The Best Entertainment Era

Bought so many books?

In the office, seeing Ronan come in with a large stack of books, Mary quickly stepped forward to help: Have you become this haggard again?

Ronan's hair was messy, and he had two large dark circles under his eyes, so he didn't rest well.

There's too much work to do recently. He didn't care much. It's normal to be hard at the start-up stage. He entered the office, put the book he was holding on the table, took it from Mary's hand, and said, I revised it last night. Script, forget the time.

The company just got back on track in the past few days, there is too much work to do, and the revision of the script can only be left at night.

Mary made him a cup of coffee and flipped through the books: Are you studying?

These are professional books in the industry, ranging from law to production to scriptwriting, and a few are collections of successful cases.

Ronan nodded: After the last failure, I realized that my ability is much worse.

Foresight is an advantage, and his own ability is the foundation. The former affects his future upper limit, while the latter can directly define the lower limit.

If you want to run a film company and be a successful producer, the memory of the past is far from enough.

Ronan has decided to pick up the textbooks that he had put down for many years in his previous life and learn to strengthen professional knowledge.

Although I worked as a small producer on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it was completely different from Hollywood there.

For the past week, he has only slept about six hours a day, reading books and revising scripts at night, and handling various company affairs during the day. Occasionally, he will continue to enrich himself when he is free.

Like entertainment laws and industry regulations, these are not well-known, and as a producer and production company owner, you must always have a clear understanding.

For example, the Screenwriters Guild, if you don’t know about it, you will never know that this is the industry union with the highest entry barrier in Hollywood.

If you want to join the Screenwriters Guild, you need to appear in the cast and crew list of at least 24 crews within three years before you apply, including experience in contracting with companies and undertaking creative work, or experience in selling written works.

That is to say, even if he is the screenwriter of a public film, he is not eligible to join the screenwriters union.

In addition to his normal study and work, Ronan also picked up the interpersonal network that Anderson disdained, and has been visiting old Anderson's friends and business partners for three consecutive afternoons.

Yesterday, he paid a special visit to Robert Shea when he went to find out New Line Pictures' take on the TV and video rights of Follow the Jedi.

A little more connections never hurts.

Little Anderson didn't know it.

There is no doubt that Hollywood is a very talented circle, but as a newcomer, it is a bit whimsical to use the talent and talent to take the air every second.

Ronan is very clear that countless geniuses died on the road of entrepreneurship.

Aren't you looking for a suitable party? Mary put an invitation letter on the desk: This is a high-end banquet organized by DreamWorks. It is said that many celebrities in the entertainment and fashion circles will attend. Get it, it's a whopping $3,000.

Ronan picked up the invitation and looked at it. It was actually signed by David Geffen, and immediately said, This money goes into the account of the Human Erasure Project.

$3,000 is a lot of money, and this year's Oscar night party is only $5,000.

You must have certain qualifications to buy such tickets, not everyone can buy them.

Anyway, there were Arabs who paid for it, and Ronan didn't feel bad.

This morning, Ronan was not idle. He interviewed six applicants who came to the company, reviewed a preliminary financial expenditure of the Human Removal Plan formulated by Mary, and watched the California Entertainment Act. .

In the afternoon, he temporarily put down his work and talked with the three directors who came to apply for the job.

These three directors are not members of the directors' union,

Direct contact with the production company to find a job is against the industry regulations, but there are so many chaotic things in the independent film circle, this problem is not a problem at all.

It is a pity that these three have no qualifications and no relevant work experience.

Strictly speaking, I have only filmed experimental films in school, and I have never even been involved in MV shooting.

Since the project Human Removal Project was operated, of course Ronan wanted to succeed, so he directly rejected these three.

Ronan didn't have much experience in the first place, and the production experience from his previous life was limited. If he found a director with no experience, 90% of the film would be thrown into the street.

This is definitely not a script for a popular movie from a previous life, and it can be successful with a director.

Ronan needs to learn to enrich himself, and he also needs to accumulate experience. Finding a better director will undoubtedly increase the chance of the project's success.

He thinks the ideal candidate is David Fincher, but he can only think about it, after all, the real budget of the project is not even $2 million.

This is actually a paradox. A director with a little bit of successful qualifications is not cheap; a cheap director has basically never proved himself.

The recruitment advertisements issued by Shahai Entertainment have played a role to some extent. In addition to the candidates who came forward to recommend themselves, there were also several small brokerage companies that sent the lists of their directors, actors and other positions.

Ronan paid special attention to the director and the actors. The actors had several familiar names, but the director did not have a single one.

In Hollywood, a good director is a scarcer resource than a good actor.

In the next few days, Ronan met with five more directors, and the situation was similar to the previous three.

It's not that the agents of second- and third-tier directors contacted Ronan, but seeing their offer, Ronan stopped thinking about it.

The director and actor quotes offered by several medium and large brokerage companies are higher than the real budget of the entire project,

Inside the circle, some situations can be faintly felt even without mentioning the fact that after Ronan rejected several intentional offers in a row, this project quickly disappeared from the vision of medium and large brokerage companies.

The real progress of Shahai Entertainment is the recruitment of ordinary employees. After a few days of interviews with Luo Nan, several new employees were finalized.

The weekend is coming, Ronan finds a stylist recommended by Mary to do a new hairstyle, and arrives at the Hilton Beverly Hills hotel refreshed.

This banquet was convened in the name of DreamWorks, and even outside the hotel, some famous people could be seen.

As soon as Ronan entered the hotel lobby, he met Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Due to the distance, I vaguely heard that Kate Winslet asked Leonardo to go first, who was she waiting for.

Then, Leonardo went straight away.

The purpose of Ronan's participation in the banquet is to expand his social circle. He doesn't ask for anything else. First, he is familiar with some people. Personal connections are also very important in Hollywood.

Good evening, Miss Winslet. He came directly to Rou Si and greeted politely, We meet again.

Kate Winslet shook hands with Ronan and responded politely: Hello, nice to see you again.

Hearing this, Ronan immediately understood that Kate Winslet had forgotten who he was.

Ronan didn't show any displeasure and said, I'm Ronan Anderson. We met at the 20th Century Fox thank you reception.

Yes, I remember. Kate Winslet remembered who this handsome guy was, and said with a friendly smile: Call me Kate. Can I call you Ronan?

Unlike the character she plays, the British actress appears to be extremely well-bred, at least on the surface.

Of course. Ronan said with a smile, Kate, I'm your loyal fan.

Kate Winslet looked past Ronan and looked back. Ronan was very self-conscious and immediately said, I'm going to the banquet hall. I'll chat when I have time.

Okay. Kate Winslet also responded with a smile.

This person made a good impression on her, not only with outstanding appearance, but also very interesting.

Ronan walked past Kate Winslet, looked back, a burly man with a beard had walked up to Kate Winslet, and Kate Winslet took his hand.

This is not a polite arms-crossing, but interlocking fingers!

The banquet is a public occasion, and this gesture undoubtedly indicates that the burly man is at least Kate Winslet's boyfriend.

I said, keep your distance from Leonardo! The man's voice was quite annoyed, Do you think there are not enough scandals between you?

Kate Winslet seemed a little helpless: Leo came to say hello, I have to say a few words to him?

Ronan quietly slowed down, this gossip aroused his interest to some extent, and it is not difficult to judge from these two sentences that Rou Si is in a weak position.

The man was even more annoyed: I don't like that oily and floury boy! Very annoying!

Kate Winslet's voice was a little soft: Jim, we're both engaged.

If he harass you again, I'll make him look good! The man's words didn't seem like a joke: I'll let him know how good British men's fists are!

Kate-Winslet gently persuaded a few more words, and the man snorted heavily and stopped talking.

Ronan took another look, shook his head and entered the corridor leading to the banquet hall.