Chapter 1164 1164 Game behind the scenes
In Hollywood today, if you ask an ordinary audience whether they like Tom Cruise or Hugo Lancaster, the answer will probably be 50% or 50 points. Maybe someone can gain a little advantage, but the advantage will definitely not be too obvious. When the same question is handed to major film companies, their answer is definitely "everyone likes it", because for them, actors are a whole term, and interests are always the core in the face of personal friendship.
So, when Tom and Hugo competed for a movie, this almost made everyone excited, and "Mission Impossible" became the focus of attention in one fell swoop.
Now, Hugo is almost about to reach an agreement with "Mission Impossible", and Tom comes from behind again and proposes a condition that Paramount can hardly refuse. On the one hand, it is signing Hugo to create Hollywood's first feat of paying 20 million US dollars; on the other hand, it is signing Tom to reach a cooperation with this top superstar who has been in Hollywood for ten years. This is a dilemma in the eyes of any company.
But in fact, it is not that difficult for Paramount to choose.
Within less than 48 hours, the time left for the Eternal Elite agency to respond was very limited. Paramount officially announced that they signed a contract with Tom Cruise for a pay of 10 million US dollars, and Tom joined "Mission Impossible". The crew will complete the formation within two weeks and be officially filmed!
The battle for the male protagonist of "Mission Impossible" has been going on for nearly a month, and finally ended with Tom Cruise's victory. The audience was very excited, and those who supported Tom were overjoyed, those who supported Hugo were indignant, while those who were onlookers cheered and looked forward to the release of "Mission Impossible".
After all, Hugo missed it with "Mission Impossible", which is regrettable.
In fact, it was not surprising that Paramount made such a choice. Their position of weighing is nothing more than a trade-off of interests.
Although signing a contract with Hugo can create a gimmick, Paramount also has to pay the 20 million US dollars, which means that they have greater box office pressure and less profit margins. Not to mention other large film companies, including Paramount itself, no film company will be willing to increase its pay. The agency has always promoted the increase in pay, while film companies hope to lower costs and control costs.
But the problem is that there are enough gimmicks for "Mission Impossible" now. "20 million yuan in pay" is just the icing on the cake, and Paramount is bleeding, coupled with the pressure from other large film companies. In fact, Paramount's choice is not difficult.
On the other hand, the cooperation between Tom and Paramount is definitely not just a reduction in pay. There are many things that Tom can bring to Paramount, not just "Mission Impossible", but also a cooperative relationship with other works. No one will forget that Tom is an artist from an innovative artist agency.
This is really an interesting situation. On the one hand, the innovative artist brokerage company has joined forces with William Morris Brokerage Company and the Fighting Elite Brokerage Company to promote a new breakthrough with a pay of 20 million yuan; but on the other hand, it has secretly traveled with Paramount to promote Tom's franchise cooperation. It is indeed the most powerful brokerage company in the industry at present, and has mastered its fishing technology.
For innovative artist brokerage companies, they are invincible. If Hugo plays "Mission Impossible", it means that the 15 million limit of the entire brokerage industry has been broken, and they are definitely the most favorable competitors of the next 20 million clubs; if Tom plays "Mission Impossible", they can cooperate more with Paramount and win head-on competition with Hugo.
Therefore, innovative artist brokerage companies can definitely be said to be easy.
Objectively speaking, in this competition, the biggest winner is not Tom or Hugo, nor is it an innovative artist agency, but Paramount and "Mission Impossible". Before the preliminary preparations for this work have been completed, it has been passed down by word of mouth. When the movie is released in the future, as long as the promotion can keep up, the box office of the movie will have a high chance of awesome results.
Behind Tom Cruise is the innovative artist brokerage company, while behind Hugo is the Enjin Elite Brokerage Company. This is also the first head-on game between the two brokerage companies, and the competition behind the surface cooperation, and the old-fashioned strong innovative artist brokerage company has the last laugh, but the Innovative Artist Brokerage Company has clearly realized one thing through this incident, that is, the rise of Enjin Elite Brokerage Company is unstoppable!
Others don't know, but the innovative artist brokerage firm is really clear.
In fact, the cooperation between Tom Cruise and "Mission Impossible" was finalized as early as the night of Oscar Night. Tom showed his determination to win this work. His connections in Hollywood are naturally not comparable to those of Hugo in three years. At the same time, the foundation of innovative artist brokerage companies is not something that advanced elite brokerage companies can fight against.
Tom not only convinced the main characters of the crew and gained the support of Brian De Palma and Robert Downey, but also gained the favor of Paramount leader Shirley Lansing. In addition, Tom also relied on his own abilities to gain the support of strong Walt.
Who is Qiang Walt? He has been an old actor in Hollywood for nearly 30 years and has become famous as early as the late 1960s. His connections can also be seen in various fields such as Broadway to TV series to movies, screenwriters, directors, actors, and production. If we want to talk about actor achievements, he may not be as good as Paul Newman and Jack Nicholson; but when it comes to the forces behind the scenes in the circle, he is a top presence.
Qiang expressed his willingness to play "Mission Impossible", on the condition that Tom must be the leading actor. Moreover, he appeared in person on Oscar Night to act as a lobbyist for Tom. That night, Qiang took his daughter Angelina Jolie to attend the party. The daughter could cover up the people and make others mistakenly think that he was just paving the way for his daughter's future career as an actor, so that he would not notice his whereabouts.
Tom and Mission Impossible collaborate on Oscar Night. Tom lowered his pay and only received 10 million US dollars. You should know that Tom has long been the backbone of the 15 million club, and it is not easy to make him lower his pay; Tom also named a producer, making full use of the resources of the innovative artist agency, and according to the director and screenwriter's ideas, he can quickly build the crew and be of high-quality crew.
Paramount has no reason to refuse.
These transactions were originally hidden between drinking and drinking, and before they were officially announced, it was difficult for even insiders to know. But what surprised the innovative artist agency was that Rick Rosen, the fox, actually smelled something wrong. He made a quick decision and handed over Paramount's affairs to Joseph Gibbs, and then he and Ali Emmanuel were running around at the Sunset Tower Hotel. The innovative artist agency could not see through the purpose of their running around at the beginning, but now it seems that it is clearer.
First of all, Joseph convinced Paramount not to announce the news that Tom Cruise had signed the contract for the time being. At the same time, Joseph also pulled Paramount to the chariot of the Engaging Elite Agency and cooperated with the performance. The subsequent drama was only launched with gongs and gongs. At the same time, Joseph and the others were quite accurate. The innovative artist agency would definitely cooperate because this would benefit them and could even seek more benefits.
Then, Rick relied on his strong personal abilities to bring Disney and Warner Bros. into their camp.
The in-depth Tom Hanks joined Disney's voice work to support the work "Toy Story", which was exchanged for Nicholas Cage's elimination in "Brave the Deadly Island", allowing Alexander Lorraine to join. They then reached an agreement with Disney to join the ranks of companies such as 20th Century Fox and put pressure on Paramount.
Clint Eastwood and Al Pacino reached a cooperation with Warner Bros. In exchange for Warner Bros. joining, it doesn't matter whether Warner Bros. joins at this time. They just make a small effort and go with the flow because they originally disagree with the pay exceeding 20 million.
At such a "critical" moment, Tom Cruise made a strong move. After weighing the pros and cons, Paramount gave up his $20 million salary plan and chose Tom, who "reduced his salary", was clear at a glance.
This turned out that Hugo was not trying to increase his pay, but was strangled by the film company. Not only could other brokerage companies no longer put pressure on Hugo, but they would sympathize with the situation of the elite company and gloatingly said, "After all, it is a small emerging company, and its power is still not enough. After this blow, it will probably take a long time to recover."
It was clearly Tom Cruise who was running around and relied on his strong personal connections to reverse it; it was clearly an innovative artist agency that was still strong, providing strong support, helping Tom Cruise win the "Mission Impossible". However, under the crisis of the Strive Elite Agency, it not only resolved the previous rebukes of Hugo's pay, but also obtained a lot of benefits for the company's artists. At the same time, they also had tacit secrets with Warner Bros., Disney and Paramount, and their relationships were further improved.
The most important thing is that the skill of the Engaging Elite Brokerage Company is unaware of it. If it weren't for the Innovative Artist Brokerage Company, they wouldn't have noticed it at all. Not only Rick, but also Ali, the old foxes like this, were not leaking, and even Joseph, who was generally regarded as a general underestimator, did not show any flaws.
Moreover, Tom joined forces to convince Paramount Pictures to be on Oscar Night, but Rick's reaction speed and crisis handling ability were amazingly excellent. Whether they were considerate carefully in advance, without missing out, or their accurate judgment and clear thinking on the spot, they proved their ability.
The innovative artist brokerage company did not know how Rick noticed something was wrong, which also made them have no evidence to confirm all of these speculations; but for them, the facts were not important, and it was enough to have speculation, because they knew clearly that the entire Hollywood brokerage circle would probably be reshuffled in the next round.
Chapter completed!