In the afternoon of the same day, Ronan asked Connie to transfer George Romero's script to Shahai Entertainment, and whether they can cooperate depends on the negotiation of the project.

He once watched "Land of the Living Dead", and George Romero tried to do a lot of innovation because of the failure of "Zombies Out" that year, and the film looked interesting.

But the specific market reaction, Ronan is not very clear.

However, many zombie movies, even if the box office is not very good, the offline market is relatively broad.

For example, "Zombies Out" was a typical box office and word-of-mouth failure in the mid-80s, but by the end of the 80s, the production company not only relied on offline videotapes and TV stations to recoup its investment, but also made a lot of profits.

Later, a sequel came out.

At the same time as the box office success of "Dawn of the Living Dead", Warner Bros., who witnessed the filming and production of this film almost the whole time, bought the remake rights of "Zombies Out of the Cage" from Anchor Bay Entertainment, and it is said that they are preparing to shoot "New Zombies Out of the Cage".

After many years of relative silence, the zombie genre will enter an active period.

The wider the zombie audience, the larger the market space for the copyright that Shahai Entertainment will get in the future.

"Land of the Living Dead" still has to control the scale of investment, and Ronan's standard is to include the copyright fee of the script, and the production budget is about 10 million US dollars.

Liking George Romero's zombie films, and investing in his zombie film projects, are two different things entirely.

George Romero's side was very happy and accepted the conditions offered by Shahai Entertainment, and was ready to cooperate with Shahai Entertainment to shoot "Land of the Living Dead".

Ronan got the news and also personally attended the signing ceremony between Shahai Entertainment and George Romero.

Seeing George Romero's all-white hair and beard, Ronan suddenly remembered one thing, once after the death of the father of modern zombie films, some fans mourned him and said: May the heaven where George Romero went be full of zombies......

There is Uncle Nine in the East and George Romero in the West.

The zombie godfathers of the East and the West have already sailed west.

The only difference is that after Uncle Nine, the zombie film collapsed.

Without George Romero, great zombie movies keep coming.

What Ronan didn't expect was that after George Romero officially signed a contract with Shahai Entertainment and filmed a new zombie-themed movie appeared in the media, a large number of actor applications were transmitted to the production department of Shahai Entertainment in the Relativity Building.

Including some well-known actors and stars, they have expressed that they are willing to appear in this zombie movie even if they don't want a penny of salary.

That's not to say how appealing Giorgio Romero is.

George Romero does have the status of the originator of zombie films, in fact, he has never been a first-line director in the mainstream film industry, and he has never made a blockbuster that has attracted hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide.

It's a bit strange to compare George Romero to Spielberg and James Cameron, but everyone admits that he is definitely "legendary".

It was he who single-handedly created today's hot zombie culture.

George Romero's zombie films are the feelings of too many people, including many actors and directors.

Edgar Wright, the director of "Shaun of Zombies", and Simon Pegg, the actor of "Shaun of Zombies", came to the Relativity Building together to star in George Romero's new zombie film, even if it was a zombie who was shot in the head when he showed up.

Aisha Argento, the daughter of the famous Italian horror film master Dario Argento, a famous European female director and actress, who played the heroine of "Extreme Agent" in Hollywood, also called.

Susan Walls, a famous American journalist and former Pulitzer Prize nominee, has repeatedly expressed a strong desire to play the role of zombies.

Roger Albert, who lashed out and abused "Night of the Living Dead" back then, is also willing to play zombies to make up for his past mistakes.

George Romero's combination with the zombie genre has had a huge impact.

Ronan also consulted Giorgio Romero specifically about the adaptation of "Walking Meat", and also planned to invite him to direct a few episodes in the future, but George Romero refused without hesitation.

"I read the series when it was first published, and I didn't like it, I wasn't interested in it at all. George Romero doesn't hide his dislike for The Walking Dead: "It's like an eight-o'clock soap opera, only occasionally there are zombies, it's not a zombie work at all." ”

Shahai Entertainment invested $10 million in George Romero's "Land of the Living Dead," which will be released next year.

In the office, Ronan asked Connie, "Is there any clear news from New York?"

Connie replied, "Not yet." The latest news came yesterday that Robert had already met with Joan Clea Lee and Stan Lee's lawyer, Koya Morgan, and that Avi Arad was communicating with Stan Lee. ”

Ronan nodded lightly, the sooner this matter is resolved, Relativity Entertainment has already made preparations to pay a certain price, after all, it is the real trouble to delay until the "Avengers Project" is exposed.

No matter how much the accounting rules are used, through various means, the amount of shares involved will be calculated in units of 100 million.

At that time, Perelman made a lot of quick money from Marvel, but left Marvel with a lot of trouble.

Anyone who has a sense of responsibility to the company would sign this kind of contract with Stan Lee?

It can only be said that Perelman just wants to make a lot of money on Marvel and runs, and he has not considered long-term operation at all.

Connie then said, "You've kept me on the lookout for Twentieth Century Fox, and I just got a piece of news. She looked at Ronan and saw that he didn't stop him, and said directly: "Twentieth Century Fox has obtained a financing from Lehman Brothers that may be as high as $1 billion for the acquisition of several Internet companies, including IGN Entertainment and photo-sharing website Photobucket, and is preparing to integrate and form a social sharing and video website that belongs entirely to Twentieth Century Fox." ”

Ronan immediately thought of the key to this: "Twentieth Century Fox wanted to set up their Netflix. ”

"Yes. Connie has already analyzed: "This possibility is very high, Netflix's Internet business has attracted the attention of Hollywood, the Internet business from scratch is time-consuming and labor-intensive, far less convenient than direct acquisition, and our success on Netflix has also allowed other companies to see successful cases." ”

Ronan asked, "What about the other companies?"

Connie replied: "At present, there is definite news, Warner Bros. is planning to cooperate with other companies to set up a new entertainment gossip website with the online resources of entertainment media such as "Variety" and "Entertainment Weekly". Sony Columbia Pictures is in talks with Amazon, and Walt Disney is looking for suitable targets and wants to take the acquisition route. ”

"Twentieth Century Fox is fast. Ronan tapped lightly on the arm of his chair.

"Once the acquisition goes through, Twentieth Century Fox can combine the resources of these Internet companies, and if it doesn't threaten Netflix, it will enter the same market," Connie said. ”

Ronan understood what Connie meant, an Internet company backed by Twentieth Century Fox and News Corp., which was definitely growing faster than the average company.

Of course he wouldn't have watched it.

"You get in touch with Mark Randolph. Ronan decided to use the simplest and most effective method: "Let Mark Randolph evaluate whether these websites are useful to Netflix, let Netflix also test to offer them, and the companies that are useful to Netflix should strive to win at a reasonable price, and the companies that overlap or are useless should also form a competitive situation with Twentieth Century Fox, and not let Twentieth Century Fox easily get it." ”

He emphasized: "Let Netflix drag on the competition for as long as possible." ”

"Okay. Seeing that Ronan had nothing else to do, Connie said, "I'll go and inform Netflix." ”

Netflix is now a leader in the industry, and it is important to focus on its own development and not ignore potential competitors.

Mark Randolph received a notice from the head office and immediately asked people to do a survey of several Internet companies, which are no strangers to Netflix, all based in Silicon Valley, and the image-sharing site Photobucket has also outsourced the image business for Netflix.

The technical capabilities of this network company are quite good, but like most startups, it lacks sufficient funds, and Mark Randolph was originally interested in acquiring this company, and after doing some necessary investigations, he immediately accelerated his actions after obtaining approval from the head office.

Because of the cooperation with Photobucket, Netflix understood the actual situation of this company, and quickly tentatively issued an invitation to buy, and tried to quote a price.

In addition, due to technical reasons on Netflix's side, Mark Randolph also proposed to Ronan that the launch of Netflix's streaming service would be slightly delayed.

Even if Netflix has enough technology to transmit video to users through the network, there are still many problems that need to be solved.

Netflix discovered a new network transmission technology at a company in Silicon Valley, which has just completed the patent buyout, and it will take time to digest and apply it to the streaming business.

However, with this technical support, the video clarity provided by the streaming media service can be improved by 30% under the same bandwidth, and the video freeze and other problems can be effectively solved.

This technology alone is worth the wait.

At the same time, news also reached Ronan's side from New York, where Robert Lee, assisted by Avi Arad, had successfully settled Stan Lee's contract issues.

Robert Lee spent only $2 million to convince Stan Lee's daughter, and then she persuaded Stan Lee in her own way for the money that was paid for the first performance.

It is said that on the day Marvel signed the ordinary agreement with Stan Lee, Stan Lee still had a large bag on his forehead.

With the agreement signed, whether it's Project Avengers, or other superheroes who want to reclaim the rights in the future, there are no more worries.