"The Thanksgiving schedule is very competitive, and this "Ace Agent" has no advantage to speak of. ”

In the conference room of Embassy Pictures, Thomas, director of theatrical distribution, said: "So, the premiere date we had set was November 19. ”

Ronan flipped through the information about "Ace Agent" and didn't say much.

Garcia then asked, "Are there confirmed how many premiere theaters there are?"

Thomas replied: "There was a trial meeting for the theater side, and the theater side was more satisfied with the type of film and action scenes, but the setting of the actor was ......" He looked at Ronan and said honestly: "The theater side unanimously questioned the identity of the actor, which also affected the resources they invested." ”

This is completely in Ronan's expectation, with the Arabs as the absolute protagonists, but anyone who knows a little about the North American film market knows that this kind of film is less likely to be a big hit.

"There will be about 1,500 theaters at the premiere. Thomas adds: "But there is only one theater at most per theater, and some of them share a theater with other films. ”

Garcia had some insight into the specifics of the film and asked, "What about the publicity?"

David Villa's deputy, Gilberto, said: "$1.3 million has been invested in publicity, mainly on outdoor hard radio and newspaper television stations where minorities gather, and another $700,000 will be invested before the film is released." ”

Ronan closed the information and said, "We will decide whether to invest more depending on the premiere." ”

"Good. Garcia added: "1,500 copies are ready, and all of them will be delivered by November 18." ”

He also said to Fiana, the chief financial officer: "The two films "Ace Agent" and "Death is Coming", all the expenses are borrowed by Relativity Entertainment. ”

"Okay. Fiana said.

Garcia, who presided over the meeting, changed the subject: "Now let's talk about the situation of "The Grim Reaper". ”

Robert was the first to say: "Director James Huang is not very satisfied with a dubbing and soundtrack, and has mobilized several main actors to re-dub since last Thursday, and it will take about a week to complete, and the media and theater side will have a preview screening on next Monday morning." ”

Thomas continued: "Due to the success of "Human Eradication Project", the theater side has a certain confidence in the new film directed by James Wong, there are no strong competitors in the same weekend, and it is currently guaranteed that the opening of the theater chain is about 2,000. ”

"The pre-screening campaign is steadily progressing and will be ramped up from mid-November, with commercials for 'Death Coming' also being featured in 'Ace Agent,' and we have reached an agreement with Sony Columbia that commercials for 'Death Is Coming' and 'Ace Agent' will also be featured in the latest James Bond film, 'Black Sun Crisis.'" ”

Hearing this, Ronan asked Garcia, "Are the copyright negotiations with Sony Colombia complete?"

"The big terms are basically agreed, and only a few small details are still being negotiated. Garcia replied: "A formal agreement could be signed as soon as this week." ”

The two are talking about overseas copyright negotiations for "Blair the Witch".

Ronan did not directly participate in the negotiation of the overseas rights of the film, but let the theory of relativity be licensed to Embassy Pictures, which was personally responsible for Garcia, who successively made contact negotiations with five companies with overseas distribution capabilities, and finally signed the cooperation with Sony Entertainment.

There is no other reason for this, except that Sony Entertainment is the highest bidder.

In the final licensing terms, Relativity Entertainment licensed all the copyrights of "Blair the Witch", including overseas screenings, home entertainment, television stations and derivatives, to Sony Columbia Pictures for $50 million.

At present, the details of the disagreement between the two sides are the length of the authorization.

This is a movie that can make Relativity Entertainment earn more than 100 million.

"Here Comes the Grim Reaper" and "Ace Agent" commercials "Black Sun Crisis" are also part of the deal.

James Bond's influence is huge, and if it can be patched, it will save Embassy Pictures a lot of publicity and marketing expenses, and the publicity effect is also good.

In-roll advertising is arguably one of the oldest and most effective ways to promote in Hollywood.

For popular movies in North America, it has never been difficult to sell overseas copyrights, but Ronan did not let "Blair the Witch" and Shahai Entertainment's videotape movies be bundled and sold this time, and there are not many films that have not sold overseas copyrights in their hands.

Although he had an idea at the time, Ronan quickly figured out that the copyright of "Blair the Witch" was completely in his hands, and there was no need to play this kind of profit-sharing trick.

Ronan no longer cares about the overseas copyright of "Blair the Witch" for the time being, and he only needs to grasp the direction of some work, and the specific work can be handed over to his subordinates to do, and he can do a good job of supervision.

"How many media outlets and theaters are currently invited?" Ronan asked.

Thomas replied, "Seven theater chains, including Empire Entertainment, AMG and artists across the United States, will be represented, as will some of the directors of independent theaters around Los Angeles." ”

David Villa added: "The full-time reporters from the three major newspapers in the circle, Variety, Entertainment Weekly and The Hollywood Reporter, as well as people from professional film magazines such as Premiere, and I also contacted a lot of entertainment reporters from major newspapers. ”

Ronan is happy with the result, and after the success of "Project Human Eradication", the director James Huang has already had a substantial influence.

"Robert, how are the real people you've gathered?" Ronan asked again.

"There are a lot of cases in this regard, there are many real happens, I found a few relatives of the parties, a little ......" Robert shuddered: "I kind of believe that there is such a thing as death in this world." ”

He smiled and turned to the topic: "I have collected a lot of information, especially the cases that have occurred in the last two years, and I have also asked people to do video interviews with several family members, and I have also paid to negotiate the things for publicity, which are all handed over to David." ”

David Villa said: "We're going to hype up these real-life cases at the most critical moments of pre-screening publicity. ”

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "Think of a suitable way to mix the fake stories of the film into these real stories." ”

More than a dozen real events, mixed with a fake story, it is easy for people to take it as, Ronan vaguely remembers that in the online media reports he had seen in his previous life, he also mentioned the plot of "The Grim Reaper", although he was still reading at the time, and he didn't read it very seriously, but he also remembered that when some online media first introduced "The Grim Reaper", they said that it was based on the real experience of some people in the seventies.

Then, he looked around for this film to watch, and his knowledge was limited in that era, and he was really scared to pee.

To be honest, this is one of the few horror movies Ronan has seen that can scare him, and it may also be because of his young age at the time.

Later, when I watched "Saw Horror", I didn't feel this way, it was more of a stomach upset.

Ronan has always recognized James Wong's concept of horror, and the invisible is the most terrifying.

Many people who watch movies have a similar mentality, such as "The Seven Deadly Sins", the first half of which Ronan found very attractive, but Kevin Spacey showed his true identity, and the appeal of the movie was instantly reduced.

After the meeting, Ronan did not stay at Embassy Pictures, and after lunch, he went to the Los Angeles branch of Merrill Lynch, ready to talk to his stockbroker, Scott.

It's early November 1999, and it's time for the money invested on the NASDAQ to be disposed of.

"Mr. Anderson, are you going to invest more?" Scott had a bit of excitement and fanaticism on his face: "Now the NASDAQ is hot, many stocks are skyrocketing every day, and they are creating wealth miracles every day!"

Ronan also took a closer look when he entered Merrill Lynch, and most of the people here were like Scott, with an abnormal excitement.

The stock market has caused a lot of people to go crazy.

Ronan remained calm and said, "Scott, I'm not here to make additional investments. ”

Scott was stunned, this was completely unexpected, and subconsciously asked, "Are you not investing more?"

"I just bought a film distribution company and need a lot of money to expand my distribution channels overseas. Ronan didn't say anything about how the stock market was going to be cloudy at all, he had limited understanding of this, and he had already found a suitable reason and excuse: "I don't have enough money on hand right now, and I urgently need a lot of money to turnover." ”

He looked at the stock broker with a somewhat surprised face: "Scott, I'm going to sell my shares in Cisco and Yahoo." ”

"Now is not the best time to make a move," Scott said, "Now is the best time to make a move!" and he further said: "Yahoo is now trading close to $230 per share......

Ronan raised his hand to interrupt him: "Since December, you have mastered the scale, and you have sold the two stocks in my hand one after another, and they must all be sold before the New Year!"

Due to limited understanding, it is only remembered that the NASDAQ entered the year 2000 and then collapsed rapidly, and the specific time is not known.

Then again, who will remember the exact time of the crash without specifically studying it.

Besides, the NASDAQ and Internet stocks have been speculated so high, who will believe that there is no big man behind it?

When I bought Yahoo, it cost less than $70 per unit, but now it's more than tripled.

Cisco rose even more.

There has been a lot of gain.

Ronan has invested two sums of money, $9 million after the first Abu Dhabi and $5 million when the Human Eradication Program settles the investment income, which is a total investment of $14 million.

The shares obtained with this money are just a drizzle compared to Yahoo and Cisco, whose market capitalization is becoming more and more terrifying.

Throwing it out in batches is not expected to cause stock market shocks.

Scott tried to persuade him, but Ronan made up his mind.

In the next few days, Ronan went to Merrill Lynch a few more times, and Scott quickly made a sell-off plan, starting in December, selling Yahoo and Cisco shares every other day depending on the situation, and it was sure to sell out before the New Year.

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