"How is the atmosphere of the new company?" Ronan asked.

Robert thought for a while and said, "Overall, it's not bad, and the xenophobia is not strong. Of course, after I came here, I said that the popularity was definitely fake, but it did not affect normal work. Management like Garcia and Thomas are actually willing to see the acquisition. They also want to release real big movies, instead of buying some small movies overseas every year and waiting to harvest those millions of dollars. The original three are too conservative."

Ronan does not reject the idea of ​​people in the company. After all, people are not machines: "The issuance work will be busy soon."

The two talked about a lot about distribution companies. The Embassy Film Company is not large in scale, and its personnel relationship is relatively simple, but there are also factions and competition within it, which is indispensable for any normal company.

"Actually, what I worry about the most is not the management." Robert said extremely seriously: "Many employees of this company have gradually developed habits in a slow-paced state. I am worried that they will not be able to keep up with our fast-paced."

Luo Nan also had this consideration and said: "With the premise of ensuring smooth issuance channels, survival of the fittest will be eliminated."

"Yeah." Robert responded.

"It's almost time to the St. Dennis Film Festival." Ronan said of his plan: "I plan to go to the festival to check it out, buy a suitable small production, and make the distribution company busy first."

After the acquisition is completed, cohesion and centripetal force cannot be solved in a short period of time.

The best way is to use the success of a video to bring the new company on track.

Robert's head said: "This is a way to test employees and increase the experience of large-scale releases of videos." He reminded: "If you buy, don't make it too high, right?"

Ronan was still confident about the distribution channel established and developed by Embassy Pictures over the past ten years and said, "Let's go and have a look first, and then talk about it if there are suitable videos."

The St. Dennis Film Festival is a paradise for independent films, not only Hollywood-produced films, but also many small productions shot by filmmakers who have no connection with Hollywood.

Under normal circumstances, these small productions cannot find distribution channels, and most of them will stay in the locker for their whole lives. The roadside screening of the St. Denis Film Festival is the best opportunity for them. In recent years, the St. Denis Film Festival has also released several small productions that have hit the box office.

Just after winning a distribution company, Ronan is about to wait for "Ace Agent" to figure it out and try his luck there.

Maybe you will encounter the ideal movie.

Robert also asked the film with concern: "How is "Ace Agent"?"

Ronan shook his head gently: "I haven't found a suitable director yet."

This film is used to cheat money... no, it is used to raise funds, but I also want to make it as good as possible, at least I can recover more funds. I can't just find a bad director casually.

Robert joked: "If it really doesn't work, you will be the director yourself."

Ronan shrugged: "It is conceivable that Ace Agents will become the worst movie ever."

After leaving Embassy Film, he was still considering the film, and the script was still being improved and revised, which was somewhat different from what the Abu Dhabi Investment Bureau saw.

Of course, the Arab protagonist will not change. The supporting roles on the Justice side can include whites, blacks, Latinos, etc., and ethnic minorities still have certain film consumption power.

Moreover, adding roles from other ethnic groups will also be conducive to future publicity and distribution.

If you want to recover as much as possible, you cannot simply rely on Arab audiences to buy it.

Ronan then met George Clint and went to major unions to go to the success of the Human Purge Plan. In addition, the investment of these two crews is relatively high, so it is inevitable to hire employees on a large scale, and dealing with unions is not allowed.

Otherwise, if the union really wants to cause trouble, it will be a headache.

Shahai Entertainment is no longer an unknown videotape production company.

Producers Alliance, two major actor unions, technical and coordinating staff unions, and director unions that James Huang had just joined, Ronan ran around and completed the union registration and filing of "The Death is Coming" and "Ace Agent".

These two films have also become veritable union projects. The corresponding cast and crew members in the crew will be protected by the union. In the future, the film will generate income and will also pay considerable management fees to the union.

It's okay to say anything else, but the union collects money from the capitalists, which makes Ronan very uncomfortable.

Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

However, this industry has developed for nearly a hundred years and has already had complete industry regulations, which is definitely not something that a small company can challenge.

Becoming a union registration program also means that the employees' salaries must comply with regulations.

As we all know, trade unions have minimum wage regulations.

In addition, the crew must have complete insurance procedures, which means that the crew must take out an extra amount of money and find an insurance company to invest in the insurance.

There is more than one insurance policy required.

Ronan contacted the firefighting fund insurance company under the German Allianz Group. More than 60% of the insurance companies of Hollywood crews and even the third-party guarantee business used in mainstream commercial productions are in cooperation with this company.

Strictly speaking, insurance is not a bad thing. In case of an accident, the insurance company can pay for it.

During the filming process, anything can happen, such as equipment theft, injury to cast members or damage to the shooting location, etc.

What if the chandelier falls and burns the carpet? What if someone breaks his leg during the shooting? When these bad situations happen, the only producer Ronan is responsible.

In addition, when renting outdoor locations, props and equipment, insurance certificates can be used as a guarantee.

In accordance with the requirements of several major trade unions, Ronan invested in actor insurance, film and videotape insurance, equipment insurance, work-related injury insurance and error and omission liability insurance in the firefighting fund in one go.

Among them, the insurance amount for work-related injury insurance is as high as US$300,000 due to the existence of the special stunt team.

"Mr. Anderson, I need a copy record of stunt scripts and stunt scene designs."

Bob from Fire Fund Insurance told Ronan: "Once the insurance contract takes effect, the stunt scenario shall not be changed significantly without the consent of the insurance company."

Ronan had a headache and said, "Don't worry, I don't like to do dangerous moves either."

Bob said seriously: "Explain in advance, if the contract is breached, we will withdraw the insurance."

Ronan nodded, knowing more about Hollywood's insurance business.

In his previous life, Tom Cruise, the most famous desperate man in Hollywood, jumped out of the world's tallest building in Mission Impossible 4. All the movements were completed by him personally. He practiced climbing, running and jumping on the tower for eight days.

The original insurance company refused to insure this dangerous action and asked to change the script or use a substitute. Tomco refused to accept it and fired the insurance company. The producer was forced to temporarily transfer to other insurance companies. It is said that no company is willing to underwrite it, and in the end it was a personal fund to guarantee it.

Like Tom Ge is just an isolated case. After all, although Hollywood actors are generally dedicated, there are actually very few people who work like him.

Insurance companies do not take on certain businesses, and it is not unique.

For example, Robert Downey Jr., because he was young and ignorant, went to and from the lords to take drugs many times between 1996 and 2001. Because the risks were too high, no insurance company was willing to insure him, which made many movies give up Robert Downey Jr..

This situation did not improve until Mel Gibson guaranteed it.

There is also Nicole Kidman, the Hollywood queen of films, behind which the shadow of insurance companies is also the shadow of an insurance company.

David Finch's movie "Trilling Space" originally starred Nicole Kidman in the heroine, but due to a relapse of old injuries and personal reasons, Nicole Kidman temporarily withdrew from the crew, causing the movie to be almost aborted. The insurance company almost had to pay 54 million US dollars for this. Fortunately, he found Judy Foster to replace him later and continued. However, after the project exceeded the deadline, the insurance company also paid 7 million US dollars.

This directly led to Nicole Kidman becoming one of the least popular female stars among insurance companies.

When insurance companies on the market are unwilling to contract for a certain star, it will somewhat affect the choice of the crew.

Bob was just an inconspicuous small business manager in the huge fire fund insurance company. After completing the insurance contract with the crew, he asked with his own thoughts: "Mr. Anderson, I'll take the liberty to ask, which company your crew uses as a third-party guarantee?"

"This is a negotiation secret." Luo Nan casually spoke.

Third-party guarantee? That can only be used in the next step. Isn’t it a cause of trouble to use it now?

Bob was very smart and stopped asking questions. Instead, he took out his business card and handed it to Ronan: "If you need it, call me."
Chapter completed!