters building and signed a cast contract with the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Matthew also officially became a member of the Pirates of the Caribbean crew.

According to the contract, he will be in the crew from July to participate in the necessary filming preparations.

In order to make "Pirates of the Caribbean" look more realistic and credible when it was released, Jerry Brookheimer forced all actors who played the Pirates and the British Navy to undergo five weeks of training. The crew invited action stunt designer George Marshall Ruger, swordsman Robert Anderson and his disciple Mark Ivey to design action scenes and action routines, and guide actors to train and shoot throughout the process.

Matthew also had a rough understanding of it. Robert Anderson is not known to the outside world, but he is a legendary swordsman in the Hollywood circle. He has worked in this industry for fifty years. Before the filming of "Zorro's Mask", Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta Jones and a group of stunt actors trained by him, the final effect was obvious.

He is also the head of Matthew's previous swordsman.

Although contemporary swordsmanship, like what is seen in sports competitions, requires high skills and precise movements, which are very different from the fighting scenes in movies, both on and off the screen require a certain amount of basic skills, such as how to hold a sword, how to attack and defend, etc. These are exactly what Robert Anderson wants to teach.

These are also the main contents of Matthew's training.

He believes that when the training begins, he will get into the state faster than other actors.

On the day of signing the contract with the crew, Matthew also received a reply from Mira Wang. Mira Wang expressed his willingness to serve as his personal assistant, but she has to wait a few days. She is still working on the crew of "Van Helsing" and needs to resign from her position and handle the handover.

Matthew was not in a hurry and just asked Mira Wang to come to him before July to report.

Seeing Matthew finding an assistant herself, Helen Hermann didn't say much. She was such a smart person, so she could naturally guess something.

After leaving the Disney headquarters building and returning home, Matthew was in a good mood, thinking about whether to hold a party to celebrate. Then he remembered such a good thing, he should notify Britney first, and immediately called her number, but until it was automatically hung up, no one answered the answer.

Recently, this situation has gradually become the norm. The frequency of his phone calls with Britney has decreased. Sometimes it can be opened once every three or four days. After Britney finished the overseas publicity notice, she did not return to Los Angeles and went directly to Nashville to prepare for the new concert.

Matthew also felt that something was wrong between the two, but he has been busy auditioning for "Pirates of the Caribbean" recently and has no time to go to Nashville.

In the past six months, he and Britney have met too few times.

Afterwards, he called Britney several times and sent text messages, but there was no response there.

Matthew was no longer in a party, so he simply called to book a plane ticket to Nashville. While he didn't have to go to the Pirates of the Caribbean crew, he went to see Britney.

At around 8 o'clock in the evening, he received a text message from Britney: I was training for the concert and it was not convenient to answer the phone.

Matthew immediately edited the text message and told Britney that he would take a flight to Nashville on Thursday.

He specially called Helen Herman and told her about his itinerary so that there would be no emergency. Helen Herman knew about his relationship with Britney, so he didn't say much, but just told him to return to Los Angeles before July and not delay his normal work.
Chapter completed!