Please give me a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket!

The crew had a negotiation with Helen Hermann for more than half a month, and the focus of the dispute was mainly on the pay and the right to participate in the heroine's audition.

Needless to say, one wants to lower the pay, and the other wants to have more. But in addition to Matthew's pay, Matthew and Helen Hermann also put forward another requirement, and the heroine's pay must be lower than his pay!

Generally speaking, the heroine's pay in commercial Hollywood movies is much less than that of the hero.

The actor's pay for the crew represents not only the income figure, but also the status and power in the crew. As the male protagonist, no one hopes that the heroine has a higher status than her and greater power than herself.

The crew will not give any actors casually the right to participate in the audition of the heroine, even if they think that the heroine they selected must first be able to match the male protagonist who has been finalized.

The crew is quite cautious in this regard.

In some ways, negotiation itself is a process of mutual compromise. If both parties bite their own conditions and do not let go, the negotiations will eventually break down.

By mid-June, Helen Herman, who represented Matthew, had agreed to all terms with the crew of "Mr. Smiths", and Matthew signed a big name on a contract worth more than 100 pages.

In the contract, Matthew enjoyed the treatment of a quasi-first-line star in the daily work and life of the crew. As long as the crew with a budget is not particularly tight, Hollywood will not treat the actors in this regard. After all, the actors behind the actors are not a decoration. If both parties really have some unnecessary troubles and the union level is a terrifying crew, the crew will still be greatly affected.

In the past few years since entering Hollywood, Matthew has fully felt the benefits of joining a trade union. Although at his income level, the annual union fee is as high as tens of thousands of dollars, the guarantee provided by the trade union is practical.

The major unions in Hollywood are not playthings for filmmakers, and it is not new to go to war with producer alliances representing filmmakers and investors.

Matthew has heard that Hollywood, such as the Actors Union, Directors and Screenwriters Union, and other organizations, will expire at the end of 2007. At present, major unions are not very satisfied with the fixed share ratio in the contract with the Producers Union. They want to seek a higher hard share ratio in terms of DVD discs and emerging online on-demand copyright fees, and may be brewing a strike like the late 1980s.

According to the agreement between major Hollywood unions and producer alliances, positions such as main actors, directors and screenwriters of a film can be obtained from the post-production income of the film.

This is a hard regulation among industry associations. Although the share ratio is very low, it is a long-term and stable income.

During the Hollywood strike in 1988, major trade unions and producer alliances went to war, fighting for the share of home videotape sales and leasing.

After the strike, a twenty-year agreement was signed, and now it is only a few years before the agreement expires.

For celebrity actors, the later share is not much, but once the quarrel starts, no matter how big a big actor is, he will still stand on the side of his union.

Matthew vaguely remembers that there seemed to be a screenwriter strike in 2008.

Of course, this kind of thing depends on the situation. His main job is "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

In the contract signed with the film company, Matthew can get a pay of up to $10 million in three times from the crew. The pay does not involve the later share. Although the US dollar is depreciating, the current $10 million is not as valuable as Johnny Depp's $10 million in terms of value, but this is also the pay number that is higher or lower in the second-tier line.

In addition, after Helen Hermann argued, considering the importance of the chemical reaction of the male and female protagonists in the film, Avazzi Gossman agreed to Matthew participate in the audition of the female protagonist, but only the right to suggest.

Matthew and Helen Hermann compromised in other aspects to get the right to participate in the heroine's audition, and no longer required the crew to limit the heroine's pay to him.

After all, there are Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts who are obviously more paying and status than Matthew.

However, Julia Roberts quickly rejected the crew's audition invitation because the heroine's acting career was seriously inconsistent with her.

Catherine Zeta Jones and Cate Blanchett were also rejected for the audition invitation. The former did not want to accept it, while the latter was busy filming "The Aviator", and the schedule conflicted.

Just like Matthew, an actor is constantly successful and when he is becoming popular, he often receives a lot of audition invitations, and it seems that the whole Hollywood is chasing you.

Conversely, after a star quickly slips down, there is very little room for choice, even if he has achieved great success in the past.

After Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta Jones and Cate Blanchett turned down the audition invitation, Nicole Kidman was the only one who chose the heroine in the crew for the time being.

Because of Tom Cruise's relationship, Matthew remembers it very clearly that since Nicole Kidman won the Oscar, he has become a super box office poison. Not only does it poison the box office of the film, but the director and male lead of the project were also killed.

Matthew didn't want to be poisoned directly by such box office poison.

But he is just the male lead, and the audition has not been held yet, so he can't say anything.

Matthew knew very well that if he ran to Aziva Gossman for no reason and said that Nicole Kidman was not suitable, he would have to make a joke. It would be better to wait for the audition to combine the actual situation.

Moreover, he then received news that the crew decided to release the news and expand the audition range in view of the withdrawal of several audition invitations.

It is obvious that the crew is not without doubts about Nicole Kidman.

The crew has signed a male lead contract with Matthew. As long as you look carefully, you can see that Nicole Kidman and Matthew are not particularly a match.

Matthew is also considering the right candidate. Although he has no say, the choice of the heroine is directly related to the success or failure of the hero. Otherwise, he would not have let Helen Herman fight for such power.

After thinking about it, he suddenly thought of a doomsday steampunk type film he had watched. Theron played an absolutely powerful heroine. His strong body and rapid movements were like a female leopard, leaving a very deep impression on him.

According to his understanding and consideration, since he is a skilled and powerful female killer, he must not be the type that is slender and slim and falls when the wind blows. Charlize Theron has a wide bones and even a bit like a tiger's back and bear's waist, but these are all covered by height and are not obvious.

She is not the slim and slim actress.

Perhaps Charlize Theron can be encouraged to submit an actor's resume to the crew?

Unfortunately, he cannot decide the candidate for the heroine, otherwise he will definitely kick Nicole Kidman out.

As for whether Charlize Theron would agree, and whether he could pass the audition if he agreed, it was not his final say.

For some reason, Matthew felt that he was not a producer but was worried about the producer. In fact, if it was another film, such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" or "Dawn of the Living Dead", it doesn't matter who the heroine is, but the interaction between the male and female protagonists of "The Smiths" is too important. If one of the characters has problems, the whole film will be ruined.

Of course, people like Matthew cannot think that they will have problems.

What's more, the crew has chosen him first.

Matthew then contacted Charlize Theron, who happened to be in Los Angeles, so he simply asked her to go out to drink at the Black Mamba bar.

"I haven't seen each other for a few months."

Inside the booth of the Black Mamba Bar, Matthew looked at Charlize Theron, "You have completely recovered your figure."

Charlize Theron picked up the wine glass and signaled to Matthew, saying, "I will never make you fat for filming in the future! It's so painful!"

Matthew picked up the wine glass and took a sip, saying, "This is not good for health."

"Well." Charlize Theron said directly, "I got what I wanted, too."

"Yes, yes!" Matthew deliberately put on a thoughtful look, "Let me think, how did Mandela describe you? Oh, by the way, the brightest diamond in South Africa!"

He laughed, "Sally, you are the national treasure of South Africa now."

"National Treasure?" Charlize Theron also smiled, "How could you say so exaggerately."

"The facts are even more exaggerated than I said." Matthew said seriously, "Didn't the American media say that it was you who made South Africa really a part of the world."

Charlize Theron answered, "South Africa is part of this world." She suddenly changed the subject and asked, "You ask me out, is there anything?"

Matthew didn't go around the circle and asked, "Do you have a schedule recently?"

Charlize Theron was a little surprised, and said, "There is a film to start filming at the end of the year."

"Have you heard of the "Smiths" project of Peak Entertainment?" Matthew saw Charlize Theron nodding and said, "I have signed a contract with Peak Entertainment for the male lead. Currently, the crew is preparing to hold a large-scale audition for the heroine. I think that role is very suitable for you, so ask if you are interested."

“I know this project,” said Charlize Theron. “The agent has recommended it to me.”

Matthew immediately said, "It's just right, we can partner in a movie."

Charlize Theron smiled and continued the words just now, "The agent has submitted my information to the crew of "Mr. Smiths". If nothing unexpected happens, I will attend the audition for this video."

After hearing what she said, Matthew was not very surprised. After all, most female stars in this era will turn to film commercial films after winning the Oscar for Best Actress, and get back the high cost of investing in Oscars as soon as possible. Compared with the vase roles in pure commercial films, the role of the heroine in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is much more important.
Chapter completed!