The company and the individual are two completely different business entities, Shahai Entertainment's investment in the filming of "Human Eradication Project" is a corporate act, while Ronan's role as a producer is a personal act.

Therefore, Ronan signed a producer employment agreement with Shahai Entertainment.

This is a legitimate and legitimate investment for Arabs.

Most studios hire a producer to oversee all the business of the crew, and then under the producer is the online producer, or production manager in colloquially speaking, who is responsible for many functions such as preparing budgets, renting equipment, coordinating venues, and supervising accounting staff.

However, small crews often don't pay so much attention to it, and the functions of online producers are actually scattered among Ronan, George, Mary and Robert.

Ronan treats the core veterans well, and in addition to their normal salaries, these three can also receive a producer's salary from the crew.

Be generous to the Arabs.

Strictly speaking, the "Human Removal Plan" does not belong to Shahai Entertainment, but a project initiated by Ronan, and Sand Sea Entertainment needs to pay a development fee to Ronan to invest in this project.

This is not a Ronan pit Arab investment, but a normal situation in the industry.

Jerry Bruckheimer and his Bruckheimer company often play this way.

Producers like Jerry Bruckheimer are often referred to as "planning experts", and these people are often project initiators and belong to the absolute high-end existence in the circle.

Typically, a production company pays between $10,000 and $60,000 to the average project sponsor.

As for a gold-medal producer like Jerry Bruckheimer, the project initiation fee is often as high as seven figures.

Because of the personal involved, Ronan followed the formal industry regulations and received a payment of $25,000 from Shahai Entertainment according to the project's investment of $11 million.

Half of the money has already been paid, and as is customary, when the shooting begins, the other half is paid.

The producer's remuneration is not only these, but also the project guarantee fee and the production fee.

There is no third-party guarantee for the Human Eradication Plan, so there is no way to talk about the project guarantee fee.

In terms of production costs, the Producers' Alliance is a trade organization and does not have any regulations on production costs.

There are many factors that affect the cost of production, and the decisive role is basically the box office of the previous film, the films that have been involved in the production and success, the budget of the film, and the industry status of the client.

Producers are undoubtedly the true high-end of the film industry, and it is now customary in Hollywood that first-time producers can now receive between $20,000 and $150,000.

After the arrival of the new millennium, this number will increase significantly.

Compared with fledgling screenwriters and actors, this is undoubtedly a sky-high price.

In terms of producer remuneration, Ronan is a standardized operation, and Shahai Entertainment paid him a production fee of $35,000.

In other words, Ronan's producer is paid $60,000.

In addition to this, there is also a script copyright transfer fee.

The script of "Human Eradication Project" belongs to his personal creation, and there is no creative agreement between him and Shahai Entertainment, and the copyright ownership is very clear.

U.S. copyright law clearly stipulates that the copyright of the corresponding work created by the employee is fully owned by the employer when a copyright agreement is signed.

In other words, if the project initiator has an idea and hires a screenwriter to write a script, the copyright of the script has nothing to do with the hired screenwriter.

In this regard, Ronan did nothing blameless, as long as $5,000.

The script of the rookie screenwriter is not yet a member of the union, and it is basically this price.

Ronan is also the second-highest-paid person on the crew, behind director James Wong.

And then there's the signature.

This is also important, because if the film is a big hit, just like the director and main actors, the producer's byline can also attract a lot of attention.

It is not difficult to pay attention to the opening and prologue of Hollywood movies to find that the producers are all signed by themselves, and rarely alongside others.

Ronan used his own advantages to not only sign independently, but also give the signature an independent picture.

The production company will not object anyway.

After the venue was determined, the equipment was leased in place, and the actors signed the agreement, Ronan specially convened the main creative staff of the crew for two meetings, not because there was a work arrangement, but mainly to let these people get familiar with it as soon as possible.

Later, his job will be relatively easy.

A lot of the specific preparation of the crew is pressed on James Wong, as the director of the independent project and the highest-paid person, he has to take corresponding responsibilities.

The directors of most of the crews will participate in the preparation of the project throughout the process.

Ronan did not relax either, and through Mary, George and Robert, he controlled the overall situation of the crew and the project.

As a producer, you can't lock the director to death, let alone completely let go of the shackles.

There are many directors who are people who have opened their brains to the sky, and if they let go of the rope that binds him, they can fly out of the atmosphere immediately.

Office on set.

Ronan looked at the latest financial report sent by Mary, and he could roughly understand the experience of his previous life and the study during this time.

"It's a lot of money. He lamented the change in the numbers on the books.

Mary asked, "Do the Arabs really ask where the money is going?"

By now that the film is being prepared, the cost on the books is close to $4 million.

Ronan was pleased with the speed with which the money was spent, and replied, "Just in case." ”

It's always good to be prepared with a little more hands.

Some troubles are better avoided as much as possible, the Arab really has money in his hands, and he is very short of money.

Try to cooperate with the Arabs for a few more years, the UAE is really proud, and sometimes it is unreasonable.

After all, whose money is not money? An American dollar is not worth more than an Arab dollar.

After flipping through the financial report, Ronan remembered Netflix, which he had been paying attention to recently, and said directly to Mary: "You go to a reliable market research consulting company, the ability is better, and the price can be higher." Keep their eyes on an internet company called Netflix and its founder, Reed Hastings, and produce a weekly report on their activity. ”

Mary didn't understand what Ronan meant, but nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it." ”

Ronan thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know anyone who makes romance movies in the San Fernando Valley?"

"What are you going to do?" Mary admonished, "Ronan, it's taboo to be in our industry!"

Ronan hurriedly waved his hand: "You want to go wrong." "I'm working on a novel with some plot about the San Fernando Valley and want to do a field trip," he explains simply. ”

Recently, he has been carvining, and he wants to die, so he wants to find time to go to the San Fernando Valley to observe the field.

Mary believed it and said, "I'll ask somebody." She asked, "When are you going to go?"

Ronan replied, "The sooner the better." ”

The novels serialized on the blog haven't been updated for a long time, and fortunately there are no readers, otherwise the blades would have been closed.

Mary glanced at Ronan curiously, didn't say anything more, left the office, and just wanted to go back to the finance room, when she saw a sweet-looking blonde girl carrying a paper bag and walking down the corridor.

The girl she knew, the youngest actor in the crew, Amanda Seyfried.

"Hello, Mary. Amanda Seyfried took the initiative to greet her and asked, "Is Mr. Anderson here?"

Sweet and polite, Mary laughed and said, "Ronan is in the office, you can go over, remember to knock on the door before going in." ”

Amanda Seyfried smiled sweetly and said, "I will." ”

Waving to Mary, she came to the office door, knocked softly, and waited for a "please come in" sound from inside before pushing the door in.

Ronan saw the blonde girl coming in, put down the book in her hand, and Amanda Seyfried hurriedly beckoned: "Hello, Mr. Anderson, didn't disturb your work?"

"Nope. Ronan picked up the book in his hand and gestured, "I'm busy with work and I'm reading." ”