The Best Entertainment Era

In the reception room, Paul Greengrass looked serious, staring at the oil painting on the opposite wall without saying a word. The box office of the first week was US$4.1 million, compared to the US$25 million publicly announced by the producer Shahai Films. In terms of production costs, it is definitely a complete failure.

Even if the actual production cost does not reach 25 million US dollars, judging from the current situation of Ace Agent, it is still a failure.

The first Hollywood film he directed was a disastrous failure. Do you want to go back to the UK?

Now that I have gone back, it will be difficult to enter Hollywood.

There is a possibility of never coming back.

There are no more action films with an investment of more than 10 million yuan to direct, and they can only be mixed in the British independent film circle.

Paul Greengrass swallowed, although he expected that the film would not be a hit at the box office, but this number broke his fantasy.

The bullet-like rhythm, sharp editing, brand-new action scene design, and the support of producer Ronan Anderson spared no effort to achieve a special agent movie that is different from traditional action movies. Paul Greengrass thought it would bring freshness to the audience. The stimulation, but it turned out that he thought too much.

Is innovation so difficult? Is it so difficult for Hollywood to accept innovation? Besides, this is not a subversive innovation, it just incorporates some personal styles on the basis of the original action movies.

Paul Greengrass is a relatively pure director, and he is a little ashamed at this moment: I am sorry for Ronan Anderson's strong support.

Hollywood is a producer-centered system, and most directors are the chief directors of filming on the set, but the producer Ronan Anderson almost gave him the greatest power as a director, and only made a few minor comments in post-editing. This film is basically completed according to his ideas.

Not to mention Hollywood, it is also difficult to find such a producer who believes in directors in the UK.

Dean glanced at the silent Paul Greengrass, and said softly, Paul, it's okay, trust me, there is still a chance.

Paul Greengrass smiled at Dean, in a very artistic style, but with a bit of bitterness.

He didn't enter Hollywood until he was almost fifty years old. Paul Greengrass cherished the opportunity very much.

Actually, I'm also to blame. Dean showed the professionalism of an excellent producer, and took the initiative to take the blame: At that time, I should have advised you to reject the Ronan-Anderson project. In a hurry, I was blinded by the opportunity in front of me.

Paul Greengrass shook his head and said, It's none of your business, Dean. He sighed, and added, Nor of Ronan Anderson. I didn't do it right.

I told you that the crew, Ronan Anderson, and Shahai Entertainment behind him gave me the greatest support. In the crew, I almost have the power that Hollywood's first-line directors have. Such creative freedom, let alone It's in Hollywood, and it's very rare in the UK.

Paul Greenglass slapped his thigh: But I screwed up.

Dean didn't know what to say for a while, because he saw very clearly that no one could fault Ronan Anderson's support for Paul Greengrass.

He has also seen the finished film, and Paul Greenglass did it quite well, but there are ten thousand reasons,

In the eyes of producers and distributors, it is not as good as box office failure.

Ronan Anderson was very optimistic about Paul Greenglass before, but this failure will change everything? In Dean's inherent impression, on the production company's side, a director who failed miserably at the box office is not as good as a pheasant in the mountains.

In business, how can there be no profit-seeking?

He is just a small agent of William Morris, and he only has Paul Greengrass as a high-quality director client, and he doesn't want to give up easily.

The door of the reception room was opened from the outside, Dean and Paul Greengrass turned their heads to look, and Ronan walked in.

Good morning. Ronan greeted the two of them: I was in a meeting just now, so I kept you waiting for a long time.

Dean took a special look at Ronan. There was no dissatisfaction or anger on the young man's face, and he quickly smiled and said, It's okay, you manage two companies and you are busy.

Ronan sat on a sofa and said, The various statistics of Kingsman Agent have just been compiled and need to be processed. The delay has been a bit longer.

Paul Greengrass' eyelids couldn't help but twitch. He thought he was mainly responsible for the box office failure of the film.

Dean tentatively asked, This movie...

I have called to stop all plans related to Kingsman. Ronan's words are true no matter how they sound: The company will no longer invest in publicity and distribution. The most important thing now is to stop losses.

Dean didn't want to give up the thread he had set up, and said, If there's anything I can do to help, just ask.

Ronan showed a slightly disappointed smile: I can handle it here. He rubbed his temples: It's just that it's hard to explain to investors, and it's estimated that it will be difficult to raise funds from Abu Dhabi. Big.

Neither Dean nor Paul Greengrass knew the inside story. Seeing Ronan's appearance, they thought he was under tremendous pressure.

If the investment of more than 20 million US dollars fails, it is still unknown how much investment can be recovered in the end, and no one will feel good about it.

Looking at Ronan, Dean felt that this film might affect the future cooperation, but words of relief and scenes were difficult to express, and no matter how beautiful the words were, they could not compare with the loss of tens of millions of dollars.

Ronan sighed lightly, and his tone was a bit heavy: Don't worry, both of you, Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Pictures can survive this difficulty.

Hearing this, Paul Greengrass opened his mouth, swallowed the words, and finally couldn't help but said: Sorry, Mr. Anderson, I didn't do my job well.

Ronan shook his head: It's all of us who haven't done a good job. He quickly glanced over the faces of Dean and Paul Greengrass, looked down at his watch, stood up and said, Sorry, both of you , I’m going to call Abu Dhabi in ten minutes, we’ll talk again when we have time.”

As soon as Dean heard it, he understood that this was about to face the investor's attack, and said: We won't bother you. He still said very sincerely: Ronan, just call me if you need it.

William Morris has roughly estimated how much money The Blair Witch can make. The failure of this Kingsman is far from putting Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Pictures in trouble, and there is a media and theater chain behind it. Reaper is Coming that everyone is optimistic about, Ronan Anderson has enough room for maneuver.

Producers are not directors, and planning new film projects is not a problem at all as long as they can raise funds.

Dean didn't want to break the thread.

Paul Greengrass and Dean shook hands with Ronan and said goodbye. Before Dean left Embassy Pictures, he looked back. Ronan Anderson walked out of the reception room with a sad face.

Out of the embassy film industry, Dean said to Paul Greenglass: Don't accept media interviews recently, take a break first.

In the embassy film industry, Ronan walked into Robert's office.

Fixed? Robert asked.

Ronan pulled out his chair and sat down, saying, Send Dean and Paul Greengrass away.

Robert asked curiously: Why not talk about cooperation directly? It is estimated that neither Dean nor Paul Greengrass will refuse.

Now is not the time. Ronan simply explained: The movie just failed at the box office, and we rushed to lower the price, which may make Dean see the problem and cause accidents in the negotiations. The managers are all guys with keen senses. Let them cool down for a while, given the box office situation of Kingsman, Paul Greengrass can't find a suitable job in a short period of time, and the time will be longer, which is beneficial to us.

He smiled: I want to sign a one-off trilogy director contract with Paul Greengrass, and they must be suppressed first. The failure of this film is here, and the pressure will increase day by day.

Robert understood, and said: As long as we can sign the director contract of the trilogy, even if the first film is successful in the future, we will definitely give the director a raise, but the initiative is on our side.

That's right. Can Ronan imagine how much Paul Greengrass will be paid after The Bourne continues to succeed? Even later sharing will be involved.

As long as you can use this contract to drive down ten percent, it may be several million dollars.

Apart from admiration, Robert didn't know what to say.

You can find ways to make a profit for a failed film. Robert said with emotion: Ronan, you are born to do this.

Ronan raised his eyebrows: Why doesn't this sound right to me?

Robert laughed. That's a nice word of praise, really.

Ronan sighed: Who wants to fail if they can succeed? I also think that Kingsman will be a hit at the box office. But the day we got the investment from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, we are doomed to today's results.

When dealing with an official organization like the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Ronan is still very serious about fulfilling the contract, saying that if the Arabs are the protagonists, let the Arabs be the protagonists.

Not only is it not his money that is losing money, but a piece of the film's revenue can be deducted reasonably.

Is there any problem with Abu Dhabi? Robert asked with concern.

Ronan said: It's okay. I communicated with Saleh yesterday. Movies are also a kind of investment. There are times of success and failures. And they received the samples we mailed. Mansur and others The senior management of the Investment Bureau is very satisfied with the plot and effect of the film.

As long as these Arab bigwigs with huge amounts of money and power in their hands think the film is good, it doesn't matter if they lose money or something.

After all, the film portrays an Arab protagonist with a very positive image.

Moreover, Comrade Saleh of the leading party has always believed that Ronan is an Arab brother, and he said good things in the middle.

Ronan turned to ask: How is the preparation for the premiere going?

It's almost there. Robert said: All the materials are ready, and the media has been contacted. We only need to wait for the theater to be vacant and set up the venue.

Ronan asked again: Where are the guests?

We have sent invitation letters to many celebrities and brokerage companies according to your plan, but basically there is no response. Robert replied.

This answer was not as expected by Ronan, how could a big-name star be so easy to invite.

There are still two weeks before the release of Death Comes, and the pre-screening promotion has reached the most critical stage.