By the end of August, the crew of "House of Death" had been formed, and the entire project production budget was only 1.2 million US dollars, of which 200,000 US dollars were paid to Uvi Ball's copyright fee, which determined that the crew could only prepare, shoot and produce the lowest-equipped theater film crew.

Ronan handed over the crew to the external producers, but only allowed people to control the most critical financial links.

He also wanted to see how bad the films Wu Bao made with such a low investment.

At this time, Ang Lee and the crew came to Los Angeles and were preparing to attend the Toronto Film Festival. Ronan had a special talk with Ang Lee.

"The promotional release of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in North America will be centered around awards season and Oscars," Ronan said to Ang Lee. "I have made preliminary estimates with the professionals of the Embassy Film Industry. We apply for as many Oscars as possible for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Among them, the best foreign language film, the best director and the best film are the key PR goals."

Ang Lee has been living in Hollywood for many years, so how could he not know the importance of Oscars to film practitioners? Without any hesitation, he said: "If I need my cooperation, just give me instructions."

"If you can get multiple Oscar nominations, it will be a win-win for us," Ronan said.

There is no doubt about this, and Ang Lee was also very clear about it and said, "I have hired a professional public relations company to do public relations."

Ronan handed over a plan to Ang Lee: "This is a preliminary planning, including publicity focus and media rhetoric. Director Lee, you are a member of Hollywood and I won't say much about this aspect of knowing the political correctness of Oscars."

"Yeah." Ang Lee nodded: "I promise that I personally and the crew members will not talk nonsense."

Ronan reminded: "The Toronto Film Festival is a very good publicity platform and has gradually had an influence on the North American awards ceremony season. David Villa of the Embassy Film Industry will accompany you to Toronto. There may be some media activities during this period, so you should try your best to cooperate."

Ang Lee was able to succeed in Hollywood, and actively integrate into the company can be said to be the key: "I met David once, and I went to visit him in the afternoon."

In order to make Ang Lee more involved, Ronan specifically said: "If "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can win the Oscar Little Golden Man, the significance is far less that he won several awards in the end."

Ang Lee was so smart that he immediately understood what Ronan meant and said, "I understand."

"I'm not familiar with the crew, I hope you can convey it." Ronan said calmly when he saw Ang Lee's serious expression: "During the period from the end of the Toronto Film Festival to the Oscars, I hope that the main creators of the crew will stay in Los Angeles as much as possible. If you have jobs and cannot stay for a long time, try to participate in the crew's public activities."

He said with great slightness: "This will be good for their future career."

Ang Lee was very confident: "I believe no one will refuse."

Ronan emphasized: "Director Lee, before the end of this awards season, I hope you don't take on new jobs and make every effort to prepare for the Oscars. It's best to settle in Los Angeles temporarily."

"Yes." Ang Lee immediately responded.

Although the nearly 6,000 judges at the Film Academy are scattered around the world, Los Angeles is the largest gathering place. The entire Oscar public relations are actually centered on Los Angeles. Every year, actors or directors who are interested in Oscars will come to Los Angeles before the awards season begins and stay for a few months.

The funds and copies of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" North America are being prepared, just waiting for the awards season to begin.

But before "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Embassy Films will first release "Human Purge 2".

As Halloween gradually approaches, the promotion of this film is also making efforts.

"The trailer of "Human Purge 2" was released, and the bloody horror massacre was fully upgraded!"

News and reports related to the video began to appear frequently in the media.

"The biggest problem with the previous work is that it is difficult to tell whether the film is an action movie or an indoor thriller. From the trailer released before, the sequel is a complete action movie, and it should be quite exciting!"

Advocacy is essential.

At the same time, Embassy Film also held a special theater screening for "Human Purge 2".

Perhaps because of the traditional white protagonist relationship, the preview of this film has a very good reputation, and most media and fans have given positive reviews.

The Embassy Film Company did not restrict the media's reputation and allowed the media to publish relevant comments the day after the trial, provided that spoilers are not allowed.

The North American film industry is very mature, and a tacit understanding has long been formed between film companies and the media. For example, for example, film companies will generally say hello in advance. The media can write relevant comments or articles according to the quality of the movie they see, but the time for the report to be published must be after the film company unblocks the media's release authority.

Of course, some media do not miss film companies, but film companies will not invite such media.

There is no contractual provision in this regard, and it is an unwritten rule and few people will break it on their own initiative.

In Ronan's previous life, after a Disney film was previewed, media reporters released comments in advance, and then all Disney's videos and works closed the door to the media.

Doing so will not be worth the money for the media.

Generally speaking, if the preview effect is good, the film company will not suppress media comments. Most of the films that quickly lift the ban on media reputation after the preview have a good reputation.

In fact, the time when the word of mouth is lifted can also see the quality of the upcoming video.

A film that can win the reputation of the media, theaters and audiences during its preview is hopeless to promote good reputation as soon as possible so as to attract more potential audiences, and the ban on all aspects of reputation will be lifted early.

For example, media comments, public interviews by preview movie fans, ratings for websites such as Rotten Tomatoes or ImDB on the Internet.

Correspondingly, a film with a high investment will be released the next day, and comments from all aspects have not yet been lifted, so the possibility of a bad movie is extremely high.

Some bad movies even want to suppress negative word-of-mouth spread after they are released.

Nowadays, the influence of imdb is growing, although there are not enough rating users and "Human Clearance Plan 2" has no relevant scores, but the comments of some movie fans who participated in the preview have been posted.

"Compared with the first part, the sequel is much higher, and the two are not the same level at all."

"The director perfectly described all the plots that a big sweep plan would eventually bring, and his description of human nature was deeply rooted in the bones. If the male protagonist was not a retired soldier, but an ordinary person like the female protagonist, then there would be no so-called heroes, and it is conceivable how their fate would be."

"The second part puts the story on the street, rather than confining it to a house. Through various intertwined images, people can see the results of the so-called grand sweep plan. Kind people will still suffer from disasters from heaven when they stay at home. The government also plays a side that is not glorious enough. As the boss said at the end: In order to make the people more control and balance the number of people, people do not kill enough, so they choose their targets and increase the killing."

These comments are like advertisements hanging high on the website, attracting the attention of fans.

Propaganda inevitably pulled the US government into it again.

How can a popular Hollywood movie not be criticized by the US government?

It is estimated that the most professional statistical agencies will find out one thing: how many blame has the Washington authorities taken in Hollywood movies? Why do they take these blame?

The US government is always the best choice to take the blame.

This is not that Hollywood intends to hack the US government, but that conspiracy theories are the best material for movies.

For example, those unresolved controversial historical mysteries.

Because for the audience, conspiracy theories have always been quite popular, and for the screenwriters, this is also a good opportunity for them to open their brains.

"Moon Walker" in his previous life raised a conspiracy theory: the United States' Apollo moon landing plan was hired by the famous director Stanley Kubrick to forge the images of the moon landing.

For example, in "Anonymous", a man named Edward Deville is considered to be the real writer of Shakespeare's works; in "The Da Vinci Code", the historical process of the founding of the United States, Kennedy's assassination and the failure of the Vietnam War are all controlled by the "Masonics"...

In the eyes of those who advocate "conspiracy theories", the world is full of doubts. Who killed Kennedy, whether the American moon landing is real or forged, and whether aliens have been sealed after being discovered by the US government? The movies have just become the best carrier for proof of these doubts.

The best target for conspiracy theories is undoubtedly the US government, which is coquettish all over the world.

Of course, secret organizations are also very suitable for taking the blame.

Who is the ruler of the earth? UFO enthusiasts think it is an alien, racially prejudiced people think it is Jew, Americans think it is the president of the United States, and jokers think it is Haidilao...

There are always some people in the world who firmly believe that certain fields and events are manipulated by a hidden behind-the-scenes organization.

It is not that the screenwriter likes to tamper with history and creates various conspiracy theories, but that it has fertile soil among the people. Various rumors have been circulating for decades and have serious arguments, which can become the inspiration for screenwriters.

"Human Purge Plan 2" also meets market demand. The conspiracy theory is full of flavor. The US government, which takes the blame, is a mysterious organization established for the unkind...

These are also the selling points of the film.

The film's preview response was excellent, and the theaters were also very satisfied. After careful statistics from the Embassy Film Industry, there were as many as 2,850 painting theaters in North America in the first week.

This is very rare for an R-level horror movie.

Embassy Pictures has printed 3,800 copies at one time and will be sent to theaters across North America by October 20.
Chapter completed!