With a golden ponytail combed behind her head, revealing a pair of big talking eyes, Amanda Seyfried carried a paper bag and walked briskly into the office, saw the company nameplate, and made sure she was not looking for the wrong place.

"Who are you looking for?" someone asked.

Amanda Seyfried smiled cutely: "I'm looking for Ronan, my mom just contacted him, he's still in the company, right?"

Such a cute girl can't be refused, and this person hurriedly said: "Yes, in the office." ”

It just so happened that Mary came in from outside and glanced at Amanda Seyfried, as if it was a little familiar.

"You're looking for Ronan?" she asked.

Amanda also looked at Mary familiarly, as if she had seen it in the crew, and hurriedly said, "Hmm." She lifted her handbag and gestured, "I'll bring him something." ”

Mary looked at the handbag and said, "Come with me." ”

Arriving at Ronan's office door, she knocked on the door and waited for a call to come in before taking Amanda Seyfried inside.

"Hello, Amanda. Ronan greeted the blonde girl, "Sit down." ”

Amanda Seyfried first placed the tote bag on her desk and sat down in a chair.

Mary turned to leave, Ronan coughed and pointed to the office door, Mary nodded lightly and went out without closing the door again.

Amanda Seyfried shoved the tote bag towards Ronan and said, "Cupcakes you like." ”

Ronan didn't refuse, opened the handbag, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Thank you." ”

He put away his handbag and pulled open a drawer to find the right gift in return.

Amanda Seyfried said, "No thanks, this is what we agreed on when we were on the set. I contacted you several times, but you were not available, and I had to eat the cakes I made those times. ”

Ronan found the right one: "I was a little busy some time ago. ”

It was a box of chocolates, which I used to replenish energy when I was busy at work, and pushed it to Amanda Seyfried: "I eat your cake every time, and I don't give you a gift in return, this is the chocolate I bought when I went to Germany, you take it back and taste it." ”

Amanda Seyfried picked it up directly: "Then you're welcome." She flipped through the box and looked back and forth: "I haven't eaten German chocolate yet." ”

"The taste was ok, it was too sweet for me. Ronan doesn't like Western sweets very much, "If you like, I'll have someone mail it from Germany." ”

Amanda Seyfried hugged her in her arms and said, "Then we're done." ”

Ronan nodded and then asked, "How did you get here?"

Amanda Seyfried replied, "Mom went to the front supermarket to buy something, and will come and pick me up in a moment." ”

As soon as the words fell, the mobile phone rang in the small bag she was carrying.

Amanda Seyfried answered the phone and said a few words to Ronan, "Mommy is here, it's time for me to go." She stood up and waved at Ronan, "Goodbye, Ronan." ”

Ronan smiled and nodded, "Goodbye, Amanda." ”

The figure of the blonde girl quickly disappeared from the door of the company.

Ronan took out the handbag, walked out of the office, handed it to Mary, and said, "Give everyone a point, someone has a treat." ”

That Mrs. Seyfried was really a person with a heart.

You don't have to think too much to guess her thoughts, "Human Eradication Project" has succeeded, and Shahai Entertainment will definitely produce more films in the future, among which there may be roles suitable for Amanda Seyfried to compete for, and familiarity and favorability are very likely to be decisive factors at that time.

Not to mention anything else, even now, if there is a role and other young actors who have similar audition performance to Amanda Seyfried, the person selected is definitely Amanda Seyfried.

If Amanda Seyfried is as successful as ever, Mrs. Seyfried's role is crucial.

The next day, Ronan came to Embassy Pictures to discuss the release of "The Grim Reaper".

"If it's scheduled to be released in December, it can't be too close to Christmas. ”

In the conference room, Garcia said while thinking: "The competition for Christmas is too fierce, and we don't have an advantage in the scale of production and the type of film, and we are likely to get caught up in the market chaos." ”

After a pause, he added, "Early December is the best choice." ”

Ronan nodded slowly: "Makes sense." ”

Robert also commented: "First weekend?"

Ronan asked, "What big-budget films are scheduled for the first weekend of December?"

"There are no big productions for the time being. Speaking was Thomas, the director of the channel department of the theater chain: "If it is placed this weekend, the production budget of "The Grim Reaper" is the highest. ”

Ronan still asks the pros: "Scheduled for this weekend?"

Garcia nodded: "It's scheduled for the first weekend of December." ”

Ronan added: "The distribution channel is about to start now, and my request is simple. In terms of theaters, it is ensured that "Death is Coming" can be opened in more than 2,000 theaters, and the more screens and schedules, the better. ”

Thomas, the director of the cinema channel department, responded: "I'll make a plan. ”

"Videotapes and DVDs. Although Ronan can't understand the specific details of the distribution, he is still relatively clear about what to do, not to mention that he has studied the distribution model of Hollywood, and he has seen a lot of relevant systems and cases after coming here. As a result, he behaves like an insider: "At the same time as the film was released, he began to contact manufacturers to make videotapes and DVDs, and the distribution was to be completed before the year 2000." ”

He looked at Garcia: "I remember that the company has cooperation agreements with companies like Peskind and Walmart?"

"Yes. Garcia replied, "These two companies are our main marketing channels for videotapes and DVDs. ”

Ronan reminded: "The new media copyright is independent, and if it can't be sold at a suitable price, it will be temporarily stayed, and there will be better returns in the future." ”

This is an independent release, which does not have to be subject to many restrictions like "Project Human Eradication", and if the Internet rights of the film are sold now at a five-year or ten-year contract, it will benefit from it.

Terry, who is in charge of the surrounding channels, asked, "What about the other copyrights?"

Garcia didn't speak, he was listening and observing, and from what he just said, he could see that Ronan Anderson was no stranger to the release of the film.

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "TV copyright has two strategies. If the film is a box office success, the TV copyright will be split, and the first broadcast rights of cable pay TV and wireless public television will be negotiated separately, and future broadcasts will be charged on a per-view basis as much as possible. If it fails at the box office, the copyright will be sold out at one time. ”

Garcia nodded secretly, as long as the film is successful, it will undoubtedly ensure the maximum profit.

"Derivatives ......" Ronan said: "I will ask the crew to design a few special props, and then order a little bit appropriately, and if the response is good, I will distribute them on a large scale." ”

The market for horror derivatives has always been small, mostly throughout the year, and it explodes once on Halloween.

The general direction was set, and more details of implementation were discussed.

"What about publicity?" asked Garcia.

Ronan has considered: "Don't worry, we have limited funds in our hands, and we will wait for the filming to be completed before starting large-scale publicity." ”

The meeting lasted for more than an hour, and it was more about discussing the release.

Distribution sounds simple, most of the theaters in North America are in the hands of six or seven chain theater companies, and from the outside, it looks as if the distributor is making phone calls with regular customers, communicating and coordinating with them, showing the products, and then advertising and so on.

Indeed, distribution is just a few things, but if you don't enter this circle, if you don't pave the channels in advance, you can't even enter the door of the theater company.

But anyone who has done the channel will have a deep understanding.

At the end of the meeting, Ronan and Robert were the first to leave the conference room, and the others left one after another.

With no one around, Garcia lowered his voice and asked, "Thomas, what do you think?"

The cinema channel manager said: "I'm not a layman, and the points I said are organized and targeted. ”

Garcia nodded lightly: "I have a feeling that Ronan Anderson's acquisition is just a channel for the company." ”

Thomas smiled: "That's a good thing, too. He's more ambitious than the three before him, we've got more money, and we're able to release really big movies. ”

"That's what you're saying. Garcia seemed confident: "We have accumulated so many years, and we also need to prove our ability with the explosion of a movie." ”