"What?!"
With Alan Ryder's exclamation, the brief silence in the office was broken.
Lin Qingxia looked at Alan Ryder, who looked astonished, and then at Murdoch, who was always calm and composed.
"I know you have concerns, but I am not doing it on a whim, but considering the entire project."
Dialect said: “‘Die Hard’ involves collaboration between the Eastern and Western teams, and someone must be the lubricant in the middle.”
Alan Ryder frowned: "The responsibilities that producers have to shoulder are not just lubricants."
"Of course I know this."
Fang Yan said that he had previously served as a producer for many films such as Shaw Brothers' "Baby" and Golden Harvest's "Police Story".
Alan Ryder and Murdoch's expressions changed slightly when they heard the names "Shaw Brothers" and "Golden Harvest". Needless to say, Golden Harvest was also well-known in Hollywood with Bruce Lee's signature, and Shaw Brothers was famous in 1978. He was also very active in the 1990s and once invested in "Blade Runner".
"Baby Zhiduoxing..."
Murdoch read it twice, "This film seems to have had an unprecedented response in Asia, and it even landed in Australian theaters not long ago."
Dialect talked about it in an understated way, saying that "Baby, Smart Stars" successively broke box office records in the film markets of Hong Kong and Baodao, and also swept the markets of East and Southeast Asian countries and regions, including Japan and South Korea.
"Yeah!"
Murdoch said with great interest: "If I have a chance another day, I will definitely take the time to watch "Baby Star"."
"Maybe after watching it, you will have a strong interest in remaking this movie." Fang Yan made a phone call gesture, "If the negotiations for "Die Hard" can go smoothly, Fox may not be able to cooperate with it. Priority.”
"You seem to have given me an offer I can't refuse. In that case, can you include it in the additional terms of the contract?"
Murdock had a twinkle in his eye.
"Then the producer..."
Dialect asked instead of answering.
"Fang, if you become the producer of "Die Hard", who do you plan to arrange to direct this film?"
Alan Ryder interrupted: "It can't be Jacket Cheng, right? Although he has indeed been a director of many movies, Hollywood is different from Hong Kong. We can't believe that a person who has failed twice can make a movie that is popular in the European and American markets. A movie that made a lot of money.”
"I have already said that as a producer, I am the lubricant of the team and I am happy to listen to suggestions."
Fang Yan shrugged. He didn't mind if Fox installed a producer he trusted, but he also wanted to hear about the director chosen by Fox.
Seeing that he was retreating to advance, Alan Ryder said bluntly: "We are interested in Ridley Scott and Ted Kotcheff..."
Dialect listened while making judgments. Famous directors like Ridley Scott who made "Alien" and Ted Kotcheff who made "First Blood" are basically not the same. Maybe he is willing to accept his own control, but he is not willing to give Cheng Long free space to develop.
So, I turned my attention to John McTiernan, who was relatively unknown on the list.
Murdoch turned to look at Alan Ryder, who leaned over and explained in a low voice:
"John just recently completed our project, "Predator" starring Schwarzenegger."
"What do you think of him?"
"He is a very thoughtful and talented director, and he is my favorite on the list." "Since you think so and Fang thinks so, then it's better for him."
Murdoch said in a serious tone: "I trust your professional judgment!"
Later, both parties took a step back on the producers. Fox arranged three to four people, while Jiahe appointed one person to assist Fang Yan.
Fox takes the lead in terms of budget expenditure, crew formation, post-editing, publicity and distribution, etc. As for casting, script coordination, filming and production, etc., dialects have a greater say. All this is far beyond the expectations of Mike and Lin Qingxia and the others were not expecting it.
I didn’t expect Murdoch to be so easy to talk to!
But as expected by Fang Yan, today's Fox Pictures is not one of the six major Hollywood film and television giants in the 21st century, including Disney, Warner, Paramount, etc. It was only silent a few years ago because it was on the verge of bankruptcy. Doc acquired it and became a subsidiary of News Corporation.
Although it has risen again with Lucas's "Star Wars" series, it is still a second-rate film company in Hollywood.
We need more acclaimed and popular movies to build Fox's reputation and status. Otherwise, how could Murdoch establish his own media empire in the United States. Therefore, the wealthy News Corporation has been constantly investing in the US market in the past two years. Spending money like crazy.
In my memory, when Fox was filming "Die Hard" in my previous life, they boldly cast Bruce Willis, who had only made a name for himself in the TV drama industry. You must know that American TV drama actors and movie actors are "separated from each other." , such as "Sheldon" and "Penny" in "The Big Bang Theory", and actors in "Friends", basically they can only play little Karami in the movie.
No matter how famous and powerful you are in the TV drama circle, it will be difficult to break through this transparent ceiling.
And Bruce Willis was not only reused by Fox, but Murdoch also specially approved a salary of US$5 million.
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This salary, looking at Hollywood at the time, was definitely an unimaginable sky-high price, but Murdoch and Fox gave it so generously.
At exactly this time, this generosity was also used by Murdoch in dialect.
Not only was the screenwriter given the highest-end royalties, but he was also granted special permission to receive 8% of the global box office revenue of "Die Hard."
Mike and Lin Qingxia were shocked, thinking that their ears had heard wrongly, and stared straight at Fang Yan, the humanoid money printing machine.
Alan Ryder also had mixed feelings in his heart. The boss really spent a lot of money to enter China in order to invest in dialects!
"This is too generous. Why are you so generous to me?"
Fang Yan smiled on the outside, but was very wary in his heart.
"You totally deserve my generosity."
Murdoch glanced at Alan Ryder, who immediately understood and explained: "Yes, you deserve it. An Oscar-winning screenwriter like you deserves 2.5% to 5% of the box office share." , besides you are the producer of this movie..."
"So that's it."
Fang Yan always felt that something was wrong, but couldn't figure it out for a while.
"Fox needs more good scripts like "Die Hard" in the future."
Murdoch said: "If "Die Hard" can be successful, I hope we can continue to cooperate in the future."
"That's natural. I wish us a happy cooperation."
Dialect compared the conditions of Columbia, Universal and Fox, and undoubtedly chose Fox as the most generous.
“A pleasure to work with!”
Murdoch took his outstretched hand and shook it a few times with a smile. (End of chapter)