Chapter 347 Will's Project
Perhaps the news from Yu Jiaolong was quite positive. After the private invitation was sent, the Shanghai International Film Festival from the Far East sent an invitation to Relativity Entertainment and Luo Nan himself through official official channels.
Relativity Entertainment was invited to attend the trading and screening of this film.
Ronan then received news that the two companies, Xinyi Film and Miramax, also received invitations from Oriental.
The emergence of Hollywood buyers can effectively increase the attractiveness of the film festival.
There was also relevant news from the Embassy Films branch in Oriental. The famous director Zhang said he wanted to have an interview with Ronan, the boss of Relativity Entertainment during the film festival.
When Ronan received the news, he immediately thought of the super masterpiece that Director Zhang had planned in the past two years. If you remember correctly, "Hero" was released in 2002 and was later introduced to North America. Although it is not as great as Ang Lee and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it is also an extremely rare successful work of Chinese-language films in the North American market.
Embassy Film has the experience of actually operating martial arts Chinese films. If you can get the North American copyright of this film at a suitable price, you may get considerable profits.
According to Ronan's understanding, Oriental film companies have treated Hollywood publishers in this era very well. As long as the movie can be released in the North American market, other conditions are easy to say.
To be honest, some film producers can even send the film to North America for free for release in order to promote and reputation.
That Master Zhang is not an ordinary director and has a certain reputation internationally. Luo Nan did not expect to obtain copyright in an overly low manner.
But according to his idea, millions of dollars are sky-high.
Ronan was not in a hurry to reply. It was too early to determine the itinerary for June.
In mid-March, as the 74th Academy Awards approached, it seemed that the entire Hollywood was running around the Oscars, and various related news emerged one after another.
Ronan and Tom Cruise organized a golf friendly match over the weekend, bringing Will Smith, Jerever Carsonberg and Robert Iger.
At their level, golf is more of a way of communication, a tool to increase friendship and feelings.
In Ronan's words, this is not only about making friends through the ball, but also exchanging news with each other. Maybe anyone else needs the resources.
For example, he met Robert Eiger through Jerever Carsonberg and won the business management talent that Relativity Entertainment needs more.
After two years of practice, Ronan is good at playing ball skills and can occasionally make birdies. Although it is very rare, there are always times when there are good luck.
The five people were chatting about interesting stories in the circle, and the half afternoon passed quickly.
When Will Smith putt into the hole with his last putt, Tom Cruise drove an electric car, asked Ronan and the four of them to get in and go back to the golf club together.
"We've agreed." Tom Cruise said as he slowly accelerated, "The person with the worst grades treats tonight."
Jerefer Carsonberg touched his bald head and said, "It seems like I'm behind this time."
Ronan answered: "Yes, Jerefer has the worst grade."
Robert Eiger said with a smile: "Jerryfer, are you going to treat me tonight? I'll say hello to my house in advance."
Will Smith shook his head: "Ronan used to be the worst, but Jerefer fell behind these two times."
"I've been busy with work recently." Jerefer Carsonberg said directly: "I'm negligent in practicing."
Ronan said at this time: "How is the production of "Shrek 2"? When will it be completed?"
Embassy Pictures is the overseas publisher of this series, Jerefer Carsonberg said: "As soon as next July and August, it may be until the end of next year."
The electric car stopped at the entrance of the meeting gate. Ronan got off the bus first. After Jerever Carsonberg got off, he said half-jokingly: "It's better to hand over the North American distribution rights of the second part to the Embassy Films."
Tom Cruise turned his head to look at Ronan and couldn't help but shake his head slightly. Jerefer Carsonberg and Spielberg's relationship is indeed not very good, but both sides are the same company after all.
Jerefer Carsonberg said directly: "Ronan, let's talk about overseas issuance rights."
Ronan knew that he could not force it and said, "It happened that Bob was here, so you can talk about the overseas release."
When he arrived at the lounge where the club was managed, Jerever Carsonberg pulled Robert Eiger and discussed the continued cooperation between Relativity Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation Studio alone.
Ronan, Tom Cruise and Will Smith sat together, drinking coffee and chatting.
"I heard you went to Korea and island countries specifically." Will Smith asked with great interest: "Are the women over there different from Hollywood?"
Ronan said seriously: "I went to raise funds, not to pick up girls." He asked back: "Will, you are a married person, what do you care about these things?"
Will Smith pinched his nose and said, "It's purely because of curiosity, there's no other meaning."
Ronan turned to Tom Cruise, "Do you believe it?"
Tom Cruise immediately shook his head: "Don't believe it."
Will Smith is a good guy who talks, and immediately fights back: "Ronan, I heard you have a girlfriend, be careful of being caught."
"I don't have a girlfriend." Ronan replied calmly.
Tom Cruise asked, "You and that..." He didn't seem to remember the name: "Just that Disney princess, haven't broken up yet?"
Will Smith reminded: "Anne Hathaway."
Ronan said calmly: "It's not a boyfriend or girlfriend, why don't we break up?" He asked Tom Cruise again: "Didn't you and Penelope Cruz break up? Tom, you won't start the third marriage, right?"
"It's hard to say." Will Smith said first: "Tom and Penelope Cruz will definitely break up. Will they get married later..."
He didn't say anything further.
Ronan could roughly guess that Tom Cruise's marriage was not his own decision.
"What's the situation?" he looked at Tom Cruise and asked with concern: "Is it okay?"
Tom Cruise shook his head gently and said calmly: "Don't worry, I can handle it." He explained simply: "The church is not satisfied with Penelope and thinks that her identity as a Latino Spaniard is very inappropriate to get along with me."
Ronan did not respond. The situation of science teaching was very complicated, especially for Tom Cruise, many things were true and false, and outsiders could not explain clearly.
Will Smith was also very close to the Science Church and asked, "Tom, I heard they were going to arrange a draft for you to pick a suitable woman."
Tom Cruise did not deny: "There is such a plan."
"Why do I feel a little scary?" Will Smith seemed to be talking to himself: "Luckily I didn't join."
Ronan looked at Tom Cruise and asked, "Tom, do you have to obey their arrangements for this kind of thing?"
"Don't worry." Tom Cruise didn't look like a puppet brainwashed or dominated by the church: "I know what to do."
While speaking, he also smiled at Ronan and Will Smith.
Ronan nodded: "That's good, just open your mouth if you need help."
It is obvious that Tom Cruise has his own ideas about science. According to Ronan's observations during this period, Tom Cruise may have been a pure believer when he was young, but now it is really hard to say.
This topic of faith can be discussed at the same time, and it is impossible to talk too deeply. The topic of the three people will soon return to the movie.
"I have reached an authorization agreement with Netflix," said Tom Cruise. "How many videos do you have on that website?"
Luo Nan roughly calculated: "About 20,000 units."
Will Smith was a little surprised: "Come on PepsiCo! You seem to have only been buying this website for three months, right?"
The transaction has been completed, and Ronan has nothing to hide. He said directly: "I bought a film library of a small chain rental company and obtained the rental and sale rights of 18,500 film and television works."
Will Smith sighed: "Your company is getting bigger and bigger."
Luo Nan shrugged slightly: "Every step is careful. If you take one wrong step, all the previous efforts will be in vain."
Tom Cruise picked up the coffee and said before drinking it: "I don't know much about the company's operations, but when shooting movies, financing and loans are a good way."
Will Smith asked: "Ronan, how much money did you raise when you go to the island country and South Korea this time?"
Ronan replied: "The first phase of financing is $275 million."
"So much? Just the first issue?" Will Smith was really surprised this time: "It's enough to invest in two first-line productions."
He suddenly thought of something and asked, "Have you invested?"
Ronan smiled and said, "I invested a large production of $120 million and two medium productions of $20 million. I still have about $100 million left in my hand. I plan to invest in a few more projects."
The first phase of financing is to pay installments, and the subsequent funds have not yet been in place.
Will Smith's heart moved and said, "Have you found a suitable project?"
Hearing this, Ronan immediately made some guesses, but without answering, instead asked: "Will, do you have a movie project?"
He had talked about film investment with Tom Cruise on the phone before. Tom Cruise has been working with Spielberg in the past two years. Ronan has had many contacts with Spielberg. He knew that the old man didn't like him very much and would not take the initiative to invest and find nails.
"The project is not a question." Will Smith thought for a while before saying, "I have several invitations here, one of which I think is not bad, but they invited me for a simple purpose. Maybe they borrowed my reputation to find an investment company."
Chapter completed!