Seeing off the stunned Uwe Ball, Tony Koch returned to Ronan's reception room.

Tony Koch asked, "Is this really going to be a bad movie?"

Ronan said very seriously: "The probability is very high, more than ninety percent. ”

"Can this kind of bad movie be profitable?" asked Tony Koch again.

"I can't guarantee it either. There is no need for Ronan to talk to Tony Koch: "You have also read Uwe Ball's proposal, this is a very thoughtful director." I've always thought that a director who can make a film into a super bad movie is also a kind of talent. ”

Tony Koch doesn't know what to say.

Ronan explained simply: "Game adaptation of movies is a thankless genre. ”

"Resident Evil?" Tony Koch wondered.

"If it weren't for a major adaptation, I probably wouldn't have touched the Resident Evil project. Ronan certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to tell the truth: "On the basis of the original game, abandon the game and make a substantial adaptation, and the success of the game movie may be greater." ”

Tony Koch understood: "I learned about the House of the Dead game, and Uwe Bauer's adaptation was very thorough. ”

Ronan asked, "What is the audience for this game?" ”

"Not bad. Tony said.

"The film adaptation sucks and may spark the curiosity of fans of the game. Ronan analyzed: "Even if many people want to scold the film, they must find the scolding point, and it is very likely to watch this film." ”

As for what Uwe Bauer said about the so-called real gamers before, of course they are all.

In fact, many gamers are often the first to pay for tickets to see the film adaptation.

Ronan said, "Do you have any financing over there? If you have, we can try it, but I explained it beforehand, there are risks." ”

Tony Koch asked, "How much money do you want?" ”

Ronan thought for a while and said, "This kind of film, the investment is high, and it will definitely lose money." Since you want to shoot a bad movie, you have to be simple where you can make it simple, invest $1 million first, and you will definitely lose money if the investment is high. At that time, even if we can't recover our investment in the cinema market, we can use the offline market to recoup our investment. ”

This does not require investment from Shahai Pictures, and the director is also selected, so the risk is not too big.

Tony still trusts Ronan very much: "It's okay to raise money. ”

Ronan was not in a hurry, and in the next few days, he carefully studied Uwe Bauer's script and plan, perhaps because of a preconceived relationship, and always felt that making a bad movie was obviously more interesting than trying to make a good film.

Think about Wubao in his previous life, he is definitely a model of repeated defeats and perseverance.

Even if you are spurned by the whole world, you have to chase what you love.

No fear of success or not, regardless of whether the evaluation is good or bad.

Facing the sky full of eggs, blooming alone.

This is the real inspirational film.

I have to say that a strange phenomenon of commercial films, when the movie is rotten to a certain extent, there will really be a lot of followers, and even think that this film is amazing.

Think about the movie "This Man is from Earth", which is supported by the protagonist bragging B, and it can become a hard science fiction classic, which can be seen.

Ronan has read a lot of Uwe Bauer's scripts recently, and some memories of Uwe Bauer's news and movies that he has been exposed to in his previous life have gradually come to mind.

I vaguely remember a scene in "Vampire Ryan", where the heroine escaped from the castle, met the enemy, and gave a roundhouse kick.

The action design is really a casual lift of the legs, it is estimated that the leather pants are too tight, or the crew did not give a box lunch.

The heroine is the actor of the super cool female robot TX in "Terminator 3".

Later, Ronan chatted with Uwe Bauer a few more times, perhaps because Uwe Bauer fully understood his talents and understood that he had to take an epic path, and gradually recognized Ronan's view that it was better to shoot a bad movie than to make a good film.

In fact, he was scolded a lot by game fans, and he became famous.

In the film industry, fame also means that you can get monetary benefits.

"How soon will the film start?" asked Uwe Ball, Ronan.

He is most concerned about this issue, in fact, when the first part of the game was released, he got the movie copyright, but he couldn't find the investment for a long time.

Speaking of which, this is also Uwe Bauer's own problem, the first film he directed, or a game adaptation genre with a B-movie style, requires an investment of more than $10 million when he opens his mouth, and it is strange that a company is willing to invest.

Even though Tony Koch was a little tempted, he still asked Ronan to check the gates.

Tens of millions of dollars, placed anywhere, that's a huge fortune.

Ronan said directly: "As long as we can reach a cooperation, the investment will be in place soon." When you go with me to Los Angeles to prepare for filming, this year's preparation, this year's shooting, this year's release, these are not problems. ”

Since you want to shoot super extensively, two or three months is enough.

If it takes too long, it means that more money is needed.

Uwe Bauer looked like a vulgar and simple person, but in fact his head was not stupid, and said, "I am willing to cooperate with you." ”

Moving on, it is not yet known when the funds will be found.

Ronan held up a finger and said, "I have a request." ”

"Speak. Uwe Bauer said.

"Your current script is too complicated, keep it simple. Ronan roughly said: "Divide the main plot into three units, explain the character settings and relationships in the fastest time at the beginning, make some explicit restrictive plots in the middle, and the rest is the scene of killing zombies as the climax, the scale is a little larger, the female characters are exposed a little more, and the plasma is sprinkled more." ”

The production concept was determined, and "House of the Dead" must be made into a movie that is so bad that it can make people laugh, so that the audience will be deeply infatuated with this director.

Maybe one day, Uwe Bauer will become a classic name in the world of directing.

After thinking about it, Uwe Bauer said, "I'll make changes to the script. ”

After reaching an agreement on the concept, Ronan signed a cooperation agreement with Uwe Bauer on behalf of Shahai Entertainment, and Shahai Entertainment invested $1.2 million to shoot and produce "House of the Dead", of which $200,000 was paid to Uwe Bauer's game copyright fees, so Sand Sea Entertainment owned all the rights to the film, and hired Uwe Bauer as the director and associate producer of the project.

As for the producer position, Ronan plans to return to Los Angeles to find a suitable person from among the producers who have worked with Shahai Entertainment in the past for B-grade violent and bloody video films.

This kind of bad movie, of course, Ronan will not be the producer.

After Ronan signed a formal agreement with Uwe Ball, he signed an investment agreement with Koch Films on behalf of Shahai Entertainment, accepting a $1 million investment from Koch Films.

All this money came from the Germans.

In other words, if this film is successful, Shahai Entertainment and Koch Films can make a lot of profits.

If they lose, the losses of the two companies are limited.

If you work this way, the risk is already very small.

The biggest risks are all passed on to those investors.

However, after Ronan talked to Uwe Ball several times, although it was determined that the director's skills were average and even a little clumsy, he was very thick-skinned, and it would definitely not be a problem to spray with people at that time.

Directors and films that can challenge the audience's bottom line of patience, Ronan believes that there is still a certain market space for survival.

On the plane back to Los Angeles, Uwe Bauer spoke to Ronan about his ambitious long-term plans: "I've always wanted to take the rights to Dungeons & Dragons and then adapt this classic game into a movie, and then it's sure to be a sensation." ”

Ronan is also unequivocal: "If "House of the Dead" can be a big success, I support you to get the film adaptation rights of "Dungeons & Dragons". ”

Uwe Bauer was really ambitious and asked, "Do you know about Blizzard?"

"Blizzard making games?" Ronan asked rhetorically.

"Yes! It's Blizzard, which makes games. Uwe Bauer is very excited: "Blizzard has three games, Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft, which are very distinctive games with a wide audience, and they are also good games that can be adapted into movies. ”

Blizzard's name, of course Ronan has heard of it, "Warcraft" is not needed, this is the predecessor of "World of Warcraft", although the latter two games have not been contacted, but I have roughly heard others say the name of Nephilim and Queen of Blades.

"Do you really want to adapt Blizzard's game?" Ronan is not a game fan, he has neither the kind of pilgrimage mentality, nor the consciousness of ruining the life of a game fan, and said calmly: "Los Angeles is not far from Blizzard's headquarters, you have time, you can go and contact Blizzard's people." ”

If Blizzard has a head cramp, it's also a good thing that it's willing to transfer the rights to the game's movie adaptation.

Even if Blizzard doesn't want to transfer it, Robert can still get in touch with it later, and after "Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne" is launched, it will not be bad to win the movie rights of Warcraft.

Even if you don't shoot it yourself, you may make a profit if you go back and resell the adaptation rights.

Of course, if the film is really filmed in the future, if the film is not ideal, it will inevitably suffer the scolding of countless Warcraft fans.

Strictly speaking, the adapted movies are all ruining the original series.

In fact, what Ang Lee said is very reasonable, you can choose to ruin the original book and make a good movie, or be faithful to the original book and make a bad movie.

Back in Los Angeles, Ronan immediately contacted a videotape crew producer who had previously worked with Shahai Entertainment and hired him as the producer of "House of the Dead" to assemble the crew with Uwe Bauer and prepare for filming and production.

Due to limited investment, the crew members can only be found in the lowest buildings in Hollywood, and the technical partners they find are also the smallest and lowest fees in the industry.

In the future, the film will inevitably present a five-cent special effect.

Some of the special effects work is also outsourced to cheaper film special effects companies in Australia.

These aren't even five-cent special effects.

In order to save costs, director Uwe Bauer also plans to use some of the game scenes directly after obtaining the approval of the game company.

Swinging is rotten, and it also requires strength and planning.