"The more Warner Bros. and DC Comics invest, the better it will be for me."

In a hotel near the seaside in Cannes, France, Will Smith sat on a chair in the hotel lobby and said to Jada Smith opposite, "Any super-selling video is indispensable for large-scale marketing."

Jada Smith seemed to disagree with this and said, "No matter how much money you invest, your salary will not increase."

Will Smith couldn't help but shake his head, "You have to look far away!" He reminded, "As long as this "Green Lantern" is sold well, my career will turn around, and it is not difficult to return to the 20 million club."

"Really?" Jada Smith was moved by the "20 million club".

"Of course!" Will Smith said directly, "My agent team and I have had enough analysis and have obtained detailed information from many first-tier market institutions. Judging from the market response of the "Spider-Man" series, the new "Batman" series and the "Iron Man" series, it is very likely that an era of superhero movies will appear in the future."

He didn't take on this role after a hothead.

Jada Smith was stunned for a while, and seemed to be unable to understand, but asked the question he was most concerned about, "Will your pay increase?"

If there is no high enough return, how can she support her high consumption?

Will Smith analyzed, "Have you seen the pay for "Iron Man" and Robert Downey Jr." He didn't need Jada Smith to answer, and said directly, "Robert Downey Jr.'s pay was only a few hundred thousand dollars when filming "Iron Man 2", but by "Iron Man 2", the pay was close to ten million dollars. And I have exact news, Marvel Studios wants to build "Avengers" with Iron Man as the core. How high will Robert Downey Jr. pay by then?"

Jada Smith nodded mechanically.

"I'm starring in the first film of the Justice League universe of DC!" Will Smith's analysis made a lot of sense. "For Warner Bros. and DC Comics, Green Lantern is Marvel's Iron Man. As long as this film is successful, I can push DC to form the Justice League with Green Lantern as the core!"

"Sounds good." Jada Smith was still a little brainy.

Will Smith suddenly laughed, "My pay is tens of millions of dollars now. How much should we ask the film company for the time being?"

Jada Smith also laughed happily, "The more the better! It cannot be lower than Johnny Depp's treatment in "Pirates of the Caribbean"!"

It is said that in Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Disney Pictures paid Johnny Depp more than $40 million.

Will Smith was also laughing happily. Since he failed to compete with Matthew Horner for a male lead, he has been in trouble in the past two years and has not had an excellent film. He has to lower his pay and continue to sink. If he continues to fall, he may not be able to maintain his position as a first-tier star.

Warner Bros. stretched out his hand to him, and it happened that "Iron Man" was successful. Marvel Studios' "Avengers" plan was circulating everywhere, allowing him to see the most likely glorious future of superhero movies, and then finalized the role of "Green Lantern".

He knew very well that the more likely it was to become the core of a series of movies at the earliest, the more likely it was to become the core, the higher the profits it earned.

Although this may have some impact on future development, it is better than falling into second-tier stars. Besides, with ready-made examples like Johnny Depp here, what's wrong with being a superstar in a series?

This is not the 90s!

Will Smith has a clear understanding of this. In this era, it is too difficult to become a superstar. Not everyone has the strength and luck of Matthew Horner.

Look at the new century, in addition to Matthew Horner, have there been new superstars in Hollywood?

The answer is obvious, no at all!

Will Smith knows that "Green Lantern" and the entire Justice League plan are unlikely to make him a real superstar, but superstars like Johnny Depp are also good.

"Green Lantern" will bring the famous Will Smith back!

Will Smith believes this as Warner Bros. and DC Comics attach great importance to the beginning of the series' plan and significantly increases its promotional budget.

But... it's still not as good as Matthew Horner!

Thinking of this, Will Smith couldn't help but sigh. He became the most popular and influential actor in Hollywood in just ten years.

"Will! Will..."

Jada Smith's voice suddenly rang, "Look over there, the two people who just came out of the elevator door, isn't that woman the person in charge of Matthew Horner's studio?"

Hearing this, Will Smith quickly looked to the front. It was a young woman and a middle-aged man. It seemed that the young woman was sending the middle-aged man away.

He doesn't know the middle-aged man, very strange, but he knows who the young woman is, Matthew Horner's former personal assistant, and now the CEO of Studio Thirteen, Bella Anderson!

How could she... be here?

Will Smith is a little strange. Everyone in the circle knows that Matthew Horner is not interested in the European Film Festival or something.

Just when he was surprised, Bella Anderson had already sent the person out of the hotel.

"Mr. Langman," she said to the middle-aged man with a smile, "I came with Mr. Horner's sincerity. I hope you can think about the $20 million offer."

She stressed, "We are really optimistic about the film "Artist".

Thomas Langman responded with a smile, "I will definitely think carefully."

As the producer of "Artist", this time I came to the Cannes Film Festival. In addition to winning a prize, I just wanted to find a suitable international publisher and sell the copyright outside of Europe for a large price.

Such publishers can only come from Hollywood.

Except for Hollywood, film companies in other places do not have global distribution capabilities at all.

Seeing Thomas Langman get in the car and wait for the car to start and leave, Bella Anderson then returns to the hotel and walks towards the elevator.

She has been in Cannes for a while and has achieved her initial goal. She intervened in negotiations between Harvey Weinstein and international film dealers several times, which has ruined several transactions of Weinstein Pictures.

Unfortunately, the goal has not been achieved this time.

Judging from all aspects of the reaction, this film called "Artist" is Harvey Weinstein's first goal.

Bella Anderson had obtained enough relevant information before. The cost of "Artist" participating in the business fair was about 10 million euros, and the offer of 20 million US dollars was neither high nor low, but it just exceeded Harvey Weinstein.

Meanwhile, Thomas Langman, who had left by car, had just hung up the phone and told the driver, "Go to the Duvaco Hotel."

Ten minutes later, he appeared on time in a reception room in the Duvaco Hotel and shook hands with Harvey Weinstein, who had dealt with before.

"Thomas, how are you thinking about it?" Harvey Weinstein asked.

"Mr. Weinstein," Thomas Longman said in English with a French accent. "The price of $15 million is too low to accept that it is not even enough for the production of "Artist."

Harvey Weinstein narrowed his eyes and said, "I want to buy copyright outside of Europe!" He looked at Thomas Langman with a little disdain, "You still have this European market. If it goes well, you can make a profit in Europe. This 15 million US dollars will become your net income."

Thomas Langman smiled and said, "Who can tell the future exactly? I can't do business that loses money."

The film, called "The Artist", sounds quite high-end, but in the eyes of the producers, it is ultimately only related to money.

Harvey Weinstein was used to being strong in the face of these overseas producers and said directly, "Thomas, winning Weinstein's friendship means that your future movies will completely enter the North American market."

North America is the world's largest single film market, who doesn't want to get a share of the pie?

If there is no better choice, Thomas Langman also wants to take over the so-called Weinstein hand of friendship, but the difference between the two is 5 million US dollars!

That's $5 million!

Your Harvey Weinstein's fat face and fat hand are worth $5 million? What a century of joke!

If you sell it in gram, you won’t be able to block such a big hole.

As a producer and a film businessman, how could Thomas Langman not understand such a simple negotiation method as taking advantage of the situation and putting pressure on it?

"Mr. Weinstein, I personally really hope to cooperate with Weinstein Pictures." Thomas Langman said slowly, "But the film has many shareholders, and many things are not my own decision. Someone offered a quotation of $20 million..."

As soon as these words came out, Harvey Weinstein immediately thought of several businesses that had been ruined and asked coldly, "Is it Studio 13?"

"Yes." Thomas Longman didn't mind that the other party knew who the competitor was, which would be more beneficial to him.

"Do you know they don't have the ability to issue?" Harvey Weinstein reminded.

Thomas Langman just talked to Bella Anderson and responded, "They will leave it to Disney or Warner Bros.," he also emphasized, "That's a member of the six major Hollywood companies!"

Harvey Weinstein frowned and said, "I said before that I bought "Artist" to hit the Oscars. In terms of operating the Oscars, no company in Hollywood can match Weinstein Pictures! Don't forget the influence of the Oscars!"

"Then we can change the contract." Thomas Langman didn't take this set at all. Oscars are really attractive, and the actual income is the real one. "$15 million is the basic buyout fee. "The Artist" earned profits in North America, and we scored half of the money!"
Chapter completed!