Chapter 39 Take the initiative
In the north of the San Fernando Valley, there is a town called Shaq. The crew of "Human Purge" came to the O'Neal neighborhood of the town since last week and filmed not many scenes.
It took more than half a month to run around distribution companies in the Los Angeles area, contacted George Clint for interviews with the crew, and specifically investigated the situation of "Brothers" and Stephen Ambrose. Ronan then came to O'Neal neighborhood in Shake Town.
The crew filming went smoothly, with few small producers, and they were all very famous actors, so the fight was not serious, and there was no trouble that needed him as a producer to appear to solve.
The most likely conflict was that the two actors who played their daughters were easily snatched up with each other, but there were differences in age between the actors. Michelle Williams and Amanda Seyfried had a good relationship since rehearsing, especially Amanda Seyfried's mother, who was really good at being a human being.
Ronan can't count how many times Mrs. Seyfried has distributed homemade pastries on the crew.
This thing seems inconspicuous, but it can play a lot in the interpersonal relationships of the crew.
Although he was sent to Hollywood early to make money, it was a blessing that Amanda Seyfried had such a mother.
Interpersonal relationships have always been a big problem, and it is absolutely impossible for actors to not fight each other, otherwise they will be sorry for the profession and the gossiping crowd.
Michelle Williams had a few small conflicts with her mother Melissa Leo in the play, and they were all easily resolved by director James Huang.
In the past month of shooting, Ronan confirmed that James Huang is a capable director.
Although he picked up the film director for the first time, James Huang has done chores before, screenwriter, assistant director, deputy director, TV drama director and producer in various positions, and has accumulated rich experience.
This Chinese director can be described as a result of his accumulation of strength.
For filming, half of the block was temporarily rented by the crew, but in this typical suburban town, half of the block was actually just five or six houses.
The crew is filming the gunfight scene, and the gunshots keep ringing like fried beans.
Ronan just stood outside and watched. The producer’s job was not to be in the shooting. It was enough to master the progress and specific situation of the shooting.
The filming was paused, and a blonde woman following from Los Angeles immediately came up.
"Good morning, Mr. Anderson."
Hearing this greeting, Ronan nodded politely: "Hello, Judith."
The bank's credit department staff member came to the San Fernando Valley from Los Angeles.
Judith's face was full of a warm smile: "Mr. Hermann asked me to convey his greetings to you."
Ronan said politely: "Thank you." He added: "Thank you for your support for Shahai Entertainment."
"You are so polite." Judith said with a smile: "We are partners."
She finally asked her to return to the Shahai Entertainment client from her boss: "Depending on the shooting situation, this film is very large? Does it require bank funding support?"
In this era of extremely fierce competition, high-quality customers are rare.
Who dares to make loans easily for ordinary customers?
Luo Nan said lightly: "I will call you if you need it."
Just saw Mary and Robert coming, he pointed to the other side: "Sorry, there is work to deal with."
Judith was not as arrogant as she first met, and was very tactful: "Mr. Anderson, you are busy first, please contact me if you need me."
The woman left here immediately, as if she was chasing the San Fernando Valley from Los Angeles, just to say these words.
When Mary and Robert came over, Ronan called on them to get into a nanny car with excellent soundproofing.
"The account is done well." Ronan turned on the air conditioner and said to the financial manager first: "Mary, you are an expert in this area."
Mary was not humble either, and smiled and said, "Does the Arabs mean to check investment accounts?"
Ronan shook his head gently: "No. I called Saleh the day before yesterday, and his brother Mansour learned that the crew had officially started filming, and was very satisfied."
Robert responded, "Let's go to Abu Dhabi again?"
"Not now." Ronan's head was clear: "Let's talk about it after the "Human Purge Plan" is released."
Just the project "The God of Death is Coming", it is impossible to play without an investment of $10 million.
Robert slapped his forehead: "Oh, by the way. Didn't you let me pay attention to Indians? I heard a situation. When the small Indian delegation came to Los Angeles, they went to DreamWorks for inspection."
Ronan frowned slightly: "Dreamworks have any connection with Indians?"
This is not surprising. Hollywood producers are cheating all over the world. Some time ago, he heard a news that a production company even cheated millions of dollars from the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
After receiving this news, he was a little moved. After all, the coal bosses seemed to be very generous.
But after thinking about it, I still gave up. I always have to have a bottom line in life.
"Dreamworks wants to attract Indians to invest?" Ronan asked again.
Robert replied: "The future is possible. The Indians are just an inspection this time."
For some reason, Luo Nan subconsciously linked this matter to "Brothers". The miniseries invested a huge amount, and it was not easy for DreamWorks to raise funds together. It is said that some of the San, who got rich first, were really rich.
But even if this matter is true, it will probably not go smoothly.
"Brothers" has many troubles, especially the original author Stephen Ambrose.
What is the first impression this writer gives? The special consultant to Save Private Ryan and the original author of "Brothers", has written biography of "Nixon" and "Eisenhower". She is very tall, but she doesn't know if she doesn't check it, and she's shocked when she checks it.
After he had a special search, he found that since the 1990s, Stephen Ambrose had caused a large number of plagiarism and copyright scandals, some of which involved "Brothers".
Two years ago, a World War II veteran accused Stephen Ambrose of plagiarizing his memoirs and diaries.
Because "Brothers" is just a book at present and has not been visualized yet, the scope of dissemination is relatively small, so this matter has not started to cause trouble at all.
If the accusation is true, if the veterans make a fuss, Brothers may be involved in a copyright dispute.
This is often encountered in Hollywood adaptations, usually using money to solve problems.
Those who make trouble simply want benefits.
Ronan thought for a while and said to Robert: "You keep paying attention to the Indians."
Third brother’s money is also money.
Robert nodded, understood Ronan's meaning, and would focus on the situation of the Indians later.
Mary asked at this time, "How is the matter with the release?"
Later, she had to deal with financial work and did not follow her.
"It's similar to what you expected," Ronan said simply: "The issuing company has not yet expressed its intention to sign the contract, but except for a few distribution companies such as DreamWorks, people from other companies have clearly stated that they will talk about it after watching the finished film."
Robert glanced at Ronan, recalling the situation in the previous movie, and reminded him a little: "We are a small company and have just entered theater movies, which is normal."
Of course, Ronan could understand what this said and said, "I understand." He thought for a while and said, "It's a bit passive to just send the sample to the distribution company."
"Yes." Robert asked, head-on, "Do you have any ideas?"
Ronan rubbed his chin and said, "I have an idea. Is it feasible for you to see? We will convene a movie watch conference and invite the publisher's movie watch experts and some movie fans to participate, so that we can take the initiative and make it easier to do our work."
"It's a good idea." Mary agreed.
Robert echoed: "Many production companies do this, and it is said that the results are good."
"Okay, we'll be sure to convene a movie watch conference." Ronan made the decision: "I have been in contact with many distribution companies during this period and should be able to invite people from five or six companies."
Chapter completed!