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Inviting Del Toro as the co-producer of "Guest" is of course also a strategy that Roman has carefully considered.

These days, if you want to ask people to do things, what can you do if you don’t give me some benefits?

If it weren't for Del Toro's not good at this kind of narrative feature film, Roman would want to give him the job of directing this film. Anyway, this one is also very talented.

But in order to keep improving, Roman can't be so perfunctory.

He also wants to win some awards, whether it is to agree to Kim Carey's request, but an excellent production company has been silent on the awards. This is a slightly embarrassing thing.

Manhai Entertainment wants to go further and can also think of ways at the film festival.

Those awards don't give much benefit, but they can make the company's reputation more prominent in the circle, which is enough.

"I agreed, Mr. Roman, thank you for your trust in allowing me to serve as the producer of "Guest"." Del Toro was very polite.

Roman smiled and said: "You are very capable, I am optimistic about you, it's such a simple causal relationship, don't be too restrictive."

For those who are capable, it is always useful to build relationships in advance.

"Mexico's three greats", Roman wants to make good friends.

"Then, regarding your remuneration, I will ask the legal department of the company to draw up a contract. If you think it’s okay, you can sign and join the crew as soon as possible. There are still a lot of things that need to be done by the producer. Decided."

"I will."

For the time being, I am not in a hurry to ask González’s movements, and it’s not too late to finalize after Del Toro joins the crew.

Anyway, this movie is going to take the film festival route, and the award season is concentrated after October, and there is still a lot of time to complete the filming and production of the movie.

Three days later, Del Toro officially joined the "Guest" crew for a monthly salary of US$20,000.

With regard to the selection of the director, planning can begin.

"Do you have a suitable director to recommend?" Of course, you can't say it clearly. At this time, González was not famous at all, and no one would recognize him if it weren't for the success of his previous life.

After Del Toro joined the crew, he also knew that the film had not yet found a suitable director. It is not surprising that Roman asked this question.

"How about Wess Craven?" The director he met after he filmed "Hellboy". Both of them like to set up horror shots, and they have similar ideas.

When he heard that it was not the familiar name, Roman continued: "He can't. I need a director who is good at multi-line narrative style. If this feature film is to be brilliant, we must work harder on the narrative style, or it will be too much. It’s too ordinary and not competitive."

Del Toro also understands that this movie is going to go the award-winning route, and knows that the director's shooting style must meet the needs of the film.

"I know a friend, his name is Alessandro Gonzalez-Inarido, and he is a Mexican like me. He used to make a drama film "Love is a bitch". In it Using a multi-line narrative method, but he is not very qualified." After speaking, Del Toro looked at Roman, wanting to hear his opinion.

A person in the same cultural circle, Del Toro had thought about helping González, but he himself was only gaining a foothold in Hollywood. It is even more nonsense to recommend directorships, but now, it seems There is so little possibility.

Hearing Del Toro's name, Romain was happy, but he still said with a calm expression: "Since it is recommended by you and does have this style, let him try it. "

Del Toro said immediately: "Okay, I will tell him back and let him come here from Mexico."

Roman nodded: "Just do it."

Although in previous media interviews, it has been reported that the relationship between the three is very close, but it was really recommended from Del Toro, which made Roman really believe the news.

The media and newspapers have always liked to talk nonsense. If it is fake news, the question of director candidates really needs to be cast on the net, and it takes time and energy to find it. Fortunately, this accident did not appear.

The two discussed the preparation of some film projects, and Roman invited Del Toro to lunch together.

Del Toro did not refuse, and followed Roman to a Michelin three-star restaurant.

The two parties are now in a cooperative relationship, and their respective career developments are also involved.

Production companies need excellent director talents, and directors also need production companies to help provide film production funding or project shooting.

Moreover, as a filmmaker who broke into Hollywood from Mexico, he did not know how much he encountered during this period of exclusion.

If you make friends with the president of a production company, you might get him a hand at some point and give him a chance.

"Does this film need to participate in the Cannes Film Festival?" Del Toro continued to ask: "Do you compete for this year's awards season, or start next year?"

This question is asking about the prize-winning selection planned by Roman. After all, although various well-known prizes have been held throughout the year, the question of selection still cannot be ignored.

Some of these awards are held at too concentrated time, and some are too scattered. It is really necessary to determine the goals.

"Look at the production speed, but at least the shooting must be completed within this year. We need to compete for the next Oscar award."

It will be the 77th Oscars ceremony soon. The time is from the end of February to the beginning of March. Even if Roman is too weak to participate, he should wait until the next one.

"Has anyone chosen the publicity team for this movie?" Del Toro asked again.

"I plan to ask Paramount Pictures to help set up the award-winning plan. They are an established company with relevant qualification teams. This is very beneficial to the film's award-winning road."

To win awards, it is not only the quality of the film, he also needs a strong team to be responsible for opening up the existence of the judges.

Those who have the votes in hand are the key to determining the award of a film. Manhai Entertainment has no foundation in this field. The films filmed in the past are not the type of film festival judges interested in, so naturally they can't talk about it. Win over.

But "Guest" doesn't work. If you want to take the route of redemption, you must have a good relationship with those judges, otherwise who will nominate you.

This is also the rule that Oscar has agreed upon, and the unspoken rules are not uncommon.

Del Toro became more confident in the movie after he understood Roman's plan. Manhai Entertainment really wants to achieve something, and all the envisioned plans have plans, which are very reliable.

After lunch, the two said goodbye to each other.