The initial interview went well, and Ronan met with him again, and Scott-Swift accompanied him on a tour of Los Angeles to inspect a number of projects in which the Pacific Investment Foundation invests, including films and series.

Both Ronan and the Pacific Investment Foundation have shown sufficient sincerity in cooperation, and they do not have the condescending attitude of traditional American companies towards Oriental investors.

Cooperation is a win-win situation, and respect is mutual, which is also conducive to attracting investors.

Moreover, the young-looking steel and natural resources tycoon is quite interested in the entertainment industry, and it is said that he also has an extraordinary relationship with some actresses in the local entertainment industry in his home country.

Such a high-quality client, all of whom came to Los Angeles and came to the Pacific Investment Fund, Scott Swift certainly will not fail in vain.

After a series of investigations by the investor and his team, the two parties finally reached an investment agreement.

With a fixed annual return of 6 percent, the Pacific Investment Fund attracted up to $400 million in investment from the other side.

I have to say that these tycoons in the natural resources industry do not have a lot of cash flow in their hands.

The two sides will continue to discuss follow-up cooperation according to the specific situation.

After opening up many investment markets, Pacific Investment Fund has attracted more and more investors' attention with its good reputation and stable investment returns.

Especially in the East, among the groups that have taken the lead in getting rich, there are many bigwigs who are interested in the development of the film industry.

For example, the one who once built the city's commercial complex, within a few years, will frequently spend a lot of money in Hollywood and the North American film market, and once even wanted to create an Oriental Hollywood.

Ronan felt that when the timing and conditions were right, he could talk to him about cooperation.

This is completely different from when he first faced the Arabs, that is, normal business cooperation will operate within the limits of the law and rules.

Ronan also asked the Oriental Branch of Embassy Pictures to prepare in advance in case of emergency.

The fact that the member of the six major Hollywood companies who seems to have wanted to buy more than once but has never been able to do so may be of some help to Relativity Entertainment's future plans.

It's really not good, you can also be a pick-up man.

After all, even if you buy a studio, just like Relativity Entertainment swallows up Artisan Pictures, some businesses are redundant to Relativity Entertainment.

But in the eyes of other companies, it may be a high-quality resource with great value that has nowhere to buy.

Ronan always believes that no matter what the plan is, it is necessary to do several more filings.

At the same time, there are two good news from Robert Iger, one is that after several private negotiations with Avi Arad, Avi Arad will step down as CEO of Marvel Entertainment after his contract expires in September this year, and the new executive will be Ike Palmter.

Kevin Feige will also be promoted to CEO of Marvel Entertainment, specializing in Marvel's film and television series projects.

On the other hand, the expedition sent by Relativity Entertainment to Estonia returned to Los Angeles with the same good news.

In order to attract the crew of Relativity Entertainment, not only will a professional production plant be established, but there will also be some tax and fiscal policy tilts.

After a while, a team led by Carmen Keith and Estonian officials from the Ministry of Commerce will arrive in Los Angeles to negotiate with Relativity Entertainment.

Carmen Kayce also made a special call with Ronan to exchange some opinions.

Compared with some countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Estonia also has its own advantages, such as a very stable political situation.

The lack of some strategic-level resources is not a bad thing for many small countries.

If you have a huge treasure but don't have the corresponding protection ability, that's bad.

In mid-July, another "The Martian", which holds the copyright in the hands of Relativity Entertainment, was published and released by Random House, similar to "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" when it was first released, it did not cause much of a sensation and took time to ferment.

This is also a relatively hardcore sci-fi, which requires a certain threshold for reading, and the audience is relatively small.

But it can always bring an audience base for future film adaptations, which is a natural advantage of adapted films.

At present, Hollywood as a whole is becoming more and more cautious about investing in medium-sized original genre film projects, preferring to hold it in for a few more years than invest rashly.

Shahai Entertainment has a new film adaptation project this week, "King Haibian", which is adapted from Mark Miller's comic book of the same name.

The film and television adaptation copyright of this comic has been in the hands of Shahai Entertainment for two years, and in order to obtain the copyright from Mark Miller, Ronan also authorized the comic copyright of "Ace Agent" to Mark Miller.

At present, a new version of the comic that is closer to the former "Kingsman" has been published through Marvel Entertainment.

Under Ronan's control, the early planning of "King Haibian" was very fast, such as inviting Guy Ritchie's deputy to serve as the project director Matthew Vaughn, who served as assistant director and executive producer in "Two Big Smoking Guns" and "Robbery and Abduction".

The British director was able to walk into the sight of Ronan and Shahai Entertainment, not because of "King Haibian", but because of "Thor", which Marvel Entertainment is doing preliminary planning.

Matthew Vaughn submitted information to Shahai Entertainment to apply for the director of "Thor", but Ronan read the resume, especially after the recent solo film "Layer Cake", he felt that he was more suitable for the large-scale violent style of "King Haibian", so he simply asked Shahai Entertainment to talk to him about the project.

The two sides hit it off.

In addition, Shahai Entertainment also found information about Chloe Moretz.

The actress, who was also a child star, has played some supporting roles in many Hollywood film and television dramas since 2004, and also participated in the dubbing of the Disney Children's Channel animated series "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger" in the first half of this year.

Ronan was extremely impressed by the former super killer girl, when he first thought of this project, he always thought that the super killer girl was the protagonist, and he didn't remember that there was an inexplicable male protagonist like King Haibian.

Judging from the data, Chloe Moretz is a mess, but the only problem is that he is only nine years old this year, and his age is really a little younger.

Whether to choose Chloe Moretz or not, Ronan did not make a decision easily, together with the information of Dakota Johnson and other girl stars, it was transferred to the hands of director Matthew Vaughn, and the choice of actresses for the heroine also had to take into account the director's opinion.

This project, Matthew Vaughn has just taken over, serving as both writer and executive producer, which means that the script will be written by Matthew Vaughn

The real shooting will not be until next year, white girls have always developed very quickly, and it may take more than half a year for a little girl to grow up.

As an atypical superhero movie, it must be rated as an R-rated movie in the future, of course, "King Haibian" cannot be as high as the investment in Marvel superhero movies, and it is inevitable to control the scale of investment.

Ronan only set aside a production budget of $20 million for "King of the Sea."

If Matthew Vaughn's filming and production can be a big success, the new "Ace Agent" can also be handed over to him in the future.

Regarding headshots and 100 slashes, Ronan has long had people communicate with Mark Miller, and these elements that were once huge highlights are added to the comics.

For the new version of the comics, Marvel Entertainment adopts a typical comic book cooperation model, and Mark Miller has the creative rights, but no copyright.

Nowadays, comics in North America are basically created in this way.

Like "Civil War", which is being serialized by Marvel Entertainment, and the "New 52" series that DC Comics has just begun to create, are all of this genre.

From science fiction to business, from big investment to small production, from horror films to literary awards, Relativity Entertainment has established an effective long-term mechanism.

As a typical example of literary entertainment, Ang Lee and Relativity Entertainment still have film appointments to execute, but this kind of director is different from commercial directors and often needs more free creative time and space.

"Brokeback Mountain" officially rolled off the North American theater in mid-July, and the North American box office finally accumulated $121.56 million, becoming Ang Lee's second-highest grossing film after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Overseas, the cumulative box office of "Brokeback Mountain" is slowly approaching 100 million US dollars, and the global box office has exceeded 200 million US dollars.

For such a medium-to-low investment film, through the operation of the Oscar awards, it is a big commercial victory.

Ang Lee came to Ronan's office specifically.

"What's next?" Ronan asked directly.

"For the time being, I will no longer rush to take on films. Ang Lee was apprehensive about the failure of "The Incredible Hulk": "I plan to take a good rest for a while. ”

Ronan said: "Li, you have enough rest, Shahai Entertainment is not a problem, time and plan can cooperate with you." ”

Ang Lee said with a smile: "'Brokeback Mountain' made me understand a lot of things, and I also thoroughly understood my own strengths and weaknesses, I decided to temporarily empty my mind, go around the world, see everywhere, and continue to broaden my horizons, I believe this will help me in my future creation." ”

"It's a good idea. Ronan affirmed: "Experience something different, and you can always gain something." ”

Ang Lee echoed: "That's what I thought. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Ronan said: "At present, there are three largest film industry bases in the world, one is Hollywood and the other is Hong Kong City, and you are familiar with both of them. My advice, if you have the time, go around India and see Bollywood filmmaking and production, and see the film culture in India. ”

"India was already on my itinerary, and I wanted to visit India and Bollywood for a long time. ”