Please give me a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket!

The small office was tense and the atmosphere was extremely tense, as if even the air was frozen. Helen Herman sat alone on a chair, facing David Heyman and Aziva Gossman with a calm expression.

The negotiations have been going on for more than an hour, and after several rounds of confrontation, the prices of both sides are getting closer and closer.

"We cannot accept the $18 million pay," Helen Hermann said lightly. "In order to show sincerity, we have reduced the share of the later period from 10% to 5%, and reduced the share of the share from global box office to North American box office."

She suddenly emphasized, "We have enough sincerity for this cooperation!"

Aziva Gosman disagreed, "The $20 million plus 5% of the North American box office share is also called sincerity?"

Helen Hermann returned to his indifferent tone, "Isn't an actor who sells five consecutive movies worth such a pay? Look at the box office of the movie starring Matthew in the past three years, Will Smith!"

Aziva Gossman could not deny this, after all, the data is here.

David Heyman has been watching and not speaking. He is the interests of Warner Bros., who represents the crew, and he also knows that the investor Warner Bros. is actually optimistic about Matthew Horner's commercial value and market appeal, and is dissatisfied with the sky-high pay.

He naturally knew where Warner Brothers' bottom line lies.

He agreed to publicly recruit actors in order to reduce the price, but now his goal has basically been achieved.

Seeing that the negotiations were about to run aground again, David Heyman took the initiative to speak, "Two, can you calm down a little?"

Helen Hermann and Aziva Gossman both looked at David Heimann.

David Heyman said again, "Can you listen to me?"

"Of course." Helen Herman nodded.

Aziva Gosman would not refuse, "David, say it."

"The project has begun to be prepared. The hero is the top priority. We cannot delay it for too long." David Heyman looked at Helen Herman first, then Aziva Gossman, and said, "I think this is worse than this. We both take a step back, how about it?"

Helen Hermann didn't say anything, just looked at Aziva Gossman, and Aziva Gossmann had no intention of opening his mouth.

David Heyman continued, "I have an offer, you guys think about it."

He first said to Helen Herman, "We all know the box office appeal of Helen and Matthew. He is a very high-quality business superstar, but the box office division involves all aspects of interests, which is very difficult to measure. It is better to remove the box office division and increase the basic pay."

Then he said to Aziva Gosman, "How about we add another $2 million in basic pay so that Matthew can join the $20 million club?"

After several rounds of negotiations and bargaining with Helen Hermann, Aziva Gossman's bottom line also rose to $20 million.

What Helen Hermann and Matthew agreed to win as much as possible $20 million in salary and join the ranks of the 20 million club.

Although the 20 million club is still far from the standard salary of 20+20 superstars, all the actors who can enter this ranks are the most popular and popular stars in the first line.

Aziva Gossman knew very well that he could no longer give Helen Herman a chance to raise prices. He waited for a while before slowly saying, "I can coordinate with the crew to squeeze out $2 million in other aspects of the cost, which will be added to Matthew's pay."

His tone became quite tough, "$20 million is the final offer! Helen, if you still don't agree, I can only consider Will Smith. He auditioned very well and was very interested in this role."

Helen Hermann was silent. Although Aziva Gossman's offer had met expectations, he was not in a hurry to speak. After all, Matthew had other requirements.

The office quieted for a moment, and David Heyman frowned slightly. $20 million is definitely a matching salary for Matthew Horner today.

Aziva Gosman was waiting patiently, and he still had the patience to wait for a while.

Helen Hermann was silent for two minutes before he spoke slowly, his voice still calm, "Yes."

David Heyman and Aziva Gossman were relieved at the same time. As long as they could reach an agreement on the biggest difference in pay, the other small conditions would be easy to say.

Helen Herman's eyes swept through David Heyman and Aziva Gossman's faces and said, "Matthew and I can accept a $20 million salary and give up the post-box share, but there are two small conditions."

Aziva Gossmann was not the first day he became a producer. Knowing that the contracts of big-name stars often include many personal preference requirements, he said directly, "Tell me, Helen."

"The first one." Helen Hermann smiled on his face. "There is a supporting actress in the script. Matthew asked for advice on the use of the actors in this role."

Francis Lawrence had also talked about the candidate for this actor before. Aziva Gosmann thought about it and nodded slowly, "Matthew can recommend a suitable actor to the crew. If it is not suitable, I will refuse."

Matthew can recommend it, and Francis Lawrence can also recommend it. As for who to use in the end, the audition will be effective.

Aziva Gossman has enough experience in dealing with this issue.

Helen Herman nodded with satisfaction, and then made a second request, "Matthew wants to be named as a co-producer and join the ranks of producers."

Francis Lawrence is completely inclined toward Caa and Will Smith, and there is a conflict of interest in supporting roles. The best way is of course to bully him, but even a first-line star directly bullies directors like Francis Lawrence, they still need to find the right opportunity.

Hollywood is a producer-centric system, not a star-centric system. The real decision-maker of the crew is Aziva Gossman.

"Matthew will not interfere with the operation of the project." Helen Hermann naturally knew that the two producers must have some concerns, and said, "In recent times, rumors about Matthew being abandoned by the crew have been circulating. We hope that the crew can use a way to show Matthew's status in the crew and its importance to "I am a Legend."

David Heyman nodded slightly, and the name-named co-producer also showed his core position and importance in the crew.

Helen Herman continued, “Matthew can get a symbolic dollar for co-producers.”

This sentence dispelled some of Aziva Gossman's concerns. Although the definition of the position of the co-producer in Hollywood is relatively vague, it is more of a symbol of a status.

For example, if someone partially invests in a film, the crew may give him a position as co-producer.

Helen Hermann saw that David Heyman and Aziva Gossman remained silent, and was not in a hurry, and sat patiently on the sofa waiting.

David Heyman and Aziva Gossman exchanged glances, and Aziva Gossman said, "Helen, we need to consider this carefully. We also need to seek the opinions of Warner Brothers and we will reply to you in a few days."

Helen Herman nodded, "Yes."

She could hear that David Heyman and Aziva Gossman should not object.

The negotiations were temporarily suspended, and Helen Hermann went out to call Matthew during the break.

Matthew was also resting. When he received the call, he heard Helen Hermann briefly finish the negotiation process, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Helen."

Faced with producers like Aziva Gossman, it is not easy to get a pay of $20 million in the end, let alone the co-producer.

In the Hollywood system, because of the commercial nature of the film, the producer is the master of a film and has the right to decide all matters of filming, including the investment of the script, hiring directors, photographers, actors and sending film producers to represent it to manage the filming funds, review the shooting funds and control the entire process of filming.

If the director is the soul of a movie, the producer is the biological parents of a movie.

The producers have completely controlled the funds for filming, are the leader of the entire film production team, and the implementer of successfully completing a movie from scratch. In the Hollywood studio production system, the producers are often the general manager of the film project designated by the producer.

Aziva Gosman is the general manager of "I Am Legend", which is the traditional film producer.

For projects that invest heavily in big productions, the producers are often composed of a team.

For example, David Heyman, who is the administrative producer of "I Am Legend", is also directly employed by the production company, and is often responsible for the daily work management of the crew, etc.

There are also executive producers and co-producers. The former is a direct subordinate of the film producer. Each crew has several or even dozens of people, and they will be responsible for the management of the daily affairs of the crew. The composition of the latter is relatively complicated. In addition to some investors, many big-name stars who participate in the performance often have the name of co-producers in order to highlight their status or get power no less than directors. Even a friend of the film producer has helped the crew in a certain job and will also have co-producers...

In addition, there are many positions such as co-producer.

It can be said that in the Hollywood producer industry, is there a word "man" that is completely different?

Aziva Gossman did not let Matthew and Helen Herman wait too long. After just two days, he officially notified the Angel Agency and agreed to Matthew as the co-producer.

After the conditions for this aspect are met, Helen Hermann can talk to the crew about the specific contract details.
Chapter completed!