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If a director has directed a film with a public cost of 11 million US dollars and a North American box office of more than 50 million US dollars, and then directs a film of the same type, what is the normal salary?

In this era, at least 3 million US dollars to start, even involving later revenue sharing.

Ronan took advantage of James Huang's situation at the time and signed two film contracts with him. Judging from the situation at that time, the director's salary of 300,000 US dollars was very suitable for James Huang, but after the success of Human Purge Project, everything changed.

Success and failure are the heaven and hell of the business circle.

Therefore, when Edward approached Ronan, Ronan added a North American box office bonus of US$300,000 on top of his US$300,000 film salary.

As for Edward finding Ronan to ask for a salary increase for James Huang, it doesn't really matter whether it is driven by the agent's duties or James Huang's instruction.

No one wants to get a salary that does not meet their social status.

Ronan can't count on keeping James Wong's salary down to this unfathomable level again for the sequels to The Purge and The Coming of Death.

If they can still cooperate, the salary increase is inevitable.

James Huang made such a promise, and Ronan was basically satisfied.

Ronan chatted with James Huang about the upcoming filming, then went to the producer's office, patiently reviewing the crew's recent progress.

By inspecting the work of the crew, one can also preliminarily judge the ability of the executor. People with poor abilities will naturally not cooperate again.

The location manager, Brian, impressed him.

Most of the location shooting of the crew was selected in some small towns in Southern California. The cost of the venue was extremely low, and even contacted more than a dozen private venues that could be used for free shooting. The most expensive one was Los Angeles International Airport rental fees.

The rental fee for location shooting venues will not exceed $200,000 in total.

For a film with a lot of location shots, it was a huge savings.

For a position like location manager, you can find a suitable shooting location and save money at the same time. It can be said that the ability is quite good.

Ronan specifically wrote down Brian's name.

And Andrew.

Although he has never been in charge of such a large crew before, Andrew has accumulated rich management experience when he was on the videotape film set, and his personality is more easy-going, which can effectively adjust the internal conflicts of the crew, and also avoids Ronan and director James Huang. worries.

This is the case with the crew. Many small things seem inconspicuous. Once they break out, they may seriously affect the normal operation.

James Huang, Glenn Morgan, Brian, Andrew, etc., these can be said to be talents.

After reading the crew's work logs and financial reports, Ronan specifically recalled these people, James Huang's Chinese name Huang Yiyu, who had left him with memories.

The memory of Huang Yiyu is divided into two parts, one is the great success of the Reaper series, and the other is the disastrous failure of the Dragon Ball movie.

The latter is rotten to a certain extent.

Ronan roughly judged that James Huang seems to be only suitable for shooting horror movies, and shooting other types, especially action movies, doesn't seem to be very good.

As the boss of the film company, Ronan quickly made a decision to squeeze out James Huang's value in horror movies as much as possible.

When Ronan left the crew, he met Green Morgan, the screenwriter of Death Comes.

Hi, Glenn. Ronan took the initiative to stop him, Didn't you accept any other jobs recently?

After the script was finalized, Glenn Morgan completed the screenwriting contract with the crew.

Glenn Morgan smiled politely and said, No, my thoughts are all on this project now.

Ronan walked out of the studio with him, and said as he walked, I am very confident in the project of Death Comes, and the chance of success is very high.

I hope so. Although Glenn Morgan is the scriptwriter, his confidence is obviously not as strong as that of Ronan.

Ronan continued: You and James are trustworthy in their horror and thriller talents. He didn't go around in circles, and said directly: Glenn, do you want to continue working together?

Glenn Morgan looked at Ronan in surprise: Aren't we working together?

It's not the project of Death is Coming. Ronan waved his hand and said, As a script doctor, you have revised the script of Human Clear Project written by me. You are familiar with this series. I would like to ask you to write for the sequel. script.

Glenn Morgan thought for a while and said, Okay, you can talk to my agent. Also, it will take a while, I will have time in the second half of the year.

Ronan nodded: There's no rush, the sequel won't be approved until next year at the earliest.

Human Purge Project has already had a successful start. As long as the subsequent sequels do not change the setting and style rashly, it is not a big problem to shoot and produce a profitable trilogy.

Glenn Morgan has revised the script written by Ronan and undoubtedly has the ability to write a sequel script.

The next day, Ronan went to talk to Glenn Morgan's agent. After Glenn Morgan said hello, the two parties basically reached a cooperation intention.

The screenwriter's remuneration is very cheap, and Glenn Morgan is not a well-known screenwriter, so the remuneration is only 50,000 US dollars.

Ronan didn't bother too much, after all he is busy at this stage.

Entering the studio where the crew of Kingsman Agent was located, and finding the actor training venue, after watching the actors' movement training, Ronan felt that he had entered the World Expo.

Arabs, Asians, Africans, Latinos, Eastern Europeans, traditional whites, you name it.

Director Paul Greengrass and production manager George Clint went to inspect the location, and the crew was temporarily handed over to the associate producer to take care of the day-to-day work.

This is Mr. Clint's suggestion. The chubby associate producer stood beside Ronan and explained, He thinks the most ideal audience for this film is a minority.

Ronan nodded: This idea is very correct.

It seems that George has gradually figured out some tricks.

Pay attention to implementing the concept of freedom and equality within the crew. Ronan warned: Racial discrimination is absolutely not allowed in the crew.

For a film like this, where the main characters are mostly ethnic minorities, if a racial discrimination scandal breaks out on the crew, the damage will definitely be fatal. He specifically emphasized: No matter who, anyone who involves racial discrimination will be cleared from the crew.

The deputy producer responded immediately.

Ronan added: I will ask people to formulate targeted publicity, and the crew will also properly contact the media that tends to ethnic minorities to visit the set, build a good relationship with them, and let the main actors accept more interviews from these media. .”

This film doesn't want to suffer too much, but still has to find a way for minority audiences.

In the British film in the previous life, Ronan almost canceled all the action scenes with big scenes when he wrote the script, mainly because of funding problems.

Big scenes and big stunts must bring big investment.

Perhaps, Paul Greengrass' unique style and the minority identity of the main actors can bring him some surprises.

I am not afraid of losing money. Embassy Pictures does not have the ability to distribute overseas at all, and it is temporarily unable to extend its tentacles overseas. Ronan will release Reaper, Ace Agent and Shahai Entertainment's previous videotape films. Overseas copyrights are sold in packages.

As long as Reaper is Coming is a big success, there is no need to worry about the product package not being sold.

Ronan watched the actors' movement training again, and could vaguely sense the style of Paul Greengrass in his previous life. The movements designed by the movement director were simple, sharp, and practical, and they didn't have those fancy things after kung fu hit Hollywood in this era. .

This action style is paired with Paul Greenglass' shooting and editing, which is very enjoyable to watch.

However, don't watch it in 3D, or you will vomit.

In mid-April, Death Comes started filming on time. After Ronan attended the opening press conference, he temporarily handed over the crew to Andrew, and turned his focus to The Blair Witch.

Jessica Felton completed the re-editing of the film.