What kind of actors are eligible for a share? Big-name actors? Such an answer is obviously unqualified, and the answer that really makes sense should be: an actor who can take the risk of the box office, or in a positive way, an actor with box office appeal.

In Hugo's career as an actor, although the five films before "Fatal Hour" have achieved excellent word-of-mouth, none of them are "outstanding" at the box office, even if they are the best "Dead Poets Society". "The box office is only $95 million, and it is Robin Williams, not Hugo, who bears the heavy responsibility for the box office. The successive failures of three consecutive box office commercial blockbusters verified the fact that Hugo has acting skills but no box office appeal.

Last year's two works, "Smell the Fragrance and Know the 'Woman'" and "Yihai Xiongfeng" have achieved very excellent box office results", and Yihai Xiongfeng" won 170 million US dollars with eight consecutive championships, which is the surprise of the year, which is due to Hugo, which is also the reason why the media is willing to call Hugo among the first-line.

But Hugo's so-called box office appeal is only these two works, which are not trustworthy at all. Therefore, Hugo naturally has no qualifications for sharing. At present, the actors who Hollywood is qualified to divide can be counted on two hands, and there is definitely no place for Hugo.

Joseph had a headache about this, but this was his responsibility, and at the same time, after so many things, Joseph knew that he could give Hugo the best support as an agent. So, even though the task was daunting, Joseph was still working with the film's producer, Gary Foster. Foster) engaged in painstaking negotiations. Gary is actually not a big name in Hollywood, which is also in line with the background of "Sleepless in Seattle", which is not favored by the industry, and in the list of Gary's works, 1986's "Thunderbolt Five" (short. Cicuit)" was his first work as an executive producer, and the film was a huge success with an investment of less than $10 million, but it achieved a box office of 40 million, so a sequel was born two years later. It's a pity that the sequel smashed the pot and only earned $21 million.

After that, Gary made two more films, neither of which had any bright spots. It can be said that Gary is a nobody among the makers. But Joseph will never underestimate Gary, because any ruler is a 'scheming' vampire, and they will never let go of their interests lightly. "Gary, you have to show good faith." Joseph and Gary have been in a stalemate here for nearly twenty minutes, and Joseph has to use a killer move", you know, Hugo is really willing to play in this work, and an actor like Hugo who is sincere and powerful, I think Nora has been looking for a long, long ......,,

In fact, Joseph is hinting that except for Hugo, other actors don't seem to be willing to take over "Sleepless in Seattle." "You shouldn't be picky anymore.

Gary chuckled, "I think I'm sincere enough, you know, Hugo doesn't have so many scripts to choose from lately." "For Hugo's situation, everyone in the circle should have a bottom in their hearts, and Gary is naturally no exception." But Hugo and I can keep waiting, you know we can afford to wait, for example, after the Oscars. Joseph is reminding Gary that Hugo won a double nomination at the Golden Globes, although Hugo did not win an Oscar nomination, but "Smell the Fragrance of the 'Woman'" and "The Heroic Wind of the Righteous Sea" are both Oscar favorites, as long as the work wins the award, Hugo's reputation will still rise. After Joseph finished speaking, he saw that Gary was about to say something, but he was the first to interrupt the other party, "I know what you're going to say again, so I thought, we're stuck here, keep looping, looping?" Are you so sure that Hugo will not give up this opportunity?"

In fact, they have repeated this conversation twice just now, and the two sides are just going around in circles. So Joseph decided to strike first.

Gary looked at Joseph in front of him, and it was difficult for him to find a hole in Joseph's expression, so he didn't know how much real 'sex' Joseph's words were. However, Gary is unwilling to bow his head, now is the time to compete for momentum, whoever bows his head first will lose the opportunity, and this opportunity is a budget of several million dollars, Gary only has a total cost of 20 million in his hands, and he will not squander it at will.

However, Joseph didn't intend for Gary to bow his head first, so he gave Gary a step", I told Nora that eight million dollars was not necessary at all, and Hugo did not have this idea, so why don't you show a little sincerity?" For example, tell me a more practical number instead of clasping your arms and waiting for me to step back again. ”

The salary proposed by Gary just now is three million, which is naturally unacceptable for Joseph, who took over the "Yihai Heroes" for Hugo for three million dollars a year ago. "That was a year ago; Now although Hugo is in the midst of a storm of suspicion about big names, the salary can't stand still at all", and Yihai Xiongfeng is still on the North American box office list. So, Joseph also chose to be tough. Gary squinted his eyes slightly, looking at Joseph carefully, the person in front of him was very different from the news he inquired about, today's Joseph was tougher and more 'shrewd' than he expected, Gary was quite caught off guard.

Just as Gary was thinking about how to consider the offer, Joseph spoke again, "I understand the difficulties of the crew, and I also understand Hugo's situation, we might as well take a half step back and show sincerity." This was Joseph's weakness, and as Gary had expected, Joseph bowed his head first, which made Gary's heart happy, and then he heard Joseph go on to say, "That's it, six million dollars." What do you think?" Gary has to admit that Joseph's offer is indeed very sincere, which is also Hugo's previous offer when he starred in "Hudson's Eagle", and it is also in line with Hugo's current real value, and there is nothing excessive, if the circle knows Joseph's offer, no one will say that Hugo Lion opened his mouth.

But the problem is that Gary's budget is still not in this position, considering the salary of the 'female' protagonist Meg Ryan, Gary must be pressed down again", four million. Gary pulled down his pay by a big margin, and he didn't feel any guilt about it, because that's his job. In Gary's opinion, this price is a big increase from the original three million!

Joseph shook his head and smiled at Gary, "If you don't want to express enough sincerity, then I think today's negotiations will end here, and there is no need to make everyone more unpleasant." With that, Joseph stood up and stretched out his right hand.

Gary was speculating whether Joseph would retreat or really give up, but his qualifications were still not as good as those of the old foxes, and it was difficult for him to make an accurate judgment, so as a last resort, he also stood up and said with a little eagerness, "Four and a half million." "Then try to slow down your tone, don't seem too anxious, but unfortunately the effect is not very obvious", Joseph, this is already our greatest sincerity, you have to be considerate of the crew. "Gary, if this is what you call sincerity, I will express Hugo's apologies to Nora." Joseph shook his head, there was absolutely no way he could agree with this figure. After saying that, Joseph was really ready to turn around and leave.

Gary stood in place, 'cloudy' and uncertain, in fact, the salary set by the crew for Hugo was 4.5 million, but the upper limit was 5 million, Gary was still hesitating whether he wanted to show his final hole card. But the problem is that even if he shows his hole cards now, it seems that Joseph will not agree, because there is still a big distance from six million, and five and a half million will have a chance. "Joseph, you must understand that there is really no way to do the situation of the crew." Gary said softly, but he stopped talking a little "wanting". Joseph turned his back to Gary and smiled slightly, neither of him nor Gary was a top old fox, both of them were cautious in this fight, and now it seems that he finally had a small upper hand, allowing Gary to 'show' his flaws. But Joseph quickly retracted his smile, and he knew that the next blow was the fatal blow.

So, Joseph calmly turned around and thought with a heavy face, "Gary, I know all of this, we have talked a lot about it before. But Hugo's case you know, he deserves better. Joseph explained in embarrassment, and then groaned without speaking, as if in a fierce struggle of thoughts.

Gary's "five million" that had already come to his lips was stuck, and he was waiting for Joseph's next words.

Sure enough, Joseph spoke, "Well, if you agree to give Hugo a 20 percent share of the box office, then the salary can be reduced to three million." ”

The box office share is the most realistic result of Joseph's reflection, without affecting Hugo's prestige and value, and at the same time being able to reap sufficient returns, the only concern is whether "Sleepless in Seattle" is worth it. So Joseph and Hugo discussed, but Hugo agreed immediately, and it can be seen that everyone is skeptical of "Sleepless in Seattle", but Hugo firmly believes that this movie can be a success.

Therefore, Joseph formulated the final answer in his heart, either a salary of 5.5 million US dollars, and the minimum can be barely 5 million US dollars; Either that's three million plus a twenty percent box office dividend. "By the way, there is no box office floor." Joseph added.

Generally speaking, the box office dividend will set a lower limit, for example, the actor can only participate in the dividend after the box office crosses the threshold of 100 million 'door', which is also to stab the positive 'sex' of the actor, otherwise the original movie will lose money, and the dividend will be distributed to the actors, so the production company will lose money.

But Joseph was still worried about the box office of "Sleepless in Seattle", and he was not fully confident that the box office of this movie would exceed the 100 million 'threshold', so he added this clause. In this way, Hugo's salary will at least be higher than that of "Yihai Xiongfeng" in the end.

Of course, relatively speaking, Hugo will have to take the box office risk of the movie "Sleepless in Seattle", but the question is, does Hugo have the ability to take the risk?