In the hotel room, flipping the business card in his hand, Billy Hoford was talking on the phone with the owner of that number.

"No more Lu Show? Why? The film was sold! Oh, Director McLeak, can you ask which company it sold to? Nothing, I'm just a little curious. Relativity Entertainment Group? The buyer is Ronan Anderson? OK, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, a young face floated in front of Billy Hoford. I still remember that night, this person said several times that he belittled the dv video that he didn't even know the title, so why did he buy this movie after looking back?

Is it true that feeling when I watched the video? This video has hidden value in places he could not imagine?

But when I turn my head and think about it, is there anything else besides the rough picture and the constantly shaking lens?

Billy Hoford shook his head. Ronan Anderson probably bought it to enrich the film library? After all, he heard that Relativity Entertainment is a newly established new company.

When leaving the hotel in the afternoon, Billy met Grey Enrique of Lionsgate Pictures and shared this with Grey Enrique as a curiosity.

"Just that dizzy selfie video?" Gray Enrique was also a little confused: "Ronan Anderson is a smart person. What are you doing when buying this kind of movie?"

This puzzled him.

Do smart people also have times when they do things in a mess?

Now that the copyright of that film has been bought, Billy Hoford has no more scruples when he speaks, and asks: "Grey, you watched it that night, how do you feel?"

This has no conflict with work, and Gray Enrique said the truth: "That's not even a movie, right? I can't see what value it has."

Billy Hoford was puzzled: "I guess I bought it to enrich the film library."

Gray Enrique shook his head: "It shouldn't be that when Ronan Anderson acquired Embassy Pictures some time ago, because of insufficient funds, he only acquired the distribution channels of Embassy Pictures, and he didn't even want a film library."

Billy Hoford heard about this, and Embassy Pictures' library ended up in the hands of Lionsgate Pictures.

Neither of them understood it very well. No matter how you look at Ronan Anderson, they were not stupid.

"Forget it, don't think about it." Billy Hoford gave up first: "It's just a shoddy DV video, it's not worth wasting time."

Grey Enrique and Billy Hoford quickly threw this aside and continued to search for valuable film resources at the St. Dennis Film Festival.

After Ronan returned to Los Angeles, he first paid attention to the two crews being prepared. The main job of these two crews is to recruit actors. The audition has just begun and it is not yet time for him to intervene.

Other specific tasks such as prop production, venue selection, equipment rental and scene setting are all responsible for.

What the producer, Ronan, needs to do is to take control of the overall situation, rather than personally participate in the detailed progress of one aspect.

Knowing how to let professionals do professional things is the basic qualities that producers who control the overall situation must possess.

In addition to handyman, Ronan hired people with relevant work experience for the crew.

He would rather use higher-paid people with work experience than rashly start new people.

For the huge Hollywood, there is never a shortage of related film practitioners.

The current situation in Hollywood is that it is relatively difficult for staff to find suitable jobs, and as long as the crew has a relatively sufficient budget, they often have many suitable choices.

Of course, preparations are definitely not a windfall.

In "The God of Death", Ronan intends to attract star-level actors to participate, so when the casting director mentioned that Toby Maguire and Kelsten Dunst had intentions, the crew was allowed to contact them.

In this era, the star effect is still quite obvious, so there is no need to doubt that star-level actors can bring topicality and attractiveness to the crew.

Unfortunately, the pay set by Ronan is seriously insufficient.

Casting director Jason and associate producer Andrew have contacted the agents of Kelster Dunst and Toby Maguire, and the difference in pay between the two sides is too big.

Kerstein Dunst asked for a $1 million salary, while Toby Maguire's agent even snatched the $2 million salary and refused to let go.

The limit that the crew can accept is $500,000.

It went very smoothly, and the talks between the two sides collapsed.

"Death is Coming" is a typical commercial film that cannot bring important academic awards to actors. Without other benefits, star-level actors are naturally unwilling to play in the role of a salary cut.

It is a taboo for celebrities to star in commercial movies to reduce their salary casually.

Fortunately, the main character group of "The God of Death" has received thousands of application materials for actors, so there is no need to worry about not being able to find a suitable actor.

On the side of "Ace Agent", director Paul Greengrass formulated a preliminary shooting plan, but Ronan received an invitation, and the Abu Dhabi Investment Bureau invited the crew to shoot in the UAE.

Running to the investment bureau's nose to do something? Of course, Ronan would not do this. He politely declined the invitation from the Abu Dhabi Investment Bureau under the pretext of incomplete facilities in the UAE.

This is also a fact. The film industry in the UAE is not even a start.

In addition, Paul Greengras wanted to go to major cities such as Rio de Janeiro, London, New York and Tokyo to shoot on-site. Ronan advised him to give up this idea and try to find a suitable alternative location near California to shoot.

The real budget of this film is not the $25 million displayed to the public. If you really want to fly around the world to shoot, the crew's funds will be used up soon.

Paul Greengrass was a little dissatisfied.

Ronan can only mix with him. Fortunately, Paul Greengrass is a very professional and highly focused director. He basically doesn't know much about finance, and he doesn't have to worry about the British director discovering the trick.

Even if he discovered it, Ronan didn't care and told him directly that the $25 million is not only a production budget, but also a budget for publicity and distribution.

Fully understand the operating rules of Hollywood and master the provisions of the Entertainment Act. As long as you actively and boldly do and think about it, there will always be solutions.

In this regard, Ronan has been watching it, never stops from researching it, and even asks Dinah Amputon, a senior professional entertainment lawyer at Shengzhi Law Firm several times.

Shengzhi Law Firm has officially signed a contract with Relativity Entertainment, and Dinah Amputon is the direct person in charge.

Through the continuous preparation of these three films, Ronan deeply realized that the profits of the film are far more than the normal commercial income that the film can generate, and can also benefit in the process of operating the film.

Instead, it is a legal income that complies with industry regulations and laws.

Opportunities are in front of you, and you can't be spared in vain.

Luo Nan also had the initial "Asan" plan before further improving it.

According to the news he received, Indians have had contact with DreamWorks, but in general, they are still cautious. Compared with the oil tyrants in the UAE, it is estimated that the funds of Indian tyrants are more difficult, and they do not have the super rich style of the tyrants.

Tony Koch has been with him for a while and learn about Hollywood's field operations.

Ronan is still very conscientious. With Helen Hull and Mrs. Anderson in his relationship, he will not cheat Tony Koch.

Moreover, as a commercial company engaged in legitimate industries, Relativity Entertainment also needs trustworthy partners.

Tony Koch is generally more reliable, and his only lack is his lack of experience.

These can be solved over time.

At the same time, Ronan simply finalized the framework of the new company, and Mary was deployed from Shahai Entertainment to Relativity, but she had to temporarily supervise Shahai Entertainment and the finance of the two projects, and George Clint was responsible for the daily work of Shahai Entertainment.

The new company also recruited and hired several employees. This shell company, which is temporarily used as a holding company, is not easy to truly develop.

After handling these tasks, the film copy and all the shooting materials of "The Witch" were also shipped to Los Angeles. Ronan first asked someone to conduct targeted market research and formulated a plan for the film with "viral marketing" as the core.

He also needs a plan that allows people to see the prospects to convince their employees, especially the publishers of Embassy Films.
Chapter completed!