In the next few days, Ronan went to work during the day and spent the night with Carmen Cath until Carmen Cath finished his trip to Los Angeles to Paris.

Perhaps the hardware is well run-in and the software will be easier to install. When Ronan bid farewell to Carmen Cath, the two of them were in a bit of a difficult mood.

But nothing bloody happened. Carmen Cath rushed to Paris to continue the modeling career that could completely change an Estonian woman's life. Ronan returned to the company and still worked hard for her career and future.

Ronan's emotions were somewhat affected, and it is definitely fake to say that it is not uncomfortable at all.

However, he could see that between a man and a career, Carmen Cath chose the latter.

If it were him, he would have made the same choice.

Ronan's career was just beginning and he dared not relax. After Bob Cohen of the Firefighter Fund sent the plan, he immediately asked George Clint to organize personnel to prepare to hire a third-party guarantee for the film.

This is a very simple job for large companies that have been working with Firefighters Funds all year round, but for small companies like Shahai Entertainment, which have little reputation, you must first win the trust of the guarantor.

Many things are the hardest to start with.

To pass the insurance review of the Firefighter Fund, at least a script is required.

Ronan does not intend to write it himself. The script of "Spy Shadows" is much more troublesome than "Human Purge Plan", and it also involves some political and intelligence departments. There is a lot of information in the middle, and the screenwriter needs too much time and energy.

External screenwriter is the best choice. Ronan spent some time determining the outline and main plot, and then asked Shahai Entertainment to openly recruit screenwriters.

In terms of directors, Paul Greengrass is definitely the first choice.

But Paul Greengrass is working on the final work of the post-production of "Ace Agents", and Ronan has not mentioned this to him for the time being.

"Spy Shadows" has also begun preliminary copywriting planning.

In addition, good news came from George Clint, and Robert Lu Delun's condition improved. After unremitting efforts in public relations, Robert Lu Delun finally agreed to discuss the film and television copyrights of the two books "Borne's Hegemony" and "Borne's Ultimatum".

Ronan met Robert Lu Delun himself. Robert Lu Delun was in very poor physical condition and seemed to see God at any time. No wonder he had never seen anyone before.

Compared with the negotiations on "Borne's Identity", Ronan and Robert Lu Delun's agents were much smoother. One wanted to buy it sincerely and the other wanted to sell it, but the conditions were agreed in an afternoon.

Shahai Entertainment bought out the film and television copyrights of "Born's Hegemony" and "Born's Ultimatum" and have the right to use subsequent film and television.

In other words, we can continue to shoot sequel movies based on the Bourne Trilogy.

Of course, Ronan also offered a considerable price to get these.

Four million US dollars is the basic buyout payment. The differences between the two sides are not big, and most of the negotiations are spent on sharing.

Ronan has enough confidence in the Bourne Trilogy and naturally does not want to add a post-production share to the copyright transaction.

But there was no later share, and Robert Lu Delun refused to negotiate.

Robert Lu Delun offered a condition that the total box office revenue share of 3% and the industry adapted well-known literary works. If the box office share option is added, the general proportion is 1.5% to 3% of the box office.

Of course, Ronan would not agree to this condition. The global box office revenue was 3% of the total, which was equivalent to cutting the meat of Sand Sea Entertainment.

After a tug-of-war, both sides made compromises, and Robert Lu Delun's share ratio rose to 5%, but the share option changed from the total box office revenue of the film to the net profit of all revenue.

At the same time, Ronan also agreed to another condition of the other party. If Shahai Entertainment cannot adapt two movies on the big screen or small screen within ten years of the copyright transfer agreement, Robert Lu Delun's copyright agent has the right to take back all copyrights of these two movies.

With a basic transfer fee of $4 million, plus a 5% share of net profit, Ronan basically achieved his goal by winning the film and television rights of "Born's Hegemony" and "Born's Ultimatum".

Of course, the copyright fee is still solved by Shahai Entertainment borrowing from relativity.

In fact, he wanted to further lower the basic transfer fees and increase the net profit share ratio, but Robert Lu Delun did not agree.

By taking over the copyrights of these two films, the future "Spy Shadows" can build a complete trilogy and worldview. After shooting the movie in the future, you can continue to shoot sequels based on the plot of the characters.

If the opportunity is right, you can even adapt a TV series.

Ronan returned to Los Angeles and found a suitable candidate among the many screenwriters who applied for their jobs, a screenwriter named Tony Gilroy.

This person is not a first-line screenwriter, but he can steadily enter the second line and has a small screenwriter team under his command.

Since it is an adapted script, the price is not high. Tony Gilroy and his four-person screenwriter team have a total of 300,000 US dollars in film pay.

Of course, whether it is the screenwriter's remuneration or copyright expenses, it will be included in the cost of the film in the future.

The reason why Ronan chose Tony Gilroy was that he had participated in the writing of many action movies.

The screenwriter entered Hollywood with the sports romance film "The Legend of the Ice" and has since participated in the screenwriter of the thriller films "Tear Scar" and "The Devil's Spokesperson".

Last year, Michael Bernard's film in which oil workers flew into space to drill meteorites, Tony Gilroy was one of the signed screenwriters.

This resume deserves the reward Ronan paid.

On the other hand, Tony Gilroy's other projects except "The Legend of the Ice" did not come from his original works.

This is also an important reason why Ronan chose Tony Gilroy.

Many screenwriters who like original works like directors who are addicted to their own world, like to be imaginative.

These will become serious unstable factors in commercial films.

The three projects that Tony Gilroy participated in later were all involved in the situation of hiring screenwriters, that is, others came up with creativity and general frameworks, and he and his team wrote the plot based on this.

Ronan values ​​such a resume very much.

Because he also needs Tony Gilroy to write the script under a well-developed framework.

After signing a contract with Tony Gilroy at Shahai Entertainment, Ronan had an in-depth talk with the screenwriter, especially about the plot trend and character.

"Tony, this is a commercial movie." Ronan's outline has been handed over to Tony Gilroy: "Tell me about your adaptation ideas."

After pondering for a moment, Tony Gilroy said: "The storyline of the outline is very clear. You should pay attention to the narrative rhythm of script writing. Now the audience's requirements for commercial movies are getting faster and faster. I think the story rhythm must be compact, the plot should not be too complicated, and don't make settings such as trance on Bourne's amnesia, so that the audience will realize the character's amnesia the next minute and think that this is not an ordinary person."

Ronan recognized him and said, "Don't burn the plot."

"Yes!" Tony Gilroy is worthy of being a screenwriter who has worked with Michael Bay: "The story should be concise and ensure that most viewers can easily understand it."

He also said: "In terms of roles, the roles about the heroine are too complicated, and the roles of the heroine are reduced, and the script is completely centered on Byrne."

Perhaps Tony Gilroy was influenced by Michael Bay: "The heroine's vase is more of a symbol around Bourne."

Ronan nodded slightly, the screenwriter was closer to him in terms of philosophy.

Tony Gilroy said: "Born is an agent. Currently, the most influential agents in Hollywood are James Bond and Ethan Hant. If we want to succeed in this movie, Born needs to be clearly different from these two successful characters."

"Continue." Ronan said.

Encouraged by Ronan, Tony Gilroy continued: "Born's appearance should not be too outstanding, it is best to be an ordinary person who can remember it. Bourn has no money, his head is not very good, he does not have high-tech equipment, and he is lucky to use a pistol. He usually uses whatever he catches, such as pencils, ropes, toothbrushes, etc. These are the most obvious characteristics of Bourn, an agent, which is completely different from James Bond and Ethan Hant."

"It makes sense," Ronan said: "If Born becomes Bond and Hanter, the movie is likely to fail."

With beautiful jade in front, those who follow the trend will be in trouble later.

Ronan thought for a while and said, "Tony, you can take a sample to see the effect first. Also, the first draft of the script must be completed before the New Year."

Tony Gilroy promised: "No problem."

Ronan is quite satisfied with the screenwriter. He has a clear-headed and experienced screenwriter, as well as director Paul Greengrass, adaptation of the movie "Borne's Identity", and the chance of success should be relatively high.

An agent who is completely different from James Bond and Ethan Hanter.

Maybe, the latter two will need to learn from Bourne in the future.

It is hard to say whether Daniel Craig, who later changed the style of the "007" series and chose the Hard Bridge Hard Horse as an actor of James Bond, was influenced by "The Legend of the Spy".

The screenwriter has made it clear that the director has a candidate goal, and Ronan has also considered the candidate for the actors and has a preconceived impression that Matt Damon is the first choice.

Other actors can wait until the director and most of the behind-the-scenes staff are in place before they can be solved through auditions.

Hollywood is not short of actors.
Chapter completed!