The Best Entertainment Era

For such a film to achieve the desired effect, Ronan calculated that the 8 million US dollars in publicity costs would be very tight, plus the cost of distribution, the total investment in publicity and distribution must be at least 15 million US dollars.

Buying out the copyright for $80,000 and spending $15 million on publicity is really crazy.

Movies are a high-risk investment industry. If the first step does not go well, he has been mentally prepared to stop and stop losses.

But the data fed back from the first step of the plan gave Ronan enough confidence.

Ronan said again: Robert, last time the Human Purge Project audition, the extras you found were good, can you still get in touch?

It should work, I'll try. Robert replied.

Ronan continued to say to Robert: Find some extras, pretend to be relatives and friends of the missing college students, record interview videos, put them on the website, and if possible, put them on local TV stations.

Garcia added: Yes, put more local TV stations, they are relatively loose in reviewing news.

Robert smiled and said, Don't worry, leave this matter to me.

One more thing. Ronan said to Robert again: You find a manufacturer to print a batch of cultural shirts, hire people from service companies to act as volunteers in major cities across the United States, and distribute cultural shirts and missing persons information on the streets. Establish a missing person volunteer organization or something, the louder the better.

Robert replied: No problem, as long as you have money, it's easy to find people.

David Villa interjected at this time: The next step is to start planning, first of all to solve the funding problem.

Embassy Pictures itself does not have much funds, and even the funds for the operation of the first step plan are borrowed from Relativity Entertainment.

Ronan nodded and said, I'll solve the funding problem, and eight million dollars will arrive in the account in a week at the latest.

During the trip to Germany, the 10 million US dollars from Koch Films has never been moved by Ronan, and has been used as a spare fund in Relativity Entertainment's account for emergencies.

Of course, Ronan's first choice is not to use this fund. This can be said to be one of the trump cards. In case of problems with the capital chain, there is also room for buffering.

Borrowing the chicken and laying the egg is still the best solution.

A few people discussed some offline virus transmission issues, and then the conversation turned to distribution, especially the critical copy.

We're going to contact the lab right now, Garcia suggested. Get the copies ready.

Ronan asked: How many copies are appropriate to prepare in advance?

Garcia thought about it for a while, and said: I have contacted many independent theaters during this time, and I can guarantee that the film will have a screen of about 100 yuan. On the commercial chain theaters, we have not yet held a screening meeting, even if the screening meeting The result is relatively ideal, and they will not invest too much resources in this kind of film from the beginning, and it can be said that it is the most optimistic estimate to produce 100 screens in the first week.

Ronan nodded slightly, just talking about the quality of the film itself... Forget it, let's not talk about it, just talking about the quality of the film is not convincing at all.

If the opening of the film is ideal in the first week, the screening will be expanded in the second week, such as to more than 2,000 theaters. Ronan asked carefully: How long will it take us to prepare the copy.

Garcia smiled: Printing copies is not a very troublesome job, and there are many printing factories. We can choose a few large-scale ones to prepare in advance. If the goddess of luck really favors us, about five days is enough time.

He added: We can use the FedEx channel to deliver copies, and the speed and safety are guaranteed.

Robert interjected: Print 300 copies first, which also reduces risk and financial pressure.

Ronan agreed: Okay then, let's make 300 copies first.

Even if it is 300 copies,

It also requires a capital investment of nearly $500,000.

If it is shown in 2,500 theaters, at least 3,000 copies must be prepared. If there is a problem with the box office in the first week, the copy alone may lose about 5 million US dollars of funds.

Since the printing and delivery of copies are not a problem, you can wait for the first week... no, wait for the box office on the first day before starting preparations.

This minimizes the risk.

Risk is always a factor that cannot be ignored in business operations.

At the end of the meeting, everyone immediately threw themselves into their respective tasks. Garcia was very fast. Thanks to the programs of the Discovery Channel and the sources of viruses created by missing persons notices on the Internet, he quickly contacted several local TV stations. A copy of the video file was mailed out.

Ronan left the embassy film industry, first called Judith at the bank, and then went straight to her office, planning to find a bank loan.

Please take a seat, Mr. Anderson. Judith personally went to the coffee machine to get a cup of coffee for Ronan, and said, I heard that you are preparing two big movie projects?

Sitting opposite Ronan, Judith's careful thinking never stopped for a moment. This is the best customer resource in her hands. Although the other party has not come to the bank for a while, she never averted her attention.

This young Hollywood producer, after the great success of The Purge of Human Beings, did not stop at all, and immediately prepared two large projects with a total investment of 40 million US dollars, and raised money without any bank loans. to the funds.

Also, I heard that he spent more than 20 million US dollars to acquire a company.

The bigger and bigger the business, the richer and richer the net worth, this kind of customer is the bank's favorite.

Judith sighed in his heart. At the beginning, he was blind and misunderstood this young man completely.

The abjection at that time was just a small stumbling block on the young man's road to success.

Some time ago, Judith and the bank made an assessment of Ronan, especially his new project, and believed that Death is Coming, which continues the successful type of Human Purge Project, has a very high possibility of continued success.

Hello, Judith. Ronan said politely, smiling, I'm here this time to apply for a loan from your bank.

Judith smiled: We have been cooperating, and the bank is also willing to help the career of successful people like you.

Ronan also smiled and said, Thank you.

Although there is still a loan of 3 million US dollars that has not yet been repaid, it is still early from the loan repayment date, and banks always like to chase after successful people and enlarge loans.

The losers who need more capital to turn around often find it harder to get loans from banks.

Judith tentatively asked, I don't know how much money Mr. Anderson needs? If it's less than 3 million US dollars, I can help you handle it now.

Ronan had already made calculations and said, I need a loan of 10 million US dollars.

What? Ten million dollars? Judith was quite surprised. So much?

Is there any difficulty? Ronan asked directly.

Judith admits: $10 million is too much, I... Thinking of Ronan's thriving career, she adds: If it's under $3 million, we just need to go through the formalities and don't need a mortgage. But $10 million is too much. If there are many, a corresponding mortgage is required.”

Banks also have bank regulations.

Ronan knew that it was impossible to borrow tens of millions of dollars from the bank with just one mouth, and said directly: The mortgage is no problem. I have a film project in my hand, which is in preparation and will be transferred to the shooting stage next month. It is expected I'm mortgaging the future earnings of the film when it comes out next spring.

Judith laughed and asked, Is that the horror movie Death Comes?

No, the income of horror movies is limited. Ronan is also testing: Action movies are the mainstream now, and I will use the future income of the action movie Kingsman as a mortgage.

Judith knew about these two projects before, and immediately said: Mr. Anderson, I suggest that the future income of Death Comes be used as collateral.

Ronan was just testing, and didn't expect to use Kingsman to deceive the savvy bank. After thinking about the possible operating space of using Reaper as collateral, he nodded and said, Okay, I agree. .”

It may take about five days to go through the procedure. Judith said: I will assist you in the whole process.