Five Hundred and Eleven 1 Gift

"……What?"

The two of them were joking with each other, Alice didn't notice, her tense nerves relaxed in this way, although she can be qualified for the job of an agent, it doesn't mean she likes it, it's not her The source of enthusiasm for the future has never been and never will be.

Then, Ronan's casual words made Alice slightly stunned. She felt that Ronan seemed to have something in his words, and she had a vague guess, but she was not sure, so she didn't have time to distinguish, so she spoke reflexively, hoping to get confirm.

Ronan didn't realize the turbulent thoughts behind Alice's short sentence, and said lightly, "Oh, I prepared a small gift as the start-up capital for your first movie."

Alice looked at Ronan dumbfounded, and before she realized it, her eye sockets were slightly red.

For new directors, it is unimaginable how difficult it is to get started. Every year, there are countless new directors who graduate from majors and become monks halfway. They need to find investment opportunities through foundations, studios, and sponsors. It is still the case that the entire film industry has entered the mature system of the assembly line industry, and outsiders who want to enter it must pay more.

In fact, many new directors have no way to find investment at all. As a result, they go to the bank to get a loan and devote themselves to creation with debts. If they succeed, it will be an inspirational story; if they fail, they will have nothing. Real life is often the latter.

The same is true for Alice.

Unexpectedly, Alice took the difficult first step of her director's dream, and it was solved so easily.

Feeling the tears twinkling in Alice's eyes, Ronan's nose was also slightly sore. It was precisely because the king had gone through a long period of dormancy to get to where he is today, and it was also because Ronan had experienced ups and downs in his previous life and hit his head. The blood was broken, so he understood the meaning of the dream more clearly.

But Ronan still showed a big smile to Alice, "Don't be too moved, I was expecting another James-Cameron (James-Cameron) to invest; moreover, the investment amount is not high, so don't report ether High expectations, all I have is a check for $200,000."

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In the first half, Alice still wanted to complain, and directly gave Ronan a supercilious look; in the second half, Alice's words got stuck in her throat.

Two hundred thousand dollars, this should be Ronan's current net worth.

Part of it was the signing bonus for signing with Atlantic Records, and the other part was the first dividend that the company had just received after the Grammy Awards ceremony. The sum of the two parts was about 200,000 US dollars.

Although the king of the day has a great reputation above the Grammys, the day when the band can really make money has not yet come, and the dividends from singles and albums will have to wait until at least after May; the first dividend that has just arrived is the band's past four Monthly tour fees, album sales, etc. income.

Not much really.

For the film industry, don’t talk about the top big productions that can exceed 100 million yuan, even if it is a small-budget independent film, 3 million 5 million US dollars is a baseline, and 200,000 US dollars is indeed a drop in the bucket; but for Ronan , which is all he has.

Alice stared at Ronan, not knowing whether she was wronged or moved, tears fell like this.

"Look, I knew you would be moved to tears." Ronan was still joking.

Alice directly gave Ronan an elbow, expressing her strong dissatisfaction.

Ronan's grinning grimace made Alice dumbfounded, and muttered depressingly, "I'm going to tell Max that you bullied me."

Ronan quickly showed a flattering smile, and wiped away the tears on Alice's cheeks with the palm of his hand. The rough technique made Alice shout depressed, "Ronan Cooper! You ruined everything! Really!"

Alice slapped Ronan's palm off in a hurry, and then she could see Ronan with a bright smile. The moving atmosphere was completely ruined, but obviously, Ronan did it on purpose - he didn't want to look too nasty, I don't want to show off my actions, I just want to express my heart.

Alice could understand.

Alice gave Ronan a hard look, then relaxed her shoulders, leaned back against the wall, and couldn't help sighing, "Two hundred thousand is a lot of money."

"But for filming, it's a mosquito's leg." Ronan doesn't know the film industry, but he has heard about it. "Sorry, there is no way to provide more help at the moment."

Alice chuckled, "Don't worry, actually, I've already conceived my first project."

"Really?" Ronan showed a surprised expression. He didn't expect it at all, but after a brief surprise, he became even happier. "It seems that my judgment is correct."

Alice was a little shy, her expression in Burbank, she thought she could hide the truth, but Ronan finally saw it through, "I've been thinking about it. In fact, the original idea was that I could shoot for as long as $100,000 gone."

"Really?" Ronan expressed doubts, "Why do I hear that even an independent film needs three to five million?"

"Three million is three million, and one hundred thousand is one hundred thousand. Now in the field of independent films, a large part of the filming funds are less than half a million dollars every year." Alice's words She is very fluent, and when she enters her familiar field, she shows her professionalism.

Ronan pursed his lips. Although the words said so, the shortage of funds meant that the shooting was more difficult, which was inevitable.

"Oh, if this is the case, then I can take back half of the gift?" Ronan said jokingly.

Alice gave Ronan a punch in the arm without mercy, "Where is this, a gift is a gift, and you are not allowed to take it back." She expressed a strong stance to Ronan fiercely, but then she explained, "I will First use 100,000 yuan as the start-up capital, and the other 100,000 yuan will be used as a spare fund, let's see how the shooting is going, if it can be saved, it will be great."

Shooting a movie is a process that changes at any time, and the budget may change at any time.

Just like "Titanic", it took five years to shoot, with an initial budget of 100 million U.S. dollars, and the final cost exceeded 200 million U.S. dollars, making it the most expensive film work at that time. Twentieth Century Fox was originally responsible for the production alone, but the time lag The longer it was, the more guilty it became, so Paramount was brought in midway to share the risk, and finally two large studios jointly completed the production.

Similar situations are common in the film industry.

Although Ronan is an outsider and knows nothing about movies, he also knows the difference between budget and actual cost, because the same is true for album production.

It's just that Alice is immersed in joy and joy now, and doesn't care about Ronan's teasing at all. At this time, she can't wait to start drawing the blueprint, eager to start pre-production immediately.

When a person devotes himself to something he really likes, enthusiasm and attitude are completely different. Some people spend their entire lives unable to find what they love, so once you find it, don't let it go, you must devote everything to it.