In the reception room of Koch Films, Ronan carefully looked at the director who came with the project after Tony Koch's introduction.

The man looked to be about thirty-five years old, with a fleshy face, a fierce look, not very tall, but extremely stout, like a professional boxer.

Ronan muttered in his heart, how lucky is Tony Koch to meet such a living director?

Tony Koch then said: "Uwe is not just a director, he is an actor and a screenwriter. ”

Uwe Bauer interjected: "I heard that Mr. Anderson had his eye on a game adaptation project some time ago? I also have a game adaptation film project here, so I contacted Mr. Koch and wanted to work with Mr. Anderson. ”

Ronan looked at Tony Koch, who nodded lightly and said, "Uwe has worked as a screenwriter for several film projects before, and this time he got the adaptation rights of a popular game and is ready to direct it himself." ”

Hearing this, Ronan immediately understood that he might have not explained the project of "Resident Evil" before, which made Tony Koch have a little misunderstanding, thinking that the game adaptation movie is very interesting.

So, when he heard that he was coming to Europe, Tony Koch immediately got in touch with him.

The overall situation of the game adaptation is not good, but it is not unprofitable.

Uwe Bauer is not a newcomer to the film industry, and knows the importance of making movies to attract investment, saying: "My film project is based on a first-person shooter series game "House of the Dead" developed by SEGA, which tells the story of the protagonist fighting zombies and robots to save his companions, and has now formed a series, with a total of 3 works."

Ronan's knowledge of the game was very limited, and he had never heard of the game "House of the Dead" at all.

But as a person who knows a little bit about the famous "Wubao", Ronan knows the movie "House of the Dead".

In his previous life, Xiao Wu became famous with this film.

Ronan is also quite puzzled, as the only winner of the honor of "the world's worst director", why can Urbao get investment again and again?

This should be related to Germany's tax refund policy.

Wubao's early movies are not as bad as the film itself.

Similar B-grade bad movies are very selling points in the offline rental and sales market?

It's hard to say that this kind of thing is really hard to say, and many rotten mill movies, such as Robert Rodriguez's B-movie, are quite popular in the offline market.

"Scimitar Killing", which was rotten to a certain level in his previous life, has been filmed several times.

Ronan carefully recalled the film "House of the Dead", and could only be sure that he had seen it, but he couldn't remember more.

I guess it's the kind of film that you will forget soon after watching it once.

In view of the fact that this is a famous film of Wubao, and Wubao can shoot many films later, Ronan still takes it quite seriously from the perspective of a producer.

"Mr. Ball......"

"Uwe!" Uwe-Bauer smirked a vicious smile on her face, "Just call me Uwe." ”

Ronan didn't dwell on this kind of question, and continued to ask, "Uwe, do you have a script or a plan?"

Uwe Bauer was clearly prepared, handed Ronan the two bound sheets of paper, and said, "This game adaptation will be a typical horror thriller genre, and Mr. Anderson's Sand Sea Entertainment is known for making horror thrillers, so we naturally have a basis for cooperation." ”

Ronan didn't say anything, but opened the script and read it carefully.

The story of the script is about several female college students from their hometown, Shensi, Grace and Kama, who decide to go on a spring outing and have a happy party in the wilderness. They hear from Grace's best friend Simon that there is a remote island near Seattle that often happens with accidents, and they immediately want to explore it and enjoy the thrill of adventure.

When they arrived at the island, they were surprised to find that it was deserted and attacked by a group of mysterious monsters. These monsters are everywhere on land, in the ocean, and even in the air. They escape to shelter in an old mansion, where the frightened group of students uncovers the legend of the Haunted House of Death.

The monsters in it can be roughly classified as zombies.

It is not difficult for Ronan to conclude that this is a typical American movie of the death of a young man and a zombie attack.

As for the game adaptation, Ronan can't see it because he doesn't understand the game, but from the analysis of the script, there shouldn't be a lot of game elements retained.

Then, Ronan opened the plan and asked tentatively as he looked at it, "How many game elements did you keep in this film?"

Uwe Bauer didn't quite understand what Ronan meant for a moment and didn't answer immediately.

Tony Koch said with a smile: "Like Resident Evil, Uwe just borrowed the background of the game, and the story and characters are brand new. ”

Uwe Bauer is not as rough as it seems, and instantly understood, saying: "Movies are different from games, so the adaptation is very large. ”

Ronan looked up at him and asked, "You're not worried about the game's fans being dissatisfied?"

Uwe Bauer said something that surprised Ronan: "Real gamers are a bunch of people who only look for pirated copies online and offline, and they never pay for movies, so why should I please them? I want real moviegoers." ”

That sounds like a lot of truth.

But Ronan always felt that something was not right.

Gradually, he remembered more about Uwe Bauer, "Vampire Lane", "Dungeon Siege", "Far Cry", ......

Forced female daughter, sauna pushing oil, SM upside down bloodletting, ghost car shock.

In addition to being the king of bad movies, Uwe Bauer is also the public enemy of game lovers all over the world, and is the "terminator of game movies".

Ronan asked again, "What route do you plan to take with this film adaptation?"

"The biggest selling point is violence and gore. Uwe Bauer is very direct: "The main line of the film is the story of the protagonist fighting the devil and zombies to save his companions. I wanted to get noticed with a lot of zombies and a strong B-movie style. ”

Ronan is still looking through Uwe Ball's plan, and it is not difficult to judge from those words just now that Uwe Ball is very clear-headed and knows what to rely on to attract audiences.

"How much budget do you need for this film. Ronan asked the most crucial question.

Uwe Ball could hear that Ronan was a little interested in the project and immediately said, "Just $12 million is enough." ”

Hearing this number, Ronan immediately put down the plan and looked at Uwe Ball: "$12 million?"

Tony Koch wanted to interject, in his eyes, "Resident Evil" can invest $20 million, and such a game adaptation movie, $12 million investment is not much.

Ronan gave Tony Koch a look, and Tony Koch cooperated with Ronan after all, and immediately swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

"$12 million for such a film?" Ronan said unceremoniously, "IMHO, this project is not worth such a huge investment." ”

Seeing that Ronan's tone was not good, Uwe Bauer hesitated for a moment, and then said: "If you have less, you can do it." $10 million ......"

Ronan directly interrupted him: "This film will cost up to $1 million." ”

"What?" the flesh on Uwe Bauer's face shuddered.

As if he didn't see it, Ronan said: "Frankly speaking, judging by my production experience, your project will turn into a bad movie eighty percent." ”

Uwe Bauer's forehead was bruised and he wanted to open his mouth to argue.

Ronan didn't give him a chance, saying: "You have no previous experience directing movies or TV series, and most of the director's first films are not very good, this is not for you personally, but for the general situation. ”

"But $1 million is too little. Uwe Bauer distinguished: "If you don't have enough money, you will only make the project a bad movie." ”

Only then did Ronan say his true purpose: "In that case, why don't we make a bad movie?"

Tony Koch was directly dumbfounded, specializing in filming a bad movie? And this kind of operation, isn't it looking for money?

Uwe Bauer's eyes changed as if he were looking at a neurotic.

This Hollywood producer has a mental problem at a young age? It's so pitiful.

"A bad movie is not necessarily a movie that loses money. Ronan faced this director who was destined to become famous, and there was no psychological burden: "Sometimes, when the film is bad to a certain level, there will be chasers. ”

He gave a simple example: "In North America, there is a very bad mill B-grade film, which is also sold with violence and gore, these films are often very bad, but the audience has always been there, and it is still a big category in the offline rental and sales market." ”

Uwe Bauer was lost in thought.

Ronan said calmly: "Bad movies may not be able to make money, and bad movies may not be able to become famous." He asked rhetorically: "In this world, are there few movies that make a lot of money from bad movies? Especially horror and thrillers." ”

Tony Koch instantly thought of "Blair the Witch", a film worse than and pee, which is said to have made Ronan hundreds of millions of dollars.

"Many films, with particularly bad reviews, attract the audience more than those mediocre films. Ronan said a very simple fact: "If many people are scolding a film for being bad, some viewers will instead want to see how bad the film is." When making a movie, it's either extremely bad or extremely good, don't get caught in the middle. ”

Tony Koch agreed: "That makes sense. ”

Ronan looked at Uwe Bauer: "Judging from the script and plan, the chance of this film becoming a bad movie is far greater than that of a good film, and if you want to invest a lot to make a good film, I won't accompany you." If you want to make a bad movie with a small investment, I can consider cooperating. ”

The horizontal flesh on Uwe Bauer's face began to tremble: "The investment is too small, and even zombie and plasma special effects can't be done." ”

"It's very simple, how to save and how to do it, it doesn't matter if it's rough. Ronan said as a matter of course: "It was originally going to shoot a bad movie." ”

Uwe Bauer thought in silence for a full minute and said, "I...... I'm going to think about it. ”

No one is born wanting to be a bad movie director.