Chapter 921： $50,000

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In the Theory of Relativity Building, in the small drawing room next to Ronan’s office, Richard Scheinkman watched the film directed by him on the small screen, his eyes drifting from Ronan and Jessica Felton from time to time. She seemed to want to see through the thoughts of the expressionless young men and women.

There is almost only one scene in the film, relying entirely on dialogue to support the plot.

Or perhaps, it is more appropriate to say that people are bragging.

To be precise, it's like a bunch of people when I was a child, always listening to the eloquent guy bragging.

The big guy will refute, that bragging guy can always find a reason to justify himself, from one kind of nonsense to another.

No one can refute the bragging man, because he is like a super keyboard man, who can find ten thousand more bragging reasons to prove that he is not bragging.

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

When it was only one-third of the time, Jessica Felton gave up first. Although she did not close her eyes, she did not focus on the movie. Instead, she felt that Ronan, who was very familiar, was 10,000 times better than the movie.

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

In the eyes of a typical technocracy like her, the movie being shown is not an official movie at all.

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

Probably it can only be classified into the ranks of experimental films.

As far as the basic elements of film technology are concerned, let alone a highlight, this film is far from qualified.

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

Ronan has watched far more bad movies than Jessica Felton. Although this movie was bad enough in his eyes, he still watched nearly half of it.

"Let's stop here." Ronan didn't hold on to the end, because it was too boring. "Don't let it go."

In contrast, the recognized super lousy film made by Brother Bao is much more exciting than this one.

The staff stopped the screening, the lights on the ceiling came on, and the curtains opened automatically.

Richard Schinkerman immediately realized that the situation is not very good, it seems that his film did not impress these two people?

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

Jessica Felton is still relatively polite, "Maybe my philosophical thinking and religious literacy are not enough, there is no resonance at all."

Ronan sighed secretly. From the audience's perspective, if you watch this kind of film in a theater, it is estimated that few audiences can bear it.

"Mr. Schinkerman." Ronan took the initiative to say "Thank you for the movie."

Richard Schinkerman said, "I should say thank you. Thank you Mr. Anderson for taking the time to watch my book."

Ronan asked, "Has the title of this film been confirmed?"

Richard Schinkerman replied, "I'm sure. I haven't had time to add the title. The title is "This Man Comes From Earth."

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

Richard Shainkman tentatively asked, "I don't know Mr. Anderson's comment on this film..."

He previously suppressed the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies" not negotiating with Relativity Entertainment. One of his purposes was to promote the film incidentally. Unexpectedly, Relativity Entertainment had no news afterwards, so he directly interrupted contact with him. He was anxious and worried. Only then took the initiative to find the door.

Since the film was made with money and came to Relativity Entertainment, Richard Schinkerman certainly wants to sell "This Man From Earth", and it is best to maximize the profit.

Ronan asked directly, "Mr. Schinkerman, at what price do you want to sell?"

"One..." Richard Schinkerman saw Ronan's scorching gaze and thought of the previous screenings, lowering the bid, "One million dollars!"

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

Jessica Felton heard the latter sentence and couldn't help looking at it curiously, "Lincoln vs. Zombies"? What type is this?

Ronan didn't answer immediately. Instead, he carefully recalled the information about the film. Given the reputation of "This Man From Earth" was once on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it seemed that one million dollars was quite cheap.

Some people even call it a representative of Xiaoboda.

Of course, Ronan would not see it that way, so he said, "$50,000, buy out all the copyrights of this film. We will discuss the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies" separately."

"Huh?" Richard Shainkerman was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled bitterly. To be honest, he himself didn't really see that the film could sell for a high price, but $50,000 was too low. He added, "It's true that I spent 200,000 US dollars on the production of this film. After all, this is a science fiction film. I believe there will be audiences like it..."

Ronan raised his hand and interrupted him, "If this can be considered a science fiction movie..." He shook his head slightly, and was too lazy to continue, nonsense. "If it weren't for the copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies", I wouldn't buy this film. The investment of 50,000 U.S. dollars cannot even be recovered."

He added: "This film has no value in theaters, it can only enter the DVD market directly."

Richard Schinkerman was very embarrassed "$50,000 is too low."

Ronan no longer said, "Mr. Schinkerman, you can go to other companies and try it."

Richard Schinkerman was stunned "I..."

This is nothing to talk about.

Ronan remembered one thing. This film had experienced unlimited flattery on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and its flattery momentum could be described as unparalleled.

He remembers that not long after he started his last job, two colleagues had a fierce dispute because of their different views on "This Man From Earth".

One of them thinks this film is very exciting and can be called the best science fiction movie of the year.

It doesn’t really matter, after all, watching a movie is a very subjective thing, and everyone’s tastes are different.

But while touting the film itself, he also said that the film won more than $100 million in the box office in North America, and later entered the top three in the DVD sales and rental market.

Another colleague couldn’t stand this kind of brainless flattery. He collected a large amount of first-line data to refute. The data verified by multiple parties showed that "This Man from Earth" not only failed to get more than US$100 million in the North American box office, but even the North American theater market Did not go in.

As for the continuous hot sales in the DVD sales and rental market, it is also a fictitious fan. North America has a list of DVD sales and rentals over the years, let alone the top ten. You can’t find it in the top twenty lists of any year. The name of this man from the earth.

Of course, "This Man from the Earth" is definitely profitable in the offline market, because it does have a certain degree of popularity and is touted by certain niche groups.

The cost of the film is here, as long as it is a little bit hot in the market, it can generate profit.

With this way of slapping faces in public, the two of them naturally ended the festival, and they had been different for many years.

So many years later, when the second installment of the cheaper "This Man From Earth" was released, the colleague who slapped the face also specifically mentioned the data, as if the global box office ended up being only $5,000.

He also specifically emphasized that it is 5000, not 50 million.

Ronan didn't stay in the drawing room much, called Jessica Felton, and went to the floor where the post-production studio is located. Many films have completed post-production, and he needs to review and confirm the final release version.

Regarding Richard Schinkerman's matter, Ronan threw it to the Copyright and Legal Department, which only sent an ordinary employee to deal with it.

Unexpectedly by Ronan, Richard Schinkerman also sold "This Man From Earth" to Relativity Entertainment within a few days at a price of $50,000.

Connie asked about the specific situation. Before coming to Relativity Entertainment, Richard Schinkerman had promoted the film to many companies. After Ronan rejected his bid, he ran away with many film companies.

But such a film that even lacks a sense of cinema, of course, will not be bought by a company at a high price.

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

Frankly speaking, the selling point of this film is far worse than "Blair the Witch".

A bunch of people sitting together and listening to the bragging, as far as the market is concerned, it is really lacking.

After turning around, Richard Schinkerman found that Ronan's bid was the highest. Most companies didn't even want to buy, let alone bid.

In the end, Richard Schinkerman signed a contract with Embassy Pictures, a subsidiary of Relativity Entertainment, to sell all the copyrights of "This Man From Earth" at a price of $50,000.

At the same time, the adaptation copyright of "Lincoln vs. Zombies" was transferred to Shahai Entertainment by Richard Schinkerman for $200,000.

Ronan estimated that the cost of Richard Schinkerman's agreement to deal This Man from Earth should not be 200,000 US dollars, but only tens of thousands of US dollars.

Regarding this film, Embassy Pictures will definitely not invest heavily in its announcement. It will first show it in several theaters. If the situation is not good, it will immediately withdraw it and then throw it on the DVD market.

Ronan has an idea. "This Man Comes From Earth" is highly touted on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. If a genuine DVD is released there, I wonder if those literary and artistic youths are willing to pay for their praise and high taste?

Ronan just mentioned this idea to Embassy Pictures, no matter which distribution channel the film was bought for $50,000, cost control is necessary.

Ronan then stopped paying attention. As the month of April passed day by day, the 2006 North American summer vacation was coming soon.

On the beginning weekend of this summer vacation, Relativity Entertainment’s long-planned movie universe plan officially kicked off, and "Iron Man" will be released in full to seize the superhero movie market.

Since the first trailer was released on the Super Bowl, the publicity campaign for "Iron Man" has been vigorous.