Chapter 690 Hollywood's original superstar privilege
The choice at this moment is very important to Ye Ming. Should he agree to Howard's conditions? Ye Ming fell into deep thought for a while, struggling in his heart, and the ideological confrontation was as fierce as sparks hitting the earth.
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In the end, Ye Ming hesitated and finally made up his mind and said: "Actually, William Morris is not the only choice. There are other agency companies in Hollywood. If I want to enter Hollywood, then with my popularity, I want to
It would be very easy to sign a contract with another company."
Naturally, William Morris is not the only agency in Hollywood. This company also has a deadly rival, Innovative Artists. All the five members of Innovative Artists defected from William Morris, but the Five Innovative Artists are not used.
In thirty years, it has become a giant brokerage company that competes with William Morris.
This is something that everyone at William Morris hates very much, and very few people at William Morris would mention Innovative Artists.
Ye Ming's words also touched Howard very much. Yes, Hollywood is no longer dominated by the William Morris family.
Innovative Artists now accounts for almost half of all Hollywood talent agencies.
However, Howard was still very proud and said: "Mr. Ye is very clear about the specifics of this matter. Innovative Artists Company is basically from European and American countries. For artists from other countries outside Europe and America, Innovative Artist Company has no basis at all."
It's just impossible to care.
They don’t have much business in the Asia-Pacific region. Therefore, for such a matter, our William Morris company is the best choice. For example, Cheng Long and Zhou Runfa in the Asia-Pacific region are all from our William Morris company.
Signed artist. Britney Spears is also a signed artist of our company. These are innovations that cannot be compared. We have a very good grasp of European and American trends, and we are also quite experienced in packaging Asian-Pacific stars.
, innovation doesn’t have the advantages we have.”
That's right, even though the William Morris Agency only offered a fourth-tier contract, Ye Ming was still hesitant to give his contract to William Morris. The reason was because it was a professional agency, and
Better understand the market trends in the Asia-Pacific region and the needs of Europe and the United States.
At the end, Ye Ming hesitated and said: "If it's about signing a contract, there is no problem, but what I signed is just an actor's contract, and I have to exercise additional rights. Without this, I would contact Innovation tomorrow.
There are no artists from the Asia-Pacific region in Innovation, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be there in the future.”
Additional rights, this is a term specific to Hollywood, and is rarely used in other countries. This right is the biggest difference between superstars and ordinary contracted artists. Additional rights, the full name of film and television box office dividend additional terms.
This is a right that only a superstar can exercise. For example, Cheng Long now has such a right. That means that when he wants his own remuneration, he can ask for a share of the box office. Hong Kong City has this
The system actually started when Cheng Long went to Hollywood. After learning about this right, he moved this habit to Hong Kong City, and the superstars in Hong Kong City also began to slowly learn from Cheng Long to exercise such a right.
In the Mainland, Feng Xiaogang was the first to use additional rights in Party A and Party B. Of course, those who can exercise additional rights are all superstars. They have great confidence in themselves and are sure that their works will be a hit at the box office.
Otherwise, you'd better just get paid honestly and forget about the good harvest despite drought and floods.
In fact, even in Hollywood, there are only a handful of superstars who dare to exercise additional rights.
This surprised Howard very much. He looked at Ye Ming with wide eyes and said: "Mr. Ye, are you sure you want to exercise the additional rights yourself? This is a double-edged sword. If it is said that it is not good to use it, then you
Your income will be greatly reduced.”
At this time, Cheng Long also stood up and said: "Ye Ming, I think it's better for you to think more carefully about this matter. It's a bit risky to exercise such rights when you first come to Hollywood."
It's not that Cheng Long doesn't support Ye Ming's use of additional rights. In fact, in Hollywood, Cheng Long, a Chinese star, has the courage to exercise additional rights. Neither Zhou Runfa nor Jet Li have the courage to exercise additional rights. It's not that they don't have this courage.
In fact, they also have this qualification, but they don't have the courage. If they get paid honestly, that is the safest way. In fact, it proves that this choice is the luckiest for Zhou Runfa.
If it hadn't been for the popularity of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which gave Chow Run-fa a chance to make a comeback in Hollywood, Chow would have returned to Hong Kong and mainland China to film movies early.
Because if you exercise additional rights, you will naturally have to make appropriate concessions in terms of remuneration. In Hollywood, if a superstar exercises additional rights, the remuneration will generally be discounted at around a discount.
At this point, both Howard and Cheng Long expressed doubts about Ye Ming's choice.
Howard shook his head and said, "I think this is impossible. The superiors will not allow you to exercise additional rights. You must know that this is at least a second-tier artist. Only Cheng Long, Zhou Runfa and others are qualified to exercise additional rights.
, with your fourth-level D-level contract, it is impossible to succeed at this time. No artist in the William Morris Company has such a precedent."
This is almost impossible. Without the support of huge popularity, who can guarantee that all of his movies will be a hit? Only the top superstars, even if they are not members of the 20 million salary club, are at least Oscar winners.
Only movie star-level superstars have this kind of pride.
Therefore, additional rights are called superstar privileges in Hollywood. It’s not that superstars don’t have the courage to exercise this right, but they are actually not qualified to exercise this right. But at this time, Ye Ming proposed that he should have this additional right. How could this not be allowed?
Howard was surprised.
Ye Ming shook his head with a smile and said, "Just because it doesn't exist doesn't mean it can't exist. There wasn't a William Morris Agency in Hollywood before, but then there was one. Besides, William Morris Agency doesn't stipulate that only superstars can have additional rights."
Yes, it's possible. It's just that many celebrities don't have the guts. But if you don't report it, if the superiors don't agree, even if you can't sign the contract, it's not your responsibility, right? If you don't report it,
If we don't sign a contract at this time, I don't think your manager will let you go."
These words gave Howard a sudden realization. Yes, his main task this time was actually to sign a contract with Ye Ming. No matter what requirements he had, Ye Ming said he wanted to exercise additional rights, so that was already
It was beyond the scope of what he could decide, so reporting was the best option.
In a luxurious villa in Hollywood and Beverly Hills, a middle-aged man with fiery red hair was swinging a golf club and practicing golf for his own entertainment. An assistant came over with a mobile phone. At this time, the middle-aged man was still very nervous.
Clearly, if your assistant dares to come over and disturb you at this moment, it must be because there is something you care about. It may not be important, but it must be something you care about.
Howard told Ye Ming's words on the other end of the phone. At this time, the middle-aged man laughed and said: "Dear Howard, I think at this time I finally know why even that person
Muscular man Arnold said that Ye Ming is a very interesting person.
He really dared to think about additional rights. Not even a star in Hollywood would dare to ask for such a right. He, an artist who has not entered Hollywood, actually dared to ask for such a request.
Okay, no problem. Since he has put forward the conditions, I think I have no intention of refusing. I promise him that I will immediately modify the contract and add this clause."
The manager is the manager. In one sentence, everything is settled.
In South Korea, Howard was also a little dumbfounded. Stars who made conditions for William Morris were usually ruthlessly blocked by their managers.
If there are no special circumstances in such a situation, such as the intervention of the sworn enemy of innovation, then generally speaking, actors who have been banned by William Morris need not think about entering Hollywood.
At this time, the manager actually agreed to Ye Ming's request for the first time. With disbelief, Howard glanced at Ye Ming. Could it be that this man is the manager's illegitimate son? But it doesn't look like it.
This guy Ye Ming has an authentic oriental face, and it is impossible for him to have anything to do with his manager.
At this time, Howard said very happily: "Mr. Ye, congratulations, our manager has already agreed to your conditions. After I modify the contract, we can officially sign the contract."
Until this moment, Howard breathed a long sigh of relief. No matter what the matter was, although it had gone through some twists and turns, Ye Ming finally nodded and agreed to sign the contract with him. This time he finally completed it.
Is the company’s mission important?
Of course it's not important. Howard came with a special lawyer to modify the contract and sign the contract, so naturally there were professionals to handle it all.
From then on, Ye Ming became one of the four contracted artists of William Morris Company. Starting from the lowest level, he climbed up step by step. Ye Ming still has a long way to go before he reaches the top of the 20 million box office club.
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