Sitting in Ronan's office, Uwe Bauer carefully looked through the plan in his hand, although he belongs to the kind of director who is super confident from beginning to end, but after working hard in Hollywood in the past few years, he is still somewhat self-aware.

Why did the first film he directed, "Haunted House of the Dead," sell so well at the box office? The North American box office alone was 30 times the production cost? Is the film very exciting, and the quality is excellent?

Even if Uwe Bauer were to answer it himself, he could only say no.

In the final analysis, it is still the innovative and shameless publicity, marketing and promotion of the embassy films.

Such a big film company is shameless, what is a director afraid of?

Uwe Bauer thinks that nothing on the plan is a big deal.

Ronan still respects Uwe Bauer's opinion and asks him: "This is the promotional idea designed by Embassy Pictures for 'Dungeon Siege', because it directly involves you, and I have to ask for your opinion." ”

Hearing this, Uwe Bauer could feel that Relativity Entertainment Group still respected him quite a lot.

"Very well designed. Uwe Bauer smiled with a cheeky face: "Ronan, this is a genius design!"

Ronan asked again: "You think it's okay." ”

Uwe Bauer put away his smile and said very seriously: "No problem! ”

Ronan nodded, "You have to be ready. ”

Uwe Bauer grinned and said: "Ronan, I've been watching those bastards for a long time! When "House of Death" was released, they scolded me so crazy that I couldn't fight back, and now I can finally say to those bastards in the open, 'Get out of the way', why miss it!"

Ronan didn't know how to answer, and Wu Bao's thinking was really not on ordinary people's channels.

"I've been practicing for many years, and it's finally coming in handy!" Uwe Bauer wasn't just excited, he was a little excited: "I can't wait." ”

Ronan said: "Uwe, there will be someone in the embassy film industry who will be responsible for communicating with you. ”

Uwe Bauer nodded: "No problem. ”

After getting down to business, Ronan asked about the rights to the game adaptation that Uwe Ball had been obsessed with: "How's your job doing at Blizzard?"

"Don't mention it. Uwe Bauer was not without frustration: "Blizzard's people are like the hardest rocks on the mountain, none of them know how to be flexible, and they stick to their games! ”

Ronan sighed, "Blizzard's job is not easy to do. ”

Uwe Bauer had no intention of giving up: "I'm going to spend it with Blizzard, and I'll go twice a month until they're willing to sell me the rights to Warcraft! No, it's to us!"

Ronan suddenly thought of one thing, Blizzard is now a subsidiary of Vivendi, can you start from Vivendi?

But this thought flashed in a flash, it was Uwe Bauer who was obsessed with Warcraft, and it was not Relativistic Entertainment, unless the investment was low, the risk of a big-budget game adaptation was too great.

Uwe Bauer, who did what he said, left Relativity Entertainment and went to Blizzard.

Ronan calculates the time, as if World of Warcraft is about to run, which can be called a cross-era online game that has affected countless people.

It also created the myth of eating books.

When he used to live on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, he heard people talk about how the Blizzard god ate books himself and forced countless fanfiction authors to death.

There is still more than half a month before the release of "Dungeon Siege", and Embassy Pictures is also preparing for the plan of "Uwe Bauer" while carrying out regular publicity and promotion.

This weekend, for example, "Dungeon Siege" will hold a special screening for media and film critics in Burbank.

Many media outlets, especially entertainment media that tend to be gossip-oriented, have received invitations from Embassy Pictures for test screenings.

In addition, professional film critics are a group that often appears in Hollywood movie test screenings.

In the past, Embassy Pictures rarely invited film critics to participate in commercial films, even if they held preview screenings.

This time, the embassy film industry invited hundreds of film critics, but the invitation list was specially examined and designed, and none of the film critics invited were veteran film critics with relatively good professional ethics and more or less reliable film reviews, most of them were some famous but not very famous.

The rise of the Internet has had a huge impact on many traditional industries, and the professional film critic industry is no exception.

Seven or eight years ago, ordinary audiences watched the film, and even if they had opinions and wanted to express them, most of them couldn't find a channel and could only discuss with their friends around them.

Now, as long as the audience wants to, after watching the movie, they can immediately post their own movie reviews on blogs, forums or IMDB, and even the Netflix share that has just appeared.

I have to say that in the past, professional film critics were a high-end industry, but now there are more people who publish film reviews, which distracts attention, and film reviews are becoming less and less valuable.

Except for those at the top, most film critics can't even support themselves by writing film reviews alone.

The phrase that people are poor and short-minded has never been as simple as talking.

Charles Eric, a film critic from Los Angeles, is currently facing this situation, more than two years ago, with the help of a verbal battle with Paris Hilton, Charles Eric made some fame, although because of his refusal to drink Paris Hilton's footwash, many people criticized him for being untrustworthy, not having the responsibility and courage to be a man, but anyway, he has changed from obscurity to a film critic who can make people remember his name.

But fame did not bring a significant boost to his career, and after the brief cooperation with the National Herald, because traditional newspapers and magazines have perennial film critics, those veteran film critics stubbornly grasp the film review columns of traditional media, making it difficult for younger film critics like Charles Eric to have a chance to stand out in the print media.

There are a lot of opportunities on the Internet, and the problem is that there are so many people on the Internet who write movie reviews that there are so many websites and forums that you don't have to spend money to hire full-time film critics.

It's just embarrassing.

For more than two years, Charles Eric has worked tirelessly, writing thousands of film reviews, in exchange for an income of only tens of thousands of dollars.

If you don't use this little fame that you have accumulated so hard to promote some movie peripherals on your blog, even life will be a problem.

Sometimes, Charles Eric misses the situation when "House of Death" was released very much, and just wrote some honest review articles, and after a few encounters with the bad German director and the rich and bad girl Paris Hilton, he got almost the same income as a year.

But such good things don't happen every year.

To be exact, Charles Eric has only encountered it once.

Just when Charles Eric was worried about his income, someone found him, still an old acquaintance.

In an old café in downtown Los Angeles, Charles Eric looks at the person across from him, struggling to reminisce.

"Eric, you're still the same. ”

The man spoke unusually heartily, as if he were an old friend close to him: "Nothing has changed. ”

Charles Eric gradually remembered: "Is that you?"

The man smiled, "That's me, Madias." Remember? We met here about a year ago. ”

"Yes, I remember you. Eric suddenly realized, and then there was a hint of joy that it was this Madias that gave him the opportunity to lash out at Paris Hilton. He coughed softly, suppressed the hint of joy, and said as calmly as possible: "Madias, what is the matter with you suddenly finding me?"

Madias smiled: "A chance." ”

The corners of Eric's mouth unconsciously hooked, could it be an opportunity to look forward to?

Madias didn't lose his appetite and said: "It's about the same as last time, a good opportunity to make money!"

Compared to the last time, Eric is more or less mature, and he thinks that he is also a well-known film critic, and he must maintain the self-esteem and style of a well-known film critic.

He looked at Madias, but didn't speak, as if he didn't care about this opportunity at all.

Matthias appeared here, had already checked Eric's current situation, and said with a smile: "We have worked together once before, and now we can work together again." The German director I hated has made another movie that will be released this month. ”

Eric thought it was incredible: "A bad director like Uwe Bauer is still invested?"

"A movie adaptation of a game called Dungeon Siege. Matthias neither explained nor explained to the critics that the selection criteria of the production company were not clear, and said directly: "I got the news that this is still a bad movie, and you need to do the same as last time, go to the preview screening of the film, and then write out your real comments and feelings about the film, especially about the director Uwe Bauer." ”

Eric shook his head: "I'm sorry, I don't do this now, I'm a professional filmmaker, I have my own professional ethics." ”

Matthias didn't show his true thoughts, and his tone remained calm: "Mr. Eric, you don't have to write anything against your will. Believe me, this film is so bad that even if you comment on it with the most vicious words, fans will be on your side. ”

Eric still didn't speak.

Madias simply stretched out his palm and showed five fingers: "Fifty thousand dollars!"

"What?" Eric was surprised at first, then turned into surprise: "Fifty thousand dollars, really?"

Madias nodded slowly.

Eric immediately threw his professional ethics on the ground, stomped it a few times, and said without hesitation: "I did it!"

"$50,000 is more than just writing a movie review. Madias slowly took out a file bag and handed it to Eric: "This is my plan, and like last time, I need to sign a non-disclosure agreement. ”

Eric took a quick look at it and was a little embarrassed.

"In less than a month, you can make $50,000," Madias reminded. ”

"Okay!" Eric decided, "I'll do it!"

Matthias laughed: "Tomorrow I will bring the first payment and related agreements, you can prepare and attend the preview screening of the film in a few days." ”

With Eric out of the way, Madias left the café and rushed to the next one.

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