In the reception room, Paul Greengrass stared at the oil painting on the opposite wall with a serious face, and the $4.1 million first-week box office was definitely a failure compared to the $25 million production cost publicly announced by the producer, Shahai Pictures.

Even if the actual production cost does not reach $25 million, judging from the current situation of "Ace Agent", it will be a failure.

The first Hollywood film he directed was a fiasco, do you want to go back to the UK?

Now that I'm going back, it's hard to get into Hollywood again.

It is possible that it will never come back.

There are no more action movies with more than 10 million dollars to direct, and they can only be mixed in the British independent film circle.

Paul Greengrass swallowed his spit, and while he didn't expect the film to be a box office hit, the number shattered his illusions.

Bullet-like rhythms, sharp editing, new action scene design, and producer Ronan Anderson's unsparing support have made a spy movie that is different from traditional action movies, and Paul Greengrass thought it could bring fresh excitement to the audience, but it turned out that he thought too much.

Is it so hard to innovate? Hollywood is so difficult to accept innovation? And it's not a subversive innovation, it's just a personal touch on the basis of the original action movie.

Paul Greengrass is a relatively pure director, and this moment is a little ashamed: I can't live up to Ronan Anderson's full support.

Hollywood is a producer-centric system, and most directors are the chief directors of on-set shooting, but Ronan Anderson, the producer, almost gave him the most power as a director, and the post-editing only made a few small comments, and the film was completed according to his ideas.

Not to mention Hollywood, it is difficult to find such a producer in the UK who believes in the director.

Dean glanced at the silent Paul Greengrass and whispered, "Paul, it's okay, believe me, there's still a chance." ”

Paul Greengrass smiled at Dean, but there was a hint of bitterness in the very artistic style.

It wasn't until he was almost fifty years old that he entered Hollywood, and Paul Greengrass cherished the opportunity extraordinarily.

"Actually, it's my fault. Dean showed the professionalism of an excellent producer and took the initiative to take the blame: "At that time, I should have advised you to push off the Ronan Anderson project, the Arab actor was already unreliable, and I was too anxious and blinded by the opportunity in front of me." ”

Paul Greengrass shook his head and said, "Dean, it's nothing to do with you. He sighed and added, "It's okay with Ronan Anderson." It's that I'm not doing a good job. ”

"I told you that the crew and Ronan Anderson, as well as Shahai Entertainment behind him, gave me the greatest support, and I almost have the power that only a Hollywood first-line director has in the crew, and this kind of creative freedom, let alone in Hollywood, is also very rare in the UK. ”

Paul Greengrass slapped his thigh: "But I messed up." ”

Dean didn't know what to say for a while, because he could see clearly that no one could fault the level of support that Ronan Anderson had given Paul Greengrass.

He's also seen the finished film, and Paul Greengrass did a pretty good job, but there are 10,000 reasons why in the eyes of the producer and distributor can't compare to the box office failure.

Ronan Anderson was very optimistic about Paul Greengrass before, but will this failure change all this? Dean has the inherent impression that on the production company's side, directors who fail at the box office are not as good as pheasants in the mountains.

In business, where is there anything that is not mercenary?

He is only a small agent of William Morris, and he only has a high-quality director client of Paul Greengrass, and he does not want to give up easily.

The door to the reception room was opened from the outside, Dean and Paul Greengrass turned to look, and Ronan walked in.

"Good morning. Ronan greeted the two: "I was in a meeting just now, so I kept you waiting." ”

Dean deliberately observed Ronan, and there was no dissatisfaction or anger on the young man's face, and he hurriedly smiled and said, "It's okay, you manage two companies, and you're busy." ”

Ronan sat on a sofa and said, "The various statistics of "Ace Agent" have just been summarized and need to be processed, and the delay is a little longer. ”

Paul Greengrass's eyelids couldn't help but jump, and he thought he was primarily responsible for the film's box office failure.

Dean asked tentatively, "...... this film?"

"I've stopped all plans related to Ace Agent. Ronan's words are true: "The company will no longer have any investment in publicity and issuance, and the most important thing at present is to pay close attention to stop loss." ”

Dean didn't want to give up on the line and said, "There's something I can do to help, just ask." ”

Ronan smiled slightly disappointed: "I can handle it here." He rubbed his temples: "It's not easy to explain to investors, and it is estimated that it will be very difficult to raise funds from Abu Dhabi." ”

Dean and Paul Greengrass didn't know what was going on, and when they saw Ronan's appearance, they thought he was under a lot of pressure.

If an investment of more than $20 million fails, it is still unknown how much investment will be recovered in the end, and it will not be easy for anyone to change it.

Looking at Ronan, Dean felt that this film might affect the future cooperation, but the words of relief and scenes were not easy to say, and no matter how beautiful the language was, it could not compare to the loss of tens of millions of dollars.

Ronan sighed lightly, and his tone was a little heavy: "Don't worry, Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Pictures can survive this difficulty." ”

Hearing this, Paul Greengrass opened his mouth, swallowed the words to his lips, and finally couldn't help but say, "Sorry, Mr. Anderson, it's my job that didn't do a good job." ”

Ronan shook his head: "It's all of us who didn't do a good job. His eyes quickly drifted over the faces of Dean and Paul Greengrass, looked down at his watch, stood up and said, "Sorry, you two, I'm going to be on the phone with Abu Dhabi in ten minutes, and we'll have time to talk again." ”

Dean understood as soon as he heard that this was a challenge from investors, and said, "We won't bother." He still said very sincerely: "Ronan, if you need to, just call me." ”

How much money can "Blair the Witch" make, William Morris has a rough estimate, the failure of this "Ace Agent" is far from putting Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Pictures in trouble, and there is also a "Death is Coming" that the media and theaters are optimistic about, and Ronan Anderson has enough room to maneuver.

Producers are not directors, and as long as they can raise funds, planning new film projects is not a problem at all.

Dean didn't want to break the line.

Paul Greengrass and Dean shook hands with Ronan goodbye, and before Dean left Embassy Pictures, he looked back at Ronan Anderson as he walked out of the reception room.

Out of Embassy Pictures, Dean said to Paul Greengrass: "Don't give media interviews lately, take a break for a while. ”

In the embassy film industry, Ronan walked into Robert's office.

"Done?" Robert asked.

Ronan pulled out a chair and sat down, saying, "Send Dean and Paul Greengrass away." ”

Robert asked curiously, "Why don't you just talk about cooperation?" I don't think Dean and Paul Greengrass will refuse. ”

"Now is not the time. Ronan explained simply: "The film just failed at the box office, and we hurriedly lowered the price, which may make Dean see the problem and lead to an accident in the negotiation, and the agents are all guys with a keen sense of smell." Cool them down for a while, with the box office situation of "Ace Agent", Paul Greengrass can't find a suitable job for a short time, and the time drags on a little longer, which is beneficial to us. ”

He smiled: "I want to sign a three-part directing contract with Paul Greengrass, I have to press them down first, the failure of this film is here, and the pressure will increase day by day."

Robert understood and said: "As long as we can sign the three-part director contract, even if the first part is successful in the future, we will definitely give the director a raise, but the initiative is on our side." ”

"That's right. Ronan can imagine how much Paul Greengrass will be paid in the future when "Spy Shadow" continues to be successful?

As long as this contract can be used to reduce it by 10 percent, it could be millions of dollars.

Robert didn't know what to say except admiration.

"You can find a way to make a profit from a failed film. Robert sighed, "Ronan, you were born to do this. ”

Ronan raised an eyebrow: "Why doesn't that sound right to me?"

Robert laughed, "That's a nice word of praise, really." ”

Ronan sighed: "Who wants to fail if they can succeed? I also want "Ace Agent" to be a box office hit." But the day we got the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's investment, it was destined for today's results. ”

Dealing with official institutions such as the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Ronan still takes the contract very seriously, saying that if the Arabs are the protagonists, let the Arabs be the protagonists.

Not only is it not his money that is lost, but he can also deduct a piece from the film's revenue reasonably.

"Is there a problem over there in Abu Dhabi?" asked Robert.

Ronan said, "It's fine. I communicated with Saleh yesterday that film is also a kind of investment, and there are times when there are successes and there are times when there are failures. And they received the samples we mailed in the past, and Mansour and the other senior executives of the investment bureau were very happy with the plot and the effect of the film. ”

As long as these Arab bigwigs with huge money and power in their hands think that the film is good, it doesn't matter if they lose money or something.

After all, the film has created an extremely positive Arab protagonist.

Moreover, Comrade Saleh of the Belt and Road Party has always identified Ronan as an "Arab brother" and has always said good things in the middle.

Ronan instead asked, "How's the premiere going?"

"Almost. Robert said: "All the materials are ready, the media are in contact, and we just have to wait for the theater to vacate and set up the venue." ”

Ronan asked again, "What about the guests?"

"We followed your plan and sent invitations to many celebrities and brokerage companies, but there was basically no response. Robert replied.

This answer is not what Ronan expected, how can a big-name star be so good to please.

"The Grim Reaper is Coming" will be released in two weeks, and the pre-screening publicity has also reached the most critical stage.

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