Chapter 346: Invitation From the East

Walking into the office of Relativity Entertainment, Uwe Ball looked around curiously. This was the first time he came to Ronan's new office.

"Sit." Ronan gestured to get off the sofa and asked, "How is the script preparation going?"

Uwe Ball sat on the sofa and quickly replied: "The first draft is almost finished, but..."

Ronan knew what he was worried about, and said, "Uwe, I have some good news for you, the copyright of the film adaptation of "Dungeon Siege" has been acquired."

Last week, Robert Lee negotiated with GPG studio on a series of film copyright adaptation matters. This week, George Clint signed a formal agreement with GPG on behalf of Sandsea Entertainment.

"Great!" Uwe Ball was shaking with a smile all over his face: "This way I don't have any worries."

He then asked, "How much does the copyright cost?"

Ronan said directly: "1 million US dollars plus a small percentage of later share."

Knowing that he only had a budget of $12 million, and the royalties were factored into it, Uwe Ball said, "That leaves the project with an $11 million production budget."

Ronan said: "I believe you can use this money to complete an excellent work."

Regardless of the actual level, Uwe Ball is always full of confidence: "Don't worry, Ronan. This will definitely be a successful work like "The House of Death."

Ronan nodded, and said, "Uwe, pay attention to continuing the style of "House of the Dead". We have proved that this style is commercially feasible."

"I understand." Uwe Ball said with a smile.

Ronan generally understands that the success of "House of the Dead" has not actually improved Uwe Ball's director ability. Director is a very talented industry. Maybe Uwe Ball's talent in this area is not a lot of.

But he didn't expect Uwe Ball to make such a good work. The so-called continuation of the previous style, in his eyes, is just a bad film as always.

Dungeon Siege doesn't need to be a great movie.

The greatest value of this project lies in the director Uwe Ball.

Uwe Ball glanced at Ronan, and asked tentatively, "The thing about the male lead you mentioned last time..."

Ronan smiled and said, "You mean Jason Statham. Someone from Sandsea Entertainment has already contacted him, and negotiations will begin soon. It's not a big problem for him to be the leading actor."

Uwe Ball seemed to be more confident: "This actor is very good, and the rest of the character crew can be solved through auditions?" He asked with some hope, "Can we still invite someone like Paris Hilton?" person as the heroine?"

The success last time played a big role in the hype of Paris Hilton. Ronan also knew this. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "It depends on the situation. I will let you know if there is a suitable candidate."

Having said that, Ronan didn't have a more suitable candidate for a while. Even though Paris Hilton was a wealthy prostitute, strictly speaking, she was a rare resource.

Ronan suddenly thought of another one, the first princess in the previous life, who seemed to be well-known now, but with her style, it was difficult to invite.

And compared to the Hilton family, the New York real estate tycoon at this stage is far worse.

After Uwe Ball left, this matter was thrown aside by Ronan. After learning about the contact with Jason Statham, the news from Shahai Entertainment was that the talks went very smoothly, and a formal contract will be signed soon. contract.

Jason Statham's salary is not high. He signed an actor contract with Paramount Pictures earlier this year for "Stealing the Sky" with a salary of only $450,000.

Of course, this is a supporting actor's contract, and the salary cannot be compared with that of the leading actor.

But starring in "Dungeon Siege", Jason Statham's maximum salary will not exceed $1 million.

Ronan believes that Jason Statham, who can control the beauty of the prosperous age, and starred in Uwe Ball's film, should not affect the future stardom too much.

For the rest of the roles, just go through auditions to find candidates.

There was a knock on the door, Ronan said please come in, and Robert Iger pushed the door and walked in.

"Good morning, Ronan." Robert Aguera opened a chair and sat opposite.

Seeing the document in his hand, Ronan asked, "What's the matter?"

It has been almost a month since he entered Relativity Entertainment. Robert Iger has not made any big moves, and has always focused on stability.

Robert Iger handed the document to Ronan and said, "This is my opinion on some adjustments to branch management and various departments."

Ronan took it over, read it carefully, and was a little surprised: "The adjustment is not big."

"I have carefully inspected the situation of all branches of Relativity Entertainment, and there is no need to make major adjustments in a short period of time." Robert Iger said roughly: "At this stage, Relativity Entertainment is in good condition and is developing very smoothly. What we need to do most is to integrate this This good momentum should be continued as much as possible with standardized management and operation. Therefore, I think only fine-tuning is needed for the branches and departments.”

He suddenly laughed: "It's not to show the presence of the CEO, to go to war and affect the company's current extremely good development momentum."

"It makes sense." Ronan's idea is to entertain the current situation with the theory of relativity. Even adjustments should be fine-tuning like a breeze, rather than drastic reforms. This is also one of the reasons for choosing Robert Iger, a relatively moderate faction. . He said: "I agree with your suggestion, you are an expert in management."

I remember that in the previous life Wall Street and Hollywood circles, when Robert Iger took over as the CEO of Walt Disney, they all thought that Robert Iger was not a suitable candidate because he lacked the strong style that a leader of a large company must possess.

But this is precisely the advantage of Robert Iger.

Ronan doesn't need a strong CEO either.

Otherwise, with a strong company boss and a strong CEO, Relativity Entertainment will inevitably have problems.

Robert Iger said at this time: "I have sent people to collect relevant information on Artisan Entertainment, and I am continuing to carry out other preparations."

Ronan said: "The preparation work can go ahead. But Bob, even if we acquire it, it will take a year or a year and a half at the earliest. Relativity Entertainment needs time to digest and develop Netflix."

Relativity Entertainment should indeed have its own film library, which to some extent is also preparing for Netflix's future transformation into streaming media.

Robert Iger had a lot of work on hand, and he didn't stay long before returning to his office.

In addition to paying attention to the internal management and operation of the company, Ronan put more energy on the film projects promoted by him.

This is also the biggest advantage of Relativity Entertainment.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew has gone to Rosario, Baja California, under the leadership of Gore Verbinski, to make final preparations and start filming soon.

The crew of "Summer of Jeans" negotiated a director contract with Garry Marshall and officially entered the preparatory stage.

The fast-moving "Taken" crew will soon enter the shooting stage.

Other sequels are also steadily advancing, because there is already a successful model, and Ronan doesn't need to worry too much.

Due to the successful financing of the Pacific Foundation, there is still remaining funds in the follow-up, and the Indian Mountain Foundation wants to continue to cooperate with Shahai Entertainment. On the basis of the projects already in operation, Ronan also began to consider the matter of new first-line commercial productions .

What project to choose specifically needs to be carefully selected.

At least Marvel's superhero movies can be excluded.

It is not suitable for Shahai Entertainment to start filming the hero who holds the copyright.

Now that we have entered the new century, Hollywood will be dominated by more adapted movies and sequel movies, and the proportion of successful original movies, especially original movies with medium and large-scale investment, will become smaller and smaller.

At the beginning of March, Ronan welcomed a special visitor at his home. The heroine of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Yu Jiaolong from the far east came to visit.

"Long time no see." Ronan saw Yu Jiaolong in the reception room, "Miss Lizao is even more beautiful than before."

Yu Jiaolong is very polite and elegant: "Mr. Anderson, you are too proud."

Ronan exchanged greetings, and went straight to the topic: "Miss Lizao is here this time, is there anything you want?"

Yu Jiaolong took out an official invitation letter and handed it to Ronan with both hands: "I will hand over an invitation for someone."

"Oh?" Ronan took it, opened it and looked at it: "This is..."

Yu Jiaolong simply explained: "This is an invitation from Shanghai International Film Festival. The organizing committee hopes to invite Relativity Entertainment to participate in the June film festival."

Behind this is the handwriting of the great director who promoted her. The great director and the force behind it have invited many Hollywood manufacturers to promote the international film festival.

The organizing committee of the International Film Festival is also happy to see its success. To become a first-line film festival, it needs not only the influence of awards, but also the support of a powerful film festival trading platform behind it.

Being able to invite buyers to Hollywood will effectively attract producers from all over the world to participate.

The organizing committee of the film festival couldn't get along with Hollywood, so they decided on Yu Jiaolong. Yu Jiaolong couldn't refuse, so he had to come and visit in person.

Luo Nan put down the invitation letter and said, "Miss Lizao, I don't guarantee that I will be able to participate, it depends on the itinerary."

Yu Jiaolong was a little troubled and asked, "Mr. Anderson, when can you confirm the itinerary?"

"It will be April at the earliest," Ronan said.

Yu Jiaolong tentatively asked: "Can you let me know when you confirm the itinerary?"

Ronan did not refuse this reasonable request, and said, "Yes. I will ask my assistant to call you then."

Yu Jiaolong walked out of this huge manor very easily. With the increase of experience in the past two years, she has become more and more mature. She knows that in Hollywood, Ronan Anderson is a real big man to her.

After leaving Beverly Hills, Yu Jiaolong rushed to Miramax's office in Los Angeles to deliver another invitation letter from the organizing committee.

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