The Best Entertainment Era

This trip to Shanghai, Relativity Entertainment has achieved quite a lot. Not only has it won the planned international distribution copyright of Hero, but also gained some old film licenses from Media Asia Pictures, as well as the film adaptation of Infernal Affairs copyright.

Based on previous lives, the most valuable among them is undoubtedly the right to adapt Infernal Affairs.

As for the North American distribution rights of Infernal Affairs, in Ronan's eyes, it was nothing more than a gimmick.

It is impossible for this film to earn back the investment of 200,000 US dollars in a short period of time. If this deal is to be paid back, it still depends on future adaptations.

If the three years and three years and I want to be a good person in the previous Hong Kong version of Infernal Affairs are full of poetic and romantic atmosphere, the protagonists of Infernal Affairs talk about it all day long. Grass to go.

Gangsters, swearing is common.

With the official signing of the agreement between Relativity Entertainment and Media Asia Pictures, Ronan also got the full version of the script, but only limited to the first one, not the second one.

Before filming this film, including Liu Weiqiang and Media Asia Pictures, they were not very confident, so they didn't think about the sequel at all.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about the script adaptation of the North American version.

The screenwriter is looking for someone who is familiar with the gangster theme, and the director will contact Martin Scorsese after a while.

Ronan specifically inquired. Martin Scorsese is now focused on the Olympics. The new film Gangs of New York will be released in December, and he will be aiming for the next year's Oscar.

It is said that he is also preparing to continue his cooperation with Leonardo DiCaprio and prepare to bring the life of the famous Howard Hughes to the big screen.

Martin - Scorsese has become good friends with Leonardo.

In the previous life, The Departed Walker was also a collaboration between the two. Leonardo was the number one actor, and then there were Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg.

I forgot the name of the heroine, but I only remember that she often starred in horror films and became a professional horror film heroine.

Also invited Leonardo to be the leading actor?

Ronan felt that with his relationship with Leonardo, it seemed a bit difficult.

Suddenly,

Ronan remembered one thing. He remembered that at a party, it was not known whether Will Smith or Tom Cruise said that if the three of them had the opportunity, they could collaborate in a movie.

It's not a collaboration between actors and producers, but a collaboration between both acting as actors.

There are four major characters in The Departed... No, it should be five major characters. The couple who love and kill each other need certain acting skills. It seems that Will Smith and Tom Cruise can play it, right?

It does seem like an opportunity.

Ronan thought about it, and planned to talk to Tom Cruise and Will Smith after the script was adapted into a version suitable for North America.

After handing over the script to Shahai Entertainment and informing them to find a suitable gangster-themed screenwriter, Ronan temporarily put The Departed aside, called Mark Randolph of Netflix, and asked him to go to the Embassy Films to discuss Licensing for those old movies.

Netflix's film library is also constantly expanding. On the last Saturday in June, Netflix created the best performance since its establishment-the average daily shipment volume reached 100,000 pieces!

Although there has been a decline in the back, the average daily shipments in June have stabilized at more than 60,000 pieces.

Throughout June, Netflix's total shipments reached 2 million units.

The increase in shipments has also effectively reduced costs, and Netflix’s average cost per order has dropped below $2.

FedEx couldn't wait to sign a long-term partnership with Netflix.

In fact, many of Netflix's problems were naturally and effectively resolved after the company's business volume increased.

The prosperity of DVD can't last for too long, and Ronan is also considering the timing of Netflix's transformation.

The most important thing about streaming media is undoubtedly content and channels.

Without high-quality content, users cannot be attracted, which is the top priority.

Ronan's preliminary plan is two parts, drama and variety show.

As for the drama, Ronan already had an idea, and took the time to start writing the outline of the script.

This is a story about rescue. In order to save his brother who was framed and imprisoned, the male protagonist plans to escape from prison and escapes successfully...

Ronan intends to write the outline of the script and the setting of the main characters, and then hand it over to the screenwriting department for completion.

Variety shows, currently the most popular in North America are undoubtedly various types of talent shows.

This can be said to be a relatively unfamiliar part of Ronan. In his previous life, he was not in charge of this aspect of business, and he rarely watched various shows, so he has never planned to do this.

But most male viewers watch a reality show, and Ronan is no exception. After all, there are really too few netizens who have never heard of the man standing at the top of the food chain.

Traveling around the world with a small knife, pinching the head tastes like chicken.

Ronan has watched many episodes, and this can be said to be the variety show he has watched the most.

Bear Grylls, a wilderness explorer born for danger and death, has traveled the world's most treacherous and desolate extremities.

Ronan vaguely remembered that Bell seemed to be a celebrity before hosting Survival in the Wild.

He specifically checked it online, and sure enough, he found Bear Grylls' name.

In 1997, Bell reached Ama Dablam in the Himalayas as a young British climber. In 1998, he was the youngest climber to summit Mount Everest.

Last year Bell led his team on jet skis around the British Isles in support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

At the same time, he also published the book Facing, which tells the story of Bell's journey to the top of Mount Everest.

This guy is already a celebrity of sorts.

Ronan collected some information about Bear Grylls through the Internet, then asked Connie to print it out, and then called Robert Lee.

Two days later, Robert Lee returned to Los Angeles from New York and immediately came to see Ronan.

When you called me, I was ready to sign a contract with Rosalind Weisman. Robert Lee roughly stated the focus of the previous stage: A $1 million buyout, Queen Bee and The film copyright of Follower is ours.

Ronan nodded slightly and said, You are doing better and better.

Robert Lee replied with a smile: The main reason is that we have the support of a strong company behind us. Mary told me some time ago that with the support of funds, channels and platforms, our work seems more complicated than before. It's so easy.

Ronan said: So, we can't stop, we must continue to grow and develop.

Yes, with a big company as a backer. Robert Lee went to get himself a glass of water: I don't want to live the hard life before.

After Robert Lee finished drinking a glass of water, Ronan handed Connie's printed information to Robert Lee and said, Take a few days off, and then go to England to find this former soldier named Bear Grylls. , and told him that Relativity Entertainment intends to cooperate with him in filming adventure programs.

Robert Lee flipped through the information: A veteran of the British Air Force Special Service? Has climbed Mount Everest? Has published a book? He's a celebrity.

Go and meet him in person. Ronan told him, This person may be very adventurous or adventurous. Before you go to meet him, ask the people from the British branch of the Embassy Films to collect more information for you. I have a filming adventure. The idea of ​​the show, this guy is a perfect fit.

Robert Lee knew very well that the conversation would be easier and smoother only if he made targeted preparations. After reviewing the materials, he immediately put them away and said, I'll call the people in the UK branch right now. Bell- Grylls is a celebrity, and the information is not difficult to gather.

In the next few days, relevant information came from the UK one after another. Bear Grylls is not only a celebrity, he has already participated in some programs, and has close ties with several charities of the British royal family. He is obviously not an ordinary person.

This is actually good, the possibility of persuading Bell Grylls to cooperate is very high.

After Robert Lee got the relevant information, he immediately set off for England to meet Bear Grylls in person.

Ronan is very assured of Robert Lee's ability. Now Robert Lee can be called the negotiator of Relativity Entertainment and one of the main persons in charge of Relativity Entertainment's external affairs.

In terms of internal management, Robert Iger is in charge. After fine-tuning the head office and several subsidiaries, Robert Iger has firmly steered the big ship of Relativity Entertainment, and his ability has also been unanimously recognized.

Ronan was also able to get out of the tedious daily studio and focus on the most advantageous content production.

He has been serving as the chief creative officer of Sandsea Entertainment, and he has no plans to let go of this position for a short time. All the projects approved by Sandsea Entertainment must go through his review in the end.

It would be a waste if the huge unique advantages were not utilized.

In addition, Ronan's strategy of finding investment for film and television projects has never been relaxed, and Scott went to Australia again to discuss with two Australian banks about the financing of the Pacific Film Foundation.

Hollywood's film investment will be higher and higher, and Ronan is also making preparations to really expand the scale of production.

In the last ten years of the end of the last century, the increase in revenue from multiple channels has led to an increase in the production costs of Hollywood movies. The average cost of major production companies has increased more than ten times from 5 million. Marketing costs are not included.

If the production company wants to maintain a stable output, it must continue to look for off-site funds to alleviate the risk of film investment and increase operating profits.

Through the dynamics in the circle, Ronan can see very clearly that by next year at most, Hollywood will fully open up to private equity funds.

In this era of increasing Internet speed, the frequency of content creation is also accelerating.

For progressively exaggerated channels to be most effective, they must provide enough content.