In the office of Shahai Entertainment, Ronan received Saimir from the Los Angeles Governing Office of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, who came to visit.

"Mr. Anderson, I just moved to Los Angeles from Abu Dhabi. ”

The Arab, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, spoke English as fluently as Saleh: "Minister Mansour asked me to greet you. ”

Ronan didn't know what this guy meant, but his face was full of warm smiles: "Thank you." He said politely: "When the film project in hand is completed, I will definitely go to Abu Dhabi again to personally thank Mr. Minister." ”

The two exchanged a few polite words, and Semir turned to the topic: "The minister is very concerned about your two new projects, are they going well?"

Ronan secretly raised his vigilance in his heart, but said very casually: "Everything is going well." One of the films will be released in November, and the other is scheduled for early December. ”

While speaking, Ronan was also thinking, what is this Saimir here for? If the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority wants to get involved in the affairs of the crew at this time, it will be quite troublesome.

This is not after the completion of the project, a large amount of money is flowing between projects, and there will inevitably be loopholes in the accounting.

Saimir had only been in Los Angeles from Abu Dhabi for a short time, and he was on a special mission with Mansour.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has contacted the acquisition of Hollywood companies several times, but none of them have been successful, and the medium and large companies have long been carved up, and there is no point in buying small companies.

The last gaze can only fall on the old acquaintance Ronan Anderson's Sand Sea Entertainment.

Of course, it is still in the wait-and-see stage, according to the idea of the top management of the investment bureau, after the scale of Ronan Anderson's company is expanded a little more and the operating conditions are stabilized, the acquisition will be made.

Semir instead asked, "I heard that you acquired a distribution company some time ago?"

"A very small publishing company. Ronan sighed deliberately: "The Human Eradication Project has been repeatedly frustrated in finding a distributor, and it is severely limited by large companies controlled by Jewish forces, and it is even more difficult to find a distributor for the film "Ace Agent", so in order to avoid encountering the situation of "Human Eradication Project" again, I decided to establish my own distribution channel. ”

Saimir praised: "Mr. Anderson has a plan, an idea, and a sense of execution, and is worthy of being a business elite. ”

After coming here, I learned that the distribution channel is very important to the film industry, and Ronan Anderson has established a distribution channel, and if the film can be successfully distributed, the value of Shahai Entertainment will be higher.

Ronan couldn't figure out the real purpose of this guy, so he could only say: "It's too famous, just so that the movies we cooperate with can have fair distribution channels." ”

"There's a production company, there's a distribution company. Saimir said with a smile: "Shahai Entertainment will definitely have broad development prospects in the future." ”

Ronan can hear it, this person's topic is always revolving around the film company.

Does Abu Dhabi have an idea of its own company?

He said with a little heaviness: "In Hollywood, it is not easy for small companies to develop, and they may attract the suppression of large companies at any time." ”

Saimir glanced at Ronan and said meaningfully, "Mr. Anderson needs to enlist the support of more friends. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ronan suddenly remembered the people from the investment bureau who came to the door during the "Human Elimination Plan", and instantly understood this person's intentions.

"Of course. He followed the other party's words and said: "Without the support of Abu Dhabi, it would not be possible to have the current Shahai Entertainment." ”

Let's fool around a little first, several projects are in operation, don't make any trouble.

Semir glanced at the time and said, "If there is something to do in a while, I won't bother and keep in touch." ”

Ronan shook hands with him and said goodbye: "Welcome to come often." ”

Sending this Semir away, back in the office, Ronan sat behind the computer, lost in thought.

The last time, Saleh, the leading party, told him that Mansour was going to buy large and medium-sized film companies in Hollywood, but unfortunately the acquisition was very unsuccessful, and he never found a suitable target, and then those people stopped by to talk about the UAE copyright of "Human Erasure Project".

Ronan let out a sigh of relief, suddenly feeling that he had underestimated Mansour a little.

This chief supports him and Shahai Entertainment, and there is a purpose behind it, if the inference is correct, is this a game of killing fat sheep?

The sheep were fattened and then killed.

And Shahai Entertainment is the sheep.

Even, it's still a spare sheep.

Ronan guessed that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's acquisition of other companies was very unsmooth, and then his eyes shifted to Shahai Entertainment.

After all, they are more familiar with Shahai Entertainment, and the owner of his company, who has a good relationship with Abu Dhabi, is still an "old friend of Abu Dhabi".

If it is acquired, the Abu Dhabi side will certainly not disadvantage him financially.

But sell the company......

Unless they are willing to buy a shell company.

Ronan calculated, is this operational?

One way or another, he will not tie himself to the Arabs.

This matter also attracted Ronan's attention, and with the French director last time, Ronan raised the risk factor of Abu Dhabi by another level.

Everything was telling him that the Abu Dhabi line should be put aside for the time being.

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Heading into April, Jessica Felton completed a recut of "Blair the Witch."

"You're done?"

Jessica Filton washed off her greasy hair in the rest room next to her, returned to the editing room, and said to Ronan: "The director has limited footage, except for those shots that are obviously flawed, and basically uses the rest. ”

Ronan had just looked at it and said, "A hundred minutes, that's too long." ”

Jessica Filton wrapped her hair, pulled out a chair and sat next to her, saying, "I haven't cut it yet." ”

"The length of the film is controlled at more than 70 minutes, and the longest should not exceed 80 minutes. Ronan rubbed his eyes: "The camera is shaking too much, and the audience can't stand it for a long time." ”

At that time, there will be frequent large-scale early exits, which is not conducive to the promotion of the film.

Jessica Felton nodded: "Also, the audience has a limit to endure. To cut out at least twenty minutes of content, she asked, "What about the rest of the world?"

Ronan turned on the player, pointed to the screen, and said, "The film begins with a subtitle, to the effect that the film was taken from a camera lost in a forest, that is, to tell the audience that the story of the film is real." ”

He coughed and said: "The content of the first interview continued to be streamlined, and the third person was directly removed, and the performance traces were too heavy." ”

Daniel McRick hires the cheapest extras to act as residents of the town, and there are many people who are not good at acting, and the interviews seem a bit fake.

"Look at this one. Ronan continued to play the screen: "The second half of the line design deviates from the theme, so I cut it out and try to be as natural as possible." ”

Jessica Filton pulls out a notebook and keeps recording on it.

As an editor, she knows very well that the final choice is not in her hands.

In the vast majority of cases, the editor is often the embodiment of the producer's will.

Ronan added, "The pacing is a little tighter, and all the hesitating scenes by the witch's hut at the end are cut. Also, when the camera lens falls, the middle part is removed and the lens of another person facing the wall is directly connected. In the opening interview, a villager mentions that the witch doesn't like the people she wants to kill staring at her, so she always makes the victim face the corner. ”

Jessica Filton nodded, "Okay, no problem. ”

Ronan thought for a moment, and then said, "Like the straw man in the tree and the screams of the night, these are used reasonably, and we count on these to create a terrifying atmosphere." ”

"That's all?" asked Jessica Felton looking up.

Ronan nodded: "That's all for the time being, I'll tell you what comes up later." ”

No matter how much this film is cut, it will not become a good movie, and good shooting technology does not necessarily make a good movie, so some classic movies will endure, not because it has set any precedent.

If it's not good-looking, it's not good-looking, and if it's not scary, it's not scary, and it has nothing to do with what age it is.

Seeing Jessica Filton sitting in front of the workbench and spreading the two large balls on the countertop, Ronan tapped lightly on the table and said, "Let's rest for the afternoon." Let's go, Jesse, I'll treat you to lunch. ”

Jessica Felton shook her head very firmly: "Just eat." After eating and watching these shots, I shook so much that I wanted to vomit. ”

Ronan continued to invite: "A lunch can't be delayed for long. ”