Los Angeles, somewhere.
"Hi, Mr. Page."
"Hi, Director Sam."
On this day, Kyle paid a personal visit to Sam Raimi, not as a super-rich man, but as the general producer of the "Spider-Man" project.
"Sam, this is Kevin Feige, our Vice President of Page Pictures, and also my trusted confidant and protégé. He also serves as the executive producer of the 'Spider-Man' movie."
After entering Sam Raimi's home, Kyle first introduced him.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Feige, I've heard a lot about you," Sam said.
After an introduction and mutual flattery, they got to the main topic.
"Are you sure?"
Sam had a look of astonishment, "You invited me to direct 'Spider-Man'? Are you sure it's that 'Spider-Man' that caused a stir in Hollywood and had a successful production budget of up to 140 million US dollars?"
"That's right," Kevin confirmed.
"Unbelievable~~!"
At this moment, Sam Raimi himself was very shocked!
A few days ago, when Sam received a call from his agent, informing him that Kyle Page would be visiting him.
He felt very surprised at the time.
After all, Kyle was not just anyone, but a well-known American super-rich man!
Sam had a superior self-confidence, but he was by no means a blindly narcissistic person. He thought that Kyle was looking for him to direct a horror/thriller film. Because Page Pictures frequently produced such genres, and he himself was very good at them.
But!
But he never expected that he would be invited to direct "Spider-Man"!
"Director Sam, you don't have to doubt, we are indeed inviting you to direct 'Spider-Man'. All you have to do now is tell me if you are willing to accept our invitation. Of course, we will give you time to consider," Kyle said, waving his hand.
"No need to consider,
I will definitely accept!"
Sam Raimi was excited and elated.
Dude, that's a 140 million dollar blockbuster!
Looking at the entire Hollywood, few directors would give up such an opportunity!
Only a fool wouldn't accept!
"Happy cooperation, Director Sam."
"Thank you, and thank you both for your trust. To be honest with you, I am a loyal fan of Marvel comics. When I was in middle school, I had fantasized more than once about personally directing 'Spider-Man'. I never expected that there would be a day when my dream would come true!"
Sam was very excited at this moment.
He was no longer young, and had been in the industry for many years.
But he had always been shooting low-budget horror/thriller movies.
Looking at the entire United States, directors like him, if not over ten thousand, are definitely numerous, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as countless.
This is the rhythm of becoming famous overnight!
"I'm going to rise strongly!"
For Sam, this was like a fairy tale, a huge pie falling from the sky!
In fact, Sam Raimi is somewhat similar to Peter Jackson; both are talented directors who started with B-movies and low-budget horror films. His early representative work, the "Evil Dead" series, combined various styles such as eroticism, horror, and comedy. Whether it was the plot creativity, the atmosphere creation, or the special effects design, they were all excellent and highly individual.
A few days later.
Sam Raimi, witnessed by his agent and legal representative, signed the director's contract for the "Spider-Man" project with Page Pictures.
Director's fee: 2 million US dollars.
At the same time, the contract also included many incentive measures.
For example, if "Spider-Man" North American box office exceeds 200 million US dollars, he will receive a bonus of 1 million US dollars; if North American box office exceeds 300 million US dollars, he will receive a cash bonus of 2 million US dollars.
There were many such clauses.
Kyle was generous for once.
After all, a North American box office exceeding 300 million US dollars is not a problem for "Spider-Man" at all.
The reason Kyle was unusually generous was also to consider "Spider-Man 2" and "Spider-Man 3" later. For Hollywood, only when the money is in place can cooperation be long-term and lasting.
"Thank you for your generosity, Mr. Page," Director Sam said happily.
A director's fee of 2 million US dollars was undoubtedly a price that exceeded his own market value for a small director like him.
What?
You mean why there is no box office share for the director?
You're thinking too much!
Not to mention that Sam is just an unknown small director at this moment, even if he were a big director, he would find it difficult to get a box office share from a capitalist like Kyle, who is full of stingy attributes.
However, this contract was already quite generous for Sam at the moment.
Sam's agent is now grinning from ear to ear.
"We're rich!"
"My Sam can actually direct a big A-list production like 'Spider-Man'. I wonder who will dare to call me a small agent in the future."
"I will have a super big director under my name!"
...Sam's agent, and the William Morris Agency behind him, were also extremely excited.
William Morris Agency (WMA).
"Well done!"
The famous agent giant Diane Jonason is now very excited: "Now the outside world is spreading that our WMA is far inferior to CAA, but I think that is a rumor. 'Spider-Man' is the proof!"
"Ellie, notify the media we are familiar with. I want everyone in America to know the news that Sam Raimi, from our William Morris Agency, is directing 'Spider-Man'."
"Okay, boss."
...[Genius Director — Sam Raimi!]
The various media outlets, who took money to do business, began to shamelessly praise Sam as a genius director comparable to Spielberg, Cameron, Lucas, and others.
Things like integrity are never as important as green US dollars to them!
However, the public was greatly surprised!
"Sam Raimi, what's his background?"
"Never heard of him!"
"I know him, he's the director of the 'Evil Dead' series, pretty good."
"Heh heh, that's considered good? There are simply too many directors like him in America."
"What the hell is Page Pictures doing, inviting a horror film director to shoot my favorite Peter Parker?!"
"Are they going to make 'Spider-Man' into a horror movie?"
"Bullshit! They will ruin this movie, I'm telling you!"
Without a doubt, the vast majority of the public did not approve of Sam Raimi directing "Spider-Man".
They thought it was too absurd!
...
Page Pictures.
"Boss, aren't you angry? After all, the outside world is saying that our Page Pictures is messing around," Alexander said.
Kyle smiled and said, "What's there to care about? Free publicity is still publicity."
It has to be said that sometimes Kyle's mentality is truly excellent.
If you want to make money, you can't care about your reputation.
Kyle deeply understood this principle.
"By the way, have you finished collecting the Google information I asked you for?" Kyle asked.
Kyle had been thinking about Google, the future global search engine hegemon, for a long time!
If he traveled back in time and couldn't become a major shareholder of Google, wouldn't he be a fool?