What is the normal salary for a director who directs a film that costs $11 million publicly and grosses more than $50 million at the North American box office, and then directs a film of the same genre?

In this era, at least $3 million is the starting point, and even involves the later revenue sharing.

Ronan took advantage of Wong's situation at the time to sign him to two films, and at that time, the $300,000 director's salary was a good fit for Wong, but after the success of "Human Eradication Project", everything changed.

Success and failure are heaven and hell in the business world.

Therefore, when Edward approached Ronan, Ronan added a $300,000 North American box office bonus on top of his $300,000 salary.

As for whether Edward approached Ronan to ask for a raise for James Wong, it doesn't really matter whether it was driven by the agent's duties or James Wong's instructions.

No one wants to be paid a salary that doesn't match their value.

Ronan didn't expect to make the sequels to "The Human Eradication Project" and "Here Comes the Grim Reaper" and to keep James Wong's salary down to such an incredible level.

If we can still cooperate, it is inevitable that the salary will skyrocket.

James Wong gave such a promise, and Ronan was basically satisfied.

Ronan chatted with James Wong about the upcoming shoot, then went to the producer's office and patiently reviewed the crew's recent progress.

By inspecting the work of the crew, we can also preliminarily judge the ability of the executor, and those with poor ability will naturally not cooperate again.

He was impressed by location manager Brian.

Most of the crew's location shooting was in some small towns in Southern California, and the cost of the venue was very low, and there were even more than a dozen private locations that could be used for free shooting, and the highest cost was the rental fee at Los Angeles International Airport.

The total rental cost of the location will not exceed $200,000.

For such a film with a lot of location scenes, a lot of money was saved.

A position like a location manager can save money while finding the right location for filming, which can be said to be quite good.

Ronan specifically jotted down Brian's name.

And Andrew.

Although he had never managed such a large crew before, Andrew had accumulated rich management experience on the set of video films, coupled with a more easy-going personality, which could effectively adjust the internal conflicts of the crew, and also exempted Ronan and director James Wong from worrying.

The crew is like this, many small things seem inconspicuous, and once they break out, they may seriously affect the normal operation.

James Wong, Glenn Morgan, Bryan, Andrew, and many more can all be said to be talent.

Ronan looked through the crew's work logs and financial reports and other materials, and specially recalled these people, that is, James Huang's Chinese name Huang Yiyu, who once left him a memory.

The memory of Huang Yiyu is divided into two parts, one is the great success of the "Death is Coming" series, and the other is the fiasco of the "Dragon Ball" movie.

The latter is rotten to a certain extent.

Ronan roughly has a judgment that James Huang seems to be only suitable for shooting horror movies, and shooting other genres, especially action movies, does not seem to be very good.

As the owner of the studio, Ronan quickly made a decision to squeeze as much value out of James Wong as possible in horror films.

When Ronan left the crew, he met Green Morgan, the screenwriter of "The Grim Reaper".

"Hi, Glenn. Ronan took the initiative to call out to him, "You haven't taken any other jobs lately, have you?"

After the script was finalized, Glenn Morgan completed the screenwriting contract with the crew.

Glenn Morgan smiled politely and said, "No, my mind is on this project right now." ”

Ronan walked with him to the outside of the studio, and said as he walked: "I am very confident in the project "Death is Coming", and the chances of success are very high. ”

"I hope so. "Glenn Morgan, although he is a playwright, is clearly not as confident as Ronan.

Ronan continued: "You and James can be trusted for their talent in the horror thriller genre. He didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "Glenn, do you want to continue to cooperate?"

Glenn-Morgan gave Ronan a surprised look, "Aren't we working together?"

"It's not the Grim Reaper. Ronan waved his hand and said, "You, as a script doctor, have revised the script of the "Human Clear Project" I wrote, and are familiar with this series, and I would like to ask you to write the script for the sequel. ”

Glenn Morgan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you can go talk to my agent." Also, it will take a while for me to have time in the second half of the year. ”

Ronan nodded: "Don't worry, the sequel won't be approved until next year at the earliest." ”

"Human Eradication Project" has already had a successful start, and as long as the subsequent sequels do not rashly change the setting and style, filming and producing a profitable trilogy is not a big problem.

Glenn Morgan has revised the script written by Ronan and undoubtedly has the ability to write the script for a sequel.

The next day, Ronan went to talk to Glenn Morgan's agent, and after Glenn Morgan said hello, the two sides basically reached a cooperation intention.

The screenwriter's salary is very cheap, and Glenn Morgan is not a well-known screenwriter, and the salary is only $50,000.

Ronan didn't do much to dwell on it, after all, he was also busy at this stage.

After entering the studio where the crew of "Ace Agent" was located, finding the actors' training venue, and watching the actors' action training, Ronan felt like he had entered the World Exposition.

Arabs, Asians, Africans, Latinos, Eastern Europeans, traditional whites, and so on, are literally diverse.

Director Paul Greengrass and production manager George Clint went to inspect the location, and the crew was temporarily handed over to the associate producer to take care of the day-to-day work.

"This is what Mr. Clint suggested. The chubby co-producer stood next to Ronan and explained, "He thinks the ideal audience for this film is minorities. ”

Ronan nodded, "That's a very correct idea. ”

It seems that George has gradually learned some tricks.

"Pay attention to the implementation of the concept of freedom and equality within the crew. Ronan advised: "Racial discrimination is absolutely not allowed in the crew." ”

In a film like this, where the main characters are mostly minority, if the crew breaks out a scandal of racial discrimination, the damage is absolutely fatal. He specifically emphasized: "No matter who is involved, if there is racial discrimination, they will be removed from the crew." ”

The co-producer immediately responded.

Ronan added: "I will have people develop targeted publicity, and the crew will also appropriately contact the media that tend to be ethnic minorities to visit the class, and get more good relations with them, and I can also let the main actors be interviewed by these media more often." ”

This film doesn't want to lose too badly, and it still has to find a way for minority audiences.

In the British film in his previous life, many large-scene action scenes, almost all of them were canceled when Ronan wrote the script, mainly because of financial problems.

Big scenes and big stunts will inevitably bring big investment.

Perhaps, Paul Greengrass's unique style and minority status of the main actors can surprise him.

Don't be afraid of losing money, Embassy Pictures simply does not have the ability to distribute overseas, and for the time being, it does not have the ability to extend its tentacles overseas, and Ronan will then package and sell the overseas rights of "The Grim Reaper", "Ace Agent" and several previous videotape films of Shahai Entertainment.

As long as "The Grim Reaper is Coming" is a big success, there is no worry that the product package will not sell.

Ronan watched the actors' action training again, and could faintly perceive the style of Paul Greengrass in his previous life, the movements designed by the action director were simple, sharp, and practical, and there were no fancy things after kung fu hit Hollywood in this era.

This style of action is very enjoyable to watch with the filming and editing of Paul Greengrass.

However, don't look at it in 3D, or you'll vomit.

In mid-April, the filming of "The Grim Reaper Comes" started on time, and after Ronan attended the start-up press conference, he temporarily handed over the crew to Andrew, and his main focus turned to "Blair the Witch".

Jessica Filton has completed a re-edit of the film.