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It took five days for Ronan to settle the negotiations with James and Huang, and the two sides officially signed a director employment agreement.

James Huang served as the director of "The Human Purge Plan" and was rewarded with a salary of $300,000, without involving later sharing.

This has been negotiated long ago and does not take time. The real dispute is just a few small matters.

For example, when the crew is working, the director should provide special car services; the director has an independent office or lounge in the studio, and should be equipped with corresponding nanny cars when going out; under the same conditions, the crew should give priority to hiring behind-the-scenes staff recommended by the director; the director has priority for equipment within the crew's price framework.

Ronan argued with Edward for two days alone and finally marked seventeen items on the contract.

This is not an exaggeration. In the Hollywood environment, James Huang and Edward's requests are not excessive. For example, first- and second-tier directors, there can be as many as forty or fifty or even hundreds of similar terms.

Some of the demanding ones are even clearly stipulated in food, drinking water and bed sheets and quilt covers for hotels.

Ronan was a small producer in his previous life and didn't care much about these trivial matters. As long as he doesn't go too far, what he really cares about is the actual power within the crew.

He talked with Edward for three days and, on the basis of appropriate compromise, took the final decision in his own hands.

For example, James Huang has the right to suggest actors, but the right to decide is in the hands of the producer; the director can participate in post-production, and the right to edit the post-production remains the producer; the producer is not allowed to interfere with the director's normal shooting, but has a veto power over the director's shots.

This is a producer-centric Hollywood. Unless it reaches the level of James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, the director will be subject to the pressure of the producer.

At the same time, the two parties also signed another contract.

Shahai Entertainment bought out all copyrights of the script for "The Death is Coming" in the hands of James Huang and Glenn Morgan for $5,000, including the sequel copyright and peripheral development rights.

James Huang and Glenn Morgan are both members of the screenwriter union. Now the minimum buyout price for scripts stipulated by the screenwriter union is $4,500 to $50,000, which is proportional to the investment in the project.

After the screenwriter strike in 2008, the minimum buyout price of the screenwriter union will rise to $30,000 to $90,000.

In the iron triangle of the crew composed of screenwriters, actors and directors, whether in the past, present, or in the future, screenwriters are the most tragic ones.

The union that Hollywood launched a strike against the producers’ union was never a screenwriter’s union, but as soon as the actors and directors’ union strike appeared, the producers’ union quickly negotiated a settlement with them. Instead, the screenwriter’s union’s intention to strike became a real strike every time.

In 1988, the screenwriters union went on strike and signed a new agreement of 20 years with the producers' league. Twenty years later, the screenwriters wanted to win more, but were flatly rejected by the producers' league and had to strike again.

The contract stipulates that James Huang personally directed the project and served as co-producer; in addition to being a screenwriter, Glenn Morgan will also serve as an executive producer.

No one is a fool. James Huang and Glenn Morgan agreed to sell the script at a low price in order to get more power so that they can have more say in the filming and production of "The Death is Coming".

If it were other projects, Ronan might do everything possible to suppress James Huang's power, but this project gave James Huang Yuancha the power of "Human Purge Plan".

In fact, as long as you hold the final editing rights and the veto rights, James Huang can't make a big splash.

Ronan will never relax his supervision of James Huang and even give him money and power just because he is a Chinese director. What's the difference between it and a fool?

Business is business.

The contract stipulates that the minimum budget of "The God of Death" is no less than US$6 million, and preparations will begin after the release of "Human Purge Plan".

There is no way, Ronan has no money now. According to James Huang's preliminary plan, a simple film like "Human Purge Plan" is enough from preparation to completion of filming for three to four months, and it can be even shorter.

It is impossible for Ronan to move money in the stock market.

So, his eyes were set on Abu Dhabi again.

As long as the "Human Purge Plan" is released successfully, the Arab characters in it are positive, I believe that the big guys in Abu Dhabi will be more satisfied.

He, an old friend of the UAE people, can go to Abu Dhabi to make friends.

We are all good friends, so we always gather from time to time to talk about our feelings and reminisce about the past.

But it would be a bit stupid to go to raise funds if the "Human Purge" is not released.

Just like he did in the first time, he always had to bring something convincing.

After finishing the director, Ronan still did not relax at all. He had a lot of work and could not relax in his studies.

He bought more than a dozen books for the second time, and returned to the USC Film Academy again, and asked his former tutor Professor Johnson for some production questions.

Professor Johnson is nearly 60 years old and has been in Hollywood for many years. Later, he moved to the University of Southern California to teach. There are quite a lot of behind-the-scenes jobs with whom Hollywood has had a teacher-student relationship.

This network of relationships that was originally thrown away by Anderson Jr., not only Ronan picked up the website, but also carefully maintained it.

Shahai Entertainment needs talents.

Fortunately, he is not fighting alone, and now he has help.

After recruiting, Shahai Entertainment expanded to ten employees, all of whom have more than three years of experience in the industry, and all of them will join the crew.

Of course, everyone's salary and even expenses are all included in the cost of the video.

Mary is responsible for financial work, and making a beautiful account is the top priority.

Robert Lee settled the location and negotiated a house in a suburban town north of the San Fernando Valley.

The house is often used by the San Fernando Valley company to shoot messy films, and the interior and exterior are beautifully renovated. Robert Lee negotiated a rental for the third week of May so that the crew can use it to shoot the exterior.

George Clint led his men to negotiate a small studio with Warner Studios, which will be rented from mid-April to mid-July.

With the director and venue, the recruitment of other behind-the-scenes staff can be carried out on a large scale. Ronan appropriately respects James Huang's opinions, and when the salary is similar, he hires the candidates he recommends on a large scale.

James Huang has been in Hollywood for more than ten years and has worked in three TV crews for a long time, and has met many relevant practitioners.

Familiar hands are also conducive to shooting.

Since he wanted to shoot "Human Purge Plan", Ronan certainly wanted a successful and outstanding film.

In the studio at Warner Studios, Ronnan talked to James Huang while walking out.

"I have visited the location and the conditions are good." James Huang said: "I am developing the relevant shooting plan. I will submit the full version of the plan at the latest this Friday."

Ronan nodded slightly: "Yes."

James Huang asked: "Have you seen the storyboard artwork?"

"I've seen it." Ronan said directly: "Arranging it as you imagine."

In fact, most of the scene arrangements prepared by the crew in the early stage were handed over to James Huang.

Ronan saw it very clearly. Don’t look at James Huang, who has never been a film director, is much better than him in terms of actual ability on the set.

Besides, the producers coordinate the overall situation rather than wasting their energy on a subdivided work project.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the studio, Ronan asked, "Have you selected the photography equipment? Tell Mary directly after choosing it, and she will talk about it."

James Huang said: "I will submit the details to her tomorrow."

The two walked out of the small studio and suddenly heard a rumbling sound from a large studio next door. The sound was very loud and clearly audible.

"Which crew is next to it?" James Huang asked with a frown.

"A TV series called Roswell." Ronan has learned that: "I'm shooting action scenes recently. Don't worry, I specifically asked that they will finish shooting action scenes in early May and switch to shooting outdoor scenes, which will not have any impact."

He thought for a while and said, "After you make a plan, we will start hiring actors."
Chapter completed!