Warner Studios, in the office rented by the crew of "Here Comes Death".

George Clint opened the file bag and handed Ronan a thick copy of the material, Ronan took it and looked at the thickness of the document, and smiled: "You just say it." ”

Pulling out a chair and sitting down, George Clint said as simply as possible: "I went to find Robert Ludlun, the original author of "The Identity of Bourne", and the publishing house some time ago, and the film and television rights were sold as early as 1986. ”

Ronan nodded slightly, which was consistent with what he had learned.

Since the "** File" in the 70s, Robert Ludlun has been synonymous with thriller spy novels, and is known as the father of modern international thriller novels in North America.

"The Identity of Bourne" also caused a strong sensation in the novel market, and entered the New York Times bestseller list for many weeks.

Such novels will be targeted early on, especially in Hollywood.

George Clint continued, "In 1988, Warner Bros. Television Productions and Alan Shane Productions teamed up to produce a TV series version of The Identity of Bourne, which was shelved due to the mediocre response. ”

"Warner Bros. Television Productions?" Ronan frowned.

If the copyright is in the hands of Warner Bros., it will be difficult to manage, these large companies have always pursued the principle of only entering and not leaving the copyright, and if they want to spit it out, it will inevitably cost a lot of money.

But on second thought, it's not quite right, remember that the producer and distributor of this series are Universal Pictures.

"Not in the hands of Warner Bros. Television Productions. George Clint didn't know that Ronan had a lot of ideas, and replied: "Alan Shane Productions got the film and television rights to "Byrne's Identity" for 20 years in 1986, because the "Byrne's Identity" TV series project failed, and the novel was later ignored and has remained in the copyright library of Alan Shane Productions. ”

He added: "They have the right to transfer. ”

Ronan knew that Robert Ludren had written a trilogy and asked, "What about Byrne's Supremacy and Bourne's Ultimatum?"

George Clint replied: "These two books were published in 1986 and 1988 respectively, and the copyright is still in the hands of Robert Ludlen, who is now very ill and has difficulty speaking, and I can't see him, and he doesn't talk to anyone about copyright in the near future, and I've been in contact with his lawyer, but I can't see Robert Ludlun for the time being, and the lawyer and the relevant institutions are not authorized to ......."

Ronan immediately decided: "Ignore "Bourne's Hegemony" and "Bourne's Ultimatum" for the time being, our goal is to temporarily put "Bourne's Identity", wait for the film and television rights of these two books, and then operate the latter two." ”

He thought for a moment and then said: "Maintain contact with Robert Ludron's lawyer, and if you have the opportunity, you will have the opportunity to win the copyright of "Bourne's Hegemony" and "Bourne's Ultimatum" as quickly as possible." ”

"I'll get people to pay attention to Robert Rudlen. George Clint had already speculated, "Is this going to be adapted into a movie?"

Ronan nodded: "Agent action movie, after the release of "Death is Coming", I am ready to run this project. ”

George Clint breathed a sigh of relief: "That's fine. ”

"Worried I'm crazy?" Ronan asked with a smile.

"yes. George told the truth: "We are filming and producing "Death is Coming" and "Ace Agent" at the same time, and we have to allocate funds to prepare for the release of the film bought from the Saint-Denis Film Festival, and the company's resources have reached the limit, and I am afraid that there will be problems if we increase the pressure." ”

Ronan agrees with George: "I know, so it's about preparing for the future. ”

With the scale and ability of Shahai Entertainment, it is impossible to start another big project with an investment of tens of millions at the same time.

If nothing else, funding alone is not allowed.

Although a plan codenamed "Ah San" was developed, more successes were needed, especially great successes.

The Human Eradication Project alone is not convincing enough.

The German side is also a source of funding, but Tony has just left, and with the ability of Koch Films, it will take a long time to raise tens of millions of dollars.

Ronan knew very well that rushing things would backfire.

"What's going on with Alain Shane Productions?" Ronan asked, "Why haven't I heard of this company?" ”

George replied: "The owner of this company is Alain Shane, who in the 80s was a small to medium production company, mainly for TV series and occasionally films. However, since the late 80s, this company has screwed up several projects in a row, and its business volume has shrunk sharply, and now it is basically following the trend and investing in other companies to shoot TV series, and the scale is not even comparable to ours. ”

Ronan quickly decided: "Contact Alain Shane as soon as possible and I will talk to him about the copyright transfer." ”

George reminded: "If you want to buy the rights from the production company, the cost will be higher. ”

Despite the success of financing in Abu Dhabi and the success of Ronan in securing large sums of money from Germany, there will still be a funding gap when three projects are being run at the same time.

Of course, Ronan knew about this order, and he had already thought about it, and said, "You go and contact Alain Shane first, and I'll figure out the rest." ”

Ever since I came here, I've been studying the relevant legal texts and project cases, and I've found more than just loopholes in Germany's tax rebate incentives.

After George Clint said goodbye and left, Ronan took out his notebook and wrote Paul Greengrass and "The Identity of Bourne" on it.

He remembers very well that the director of the first part of "Spy Shadow" was not Paul Greengrass, and he can't remember who exactly, but Paul Greengrass's style seems to be more suitable for this series.

If you can really get the copyright, you can continue the cooperation with Paul Greengrass.

And Matt Damon......

Matt Damon in this period, the salary is not high.

It is no exaggeration to say that it was the "Spy" series that made Matt Damon climb to the front line.

Maybe you can ask Daben to play a villain? These two brothers must be very loving when they love and kill each other.

Can a movie without falling in love and killing each other be considered a good movie?

Now that "Death is Coming" and "Ace Agent" are well prepared and will soon move to the filming stage, Ronan has also begun to think about the next step, just like "Human Removal Project" and "Death is Coming", movies that can be serialized are the first choice.

Under the conditions of limited funds and company restrictions, a series of films with relatively small investment and high output must be included in the first sequence.

Ronan wrote down some more in his notebook, these are future plans, and there is still plenty of time, so there is no need to rush them.

There is also a sequel to Project Human Clearance.

There is no need to rush this for the time being, after the funds are sufficient, just get an outline and hire a group of screenwriters to write it, which is also the most common production mode of Hollywood scripts.

Before leaving work, Ronan went to the post-editing room in the same building and looked at Jessica Felton's side.

Since the two crews of "Death is Coming" and "Ace Agent" are located at Warner Studios, Ronan's post-editing studio rented for Jessica Filton is also located in the same factory, the one that almost turned into a garbage dump last time.

Instead of using Daniel Malik's film, Jessica Felton opted to re-edit it, and she worked very efficiently and finished the first cut at the end.

Ronan didn't stay long, and Jessica Felton's hair was oily again, directly defeating him.

When the first cut is done, he will come back.

George Clint moved quite quickly, and a few days later he made an appointment with Alan Shane, and Ronan went to Venice, another satellite city of Los Angeles, to negotiate with him about the transfer of rights.

Before going, Ronan specially asked people to collect relevant information to understand the situation of the other party.