American fame and fortune

At the Four Seasons Hotel, Louise followed Martin into the suite. The floor was covered with balls of waste paper, and the walls were covered with horrible and weird pictures, which made people feel uneasy.

The protagonists in some portraits are obviously not human, and they also have things like tentacles.

One of them seemed to be a self-portrait of Martin.

Martin's painting level is very limited.

Cut out a poster of the leader of the Coke God Cult, and used the head portrait of the poster as the head of the character, and drew a picture like graffiti.

The body of the portrait is smoky and disorganized, making people dizzy and confused.

"I don't have time to clean it up." Martin has devoted himself to studying the character for more than a month, and is used to speaking in a weird tone: "It's a little messy, but it looks very pleasing to my eyes."

Hearing this voice, and then looking at the surrounding images, Louise shivered unconsciously, always feeling gloomy.

Hastily came to the floor-to-ceiling windows and opened the curtains.

The bright sunlight shone in, but it couldn't dispel the eerie feeling in Louise's heart.

She turned her head and looked at Martin, understanding where this feeling came from. As long as this person is here, he is using his gloomy and crazy temperament to continuously influence the people around him.

Louise adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and reminded: "Be careful, don't fall too deep and fail to get out."

Martin chuckled: "No, the disguise can be retrieved at any time."

Louise didn't sound right: "What do you mean?"

Martin put it another way: "False pretense can always be discarded."

Louise saw a thick notebook on the coffee table, with "Joker's Experience" written on the cover, and asked, "Can I read it?"

Martin didn't care: "Whatever."

Louise opened it and looked through it, and found that it was full of Martin's records of character experience and experience, as well as many crazy ideas, such as forming an army of beautiful women, going to Washington to attack the White House, and forcing the commander-in-chief to grow mushrooms on American soil. Let the flowers of flames bloom in the North American continent.

She couldn't help laughing: "Your idea is really strange."

Martin was on the sofa, patted the place beside him, and said: "I don't like to read comics, and I don't know the clowns in comics. I think about the characters more based on the script of the Nolan Brothers, combined with my own characteristics, and many ideas are unconscious. I took it out, and I wrote it down, maybe I can use it someday.”

After sitting down, Louise leaned on Martin and joked: "If you want to grow mushrooms for fun, go and be the commander in chief first."

"I will definitely be able to play this country well!" Martin laughed: "There will definitely be many people who will assassinate me."

Louise browsed through the notebook and said, "I thought you were hiding in the hotel to play, but I didn't expect you to be really preparing."

Martin squeezed Louise's chin: "Why? Don't you believe that I am a dedicated actor?" Before Louise could answer, he said, "How dare you not believe me, I must punish you!"

In the earliest days, Louise had a natural psychological advantage over Martin, but now, there are very few of these left.

"Wait, I'll call someone over." Louise was not afraid of Martin, but felt that there was madness hidden in Martin's gloom today, and worried that one person would not be able to bear it: "Kelly is going to take the crew to Atlanta for filming, and come here too." Los Angeles."

Martin grinned and said, "Call Kelly over quickly! Also, turn on your cell phone speakerphone and let her listen carefully on the way."

Louise turned on her cell phone, dialed Kelly's number, took off her black-rimmed glasses and replaced them with gold-rimmed glasses, and said, "You can think of me as Harley Quinn."

Just as the Joker was fighting Harley Quinn and Atlanta Catwoman, Thomas began difficult negotiations with the "Dark Knight" crew.

Including insurance, basic necessities of life, housing, transportation, etc., the Hollywood crew has a mature mechanism, and it is not difficult to talk about it.

Martin's additional terms did not require much. Bruce entered the crew as a firearms and props master, and the crew provided full salaries for the two bodyguards.

The main difference between the two sides is still on the salary.

The crew did not want to further increase the production budget and increase risks, and proposed a model of basic film salary plus net profit sharing.

Martin has no objection to a similar payment method, but post-share calls for a more secure payment method.

The next morning, after hearing what Martin said, Louise said, "Just as you can't trust the ethics of Hollywood stars, don't trust the ethics of Hollywood film companies."

Kelly said: "North American box office net profit sharing?"

Martin Leng Sensen said: "The North American box office is first shared with the theaters, and the remaining part of the distribution company deducts no less than 25% of the distribution fee, deducts publicity expenses and management expenses, and then goes to the producer. After deducting all kinds of expenses, it is the net profit, how much will be left by then?"

Kelly answered: "The North American box office lost money."

Martin asked Louise, "What do you think?"

At other times, as one of the investors, Louise would definitely not sit on Martin's side.

But at this moment, Louise's butt was under Martin's control, and she said naturally: "Nolan said, the role of the clown must be you."

She gasped for a while, and then reminded: "Don't go too far, when it comes to DC superheroes, Warner's executives sometimes have cramp in their heads."

Martin agreed, asking, "What is Warner's box office forecast?"

Louise is a traitor at this time: "Warner Bros.'s most optimistic estimate is that the North American box office is 300 million US dollars, and the global box office is 750 million US dollars. After all, the global box office of the first film is only 370 million US dollars."

During the break, Martin called Thomas: "My bottom line is either a salary of 14 million US dollars, or 5 million US dollars plus the box office share above the benchmark point."

Now that Nolan has approved of him, the negotiations will not easily collapse.

Martin already has four films with a box office of over 100 million in North America as capital, and he is also qualified to call out such an asking price.

In addition to the remuneration, Thomas also negotiated with the crew on the distribution of related film products after the authorization of personal portraits, which also involved the copyright of Lily's statue.

The typical reference in this regard is Johnny Depp. With the role of Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp has earned tens of millions of dollars just for the portraits of figures and toys.

Of course, in the sequel to the Pirates series, Depp signed a supplementary 45% portrait rights sharing clause. At this stage, Martin doesn't even have to think about it, it is simply impossible.

Martin had a vague impression. In the reports he read in his previous life, it was said that Johnny Depp made a net profit of 300 million US dollars through the pirate series, a large part of which came from portrait licensing.

This part of the negotiation is also difficult.

Lily's manager also joined in. In addition to the normal salary, it is also a victory to win 1% for Lily, a newcomer.

The actor negotiations have not yet been completed, and Nolan can't wait to meet with Martin privately to discuss the role.

When Martin walked into the coffee shop, he found Nolan looking at him.

Nolan felt that Martin's every move was like the clown he set up.

Then, he denied this idea, because the person opposite was a clown!

Nolan said: "Except for the paint on your face, you are the same as when you auditioned."

Martin smiled strangely and said in a strange tone: "There is still a difference, at least I don't have crazy ideas right now."

Nolan knew that some outstanding actors would maintain their state all the time once they got into the mood, and immediately got down to business: "For this character, I not only want him to become Gotham's nightmare, but I also want him to bring nightmares to everyone."

Martin patted the table and laughed: "I like it! I like it the most, and I'm the best at doing things as I please..."

"As you like?" Nolan nodded, "That's right!"

Martin continued his words and said: "Bad people always have reasons and motives for doing bad things, but I don't have any. I have no purpose and no motive. I don't care about money or power. I just like chaos and want to turn the world into a happy place."

Nolan thought for a while and asked, "You have unique insights into the characters, great! How do you plan to play the duel with Batman between the two heroes?"

Martin said: "Batman, who claims to be righteous, always uses violence against people. I am different. I will not be as vulgar and boring as Batman. I will reason with people, reason well, and give people the right to choose... ..."

This is completely consistent with Nolan's thinking: "Batman maintains order by violent means, and the clown promotes chaos in a reasonable way!"

"Director, you are a genius." Martin invited: "Someday, shall we go to Buckingham Palace to set off fireworks together?"

Seeing the genuinely evil smile on Martin's face, Nolan's eyelids suddenly jumped up, and he said, "When the film becomes a hit, we can show it together on the square in front of Buckingham Palace."

Martin asked: "Can you invite the old lady to play with you? By the way, is there a 50-year-old crown prince in the world?"

Nolan decisively ended the meeting and said, "Go back and continue your preparations, make sure you are in good shape, and the crew will head to Atlanta for filming soon."

Martin stood up staggeringly: "Goodbye, director."

Nolan was a little worried, did Martin Davis get into the drama too much?

He thought about it again, this is a good thing, he looks like a real-life clown!

As for an actor's mental problems, his works are not as important.

Martin entered the crew with a certainty.

Soon, Thomas negotiated Martin's salary with the crew.

When there are enough celebrities and the performance of the previous works is good enough, it is natural to have confidence in negotiating with the new crew.

This remuneration consists of a base salary of US$5 million, plus a step-by-step share of the North American box office.

The base share line is $250 million.

In the future, as long as the film's North American box office can reach 250 million US dollars, Martin will get a 2% basic share.

Starting from 250 million US dollars, the box office increased by 50 million US dollars, Martin automatically received 1% of the increase, and the proportion increased to 2% for an increase of 100 million US dollars, 150 million 3%...

By analogy, the maximum cap shall not exceed 6%.

The risk is shared with the crew, the better the commercial performance of the film, the higher the starring income.

In addition, Thomas also negotiated a share of the offline DVD, just like Christian Bale, 2% of North American DVD profits.

Hollywood remuneration and box office sharing are too complicated, which also involves project establishment bonuses, distribution bonuses, net profit sharing, gross profit sharing, etc. The simplest one I wrote has such a meaning.