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Relativity Building, a small film room next to Ronan's office, Richard Scheinkman watched the film he directed on the small screen, and his eyes drifted past Ronan and Jessica Felton from time to time, It seems that they want to see through the thoughts of this pair of expressionless young men and women.

The film has almost only one scene, relying entirely on the situation of dialogue to support the plot.

Or perhaps, it is more appropriate to say that it is listening to people bragging.

To be exact, it's like a group of people gathered together when they were young, always listening to the eloquent guy bragging.

The big guy will argue back, the braggart will always find a reason to justify himself, from one kind of bullshit to another.

No one can refute that braggart, because he is like a super keyboard man, he can find ten thousand reasons for bragging harder to prove that he is not bragging.

After all, the whole world and even the universe are in his mouth.

Jessica Felton was the first to give up when watching only one-third of the time. Although she didn't close her eyes, she didn't pay attention to the movie. Instead, Ronan, who was very familiar, was 10,000 times better than the movie.

I didn't feel that Ronan looks so good before. Could it be that there is no harm if there is no comparison?

In the eyes of a typical techno-god like her, what was being shown couldn't even be called a proper movie.

Whether it's photography, editing, or camera scheduling, it's not even as good as the grindhouse movies of the seventies.

Probably can only be classified as experimental films.

As far as the basic elements of film technology are concerned, this film is far from being qualified, let alone a highlight.

Jessica Felton is a person who strives for excellence in technology, so naturally she can't stand this kind of film.

Ronan has seen far more bad movies than Jessica Felton. Although this movie is bad to a certain extent in his eyes, he still watched nearly half of it.

Let's stop here. Ronan didn't insist until the end, because it was too boring, Don't let it go.

In contrast, Brother Bao's recognized super bad movie is much more exciting than this one.

The crew stopped the show, the lights on the ceiling came on,

The curtains also open automatically.

Richard Scheinkman immediately realized that the situation was not very good. It seems that his film did not impress these two?

Ronan ignored Richard Scheinkman, turned around and asked, How is it?

Jessica Felton was more polite, It may be that my philosophical thinking and religious literacy are not enough, and I have no resonance at all.

Ronan sighed secretly. From the audience's point of view, if you sit in the theater and watch this kind of film, it is estimated that few audiences can bear it.

Mr. Scheinkman. Ronan said proactively, Thank you for bringing the movie.

Richard Scheinkman said, I should say thank you, Mr. Anderson, for taking the time to watch my clumsy work.

Ronan asked, Is the title of this movie confirmed?

Richard Scheinkman replied, I'm sure, I haven't had time to add the title, and the title is The Man From Earth.

Ronan was not surprised by the title at all, he thought of it when he watched it just now.

Richard Scheinkman tentatively asked I don't know Mr. Anderson's opinion of this film...

He held down the copyright of Lincoln vs. Zombies and did not negotiate with Relativity Entertainment. One of his purposes was to promote the film by the way. Unexpectedly, Relativity Entertainment had no news afterwards and cut off contact with him directly. He was anxious and worried. Only then took the initiative to come to the door.

Now that the film has been shot with a lot of money, and it has come to Relativity Entertainment, Richard Scheinkman certainly wants to sell The Man From Earth, and it is best to maximize the profit.

Ronan asked directly, Mr. Scheinkman, at what price do you want to sell it?

One... Richard Scheinkman saw Ronan's burning eyes, and thought of the previous screening, lowered the asking price One million dollars!

In order to impress Ronan, he added another condition, At the same time, I transfer the copyright of Lincoln Vs Zombies to Relativity Entertainment.

When Jessica Felton heard the last sentence, she couldn't help looking at it curiously, Lincoln Vs Zombies? What type is this?

Ronan didn't answer immediately, but carefully recalled the information about the film. Given the huge fame of The Man From Earth on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it seemed that it was quite cheap to buy it for a million dollars.

Some people even call it a representative of the small and the big.

Of course, Ronan didn't think so, so he said, For $50,000, buy out all the copyrights of this film. We will discuss the copyright of Lincoln Vs Zombies separately.

Huh? Richard Scheinkman was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly. To be honest, he himself didn't really see the high price of this film, but $50,000 was too low. He also said, To be honest, I spent 200,000 US dollars on the filming and production of this film. After all, this is a science fiction film. I believe that audiences will like it...

Ronan raised his hand and interrupted him, If this can be considered a sci-fi film... He shook his head slightly, and was too lazy to continue, saying nonsense, If it wasn't for the copyright of Lincoln Vs Zombies, I wouldn't buy this film, A $50,000 investment won’t even come back.”

He added, This film has no value in theaters, it can only go directly to the DVD market.

Richard Scheinkman was very embarrassed $50,000 is too low.

Ronan stopped saying, Mr. Scheinkman, you can go to other companies to try to sell it.

Richard Scheinkman stunned I...

This is nothing to talk about.

Ronan remembered one thing. This film once experienced unlimited praise across the Pacific Ocean, and its momentum of praise could once be described as unparalleled.

He remembers that not long after he joined the last job, two colleagues had a relatively fierce dispute because of their different views on The Man From Earth.

One of them thought it was brilliant, the best sci-fi movie of the year.

It doesn't really matter, after all, watching movies is a very subjective thing, and everyone's tastes are different.

But while touting the film itself, he also said that the film had grossed more than 100 million US dollars in North America, and later entered the top three in the DVD sales and rental market.

Another colleague couldn't stand this kind of brainless flattery, and collected a lot of first-line data to refute it. The data verified by multiple parties showed that The Man From Earth not only failed to earn more than 100 million US dollars in the North American box office, but even the North American theater market did not win. Did not go in.

As for the continuous hot sales in the DVD sales and rental market, it is also a fiction of brainless fans. There have been DVD sales and rental lists in North America over the years, let alone the top ten, and there is no Top 20 list in any year. The Man From Earth's name.

Of course, The Man From Earth must have made a profit in the offline market, because it did have a certain popularity and was touted by certain niche groups.

The cost of the film is here, as long as it is a little popular in the market, it can generate profits.

With this way of slapping people in the face in public, the two naturally formed a feud and have been at odds for many years.

So many years later, when the lower-cost second part of The Man From Earth was released, the colleague who slapped the face deliberately said the data, as if the global box office was only 5,000 US dollars in the end.

He also specifically emphasized that it is 50 million, not 50 million.

Ronan didn't stay in the drawing room, and called Jessica Felton, and went to the floor below where the post-production studio was located. Many films had completed post-production, and he needed to review and confirm the final release version.

Regarding Richard Scheinkman, Ronan threw it to the copyright and legal department, and the copyright and legal department only sent an ordinary employee to deal with it.

Contrary to Ronan's expectations, a few days later, Richard Scheinkman also sold The Man From Earth to Relativity Entertainment for $50,000.

Connie asked about the specific situation. Before Richard Scheinkman came to Relativity Entertainment, he had promoted the film to many companies. After the bid was rejected by Ronan, he ran to many film companies.

But such a film that lacks even a sense of cinema, of course, no company will pay a high price to buy it.

As for $1 million, unless everyone in Hollywood is crazy.

Frankly speaking, the selling point of this film is far worse than The Blair Witch.

A bunch of people sit together and listen to others bragging. As far as the market is concerned, it is really lacking in spectacle.

After turning around, Richard Scheinkman found that Ronan's bid was the highest, and most companies didn't even want to buy it, let alone bid.

In the end, Richard Scheinkman signed a contract with Relativity Entertainment's Embassy Pictures and sold all the copyrights to The Man From Earth for $50,000.

At the same time, Richard Scheinkman transferred the copyright of the adaptation of Lincoln Vs Zombies to Shahai Entertainment for US$200,000.

Ronan estimated that the reason why Richard Scheinkman agreed to the deal was that the cost of The Man From Earth should not have been 200,000 US dollars, and it was estimated to be only tens of thousands of dollars.

Regarding this film, it is absolutely impossible for the embassy film industry to invest heavily in publicity and distribution. It will be screened in several theaters first, and if the situation is not good, it will be withdrawn immediately, and then thrown into the dvd market.

Ronan has an idea. The Man From Earth is highly praised on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. If the genuine DVD is released there, would those literary youths be willing to pay for their admiration and high taste?

Ronan just mentioned this idea to the embassy film industry. No matter which distribution channel the film bought for 50,000 dollars appears on, it is necessary to control the cost.

Ronan then stopped paying attention, and as April passed day by day, the 2006 North American summer vacation was coming.

On the opening weekend of this summer, Relativity Entertainment's multi-year movie universe project officially kicked off. Iron Man will be released in full, grabbing the superhero movie market.

Since the first trailer was released on the Super Bowl, the publicity campaign about Iron Man has been vigorous.