Chapter 4: Arabia Saves the United States
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In the dark of night, with the lights on in an apartment building in North Hollywood, Ronan sat in front of his laptop, his ten fingers tapping on the keyboard.
"In 2029, the United States is thriving, people are living and working in peace, crime rates are declining, and liberal democracy is at an all-time high. ”
"However, all this is just a beautiful soap bubble. ”
Ronan taps on the background setting of the script.
"In order to maintain this good state, the U.S. government has launched a program called 'purge' in order to get people to vent their negative feelings. ”
"The plan is implemented in such a way that for 12 hours, from 7 p.m. on March 21, 2029 to 7 a.m. on March 22, 2029, all crimes, including murder, will be legal. During these 12 hours, emergency fire, ambulance and fire services are also closed. Therefore, during these twelve hours, all human activities can only rely on themselves. ”
By Hollywood standards, a movie that does not properly hack the old American government is definitely not a good movie.
This kind of superficial prosperity, but the dirty routine behind it, can also be regarded as a true portrayal of the lighthouse country.
Most importantly, it is in line with the appetite of those who don't like old beauty.
For example, the Arabs.
Although some countries in the Arab world are very close to Lao Mei, Arabs generally dislike Lao Mei, after all, Lao Mei is the godfather of the sworn enemy.
To put it bluntly, this horror film was chosen for financing needs.
For the sake of money, Ronan Hei Laomei has absolutely no psychological burden, but he will control the degree.
The American government has always been one of the main villains of Hollywood movies, Ronan has read a lot of research articles in this area, and American audiences also like to see movies hack their own government.
This mentality is actually universal, and domestic movies hack their own government, and the audience likes to see it.
The horror film he wrote has the same setting and theme as the previous "Human Eradication Project", but in order to finance the Arabs, there must be Arabs, or Arabs.
As the protagonist's family of four, Ronan stopped to think, which was obviously inappropriate.
Although this project is mainly used to scam money...... No, it's for financing, but he also wants to try to make it, if four Arabs are the protagonists, let alone enter the theater, it is estimated that the distribution company will not touch it.
This is not twenty years from now, when you can be a minority transgender person plus a supporter of the gay, bisexual and feminist movements, and you can go sideways in the entertainment industry.
And it's too fake to have Arabs as protagonists.
In case you meet someone who knows a little bit about Hollywood, and you see four Arabs as the protagonists, you will immediately wear a diorama.
Even though the main purpose of this project is to raise funds, the preliminary operation has to go in the direction of real and real.
Ronan quickly came up with an idea, how about having an Arab character appear as a savior?
The family's neighbor is of Arab descent, and the man is not very friendly to the neighbor, and the Arab neighbor saves the Yankees when the night of the killing is about to end.
Arabia saves the United States.
Ronan settled on the basic premise of the Arab character, which had to be developed in the script.
In his previous life, he worked as a producer for some small projects, and he is no stranger to script writing, and Anderson Jr. has outstanding ability in this area, and what he lacks most is experience.
At first, Ronan wrote very slowly, and after the outline was set up and the skeleton was established, it was much faster to add things to the template.
This film, with few characters and limited scenes, is considered a relatively simple type in script writing.
However, he slept only six hours a day and took a week to write the first draft, which was only 80 pages.
The first draft was a bit rough, and after Ronan briefly revised it, he was not ready to do more elaborate processing.
Time did not allow him to drag it out.
A recent bank loan is about to expire and cannot be repaid on time, and there is a huge amount of trouble, and Judith from the bank calls every week, which is annoying.
Maybe the bank will withdraw the money in advance, which is even more troublesome.
Although New Line Pictures, the distributor of "Jedi", did not rush to ask for copyright sharing, it could not be delayed for too long.
The Nasdaq's stock market is still going higher.
A sum of money must be obtained as soon as possible.
The new week arrived, Ronan signed a copyright transfer agreement with Pepsi, received $150,000, and convened an all-hands meeting again in the office.
"Let's start with the good news. ”
Ronan first calmed people's hearts, "Maybe you also know that the transfer fee of $150,000 for "Jedi" has arrived this morning, and there will be no problems with the salary before the bank loan expires." ”
Hearing this, George Clint immediately said: "We will get through this together, and we will definitely get through it!"
Mary and Robert Lee didn't speak, but they were both much more relaxed.
When they get to their age, the salary means too much, such as paying off a loan, supporting a family, and so on.
Chicken soup alone is basically useless for people of this age.
Ronan turned to the point and asked, "George, have you reached out to friends in the media industry?"
"Contacted. "I met with more than a dozen friends this week, including three entertainment reporters from Variety, the Los Angeles Times, and The Hollywood Reporter, and most of them were willing to help us get the news out if we could afford it, but the pages were ......."
"It doesn't matter if it's format, the third or even the fourth edition is acceptable. "Ronan wants a new project with media coverage.
The Los Angeles Times is one of the top three newspapers in the United States, and Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are the two major newspapers in the entertainment industry.
Ronan groaned for a moment, then said to George, "Keep in touch with them, especially Variety, the Los Angeles Times, and The Hollywood Reporter." I'll be holding a launch soon for a new project. ”
"New project ......" George was about to ask, but Ronan raised his hand to interrupt, "The new project will be talked about later." ”
He looked at Robert Lee: "Have you been in contact with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority?"
Robert Lee placed a bag of papers on Ronan's desk and said, "My friend was in contact with one of the directors of the office, and he was mainly responsible for examining the investment feasibility of the cultural and entertainment industry...... Well, how to put it, he has a very bad impression of Hollywood, and he hates Hollywood a little, saying that Hollywood is an accomplice of the Jews in smearing the Arab world. ”
"Inspecting the culture and entertainment industry?" Ronan captures the point.
"Well, including movies. "But it wasn't going well for the man. You know, Arabs are never seen in the circle. ”
Ronan nodded slightly, this situation is not unexpected, saying that Hollywood is controlled by Jews is too exaggerated, but the influence of Jewish forces on Hollywood is indeed great.
The image of Arabs in Hollywood movies can be imagined.
For example, James Cameron's "True Lies" once caused a collective protest in the Arab world, and almost no Arab countries imported this film.
But what about Hollywood and the American media? Nobody cares, how black it should be or how it should be black.
Of course, the Arabs do have a little more black material.
Ronan quickly looked through the information on Abu Dhabi collected by Robert Lee through various channels, the UAE is relatively open compared to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia prohibits public screening of films, and ordinary Saudis want to watch movies in theaters, they are flying to the UAE.
This ensures that Emiratis have a certain understanding of cinema.
However, due to the distance and the dissemination of information, Emiratis are relatively familiar with Hollywood movies, but very unfamiliar with the workings of Hollywood.
Not only the UAE, but Hollywood in the 90s was veiled over most countries.
Ronan put down the information and said, "Robert, can your friend make an appointment with the person in charge?"
Robert Lee thought for a moment and said, "He said that the guy would be attending Twentieth Century Fox's appreciation party this weekend. ”
"Is the invitation easy?" Ronan asked.
"Leave it to me. Robert said.
Ronan took out three copies of the script titled "Human Eradication Project", pushed it to the front of his desk, and said, "This is the script for the new project, you all take a look." ”
When the three of them picked up the script, he grabbed his messy hair and said: "Our next work is to build momentum for this new project, and I will file it in the producers alliance according to the formal procedures." Mary......"
Ronan looked at the middle-aged woman: "There will be a press conference next week, you go to contact the venue, and put it at the Hilton Beverly Hills." George, you are in charge of contacting the media reporters, and I will prepare a batch of public relations fees and a batch of gifts for you, regardless of the big newspapers or tabloids, even if you spend money to hire paparazzi, you must ensure that fifty reporters are present!"
With money and gifts, George Clint immediately said, "No problem. ”
Ronan said to Robert again: "On behalf of Shahai Entertainment, you sent an invitation to Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, stabbed tabloid reporters, and tried to rub the heat of "Titanic" as much as possible. ”
George Clint shook the script and suggested, "Send some more invitations to stars who might star in horror movies, so it's easier to hype up the topic." ”
Ronan agreed, thinking about it and saying, "Send invitations to Jamie Lee Curtis, Drew Barrymore, Johnny Depp, George Clooney." ”
"Their agent simply won't pay attention. Robert Lee is also an old man in the film industry: "I don't even bother to refuse." ”
Ronan pinched his chin: "It's better to ignore it." Robert, remember to send out an open and formal invitation. ”
Robert replied, "I see." He closed the script and said, "Is this script appropriate? The premise is indeed interesting, but the Arabs ......."
Mary and George had similar thoughts and looked at Ronan at the same time.
The script was questioned, instead of rushing to say that it was wonderful, Ronan didn't care, and said directly: "Don't forget, we're going to finance the Arabs." Wait until you get the money......"
Robert immediately understood: "As long as the investment is in hand, we have the final say on how to change the script." ”
"Hurry up and do it. Ronan called out to Mary, "You hire a small team and have them make posters and storyboards based on the script, and make them as beautiful as possible." ”
Mary nodded: "I'll go get in touch." ”
Ronan pointed to the messy hair, "Help recommend a stylist." ”
Twenty years old is too unconvincing, and Anderson Jr. has made himself too haggard, and he has to make himself look like a successful and mature producer.