In the reception room of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan quickly flipped through the Chinese script in his hand, and seemed to be all his energy on it.

Zhang Guoshi and Zhang Baihao glanced at each other and waited patiently.

Despite a few encounters with Lionsgate, I remember what happened at the "Heroes" auction in vivid memory, and Hollywood was not friendly to outsiders, and they wanted to prioritize working with Ronan and Relativity Entertainment if possible.

This is also the best choice, after all, Relativity Entertainment has taken practical actions to positive its good reputation in business.

Ronan just carefully read the beginning and end of the script, basically ten lines in the middle, although the climax scene at the end is the battle of the sea of flowers, not the snow battle in memory, and the script is not named, but the flying knife door, Jin Liu, the two head-catching and performing sisters, can make him sure that this is the plot of "Ambush on All Sides".

"This is still a martial arts film. Ronan closed the script.

Zhang Baihat smiled and said, "Yes." Now the audience is very interested in martial arts films from the East, and we will take the opportunity to launch another one, which may be a great success. ”

Judging from the box office of "Hero", it seems that this is indeed the case, but Ronan did not take the words of Zhang Baihat, but picked up the script and shook it, and asked: "Director Zhang, the name of this project ......"

"It's not decided yet. Zhang Guoshi's face smiled and said to the hills: "I initially planned to call it "Ambush on Ten Sides". ”

Ronan asked directly, "What about the investment budget?"

Zhang Baihat took the initiative to reply: "It's similar to "Hero". He glanced at Ronan quietly and said tentatively, "New Picture and Relativity Entertainment have had a successful cooperation, and we have established a cooperative relationship of mutual trust. What Lao Zhang and I mean, instead of looking for other people, it is better to continue to cooperate with old friends. ”

Ronan didn't speak, waiting for the white hat to continue.

"That's what I thought. Zhang Baihat said: "Can we establish a more in-depth cooperative relationship? Can we achieve a greater win-win effect?"

He didn't need Ronan to answer: "For example, Lao Zhang's new martial arts project, your Relativity Entertainment doesn't have to wait for the release to intervene, you can join it in the preparation stage, and the new picture will be shot in a joint venture with Relativity Entertainment......"

"Mr. Zhang's proposal is forward-looking. Ronan said slowly.

The people who can cooperate with Zhang Guoshi and make the film company bigger are really human spirits, which makes the introduction of funds from Hollywood.

Zhang Baihao followed up and asked, "Are you interested in cooperating with us?"

Ronan's words were very tactful, the relationship between the two sides was good, there was no need to be stiff, and said from the side: "To be honest, the production funds of Relativity Entertainment are very tight, and most of the production funds of Shahai Entertainment's film projects rely on external financing, and I have a foundation that is responsible for financing from all over the world, and investors are only allowed to use the funds for the shooting and production of Hollywood movies." ”

"It's a shame. Zhang Baihat didn't doubt what Ronan said.

The status and influence of Oriental films are here, and international investors are willing to invest in Relativity Entertainment, and it is certainly not for Relativity Entertainment to shoot Oriental martial arts films.

Zhang Guoshi also regretted that if he got the investment from Hollywood, he would have a lot of articles to do after he went back, which could make his reputation go further.

Ronan put down the script and asked directly: "If Embassy Pictures continues to release this new film, how much copyright fee will be needed?"

"One-time buyout of the distribution rights?" The big sale of "Hero" made Zhang Baihat's confidence greatly increased, and when he saw Ronan nodding, he immediately said: "The North American distribution copyright is 20 million US dollars." ”

Hearing this price, the corners of Ronan's eyes couldn't help jumping, $20 million?

Zhang Baihat and Zhang Guoshi looked at Ronan and thought that the price was very reasonable.

To be precise, Ronan doesn't think this price is outrageous, and now "Hero" has a North American box office of $73.54 million, and a global box office of $185.2 million.

Even at the price of $20 million, there is no shortage of buyers.

Ronan thought for a while and said, "Two, I need to think about it, and the company also needs to make a comprehensive evaluation of your project, and after the film is made, I will decide on this business after watching the samples." ”

Everyone is smart, and Zhang Baihao can understand the meaning of Ronan's words.

He was quite surprised, did Ronan want to lower the price, or was he not interested in Zhang Guoshi's new film?

Having said that, there is no need to talk about it anymore, Zhang Baihao timely put forward his farewell, Relativity Entertainment is not interested, and other companies are interested.

It's not this time last year, "Hero" has given Zhang Guoshi the capital to shout.

Walking out of Relativity Entertainment, Zhang Guoshi couldn't help but ask: "Ronan Anderson is not optimistic about my new film?"

"Probably not. Zhang Baihat said: "I guess I don't want to pay a lot of money, he only bought the international rights of "Hero" for $5 million, and now he wants to pay $20 million to buy the North American rights of our new film, Ronan Anderson must be psychologically unbalanced." ”

Zhang Guoshi nodded: "We have already suffered a loss once, and we can't come back a second time." ”

"Hero" has more than $180 million worldwide, which sounds good to say, but most of the actual benefits have fallen into the hands of Ronan Anderson.

Zhang Baihat looked at the sun above his head and said, "It's okay, aren't Lionsgate and Sony Columbia both interested? ”

Didn't he just think that Ronan Anderson, who is known for his accurate vision, was not interested in this new film, could there be a problem with the new film?

But he quickly thought that on the other hand, with "Hero" as capital, as long as the picture color level of the new film is maintained, even if the new film has problems, it is not a problem.

With the commercial performance of "Hero", it is very likely that the new film will sell $20 million in North America.

Just $20 million is a lot more than the planned production costs, and the revenue from other markets outside of North America will be a lot of profits.

"Hero" did not bring international profits to the new picture, but laid the groundwork for the next film.

As for what will happen to the new film after it is released in North America, Zhang Baihat doesn't care much, and when selling the copyright, he must pay the copyright fee in one lump sum like he did with Relativity Entertainment.

Losing money is also a Hollywood company losing money.

Don't care about the negative impact and the like, like New Picture Company, including Zhang Guoshi, that is, to come to North America and Hollywood to play a ticket, can you stay here and develop for a long time?

pit a handful of big ones, and then ...... Bye bye.

When I came to Hollywood, I had a personal experience, Zhang Baihat completely understood one thing, and also broke off the illusions of unrealistic international companies in the past, and the oriental market is the basic plate of the new picture!

Relativity Entertainment, sending off Zhang Guoshi and Zhang Baihat, Ronan just returned to the office, and Connie walked in with a large stack of papers.

"This is ......," Ronan asked, seeing the two-foot-thick document.

Connie put the file in the corner of her desk and said, "The script sent by Shahai Entertainment." She elaborated: "Didn't you make a rule when you became the chief creative officer? ”

Ronan knew that this regulation, or he specifically requested it, could maximize the advantage.

After all, his head is not a computer, let alone memory, and it is impossible to remember everything.

Ronan looked at a thick stack of scripts and said, "I remember that in the past, very few foreign screenwriters submitted scripts to Shahai Entertainment. ”

Shahai Entertainment's script sources are mainly changes after purchasing copyrights, or using the story outline he listed as the basis to create scripts in an assembly-line manner.

Connie said: "Mr. Clint has explained that the company's fame, history and recognition used to be relatively low, and after the development of the past two years, it has become relatively well-known in the circle, and since the beginning of this year, the number of scripts submitted to Shahai Entertainment has increased dramatically. ”

Ronan nodded, in fact, major companies have special script reception offices, but compared to other work adaptations or projects brought by producers, scripts that are actively delivered to the door are not taken seriously.

The new works of screenwriters who have had successful works are not difficult to find a home, and there is no need to go through the road of delivery and luck.

The scripts are often rookie screenwriters or screenwriters with some qualifications but have not obtained the right to authorship.

But if there are other paths to choose from, those screenwriters who have not made a name for themselves will not take this most unreliable path.

Connie said at this time: "Since December last year, Shahai Entertainment has received a total of 31 scripts, all of which are here. ”

Ronan said, "You send George a work email and tell him I'll take care of it as soon as possible. ”

I am afraid that these scripts have not only been cast to Shahai Entertainment, but it is estimated that most of Hollywood's medium and large production companies have received them.

Ronan looked at the top list of scripts and found no script names or screenwriter names in the data, which is not surprising, he can't know newcomers or unknown screenwriters.

And the names of many scripts are completely different from the original names of the movies that were filmed.

There are even some scripts, from the earliest writing to the establishment of the movie, it is normal to change four or five names.

There are also some well-known projects, for the sake of secrecy, they made mistakes in the early stage without a script name and a title, and simply went to a code name, which Christopher Nolan often did.

Connie left the office, and Ronan was just about to read the scripts, when there was a knock on the door again, and this time the person who came in was Lindsay Beal, who had disappeared for a long time.

The female screenwriter hadn't been with the company for a long time, and if it weren't for the interval time to talk to him on the phone, Ronan suspected that Lindsay Beale had run away with the early project reserves.

Lindsay Beale who came in had exquisite makeup, wore a close-fitting hip skirt, and stepped on thin high heels, which was completely different from the past in terms of appearance and temperament.

If Lindsay Beale used to be a literary young woman with eyes, now she looks like a glamorous model.