Chapter 342 Bundled Sales
Seeing the beautiful young oriental girl retreating as if she had encountered something terrible, and then looking at the pitiful appearance of Tom, a young man who had a good endurance but made things worse, the pilot on the fighter plane retreated in the "mutual help and friendship" style of American soldiers, and planned to escape...
They really weren't just thinking about it, they shrunk back while closing the door of the cabin, and then prepared to start the fighter plane to leave this place to avoid being held accountable by Tom who had come to his senses: they had said before that they would lend him a helping hand, but they also did some funny tricks while flying, not only wanted to show off in front of others, but also wanted to play a trick on Tom.
Who let him be accompanied by a beautiful oriental girl among a group of men? This bastard who is so good at showing off his luck should receive a good education from his predecessors!
As expected, after the second round of intensive flight experience, even the most receptive people would feel dizzy. I wanted to get close to the Oriental girl, but I vomited on the way before I even got halfway! Hahaha!
"You really don't need to come over! I understand! I can wait! Take care of yourself first and then we can talk slowly!" Su Yun had not expected that Tom would have problems in the second round. Seeing him covering his mouth with his hands and staggering towards her as if he wanted to explain something, his resisting heart and hands were simply dancing in fear.
Now it was Ovitz who had finished vomiting in the shade, who ran over. He also had a bad taste in his mouth, so he didn't mind. Tom did the same, and half-stopped and half-grabbed him: "Slow down, don't be in a hurry!"
Tom took the tissue and cleaned it up, then he and Ovitz supported each other and went to the bathroom to deal with it. Only then did he come back with a red face.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he saw Su Yun waiting for him at the door.
"Don't worry, you can withstand it better than them. The second round was obviously a trick on you. And this situation is just like motion sickness. Even if you are mentally prepared, you will still panic involuntarily when it happens..." Su Yun could roughly guess that his previous behavior of abandonment might have hurt his old friend's feelings, so he took the initiative to stand guard at the bathroom door and spoke to him softly.
"I don't blame you, I just think I was very rude this time..." Tom lowered his head, his face getting even redder.
It’s not that Su Yun really dislikes her. When Ovitz and the director and producer of “The Rise of Phoenixes” got off the plane in the first round, they were also dizzy and looked like they were going to vomit. She was able to help them go to a cool place to find a trash can. However, Su Yun was walking towards her with a smile when she suddenly turned into a “fountain”. Anyone would be shocked and subconsciously want to stay away from her…
"But you did really well this time. At least you got to ride it twice, and the second time you did some amazing stunts. Others couldn't even ride it once." Su Yun smiled and patted his shoulder to comfort him, then asked, "How do you feel?"
"This feels great!" Tom answered subconsciously, and then continued in Su Yun's encouraging and expectant eyes, "I really like this feeling! I want to take this role!"
"Nietzsche once said that a real man always craves two different things, danger and games." Seeing him like this, Su Yun couldn't help but laugh. "I also hope you can take this role, but during this period, you can't show your desire directly in front of them."
No further explanation was needed; all three present knew which two "they" referred to.
"I understand. It's to make the script of this play better." Tom immediately understood what she meant and grinned heartily, "Don't worry, I won't."
"Then we have to prepare. We will go out and talk to them in detail and try to get you a contract that maximizes your benefits and freedom." Su Yun waved his hand.
"You must stay calm and never show your true thoughts..." Ovitz, who has been with Tom for a longer time and knows his true nature well, warned him almost earnestly, fearing that Tom, this naive boy, would reveal any clues if he was not careful.
"I really won't!" Tom declared again.
He is obviously very good at hiding his true feelings - he has known Su Yun for so many years, and he has been secretly in love with her for many years without knowing when, but he has not confessed his feelings until now!
After thinking about it, Tom immediately lowered his head: This is not worth showing off, but should be sad...
Catching a glimpse of Tom following behind them with a dejected look, Su Yun leaned close to Ovitz and whispered, "Was your tone too harsh just now? Look at Tom's expression now..."
"Don't worry about him, he just can't turn around for the time being." Ovitz looked back and saw that Tom looked just like a dog that was accidentally stepped on by its owner, looking pitiful, aggrieved and confused. He immediately understood Tom's current mental state.
Perhaps it is always the case that those in power are confused, but those who are watching can see things clearly. As a bystander, he saw clearly what Su Yun, who was in the middle of the farce, could not notice: Tom was obviously a little moved just now because Su Yun was waiting to greet him when he got off the plane, and he planned to express his feelings to Su Yun...
As a result, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Not only did he fail to express his feelings, but he also made a big fool of himself in front of Su Yun.
People with low psychological endurance would probably have to flee the earth directly.
Fortunately, Tom is a young man with good "endurance". For the sake of work, he not only did not run away from the embarrassing scene, but also mustered up the courage to continue to have dinner with everyone who saw him embarrassed...
However, while waiting for the food to be served in the restaurant, the director and producer of "Step Up" were very appreciative of Tom's courage to go back and board the plane for a second round of stunt flying. They happily praised him, saying that he had a good endurance and that when the filming officially started, he would not need to always use a stunt double but could get on the plane himself to shoot the scenes.
Although it is impossible for Tom to actually perform stunt flying in the movie, many shots are taken of him in the cockpit. When necessary, he was also required to shoot some video footage to facilitate post-editing and enhance the sense of reality...
"I have no problem with that," Tom answered honestly.
After Tom gave the other party a sweet treat, Su Yun and Ovitz started a new round of negotiations on script issues and production rights.
It is estimated that the director and producer of "The Next Generation" really liked Tom as the leading actor. After a few words, they quickly compromised on some conditions and agreed to the proposal put forward by Su Yun and Ovitz to let Tom participate in the entire production process of the film.
In addition, the salary for this movie is as high as 1 million US dollars - but this salary is secondary. Considering Tom's current age and qualifications as an actor, once he gets the right to participate in the entire film production process, his future value and influence on film production will be different.
This can be considered as Tom's half step from a chess piece in front of the scenes to a chess player behind the scenes.
After a dinner that was like a work negotiation, both parties were very satisfied with the meal. After shaking hands at the end and agreeing on the next signing time, Su Yun, Tom and Ovitz drove back to the hotel with happy expressions.
Seeing Su Yun and the other two return with happy faces, Zhao Liying, who was sorting out the materials, raised his head and said, "From your looks, it seems that the negotiation went very smoothly this time?"
"It's going very smoothly. Tom is about to become the first actor in the history of Paramount Pictures to have the right to participate in the entire production process." Su Yun responded.
In addition to distribution operations, Zhao Liying's current job at Zhao Company also occasionally helps manage artists, so he immediately understood the benefits of this negotiation outcome: CAA has been using the "bundled sales" method to infiltrate the production process of large and small Hollywood film companies in recent years.
Before this "bundled sales" method appeared, to make a project plan, such as shooting a movie, it was necessary to contact a large number of people such as producers, screenwriters, directors, actors, etc. and deal with their agents. This was not only time-consuming and laborious, but also greatly delayed the progress of project preparation.
CAA's "bundle sales" method, which prepares all the necessary personnel in advance, does not require you to worry about anything except the degree of freedom of the project, because CAA's "bundle sales" has already fully equipped you with everything you need, saving you time, worry and money...
Many films with small and medium-sized investments would be impressed by CAA's approach and would trade their freedom for worry-free pre-production preparations. However, this somewhat forced sale of passive to active approach has not been able to impress the top film companies in Hollywood until today.
After all, once they accept this "bundled sales" method, CAA has the right to require them to use not only CAA's actors, but also CAA's directors, producers, screenwriters and other "talent arrangements", plus a certain percentage of the project commission... The production cost of this movie will no longer be decided by the production company, but by Ovitz of CAA.
This is undoubtedly reaching out to grab someone else's cake!
But unfortunately, CAA has grown bigger and bigger in recent years, and has signed many young and outstanding potential stars and veteran superstars with both popularity and strength. If you want to invite these new stars or superstars to film and obtain these talent resources, you can only reluctantly give up part of your interests.
This is quite similar to the path that the Zhao family took to dominate Hong Kong in the past.
"Uncle Sixth has been studying for most of his life but couldn't accomplish what you have been trying to accomplish in recent years..." Zhao Liying couldn't help but sigh when thinking of Zhao Rifu's Hollywood dream and Su Yun's rise in recent years.
"Because I have the best partners and the best contracted artists." Su Yun looked at Ovitz and Tom who were studying the script revision on the sofa, and slowly smiled.