Chapter 690: Hollywood’s Original Superstar Privilege

The choice at this moment is very important for Ye Ming. Should he agree to Howard's conditions? Ye Ming fell into deep thought for a while, struggling in his heart, and the ideological confrontation was as fierce as sparks hitting the earth.

In the end, Ye Ming hesitated and finally made up his mind and said: "Actually, William Morris is not the only choice. There are other agency companies in Hollywood. If I want to enter Hollywood, then with my popularity, I want to It would be very easy to sign with another company.”

Naturally, William Morris is not the only agency in Hollywood. This company also has a rival, Creative Artists Company. All the five members of Creative Artists Company defected from William Morris, but the Five Tiger Generals of Creative Artists Company are not used. In thirty years, it has become a giant brokerage company that competes with William Morris.

This is something that everyone at William Morris hates very much. Very few people at William Morris will mention Innovative Artists.

Ye Ming's words also touched Howard very much. Yes, Hollywood is no longer dominated by the William Morris family.

Innovative Artists now accounts for almost half of all Hollywood talent agencies.

However, Howard was still very proud and said: "Mr. Ye is very clear about the specifics of this matter. Innovative Artists Company is basically from European and American countries. For artists from other countries outside Europe and America, Innovative Artist Company has no basis at all." It's just impossible to care.

They don't have much business in the Asia-Pacific region. Therefore, in such a matter, our William Morris Company is the best choice. For example, Cheng Long and Zhou Runfa in the Asia-Pacific region are both artists signed by our company William Morris, and Britney Spears is also a signed artist by our company. These are innovations that cannot be compared. We have mastered the trends in Europe and the United States. It’s very good, and they are quite experienced in packaging of Asia-Pacific stars. Innovation does not have the advantage like ours,”

That's right, even though the William Morris Agency only offered a fourth-tier contract, Ye Ming was still hesitant to give his contract to William Morris. The reason was because it was a professional agency, and Better understand the market conditions in the Asia-Pacific region and the needs of Europe and the United States.

At the end, Ye Ming hesitated and said: "If it's about signing a contract, there is no problem, but what I signed is just an actor's contract, and I have to exercise additional rights. Without this, I will contact Innovation tomorrow, There are no artists from the Asia-Pacific region in Innovation, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be there in the future.”

Additional rights is a Hollywood-specific term that is rarely used in other countries. This right is the biggest difference between superstars and ordinary contracted artists. Additional rights, full name film and television box office dividend additional terms.

This is a right that only a superstar can exercise. For example, Cheng Long now has such a right, which means that when he wants his own remuneration, he can ask for a share of the box office. Hong Kong City actually had such a system after Cheng Long went to Hollywood and learned about this right, so he moved this habit to Hong Kong City. And the superstars in Hong Kong City also began to slowly learn from Cheng Long to exercise such a right. .

In the Mainland, Feng Xiaogang was the first to use additional rights in Party A and Party B. Of course, those who can exercise additional rights are all superstars. They have great confidence in themselves and have determined that their works will sell well at the box office. Otherwise, you should just get paid honestly and ensure a good harvest despite droughts and floods. never mind.

In fact, even in Hollywood, there are only a handful of superstars who dare to exercise additional rights.

This surprised Howard very much. He looked at Ye Ming with wide eyes and said: "Mr. Ye, are you sure you want to exercise the additional rights yourself? This is a double-edged sword. If it is said that it is not good to use it, then you Your income will be greatly reduced.”

At this time, Cheng Long also stood up and said: "Ye Ming, I think it's better for you to think about this matter carefully. It's a bit risky to exercise such rights when you first come to Hollywood."

It's not that Cheng Long doesn't support Ye Ming's use of additional rights. In fact, in Hollywood, Cheng Long, a Chinese star, has the courage to exercise additional rights. Neither Zhou Runfa nor Jet Li have the courage to exercise additional rights. It's not that they don't have this courage. In fact, they also have this qualification, but they don't have the courage. If they get paid honestly, that is the safest way. In fact, it proves that this choice is the luckiest for Zhou Runfa.

If it hadn't been for the popularity of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which gave Chow Run-fat a chance to make a comeback in Hollywood, Chow would have returned to Hong Kong and the mainland to film movies early.

Because if you exercise additional rights, you will naturally have to make appropriate concessions in terms of remuneration. In Hollywood, if a superstar exercises additional rights, he or she will generally receive a 19% discount on the film's salary.

At this point, both Howard and Cheng Long expressed doubts about Ye Ming's choice.

Howard shook his head and said, "I think this is impossible. The higher authorities will not allow you to exercise additional rights. You must know that this is at least a second-tier artist. Only Cheng Long, Zhou Runfa and others are qualified to exercise additional rights. , with your fourth-grade D-level contract, it is impossible to succeed at this time. No artist in William Morris Company has such a precedent."

This is almost impossible. Without the support of huge popularity, who can guarantee that all of his movies will be a hit? Only the top superstars, even if they are not members of the 20 million salary club, are at least Oscar winners. Only movie star-level superstars have this kind of pride.

Therefore, additional rights are called star privileges in Hollywood. It's not that superstars don't have the courage to exercise this right, but they are actually not qualified to exercise this right. But at this time, Ye Ming proposed that he should have this additional right. How could this not surprise Howard?

Ye Ming shook his head with a smile and said, "Just because it doesn't exist doesn't mean it can't exist. There was no William Morris Agency in Hollywood before, but then there was one. Besides, William Morris Agency doesn't stipulate that only superstars can have additional rights." Yes, it's possible. It's just that many celebrities don't have the guts. But if you don't report it, if the superiors don't agree, even if you can't sign the contract, it's not your responsibility, right? If you don't report it, If we don't sign a contract at this time, I don't think your manager will let you go."

These words gave Howard a sudden realization. Yes, his main task this time was actually to sign a contract with Ye Ming. No matter what requirements he had, since Ye Ming said he wanted to exercise additional rights, that was already It was beyond the scope of what he could decide, and reporting was the best option.

In Hollywood, in a luxurious villa in Beverly Hills, a middle-aged man with fiery red hair was swinging a golf club and practicing golf for his own entertainment. An assistant came over with a mobile phone. At this time, the middle-aged man was still very nervous. Clearly, if the assistant dares to come over and disturb me at this moment, it must be something that she cares about. It may not be important, but it must be something she cares about.

Howard told Ye Ming's words on the other end of the phone. At this time, the middle-aged man laughed and said: "Dear Howard, I think at this time I finally know why even that person The muscular man Arnold said that Ye Ming is a very interesting person.

He really dared to think about additional rights. Not even a star in Hollywood would dare to ask for such a right. He, an artist who has not entered Hollywood, actually dared to ask for such a request.

Okay, no problem. Since he has put forward the conditions, I think I have no intention of refusing. I promise him that I will immediately modify the contract and add this clause. "

The manager is the manager. In one sentence, everything is settled.

In South Korea, Howard was also a little dumbfounded. Stars who made conditions for William Morris were usually ruthlessly blocked by their managers.

If there are no special circumstances in such a situation, such as the intervention of the enemy of innovation, then generally speaking, actors who have been banned by William Morris need not think about entering Hollywood.

At this time, the manager actually agreed to Ye Ming's request for the first time. With disbelief, Howard glanced at Ye Ming. Could it be that this man is the manager's illegitimate son? But it doesn't look like it.

Ye Ming has an authentic oriental face, and it is impossible for him to have anything to do with his manager.

At this time, Howard said very happily: "Mr. Ye, congratulations, our manager has already agreed to your conditions. After I modify the contract, we can officially sign the contract."

Until this moment, Howard breathed a long sigh of relief. No matter what the matter was, despite some twists and turns, Ye Ming finally nodded and agreed to sign a contract with him. This time I finally completed the company's task, is the rest important?

Of course it doesn't matter. When it came to modifying the contract and signing the contract, Howard came with a specialized lawyer, so naturally there were professionals to handle it all.

From then on, Ye Ming became one of the four contracted artists of William Morris Company. Starting from the lowest level and working his way up step by step, Ye Ming still has a long way to go before he reaches the top of the 20 million box office club. of. (To be continued)