Three Hundred and Sixty The Bottom Line Is Difficult to Attack

Harvey knew that "Love Crazy" had won.

As much as possible, interview the distribution rights of each work in person, even if the other person is a nobody who jumped out of a rock. This is the consistent strategy of the Weinstein brothers, expressing their sincerity, evaluating each other's potential, and laying a solid foundation for long-term cooperation. Who knows if there will be another Quentin Tarantino among these independent filmmakers. Woolen cloth?

Before today's meeting, Harvey was more or less curious about Renly. In just half a year, riding a rocket-like rise, carrying the name of genius, and quickly gaining a firm foothold in Hollywood, Harvey wanted to see if Renly had the potential to cultivate.

In addition to distribution, Weinstein Pictures is also involved in the field of production, impacting the awards season every year, and they also have a group of actors who work closely together, Judi Dench, Michelle Williams, Scarlett Lei - Johnson, Samuel - Jackson (samuel-jakson), etc., excellent actors are not only the guarantee of film quality, but also the best choice to impact the actor department during the awards season.

Therefore, every once in a while, Harvey will inspect a group of potential newcomers, cast a wide net, and catch big fish. Currently on Harvey's inspection list, Jennifer Lawrence and Renly Hall are on the list.

In the short contact just now, Renly's confidence and sharpness left a deep impression on him. It can be seen that he is still only twenty-one years old after all, and the arrogance of the young man is fully revealed.

Young and energetic, which is a good thing, but it is not easy to control cooperation. Harvey felt that he should sharpen his spirit and roll in Hollywood for two years, then he will grow into a qualified Hollywood practitioner.

The judgment about Renly in his mind just flashed, and Harvey immediately focused his attention on "Love Crazy". He's now starting to think about the film's release schedule and PR strategy.

"October." This is Harvey's conception, his body leaned forward slightly, full of oppression, but full of confidence, "My positioning of the film is 'growth education', not 'blue love' People's Day'. I think we have a good chance next year in awards season, especially in the actors and script department."

This was the second bomb Harvey had thrown; the first was $1.5 million.

Harvey believes that under the bombing of two consecutive heavy bombs, Drake will never fight back, so this cooperation case will be completely negotiated. Other competitors didn't even have a chance to negotiate, and Weinstein Pictures had already signed the contract and was far ahead.

What's the difference between "Growth Education" and "Blue Valentine's Day"?

"Growing Up Education" in 2009 won three heavyweight nominations for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actress at the Oscars; "Blue Valentine's Day" in 2010, although the list of Oscar nominations has not yet been announced , but the impact of the impact has slowed down significantly, the biggest possibility is to win only one nomination for the best actress, and it is not impossible to even be squeezed out.

The two works are also small-scale love movies, and there is not much ambition at the core of the connotation, and they do not involve any major patterns such as the background of the times and social changes. These are similar to "Love Crazy".

Now, Harvey has positioned "Love Crazy" as this year's "Growth Education".

"Growth Education" is the distribution and operation of Sony Classics. The entire promotion curve is very clear. Sundance made its debut, and then landed at the Berlin Film Festival. In the second half of the year, it will be in Toronto, Helsinki, Chicago, New York, London, Telluride and other places The film festival debuted in 2009, with a screening in North America in October, and a full release in late November and early December.

On the one hand, it has accumulated enough word of mouth, and film festivals in major cities are all shining; on the other hand, it is not too greedy, and the goal is always on the heroine and original script, and it has unexpectedly won the nomination of the best film. It is also the result of the accumulation of excellent reputation.

Harvey believes that "Crazy Love" can completely replicate this development trajectory and create good results.

However, Harvey's calculus failed. "In our cooperation agreement, can it be written clearly that Renly can get 10% of the box office dividends?" Drake's words made Harvey's heart pound. Jump, almost scared out of a heart attack.

Harvey looked at Drake blankly, thinking he was joking, but he couldn't find any hesitation on that face, his face was sincere and unquestionable, and there was a trace of uneasy expectation in his eyes.

Renly, who had been watching, noticed the stiffness at the corner of Harvey's mouth, and couldn't help but laugh. Being able to make Harvey almost unable to control his expression, Drake can be considered a wizard.

Harvey didn't expect it at all, whether it's "Growing Up Education" or "Blue Valentine's Day", it actually doesn't make sense to Drake, who is a movie buff who threw himself on movies, awards season Of course, the glory of the film makes people feel happy, but what he is looking forward to more is that the work "Crazy in Love" can meet with a wide audience. Because this movie has a special meaning for him.

So, Harvey's second bomb didn't work at all, and Drake was more concerned about Renly's treatment.

However, the problem arises here again. Drake is a complete layman. He does not know negotiation skills or industry rules. The first step is "10% dividends", which is already the treatment of first-line actors. From a box-office dividend perspective, that's the equivalent of taking a quarter of Harvey's profits straight out of his pocket.

This is not only unreasonable, but also naive and romantic.

"Cough." Harvey coughed lightly, then laughed, passing the brief gaffe just now, "I think you may not have heard clearly, I am buying out, not dividing. One and a half million, Buy out the North American copyright of 'Love Crazy'."

Drake frowned slightly and looked at Renly. He didn't seem to understand the difference between a buyout and a share. He hesitated, "Even if it's a buyout, Renly will take 10%."

Harvey was a little irritated by such an unreasonable play of cards.

In fact, if it is a buyout, after paying 1.5 million to Drake, how much he wants to give to Renly is entirely up to him, not 10%, even if Drake pays 1.5 million All of them were given to Renly, and no one else could care.

Such a simple truth, Harvey took it for granted that Drake should know. Well, Drake's request just now was that, because of Renly's relationship, he needed to raise his offer by 10%.

Harvey felt that this was no longer the arrogance of young people, and even some arrogant newcomers actually demanded 10% dividends like a lion, even if "Crazy Love" is an independent film, it is often the case. It is still too ridiculous for the entire crew to share the costs and benefits together.

"Drake, we can negotiate the details of the contract slowly. We have enough time to discuss them one by one." Harvey used the most classic "drag" formula, playing Tai Chi, and let Dre first Grams made a final decision, and then the details were slowly polished. I believe that under the lawyer's water-grinding time, everything will not be a problem.

But Harvey miscalculated again. Drake shook his head and said bluntly, "I have no opinion on the others, only this one, Renly's 10% box office dividend."

For Drake, the 1.5 million royalties have satisfied him, not only to repay the debt owed by "Love Crazy", but also to pay all the actors and staff.

In order to shoot this movie, Drake only got a sponsorship of 150,000 yuan from an independent film company that had just been established for less than a year, Pittsburgh Indians; the rest of the cost was in the bank's own name by Drake. loan. This is also the reason why Drake really couldn't give Renly a higher salary.

At the same time, he can also harvest a large sum of money to prepare for the next film.

Drake is a very easy to satisfy person, he's not greedy, he's not ambitious, he thinks that's good enough. There is only one, Renly only received a salary of 20,000 US dollars, which is a third-tier standard even in the TV circle. This friendship, Drake is firmly in his heart.

In the face of Drake, who was incapable of oil and salt, Harvey's anger rushed up.

It's not that there is anything wrong with "10%". According to the calculation of 1.5 million, 10% is only 150,000. It is still a good deal to buy out the North American distribution rights of "Crazy Love". It's a deal that he doesn't like, the feeling of authority being provoked, the feeling of messing around, especially because of an actor's mess.

he does not like.

So, Harvey gave up his plan to continue communicating with Drake, turned his eyes to Renly, looked at it a little more, and jokingly, and scanned it up and down, "I thought you were an actor."

The subtext is that the actors are so greedy and should not ask for too much remuneration.

In fact, Renly didn't care much about box office dividends, and the filming of "Crazy Love" was not for the salary. But that doesn't mean he'll just watch Harvey fix the "Crazy Love" crew; what's more, now that Harvey has his gun pointed directly at him, doesn't he?

Renly showed a shallow smile, calmly retorted, "You really are a producer."

The subtext is that the producer's goal is to constantly squeeze the actors, directors and screenwriters for more benefits for themselves.

Instead of getting angry, Harvey calmed down, turned his body slightly, and looked at Renly formally, "So, ten percent dividend? Clam?"

Renly did not show weakness, with the same eyebrows, "Buyout of 1.5 million? Ha?"

"What, you're not satisfied with this number?" Harvey motioned for Renly to draw down.

"Should I be satisfied?" Renly's rhetorical question made Harvey frown slightly, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and curiously said, "I thought you just said, 'Crazy in love' is not 'Blue Valentine's Day' , but 'growth education'?"

Harvey had already played against Renly for several rounds before Drake could react to the sarcasm between these words, and the air was tense as the swords were drawn. (.)()

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