"You've arrived earlier than expected. This article was started by..." Lance stood up and expressed his welcome with a smile. All the thoughts in his mind were hidden. He put on the mask again. He became the fearless and indifferent bastard, dealing with all the things with a smile. "This really caught me off guard, and I hope I didn't rude."

First, Jerry Brookheimer, then Eric McClard, Lance shook hands with the two people one by one, and warmly received the two people, and seemed to be more friendly than ever before. This made Eric smile and shake his head with a bitter smile. The more friendly Lance, the more difficult it means that things are. It seems that he will face another hard fight today.

Last time, the negotiations on the cooperation project between the two sides on "Pirates of the Caribbean" ended unhappily. Lance rejected the guide, and at the same time, the lion made a 5% dividend requirement for the script, which directly led to the collapse of the negotiations. Jerry was even more furious and lost control of his emotions.

Faced with such humiliation, Jerry naturally would not give up. He made a decision on the spot and refused to cooperate with Lance, from director to screenwriter. "Pirates of the Caribbean" returned to the starting point, using the original cast of the first part to continue creating the next two sequels, and Lance was completely removed from the plan.

But surprisingly, both Robert Eiger and Michael Esner expressed opposition.

Robert was understandable. He didn't want the original team to continue to build. Lance was the candidate he launched at the beginning. Now he is in a difficult situation and demands to continue to promote cooperation with Lance. This is the expected choice; but Michael unexpectedly expressed his opposition and even directly refuted Jerry's face. He asked for the adoption of Lance's script without any room for maneuver. In the face of Michael's strength, Jerry couldn't speak.

Later, Robert seemed to realize Michael's conspiracy, so he planned to turn the camp and decided to support Jerry - intending to truly bring the original Pirates of the Caribbean to his own camp. However, there was an internal strife within the board of directors, and a small number of people stood up to oppose such a proposal, to be precise, to oppose Michael; but others believed that they finally passed the proposal and agreed to narrow the story framework of the sequel, and now they gave up the proposal. Not only did the matter become complicated, but they also believed that the quality of the movie was likely to not meet expectations.

In particular, the outstanding box office performance of "City of Sin" has tilted the balance of debate. "City of Sin" showed its strongest performance at the most appropriate time, once again proving that Lance's ability as a director and screenwriter and box office appeal are even more eye-catching.

In the face of power struggle, what is more important is the struggle for interests.

So, after a circle, Jerry sat opposite Lance again. The scene seemed familiar. Even though Jerry was as thick as a city wall, he was a little awkward at this time, and the threshold in his heart was stumbled.

"So, today you are visiting yourself. What's the matter? On the phone, you refused to reveal any details, which made me extremely curious." After the greetings, Lance asked with a smile.

Looking at Lance's smile, Jerry just wanted to punch him hard. Such a slap in his face was like a slap, and shame swept over. After gritting his teeth, Jerry suppressed his restlessness and showed a relaxed smile, "Happy events are of course happy events. Now I'm afraid the whole Hollywood is curious about when your next work will come."

Jerry couldn't help but choke, which reminded him of the last confrontation. The feeling of satisfaction just now disappeared. "We hope to show enough sincerity. After all, you are the winner of the Oscar Little Golden Man." Jerry cheered up and put a high hat on Lance again. "I'm afraid there are many film companies that want to adopt your script now. It's really exciting to be able to take the lead." After saying a lot of nonsense, Jerry then spoke in a covertly, "No. 5%. Believe me, this is definitely a number that satisfies you. You have to have confidence in the sequel of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and also in yourself."

0.5%, even if the North American box office of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel is only 300 million, that is still 1.5 million. Objectively speaking, such a reward is already very good for Lance, not to mention that Lance knows that the North American box office reasons for the two sequels are more than that.

But Lance was not that easy to fool. He chuckled and shook his head, "Jerry, I'm not a professional screenwriter, but I don't know anything. Three percent, this is my bottom line." Negotiations were originally called for prices everywhere and paid back the money. Lance had called five percent before, which was intentional. Today, it was the same, and test the bottom line of Disney.

Sure enough, Jerry's smile was a little stiff. Not only did he unexpectedly yell the price without any preview, he was like a hawker in a street stall; but also unexpectedly Lance raised the price so high. Although 0.5% was indeed not Disney's upper limit, Lance's confidence really embarrassed him.

"You know this price is impossible." Jerry is honest. A three-percent dividend means that as long as the box office exceeds 100 million, the screenwriter's salary can reach 3 million. If you use the buyout price, this is the price of the top screenwriter in the circle. Of course, the difference between buying out and dividend is that the upper limit of dividends is higher. Screenwriters who can get three percent of their dividends in Hollywood are enough with two hands, and Lance has definitely not reached such a high level.

Lance spread his hands and said innocently, "I thought my script was worth the price."

Eric sat beside him and took a breath. He could clearly feel that Lance was not a joke. Although Lance's expression was always friendly and friendly, his attitude was rarely tough. His confident and calm and indifferent attitude almost left much room for negotiation. This gave Eric an illusion, an illusion that Lance did it on purpose, but soon he denied this possibility: How could Lance deliberately anger Jerry, let alone Disney behind Jerry.

Jerry also found it difficult to continue negotiations. He opened his mouth, but found that he had no idea when facing Lance's smile, so he could only change the subject, "Are you sure this matter does not need to be discussed by the agent?"

"Is there any difference?" Lance's words were blocked directly. Even if it was a broker's talk, the artist would need to nod and agree in the end.

Although Lance said it was right, such a head-on response was really unhappy. Jerry let out a breath without hesitation, and finally suppressed the emotions in his heart and tried hard to remain polite. "We will go back and discuss it carefully and reply to you as soon as possible."

"Of course." Lance smiled loudly, "I can't wait to hope we can reach a cooperation."

Jerry smiled at the same time, but he raised his middle finger with gritted teeth.
Chapter completed!