"Why are you looking at me like this?" Lindsay Bill greeted Ronan and sat opposite him.

Ronan pointed to her clothes: "You rarely dressed like this before."

Lindsay Bill looked down at the hip skirt and said, "I just attended the last party and ran out halfway. Finally, I don't have to go anymore."

Ronan understood what she meant and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Lindsay Bill is a relatively reserved and implicit person. Maybe this period has been too hard and he boasted rarely: "I really tried to write this script."

Ronan nodded seriously: "It can be seen." He received a glass of water for Lindsay Bill: "Drink some water first."

"Thank you." Lindsay Bill drank three big mouthfuls of water in a row before saying: "I can't help but wonder if I have mental illness or if I'm crazy!"

Ronan comforted: "You can see that you are under a lot of pressure."

Lindsay Bill nodded and said, "After returning from New York, I contacted the agent Kate gave me, but she didn't respond at all. I had no choice but to pretend to be a woman who wanted to make a profit in that area, and then contact her."

Ronan did not speak anymore, but patiently listened to Lindsay Bill's story.

Lindsay Bill tried to be concise: "I pretended to be that kind of woman and met that agent. Maybe I had good conditions innately. She took me to a high-end party and wanted to attract and control me with those luxurious and luxurious life. I, a money-worshiping woman, have gained some of her trust and have some things out of her mouth."

She took a sip of water and continued: "Later she began to introduce customers to me, and she had some two-way choices in high-end business. And some men who only had a little capital were good at licking, which gave the woman the advantage of raising prices. I met a few so-called customers, got some words from them, and then made excuses to run away."

Ronan asked, "Lost trust?"

"Well." Lindsay Bill nodded slightly: "The agent no longer trusts me. I broke down with her at a party today, and then ran back."

Ronan knew that she had done a lot on this project, even far more than a screenwriter's job, and said again: "Thank you for your hard work, Lindsay."

Lindsay Bill smiled and said, "I can't close my eyes and write randomly without even caring about the basic facts, right?"

Ronan thought for a while and said, "There is enough information collected, so don't do such dangerous things anymore."

"Don't do it anymore." Lindsay Bill seemed a little scared: "There were two times, but fortunately I was smart, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

"The next stage is to write the script." Ronan pays attention to the rewards of his efforts: "Lin Sai, you are the only screenwriter of this project. In the future, you will serve as the second producer of the film project."

Lindsay Bill's fatigue disappeared instantly, his face full of surprise: "Ronan, is this true?"

Ronan said with a smile: "How could I joke about this kind of thing?"

Lindsay Bill immediately said: "I will take a day off tomorrow and start to integrate information and write scripts the day after tomorrow."

Which boss doesn't like such an active employee? Ronan said: "Don't worry, take two more days off."

Lindsay Bill stood up: "I'll go home first."

Ronan nodded: "Go back and have a good rest."

Before leaving Lindsay Bill asked curiously: "Who do you want to be the director of this project?"

Ronan said: "Sophia Coppola is the personal choice, after all, this is a female subject." He reminded: "This is just our unilateral intention, keep it confidential."

"I understand." Lindsay Bill said goodbye and left.

Ronan has not yet contacted Sofia Coppola about this project, and Sofia Coppola may not be willing to direct such a project.

Of course, there are more director candidates, and David Finch is not bad either. The films he directs have a deep dark style, which complements such a subject.

But David Finch's dark style is often too heavy and does not leave people hope, which is not good for the film to hit Oscars.

With so much time and energy invested, Ronan certainly wanted the film to win both fame and fortune.

It's better to come back with a heavyweight Oscar trophy.

Ronan thought of another name, Steven Soderbergh.

I remember watching an experimental film about this industry shot by Steven Soderbergh, and I specially invited a female artist from the San Fernando Valley to play the leading role. Unfortunately, the author's style is too strong, so people can't stand it. I have forgotten what the specific content I said.

As long as you don't make author movies, Steven Soderbergh is also a good director candidate.

By waiting for Lindsay Bill to complete the script, people can have preliminary contact with these three directors.

Luo Nan temporarily put down this matter, took one from the stack of scripts next to him, and started reading it carefully.

Because there are other work occasionally, Ronan browsed five scripts intermittently in the afternoon, and then made relevant notes.

Although I only browsed it through ten lines at a glance, I can still determine that these scripts are basically of value.

The basis for judgment is not only the strangeness of the storyline, but also the chaos in the script structure and the lack of basic logic, etc.

For example, the latter's judgment comes from Ronan's ability to learn and train in his work in films over the years.

In fact, finding projects from the delivery script is similar to hitting the fortune.

A veteran producer once said: "Most of the thousands of scripts I have read have no even a slight value."

The script is the foundation of a movie, and its development is a long and complex process. From the initial story creativity, it requires a complicated process of writing, market evaluation and modification before it can finally enter the shooting stage.

When newcomers make their first movie, many people told him: You need to find a good script.

Don't believe them, because a good script is far from enough.

The scripts that Ronan directly rejected are obviously all works by novices. Novices often want to tell a very complex story from a new perspective and a unique standpoint.

But it's too difficult for novices.

Even the Wachowski brothers (sisters) and (sisters) who started out were the peak, they only appeared after practicing their work.

In fact, for Xinniao, a screenwriter industry, if you want to write a good script and get the green light from a film company, it is best to have a simple plot and conform to Hollywood routines, and complex and fresh scripts are less likely to be adopted.

The script for novices is best like a man and a woman in heat, that is, the movements are clear and straight to the point.

Such scripts can also be operated as a rookie and can reduce the chance of making mistakes due to insufficient experience.

Then the script is delivered and given to luck.

Ronan's script for judging unfamiliar content is actually not complicated.

He mainly looks at several factors: a main character; a target that makes the audience care about; the main character needs to take a big enough risk; in the midst of danger, the main character needs to experience at least one, preferably three obstacles.

Since he had not finished reading all the scripts, Ronan simply took them home when he got off work and planned to work overtime at night.

Back at the manor, handed the script to the butler Nikia and asked her to send it to the study.

Only Ronan and the butler Nikia can enter the work-related places in the manor, such as the study and private reception room.

Nikia has also proved that she is an outstanding and dedicated butler in the past two years.

After having dinner carefully prepared by a private chef, Ronan went out for a walk, but did not go upstairs immediately after returning. The housekeeper Nikia gave him the manor's expenses in March.

From garden management to tree pruning and insect prevention to daily maintenance of basic facilities, plus various expenses such as personnel and vehicles, as well as Ronan's treats and parties, the World Manor will spend a total of $550,000 in March.

In general, Ronan's expenses are not high. According to news circulating within the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean", it is said that Johnny Depp spends one million dollars a month is the norm.

Seeing Ronan signing the document, the housekeeper Nikia reminded again: "The tax season is coming soon. According to the latest property value measurement, the estate needs to pay $740,000 in property tax."

Ronan nodded: "I understand. You can contact Connie tomorrow and ask her to assist you in handling it."

No one can mess with the tax bureau. There is no law that requires a long term to buy a property, but the annual property tax is an expense that cannot be ignored.

Moreover, property tax is not fixed, and it rises as housing prices rise.

It can only be said that it is a country that started with tax resistance.

Fortunately, the property tax in California is not high. For old residential areas in the west like Beverly Hills, the tax rate is only one percent.

Ronan explained some daily necessities that Nikia needed to buy recently, and then went to the study upstairs to continue browsing the scripts that she had not read in the afternoon.

After reading seven or eight scripts in a row, Ronan was quite disappointed.

This way of finding projects should be divided into several days or even a week, and time to complete them, and it is done as a job adjustment, rather than now.

To be honest, those who submit scripts are having a fortune, and the person who chooses scripts is also having a fortune.

The former is that the script must be selected by the film company to establish a project.

Luo Nan had to be very lucky to find the content that had been remembered from the scripts submitted by a bunch of newcomers or unknown screenwriters, or even bad movies...

Just like the films shot by Uvi Ball, the movie will be bad to a certain level and will leave a deeper impression on people.

Since I had dinner, I had seen it almost eleven o'clock and there were three scripts left. Luo Nan drank a glass of water and planned to finish it in one breath tonight.

Perhaps it was because of the outbreak of luck, or perhaps it was because of some capable but insufficient screenwriter who spread the scripts to make luck. When Ronan saw the third last, he actually discovered the familiar plot and content.
Chapter completed!