Chapter 44
The Louis Theater is located on 17th Street in Burbank. It is a two-story community theater. The theater is temporarily closed this afternoon. It will cooperate with the rental Fangshahai Entertainment to hold a "Human Clearance Plan" movie meeting.
Hundreds of movie fans recruited were the first to enter the theater.
Similar movie-watching or test-watching are very common in Los Angeles. Many movie fans are also happy to participate in this free movie-watching event, and it is quite easy to recruit trial-watching audiences.
However, Ronan added some materials to it.
"How are you doing?" he stood in the theater vestibule and asked Robert, "Are you all here?"
Robert nodded softly: "Don't worry, we have not been practicing for less than thirty times, and many emergencies have been registered, so there is definitely no problem."
Luo Nan let out a breath, and his slightly impatient mood gradually soothed: "If it doesn't go well, we can only go to the film festival or find those small companies to release it."
Robert knew the agreement Ronan had reached with the Arabs, and the film would definitely be released in North America, rather than release the video.
"Is there any clue about the acquisition of the issuance company?" Robert asked in a low voice.
Ronan roughly said: "George provided some lists. Is it a big acquisition with a wide distribution channel? It doesn't make sense to buy a small company with limited distribution channels."
Robert echoed: "It's better to recruit people to build an issuance department than to acquire a small company."
Ronan thought for a while and said, "The first choice is to acquire. If there is no suitable acquisition target, we will set up an issuance company."
It is definitely not about establishing another distribution department in Shahai Entertainment, but a distribution company independent of Shahai Entertainment.
James Huang came over at this time. Ronan and Robert no longer talked about the company and greeted James Huang one after another.
"How many distribution companies are coming here today?" Although James Huang attaches great importance to the latter "The God of Death", he is also very concerned about whether the first movie can enter the theater: "Do you have a general goal?"
As soon as he said this, he realized that he had asked a somewhat stupid question. If he had a specific goal, he would not hold a movie-watching meeting.
However, Ronan said: "It depends on the situation. It is estimated that there will be people from seven or eight companies coming, and the specific conditions will be determined later."
Issuance is necessary, but on this basis, we must also strive for favorable chips as much as possible.
There were more than 40 minutes left before the start of the movie, but no one from the distribution company came over. Robert was a little anxious and looked at the entrance of the theater frequently.
Ronan was also a little anxious. Anyway, this was his first movie in Hollywood, which was directly related to future development.
If the film is successfully released in North America and wins a fairly good box office, and the copyright of overseas screening can be sold at a good price, Abu Dhabi will definitely be happy, and it will be easier to invest.
The first time is often the most difficult thing to attract investment. With the precedent of successful cooperation, there is a good foundation for cooperation again.
As for the inexplicable accusations and investigations of cooperation with Arabs in the future, there is no need to worry too much about this. There are countless companies and even individuals who have cooperative relationships and financial transactions with Arabs in the United States.
Abu Dhabi belongs to the UAE. Compared with Saudi Arabia and other countries, the UAE has much smaller risk factors.
There are so many companies in the United States that have business dealings with Arabs. As long as you don’t violate a certain line, who will pay attention to a small company in this non-critical industry.
Besides, Ronan would not be so stupid that he was really tied to the Arabs.
He always valued money in the Arab pockets, and his eyes were also shifting to India.
After waiting for a while, Ronan looked at his watch. It was only thirty minutes long and no one came over. He carefully planned the script. What's the use if the target audience doesn't come?
James Huang was also a little anxious and looked at his watch frequently.
For him, if this film can be released in theaters, the release of the next film will be much smoother.
"I'm not here yet." Robert frowned.
Ronan's face was calm: "Stop it." He raised his eyebrows gently: "Here is here."
The black Lexus car parked at the entrance of the theater. A middle-aged man got out of the car and entered the theater. Ronan hurriedly came forward and stretched out his right hand first: "Welcome, Mr. Chris."
The man named Chris shook hands with him and said with a smile: "The road is a bit congested, but fortunately it's not late."
Ronan smiled and said, "It is a great honor for us to come."
Everyone likes to hear good things, and there is no loss when he says a few more words. He exchanged a few greetings with Chris from Sony and asked Robert to send the person to the private room on the second floor.
Then, Warner Bros. Bran Milner also came.
Representatives from four or five distribution companies or film-watching experts came to the theater one after another.
Of course, these people are people with some power positions and not very high positions in their companies. The main studio in daily life is to find and review movies suitable for theater distribution.
To put it bluntly, coming here is their daily work.
In the box on the second floor, Chris saw Bran Milner coming up and said hello and asked, "Why are you here?"
"I can come, of course I can come, too." Bran Milner said with a smile.
Chris asked tentatively: "Warner Bros. is interested in this little production?"
"The director also directed the three million dollar horror film, "The X-Files", which sounds good." Bran Milner said, "It's mainly because Ronan Anderson is a good young man, and he is very enthusiastic and sincere, and I can't help but feel kind."
He suddenly asked, "Where are you, Chris?"
Chris thought of several meetings with Ronan and said, "There are really not many young people like Mr. Anderson, it's very real." He thought for a while and added, "To be honest, I came here not because of the film's budget and director, but because of Mr. Anderson."
At the entrance of the cinema, because the door was full of cars, the later cars could only park a little further.
Grey Enrique of Lionsgate Pictures got out of the car and walked towards the theater. He met an acquaintance halfway through, and the man took the initiative to greet him: "Good afternoon, Grey."
"Good afternoon, Deron." Gray Enrique met this colleague from New Line Film, pointed to the theater and asked tentatively: "New Line Film is interested in this "Human Purge Plan"?"
Delong shrugged: "I have no other job at hand for the time being, just come here to try my luck."
Gray Enrique heard the subtext: "You don't really think about this movie?"
Deron said as he walked: "Ronan Anderson lost a lot of money in his last film. He didn't understand what the theater movie was like. It took just how long that I made another film, and I think..."
He didn't say anything further, but shook his head: "It's just that I'm not busy, otherwise I won't come."
Grey Enrique could see that Deron seemed to think so.
It is not difficult to understand that Xinyi Film released the previous film of Shahai Entertainment, but basically did not make any money.
For issuing companies, not making money is actually losing money.
The two went into the theater together and greeted Ronan one after another. Gray Enrique saw it very clearly. Deron looked down on the young man a little, and his expression was faintly arrogant.
Ronan Anderson gave him a good impression, especially when the two talked about horror movies last time, the opinions they said did not look like laymen at all.
Lionsgate Pictures is just starting out, and the company's main goal is to low-cost horror films.
With his senses, films invested in and produced by people like Ronan Anderson should be more reliable, at least not outrageous.
"This time, it's a failure." Delong was talking to him: "The company that Old Anderson has worked hard to develop will be destroyed in his son's hands."
Grey Enrique smiled, not accepting Deron's words.
The two then entered the private room on the second floor together, with many colleagues sitting inside.
Gray Enrique greeted each other, sat in his seat, and as he looked forward, he heard a "bang".
Delong also heard it and followed the sound to see that the seat on the first floor was facing the conspicuous position of the private room. When someone opened it, he heard Coke. Perhaps the coke can had a collision, and the foam generated by the foam surged out of the high place.
"They hate these people who make messy sounds when watching movies the most," Deron muttered.
Gray Enrique also saw it and echoed: "So too."
First floor seating.
Mario took the tissue handed over by Paul, wiped off the cola foam on his body, first handed the open cola in his hand to Paul, and then pulled it open.
"Drink!" Paul raised his head and drank.
Mario was not vague and drank it all in one breath.
Chapter completed!