Hanging up the phone, Scarlett Johansson looked at herself in the mirror: "Shit!"

Throw down the phone and run straight into the makeup room, quickly tidy up your hair and simply apply makeup.

Chen Tian, who is in Los Angeles, walked into Mike Ben's office: "Can I borrow a computer and use it? Now I can make a video call with her, I think it will solve your concerns." ”

"Really? That's great. "Mike Ben is in a good mood, too.

Judging from the script, lighters play an extremely important role in this drama, and the presence of Scarlett Johansson plays a promotional effect no less than a big investment advertisement.

Chen Tian added Scarlett's account after logging in to his MSN account, and soon waited for a response.

Seeing Scarlett appear on the screen, Mike Ben was basically relieved, and when he received an affirmative reply from Scarlett, he immediately agreed to the ad placement.

"I think we're perfectly fine with implantation, but you should also know that our implantation is not simple, and we are willing to pay as much as you ask. ”

"Of course, I know that, what do you think of my proposal?"

"Please?"

"You pay $100,000 upfront, and then the film can be released and it gets $10 million at the box office, and you pay another $500,000, and you pay $1 million when it gets to $20 million, and you pay $500,000 more for every 10 million that you add, what do you think?"

"Pay $100,000 upfront?"

Chen Tian nodded: "Yes, and then on this basis, we will determine the follow-up investment according to the box office effect, I think such a method should be very good, even if the box office does not meet expectations, I think 100,000 US dollars is enough to get the advertising effect you want." ”

Before the crossing, Chen Tianzhi said that although "Buried Alive" had a good reputation and evaluation, the publicity of the division could also make the final box office of 22 million US dollars.

Now that he has modified this film, he has replaced the protagonist Chen Tian, and he doesn't know what will happen to the final box office of Lu Dao, for Chen Tian, the top priority is to get this fund.

He knows how much Hollywood advertising is costed, not to mention that 100,000 US dollars cannot buy a shot in a blockbuster or even a 10 million-level small investment film, and he believes that Mike Ben will not refuse his proposal in the face of such a cheap fee.

Just like Chen Tian thought, Mike Ben really didn't expect to spend only $100,000 to get all this, how could he disagree: "I don't think I have any reason to refuse, we will also make a customized model according to the needs and requirements of your film, and we will help promote the film!"

"Thank you very much. Chen Tian shook hands with Mike Ben, and the big stone in his heart also fell, and with the funds, the next step was much smoother.

After signing the agreement, Chen Tian left Zippo with his own agreement and a check for $100,000.

After leaving Zippo, Chen Tian went straight to BlackBerry's RIM company, although Chen Tian didn't pay much attention to things outside of movies, but he also knew about BlackBerry phones.

He also used BlackBerry mobile phones in the past, and he also knew that BlackBerry mobile phones once had a market share of nearly 50% in North America.

However, BlackBerry went downhill after the rise of Android and Apple, but in 2003 BlackBerry was at its peak.

"Yes, I lasted almost 90 minutes while the power supply showed that the battery was low, and I was still on the phone, what can the audience imagine when they see this?"

Chen Tian glanced at the three people in front of him, these three people were the ones arranged by BlackBerry to be responsible for this advertising placement negotiation.

"BlackBerry is the most trustworthy at any time, can any other phone do such a long standby time? BlackBerry can save your life in a dangerous situation.

Although in reality it will not be as exaggerated as in the script, we will always encounter times when the phone battery is low.

You can imagine that when you have a very urgent matter, such as an important negotiation, a family emergency call or you need police rescue, and your phone is about to shut down due to low battery, two mobile phones are placed in front of you, one is a BlackBerry and the other is Nokia, how will the audience choose after watching this movie, I think you will not choose wrong. ”

Chen Tian's words were right, and it was these words that moved the three people in charge of negotiations at BlackBerry.

In the end, BlackBerry, which played a more important role, accepted the advance payment requested by Chen Tian like Zippo, but the advance payment for BlackBerry was $100,000 more than Zippo.

Chen Tian, who walked out of RIM Los Angeles, looked up at the sky, he didn't expect that the journey of pulling ad placement would be so smooth, which was a bit unexpected to him, and he thought that he needed to go through plan B and plan A was completed directly.

The blue of the sky echoed his good mood at the moment, and at the beginning of the shooting equipment, he wanted to apply for USC equipment, and Scarlett was paid nothing.

In this way, the cost from shooting to the finished film after editing is almost the same as film, and the other than that is almost negligible.

And now he has an initial investment of $200,000, which he can use as he pleases.

Of course, the premise is that he needs to shoot "Buried Alive", as long as the filming is done, then the money is completely his.

Originally, his budget was not only 200,000 US dollars, but not even 10,000 US dollars, but for Chen Tian, this 200,000 US dollars was his first step towards a solid new life.

"You really did it, you did it with an investment of 200,000 US dollars, Chen, you are my idol. Although $200,000 is a small amount for filming a movie, the investment of $200,000 still makes Wen Ziren admire from the bottom of his heart.

"Now is not the time to praise me, I said yesterday that I wanted to ask you for help, and you promised me, you can't run away.

Now we need to decide on the equipment, props, and venues.

THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE PROPS, ZIPPO AND RIM WOULD PROVIDE US WITH LIGHTERS AND MOBILE PHONES, AND OTHER PROPS WERE AVAILABLE IN THE SUPERMARKET, THE ONLY THING WE NEEDED WAS A COFFIN ......"

Wen Ziren interrupted Chen Tian's words: "You don't need to buy this, unless you need to use it next time, and even if you buy it, can you be sure where you want to put it?" ”

"Of course, if I buy it, I'll consider putting it in your place. Chen Tian said with a smile.

"I don't mind if you give me a bite in fifty years, but not now. Wen Ziren said with a smile.

"As for the equipment, my idea was to apply to the school for the equipment, and USC would have enough equipment for our shoot, which would save us a lot of money. ”

"Oh, you're such a stingy guy, but I agree with you, the most important thing now is the venue, and we can do the rest of the scenes in post.

The key is that we need a lot of sand, and if it doesn't make sense to buy it directly, I think the sand field should be a good choice.

Again, we only need to pay a certain rental fee, after all, we didn't take the sand with us, but only used it temporarily. ”

"Yes, it's a great idea. ”

Chen Tian and Wen Ziren discussed the matters they noticed during the shooting, and then discussed how to control the camera during the shooting.

A day later, when Chen Tian and Wen Ziren were running towards the completion of the preliminary work for the filming of "Buried Alive", Scarlett Johansson also flew from New York to Los Angeles.

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