In the office of Shahai Entertainment, Ronan was carefully looking through the script of "Grey's Anatomy". Shanda Remus sat on the sofa aside, waiting patiently for Ronan to finish the script.

This is just the first draft of the script, which is relatively rough and has a lot of room for improvement, but the overall framework of the story has been built.

Ronan looked through the script and occasionally made records on the notebook next to him, recording the key points he paid attention to.

There are twelve episodes of the script. Because it is a first draft, the following episodes only have a story outline, and the specific content has not been written yet.

Shanda Rimes drank coffee and would look at Ronan from time to time. Although the two parties had signed a cooperation agreement, if the producer was not satisfied with the script, he could call her back and ask her to rewrite it.

Ronan wrote down the last stroke in his notebook and closed the script.

"The script is very good." Ronan looked at Shanda Remus and said, "It's not easy these few months, right? Shanda, you've lost a lot."

Compared to the last time we met, Shanda Remus has lost more than a little while. The hospital life experience of more than half a year is obviously very hard.

Shanda Remus smiled and said, "I didn't expect that work would actually help lose weight."

Ronan also laughed: "You will have more work soon."

Hearing this, Shanda Remus instantly understood that there should be no problem with the script passing Ronan's review of this level.

She also breathed a sigh of relief. As a black female who does not have enough qualifications, it was really difficult to get the support of producers and production companies.

Fortunately, I met a producer like Ronan who does not discriminate against black people and women.

Shanda Rims was in a good mood and muttered to himself: So, I am still very lucky.

Black and female, these two things have caused most production companies to include her on the list of non-collaborators.

In Hollywood, there are so few producers like Ronan who can treat blacks and women fairly.

Ronan asked at this time: "It can be seen from the script that life experience in the hospital will bring you a lot of benefits."

"Yes." Shanda Remus said with emotion: "If you don't spend enough time to go to the front line of the hospital, it will be difficult for you to understand the hospital's operating system and the work of doctors. These cannot be solved by imagination alone. If you do not reflect professional standards in the play, the whole story will have no skeleton, which will look amateur and ridiculous."

Ronan praised him in due time: "Shanda, you did a good job."

Shanda Remus instead smiled modestly and said, "This is the basic quality of a screenwriter."

Ronan nodded slightly, just like a celebrity actor had to undergo physical training before filming an action movie and military training for a military character, Shanda Remus' behavior is actually nothing, and it is the most basic professional quality in Hollywood.

Although Hollywood has various undedicated situations and super unreliable celebrity actors like Johnny Depp, the extremely fierce competition and public opinion environment are enough to ensure that most people will not go too far.

It is simply unimaginable to cut pictures directly in Hollywood shooting.

Many actresses take advantage of their free time to get pregnant after the crew filming. As a result, the crew will temporarily reshoot them. Even if they are pregnant, they will not choose to cut pictures and would rather wrap their abdomen around their abdomen for shooting.

I really can't move anymore. If there are brothers and sisters, I can ask them to do it for me.

Ronan retracted his divergent thinking and asked: "When will the script be completed?"

Shanda Remus told the truth: "It will take a month and a half at the earliest."

Ronan nodded slightly: "Yes. We strive to start preparations in the second half of this year. Your agency caa will provide a full range of services for this series."

Previously, he had reached an agreement with Brian Lord, to provide a one-stop package service for Grey's Anatomy, extracting 5% of the profit as a commission for service.

Shahai Entertainment has no experience in TV series production, and there is definitely a lack of this aspect. Using CAA packaged service is the best choice at this stage.

Moreover, the most successful and mature one-stop package service operation of caa is actually a TV series project.

“Mr. Lord talked to me once,” Shanda Remus said. “The caa side will provide the greatest support for this project.”

Speaking of this, she looked at Ronan again, knowing that if Ronan hadn't taken a fancy to her and "Grey's Anatomy", Caa wouldn't have looked at this project at all, at least not in the past two or three years.

Getting the support of successful producers and rushing around is a completely different situation.

Shanda Remus had a deep understanding of this and asked: "Ronan, do you have any suggestions on the script?"

In fact, there is no need for Shanda Remus to ask, Ronan will also say later.

"The story rhythm is more compact, and the emotional scenes are at the end of the first season." Ronan did not go around in circles and said directly: "Some emotional scenes that have nothing to do with the main line are moved to the second season, if we can still shoot and produce the second season."

Shanda Remus smiled confidently: "There will be a season 2!"

Ronan nodded slightly and continued: "We need to shorten the plot of the first season to within ten episodes. We need to have a compact plot and appropriate budget control, after all, this is the first season."

Just like a series of movies, the first film in the series is the greatest risk, and no one can guarantee that it will succeed.

Shanda Remus had encountered too many setbacks before, and knew that it was not easy to win Ronan's support. Without any objection, he said: "I will modify the script."

Ronan glanced at the notebook and said, "What do you think about the protagonist's setting, ethnicity, what do you think."

Shanda Remus smiled and said, "The five protagonists, there are whites and blacks."

This statement did not exceed Ronan's expectations. Perhaps in the black world, there were only whites and blacks, and no others existed.

Ronan said directly: "White, black, Latino, and Asian, among the five protagonists, these four major ethnic groups must be included."

Shanda Remus is not stupid at all, but is one of the few smart people among black females. He immediately understood Ronan's intention: "Expand the audience as much as possible?"

"Yes." Ronan didn't need to deny this: "This is the four largest audience groups in North America."

These are actually nothing. In a few years, lgbt-type characters that must appear in TV series will become common or even necessary.

Many popular TV series have been willing to break up some normal characters in the show for this Hollywood-style political correctness.

The screenwriters dare to write their characters to death directly if they are not sure about the situation.

Similar situations will become routine operations in the future.

Shanda Remus said just after a little thought: "I will make changes to the character background settings to make them more in line with the requirements."

Afterwards, Ronan talked about some other matters.

For example, "Grey's Anatomy" will complete all shooting and production in the first half of next year, and will be launched on TV stations or other broadcast channels in the fall.

Only by watching the actual ratings can we decide whether the second season will continue to be filmed and produced.

If the ratings are poor, even if the rating is high, it can only be cut.

In today's era, ratings are almost the only criterion for measuring TV series.

In the next three days, Ronan asked someone to negotiate more specific projects with Shanda Remus. Since Shanda Remus had not had high requirements, the negotiations between the two sides went very smoothly.

It can be said that Shanda Remus is very clear about her current positioning and knows how good the conditions are without capital requirements. A successful TV series project can change her career.

The negotiations mainly include Shanda Remus' rights and remuneration in the project.

In terms of remuneration, Shanda Rims is mainly divided into three parts.

First of all, the screenwriter. As the only creator of the script, Shanda Remus enjoys the purchase price of Shahai Entertainment's script, but it is similar to the film industry. The scripts of ordinary screenwriters cannot be sold at a price. The screenwriter's compensation for each episode of the first season of "Grey's Anatomy" is only US$5,800.

Shanda Remus is a member of the Screenwriters Union. Currently, the minimum compensation for each episode of the TV series scripts stipulated by the Screenwriters Union is US$3,800. After 2008, this number will rise to US$38,000.

The second is the producer. The first producer of "Grey's Anatomy" is Ronan, but the actual person in charge of all the work is Shanda Remus. She will serve as the deputy producer with a total salary of US$250,000.

Finally, the project initiator and person in charge. According to Hollywood's common rules, Shahai Entertainment will pay Shanda Remus a one-time payment of US$500,000 to Shanda Remus as the project initiation bonus. Moreover, Shanda Remus, as the screenwriter and actual person in charge, will share the later share of the project. The share ratio of the first season is 2.5% of the net profit.

In addition, there are some other terms.

For example, Shahai Entertainment owns the copyright of the subsequent creation of "Grey's Anatomy", which can ensure that even if Sanda Remus withdraws, the project can continue.

For example, Shanda Remus's work is exclusive and he is not allowed to participate in film and television projects of other companies during his work for Shahai Entertainment, etc.

Of course, Shanda Rimes also has a lot of power, such as the decision-making power of actors outside the main actor group, etc.

While negotiating with Shanda Remus, Ronan also negotiated with Caa and officially signed a one-stop package service agreement for "Grey's Anatomy".

caa will be responsible for providing all crew members from actors to behind-the-scenes staff for the crew of "Grey's Anatomy", and assisting Shahai Entertainment in contact with the distribution platform for the TV series.

Correspondingly, five percent of the net profit of the "Grey's Anatomy" project is the service fee of Caa.
Chapter completed!