The Relativity Building, the small pull-out room next to Ronan's office, Richard Shainckman looked at the film directed by him on the small screen, and his eyes floated over Ronan and Jessica Felton from time to time, as if he wanted to see through the thoughts of the expressionless young man and woman on the other side.

The film has almost only one scene, and it relies entirely on the dialogue situation to support the plot.

Or maybe it is more appropriate to say that it is to listen to others brag.

To be precise, it was like when I was a child, I always listened to the eloquent guy bragging.

Everyone will refute that the bragging guy can always find reasons to defend himself, and evolve from one nonsense to another.

No one can refute the bragging person because he is like a super keyboard warrior, and can find ten thousand more ruthless reasons to brag to prove that he is not bragging.

After all, the whole world and the entire universe are in his mouth.

When he saw only one-third of the time, Jessica Felton gave up first. Although he did not close his eyes, he did not focus on the movie. Instead, he felt that Ronan, who was extremely familiar, was ten thousand times better than the movie.

I didn’t feel that Ronan was so good before. Isn’t this just that there is no harm without comparison?

In the eyes of a typical technical maniac like her, the filming is not a formal movie at all.

Whether it is photography, editing, or lens scheduling, it is not even as good as the mill movies of the 1970s.

It can only be classified as experimental videos.

As for the basic elements of film technology, this film is not only a highlight, but it is very far away from being qualified.

Jessica Felton is a person who strives for excellence in technology, so naturally he can't stand this kind of film.

Ronan has seen far more bad movies than Jessica Felton. Although this movie has reached a certain level in his eyes, he still watched it nearly half.

"Just go here." Ronan didn't hold on until the end in the end, because it was too boring: "Don't let it go."

In contrast, the recognized super bad movie that Brother Bao made is much more exciting than this one.

The staff stopped the screening, the lights on the ceiling lighted up, and the curtains were automatically opened.

Richard Shainkman immediately realized that the situation was not very good. It seemed that his video did not impress these two people?

Ronan ignored Richard Shainkman and turned around and asked, "How is it?"

Jessica Felton was still relatively polite: "Maybe I have insufficient philosophical thinking and religious literacy, and there is no resonance at all."

Luo Nan sighed inwardly. From the audience's perspective alone, if you sit in the theater and watch such a movie, there will probably be few viewers who can tolerate it.

"Mr. Shainkman." Ronan took the initiative: "Thank you for the movie."

Richard Shainckman said: "I should say thank you, thank you Mr. Anderson for taking the time to watch my mad work."

Ronan asked, "Have you confirmed the title of this movie?"

Richard Shainkman replied: "I'm sure, I haven't had time to add the title, the title is "This Man from Earth."

Ronan was not surprised by the title of this film at all, and he thought of it when he watched it just now.

Richard Shainckman asked tentatively: "I don't know Mr. Anderson about this video..."

He had previously suppressed the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies" and did not negotiate with Relativity Entertainment. One of the purposes was to promote the film by the way. Unexpectedly, Relativity Entertainment had no news and directly interrupted contact with him. In a hurry and worried, he came to him.

Since the film was made for money and came to Relativity Entertainment again, Richard Shainkman of course wants to sell "This Man from Earth" and it is best to maximize profits.

Ronan asked directly: "Mr. Shainkman, what price do you want to sell?"

"One..." Richard Shainkman saw Ronan's burning gaze, thought of the previous screening, and lowered his bid: "One million US dollars!"

In order to impress Ronan, he attached another condition: "At the same time, I transferred the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies" to Relativity Entertainment."

When Jessica Felton heard the latter sentence, she couldn't help but read "Lincoln vs. Zombies" curiously. What type is this?

Ronan did not answer immediately, but instead recalled the information about the film carefully. Judging from the huge reputation of "This Man from Earth" on the other side of the Pacific, it seemed that it would be quite cheap for one million dollars to buy it.

Some even call it a representative of making big profits with small profits.

Of course, Ronan would not see this, so he said: "Bonus 50,000, buy out all copyrights of this video. We will discuss the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies" separately."

"Uh?" Richard Shainkman was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly. To be honest, he didn't see that this film could be sold at a high price, but the 50,000 US dollars was too low. He said: "To be honest, I spent $200,000 to shoot and produce this film. After all, it is a science fiction film, and I believe that audiences will like it..."

Ronan raised his hand and interrupted him: "If this could be considered a science fiction film..." He shook his head slightly, too lazy to continue talking, and talked casually: "If it weren't for the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies", I wouldn't have bought this film, and I wouldn't even be able to recover the $50,000 investment."

He added: "This movie has no value to be released in theaters, and can only enter the DVD market directly."

Richard Shainckman was in a very difficult situation: "$50,000 is too low."

Ronan said no more: "Mr. Shainkman, you can try selling it in other companies."

Richard Shainkman was stunned: "I..."

This is nothing to talk about.

Ronan remembered something. This film once experienced unlimited flattery on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Its flattery momentum was once described as unparalleled.

He remembered that shortly after he joined the job in his last job, two colleagues had a fierce dispute over their different views on "This Man from Earth".

One of them thought the film was very exciting and could be called the best science fiction movie of the year.

This doesn't matter. After all, watching movies is a very subjective thing, and everyone's tastes are different.

But while he praised the film itself, he also said that the film received more than 100 million US dollars in North America, and later entered the top three in the DVD sales and rental markets, etc.

Another colleague couldn't stand this brainless flattery and collected a large amount of front-line data to refute. Data verified by multiple parties showed that "This Man from Earth" not only failed to get more than 100 million US dollars in North American box office, but also did not even enter the North American theater market.

As for the continuous hot sales of DVD sales and rental markets, they are also fictional by brainless fans. There have been DVD sales and rental lists in North America over the years. Not to mention the top ten, the name "This Man from Earth" cannot be found in any of the top twenty lists in any year.

Of course, the offline market of "This Man from Earth" must have made a profit, because it does have a certain popularity and is praised by some niche groups.

The cost of the video is here, and as long as it is a little hot in the market, it can generate profits.

This way of slapping the face in public naturally made the two of them celebrate the festival and had been incompatible for many years.

So many years later, when the second part of "This Man from Earth" which was cheaper was released, the colleague who slapped the face specifically mentioned the data, and it seemed that the global box office was only $5,000 in the end.

He also specifically emphasized that it is 5,000, not 50 million.

Ronan did not stay in the studio for too long, so he called Jessica Felton and went to the floor where the post-production studio was located. Many movies were completed in post-production, and he needed to review and confirm the final release.

Regarding Richard Shainckman's affairs, Ronan threw it to the Department of Copyright and Legal, and the Department of Copyright and Legal only sent an ordinary employee to deal with it.

What Ronan expected was that a few days later, Richard Shainkman actually sold "This Man from Earth" to Relativity Entertainment, with a transaction price of 50,000 US dollars.

Connie asked about the specific situation. Before Richard Shainkman came to Relativity Entertainment, he had sold this video to many companies. After Ronan rejected the offer, he went to many film companies.

But of course, no company will buy such a movie that lacks even the sense of movie.

As for $1 million, unless Hollywood people are crazy.

To be honest, the selling point of this movie is far worse than "The Witch Blair".

A bunch of people sit together and listen to others brag, but in terms of the market, there is really a lack of highlights.

After a walk around, Richard Shainkman discovered that Ronan's bid was the highest, and most companies didn't even want to buy it.

In the end, Richard Shainckman signed a contract with Embassy Pictures, a subsidiary of Relativity Entertainment, and sold all copyrights of "This Man from Earth" for $50,000.

At the same time, the adaptation rights of "Lincoln vs. Zombies" were transferred to Shahai Entertainment by Richard Shainkman for US$200,000.

Ronan estimated that the reason why Richard Shainckman agreed to the deal was that the cost of "This Man from Earth" should not be $200,000, or only $200,000.

Regarding this film, Embassy Film will definitely not invest heavily in promotion and distribution. It will first preview in several theaters. If the situation is not good, it will immediately withdraw the screening and then throw it into the DVD market.

Ronan has an idea, "This Man from Earth" is highly praised on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. If the genuine DVD is released there, I wonder if those literary and artistic young people are willing to pay for their flattery and high taste?

Ronan just mentioned this idea to Embassy Pictures that this film bought for $50,000 is necessary to control costs no matter which distribution channel it appears.

Luo Nan then stopped paying attention. As April passed day by day, the North American summer season in 2006 was about to arrive.

At the beginning of this summer season, the movie universe plan that Relativity Entertainment has planned for many years has officially kicked off, and "Iron Man" will be released in full swing to seize the superhero film market.
Chapter completed!