Chapter 21： Death made you die at 3 o'clock

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There are only two people left in the office.

Ronan looked at James-Huang curiously, wondering what this guy was going to do.

Not satisfied with the pay? If you increase the salary, you must talk through your agent, right? $300,000 is already the highest price he can offer, or is it because James Huang participated in the resume of "X-Files".

The real budget of "Human Removal Project" is only 1.8 million US dollars, which includes various expenses of Shahai Entertainment and himself.

"Is there anything we need to talk about alone?" Ronan simply and directly.

Can't James Huang have any thoughts about his handsome guy, right? To engage in unspoken rules is also the unspoken rule of the producer. Where is the producer of unspoken rules of others?

is probably from the East, but James Wong’s answer is a bit roundabout.

"Mr. Anderson, I am very interested in your project." He said: "Horror and thriller is actually the type I am best at. I don't know if you have watched the TV series I directed. The best thing is the rendering of the horror and thriller atmosphere. "

Ronan nodded slightly: "That's it."

If this were not the case, he would not have reached an oral agreement with Edward on the salary first.

James Wong thought of the book he had made with Glenn Morgan, and he felt like a cat crawling in his heart, and he was disobedient without trying.

Opportunities are all won.

Even if the other party disagrees, it will not affect the project being discussed too much, right?

Just now, he heard very clearly that Shahai Entertainment has won financial support from the Arabs, and those oil gangs are not generally rich.

James-Huang thought for a while, and said: "Um...I used to be a screenwriter, and I joined my friend Glen Morgan. He is also a screenwriter..."

Ronan smiled: "Huang, we hit it off right away, don’t be polite, let’s just say something."

"I wrote a script with Glenn, a horror movie." James Wong opened his briefcase and took out a script. "When the two of us were working on the "X-Files" crew, we had ideas and we wrote An outline, the script has only been completed in the last six months."

He put the script on Ronan's desk: "Can you take time to read it?"

Ronan frowned slightly, roughly guessing what James Huang meant.

James Wong saw that Ronan hadn’t moved the script, and continued: “This is a new type of horror film, different from the traditional American plasma horror films and ghost horror films. Mr. Anderson, I promise, this will be a horror film. A creepy movie will definitely scare the audience!"

"Want me to invest in your project?" Ronan asked directly.

This is very obvious. There are too many directors in Hollywood looking for investment everywhere, and very few get investment in the end.

"Yes." James Huang stopped walking in circles, "I want to direct this script."

Ronan lightly nodded, opened the script, read a few pages, couldn't help but raised his eyebrows.

is interesting, really interesting.

He asked while watching: "Huang, if I don't invest in your project, do you want to reject the "Human Removal Project"?"

"This..." James Huang hesitated for a while, and said, "At least it's not my first choice."

He simply added his own weight: "Emperor Gate Pictures invited me to direct the spoof "Scream of Scream" "Scream of Scream". They refused my request, and I did not agree to the invitation of Emperor Gate for the time being. New Line An executive in the film industry felt that my script was creative and wanted to buy out the copyright, but refused to be a director. Glenn and I rejected it."

Ronan is not stupid at all. He can understand the meaning behind these words. James Huang is saying that he does not lack director invitations, and this script has the company's attention.

This script...well, how can I put it? It's really interesting.

James Wong seems to be a little bit paranoid and a little worried.

To be a general new director and get the opportunity to direct a movie, he rarely raises excessive conditions.

What about this one? But tied himself to another project.

Ronan stayed quiet, a lot of thoughts flashed in his head, and then he observed it quietly, James Huang was indeed a bit anxious.

I guess I have hit a wall before.

Directors who don’t have any film resumes want to direct their own scripts. In fact, it is difficult to get investment. Not everyone is as lucky as James Cameron meets Anne Hurd.

Besides, James Cameron already had a film director's resume before "Terminator."

James Wong is also observing Ronan. It’s not that there are no companies seeking to buy scripts. The new line film industry mentioned earlier is not fake, but he knows very well that the companies seeking to buy scripts have neither the intention of inviting him to be a director, nor will he be a director. Recently, it has been put into production. The book written by him and Glenn Morgan is very likely to be like countless scripts. It will enter the huge script library of some film companies, and then it will become a movie in unknown years.

This time may be three to ten years, or it may be longer.

In the 1980s, he once had a movie script acquired by Fox, but the movie has not yet been produced.

Knowing this is the result, I won’t sell the copyright all at once.

For the film company, the script buyout fee is not worth mentioning.

He is forty years old and doesn't want to wait any longer.

Ronan read the first quarter of the script, and began to look at ten lines. His mind was no longer on the script, so he considered how to use the script to gain benefits.

There are roughly two parts of interests, short-term interests and long-term interests.

The former is James Huang and the "Human Elimination Project". From a comprehensive point of view, James Huang is very suitable for this position.

The latter is of course the script in his hands.

This is a famous project.

After Ronan read the first few pages of the script, he remembered who James Huang was.

If this guy reported his Chinese name instead of James Huang's English name, he would have remembered it.

Huang Yiyu.

The name 　　 is not unfamiliar to filmmakers.

A director who started from horror films and became famous is generally more suitable for "Human Removal Project".

100% matching is impossible, but after interviewing so many candidates, Huang Yiyu is the best one.

Ronan closed the script, resisted the urge to buy out the copyright, and said faintly: "This is not a traditional American horror movie. Hollywood has a good saying, don't try unfamiliar things lightly."

"But only proper innovation can bring fresh excitement to the audience." James Huang distinguished: "Plasma tablets need a certain innovation."

Ronan Mosuo held his chin: "A group of students escaped an air crash due to an unexpected incident and were chased by death one by one. How do you say?" He frowned, "The horror core of this film is somewhat like Eastern culture. "

James-Huang asked: "Do you understand Eastern culture?"

"You know, I studied for a while when I was studying at the Film Academy of Southern California." Ronan shook the script in his hand, "Well, there is a saying in the ancient East..."

He put on a reminiscence: "Reaper asked you to die at three o'clock, won't you keep you until five?"

James-Huang echoed: "Yes! Death has no suspense in this story, because the protagonists are doomed and must die. The entertainment value of the story lies in the process of death, not the result."

Ronan shook his head straight: "It is a bit risky to use the core of the Eastern style to create Hollywood horror films."

James-Huang Moran, this book seems to him very creative, but there are too many creative scripts in the industry, and most of them are uninterested.

Besides, he is more ambitious and wants to direct this book.

"James, you should be very clear that this film does not conform to the consistent aesthetics of North American horror film audiences." Ronan is not just talking about it. The overall commercial performance of Hollywood horror films is the best type of blood plasma film: "I personally think Your script is interesting, but I am a businessman and I need to be responsible to investors."

James Huang knows this, of course, otherwise he would not run into a wall everywhere.

"Hey..." He sighed in his heart.

Is it time to put down this script and direct other movies first, and then talk about it later?

Just when James Huang’s face was full of disappointment, Ronan said in time: "I...may consider investing in your project."

He seemed to have made a lot of determination: "But I want to convince investors."

James-Huang had no hope anymore, at this time, hopeful eyes looked straight at Ronan.

Ronan frowned: "My money comes from Arabia. The Arab oil tycoons are very rich, but they value money very seriously and are very stubborn. If the conditions are not good enough, it is difficult to get them to pay ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Is there anything I can do?" James Huang asked quickly.

"Your project can't be done if the investment is low." Ronan seemed to have thought through it carefully: "The production investment must be high, so I must reduce other expenses, such as copyright buyout fees."

James Huang was silent for a while, seeming to be weighing the gains and losses, and finally gritted his teeth: "This is no problem. The lower limit price set by the screenwriters union is used as the transfer fee, but I must be the director! My director's remuneration can be discussed with this time. the same!"

In his eyes, this is nothing. In order for James Cameron to direct "Terminator", the transfer of the script was only $1.

Ronan continued to stretch out his hands to make profits: "Full copyright buyout."

"Yes." James Huang's goal is the director, and the rest is easy to talk about.

Ronan still looks embarrassed, but he is happy in his heart. The full copyright naturally includes peripherals and sequels. As long as the first part can be as successful as the previous life, then follow this routine and make a lot of them.

"My money is very tight." He is a businessman, and of course he must continue to strive for benefits: "Your project will have to wait for the "Human Removal Project" to start preparations after the release."

James Huang nodded: "Yes."

"I need you to invest in the "Human Removal Project" as soon as possible." Ronan knows his family affairs, at this stage, he is not professional enough in film production in Hollywood mode: "Develop detailed shooting for Shahai Entertainment plan."

James Huang continued to nod his head.

Ronan’s voice is slightly lowered: “There may be some questions about this project. You only need to do a good job of directing and don’t bother about other aspects.

"I understand." James Huang is not the first day to come to Hollywood.