Chapter 697 Solving 2 Needs

Ronan was puzzled: "Irene Zhang?"

This should be an English name of a Chinese or Oriental, and it is a woman, but searching through memory, Ronan does not remember such a female writer.

James Shams quickly said, "This is an oriental female writer decades ago."

Ronan shook his head slowly: "I have some knowledge of oriental culture, but I have never heard of this name."

Ang Lee thought for a while, then switched to Chinese and said, "James is talking about Eileen Chang."

Hearing this familiar name, Ronan instantly understood: "I know her, it's time to become famous as soon as possible."

"Yes." James Shams nodded and said, "That's her."

Ang Li was very curious and asked, "James, which novel or novel did you take a fancy to?"

Although James Shams hadn't answered yet, Ronan had an answer in his mind.

Zhang Ailing is directly connected with Ang Lee, and only has one name "Lust, Caution".

That's what James Shams said: "Eileen Chang's short story Lust, Caution."

Li An obviously read this work, and frowned slightly: "This one?"

James Shams knew what Ang Lee's concerns were, and he knew that the most critical part of the project was the investment, so he immediately turned to Ronan: "Mr. Anderson, I wonder if you are interested?"

For "Lust, Caution", Ronan has watched it many times, of course not the whole movie, but the highlights of it, which are absolutely super popular online videos.

The former heroine paid a lot for this, and it was even rumored that she and the hero were real when they were filming.

If it is true, it can only be said that he is dedicated to his work and dedicated to art.

Not everyone has the courage and opportunity.

But Ronan's perception of this film is not good, even a bit bad, and there is basically no market for this film in North America...

"Is the novel written in the East?" Ronan asked Ang Lee: "The film adaptation also has an Eastern plot?"

Ang Lee said: "Lust, Caution is.

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James Shams went on to say: "A film adaptation cannot be separated from the novel."

Ronan smiled: "I can only say sorry." He was very direct: "James, maybe we will have a chance to cooperate in the future."

James Shams was surprised, glanced at Ang Lee, and said, "What if Lee is the director?"

He knew that Ronan valued Li An very much.

But Ang Lee is very good at being a man: "James, you have never discussed this project with me, and I have not promised you to be the director."

He was also direct: "Sorry, James, I'm not interested in "Lust, Caution."

The failure of "Hulk" allowed Ang Lee to learn enough experience and lessons. Now that he has the thigh of Relativity Entertainment to hug, and Ronan, who treats Chinese directors equally, he fully supports him, so why wander around?

If it were another company, would it be possible to gain the trust of Ronan and the support of Relativity Entertainment?

James Shams didn't know what to say for a moment, Ronan put down his knife and fork and said, "I'm done eating, so I won't disturb you two."

After speaking, he walked towards where Anne Hathaway was.

"Li?" James Shams was puzzled: "We have cooperated for many years..."

Ang Lee raised his hand to stop James Shams from continuing: "At the beginning, Ronan persuaded me not to accept "The Incredible Hulk", but I did. What happened in the end?"

James Shams is one of the screenwriters of "The Incredible Hulk" and naturally knows what happened in this film.

Ang Lee added: "The support given to me by Relativity Entertainment is unimaginable before."

James Shams sighed, picked up a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed hard for a while, and after swallowing, said: "It seems that I didn't gain anything this time."

Ang Lee comforted his old partner: "You can always find a suitable investor. If it doesn't work, you can go to the other side of the Pacific Ocean."

James Shams nodded: "That's the only way."

Ronan doesn't know the market data of "Lust, Caution", but it can be inferred from common sense that the box office performance in North America is definitely not good, and there may be a market in the East.

The Eastern market has just entered a period of rapid development, and the overall market size is not large. Coupled with the restricted import terms and box office share ratio, this project is not optimistic for Hollywood investors.

If only Shahai Entertainment invested in the shooting, this film would not pass the level of the big scissors at all.

Unless we cooperate with Dongfang Company and make a co-production film.

That's not very interesting, it's difficult to operate, and the market is expected to be limited.

Another point is that Ronan has a bad impression of "Lust, Caution".

Of course, the super essence concentrated version is not included here.

Ronan didn't stay in Wyoming, he returned to Los Angeles this weekend after Anne Hathaway accompanied him to see the nearby attractions.

After Ang Lee's crew finishes filming, they will also return to Los Angeles for post-production.

In order to allow enough post-production time for Ang Lee, Embassy Pictures applied for "Brokeback Mountain" at the Venice Film Festival at the end of August and early September. Open the prelude to the award.

This year's awards season, "Brokeback Mountain" is too late, but Embassy Pictures still has many seeded contestants.

Chris Gardner himself, who has signed a contract with Embassy Pictures, will be fully involved in the promotional activities of "Happiness Comes Knocking" in December.

There is no doubt that this is also a huge opportunity for Chris Gardner and his company.

If the film sells well and spreads widely, Chris Gardner will also become famous. As a stock brokerage company and investment company, he will surely attract more clients.

Another film that has been heavily promoted is "Crash".

After the Toronto Film Festival, Embassy Films formulated a detailed promotional and award-winning plan, which began in early October.

Los Angeles, a super metropolis with a multiracial population, has countless disputes and conflicts caused by racial issues every day.

Even without deliberately collecting, there are countless cases in this regard.

Because of Ronan's relationship, the embassy film industry's investment in publicity on the Internet is ahead of all Hollywood, and in the past few years, it has even established a strong network promotion team.

Among them, there is a small team dedicated to "Crash", whose main task is to spread racial discrimination incidents in the Los Angeles area on the Internet, and strive to make racial discrimination in Los Angeles once again a mainstream topic of media entertainment when the awards season comes.

Once this topic was discussed, the opportunity for "Crash" came.

It would be great if there were a few more black movements in Los Angeles.

Hollywood's film operation is maintained above the legal line, and it does everything possible.

Although Relativity Entertainment started relatively late, it is not inferior to the big six companies, and it is likely that the latecomers will catch up.

Ronan also asked people to collect further materials, hoping to gain something.

As long as public opinion can be ignited, Ronan believes in the powerful power of the black group and the white left group in the Hollywood circle.

"There are a lot of small conflicts and they happen every day."

In the embassy film industry, Garcia-Rodriguez said to Ronan: "But after so many years, many people have also formed an inertia, thinking that this is not a big deal. Therefore, if you want to explode public opinion, you need a big event."

Ronan asked: "Is the celebrity event effect also possible?"

"Yes." Garcia said: "If there are celebrities who publicly express similar opinions and make related incidents, given the current social situation, public opinion will definitely explode."

He is full of doubts: "But now, there are fewer and fewer such celebrities."

Thomas interrupted suddenly: "How about we find a way to make it together?"

Ronan waved his hand first: "This aspect will become more sensitive in the future, we can't be directly involved in it, you must pay attention."

"Are we going to wait?" Thomas was a little helpless.

Garcia thought for a while: "Let the network team pay close attention to this aspect. If there are too many small things accumulated, there will always be outbreaks."

Thomas nodded: "We still need a tipping point."

Ronan said calmly: "There is a period of time before the awards season, so please wait patiently." He added: "This will also help "When Happiness Comes Knocking" to win the Oscar for Best Actor."

Thomas patted his fist: "Such a wave of public opinion can solve the needs of two films."

"Also beware of letting others take advantage of it." Ronan asked, "What about "The King of Soul Singer"?"

Thomas replied: "The production budget is 75 million US dollars, the distribution company is Universal Pictures, and the actor is Jamie Foxx. At the end of this month, which is the weekend before Halloween, it will be released on the same schedule as our "Chain Saw 2". The feedback came back very clearly that Jamie Foxx had his sights set on an Oscar for Best Actor."

He thought for a while, and then said: "Director Taylor Hackford wrote the script as early as 1987, but he didn't find an investor, and it dragged on until last year."

Ronan said directly: "After this film is released, remember to remind everyone through the media that Jamie Foxx is a singer and comedian."

Will Smith has a natural disadvantage in the Oscars, so at least Jamie Foxx can be pulled down to the same starting line as Will Smith.

Frankly speaking, once Jamie Foxx won the Oscar for Best Actor, it was a bit of an upset.

Perhaps his black actor status played an extremely important role.

With the arrival of October, the films released by Embassy Pictures were released again. DreamWorks Animation's "Shark Gang" opened in 4,218 theaters in North America, earning $49.57 million in three days on weekends.

Embassy Pictures' partnership with DreamWorks Animation has been successful yet again.

In just ten days, the North American box office of "Shark Gang" exceeded 100 million US dollars.

The two "Shrek" and "Shark Gang" have achieved success one after another, and Embassy Pictures has also fully demonstrated to the outside world its ability to distribute animated films.

DreamWorks Animation Studios in this era is close to Pixar Animation Studios, ranking second in Hollywood animation production.