The rapid cell phone ringtone woke Chen Tian from his sleep and touched the cell phone at the head of the bed in a daze.

"Hey, hello!"

"Justin, things are a little bad." An urgent voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Oops? WHY?”

Chen Tian was half asleep and half awake, not realizing how anxious the sound on the other end of the phone was.

It was five o'clock in the morning, and it was still more than half an hour before Chen Tian got up normally.

"That bastard, James Batch, said a lot of things that shouldn't be said, and we must imagine a solution."

"James Bach?" Chen Tian seemed to be a little more awake when he heard the name. Tom Thorenberg on the other end of the phone was very anxious.

He didn't expect that James Bach would stab the Lions Gate hard after resigning. If he hadn't received the news from the Los Angeles Times, he would have to wait for the newspaper to be released and passively welcomed.

Lions Gate is not a big company. Since it can give Chen Tian such a generous share agreement, other directors are likely to follow suit.

If it reaches that point, it is obviously unrealistic to give all the Lion Gate as required. If it is not given, it will be destined to offend a group of people.

Without Chen Tian’s precedent, then everything is fine.

The key is that with the precedent of Chen Tian, ​​it is impossible for others to think about it more. After all, the share agreement is indeed enough to make countless people jealous.

"oh, wait, I didn't wake up, are you?"

Chen Tian took off his phone and looked at the screen before he found out that it was Tom Thorenberg who called him.

"Tom, what the hell is going on? I seem to hear James Bach, hasn't he left?"

"Thank God, you finally woke up. I heard the news that he contacted the Los Angeles Times yesterday and said a lot of things he shouldn't say. Now I'm sent to the gallows."

"So serious?"

“Yes, not only will it be me, but MGM will probably be even worse. They are big-name companies.

Justin, you also know the share agreement we signed with you. From "Buried Live" to "Saw", MGM also has three films.

What is the situation in the entire industry that the share agreement signed by our two companies is like? I think Justin, you should know.

Although you have this ability, not everyone can understand it and are willing to accept your share proposal.

And there are a lot of good directors in Hollywood, and they may see this and some other ideas that may appear. These other ideas can be fatal."

Chen Tian was completely awake and he understood what Tom Thorenberg meant.

At least for now, he is an entry-level rookie director, even if "Buried Live" and "Hard Fruit Candy" have given the media the title of director Miracle.

But Chen Tian can imagine what the so-called miracle director's name is in the eyes of many people.

These people will also try to ask for treatment similar to his, and then even strikes may break out.

At the same time, they will be very disdainful. They may be looking forward to a certain film of him, Waterloo, and then disappearing from Hollywood.

This is reality, cruel reality.

It is impossible to avoid being a yellow person with a low level of experience.

Chen Tian could also think of what kind of scenario would it be if he had not insisted on investing in himself and then sought distribution from "Burning Live".

There is no doubt that he will be exploited, but the more important thing is that he will never be able to get the benefits he has today, and if he fails, he will be abandoned like John Woo, who once created his own glory in Hollywood and left his own style.

All along, Chen Tian has always thought of taking every step in a low-key and steadily manner.

If you take a wrong step, all your previous efforts may be in vain.

However, Chen Tian’s thoughts have changed at this moment. Even if he is low-key, he cannot change some people’s views.

Living in the United States since childhood, Chen Tian knew the characteristics of Americans and they advocated heroism.

In the eyes of some people, your own low profile is a manifestation of lack of confidence.

So now you should just boldly express what you think and just show your confidence to everyone.

When the expression of self-confidence is proved by facts, then this is charming.

The direct impact it brings is far greater than the progress brought by every low-key film.

Although this may lead to more criticism at the beginning, it is better than passively accepting others' accusations now, not to mention that there is no good way to respond to the share agreement so high.

"Tom, I have a way to solve this problem, and of course it requires your cooperation."

"What method?" Tom Thorenberg asked immediately.

"Tom. Who is the top director now? What is their share agreement?"

"James Cameron may be the highest, he is now preparing to shoot a film "Avatar".

It is said that the cost of more than 300 million yuan, and James Cameron's share agreement has not been exposed.

However, I know that his previous film "Titanic" had a total of 115 million yuan for a script of 600,000 yuan, and a director fee of 8 million yuan and a post-production share.

Michael Bay had 25 million when he filmed "Pearl Harbor", and he had to share it.

The highest at the moment is Peter Jackson. He took on Global's "King Kong", and the director fee is $20 million, and the other 20% of the net box office revenue share.

The other Spielbergs are similar, they are among the top ones.

Other top-notch directors generally have a director fee of 5 million to 10 million, and add 5%-8% share."

"There are not many people who are higher than them in this way. I didn't take the directorship fee, screenwriter fee and post-production fee, and I alone bear all the investment.

The following "Super Burger King", "Hard Fruit Candy" and "Sunny Little Beauty".

I took a lot of risks myself, and I succeeded on the basis of risks, right? In addition to the Shark Shark share agreement, there is a director fee and a screenwriter fee."

"Yes, but Justin, what's your approach?"

Chen Tian laughed: "Since someone is destined to criticize me, of course my colleagues must envy me for taking a lot of criticism.

And other companies criticized me, and I just took away the money they thought they should have entered their pockets. Didn’t it?"

"Yes, but I haven't thought about it that way, because you, Lions Gate, have so much profit, right? In my opinion, we are a win-win, perfect win-win." Tom Thorenberg immediately expressed his attitude.

"Tom, I didn't say bad things about Lionsgate. In this case, do you think if I go to cooperate with other companies, would they want to?" Chen Tian added, "On the basis of I can guarantee that they can make money."

“Of course, needless to say you can guarantee that, even if I cannot guarantee, there are many companies willing to be like us and MGM.

Justin. We will always support you in this storm. If someone can guarantee that he can be like you, we are willing to give them such a share agreement."

Tom Thorenberg also understood Chen Tian’s method, which is to convert the contradiction from a share agreement to a premise, that is, the premise of you want this share agreement is to make money.

Although it sounds a bit crazy, at least Chen Tian’s films are like this.

Such a solution may seem a bit too confident, but it is enough to shut up a large part of the conversation in the face of facts.

Of course, it will also cause a large part of the criticism, but at least it can resolve many contradictions that are divided into agreements.

Chen Tian laughed: "Tom, as long as there is no problem with the promotion of "Saw" and I believe there is no problem with the box office of over 100 million in North America."

Listening to Chen Tian's words, Tom Thorenberg laughed, and his nervousness relaxed at this moment in the morning: "Justin. Are you so confident?"

"Yes, it's just so confident, otherwise my solution this time will make me a laughing stock, which is absolutely not allowed, so it has to win the box office, right?

Do you have no confidence in it?" Chen Tian asked with a smile.

Before that, Tom Thorneberg predicted "Saw" that North America should not be less than 60 million, and there is no problem with over 100 million worldwide.

However, he did not predict as confidently as Chen Tian’s prediction of more than 100 million in North America. You should know that hundreds of films were released every year in the entire North America.

But every year, the number of films with a box office of over 100 million in North America is basically stable at about 25. It can be imagined how difficult it is to over 100 million.

However, Chen Tian's tone was full of confidence, although it was not ruled out that he said so to solve the storm.

"You gave me confidence. I know how to deal with the media."

Looking at the hanging up call, Chen Tian was no longer sleepy.

If you use this method to respond to this storm, you will need to be more cautious in your future directorial journey, and you will not make any mistakes.

The little guy Eda was tilting his head, pricking his ears and sticking out his tongue. He looked at Chen Tian with cute eyes.

Chen Tian waved his fist and roared: "Chen Tian, ​​come on!"

As if hearing Chen Tian’s encouragement to him, the little guy Eda said to Chen Tianwang, as if he was in line with Chen Tian’s cheering.

As Tom Thorneberg thought, with the release of the Los Angeles Times report.

Suddenly, Lions Gate, MGM and Chen Tian were sent to the forefront.

However, what Tom Thorneberg did not expect was that James Batch was not just about the share agreement.

In order to make Chen Tian happy, he forced his resignation for James Bach, who had worked hard for six years for the Lions Gate; he deliberately fabricated the Rita Conroy incident to attract attention and promote "Buried Alive"; the Anti-War Strike Lions Gate is one of the behind-the-scenes operators; the share agreement issued by MGM to poach Chen Tian is higher than that of the Lions Gate; the share agreement of the Lions Gate to welcome Chen Tian to an unprecedented level.

These five things appeared in the Los Angeles Times, and the entire relevant news page occupied a full two pages.

The eye-catching subtitles on both pages stinged Tom Thorneberg's eyes.

The incident that James Bach exposed put the Lions Gate, Chen Tian and MGM in an extremely difficult state.
Chapter completed!