To be honest, Kim Yu-fan is really curious about this, but he just can't understand why James Steve was so miserable, and it can even be said to be miserable.

Kim Yu-fan can still remember that when he first met James Steve, James Steve at that time did not look like the number one independent agent in the United States, and he was not even as good as a homeless man. Although James Steve was indeed a bit like a homeless man at that time, at least he was not a real homeless man and he didn't look like a homeless man.

Over the past few years, Kim Yu-fan will meet James Steve almost every time he comes to the United States. In addition to discussing work, the two chatted like an old friend of many years.

Kim Yu-fan is sure that at least in his own observation, the result he got was that James Steve was not so arrogant, arrogant, domineering, cheating his artists for nothing, or making himself the character and person of Tinsha Lone Star.

On the contrary, James Steve is a very capable and has a very gentle tone, rarely. At least Kim Yu-fan has never seen James Steve look frustrated. On the contrary, James Steve in normal state gives people the feeling of being a gentleman.

Therefore, Kim Yu-fan didn't understand why when James Steve was so difficult and was at the lowest point in his life, no one knew the artists James Steve had before and did not help James Steve. This has always made Kim Yu-fan unable to understand.

Facing Kim Yu-fan's inquiry, James Steve couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, looked at Kim Yu-fan, and after a few seconds, he suddenly started to laugh, drinking a drink and looking at the sea in the distance, sighing.

"Haha, of course, my connections and relationships are very good. Even now, I still often contact the stars I used to bring in. We have very good relationships in private. The stars I have taught, whether they are big or small, will never be just work relationships and partners in the end. In the end, we will become friends with each other privately, and even those kind of friends who can make friends with each other."

"If they knew my bad situation at the beginning, they would definitely help me with all their might. There is no doubt that I could even swear to God. However, I was still young at that time and had the arrogance of the so-called first independent agent. I did not tell them about this, or that I had always been very successful in front of them, a gentle and gentlemanly and confident side, and I didn't want their embarrassing side to be seen by them."

Speaking of this, James Steve looked at Kim Yu-fan and said seriously: "You should understand this point. People have their own pride and self-esteem, and they will never show their most embarrassing, miserable, and weakest side, especially in front of their friends, right?"

Kim Yu-fan nodded, agreeing with James Steve's words very much. At least to think from the perspective of others, if one day he really becomes like James Steve and encounters the lowest point in his life, he will never tell his friends about it, and will even hide away alone and will not be willing to accept help from his friends.

After seeing Kim Yu-fan nodding, James Steve smiled happily, and then said: "I know the energy and connections of those people. Even if I don't say it, they will definitely know my situation and situation. So in the end, I took the initiative to disconnect from the contact information. Even if they know and want to help me, the premise must be to find my person."

"Because of this, those guys were very dissatisfied with me, saying that I was not a friend enough, and complained to me a lot on the phone. Even afterwards, these guys didn't believe that I was doing well now, and they all came to the door to see my current situation in person, and then left with confidence."

"Haha, let alone, even if I retire now and do nothing, but in the entertainment industry and in this most complex and dark world of fame and fortune, I have been able to make so many loyal friends, and I have never brought a selfish and bad morals star. This is my greatest achievement, and I am satisfied, and even more satisfied."

Listening to James Steve's sigh, Kim Yu-fan became more and more curious. James Steve used to teach those artists. Judging from James Steve's tone, there seemed to be a few very amazing big names.

However, it was Kim Yu-fan’s promise that James Steve was unwilling to say anything about James Steve except work, and Kim Yu-fan would not take the initiative to ask about it.

The two chatted for a while, and finally James Steve came to his senses first before answering the topic at work.

"Man, I want to say that you did a very beautiful job in the Twilight movie series, especially the global box office of the Twilight movie series is really beautiful. Do you know how many people you have attracted now? Nothing else, just for the box office of the movie and for your influence in Asia to stimulate the box office, many big commercial films are coming to you now."

Speaking of this, James Steve picked up the briefcase around him and said while following something inside: "Although everyone values ​​your popularity and influence in Asia, especially China, Japan and South Korea, I am interested in you for the box office of the movie, and they are basically commercial blockbusters. However, as I give you layers of inspections and considerations in all aspects, there are now three scripts waiting for you to decide for yourself."

After saying that, James Steve also took out a stack of information from his briefcase, first looked at it, and then said to Kim Yu-fan: "First is the sequel to the movie "Special Forces" invested by Paramount Pictures, with the full name being "Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack". The crew of "Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack" hopes that you can participate in the movie, and the character is the White Ghost that appears in the first episode."

Speaking of this, James Steve looked at the information he prepared, and then continued: "Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack" is a film invested and produced by Paramount Pictures. According to the sequel launched in the first part, the production cost of "Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack" is more than $130 million. The director is Chinese director Zhu Haowei, and the main actors are Daoshi Johnson, Bruce Willis and others."

Speaking of this, James Steve laughed and looked at Kim Yu-fan and asked: "How about it, are you interested in the movie "Special Forces: Full Counterattack"? What do you think?"

"Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack..." Kim Yu-fan read it again, but unexpectedly, it would have been the movie "Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack" coming.

You should know that after "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra" was successful, "Special Forces: The Comprehensive Counterattack" was also very successful as a sequel, at least as a commercial movie, it was still very successful in box office.

However, for the invitation from the crew of "Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack", I also play the role of Bai Ghost. Although Bai Ghost is cool and capable, it is also an absolute main character in the movie. But why can't Bai Ghost show his face? What's the use of being able to show his face and being able to show his face and being able to show off? What's the point of being able to play Bai Ghost, but not the actor who plays Bai Ghost.

Thinking of this, Kim Yu-fan smiled and shook his head: "It sounds good, but the character Bai Ghost cannot show his face. This is a big problem."

After listening to Kim Yu-fan's words, James Steve seemed very happy: "Of course, I know you will definitely say that and think so. In fact, I have also analyzed it for you. You can't understand the movie "Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack". After all, the character Bai Ghost cannot show his face. No matter how hard you try, the character Bai Ghost will only become popular, not you."

"You know, what you have to do now is to do your best and try more other characters. Edward of Twilight has already made you popular, especially the prince in women's minds, but this is far from enough. You have to play more roles to let everyone know that you can play other roles, and let everyone know that you are Edward of the Twilight movie series."

"It is obvious that in this regard, "Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack" cannot save you, or the role of White Ghost given to you by "Special Forces: Comprehensive Counterattack" is obviously unable to do this. No matter how hard you try, it is useless. Everyone will only know this role, not anything else. Even, to put it bluntly, fans who have not watched the cast will know that White Ghost is played by you."

Kim Yu-fan nodded and said nothing. After all, what James Steve said makes sense. What Kim Yu-fan urgently needs now is to show his face, show more, and scan his face in influential movies. Don’t let people freeze their impression of themselves as Edward in the "Twilight" movie series. This seems good, but in the long run, it is definitely a tragedy for Kim Yu-fan.

"And, the damn Paramount Film and Television Company is only willing to pay two million dollars in a film pay, and why is it said that this is the first episode, and the Korean actor who plays White Ghost will be three times the salary. ****, two million dollars, let Paramount Film and Television Company die. With such a low pay, whoever wants to save will go, we are unwilling to go anyway."

James Steve's words also reminded Kim Yu-fan. It seems that the role of White Ghost is played by Korean actor Lee Byung-hun. Moreover, Lee Byung-hun plays the role of White Ghost, which is the absolute core of the movie, the key character, the main reason for the success of the movie, and the global box office of "Special Forces", Lee Byung-hun "taken for granted" to become an international superstar.

"In terms of pay, I really don't care. What I care about is the characters and the script of the movie." Kim Yu-fan shook his head and said softly.

"No, Jin, you must not think so. Maybe you don't care about the pay, but this pay is not just the pay, it also marks your status and value in Hollywood."

Seeing that Kim Yu-fan didn't care, James Steve said with a serious look: "If you accept this two million dollars in the first time, then I dare say that your salary will be difficult to exceed five million dollars in the next five years. Unless you have good luck and create the top ten movies in the annual box office as an absolute star, or is it the best actor of the Oscar? Otherwise, your salary and value will never soar."

"The United States is a very realistic country with interests first. It can give you less bias. Then any film company will try its best to suppress your pay, and even talk to each other a few phone calls. In the future, everyone will suppress your bias to a certain extent, which means that your pay cannot increase. No matter how good your acting skills are or how good your performance is, it is useless."

"Even, some actors are too impulsive, or they are stupid, or they are cheated by their agents, and they set their pay very low, which makes it difficult for their pay to rise. In the end, they may be suppressed and lower, and they have to leave Hollywood in shame."

After hearing James Steve's words, Kim Yu-fan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. If this is true, then the salary must not be too low, otherwise it would really cause a big loss, and this loss is not a one-time, but will last for a long time.

However, at the same time, Kim Yu-fan was also very curious about something and couldn't help asking: "By the way, since you said that, to be honest, because I have always collaborated with Twentieth Century Fox for the "Twilight" movie series and have not participated in other Hollywood movies. I wonder how much my current pay has reached?"

James Steve: "Because of the achievements of the Twilight movie series, especially the box office success, and the Edward you plays has a very high status and great influence in the minds of women around the world. You are now considered to be the top second-rate Hollywood actor, and your film pay is around $10 million."

Speaking of this, James Steve continued: "Of course, this is just an estimate. If it is less than $8 million, you can get $12 million or even $15 million. It depends on the producers and how the film investment company views you and whether it is worth spending this money."

"At the same time, no matter who the other party is, they will refuse, and there is absolutely no room for negotiation. Even if the invitation from big directors such as James Francis Cameron and Steven Spielberg, they must refuse. They must not let their pay drop, otherwise you will suffer a lot in the future. But then again, those top big directors will not care about such a little pay, and the movies they shoot will not be short of money."

Kim Yu-fan nodded, expressed his understanding, and continued to ask, "So, when can I be considered a top-notch and an actor?"

James Steve laughed: "Well, since you are interested, I will tell you carefully and let you know some of these things. In the future, you will not suffer any losses because of your pay, so that you can understand the importance of pay positioning."

"Overall people think that Hollywood actors have three levels: first-class actors are over $20 million, second-class actors are between $10 million and $20 million, and third-class actors are less than $10 million. It seems to be quite like that, but in fact this is completely wrong, and it is very wrong."

"In fact, Hollywood is not as simple as everyone thinks. Not to mention ordinary movie fans, even many Hollywood actors, even if they have worked hard in Hollywood for decades, they will probably know nothing about it."

James Steve thought for a while and explained: "The actor level in Hollywood is basically measured by pay, but it is as simple and crude as the outside world speculates, but it is still very detailed."

"A young actor who is not a good-for-rate, the pay for a fourth-rate actor is less than 100,000 US dollars, the pay for a third-rate actor is less than 2.5 million US dollars, and the situation of a second-rate actor is very special and has sufficient flexibility. After $2.5 million to $12 million, and of which $4 million is considered a second-rate end, $4 million to $7 million is considered a mid-range, and $7 million is considered a high-end, and it is possible to enter the first-class actors."

"This is why I ask. Although your salary is between $8 million and $12 million, it is absolutely not allowed to be less than $8 million. Because once you are below $8 million, you personally set yourself as a middle-level actor. In the future, producers will ask you to make movies and will pay you 400 million to 7 million US dollars according to this standard. After a few movies, the lowest salary of $8 million is originally the lowest. If someone only gives you about $5 million, you will directly lose $3 million in one movie. After a few movies, the accumulated losses will be really too great."

"The loss of interests is still secondary. The most serious problem is that once you have been in a long time, you will not have any results or receive any important awards, or you will either have a complete box office explosion in the movie, and you will be the absolute star. At that time, your pay will be lower, or even below $4 million. And it is very likely that the pay will continue to drop, to a level that you can't accept, and in the end you either leave in shame or leave in anger, but at least you will leave."

Hearing this, Kim Yu-fan suddenly realized why James Steve emphasized the importance of pay and the definition of pay. If he gave less money, he would rather not shoot than take a movie than cut his salary. The influence and cost behind doing so is really too great, and it will even affect his career as an actor in Hollywood. (To be continued.)
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