If you want to succeed, opportunity and ability are very important, and returning to 1998 gave Ronan the opportunity, and Ronan is also improving his ability in various ways.

But there is another point, which is also very important for beginners - thick face and black heart.

So, even if there is a one percent chance, he will go for it.

As for the setbacks that may be encountered, Ronan doesn't care at all, how can there be a startup without encountering setbacks.

Ronan went very calmly to DreamWorks, founded by three famous Jews in Hollywood and even in the United States, David Geffen, Jereif Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg, and talked with the distribution department of DreamWorks about the release of "Project Human Eradication".

"There's something wrong with the plot of this film, right?"

In the reception room, a deep-haired big nose looked at the information brought by Ronan, and said directly: "The ending is not good, it will not be popular." ”

Ronan glanced at the man, and he didn't see anything unusual from his appearance, nor could he tell the other party's ethnicity, so he could only say: "The ending echoes the beginning." ”

Deep hair big nose shook his head directly: "If the film is shot with this kind of plot, DreamWorks will not release it." ”

Ronan roughly guessed the reason, after all, a fool would say something openly.

After running nearly 20 distribution companies, he has encountered any messy situations, and he didn't take this question to heart, and asked tentatively: "When the film is completed and produced, we will talk about it after you have seen the finished film?"

"If you don't change it. Deep hair big nose lack of interest: "There is no need to talk." ”

Speaking of which, Ronan no longer insisted, and after politely saying goodbye, he left the reception room and prepared to leave DreamWorks.

Ronan took the elevator down to the first floor, and as soon as the elevator opened, he saw three people coming out of another special elevator opposite, Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg accompanied an old man.

Who is this old man, who actually sent Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg downstairs?

Looking at the whole of Hollywood, there are few people who can be treated like this.

Ronan remained silent, and just followed behind after the elevator, and since the distance was not too far, he could roughly hear the person in front of him.

"Stephen, I've read your novel, it's wonderful. ”

Judging by the voice, the person who said this should be Tom Hanks, and those who are familiar with his films are very easy to identify: "This novel has so much content that I think it is difficult to show in a movie, and the TV series is a good choice." ”

Stephen Spielberg's voice came: "Mr. Ambrose, I agree with Tom, you can think again." ”

The old man said slowly, "You are professionals, and I listen to you. ”

Spielberg said with a smile: "You are the expert in the European theater of World War II, and without your guidance, we would not have been able to make "Saving Private Ryan" recreate that brutal war." ”

The old man suddenly stopped and said, "Ever since I interviewed Lester, E-Company has been a special existence in my heart. ”

E-Company-Ronan raised a frown.

The old man stopped, Tom Hanks and Spielberg also stopped, and there were quite a few people in the front hall on the first floor, and it was impossible for Ronan to stop and listen to what they had to say, so he had to walk by.

There was still a voice behind him, it was Tom Hanks's voice: "From the day I received your gifted book, I was determined to let the audience see E-Company!"

Then came Spielberg's words: "Mr. Ambrose, it may take a few years, Tom and I want to shoot a grand war epic, which requires a lot of preparation, DreamWorks is just on the right track, we need to find a partner, and I need time to raise funds." ”

"It doesn't matter. The old man's words were almost inaudible: "I wait patiently for ......"

Ronan walked farther and farther, and soon couldn't hear the conversation between the three of them, and before leaving the office building, he looked back again, Stephen Ambrose?

This old man's name is Stephen Ambrose?

Ronan thought as he walked, where did he hear the name Stephen Ambrose?

Recall the words of Tom Hanks and Spielberg: Novels, TV series, World War II, European theaters, war epics, and E Company?

Ronan stopped, turned his head to look at the office building, and instantly thought of a name - "Band of Brothers".

This can't be the original author of "Band of Brothers", right?

It won't be wrong, vaguely under the impression that the original author of "Band of Brothers" served as a special consultant for "Saving Private Ryan", and then the book came into the field of vision of Tom Hanks, and Tom Hanks recommended it to Spielberg.

"Saving Private Ryan" is about to be released, and Tom Hanks and Spielberg are interested in promoting the "Band of Brothers" project.

When "Band of Brothers" came out, it caused a sensation and had a far-reaching impact, just selling discs made the copyright owner make a lot of money.

It's a pity......

Ronan turned around and continued to walk forward, a hit was placed in front of him but could only look at it, which was really uncomfortable.

Can you find a chance to get involved?

This miniseries costs a lot of money, and if you want to make an effect of a war movie, you have to burn money like crazy, I remember that this is a collaboration between DreamWorks and HBO, according to the situation in Hollywood, there must be investors he doesn't remember, and in terms of risk sharing, Hollywood's medium and large companies are playing very slippery.

Ronan got into the car, but it didn't start, and he continued to think about it.

Such a TV series can instantly make the broadcast platform popular, and HBO has become famous because of it, and the number of users has skyrocketed.

What happens if you switch to an online platform?

No, in this day and age, even the Internet in North America has average conditions for playing high-definition videos.

Exclusive internet rental for DVDs or videotapes?

Ronan smiled dumbly, didn't he think a little too far? He looked through the rearview mirror at DreamWorks headquarters, and with the usual Hollywood model, this miniseries would not be out until three or four years at the earliest.

In fact, the biggest problem is money, he has no money and can only watch for the time being, and DreamWorks itself is also underfunded, so he has to pull other companies to share the investment and risk.

Pulling out the notebook he was carrying, Ronan jotted down the name of "Band of Brothers" on it.

Let's go back and find out more about Stephen Ambrose and his Band of Brothers to see if we can find an opportunity, and if not, then there is no way.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of money, and if the funds are not enough, many projects are not even qualified to get started.

Thinking of this, he scratched his head.

Ronan drove away from DreamWorks and rushed to the next target, Lionsgate, and quickly stabilized his mentality, the road has to be taken step by step, and if the steps are too big, he will definitely pull the egg.

When he came to Lionsgate, he was greeted by Gray Enrique, the head of Lionsgate's distribution department.

After reading the materials brought by Ronan, Gray Enrique asked curiously, "Mr. Anderson, can I ask a question?"

Ronan smiled, "Just ask." ”

Gray Enrique immediately asked: "As far as I know, Shahai Pictures has always made B-grade movies, why did you choose horror movies this time?"

Ronan didn't think about it, and said: "Since the failure of the previous film, I have carefully studied the successful Hollywood films in the past ten years, and found an interesting phenomenon, among the films with the highest cost-to-return ratio, horror films occupy the absolute majority. ”

"That's true. Gray Enrique nodded slightly.

"There is another feature of these successful horror films. Ronan's words are all pertinent: "The cost is relatively low, and the investment in publicity and distribution is relatively low. ”

Gray Enrique looked down at the script in his hand.

Ronan continued: "Horror films generally have a low reputation, but films that really win the love of horror fans will quickly spread among the horror film audience, and the small group is also conducive to formulating targeted publicity strategies to control expenses." ”

Gray Enrique laughed: "Mr. Anderson is an expert on this. ”

"Experts can't talk about it. Ronan waved his hand: "It's just that I've studied a lot of cases." ”

He remembers very well that Lionsgate started with horror films in the early stage, and compared to other companies, maybe Lionsgate will appreciate "Human Eradication Project" a little more at that time?

Gray Enrique said politely: "Lionsgate Distribution was only established last year, and we want to distribute quality films. He glanced at Ronan and said, "I hope to see the finished film of "Human Eradication Project" as soon as possible." ”

Ronan smiled and said, "No problem. ”

Compared with DreamWorks' simple and rough treatment, Lionsgate's new company is much more polite.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Ronan took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.

has run so many distribution companies, even Lionsgate with the best attitude, no company is willing to express cooperation before seeing the finished film.

But most companies are willing to look at the film.