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In the reception room of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan quickly flipped through the Chinese script in his hand, seeming to put all his energy on it.

Zhang Guoshi and Zhang Baimao looked at each other and waited patiently.

Although there have been several contacts with Lionsgate, everything that happened in the Heroes bidding meeting is vivid, Hollywood is not friendly to outsiders, and they still want to prioritize cooperation with Ronan and Relativity Entertainment if possible .

This is also the best choice. After all, Relativity Entertainment has positively recognized its good reputation in business with practical actions.

Ronan just carefully read the beginning and the end of the script, the middle is basically ten lines at a glance, although the climax scene at the end is the flower sea battle, not the snow scene battle in memory, and the script did not have a name, but Feidaomen and Jin Liu The little girl who catches the head and performs the show can make him sure that this is the plot of the House of Flying Daggers.

This is still a martial arts movie. Ronan closed the script.

Zhang Baimao smiled and said, Yes. Now audiences are very interested in martial arts films from the East. We will take this opportunity to release another one. The chances of success are great.

Judging from the box office of Hero, it seems that this is indeed the case, but instead of answering Zhang Baimao's words, Ronan picked up the script and shook it, asking: Director Zhang, the name of this project...

It's not confirmed yet. Zhang Guoshi said with a smile on his face: I initially planned to call it Ambush from Ten Daggers.

Ronan asked directly, What about the investment budget?

Zhang Baimao took the initiative to answer: It's about the same as Heroes. He glanced at Ronan secretly, and said tentatively: New Picture and Relativity Entertainment have successfully cooperated once, and we have established a cooperative relationship of mutual trust. I What He Lao Zhang means is that instead of looking for other people, it is better to continue to cooperate with old friends.

Ronan didn't speak, waiting for Zhang Baimao to continue.

I think so. Zhang Baimao said again: Can we establish a more in-depth cooperative relationship? Can we achieve a greater win-win effect?

He didn't need Ronan to answer: For example, for Lao Zhang's new martial arts project, your Relativity Entertainment doesn't have to wait until it's released to intervene. You can join it in the preparatory stage, and the new picture is a joint venture with Relativity Entertainment...

Mr. Zhang's proposal is very forward-looking. Ronan said slowly.

Those who can cooperate with Zhang Guoshi and make the film company bigger are indeed talented people, so they thought of bringing in Hollywood funds.

Zhang Baimao asked immediately, Are you interested in cooperating with us?

Ronan's words were very tactful. The relationship between the two parties is good. There is no need to become stagnant. He said from the side: To be honest, the production funds of Relativity Entertainment are very tight. Most of the production funds of Shahai Entertainment's film projects rely on external financing. , I have a foundation that is responsible for financing from all over the world, and investors are only allowed to use the funds for the production of Hollywood movies.

It's a pity. Zhang Baimao didn't doubt what Ronan said.

The status and influence of oriental movies are here. International investors are willing to invest in Relativity Entertainment, but they definitely don't want Relativity Entertainment to shoot oriental martial arts movies.

Zhang Guoshi is also a bit regretful. If he gets investment from Hollywood, he will have a lot of articles to do after returning, which will further his reputation.

Ronan put down the script and asked directly: If the Embassy Pictures continues to release this new film, how much copyright fee will it cost?

One-time buyout of the distribution rights? Zhang Baimao's confidence was greatly boosted by the huge sales of Hero. When he saw Ronan nodding, he immediately said, The distribution rights for North America are 20 million US dollars.

Hearing this price, the corners of Ronan's eyes couldn't help jumping, 20 million US dollars? Is it just a North American distribution rights?

Zhang Baimao and Zhang Guoshi looked at Ronan, and both thought the price was reasonable.

To be precise, Ronan does not think this price is outrageous. Now Hero has a North American box office of 73.54 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of 185.2 million U.S. dollars. As the new work of director Zhang Guoshi,

It can indeed sell for a high price.

Even at the price of $20 million, there is no shortage of buyers.

Ronan thought for a while and said, You two, I need to think about it. The company also needs to make a comprehensive evaluation of your project. After the film is shot, you can see the sample before deciding on the deal.

Everyone is smart, and Zhang Baimao can understand the meaning of Ronan's words.

He was quite surprised, Ronan is trying to lower the price? Still not interested in Zhang Guoshi's new film?

Having said that, there is no need to continue the discussion. Zhang Baimao offered to leave in a timely manner. Relativity Entertainment is not interested, and other companies are interested.

Now is not this time last year, Hero has given Zhang Guoshi the capital to bid.

Walking out of Relativity Entertainment, Zhang Guoshi couldn't help asking: Ronan Anderson doesn't like my new movie?

Probably not. Zhang Baimao said: I guess he didn't want to pay a big price. He bought the international copyright of Hero for only 5 million US dollars, and now he is required to pay 20 million US dollars for the North American copyright of our new film. Ronan - Anderson's mentally unbalanced for sure.

Zhang Guoshi nodded: We have already suffered a loss once, and we can't do it a second time.

Hero has more than 180 million US dollars worldwide, which sounds good to say, but most of the actual benefits fall into the hands of Ronan Anderson.

Zhang Baimao looked at the sun above his head and said, It's okay. Didn't Lionsgate and Sony Columbia both express interest? We don't lack partners.

Just now he didn't think that Ronan Anderson, known for his precise vision, was not interested in this new film. Could there be a problem with the new film?

But he quickly thought of another aspect. With Hero as capital, as long as the new film's picture color level is maintained, even if the new film has problems, it is actually not a problem.

With the commercial performance of Hero, the new film is likely to sell 20 million US dollars in North America.

Only 20 million US dollars is much higher than the planned production cost, and the income from other markets outside North America will bring a lot of profits.

Hero didn't generate international profits for the new picture, but it laid the groundwork for the next movie.

As for what will happen to the new film after it is released in North America, Zhang Baimao doesn't care too much. When selling the copyright, he must pay the copyright fee in one lump sum like he did with Relativity Entertainment.

Losing money is also a loss of money for Hollywood companies.

Don't care about the negative impact. Like New Picture Company, including Zhang Guoshi, they come to North America and Hollywood to play a ticket, can they stay here for a long time and develop?

Pit a big one, and then...bye to you.

After coming to Hollywood and experiencing it personally, Zhang Baimao completely understood one thing, and also broke the unrealistic illusions of big international companies in the past. The Eastern market is the basic market for the new picture!

Relativity Entertainment sent Zhang Guoshi and Zhang Baimao away. As soon as Ronan returned to the office, Connie walked in with a stack of documents.

This is... Ronan asked when he saw the two-foot-thick document.

Connie put the file on the corner of her desk and said, The script sent by Shahai Entertainment. She explained in detail: Didn't you make a rule when you became the chief creative officer? Foreign screenwriters delivered to Shahai Entertainment You have to read the script yourself.

Ronan knew that this regulation was specially requested by him to maximize the advantage.

After all, his head is not a computer, let alone a memory, so it is impossible to remember everything.

Ronan read a thick stack of scripts and said, I remember that there were very few foreign screenwriters who sent scripts to Shahai Entertainment in the past.

The sources of Shahai Entertainment's scripts are mainly the changes after buying the copyright, or the scripts are created in an assembly line based on the story outline he listed.

Connie said: Mr. Clint has explained that the company's reputation, history and recognition were relatively low in the past. After the development of the past two years, it has gained a relatively large reputation in the circle. Since the beginning of this year, delivery The number of scripts going to Shahai Entertainment has increased dramatically.

Ronan nodded. In fact, major companies have special script receiving offices, but compared to other adaptations or projects brought by producers, the scripts delivered to the door are not taken seriously.

It is not difficult to find a new work for a screenwriter who has a successful work, and there is no need to take the road of delivery and luck.

Those who submit scripts are often new screenwriters or screenwriters who have some qualifications but have not obtained the right to authorship.

As long as there are other paths to choose from, those fledgling screenwriters will not take this most unreliable path.

Connie said at this time: Since December last year, Shahai Entertainment has received a total of 31 scripts, all of which are here.

Ronan said: You send George a work email and tell him I will deal with it as soon as possible.

I'm afraid these scripts have not only been cast for Shahai Entertainment, but most of the medium and large Hollywood production companies have received them.

Ronan looked at the list at the top of the script, but he didn't find the name of the script or the name of the screenwriter in the data. This is not a surprise. It is impossible for him to know newcomers or unknown screenwriters.

And the names of many scripts, the original names are completely different from the movies that were shot.

There are even some scripts, from the earliest writing to the approval of the film project, it is normal to change four or five names.

There are also some well-known projects, for the sake of confidentiality, the script name and title of the film were not made by mistake in the early stage, and a code name was simply used, as Christopher Nolan used to do often.

Connie left the office, and Ronan was about to read the scripts when there was another knock on the door, and this time the person who came in was Lindsay Bill, who had disappeared for a long time.

The female screenwriter hadn't appeared in the company for a long time, and if it wasn't for the intermittent phone calls with him, Ronan suspected that Lindsay-Bill took the early project reserve and ran away.

Lindsay Bill, who came in, had exquisite makeup, wearing a close-fitting skirt and thin high-heeled shoes, her appearance and temperament were completely different from the past.

If Lindsay-Bill used to be a literary young woman with glasses, now she looks like a glamorous model.

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