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Chapter 537 [Avengers 1] Starting up

[Avengers] crew.

Zhang Nanzheng was walking around the set with Zhou Jiegun.

Yes.

After the box office of "Captain America" ​​came out in its first week, and the performance was not bad, Marvel Studios quickly mobilized the "Avengers" crew, which had been prepared for a long time.

How prepared are you?

Let's say that.

From start-up to completion, it only takes four months - the original "Avengers 1" only had such a long shooting time.

"Excluding my salary, the total production cost of this project is about US$2.2 million. The main characters include Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk..."

Zhang Nan was introducing the "Avengers" project to Zhou Jiegun.

But in fact, there is no need for Zhang Nan to introduce it.

The successive successes of [Iron Man 2], [Thor] and [Captain America] have made Marvel Studios' movie universe plans very popular in Hollywood.

So after Zhou Jiegun heard Zhang Nan call him to come to the "Avengers" crew and explained that the project he was talking about before was the "Avengers" crew.

As Zhang Nan expected, he was very excited.

Seeing Zhou Jiegun's mood, Zhang Nan felt relieved and was not afraid that when the time came on the The Voice variety show, he would be severely cut off from his appearance fee and scare him away.

After being a little excited for a while, listening to Zhang Nan's introduction to Jay Chou, he couldn't help but start asking questions, "Why does the production fee not include your salary? Shouldn't it be included in everything?"

Regarding this question, Zhang Nan has not yet answered. Robert Downey Jr., who accidentally ran to Zhang Nan, helped Zhang Nan answer: "Because Zhang charges according to the length of the completed film, and it is still 15 million US dollars per minute." Adding some profit sharing conditions, the price is too high. Marvel Studios has not yet decided how much time Zhang will be allowed to appear in the movie, so there is no way to calculate it."

From his tone, you can hear that Robert Downey Jr. is a little resentful of Zhang Nan's high salary.

Without it.

Since Marvel Studios has already started preparations for this project, it is natural that they have also negotiated with the actors in advance.

Marvel Studios initially negotiated with Robert Downey Jr. for his salary in "Avengers" to be US$10 million plus a 3% share of the global box office.

This is also the contract that allowed Robert Downey Jr. to make a huge salary of 1 million US dollars in "Avengers 6000" in the original time and space.

But slowly, conditions changed.

Until now it is officially launched.

The salary offered to Robert Downey Jr. by Marvel Studios has become a fixed salary of 2000 million U.S. dollars. With the global box office exceeding one billion U.S. dollars, an additional million U.S. dollars in bonuses will be added.

The obvious change in the salary limit here naturally made Robert Downey Jr. a little unhappy, so Robert Downey Jr. went to find out the reason.

And the reason is easy to find out, that is, Marvel Studios plans to significantly increase Zhang Nan's time in "Avengers 1".

This is easy to understand.

After all, for Marvel Studios, this [Avengers 1] is very important to the entire movie universe plan, and it is the final work of the first phase.

Need a good box office.

So how can you get a guaranteed good box office?

The law of Hollywood's best-selling movies in recent years has come up with one answer - find Zhang Nan to star. Marvel Studios also wants to find Zhang Nan to star in "Avengers".

But first of all, "Avengers" is a group-type movie, and secondly... Zhang Nan's is too expensive now.

Originally, Zhang Nan's fixed salary of US$400 million, plus various share-sharing contracts exceeding 50%, was already very expensive.

Now, through the [006] project, MGM has once again raised Zhang Nan's salary severely, raising his fixed salary to million US dollars.

Marvel Studios really can’t afford this price!

Because the total production cost of [Avengers 1] was only US$2.2 million.

If we follow James Cameron's over-subscription approach, the most we can do is invest another $100 million.

Therefore, Marvel Studios can only increase the length of Zhang Nan's cameo as much as possible.

The consequence of this is that Marvel Studios needs to balance the accounting ratio.

After all, Zhang Nan's guest appearance not only comes with a fixed salary, but also a 1% per minute share of the box office and peripheral dividends.

Therefore, in order to protect its own interests, Marvel Studios began to adjust the box office share of other starring artists.

Of course.

At this time, in [Avengers 1], the only one who is eligible to receive a share of the box office share is Robert Downey Jr., who starred in [Iron Man 1.2].

Everyone else has just joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe project. They have just starred in a superhero movie with a salary of hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands. At this time, they are still receiving a full fixed salary in "Avengers 1". , and only millions or millions.

Robert Downey Jr. is the only one whose salary was hurt like this.

But facing Zhang Nan, Robert Downey Jr. didn't dare and couldn't feel unhappy.

Not to mention his status as a celebrity, Zhang Nan had shown kindness to him before.

Therefore, Robert Downey Jr. could only dare to be a little resentful and complain, and he still showed it in front of Zhang Nan.

In front of others, Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man, is not only the number one brother of Zhang Nan, the director of SHIELD in Marvel movies, but also a close follower of Zhang Nan in Hollywood.

Without it.

Robert Downey Jr., who has experienced extreme underestimation in life, is very grateful.

As for Robert Downey Jr.'s resentment, Zhang Nan came to understand after thinking about it for a moment.

"Don't say it so harshly. The main series of [Harry Potter] has come to an end. It is estimated that preparations for [Harry Potter and Voldemort 2] will start soon. Later, I will help you talk to Warner about fixed remuneration and Share the box office." Zhang Nan hammered Robert Downey Jr. and said.

As soon as he heard Zhang Nan's words, Robert Downey Jr. immediately lost his resentment and immediately became energetic, but he still awkwardly said, "How embarrassing is this? You'd better hold on to your salary first."

"You think I don't want to. The main reason is that my current salary is indeed a bit too high. If I mention it again, no one will come to me to star in a movie. But don't be happy. If I help you negotiate with Warner Regarding remuneration, the main discussion is about the share of the remuneration. Your share of the remuneration must be put on my Longbow Film and Television Fund for sale." Zhang Nan said angrily.

Robert Downey Jr. naturally couldn't refuse Zhang Nan's request.

After all, let alone him who has not grown up now, even if he grows up in the future, he can only rely on the role of [Iron Man] to bully Marvel Studios.

If it were another project, that wouldn't work. The most he could negotiate was a $2000 million salary and a small box office share.

(End of this chapter)