In the days that followed, Ronan worked during the day and spent most of the night with Carmen Keith, until Carmen Keith left for Paris from her trip to Los Angeles.

Maybe the hardware is running-in, and the software will be easier to install, and when Ronan said goodbye to Carmen Kaith, the two actually had some inseparable emotions.

But nothing bloody happened, Carmen Keyes rushed to Paris to continue her modeling career that could completely change the life of an Estonian woman, and Ronan returned to the company, still working hard for her career and future.

Ronan's mood was somewhat affected, and it must be false to say that he was not uncomfortable at all.

However, he could see that between a man and a career, Carmen Cayce chose the latter.

If it were him, he would have made the same choice.

Ronan's career was also just starting out, and he didn't dare to relax, and immediately asked George Clint to organize a manpower after Bob Cohen of the Firefighters Fund sent him a plan, ready to hire a third-party guarantee for the completion of the film.

This is a very simple job for a large company that has been cooperating with the Firefighter Fund for many years, but for a small company like Shahai Entertainment, which is not well-known, it is necessary to win the trust of the guarantor first.

A lot of things are the hardest things to start with.

If you want to pass the insurance review of the firefighter fund, you need at least a script.

Ronan didn't plan to write it himself, the script of "Spy Shadow" was much more troublesome than "Human Elimination Plan", and it also involved some political and intelligence departments, and a lot of information had to be queried in the middle, and the screenwriter needed to spend too much time and energy.

Hiring an external screenwriter is the best choice, Ronan spent a while to determine the outline and main plot, and then asked Shahai Entertainment to openly recruit screenwriters.

In terms of directors, the first choice is definitely Paul Greengrass.

But Paul Greengrass was busy putting the finishing touches on post-production of "Ace Agent," and Ronan didn't mention it to him for the time being.

"Spy Shadow" also started the early copywriting planning.

In addition, there is good news from George Clint's side, Robert Ludlen's condition has improved, and after unremitting efforts in public relations, Robert Ludlun finally agreed to talk about the film and television rights of the two books "Bourne's Hegemony" and "Bourne's Ultimatum".

Ronan personally met with Robert Ludlen, who was in very poor health and looked like he would go to see God at any time, no wonder he hadn't seen anyone before.

Compared with the negotiation of "The Identity of Bourne", the negotiation between Ronan and Robert Ludlen's agent was much smoother, one sincerely wanted to buy, the other really wanted to sell, but the conditions were negotiated in an afternoon.

Shahai Entertainment bought out the film and television rights of "Bourne's Hegemony" and "Bourne's Ultimatum", and has the right to use subsequent films and television.

In other words, it is possible to continue to shoot sequel films on the basis of "Bourne's Trilogy".

To get these, Ronan of course also offered a lot of money.

The $4 million was a base buyout payment, which was not much of a disagreement, and most of the negotiation time was spent on the shares.

Ronan has enough confidence in the "Bourne Trilogy" that he naturally does not want to add a later share to the rights deal.

But there was no late split, and Robert Ludlun refused to negotiate.

Robert Ludlun's offer is a 3 percent share of total box office revenue, and the general rate for adaptations of well-known literary works in the industry is 1.5 to 3 percent of the box office if the box office share option is added.

Of course, Ronan will not agree to this condition, three percent of the global box office revenue, which is tantamount to cutting the meat of Shahai Entertainment.

After some tug-of-war, the two sides made their own compromises, and Robert Ludlun's share was increased to 5 percent, but the share option was changed from the total box office revenue of the film to the net profit of all revenues.

At the same time, Ronan also agreed to another condition of the other party, if Shahai Entertainment cannot adapt two films to the big screen or small screen within ten years after the copyright transfer agreement was signed, Robert Ludlun's copyright agent has the right to take back all the copyrights of these two films.

With a base transfer fee of $4 million and a net profit share of 5%, Ronan basically achieved his goal by winning the film and television rights of "Bourne's Hegemony" and "Bourne's Ultimatum".

Of course, the copyright fee is still solved by Shahai Entertainment borrowing from the theory of relativity.

In fact, he wanted to further reduce the basic transfer fee and increase the net profit sharing ratio, but Robert Ludlun did not agree.

Winning the film and television rights of these two films, the future "Spy Shadow" will be able to build a complete trilogy and world view, and after filming the movie in the future, it will be able to continue to shoot sequels according to the plot of the characters.

If the opportunity is right, it can even be adapted into a TV series.

Ronan returned to Los Angeles and found the right person among the many screenwriters who applied for the job, a screenwriter named Tony Gilroy.

This person is not a first-line screenwriter, but he can be firmly classified into the second line, and he has a small team of screenwriters under him.

Since it is an adapted screenplay, the price is not too high, and Tony Gilroy plus his four-person team of screenwriters has a total salary of $300,000.

Of course, whether it is the screenwriter's remuneration or copyright fees and other expenses, they will all be included in the cost of the film in the future.

Ronan chose Tony Gilroy because, on the one hand, he has been involved in the writing of many action movies.

The screenwriter entered Hollywood with the sports romance "Ice" and has since co-written the crime thrillers "Scars of Tears" and "The Devil's Advocate".

Last year, Michael Ben made a film about oil workers flying into space to drill meteorites, and Tony Gilroy was one of the byline writers.

This resume is worth the payment that Ronan pays.

On the other hand, Tony Gilroy's other projects except for "On Ice" are not original from him.

This is also a big reason why Ronan chose Tony Gilroy.

Many screenwriters who like originality like to be intrigued by their own world like directors.

These can be seriously unstable factors in commercial films.

Tony Gilroy's next three projects were all in the form of hiring a screenwriter, that is, someone else came up with a creative idea and a rough framework, and he and his team wrote the plot on the basis of it.

Ronan values this kind of resume very much.

Because he also needs Tony Gilroy to write the script within a well-developed framework.

After signing a contract with Tony Gilroy at Sand Sea Entertainment, Ronan had an in-depth conversation with the screenwriter, especially about the plot trend and characters.

"Tony, this is a commercial movie. Ronan's outline has been given to Tony Gilroy: "Tell me about your adaptation ideas." ”

After pondering for a moment, Tony Gilroy said: "The story line of the outline is very clear, and the script writing should pay attention to the narrative rhythm, and now the audience is demanding faster and faster the narrative rhythm of commercial films, I think the story rhythm must be compact, the plot should not be too complicated, and don't make trance settings such as back and forth on Bourne's amnesia, so that the audience will realize the character's amnesia in the next minute when they see the character, and think that this is not an ordinary person." ”

Ronan approved of him and said, "Don't burn your brain in the plot. ”

"Yes!" Tony Gilroy is worthy of the screenwriter who has worked with Michael Bay: "The story should be concise and easy for the vast majority of the audience to understand." ”

He added: "In terms of roles, the roles about the heroine are too complicated, the heroine's role is reduced, and the script is completely based on Bourne. ”

Perhaps Tony Gilroy was influenced by Michael Bay: "The heroine is vase-like, and exists more as a symbol around Bourne. ”

Ronan nodded slightly, this screenwriter is closer to him in concept.

Tony Gilroy added: "Bourne is a secret agent, and the most influential agents in Hollywood at the moment are James Bond and Ethan Hanter, and if we want this film to be successful, Bourne has to be clearly different from these two successful characters. ”

"Go on. Ronan said.

With Ronan's encouragement, Tony Gilroy continued: "Bourne's appearance is not too outstanding, preferably ordinary people who can be remembered. Bourne doesn't have much money, his head is not particularly good, he doesn't have high-tech equipment, he is lucky to be able to use a pistol, and he usually uses whatever he catches, such as pencils, ropes, toothbrushes, etc., these are the most obvious characteristics that embody Bourne's agent, completely different from James Bond and Ethan Hanter. ”

"Makes sense. Ronan added: "If Byrne turns into Bond and Hant, the film is very likely to fail." ”

With Meiyu in front, there is a high probability that those who follow the trend will be unlucky.

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "Tony, you take a sample out first and see the effect." Also, the first draft of the script must be completed before the New Year. ”

Tony Gilroy assured: "No problem. ”

Ronan is quite satisfied with this screenwriter, there is a sober and experienced screenwriter, and there is also a director Paul Greengrass, the film adaptation of "The Identity of Bourne" should have a better chance of success.

A completely different agent from James Bond and Ethan Hanter.

Perhaps, the latter two will have to learn from Byrne in the future.

It's hard to say whether the "007" series later changed its style and chose Daniel Craig, who had a hard bridge and a hard horse, as the actor of James Bond, whether it was influenced by "Spy".

The screenwriter has been finalized, the director has a candidate target, and Ronan has also considered the actor candidate, with a preconceived impression that Matt Damon is the first choice.

The rest of the actors can wait for the director and most of the behind-the-scenes staff to arrive before they can be solved through auditions.

There is no shortage of actors in Hollywood.

In the midst of a busy schedule, gradually approaching the end of October, and before Halloween, "Blair the Witch" officially dropped from North America after seventeen weeks of screening.