In the Relativity Building, in the small pull-tab room next to Ronan's office, Richard Schäinkman looks at the film directed by him on the small screen, and his gaze drifts over Ronan and Jessica Felton from time to time, as if trying to see through the thoughts of this pair of expressionless young men and women.

The film has almost only one scene, and the plot is completely supported by the situation of dialogue.

Perhaps, it is more appropriate to listen to people brag.

To be exact, it's like when I was a kid with a bunch of people gathered around and always listened to that eloquent guy brag.

The big guy will refute it, and the braggart guy will always find a reason to justify himself, and evolve from one to another.

No one can refute the braggart, because he is like a super keyboard man, he can find 10,000 more reasons to brag and brag more ruthlessly to prove that he is not bragging.

After all, the whole world and even the whole universe are in his mouth.

When only a third of the time was watched, Jessica Filton was the first to give up, although she didn't close her eyes, but she didn't pay attention to the movie, but felt that Ronan, who was very familiar, was 10,000 times better than the movie.

I didn't feel how good Ronan looked before, is this that there is no harm without comparison?

In the eyes of a typical technocratic like her, the movie being shown is not a formal film at all.

Whether it's cinematography, or editing, or shot scheduling, it's not even as good as the mill movies of the seventies.

It can probably only be classified as an experimental film.

As far as the basic elements of film technology are concerned, this film is not to mention a highlight, and it is very far from qualifying.

Jessica Felton is a person who strives for technical excellence, and naturally can't stand this kind of film.

Ronan has seen far more bad movies than Jessica Felton, and although the film is rotten to a certain level in his eyes, he still watched nearly half of it.

"That's it. Ronan didn't make it to the end because it was too boring: "Don't let it go." ”

In contrast, the recognized super bad movie shot by Brother Bao is much more exciting than this film.

The staff stopped the screening, the lights on the ceiling came on, and the curtains opened automatically.

Richard Schäinkman immediately realized that the situation was not very good, and it seemed that his film did not impress the two men?

Ronan ignored Richard Schinekman and turned to ask, "How's it going?"

Jessica Felton is still more polite: "Maybe my philosophical thinking and religious literacy are not enough, and I don't resonate at all." ”

Ronan sighed secretly, from the audience's point of view, if you sit in the theater and watch this kind of film, it is estimated that few viewers can bear it.

"Mr. Schaeinkerman. Ronan took the initiative and said, "Thank you for the movie." ”

Richard Schäinkman said: "I should say thank you, thank you Mr. Anderson for taking the time to watch my clumsy work. ”

Ronan asked, "Is the title of this film confirmed?"

Richard Schinkman replied: "It's OK, I haven't had time to add the title yet, it's called 'This Man is from Earth.'" ”

Ronan wasn't surprised by the title at all, he thought of it when he watched it just now.

Richard Schäinkman asked tentatively, "I don't know what Mr. Anderson ...... about this film"

He used to press the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies" and did not negotiate with Relativity Entertainment, one of the purposes was to promote the film by the way, but he didn't expect Relativity Entertainment to have no news afterwards, and directly cut off contact with him.

Since the film has been made with money and has come to Relativity Entertainment, Richard Schinkman certainly wants to sell "This Man Is from Earth", and it is better to maximize the profit.

Ronan asked directly, "Mr. Schinekerman, at what price do you want to sell?"

"One ......" Richard Schäinkman saw Ronan's burning gaze and thought of the previous screening, and lowered the bid: "A million dollars!"

In order to impress Ronan, he attached another condition: "At the same time, I will transfer the copyright of "Lincoln vs Zombies" to Relativity Entertainment. ”

When Jessica Filton heard the latter sentence, she couldn't help but look at it curiously, "Lincoln vs. Zombies"?

Ronan didn't answer immediately, but carefully recalled the information about the film, which seemed to be quite cheap to buy for a million dollars given the huge fame that "This Man Is From Earth" once had on the other side of the Pacific.

Some people even call it a representative of the small and the big.

Of course, Ronan didn't see it that way, so he said, "$50,000 to buy out all the rights to this film." We will negotiate the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies" separately. ”

"Huh?" Richard Schäinkman was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly, to be honest, he didn't really see the film sell for a high price, but $50,000 was too low. He added: "To tell you the truth, I spent $200,000 on this film. This is a science fiction film after all, and I believe that there will be audiences who will like it......"

Ronan raised his hand to interrupt him: "If this can also be considered a science fiction film......" He shook his head slightly, too lazy to continue, and casually nonsense: "If it weren't for the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies", I wouldn't have bought this film, and the $50,000 investment wouldn't even be recovered. ”

He added: "This film has no value in theaters, and can only go directly to the DVD market." ”

Richard Schäinkman was very embarrassed: "$50,000 is too low. ”

Ronan said no more, "Mr. Schinekerman, you can go to other companies and try to sell it." ”

Richard Schäinkman stunned: "I ......"

That's not to talk about.

Ronan remembered one thing, the film had experienced unlimited hype on the other side of the Pacific, and its hype momentum could once be described as unparalleled.

He remembers that shortly after joining his last job, two colleagues had a heated argument over different opinions on "This Man is from Earth".

One of them thought the film was so wonderful that it was the best sci-fi movie of the year.

It doesn't really matter, after all, watching movies is also a very subjective thing, and everyone's tastes are different.

But while he touted the film itself, he also said that the film earned more than $100 million at the North American box office, and later entered the top three in the DVD sales and rental market in a row, and so on.

Another colleague couldn't stand this kind of brainless touting, and collected a large number of first-line data to refute it, and the data verified by multiple parties showed that "This Man from Earth" not only did not get more than $100 million at the North American box office, but also did not even enter the North American theater market.

As for the continuous hot sales in the DVD sales and rental market, it is also a fiction of brainless fans, and there are DVD sales and rental lists in North America over the years, let alone the top ten, and the name of "This Man from Earth" cannot be found in the top 20 lists of any year.

Of course, "This Man is from Earth" must have made a profit in the offline market, because it does have a certain degree of popularity and has been touted by certain niche groups.

The cost of the film is here, as long as it is a little hot in the market, it can generate profits.

This way of slapping the face in public, the two naturally got married, and they have not gotten along for many years.

So much so that many years later, when the second part of the lower-cost "This Man is from Earth" was released, the colleague who slapped his face also deliberately said that the data seemed to be only $5,000 at the global box office in the end.

He also deliberately emphasized that it was 5,000, not 50 million.

Ronan didn't stay in the film room for long, called Jessica Felton and went to the floor where the post-production studio was located below, where there were several films that had been post-produced and needed him to review and determine the final release.

Regarding Richard Schinkman's matter, Ronan threw it to the Copyright and Legal Department, which only sent a regular employee to deal with it.

To Ronan's surprise, a few days later, Richard Schinkman also sold "This Man from Earth" to Relativity Entertainment for $50,000.

Connie asked about the specific situation, Richard Schinkman had promoted the film to a number of companies before coming to Relativity Entertainment, and after the bid was rejected by Ronan, he ran to many studios.

But such a film that even lacks a sense of cinema, of course, no company will buy it at a high price.

As for $1 million, unless everyone in Hollywood is crazy.

Frankly speaking, the selling point of this film is far worse than that of "Blair the Witch".

A bunch of people sitting together and listening to people brag, as far as the market is concerned, it is really lacking.

After turning around, Richard Schäinkman found that Ronan's bid was the highest, and most companies didn't even want to buy it, let alone bidding.

Eventually, Richard Schäinkman signed with Relativity Entertainment's Embassy Pictures and sold all the rights to "This Man Is From Earth" for $50,000.

At the same time, the adaptation rights to "Lincoln vs. Zombies" were transferred to Shahai Entertainment by Richard Schinkman for $200,000.

Ronan estimates that the reason why Richard Schinkman agreed to the deal is that the cost of "This Man from Earth" should not be $200,000, and it is estimated that it is only tens of thousands of dollars.

Regarding this film, it is absolutely impossible for the embassy film to invest heavily in publicity and distribution, and will first screen it in several theaters, and if the situation is not good, it will be withdrawn immediately, and then thrown into the DVD market.

Ronan has an idea, "This Man is from Earth" is highly touted on the other side of the Pacific, if the genuine DVD is released there, I wonder if those literary and artistic young people are willing to pay for their praise and high taste?

Ronan only mentioned this idea to Embassy Pictures, this $50,000 bought film, no matter which distribution channel it appears in, it is necessary to control costs.

Ronan then stopped paying attention, and as April went by, the 2006 North American summer season was just around the corner.

On the opening weekend of this summer season, Relativity Entertainment's long-planned cinematic universe plan officially kicked off, and "Iron Man" will be fully released to seize the superhero movie market.

Since the first trailer was released at the Super Bowl, the publicity campaign about "Iron Man" has been vigorous.