The morning rain in Weicheng is like silk, weaving a curtain of dreams. Where the willows are green, there are three stacks of Yangguan, and it is not just the green shirt that is wet.
At this moment, a light rain began to fall in the capital, which moistened the hazy morning, and a mist appeared. Fortunately, the rainfall was very light, and there was still no problem in taking off and landing planes. It was just that the ancient capital,
There is an extra sense of laziness.
After walking out of the VIP channel, the person waiting outside the airport at the moment was George. Ye Ming's agent in Innovation Company was this guy.
Of course, it doesn't mean that Ye Ming must go through George for all his film, TV and advertising endorsements, but in Hollywood, most of the work is arranged by George. After all, he is familiar with the job.
In movies such as The Day After Tomorrow and Minority Report, it was actually George who made the arrangements. Ye Ming went over to audition and then signed the contract.
This is actually the benefit of having a backer and a helper, and innovation is a leader in Hollywood. It is quite a powerful existence. It has become a Hollywood duo with the William Morris Agency. If the William Morris Agency does not have a profound foundation,
, then I guess some of them may be killed by Innovation. Innovation is now the most influential and powerful agency in Hollywood.
Interestingly, the five founders of Innovation actually came from the William Morris Brokerage Company. From this point, we can also see how long the history of William Morris Company is.
Therefore, with the help of Creative Company, Ye Ming will be able to avoid many detours in Hollywood. Creative agent George will choose roles suitable for Ye Ming based on Ye Ming's acting skills, acting direction and other conditions.
,If this is the case, then Ye Ming will not have to run around in Hollywood.
After George saw Ye Ming, he greeted him and said, "Ye, here, here, God. You are finally here." Ye Ming came over and shook hands with George and said, "George, I'm glad to see you.
, I am very touched by your work attitude.”
George immediately said righteously: "Don't doubt my professional quality as an agent. I am a licensed professional agent. I only serve my actors. In addition, if you have more work, my commission will also increase."
It’s just too much. If you can’t bear it, just raise the commission. I think how about ten percent?”
In Hollywood, being an agent is not something you can just do. Generally speaking, agents are divided into two categories in Hollywood. One is self-employed. Generally speaking, this kind of self-employed person has a wide range of opportunities in entertainment.
There is another kind of old man who has been in the industry for a long time, the kind who have a company, a background and a backer. George is naturally the kind of person who has a backer, and behind him is an innovative brokerage company.
In a place like Hollywood, not everyone can work as an agent. This requires verification. In other words, if you want to accept work for actors, you must have an agent license, and
According to the Broker Franchise Regulations, brokers, whether individual or corporate, must have a license. Otherwise, it is illegal. And this broker license is issued by SAG.
That is the abbreviation of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild. By the way, the framer of the Agent Franchise Regulations is also the Screen Actors Guild.
In California, the law clearly stipulates that the brokerage company's commission cannot exceed 10%, and Ye Ming's commission is 8%, which is already a quite high number. And it's because
Ye Ming was poached by innovation, which must provide some good conditions. For example, if an ordinary star joins innovation, the commission will basically start at 10%.
Therefore, Ye Ming has benefited a lot from this issue. Of course, Hollywood agencies now usually package and sell one-stop personnel services such as directors, actors, lighting, etc. to the crew. If this is the case, then the commission will be like this
On the one hand, it can take care of the plaintiff and the defendant.
In fact, every law and regulation has loopholes, even in Hollywood.
Therefore, in fact, there are still quite a lot of conflicts between agencies and actors.
After all, regarding a problem like this, no matter how it is said, at this time, the agency wants to charge more money, but the actor naturally wants to charge less money. This is actually the same in Hollywood
Quite a contradiction.
In a situation like this, no matter what it is, problems will arise sooner or later, even in Hollywood, which seems to have relatively complete rules.
Ye Ming naturally said without politeness at this moment: "Stop dreaming, eight percent is already high enough. You still want to improve, and I also want to reduce some. Don't forget that I still have to pay the death penalty."
What about the U.S. government’s taxes?”
Do you think the agency will take you 10%? According to California law, the highest personal income tax is 13.3%, which means that 13.3% of the actor’s income must be used
When it comes to paying taxes, of course there are some reasonable tax avoidance policies, such as donating to charity funds, donating to welfare institutions and other formally qualified welfare institutions, which can offset personal income tax.
Why do you think wealthy Americans like to do charity? A large part of it is that charity can offset taxes.
By setting up a foundation or something, the children can not only get certain benefits through the foundation, but they don't have to pay a huge amount of inheritance tax.
Therefore, don’t think that rich people are fools. Those people are some of the smartest people in the world. If you think Bill Gates left 10 million to his children and donated all his huge family property, that’s because he
The children can receive a large sum of money from the foundation every year.
In fact, it is the same in Hollywood. Generally, a person's salary of at least 20% cannot be taken away. Either it is handed over to the agent and the US government, or it is used for charity.
George was just joking. For people like Ye Ming, in fact, their commissions are generally gradually reduced. Because Ye Ming’s salary is getting higher and higher, at this time, the agency wants to retain Ye Ming.
, naturally it means that certain concessions will be made when taking commissions. It is not impossible that some stars’ remuneration is even 5%.
Therefore, at this moment, George immediately said: "Let's not talk about it. Today I am here to bring you very good news. Universal is going to shoot a road movie. In fact, this is how they made it from the beginning.
Yes, but it was overdue. It cost 50 million, but the box office was only less than 40 million. I lost so much money that my pants fell off, and I was left with only my underwear and was humiliated by the people in Hollywood. So they decided to make a movie
A good road movie to prove that it is still a top film company in Hollywood.
It is said that someone at Universal has a good relationship with James, so the starring role fell on you. Now Alexander from Universal is waiting for you in the hotel. This guy is the producer of the movie."
Ye Ming didn't care about this, but thought for a while and said: "George, this is not what I care about. What I care about is, what is the name of this movie, and whether it is Fast and Furious that has been agreed upon. If so, then
Everything else is easy to talk about."
To be honest, whoever will be the producer has nothing to do with Ye Ming, but what kind of movie this movie is is something that must be understood.
George nodded very definitely and said: "There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. Fast and Furious, this is a script that is highly valued by people in the company. If it weren't for the recommendation of Mr. James, I don't think you would be able to get it."
This opportunity to star."
Ye Ming got into the car prepared by the company and said, "Come on, George, don't I know about the company's affairs?
Business is business, and favors are favors. Regarding such a question, no matter how I do it, there seems to be only one result, and that is that I need luck to be the protagonist. Even with the help of James
, I guess if it is a very promising script, it is impossible for me to get my turn. I heard that the prequel of this movie lost a lot of money. The Hollywood Screen Actors Guild gave this movie a
The evaluation is C level, which means it can barely maintain its capital."
Don't look at blockbuster movies that make people a lot of money, but they are blockbusters. In fact, there are many movies in Hollywood that lose money. If it can be considered as not losing money among Hollywood movies, then it is already considered a loss.
A pretty good result.
Therefore, Hollywood movies do not mean that everyone makes money. In the American entertainment industry, there is a saying, if you love someone, then send him to Hollywood, because that is heaven. Do you hate someone? Then send him
He went to Hollywood because it was hell.
Yes, Hollywood is a place wandering between heaven and hell. Under the neon lights of life and death, there are also many sad stories.
Therefore, no matter how you put it, Hollywood is a place full of dangers and dreams.
George said with some embarrassment: "Well, maybe, people within the company are actually quite optimistic about this script. It is a very good idea for a road movie. If it can be shot well, then in
Regarding a question like this, in fact, no matter how it is discussed, there is hope that it can be solved.
Of course, Universal is not very optimistic about the movie, but they are not convinced that the first movie lost. Therefore, they changed the director and the script, and this time they wanted to create a road movie again.
Movie.
People in Hollywood are not very optimistic about this movie, but I think this is an opportunity for you, a good opportunity to enter mainstream movies. You think, if everyone is optimistic about this movie,
If so, what are your chances of starring in it?"
These words left Ye Ming a little unable to answer, because after all, on such a question, no matter how it is said, the racial discrimination against black and yellow people in Hollywood does not mean that it does not exist, but that it does not exist.
Very serious.
Although on the surface, except for some radical people, no one dares to openly say that they discriminate against black people and against yellow people.
But as far as the drivers are concerned, when it comes to such a problem, they all have some discrimination against yellow people. They think that it is impossible for yellow people to be the protagonists in Hollywood movies. Basically, they are like big cats and kittens.
Just three.
And if they can really take charge of their own business, then Cheng Long and Bruce Lee can really make a living. The rest, including Li Lianjie and Zhou Runfa, did not gain a foothold in Hollywood in the end.
Therefore, in fact, under such a situation, if Ye Ming can now get an invitation from Fast and Furious, that would be a very good problem. If it weren't for the fact that Ye Ming is relatively well-known in Hollywood, he is even more wealthy in the United States.
, and also won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
It was precisely because of the conditions for saying this and that, and the recommendation of James, that Universal began to use Ye Ming.
I hope Ye Ming can bring miracles to them. Of course, the recommendation of a guy like James is also quite effective. If it weren't for James' recommendation, a movie like Fast and Furious could be on Ye Ming's turn.
I'll be starring tomorrow.
In fact, there are some similarities with China's entertainment industry on this issue.
Ye Ming nodded and did not continue to dwell on this issue. He nodded and said: "Fifty million is not enough for a big production. Therefore, this opportunity only comes to me. But since it is about rounds,
If it comes to me, I will take the time to prove my worth on a problem like this."
Fifty million is not a big deal for large-scale productions, but it is still within the range of Hollywood's top film productions. Therefore, this is actually an opportunity that everyone is not optimistic about, giving Ye Ming an opportunity like this.
George then nodded and said: "That's right. In fact, there are still many people at Universal who are optimistic about this script. If no one is optimistic about this script, then Universal will not invest in the filming of this movie. It is just because of the failure of the prequel.
, so everyone is not very optimistic about Universal’s road movies. That’s why no top star is willing to take a starring role like this. This is giving you a chance.”
Universal spent money to shoot this movie, naturally because people in the company were very optimistic about the script. Otherwise, Universal would not have invested money to shoot this movie. This is not wrong at all.
Since Universal is willing to invest money, it means that a script like this is pretty good and has merit.