Through the triad arch and bypassing the Van Punk sculpture, Ronan came to the Film and Television Department of the University of Southern California Film Academy, entered an office building, and soon arrived at the office of his pre-dismissed tutor.

He knocked on the door, and a familiar voice came from inside: "Please come in."

Luo Nan pushed the door open and saw the old man in his sixties and said, "Good morning, professor."

"Oh, Ronan." Professor Johnson took off his reading glasses and "sitted whatever he wanted."

Yesterday, Ronan called Professor Johnson. He didn't hesitate to find a chair to sit down, and said with a smile: "Professor, I'm here to trouble you again."

Professor Johnson turned to face this side: "Don't say these polite words, you shouldn't have dropped out of school at the beginning."

Ronan knew that Professor Johnson used to value Anderson Jr., so he came to Nanca University several times. At this time, he could only sigh and said: "I was indeed a little impulsive at that time, but Shahai Entertainment was my father's efforts, and someone would always take over."

The words were full of emotion, and Professor Johnson could no longer get involved in this area, and instead said, "You are too anxious."

Ronan nodded: "I failed once and realized that many things are completely different from doing."

Professor Johnson looked at Ronan, remembered these few meetings, and said, "You are mature and steady than before." He reminded, "Ronan, you must remember that movies cannot be based on impulse alone."

"I know." Ronan said in accordance with the professor's words: "So, I'll ask the professor for help."

Professor Johnson asked directly: "Producer?"

Ronan replied: "In this regard, I feel deeply that I lack the ability. The knowledge I learned in the school and the current work are far from enough."

"I've been away from the front line for almost ten years, and I wasn't very successful before." Professor Johnson is old and has become a little less concerned about success and failure: "Eighty percent of the projects I've worked as a co-producer ended in box office failures. If you want to say that I can't help you with much success."

He opened a filing cabinet, took out several black-skinned notebooks that were obviously a little old, and said, "This is some of the work notes and personal experiences I did back then, which included the reasons for my analysis of the project failure. Also, these are the situations of some movie projects that some students recorded when they talked to them after they entered Hollywood. More failures and fewer successes."

Luo Nan hurriedly took it over. These are valuable experiences, which are what he lacks the most at present.

"Actually, I've been observing you these few times." Professor Johnson said slowly: "If you still do what you did when you just dropped out of school, I can't help you."

Ronan understood what this said. When Anderson dropped out of school, he was arrogant and did many stupid things that young people were passionate and impulsive.

"I was stunned at that time." Ronan smiled embarrassedly: "Fortunately, a professor reminded me that I was not lost."

Everyone is happy to listen to good words. Professor Johnson reminded him again: "I have taken out some of these records to do lesson plans. Failure is actually a kind of gain. You can summarize some experiences and lessons from the failed cases to avoid getting into it again. By the way, you can take it out and copy it and return the original one."

Ronan could guess that he was not the first person to receive these. After all, Professor Johnson is famous for his enthusiasm and often helps students, but this was very rare for him. He quickly said, "Thank you for the reminder of the professor." He also said, "There is another thing, I want to ask the professor for help."

"Tell me." Professor Johnson has always been unscathing to students.

Ronan no longer went around in circles and said, "The film I invested in is "Human Purge Plan". There is a lack of an editor who is good at editing horror thrillers. Can the professor recommend me a personal choice?"

Anyone who knows a little about the USC Film Academy knows that the professors of this college have never just been theories. Some teachers in the college are even practitioners in Hollywood-related industries, and many graduates have become the backbone of the behind-the-scenes technical jobs in Hollywood.

If you only teach theory, you will be shady after leaving the school gate, and your head will be bleed, especially in the movie industry that requires hands-on ability.

Professor Johnson asked directly: "Do you need an editor?"

"Yes." Luo Nan looked sad: "I have found a few, but they are not suitable."

Professor Johnson said directly: "Let me introduce you to a graduate of the film and television department three years earlier than you, and is also my student.

Ronan scratched his head, as if embarrassed: "Is the charge high?" He smiled a little embarrassedly: "My crew budget is very low."

Professor Johnson asked: “Isn’t it a public budget of $11 million?”

Ronan was not afraid of being asked, and said directly: "This is all for publicity needs."

This kind of thing is very common in the circle, and Professor Johnson didn't care, saying: "She's called Jessica Felton, she is a genius in editing. She worked as an assistant editor in the eighth part of "Friday 13", and as the main editor in the bloody horror films "The Deadly Run", "The Age of Guns and Blood" and "The Savage West"... Oh, these three films are directly released videotapes."

"Female?" Ronan was a little surprised.

Professor Johnson found a phone book and pointed to Ronan's phone number: "You go and check out those three movies first. If it's appropriate, contact her."

Female editors are rare in Hollywood, but Ronan has Anderson Jr.’s memory of Professor Johnson. This is a very reliable person who immediately wrote down Jessica Felton’s phone number.

He also talked to Professor Johnson about the "Human Purge Plan" and asked several questions in preparation. Ronan left the Film Academy of Southern California and specially found a Pepsi chain rental store to rent the three videos.

When he entered the store, Ronan reported the titles of the three films and said to the clerk: "I want to rent these three films, where can I get them?"

The clerk pointed to the right with his hand: "There is a horror thriller classification area over there, go find it yourself."

When Ronan saw several rows of video tape shelves placed against the wall and dense video tapes, he felt dizzy: "Which shelf is on which layer?"

"Who can remember that kind of small movie?" The clerk shook his head: "You go and look for it."

Ronan had no choice but to go to the horror and thriller section, with several large shelves, densely packed with thousands of videotapes. In addition to those popular movies, if you want to find more remote movies, you really have to look for them carefully.

It took him more than twenty minutes to find two of the three films, and he couldn't find "The Deadly Run".

There was no choice but to go through the rental procedures for the two films. Because there were many customers, they lined up for nearly ten minutes.

After leaving this Pepsi store, sitting in the car and looking at the huge Pepsi sign, Ronan has a personal experience this time. Compared with online shopping or online rental in his previous life, this traditional video tape rental model is really about to fall behind.

The search is not cheap, and it is quite troublesome to find non-popular videos. The waiting time is too long and the procedures are complicated, which can easily make people feel upset.

These points alone are quite fatal.

The future is an era with faster and faster pace, and the patience of the general public is getting worse and worse.

Think about Netflix's model, you can search freely. After registering as a member, there are almost no procedures. The fees are calculated based on monthly subscriptions, no rental late fees, etc.

I have to say that in terms of movie rental, Netflix is ​​the future.

Fortunately, he has set his sights on Netflix, and the high-paying survey company will send a report on time every week.

Ronan returned to the company directly, and two experienced guys, George and Robert, were also there. They called them in, briefly said, and started watching videotapes together and studying the editing of the film.

I watched these two video tapes several times, and even ordered takeout for lunch. Until I was about to get off work, the three of them turned off the TV and the video recorder.

Ronan was basically satisfied, worried that the judgment would be wrong due to insufficient experience, so he asked: "What do you think of the editing?"

Robert said first: "The cameras are very average, and I won't talk about the quality of the picture, but the editing is very skillful." He looked down at the notebook: "The ninth minute, the seventeenth minute, the twenty-third minute, the fifty-fifth minute, and the finale. The camera problems taken by the director are very obvious. The editing not only corrects the director's low-level mistakes, but also creates a particularly strong plasma horror atmosphere."

George's face was full of pleats and he talked less, but he was straightforward: "This editor has the ability and has not been discovered yet."

This situation is very common. There are quite a few people in Hollywood who are capable, but only a small number of them are really making a name for themselves.
Chapter completed!