In summer, I spent $170 million to win the hot commodity of "Titanic", which was a big bargain.

However, I encountered some minor trouble in the investment in Mission: Impossible.

Tom Cruise strongly demanded dividends from the "Mission: Impossible" film, and did not hesitate to reduce his pay for this.

Summer is very unwilling to buy this requirement. As far as he knows, the Mission: Impossible series is a very popular movie. The box office of the first part is as high as 450 million US dollars, the box office of the second part is as high as 540 million US dollars, the box office of the third part is slightly worse, but it also reaches nearly 400 million US dollars, and the box office of the fourth part is as high as 700 million US dollars.

The combined box office of the four movies exceeds $2.1 billion, and they also occupy a very high position in the global series of movies.

If Tom Cruise abandons his pay and chooses to pay dividends, he will be able to earn at least $300 million. But if it is calculated based on the pay, it would be great that he could take at most $1.5 billion.

Therefore, Xia Tian very disagrees with dividend distribution.

"Tell Tom Cruise that I don't want him to take such a big risk. No one is sure whether Mission: Impossible can win a high box office." Xia Tian told Jerry Brookheimer, "so he's better off getting a paycheck, at least he's safe. If he insists on paying dividends, he can only make up five percent of the profit."

"Okay." Brookheimer nodded.

After hearing this condition in summer, Tom Cruise did not buy it. He still hoped to get more dividends from movies. Because he had a premonition that the movie would definitely sell well at the box office. Choosing dividends would be more beneficial to him. Moreover, he insisted that his dividends should reach 20% of the global movie box office and other revenue.

In this way, the negotiations were deadlocked.

Faced with this situation, Xia Tian no longer chose to give in, but instead decisively stopped his cooperation with Tom Cruise.

The reason for this is that the world series does not lack hit movies.

The movies that will be confirmed to invest next year include "Ace Disc", "Titanic", "Evaporation Secret", "Die Hard 3", "Death Express 3", "American Party 3", "Hangover 3", "Saw 3", "Death is Coming 3", "X Archive Movie Edition", etc.

Even if you don't invest in Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible, the World Series still has enough films to start filming and can still earn enough box office, so you don't want "Mission: Impossible".

Second, if he makes concessions now, then Tom Cruise will become more serious in the future sequel. You know, he has now asked for 22% of the income.

As the producer and distributor, the Tianxia Group can only obtain nearly 40% of the income by investing a lot of money, manpower and material resources. This is already very unfair.

If a sequel is made in the future, Tom Cruise will have the confidence to pay higher dividends. At that time, the hard-working movies in the world will be completely cheaper to Tom Cruise and he will pick all the fruits of victory away.

In his previous life, when Tom Cruise was filming the sequel to "Mission: Impossible", he asked to significantly increase his pay and dividends, increasing his share to 30%, which is much more money than the investor Paramount.

In the movie "War Worlds", Tom Cruise received a dividend of 100 million US dollars, but the total box office of that movie was not high. The investor Paramount invested 120 million US dollars to make it enough to make a profit.

It was precisely because of Tom Cruise's insatiable nature that he was later swept out by Paramount's boss Redstone and terminated his cooperation.

Summer will not make the same mistake, so I will cut the mess by wielding my knife. I would rather not make this money than do this.

Otherwise, if Tom Cruise starts this and all the big stars follow suit in the future, it will greatly reduce the income of the world.

...

"Boss, do you really need to think about it? I think this "Mission: Impossible" still has room for operation." Brookheimer advised.

He has read the script of "Mission: Impossible" and feels that it still has great potential.

"No need, as Hollywood giants, we must not be blackmailed by an artist." Xia Tian waved his hand firmly, "If he wants to cooperate with us, he must put his position right. We are investors, and we must take the majority. If he disagrees, let him play."

"But...if this movie is obtained by other companies, we will lose a good opportunity to make money." Brookheimer reminded.

"It doesn't matter." Xia Tian waved his hand and smiled, "Isn't it just a movie that makes money, I have more. Take these scripts and read them." He took out a stack of scripts from the drawer and threw them to Brookheimer.

Brookheimer took it and saw five movies: "Independence Day", "Battle of the Deadly Island", "Month of Killing", "Face Change" and "Screaming".

He swept roughly, then nodded vigorously.

These five movies seem to him very good, especially the two movies "Independence Day" and "Brave the Deadly Island", which are so handsome that they have no friends.

"Independence Day" tells the story of aliens invading, and then the US military flew fighter planes to attack aliens and successfully saved the world. This movie like this that saves the whole world is really not tired of watching.

"Brave the Deadly Island" tells the story of a general who led a group of rebellious soldiers to occupy the Alcatraz Island, the famous American prison island, and threatened to launch poison missiles to coastal cities. At the critical moment, the US Navy SEALs, with the help of weapons experts and a senior British spy, went to Alcatraz Island to relieve the crisis...

This story looks great, exciting, passionate, and at the same time it makes people feel melancholy. Brookheimer can make a great action movie, which is definitely no less than "Mission: Impossible".

The other three scripts also have their own benefits. "Monday of Killing" talks about racial discrimination; this is the first time he has seen the change of positive and negative sides in "Face Change", which is really creative; "Scream" is a qualified suspense horror film.

With these five movies, the World Series does not need the useless "Mission: Impossible".

After all, even if "Mission: Impossible" is sold, Tom Cruise will have to share 20% of the income. In this way, the income of the world will be greatly reduced, and it is better to make more money than investing in these movies.

"But, it seems like a pity if Mission: Impossible is taken away by other companies." Brookheimer said again.

No matter how small a fly is, it is still meat. It is a pity to give up like this.

"In this way, if you talk to the public, I'm very optimistic about the box office of Mission: Impossible." Xia Tian thought for a while and smiled slightly.

Brookheimer was stunned, then nodded with a smile.
Chapter completed!