At the Warner Bros. headquarters building, a high-level meeting is underway.

"You've already seen the relevant information. ”

Edward Davis sat very forward on the left side of the table and said, "Any ideas?"

An Asian executive said with some skepticism: "Ronan Anderson we all know that he can be trusted in the past three years, but Christopher Nolan is just a small director......"

David Bird, who was on the other side, answered: "Kevin, haven't you noticed? The directors who work with Ronan Anderson are all rookie directors, but they are all successful. In contrast, Christopher Nolan has already directed two films, "Fragments of Memory" and "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night", and has more qualifications and experience. ”

The Asian named Kevin thought about it, and it was indeed the case, and simply stopped talking.

"The Batman movie can't afford to fail again. Someone reminded.

Edward Davis added: "This is a film that fits in with The Dark Knight Returns, and in the last three years, Hollywood has not found a more successful producer than Ronan Anderson, and he also started the dark style of "Tales of the Night", and he has enough experience in this area." ”

When he finished, David Bird knocked on the table and emphasized, "Our next-door neighbor has achieved unprecedented success in superhero movies. Guys, don't forget, DC used to be the king of superhero movies!

Kevin nodded and said, "What about the funds? There is also a way to cooperate, we must keep the copyright!"

"The copyright is, of course, ours. When it comes to production budget, Ronan Anderson's Sand Sea Entertainment can solve two-thirds of the problem for us. Edward Davis explained in detail what Ronan said about the way to work together.

These people on the review committee basically have no objection to this, this is the most conventional way of co-production in the industry, and how to cooperate will be discussed in detail later.

As long as the copyright and distribution rights are in hand, the project will not be out of Warner Bros. control.

Edward Davis then said: "The purpose of the board of directors is also to let this project go into review, and we can't keep putting Batman on hold, it's a waste of resources. And the board thinks Ronan Anderson's company is good......"

Kevin said directly: "Just buy it." ”

"It's not that simple. Edward Davis shook his head with a smile: "Relativity Entertainment's shareholding structure is very simple, and if Ronan Anderson doesn't agree, the acquisition is impossible." This collaboration is also an opportunity to increase the understanding between Warner Bros. and Relativity Entertainment, and also allow Ronan Anderson to see the strength of Warner Bros. and make him understand that with Warner Bros. as a platform, his abilities can be maximized......

Only by knowing enough can we find weaknesses and opportunities, otherwise in the case of entertainment with the theory of relativity, even if Warner opens its mouth, it will not be able to put its mouth down.

Another person said: "Actually, there is no need for this, DreamWorks is much better than Relativity Entertainment, and the company's first goal should be on DreamWorks." ”

Edward Davis laughed: "If we can take DreamWorks first, Relativity Entertainment will naturally step aside, but we are not the only ones who are eyeing DreamWorks." ”

Relativity Entertainment's film library resources are too small, and its production capacity is not as good as that of DreamWorks, which was involved in first-line large-scale productions a few years ago, and Relativity Entertainment currently only has one film with an investment of more than 100 million.

He also knew that the board of directors preferred DreamWorks, after all, the composition of DreamWorks shares was complex, and the difficulty of taking them down was actually much lower.

And DreamWorks has Spielberg.

Can Ronan Anderson compare to Spielberg Edward Davis couldn't help but shake his head secretly, no one in the circle should think this way.

The meeting went well, the market prospect of superheroes was here, and Warner Bros., which owns DC Comics, couldn't afford to leave such a big piece of fat alone.

Edward Davis concluded: "Now, we're pushing the Batman project into the review stage, prioritizing the completion of the project review. ”

No one else disagreed.

As soon as the Warner Bros. review meeting ended, Ronan was notified by Edward Davis that the project was on the Warner Bros. review committee, which was undoubtedly a big step forward, and as long as there were no particularly big surprises, it would definitely get the green light from Warner Bros.

Subsequently, Ronan personally communicated with George Clint, and Sand Sea Entertainment will form a negotiation team of more than a dozen people to prepare to start negotiations with Warner Bros. on the cooperation of "Batman".

There will be plenty of time to prepare.

Warner Bros. has to inspect the plan, do a preliminary market assessment, etc., and it will not be able to complete the relevant audit without two or three months.

After assembling the negotiation team, Ronan cared about the cooperation between "Grey's Anatomy" and ABC TV.

The two sides have reached a formal agreement to have "Grey's Anatomy" aired on ABC TV.

However, the method of playback license authorization is adopted.

Nowadays, the mainstream model of Hollywood TV drama production is similar to film production, the producer provides the project, if the TV station gets the green light, the TV station raises production funds, the copyright of the series and the subsequent production rights, etc., naturally belong to the TV station.

The other is that the producer raises its own funds, and then signs a broadcast authorization agreement with the TV station, and the TV station broadcasts it at the specified time.

Because Shahai Entertainment is involved in the production of a TV series for the first time, it is a premiere license, and it is still a brand new series, and the premiere authorization fee for a total of nine episodes of the first season of "Grey's Anatomy" is only $2 million, and it does not enjoy the right to advertising dividends for the series.

The production cost of the first season ended up approaching $3.5 million,

Dramas and teams that have not been tested by the TV drama market do not have much negotiation capital.

But as long as the first season has ratings, the follow-up broadcast authorization and DVD rental and sales, etc., are enough for Shahai Entertainment to make a profit.

Although in this era, the compulsion of TV series is much worse than that of movies, the profitability of popular dramas is not much worse than that of big-selling movies.

This can also bring great rewards to the lead actor.

Jennifer Aniston's salary for starring in "Friends" for one season is now as high as $25 million.

One can imagine how terrifying the profitability of the series can be.

Of course, Ronan didn't expect "Grey's Anatomy" to be comparable to "Friends", which was just the first step for Shahai Entertainment to enter the production of TV series.

Shahai Entertainment has obtained the film and television adaptation rights of "A Song of Ice and Fire", and after confirming that there is no copyright conflict for "Prison Break", the relevant script creation is also underway, and more TV series production projects will be promoted in the future.

And the production and distribution of TV series will be gradually integrated.

Ronan is also asking if he should find a way to push George Martin to complete "A Song of Ice and Fire" in the next ten years, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation of the TV series going ahead of the original in his previous life.

Is it really up to George Martin to tell the writers about the ending in order to avoid hanging up before he finishes?

Perhaps in his previous life, after the continuous popularity of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, George Martin was old, lacking in heart and strength, coupled with fame and fortune, and was seriously lacking in motivation, becoming a veritable late-stage procrastination.

Ignoring George Martin for the time being, Ronan went to "Dungeon Siege", which was being prepared, and took a look at the relevant situation.

"The actor Jason Statham has come to the set. Uwe Bauer accompanied Ronan in the studio and introduced the situation: "I am currently training in swordsmanship. ”

He pointed not far away, "It's over there." ”

Ronan glanced at the training ground and said, "Let's go over and have a look." ”

The two came to the side of the training ground, and Ronan saw the beauty of the prosperous age, and now Jason Statham has not lost his hair, and he has not become bald in the future, but he has begun to be bald.

After completing part of the training, Jason Statham made a point of greeting Ronan over to him.

"Hello, Mr. Anderson. Jason Statham is not tall, but he looks a little tough: "It's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Ronan shook his hand, "Hello, Jason. He said with a smile: "It is very important that you can agree to the invitation to play the leading role in this project." ”

Jason Statham said modestly: "It's over." ”

Ronan added: "The "Two Big Smoking Guns" and "Stealing and Abduction" you starred in are both very good movies. ”

Both of these films are excellent films, but unfortunately they are not very popular in the North American film market, and the former would not even be able to enter the North American market without the help of Tom Cruise.

These two films are undoubtedly typical niche films, so Ronan didn't consider taking the North American copyright of "Stealing and Abduction" in the past, because he couldn't recover the cost in a short time.

Even if it is a good movie, the market difference cannot be ignored.

After chatting with Jason Statham for a few more words, Ronan then went to another place to check the sets and props, and the strong copycat atmosphere made him very speechless.

But Ronan didn't say anything, and the reason for this was directly related to him.

After all, the budget for the whole film is limited, and it is unrealistic to use the money to make Uwe Bauer make a magical epic like "The Lord of the Rings".

Besides, Uwe Ball is not Peter Johnson either.

Although Ronan thinks that Uwe Bauer is a director with characteristics, the sense of magical epic is really not his specialty.

What is Uwe Bauer's specialty? It should be that no matter what kind of subject matter, no matter how much investment, he can make a movie into a super bad movie.

From the very beginning, what Ronan wanted was for Uwe Ball to really play to his directorial expertise.

Since "Dungeon Siege" can't be made into a magical epic, it's better to be a mess to the end.

The super bad movie is convenient for the later publicity operation.

Later, Ronan went to the gym again and met the heroine of the film.

Due to budget and funding constraints, this time there was no more such a well-known woman as Paris Hilton.