"Sister Tao, Mr. Zhou from the company called earlier and said that Jiang Se has already taken over the new film and the salary is set at this amount."
Song Yi made the shape of the word "eight" to Tao Cen, but Tao Cen did not say anything.
She knew that since Song Yi took the initiative to bring up this topic, there must be something else to say.
"The Lost City" was chosen to be released worldwide on the third day of February. Although Tao Cen did not have a big role in the movie, because the Chinese box office has played a very important role in the global box office in recent years, she also followed the crew to promote the film, which indirectly increased her popularity in Europe and the United States.
Even during this period, with the help of Cesare's fame, she successfully hooked up with several well-known Hollywood producers and investors, and also got many business cards of filmmakers. Once "Lost City" is released, if the global box office is good and it is made into a series of IP, Tao Cen's status will also rise, and it will be much easier to enter the European and American markets.
It was precisely because of this that Tao Cen performed very well during the promotion period. When Zhou Sheng called, she was still in North America and had just returned to the hotel after a day of promotion with the crew.
The assistant was removing her makeup. In fact, she was too tired to talk, but because it was about Jiang Se, Tao Cen still perked up and listened to Song Yi continue:
"In addition to the 80 million, Sister Xia also negotiated a share of the movie box office for her."
When Song Yi said this, Tao Cen's brows really frowned.
At present, Tao Cen's pay has always maintained a leading position in China. She has received nearly 100 million yuan in pay for starring in Chinese movies.
If she is optimistic about the box office of this movie, she will also reduce her salary to get a share of the box office revenue.
However, once the box office revenue is shared, the agreed price will not be able to reach 80 million.
"Chaoqun proposed such a condition?"
The assistant paused while removing her makeup, and Tao Cen opened his eyes and stared at Song Yi:
“Will the investors agree?”
Even though Jiang Se starred in Cesare's "Divine Redemption" and worked with Italian actor Donald, his status has been improved a bit, but his salary for the next movie will probably be over 100 million yuan, so it is impossible for it to increase so much all at once.
After all, "God's Redemption" has not been released yet, and it is still unclear whether it will be a huge success or a failure in both word of mouth and box office.
"What kind of movie would she dare to ask for such a high price?"
Tao Cen also knew Xia Chaoqun's character. She would never act rashly if she was not sure.
After all, if Jiang Se is praised too highly and eventually cannot be saved, it will cause embarrassment. By then, Jiang Se's value will have increased, but no domestic investor will be willing to pay this price. No matter how high the price of Jiang Se's film remuneration is, it will still be inflated.
Xia Chaoqun is not a new agent, so it is impossible for him to do such a thing.
Xia Chaoqun would only do this unless she was certain that the producer could come up with the money and was willing to pay.
As long as Jiang Se has negotiated the first deal to increase his pay, his future status and worth will be real.
"The movie is not a big production, and the director is just Lin Xiwen."
Song Yi sighed, somewhat helplessly:
"But the investment company is Huaying, and the largest shareholder of Huaying is Jiang Se's fiancé."
Therefore, Huaying will definitely agree to the conditions proposed by Xia Chaoqun this time.
For some partners of Huaying, relationships are much more important than money. In fact, the share of the box office that Jiang Se took was just a transfer from the left hand to the right hand for Pei Yilai.
But this move was different for Jiang Se. Song Yi looked at Tao Cen's clenched fist and lowered his voice:
"Mr. Zhou also said that Jiang Se's contract had expired and Mr. Luo had made an appointment to meet with her a few days ago."
After he finished speaking, he moved his upper body closer to Tao Cen:
"What do you think they said?"
After Song Yi said this, he still didn't receive Tao Cen's reply.
He raised his head with some surprise, and happened to see Tao Cen looking at him with a half-smile, which made him feel a little embarrassed for a moment.
Originally, Song Yi wanted to show off his abilities in front of Tao Cen, but Tao Cen's eyes seemed to see through all the problems.
"I was wondering why Chaoqun suddenly raised his salary so much. It turns out he was waiting here."
She felt a little uncomfortable when she said this.
Jiang Se's contract with Century Galaxy is about to expire. Luo Yinyin talked to her without thinking, and it must be about the contract renewal.
Having been in this industry for many years, Tao Cen has a good idea of some of the company's practices.
Jiang Se is very valuable at the moment. Her resources in Europe and the United States are more abundant than his own. She is also rising in China. At the same time, the most important thing is that there is news of her marriage to the prince of the Pei family. Century Galaxy will naturally try its best to win her over.
But when it comes to contract renewal, it is not something that can be finalized in just a few words or one or two meetings. Both parties need to test each other's bottom line and discuss before it can be finalized.
When Jiang Se and Luo Yin met for the first time, they must have put forward basic requirements. There are still some detailed conditions that have not been met, and the company needs to observe further.
Given Jiang Se's current status and identity, Tao Cen could not think of anything else that could make Luo Yin hesitate except for equity.
Jiang Se is an ambitious female artist. What can impress her now is definitely not the company's profit-sharing system. Tao Cen would not be surprised at all if she asked Luo Yin for Century Galaxy's equity before agreeing to renew the contract.
Once the issue of equity is mentioned, it is equivalent to touching upon Luo Yin's foundation. This matter requires a board meeting and repeated calculations and discussions by Luo Yin's personal staff before a final decision will be made as to whether or not to give shares to Jiang Se, and how many shares to give.
At this time, it was a tug-of-war between the company and Jiang Se to see who was willing to compromise.
The new play that Xia Chaoqun took on for Jiang Se is very intriguing.
It seemed that she was not affected by the contract issues between Jiang Se and Century Galaxy, and she continued to work as usual and took on roles for Jiang Se. But in fact, she was increasing Jiang Se's pay in order to increase his bargaining chips with Century Galaxy.
Just imagine, if Jiang Se's pay was composed of 80 million + box office share, her actual income might have exceeded Tao Cen's by a lot.
In recent years, the box office of movies that Jiang Se has participated in have all been good. If calculated in billions, then the revenue that one of Jiang Se's movies can bring to Century Galaxy can be imagined.
Once the issue of remuneration is settled, given Jiang Se's fame and status, her close personal relationship with Cesare abroad, and the big-budget movie "Divine Redemption", plus the various reasons mentioned above, there is a high possibility that Luo Yin will agree to give Jiang Se shares in exchange for her signing a contract.
If Jiang Se gets the shares, her identity will be transformed from an actress of Century Galaxy to a shareholder who receives dividends.
What will I be able to compare with her then? And how can I compare? (To be continued)