Chapter 89 Johnson’s New Business
In the early morning, Megan Taylor vaguely heard a sound while she was sleeping soundly. She managed to open her eyes. There was no one around her. She heard footsteps and turned her head to look over there. go.
Hoke got dressed and waved to her: "I have important work today and I have to leave."
"Goodbye." Megan has not forgotten: "Get the important news , be sure to contact me.”
Hoke went out, drove the Mondeo, picked up the remote control given by Megan, opened the electronic door, and drove to Century City.
Fifteen minutes later, he and Edward met at a breakfast restaurant in Century City and went into William Morris after dinner.
The front desk asked a few questions and led the two of them upstairs into the familiar small conference room.
Dwayne Johnson has arrived.
When he saw Hawke, he felt closer than seeing a relative. He greeted him with a bear hug, and then said: "This competition is very fierce. I am not sure at all, so I can only find you."
Hawke asked directly: "What specific film and role?"
Johnson took a text and handed it to Hawke: "It's a gunfight action movie. The title has not yet been determined. It is temporarily called "Anti-Terrorist SWAT Team". I want to compete for the male lead in it."
Hawk Open Text, read carefully.
Edward, who was wearing a suit, gradually adapted to his role and said, "There seems to be an American TV series with this name."
Johnson said: "Several writers on the crew came from the TV series. "Come over here."
When Hawk saw that the text was a character script, he immediately speeded up the reading. After reading the first fifth, he turned directly to the end and closed the text.
He looked at Johnson: "This is useful for actors, but not for me."
The office door opened from the outside, and Dany Garcia came in with some information.
"Good morning, Hawke." She greeted the two of them: "Good morning, savior."
Hoke stood up and shook hands with her: "Danny, I didn't expect to meet again so soon. "
"Maybe we can continue to cooperate," Danny said with a smile: "Let me tell you how to cooperate first."
Naturally, the salary and work content came first. Hawke first listened to what the other party said: "I would like to hear the details."
Dani said: "Assisting Johnson to win the role is different from the previous image planning and business consultation. , this belongs to the scope of the manager’s work. My suggestion is that both parties sign a temporary manager agreement and are only responsible for this time’s competition for the role.”
Hoke still understands the difference between Hollywood agents and managers. , said: "Okay "
Danni talked about the remuneration issue: "The manager's commission is generally 10% of the actor's salary for the corresponding role in the industry. Dawn's salary in "The Scorpion King" was US$5.5 million. , the salary for new roles will not be lower than this figure."
After Hawke came to Los Angeles, he did a lot of research on Hollywood and even the entire North American entertainment industry: "With a box office of over 100 million in North America, the male protagonist's salary will definitely increase, and it must be consistent with it. The coffee positions match.”
Dani nodded slightly: "The remuneration from the West Coast Studio is one-tenth of Dawn's salary for this film."
Hoke added: "If the crew adopts the method of basic salary plus post-production sharing, including post-production "
Danny knows that Hawke has saved the Dodgers' star player from the brink of ruin, and has great faith in him. Xin: "No problem, but let me state in advance that Hollywood producers are full of pitfalls. Dawn has just established a foothold in the industry, and her popularity and strength are not strong enough. She will not adopt the method of sharing in the future."
Hawke asked: "What about my guarantee?"
Dani said directly: "Even if it fails, there will be a reward of 100,000 US dollars: ". ”
Hawke said: "There are a few things I need to state in advance. Danny, Dawn, we have worked together once, you know something about me. I know how to play a role, how to perform in the audition, how to prepare for the role. "Preparation, I don't understand these professional things."
Johnson said: "If you do these jobs, Danni and I will not invite you, just do what you are good at."
Hoke still said it first: "My style is very Routine, it may even exceed the explicit rules of the Hollywood industry.”
Danni couldn’t help but laugh: “If we all abide by the explicit rules, would Hollywood still be Hollywood?”
Johnson said to Hawke: "Do you know why I made up my mind to invite you? Because some people don't follow the rules. After I passed the first audition of the crew, Kevin Spacey called and pressured me to quit the show. Crew.”
"Kevin Spacey?" Hawke thought of some rumors he had read on the Internet in his previous life. He was a deeply hidden gay. Could it be that he wanted to support the troublemaker or the person he had troubled to star in the leading role?
Dani confirmed: "Yes, I was present when the Oscar-winning actor made the call. He didn't say a direct threat, but there was a threat in every word. Just make it clear, Dawn If you don't give up, Dawn's future will be ruined."
Hoke looked at Johnson. : "You are not deterred, you still want to fight."
Johnson smiled kindly: "I am not a newcomer with no foundation, nor am I easy to mess with."
Hoke He said clearly: "Since unconventional means can be used, I will take this job."
Hearing this, Dani and Johnson were visibly relieved.
Competitors don’t follow the rules, so they will use the same methods.
Hawk was not polite: "Sign the agreement."
Danny had already prepared: "Here is the contract."
Hawk read it carefully. Once again, I sent a fax to the lawyer to make sure there was no problem and signed it.
Both parties reached an agreement and the work officially began.
Hoke first asked for basic information about the crew, which was different from the character script. He read it carefully. "SWAT" is produced by Sony Columbia Pictures, with four other small companies participating in investment, with a public production budget of US$80 million. The first producer is Leonard Goldberg, a non-Jewish white man who is the most famous in recent years. His work is "Charlie's Angels".
The director has also determined that Hawke has never heard of the man named Clark Johnson.
Dani sorted out Clark's director resume. He has been developing in the television industry before, serving as the director of series such as "The West Wing" and "The Wire", and also directed a TV movie.
This is the first time he has directed an official feature film.
In addition, the crew also confirmed a main actor, Samuel L. Jackson.
This guy is backed by an investor and also serves as a production manager.
The crew will start filming in September and it will be released in August next year.
By early July at most, all the actors for the main roles will be determined.
After watching it, Hawke asked: "Where's the casting director?"
Dani understood what he meant: "The person who can really decide who is the leading actor is producer Leonard Goldberg, and director Clark has The right to make suggestions, because of the huge success of "Charlie's Angels", Sony Columbia has great trust in Leonard."
Hollywood is a producer-centered system. If the production company does not intervene, the crew basically belongs to the production. One word of man.
The exception is the top directors.
Hawke asked again: "I need to know who Dawn's competitor is."
Johnson said: "The crew has conducted preliminary screening and no-makeup auditions, and screened out most of the actors. There are still five actors left to compete for the leading role. In addition to me, there are also Paul Walker and Colin Farrell. Er, Josh Hartnett, Jeremy Renner. "
Hoke has heard of the names of these four people, and their subsequent achievements were not as good as Johnson's.
Hoke stood up and walked to the front of the office, pulled the whiteboard over, and wrote the names of the production company, producer, director and competitors with a carbon pen.
Then write another line - the crew insurance company.
Hoke said: "Let's do a background check first to understand the situation of these people."
Dani wrote in her notebook: "I can extract relevant information from the company's database, including work and family information."
"These are far from enough." Hawke put down his pen, Said: "I need to know their hobbies and orientations , life and work habits, whether you like to have a red sofa, whether you drink alcohol or take drugs, whether you are a troublemaker or someone who is stirred up, specific financial situation, black materials and scandals that have been suppressed in the past..."
He After talking a lot, I paused briefly and focused on two aspects: "Making Producers and directors, in the past, the reasons for selecting actors during auditions, the reasons for eliminating people, and the reasons for selecting actors. I have heard people say that the key to selecting the main actors is that performance in the audition room plays a part, and outside the audition room also plays a part.”
Johnson said calmly: "The audition room plays a more important role."
Hoke added: "Which insurance company provides the completion guarantee for the film production, who is the contact person, his background, likes and dislikes, and what he is most afraid of What are the risks? These also need to be investigated.”
Dani felt dizzy after hearing this, and said: "Hobbies and preferences, alcoholism and drug abuse, dirty information and scandals, these public relations companies know better."
Hoke looked at the two people: "Let me Miss, please join us."
Johnson said to his wife: "Call me and ask her to come over quickly."
"What are you two doing? How can you call her that?" Dani said, taking out her cell phone, calling Caroline's number, and waiting for the call to come through, she said, "Dawn has important business that you need to attend. Come to William Morris quickly. What? Participating in a client’s event on the Avenue of Stars?”
She said simply and directly: “The remuneration for this business is $20,000.”
Without any hesitation, Caroline said: "Wait for me for half an hour."
In ten minutes or so at most, Caroline almost ran into the small conference room, and even her feet were reddened by the high heels.
Hoke pointed to the seat at hand: "Sit down and talk."
Caroline sat down and found Hawke sitting in the front seat, and asked Johnson and Dani: "What happened? What happened? You actually invited him over? "
After several consecutive confrontations and cooperation, in her eyes, where Hawke is involved, something serious will happen.
Hawke said: "This time I am assisting Dawn to compete for the leading actor in a movie."
Danni explained the matter in detail.
Caroline corrected her attitude: "You have found the right person, I can find all these things."
She looked at Hawke: "But there is a prerequisite. , the things I found cannot be exposed to the media, especially "Midnight Entertainment""
Hoke said: "The information you provided will be used only for this work."
Caroline stood up: "I'm going now."
Hoke said to Dany: "Hurry up, too."
He called Edward: "Leave, stay here No information can be collected here.”
I’ll give you 12,000 yuan, please vote for me! ! !
(End of this chapter)