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Chapter 357 Tom Cruise wants to restart [Mission: Impossible 3]

After the premiere of [Star Wars Episode 3].

Zhang Nan and Tom Cruise were hiding nearby and found a high-end club.

Inside the clubhouse.

After some small exchanges of greetings, Zhang Nan heard from Tom Cruise what he meant by looking for him.

"You want to restart [Mission: Impossible 3]?"

There was some surprise in Zhang Nan's tone, and he looked up at Tom Cruise. After expressing some thoughts, he continued: "It's a good idea. Now we are not that far away from [Mission: Impossible 2]." It’s been a long time, and it’s time for [Mission: Impossible 3], but..."

"Cruise, this is between you and Paramount. Are you mentioning this to me...?" Zhang Nan asked Tom Cruise with a hesitant tone.

Hearing this, Tom Cruise smiled helplessly and said: "Zhang, as you know, there were some disputes between me and Paramount about the [Mission: Impossible 3] project. Although it has been some time, the conflict is still I'm still here, I'll go talk to Paramount directly, I'm afraid..."

Zhang Nan understood the implication of Tom Cruise, that is, if he, Tom Cruise, gives in now and comes to talk to Paramount about "Mission: Impossible 3", then Paramount will definitely lower the price.

The same goes for the opposite. If Paramount can't help it anymore and takes the lead in talking to Tom Cruise about "Mission: Impossible 3", Tom Cruise will also take the opportunity to speak loudly.

And the fact of the original time and space is indeed the case.

Paramount did not produce any blockbusters in the years after "Mission: Impossible 2", and finally gave in to Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise directly received 3 million for "Mission: Impossible 8500" The salary in US dollars is 2 million US dollars higher than the 7500 million US dollars earned in [Mission: Impossible 1000].

要知道【碟中谍3】的票房可没有【碟中谍2】高，【碟中谍3】只在2006年拿下了全球3.9亿美金的票房，而【碟中谍2】却是在2000年拿下了5.4亿美金的全球票房。

Under such circumstances, the original Tom Cruise's income in "Mission: Impossible 3" was higher than that in "Mission: Impossible 2", which shows how much Paramount, which was the first to give in, had to give in.

Of course, the above situations all happened in the original time and space.

But Zhang Nan interrupted.

In today's "Mission: Impossible 2", although Tom Cruise signed a contract with Paramount, he can finally reap 7500 million US dollars in revenue.

However, because Tom Cruise did not predict this wave of revenue accurately at the beginning, the share contract was handed over to Zhang Nan's Longbow Film and Television Fund for operation at a fixed value.

Zhang Nan first took 20.00% directly from the fixed value, and then resold Tom Cruise's film contract in "Mission: Impossible 2" at a high price.

With one move, Zhang Nan suddenly peeled off a layer of Tom Cruise's skin worth tens of millions of dollars, greatly reducing Tom Cruise's income from "Mission: Impossible 2".

But this is all in the past, now we have to focus on the present.

Paramount has given him a lot of winks and benefits over the years, including the release of "Armageddon 2" at a low price. In addition, Paramount will also have a "Transformers" series in the future. Zhang Nan It’s really impossible to be indifferent to Paramount’s attitude.

In recent years, Paramount has always had something to do, just talking to Zhang Nan about cooperating on a series.

Originally, Zhang Nan wanted to drag him to [Transformers], so he dealt with it half-heartedly until now, which also caused some minor objections from Paramount.

Now that Tom Cruise has brought the "Mission: Impossible 3" series project to his door, Zhang Nan feels that he has to help Ramon and return the favor.Of course, helping is helping, returning favors is returning favors, and everyone needs to get what they need.

What Paramount wanted was a title for a new series to revive Paramount's status as a Hollywood powerhouse.

What Tom Cruise wants is to restart [Mission: Impossible 3] and stabilize his status as a Hollywood superstar.

What Zhang Nan wants is very simple, to make a living between the producer and the leading actor.

So Zhang Nan listened to Tom Cruise's words, and after these thoughts flashed through his mind, he said: "Cruise, in fact, Paramount has not been very comfortable in these years, and I kind of want to be like before. MGM has developed. I think if you wait a little longer, you won’t need me as a middleman, and Paramount will have to come to you directly. By then..."

It would be too abrupt to agree directly, so Zhang Nan made a series of actions of first suppressing and then increasing, and even if he wanted to refuse, he was shy.

The words were not finished, but the meaning was very clear. You were just asking me to take off your pants and fart. It was unnecessary.

Tom Cruise naturally understood Zhang Nan's words and knew that the situation was similar to what Zhang Nan said. His bad feelings about Zhang Nan's previous skinning of his in "Mission: Impossible 2" also dissipated, and he felt that Zhang Nan Nan is still manageable.

But [War of the Worlds] is coming out in August.

If we don’t talk to Paramount now, it will be even harder to talk to Paramount when his reputation is ruined.

"I know, but Paramount is a Hollywood giant after all. Even if it goes bankrupt, it will be reorganized one day. I can't afford Paramount. And for a Hollywood actor like me, it's very difficult to get back up once you make a mistake. , so I hope you will pay more attention to this matter." Tom Cruise said with some emotion.

Hearing this, Zhang Nan nodded and said, "Cruise, you are also a regular and major customer of my Longbow Film and Television Fund. If you make a request, I will definitely not refuse, but what do you think?" What step do you want me to take as a middleman? Should I help you complete the matchmaking process with Paramount, or should you let me handle the entire process?"

After hearing this, Tom Cruise thought for a while and said: "I want to complete the contact with Paramount before August, and then the promotion of [War of the Worlds] will start soon, so... I want to I'll leave it all to you."

Zhang Nan continued to nod his head clearly, and then said: "The contact with Paramount will be completed in August, which is not a big problem. But if you leave everything to me, I will have to know your bottom line, Cruise." Ah, otherwise it would be really difficult for me to negotiate with Paramount. Of course, I will fight for your interests to the maximum extent possible."

Hearing Zhang Nan's rhetorical question, Tom Cruise thought for a while and reported his bottom line, "The minimum fixed salary cannot be less than [Mission: Impossible 2], the box office dividend cannot be less than 5.00%, and the peripheral income, especially The revenue from the video tape cannot be...less than ten percent."

After hearing Tom Cruise's quotation, Zhang Nan called the service staff at the club, got a piece of paper and pen, and began to record down his understanding of Tom Cruise's requirements.

The fixed remuneration cannot be less than 1500 million US dollars, the box office dividend cannot be less than 5.00%, and the peripheral income, especially the income from video tapes, cannot be less than [-]%.

After memorizing these contents, Zhang Nan handed the recorded contents to Tom Cruise.

"Is this a request?" Zhang Nan asked.

Tom Cruise glanced at the specific content and nodded.

But when he saw the fixed salary of no less than 1500 million US dollars, Tom Cruise couldn't help but think of Zhang Nan's fixed salary in hundreds of millions, and his expression darkened.

Seeing Tom Cruise nodding, Zhang Nan looked at what he had recorded, feeling full of joy in his heart, but looking relieved on the surface.

(End of this chapter)