Chapter 13: Different Helen

Before nine o'clock in the morning, Ryan came to Xingkong Brokerage Company according to yesterday's agreement. As soon as he entered the door, he happened to see Heidi sitting at the front desk with a bored face.

"Hello!"

"Heidi, long time no see."

Ryan stepped forward to say hello, and then looked around, seeing that there was no one else, and asked in a low voice, "Heidi, I have a question for you."

"How old is Helen?"

He has always been curious about Helen's age.

"What do you want to do?"

Heidi looked at him strangely and said, "It's hard for you not to know that age is every woman's secret, or that you want to pursue Helen!"

"I warn you, don't think of Helen."

Ryan showed a helpless look and said, "I'm just curious."

"Helen looks to be in her twenties, but her acting style is very sophisticated, as if she has a lot of experience."

"A person with a good background like her should be a flower in a greenhouse at this age."

In fact, he wanted to know who Helen's parents were and their relationship with George Lucas more than their age.

Well, it's hard to avoid such a relatively personal question.

"Humph!"

"Don't try to talk to me, I will never reveal anything about Helen unless she wants to tell you."

Heidi could tell at a glance what his plan was, and it was nothing more than taking the opportunity to make a cliché and inquire about Helen's family background.

"Alright, you should go to Helen's office now instead of continuing to talk nonsense."

Heidi curled her lips and ignored Ryan again.

Hearing this, Ryan had no choice but to go upstairs, knocked on the door, and without waiting for Helen's consent, he opened the door and walked in.

Helen's dress today seems to be completely different from her previous image. She is wearing a white dress with beautiful patterns embroidered on it. Her long black hair slanted down on her shoulders and is wrapped around a white ribbon. The metal earrings are indescribably charming.

She already had a proud figure, about 1.75 meters tall, and the silk dress completely set off her body line, making her look even taller and more sexy.

The long dress almost reached the middle of the calves, and under a pair of slender feet wrapped in black stockings, there were silver high-heeled shoes inlaid with rhinestones.

"Wow, dear Helen, you are so charming today."

Looking at Helen in front of him, Ryan didn't hide anything, his eyes kept looking up and down, and he couldn't help but leaned forward, smelling a faint fragrance of jasmine.

Helen looked at Ryan who was getting closer, without any expression on her face, and said, "I'm going to a party later, so I don't have much time."

"And, please focus on the business."

Ryan complained, and said, "You should invite me to be your male companion, that's the business."

Helen ignored him, but continued, "I've already discussed with 20th Century Fox's distribution department, and it's not impossible to have a step-by-step box office split."

"However, it must be calculated from the North American box office of US$50 million. For every additional US$10 million box office, you can get 0.5% of the box office share, and the maximum is 5%."

Originally, she hoped to count from the box office of 30 million US dollars, and for every 10 million US dollars in box office, she could get a 1% share.

But Twentieth Century Fox rejected it straight away. What a joke, if the film is a big hit at the box office, wouldn't they want to share a big piece of cake.

In the end, after several negotiations, 20th Century Fox reluctantly agreed to sign the box office ladder share.

But it must be calculated from the box office of 50 million US dollars. For every additional 10 million US dollars in the box office, Ryan can get 0.5% of the box office share, with a maximum of 5%.

Regardless of whether there is only a 5% cap at most, or starting from the box office of 50 million US dollars, it is possible to obtain such an agreement, which is already rare and valuable.

In Ryan's own words, not to mention the stepped box office share, even the buyout price would have to be less than half.

"The box office of 50 million US dollars is counted!"

"It seems that 20th Century Fox estimates that the final box office of the film should not exceed 50 million US dollars."

Ryan could see at a glance that 20th Century Fox's plan was nothing more than estimating that the film's final box office would not exceed $50 million.

"So I suggest that you cancel the ladder box office share, so that the buyout price can be slightly increased."

Helen didn't pay attention to Ryan's gaze, straightened her clothes, and said, "Of course, if you insist, 800,000 dollars is also a very good price."

Now that Twentieth Century Fox has taken a step back and agreed to split the ladder box office.

Then the original price of 900,000 US dollars naturally needs to be changed.

The box office share mentioned here refers to the North American box office share of the film, not the global box office share.

If it's a share of the global box office, unless 20th Century Fox is really crazy, it will never agree.

Moreover, there is only one share of the North American box office, and it has nothing to do with video tapes, TV broadcast rights, adaptation rights, etc.

"Can."

"When will the distribution contract be formally signed."

Naturally, Ryan would not refuse, once the box office of the film can achieve the results of his previous life, then he will receive millions of dollars.

Apart from paying taxes on these millions of dollars and the commission from Helen's agent, the rest is Ryan's personal income.

He doesn't believe that what can be done by craftsmanship in his previous life, can't be done by 20th Century Fox with News Corporation as its backing.

"If you agree, you can sign a formal buyout contract tomorrow afternoon."

Helen deliberately corrected one point, it was not a film distribution contract, but a copyright buyout contract.

"By the way, Helen, I hope that the film buyout fee can be delivered in mid-April." Ryan didn't want a large part of the money to be taken away by the tax officer as soon as he got it.

Every year from February to around mid-April, it is time to pay taxes, and everyone needs to file taxes.

As long as it is delivered after the tax filing deadline, there will be no need to deal with tax officials for a long time to come.

"Can."

"I suggest that you hire a personal assistant and a trusted financial manager to help you manage your finances and avoid taxes legally."

"It's also better to buy a car and change to a decent apartment, preferably closer to Hollywood." Helen expressed her suggestion.

She is an agent, and it is impossible to act as an assistant all the time. Legal tax avoidance is something that every Hollywood person needs to face.

"Okay, then dear Helen, before I find a suitable assistant, can you introduce me to a real estate agent!" Ryan blinked at her.

Finding a suitable personal assistant takes a certain amount of time, and a trustworthy financial manager needs an opportunity.

In his previous life, he had seen a lot of news that many Hollywood stars or big-name football stars were defrauded of all their property by financial managers.

One of the things that left him speechless the most was that UU Reading www.uukanshu.com suddenly found that the name on the title certificate was not his own, but the name of the financial manager in the mansion he had lived in for a year. It was a farce.

"I can introduce you to a familiar real estate agent."

Seeing Ryan's gaze, Helen suddenly felt a little helpless in her heart. It seemed that as her manager, she had to hold several jobs for the time being.

"If there is nothing else, I need to go downstairs to a banquet now."

While talking, Helen stood up and was about to go outside.

Seeing this, Ryan couldn't help but tentatively said: "Dear Helen, don't you really need an excellent male companion like me!"

"unnecessary."

Helen didn't even look at it, and directly refused.

Ryan had already prepared for this, so he could only wailed and said, "I knew it would happen."

"However, regarding the three leading actors in the film, I hope that as soon as the buyout contract is signed, they will travel to Africa for a period of time and come back when the time is right."

Although he had already told Helen about it, he still wanted to remind him.

"You don't need to worry about these matters. I will discuss them with the distribution department of 20th Century Fox. On the contrary, you must remember that you can't have anything to do with "The Blair Witch."

"Even if it's a personal relationship." Helen's tone suddenly became severe.

Compared with "The Blair Witch", which is about to sign a buyout contract, Helen is more optimistic about Ryan's new script.

It is also a low-cost film, but it is much better than "The Blair Witch".

So at the moment, it is absolutely impossible to get involved with "The Blair Witch" because of a small loss.

Ryan naturally knew who she was talking about, and spread his hands, expressing his innocence.