Chapter 83
Pulling Tony Koch on the plane and finding a seat in Business Class, Ronan packed his luggage and prepared to head to Park City, Utah, where the St. Dennis Film Festival is held.
"What I came to Hollywood to see is the charm of female celebrities." Tony Koch tied up his seat belt and complained: "As a result, you dragged me to the film festival before I left the airport."
Ronan ignored Tony's complaints and said, "The film festival is an important part of Hollywood."
Tony's eyes rolled and asked, "There are many beautiful female stars at the film festival?"
"There are probably beautiful women." Ronan said the truth: "But it is not easy to meet big-name female stars at the St. Dennis Film Festival."
The St. Denis Film Festival in this era is a purely independent film paradise. It is not like a few years later that it has been fully invaded by Hollywood movies and tends to become a place for Hollywood movies to promote and trade.
Tony said dissatisfiedly: "Beautiful women and beautiful female stars are completely different creatures!"
Ronan asked intentionally: "Is there any difference?"
Tony asked back, "You have the same psychological feeling as your big star as your ordinary woman?"
Luo Nan was speechless for a moment, and the answer to the question was obvious.
The bonus of halo, identity and fame has a considerable psychological impact.
Thinking about the Hollywood door and the incident of Teacher Chen, why are so many people rushing to watch? If they really want to say that their appearance and figure are not necessarily better than the top actresses in the San Fernando Valley, but the effect brought by the star halo is quite great.
"Do you know what my biggest goal is this time?" Tony asked again.
Ronan shrugged: “Don’t you have a deeper understanding of our future collaboration?”
"This is just one aspect," Tony said: "I have to meet a few more female stars, it's best..."
He laughed and then asked, "To be honest, Ronan. How many female stars have you been to?"
Ronan was speechless and didn't know how to answer.
Tony asked curiously: "Ten? Five? Three? One?" His face was full of incredible: "None? You are wasting resources! Wasting resources is a crime, Ronan!"
Ronan didn't care and replied casually: "It's not time yet. Let's say that, when you have a high enough status, these are nothing at all."
He changed the topic: "Talk about serious matters, have you started a new round of financing?"
"Not yet." Tony put away his joking mentality and said seriously: "You need to have a movie project to attract investment. Moreover, my mother's relationship has basically used up $40 million in the last round. We must find a new source of investment, and now we can only do some preparations."
Ronan nodded: "Okay, when I start a new project here, you will be ready."
Tony sorted out his seat belt and asked, “How much investment does your next project require?”
Ronan thought for a moment and said, "It hasn't been decided yet, so it will cost at least 50 or 60 million US dollars."
"I'm going back and I'm going to speed up the financing." Tony was a little troubled: "This is not a small number."
Ronan patted his chair and said, "Let me add some motivation to you. The source of financing is not from Aunt Helen's friends and business partners, you can increase the handling fee. I told you last time that the handling fee for many companies is as high as 15%.
Tony's eyes were filled with stars: "Let me calculate, what is fifteen percent."
Someone sat down through a seat in the aisle. The man glanced at Luo Nan and took the initiative to greet him: "Ronan."
Hearing this familiar voice, Ronan turned his head and responded with a smile: "What a coincidence, Gray."
The person who greeted him was Grey Enrique of Lionsgate Pictures.
"You are going to the St. Dennis Film Festival, too?" said Gray Enrique.
Ronan nodded: "Our destination is the same."
Gray Enrique looked at Ronan and said, "I heard you bought a distribution company?"
"Embassy Pictures, a very small distribution company." Ronan had no intention of denying it. After all, Embassy Pictures' library was bought by Lions Gate: "The distribution ability is average and cannot be compared with Lions Gate Pictures."
Gray Enrique's old words reiterated: "It's better to hand over "Death is Coming" to Lionsgate Pictures. With such a large investment, if there is a problem with the issuance, you can't explain it to investors."
Ronan still delayed: "Will you negotiate after the video is finished and you have watched it? I will also be responsible to the publisher."
Grey Enrique frowned, feeling that this person was not ordinary shameless.
Does the publisher need you, a producer, to be responsible?
He clearly felt that Ronan Anderson did not want to hand over "The God of Death" to Lionsgate for distribution.
What a profiteer who turned against others!
Ronan dealt with Grey Enrique, continued to chat with Tony, and after the plane took off, he took out a book and started reading it.
This is still a book about the entertainment industry.
Some people have said that many ways to make money are written in the law. They must be familiar with the industry rules and relevant laws in order to find opportunities to gain benefits.
Ronan and Tony arrived in Park City successfully. Park City was quite cold at the end of January, and white snow could be seen on the mountains outside the city.
Although the film festival has not officially started yet, the cold weather cannot stop the enthusiasm of the movie.
Not only are the movies screened in the theaters of Park City, but also the city square and specially planned roadsides, people selling movies can be seen everywhere.
Among them, many people can’t even touch the edge of Hollywood, and there are also people who make movies purely because of their interests and hobbies, and then go to Park City to try their luck.
From short films that cost hundreds of dollars or thousands of dollars, to feature films that cost tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of thousands of dollars, they can be seen everywhere here.
At night, small screens were raised on the roadside and on the square. The owners of the small-scale films took advantage of the rare opportunity of the St. Denis Film Festival to repeatedly show their own films, hoping to sell them.
Some people do not expect much money to make, but hope that more people can see their masterpieces.
After all, the movie is made and it is for people to watch.
However, most people still come here with the dream of becoming famous overnight.
No matter what kind of person it is, no one can deny their love for movies.
For those who are used to the Southern California climate, it is indeed a bit cold here. Ronan put on his newly bought down cold-proof clothing, a cotton thread hat, and even his gloves were armed.
The cold nights could not stop his enthusiasm for movies.
This industry with extremely fierce competition is difficult to persist in for a long time without enough love.
Ronan and Tony went downstairs and met Grey Enrique again in the hotel lobby.
The purpose of visiting the St. Dennis Film Festival is somewhat similar in the same hotel, and it is not a coincidence that we encounter it at this time.
"Are there any suitable goals, Grey?" Ronan asked.
In the afternoon, Grey Enrique had been wandering around the square for a long time.
The other party has acquired the issuing company. Grey Enrique has a goal and will not be stupid enough to say it. He shook his head and said, "No."
A middle-aged man next to him asked curiously: "Who is this?"
Ronan nodded and smiled at him, introducing himself: "Ronan Anderson, the buyer of Shahai Entertainment."
The middle-aged man shook hands with Ronan and introduced himself: "Billy Hoford, from Atticon Entertainment."
Luo Nan knew about this company, and the Chinese name that was better known in his previous life was Yijiang Entertainment Company.
The group came out of the hotel together. Ronan's goal was to squares and roadsides, looking for valuable movies here, just like Taobao on antique streets, finding real treasures from countless goods with low value.
This is not easy, but for Ronan, the choice is simpler.
Those films made by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands will definitely be valuable as long as they are familiar with them.
Ronan came to Tony to watch each movie booth. Every movie screened on the roadside would make him stop and watch it for a while, and then recall it.
Chapter completed!