Chapter 830 Financing
When Ronan returned to Los Angeles this trip to India, he was very rewarding.
First, he received $500 million in investment from the Mountain Foundation for the Pacific Investment Foundation, then reached an agreement with Steve Jobs, and finally won new financing clients.
One of the purposes of Ronan when he first came to Mumbai to find investment, the Falchi Foundation. After Wall Street investment was frustrated, although he did not extinguish his determination to continue investing in the US market, his investment goal turned to a stable investment with relatively small risks and stable returns.
The reputable Pacific Investment Foundation is their priority.
The amount of intention investment is as high as US$300 million.
Ronan reached an oral agreement with the Falchi Foundation and left Mumbai. Scott Swift personally brought people to India to conduct formal financing negotiations with the Falchi Foundation.
In terms of using overseas funds, Ronan has always been the better.
It is very important to find relativity entertainment to achieve today's achievements, trying every means to use overseas funds.
Scott Swift left Merrill Lynch and joined the Pacific Investment Foundation, and his related work has been getting better and better.
Originally, Ronan also considered whether to invest in some markets where people who became rich first.
Unexpectedly, Scott did his work silently.
Scott has been staying in the east recently. After dealing with the final matter of financing there, he will rush directly from the East to South Asia and start negotiations with the Falchi Foundation in Mumbai.
Under the coordination of the overseas branch of Embassy Films, the Pacific Foundation has attracted hundreds of millions of dollars in investment from the east.
Most of this comes from investments in the natural resources industry.
Investing in the US market has both stable returns and high-end style. Although many people are relatively cautious, the Pacific Investment Foundation has attracted a group of people.
No one can underestimate the group that many people call uneducated and nouveau riche. Who can be a smart person who can make a fortune in this industry?
What they are engaged in is a profit-making industry, but it is hard to say how long they can be done. It can be said to be a high-risk industry.
Compared with Wall Street's high-risk investments, the Pacific Foundation, which has stable returns and good reputation, is an excellent choice in the eyes of many people.
This group of people does not want their descendants to engage in this high-risk industry again, and they are also highly valued by them.
Another extremely important point is that in order to open up the investment market there, Scott specially hired several professionals from there.
These people played a key role as they developed a strategy to attract investment from this special group.
The Pacific Investment Foundation can assist their descendants in selecting school in the United States.
This is a big weapon for the other side. Some people once spent a lot of money to buy a toilet in order to choose a school.
With the financial resources of this group of people, it is not difficult for descendants to come to the United States to study, but it is not so easy to choose a prestigious university, especially a well-known university.
For other schools, the Pacific Foundation cannot guarantee that Southern California University is not a difficult task.
In recent years, because Ronan once attended the Film Academy of Southern California, he and his company have been donating to Southern California, including the Pacific Investment Foundation.
Alumni and alma mater cannot be ignored for successful people, especially the background of prestigious schools.
Because of the alumni, Ronan naturally had a connection with George Lucas and established a pretty good personal relationship.
If it weren't for an alumnus, Robert Zemekis might not have agreed to direct Alice in Wonderland.
After all, this great director has made enough money and now he prefers to play experimental movies.
Entering Southern California through the channels of Ronan and Pacific Investment Foundation, there is a lot of room for operation.
This has attracted many overseas investors.
Although some people always advocate the uselessness of reading, for example, these people always say that they make much more money than those who have read, if their descendants do not read, they will probably jump in a hurry.
Only they themselves know how many losses they have suffered from low education.
What this generation lacks? Always want the next generation to make up for it and be able to go to a prestigious school. The attractiveness is not very great.
An investment agreement of hundreds of millions of dollars was reached in advance, and there were many interested people later.
Of course, Scott kept in mind what Ronan emphasized, and all operations were in compliance with laws and regulations.
Moreover, the people of the Pacific Foundation also maintain a low-key public opinion, do more and do not speak.
Scott was also very smart and handed over the business there to employees from there to handle it, just to do various supervision.
In the past month, with many efforts, the Pacific Investment Foundation has attracted more than one billion US dollars of investment worldwide with its good reputation and reputation, and various measures.
These funds are enough to ensure the budget for major production film projects such as Transformers and Hulk.
Without enough money, no matter how good the film creation is, it can only stay on the idea and paper.
In today's era, art, money and business are already inseparable.
Take the art market as an example. Including various antiques, the hype, commercial operations, and other flirty operations are no less than Hollywood.
Compared with those international antique dealers' operations in the Eastern market, the Pacific Investment Foundation is definitely a super conscientious enterprise.
The projects of "Transformers" and "Hulk" are budgeted sufficiently, and the preparations are naturally smooth, and funds are also the most basic guarantee for crew operations.
Marvel Entertainment has signed a directorial agreement with Jos Whedon, and Joaquin Phoenix takes the initiative to go to Southern California Institute of Technology to experience life with several physics professors in order to better adapt to the identity of Bruce Banner scientists.
Fitness is also an indispensable preparation for Joaquin Phoenix.
This male actor, in sharp contrast to his brother who died early, can be said to be an actor with clear mind and high professionalism.
Perhaps, the experience of Revan Phoenix also reminds Joaquin Phoenix and others who have a close relationship with him at all times.
Ella Fischer, who has worked with Shahai Entertainment in "Wedding Prochon", stood out among the selection of heroine actors and will play Bruce Banner's girlfriend Betty Ross, the daughter of General Ross.
Similarly, the Australian actress also signed a long contract with Marvel Entertainment.
The director candidates for "Thor" and "Captain America" have not yet been determined and are still being selected.
These two films will be released after "Iron Man 2", and there is plenty of time.
After Marvel's Avengers program has been fully supported, it is gradually advancing, and related comic development is also underway. For example, as the content published in Civil War gradually increases, it has caused a strong response across the United States, and its influence is also beyond the scope of comics.
This is not the plot in that movie that once was like a primary school student's appointment at the airport, which involves political and social realities.
Today, this comic version of "Civil War" is not personal grudges, love and hatred, but an opposition of ideas.
And the content is quite dark.
The concept of civil war was proposed by Ronan, but the relevant content and plot were finally decided by Marvel. Ronan had communicated with Marvel's creative committee, and the ending of the civil war was also dark - Captain America would die of assassination!
This will also lead to a complete split in the comics.
Movie adaptation is different from comics. How to shoot movies in the future depends on the market.
As for "Avengers", if the plan is to promote normality, it will be released in around 2009 or 2010.
In "Transformers", after Ronan finalized Candice Swanepool as the heroine, he returned to Los Angeles and participated in the audition for the hero. Henry Cavill, who participated in the final audition for "Return of Superman" and failed to play the leading actor Duke.
The young Henry Cavill is tall and strong, and then goes to the military camp to engage in a life experience for several months, so he can play such a military role.
Similarly, he had just experienced the casting failure in "Return of Superman". In order to win the role of Duke, Henry Cavill had to sign a casting contract with Shahai Entertainment.
Probably due to time, Superman who once really left an impression on Ronan was not Christopher Reeve, but Henry Cavill.
It seems that Henry Cavill and Tom Cruise later collaborated, and seemed to have also starred in the famous warlock pile driver.
Ronan also came from Henry Cavill's Warlock Pile Driver's character, and thought of the source of the character. It seems to be a TV series adapted from the game, but what is the name of the TV series or the original name of the game?
"The Witcher" or "The Witcher"?
Unfortunately, he has never watched this drama and really can't remember it.
With the actor Henry Cavill signing an actor contract, all the cast members of "Transformers" were in place, and the crew also began the final filming preparation period.
In terms of project budget, special effects production will be the biggest expense. Although the film will not be produced in 3D, it will still cost hundreds of millions of dollars in special effects technology.
In contrast, the actors' expenses are very low. The highest paid actors in the entire crew are not the male and female protagonists, but the already famous black actor Teres Gibson, but his pay is only $500,000.
The actor Peter Coulent, who dubbed Optimus Prime, is the highest, and this is the most classic Optimus Prime sound.
In Megatron, Ronan rejected the idea of inviting the elf king Hugo Weiwen, and instead invited a voice actor with more distinctive voice but lower fame and pay.
It's just a dubbing and spending a lot of money to invite Hugo Weiwen is not a good deal.
While the crew handled the actors, Michael Bay used his own relationship with Relativity Entertainment to reach an agreement with the Department of Defense and the military, and would obtain filming authorization in multiple military bases, including Edward Air Force Base.
In addition, the military will also send soldiers to directly participate in the shooting, and the crew can use a variety of heavy equipment including aircraft and tanks to participate in the shooting.
Correspondingly, the plot and content of the movie should not contain any content that discredits the military, and the positive image of the military should be actively promoted.
Chapter completed!