In Hollywood, producers are undoubtedly the ones with the most say in the entire project. When the movie enters the production stage, even the big guys such as Barry Mayer, Kevin Pence, and Mark Canton will not easily point fingers at the movie, but will leave the producers full responsibility. The producers are not only the link between the production company and the crew, but also the person with the power of life and death in the entire crew. He controls the economic lifeline and production direction of the crew.

If you meet a bad producer and interfere with every link of the work production, the focus is on laymen who pretend to understand if they don’t know how to understand, then this is a disaster, and it is not a strange thing to easily destroy a $100 million investment. "The Future Water World" is obviously the most representative case.

This is also the reason why many top directors will shoulder the responsibilities of producing their works, such as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, George Lucas, etc., their works are usually produced by themselves. Of course, ensuring quality and creative freedom is one reason, and producers can participate in dividends, and other reasons.

In a crew, those who are qualified to participate in profit dividends include directors, screenwriters, producers, and top actors, such as Hugo. However, Hugo's dividends are obviously unable to compete with directors and producers, and they are the big ones. In situations like Steven, James, George, and others, they can get part of the dividends as directors and then as producers, so the dividends are often as high as more than 20%.

Twenty years later, in Hollywood, top actors served as producers of their works, controlling the quality of their works, and participating in dividends is common. The most important thing is that after the birth of the 20 million club, Hollywood proposed a theory that actors received super high pay, and they must bear more risks. Therefore, later, many top actors served as producers of their works, using dividends to share the risks of their works, of course, after the work was successful, the benefits also doubled, which was much more than simply receiving a 20 million dollar pay.

Since "Mission Impossible 2", Tom Cruise has served as a producer in almost every starring work, and has worked diligently to bear all the risks of his career on his shoulders. Brad Pitt's joint production of works such as "Twelve Years of Slave", "Selma Parade (Selma), "Fury", "Punishment into Gold (Touching Neyball)" have been continuously hitting Oscars and achieved very good results. After Natalie Portman became the producer of his work, he had strict requirements on the quality of his work, and repeatedly had conflicts with his co-stars and co-directors, which even led to temporary replacement of actors, temporary rewrites of scripts, and disputes with the director, and other negative results such as negative results such as stranding of filming progress.

It can even be said that being a producer is a normal and a transformation.

However, in 1996, few actors were willing to do this. Because producers often mean dealing with production companies and crews, which meant huge box office risks. There were also few film companies willing to do this, because this meant that they gave actors power, allowing actors to override directors, and challenging director authority. For directors like James, this almost put an irregular time bomb on the crew, not to mention that film companies need to give actors more benefits.

Of course, the most important thing is that so far, no actor has such a strong appeal that allows film companies to give trust, putting the producer's heavy responsibilities and box office pressure on actors, even independent movies, although this happens occasionally, it is not common. Because actors are actors, in current perception, actors cannot take the risk of producers.

Barry Mayer is not the first to try it out. Paramount made such a try for the first time last year. When Tom Cruise starred in "Mission Impossible", he not only took on the lead role, but also took on the role of producer. Even Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks and others had never tried it before, which was undoubtedly a huge breakthrough.

The result is obvious at a glance. The success of "Mission Impossible" has made all the big guys in Hollywood have their own calculations in their hearts. However, it is obviously not easy for an actor to become a producer. It is not just because Hugo and Jin Carrey's 20 million pay resulted in different results. This is far more complicated than the "20 million club", because this allows actors to truly enter the core of power and truly enter the production industry, which has an immeasurable impact on role positioning, power distribution, and profit distribution.

But there is no doubt that if there is a production company that really wants to make further attempts, Hugo is undoubtedly the best choice. In the whole Hollywood, if Hugo is not competent, then all the other actors at present will definitely not competent. Even Tom Cruise, except for "Mission Impossible", Paramount has no other courage to let him try.

Someone once analyzed that Hugo is currently at the peak of an actor. From awards to box office, Hugo has everything, let alone his appeal to reach the peak. For Hugo, there is actually not much challenge. Hugo has no room for growth above the peak of power, unless Hugo picks up the guide like his friend Tim Robbins, and Hugo has written a script "Before Sunrise", so this is not impossible.

However, Barry now gives a perfect answer: the producer, or even the position above the director, letting Hugo participate in the production of the film.

Whether Hugo will write the script again or whether Hugo is interested in the director position, becoming a producer is undoubtedly a huge breakthrough in his career. Imagine that one day in the future, Hugo may stand on the stage of winning the best film as a producer, or Hugo may create the second "Independence Day" as a producer to sweep the North American box office... Just like Hugo's achievements at the Grammy, this is definitely a new stage.

Faced with such a proposal, it can be seen that Rick is indeed difficult to refuse the efforts Barry has made behind the scenes.

However, at present, everything is just a rumor. Rick heard the constant rumors, but he did not talk directly with Barry, so everything was still in the rumor stage. But from today's situation, it has gradually taken shape.

As the screenwriter and director of "Los Angeles City Secret" and one of the producers, Curtis' appearance is far more convincing than Barry. His appearance today is to express sincerity to Rick and Joseph, and the most important thing is to let Joseph convey this sincerity to Hugo.

At the same time, once the project "Los Angeles City Secret" is implemented, it means that Hugo can form a crew of his own. Although he needs to discuss it with Curtis, looking at the entire Hollywood, except for the top presences of the four major directors in the 1980s, no one dares to challenge Hugo directly, so Curtis will definitely not sing a counter-topic with Hugo.

Then, this means that there will be a large demand for actors in "Los Angeles City Secret". Most importantly, this is a movie with three protagonists, which is developing in the direction of "the line of stealing fire" and "seven deadly sins". Although "Independence Day" has become the first bundled and packaged film of the Eternal Elite Brokerage Company, "Los Angeles City Secret" is different. The Eternal Elite Brokerage Company currently has limited resources for top actors, and they are likely to cooperate with actors under other brokerage companies, just like "seven deadly sins", Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman are all from different brokerage companies.

There are many possibilities for Thomas to appear. Perhaps it is because the 20th Century Fox is preparing a new project. Since it is impossible to cooperate with Hugo, it will be a good choice to cooperate with the innovative artist agency. Perhaps Thomas came here to report to Joseph and then hoped that the actors they were optimistic about could enter the "Los Angeles Secret" crew; perhaps it is because the 20th Century Fox hoped to make a kick at the last moment so that the muddy water would continue to turbid. Maybe they would see a suitable proposal, which would emerge like a "Unrestrained Night" and snatch food at the last moment... It is hard to guess.

But the appearance of Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer is clear. It seems that they hope to appear in the cast of "Los Angeles City Secret". Coupled with the turbulence that Rick himself felt, he believes that Barry's bargaining chips are almost certain.

Even though Barry was willing to make Hugo the producer of "Los Angeles City Secret", and Hugo nodded in agreement, there are still many details that need to be discussed, such as how to calculate the ratio of Hugo's pay and box office dividends? For example, how should the selection of actors be run? For example, how should the budget and shooting plan be adjusted? And so on.

That's why Rick said, it depends on how much profit Barry Mayer is willing to share, and now they can pay it back at home for a price everywhere.

This is one of the most significant additional benefits brought by Hugo's powerful momentum. At present, no one in Hollywood can compete with Hugo. Unless like Disney and MGM, there is no plan to cooperate with Hugo with countless other actors in Hollywood, it depends on each other's negotiation skills.

Now, Rick and Joseph have become popular figures in Hollywood. This is the second additional benefit brought by Hugo. Even if it is just a breakfast, someone will ask Rick's assistant, including Samora, and the focus of attention.

"Where is he? Do you have a rough idea?" Rick was in a good mood. Hugo's career ushered in a breakthrough, which he absolutely did not expect. What followed was that the Ever-Agency Elite Brokerage Company would also have greater room for development. Recently, it can be said that it is anxious within the International Innovation Management Company. Marvin Josephson obviously did not expect that a "Hugo" could actually play such an effect, bringing a series of chain effects, forcing the International Innovation Management Company to be embarrassed.

This he obviously refers to Hugo.
Chapter completed!