Chapter 244： Charitable activities

After going to work on Monday, Ronan officially signed the real estate contract and bought the luxurious manor. The purchase price was paid by mortgage, with a down payment of 10 million U.S. dollars, and the remaining payments were paid off in ten years.

This will not bring much financial pressure to Ronan.

Someone once said that people who really do business are good at financing and lending.

Some equipment needs to be added to the manor, and the garden and other places also need to be renovated according to Ronan's requirements. Ronan will not move there for the time being, and it will take one month at the earliest.

In the past few days, Ronan has also been shopping frantically for various supplies, spending millions of dollars on it.

For example, a car, the manor has a very large garage, which is empty. Ronan went to Los Angeles’ Auto City for a tour, originally thinking about replacing this ordinary Cadillac and buying a Rolls-Royce Phantom.

When I went to see the car, I found out that the sixth-generation Phantom currently on sale belongs to an earlier design and gave up directly.

Seven-generation Mirage is estimated to be available in a few years.

Ronan temporarily gave up Rolls-Royce and ordered a black elegant from Bentley.

The new car will not be delivered until the second half of the year at the earliest.

This kind of car is of course not suitable for self-driving. It is a work car. Ronan sometimes drives by himself, choosing a BMW X5 that was launched in the US in 1999.

Originally Ronan considered the Mercedes-Benz G-series off-road vehicle. After all, the angular and tough shape is very in line with the masculine temperament of a man, but the feeling of test drive is not very good. This car has not been greatly changed. The seat is a bit hard. The performance is relatively average and the comfort is not very good.

Ronan didn't even consider driving off-road, so he simply gave up.

I vaguely remember that a car owner with a big G in his previous life made fun of himself: either he was refueling or he was on the way to the gas station.

Then under the recommendation of Tom Cruise, he bought a McLaren sports car.

The red appearance is very suitable for acting.

Anyway, this seems to be the biggest role of sports cars.

In addition, Ronan is also planning to buy a five-seater Ford pickup truck to be used as a worker's car at home after moving.

Subsequent vehicles can be purchased slowly. With his financial resources and the likes he meets, he just buys it.

Tom Cruise also set aside a day to take Ronan to see the wine to fill the huge empty wine cellar in Ronan's home.

Ronan also drinks a few drinks at the right time, but he is not an alcoholic.

Champagne, whiskey, brandy, vodka and red wine, etc., to choose a lot.

"Do you have any special hobbies?"

In the huge exhibition hall of the wine company, Tom Cruise asked Ronan: "Which wine do I like, I can give you more."

Ronan was not polite, and said, "Lafite in 1982."

Tom Cruise almost vomited blood. It wasn't that he couldn't afford it or was reluctant to buy it, not that it was difficult to handle.

"Many of the 82-year-old Lafites on the market are fake." Tom Cruise said directly: "I can't give you a fake bar?"

Ronan thought for a while, then said: "Lafite in 1999."

I vaguely remember that when I accompany customers to drink booze in my previous life, I heard people say that the 1999 Lafite is another classic after the 82 Lafite, and the genuine 99 Lafite is very rare.

Tom Cruise responded happily: "The Lafite in 1999 is easy to say, I will send people directly to the winery to purchase."

It’s only 2001, and this red wine is far less scarce and less popular than later.

Ronan asked the person in charge of the business next to him: "Do you have any oriental liquor?"

"There are several models." The business person in charge replied.

Ronan asked directly: "Does Maotai have it?"

"Yes." The business person in charge said embarrassedly: "There are only a few bottles of wine."

Ronan waved his hand: "Forget it."

There was a saying in previous lives that real estate speculation is not as good as Moutai speculation.

Perhaps like Lafite in some vintages, Moutai is also a frantically hyped alcohol. It is said that some people have made a fortune by hoarding Moutai.

Ronan just ordered a few bottles of sample wine, and didn't mean to buy in large quantities. After all, this wine is too small in the Western market, and it will be a waste of time and energy to go to the east to get rid of it.

By the way, perhaps his previous life level was not enough. Ronan rarely saw people drinking Moutai, and his meals were mainly red wine and local liquor.

For example, in his hometown, he made the name of a generation of female poetry into a liquor brand. Even the well-known blending liquor is the absolute hegemon in the local market.

During lunch, Tom Cruise opened a bottle of Moutai.

With a light sip, Tom Cruise pushed the glass aside: "This wine tastes a little strange, not to my taste."

Ronan drank a little, and simply proposed: "Let's change something else."

Perhaps he was used to drinking strong-flavor blended wine in his previous life, and he was not used to the taste of this sauce-flavor.

The wine that Tom Cruise gave Ronan was delivered to the manor in the afternoon. Some of the wines that need to be ordered will be delivered later.

Ronan took advantage of the time in these two days to interview a British housekeeper and a few female workers. After all, the manor also needs someone to manage it.

The first to be determined was the security personnel. David and Finch recommended two well-trained personnel. Although they were a bit older, they were more than enough to serve as door guards.

There is no need to worry about people like chefs behind, and it’s not too late to look for them when the manor adjustment is almost completed.

Ronan got the good news at this time. After finishing the post-production of "The Bourne Shadows", after submitting samples and applications to the Oriental Scissors, he successfully passed the introduction review of the Scissors, and thus has the ability to be released in the cinema on the opposite side of the Pacific Qualifications.

A little later, "Shrek" also passed the review, and the Oriental Office established by Embassy Pictures played an important role.

Although the share is a little less, the 13% share is to remove a series of expenses such as publicity and taxation, which is almost pure profit.

It's a pity that the most profitable peripheral aspect of an animated movie like "Shrek" basically does not generate revenue in the East.

In addition, the peripheral products from two large foundries in the East have undergone strict factory inspections before being shipped to all parts of the world, including North America.

Even if the freight is included, the cost of these products is more than half lower than the cost of related Disney products.

Disney also has cheap purchase channels, but the products of Indians in this era are too unreliable, and the sanitary quarantine alone is often stuck by customs.

Although "The Bourne" has not been released yet, the work on the sequel has started. After Paul Greengrass finished production and took a vacation, he co-writer Tony Gilroy began to write the sequel script.

In addition, there is one more thing, which is very important to Ronan.

The original author Robert Ludren was seriously ill for several years. Since 2001, he was critically ill and died on March 12th. He did not see "Bourne's Identity" on the big screen.

It must be said that this is a pity.

Before the Oscars ceremony, Ronan also went to Robert Ludren’s funeral with Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon.

It's a pity that Robert Lu Delun’s active era is a bit far away. His death has hardly caused much disturbance among the media and book fans, and has even been gradually forgotten.

Ronan asked Robert Lu Delun’s family to contact Robert Lu Delun. The family did not want Robert Lu Delun to be forgotten. They hoped that his father’s name would spread throughout the United States as it did in the 1980s.

In this way, there is nothing to worry about.

"Never do this!"

At a release meeting of the Embassy Pictures, Ronan was very angry, as if he was extremely sad about this: "Robert Ludren is the father of political thrillers and should not be forgotten. We have the responsibility and obligation to remind people around the world, Robert- What excellent works Lu Delun once wrote."

Robert was the first to agree: "Yes, it is very necessary."

Others are a little unclear, so David Villa tentatively asked: "We want to promote Robert Ludren?"

Ronan said: "Yes. This is very necessary. Movie fans and book fans should commemorate such a great novelist. David, you are responsible for formulating a publicity and tribute plan for Robert Ludren, starting in May. Initiate related activities in the media and the public."

David Villa recalled this time and said, "I will take someone to do it myself."

Ronan said very seriously: "You can contact Robert Ludlen's publishing house, I think they will also be interested."

How can a great writer pass away in obscurity? His death should be missed by countless people, reminded countless book fans of his work, and let countless people enter the theater to watch his work adapted film, and mourn deeply.

Ronan believes that with proper publicity, many people will definitely make such a choice.

Robert Lu Delun is a person very much to miss.

An excellent commercial novelist, just like some actors, its value is not only in his lifetime.

Ronan defined this as a charity event.

There are many similar charity activities in the United States, such as donating half of their assets to charities and so on. UU reading

At the same time, after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was first broadcast on North American TV, DVDs and video tapes also entered the offline market with great momentum. Within only one week of listing, DVDs alone sold 1.8 million copies, with sales of 38.5 million. Dollar.

is second only to "Gladiator" in all the award-winning films of this Oscar.

The first week of "Gladiator" DVD sales approached $50 million.

Of course, these are far behind the "Spider-Man" that will be launched next year. "Spider-Man" can be said to have created a new era of Hollywood movie DVD: DVD sales exceeded 100 million in the first week, with total sales of 210 million US dollars.

Ronan sighed at Marvel's act of selling his son when he thought of it, why did he sell Spider-Man so early?

is from 2002 when the "Spider-Man" movie came out. In the following eight or nine years, the annual DVD sales of Hollywood movies have surpassed the total annual box office in North America.

There will be a large number of movies with annual sales of 10 million DVDs.

Even, Baby Dee drags out all the classic animations of the past and releases DVDs next to him. Old movies like "The Lion King" can easily squeeze into the top ten annual DVD sales.

Baby Di holds a large number of priceless treasures in his hands.

It is a pity that Ronan has nothing to do except drooling.

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