Legendary Hollywood Producer

In the afternoon, the capital is a mess, and the pedestrians endure the heat to work on their livelihoods.

In the conference room of China Film Group, Roman is delivering his own speech.

"I want to set up a foundation to support mainland directors in creating their own works, with an annual capital of 5 million US dollars and investing in at least 5 works." Roman clarified his thoughts, and then said, "It must have been in a related career. 3 Only those who are as young as 20 years old can apply for subsidies. Those who have studied the profession of directing are preferred, and must have a complete shooting plan budget and script outline. After receiving the subsidy, they must start the film project within one year."

After talking about the conditions, Roman asked everyone present, "Is it feasible?"

Although the CEOs of mainland entertainment companies didn't understand the significance of Roman's doing this, they still said, "It's feasible."

The head of Guangray Pictures also provided convenience, "Mr. Roman, you can link this kind of subsidy support plan in the form of foundation to Guangguang Media, and we can help you go through various procedures."

Old fox, you have to rush to do such things. Although you are not ashamed of Mr. Wang's actions, Mr. Wang of Huayi also said, "We at Huayi can help you take care of the related affairs of the foundation."

Other bosses, except China Film, also expressed their intention to help Roman.

Although Chairman Han of China Film will not intervene in the affairs of the foundation, he also shows that he can help those directors to release films, even overseas.

Roman was also very satisfied with the opinions of the people. He originally didn't plan to set up a foundation in the mainland, but sent people to waste energy to take care of it. Roman only wanted to invest money and didn't want to make too much trouble. Besides, the US$5 million is within Roman’s tolerance and is completely affordable. Even if the US$5 million is lost, it can be regarded as giving the directors some experience. Roman is very open to it.

"Let’s do this, I can feel your kindness to me. Why, this foundation will be managed by Orange Sky, Huayi, and Guangguang, and the film distribution will be handed over to China Film, or you can discuss how to do it yourself. Manhai Entertainment is responsible for the annual investment of 5 million U.S. dollars.” Roman also suddenly thought of what should be done if there are really good films created by new directors and generate a lot of profits, so avoid nasty and simply share the 4 companies. To discuss the issue of the issue, Roman did not intend to intervene.

After agreeing on the operation of the foundation, Roman was relieved. He simply wanted to support film directors in mainland China. He didn't want to get too involved in the day-to-day foundation of the foundation. It was very energy consuming, and Roman didn't know who was assigned to manage it. The foundation, not to mention the people of Manhai Entertainment, I am afraid that no one is willing to come to the mainland to take charge of a small foundation. Even if they do, Roman is not at ease. For a foreigner who knows how to shoot mainland movies, it is better to let them do it themselves.

Three days later, the Dolf Foundation, which was affiliated with Light Media, was formally established.

Mainly responsible for supporting new directors in mainland China. The requirements are: 3 years of work experience in related industries, and a complete shooting budget plan and script outline to apply; the application amount cannot exceed 1 million U.S. dollars, support for Latin American investment co-production; after the film is released If the profit generated is higher than the production cost, it will return 1 million US dollars and 5% of the movie’s domestic box office profit for the operation of the foundation; if the foundation funds are obtained by deception, deceit, etc., once discovered, it will be taken The loss is recovered by means of alarming; if the project has not been opened for more than a year, or if the shooting is delayed for no reason, the foundation has the right to stop the supply of funds...

After working on the foundation, Roman took another day in the capital, and returned to Los Angeles on August 10, carrying 10 million U.S. dollars invested by the mainland.

Roman, who returned to Burbank Manhai Entertainment, sat in his office looking through the second revised script completed by the screenwriters.

The script is very well written. Although I don't know how it compares with the original version, after all, Roman has forgotten the plot of the previous movie, but from Roman's own eyes, the design of the script is very good.

After finalizing the revised script, Roman also found someone to send out a message to the outside world that he wanted to hire a director.

Through CAA, ICM, WMA and other brokerage companies, and Roman himself, the news was disseminated in the production manual.

Soon many interested people learned that Manhai Entertainment is looking for a director who has experience in comedy shooting. Since both films produced by Manhai Entertainment are very popular, many people have confidence in it. After a while, There are many calls to Manhai Entertainment to inquire about related matters.

Manhai Entertainment is no longer an obscure company in the industry. With the success of two movies, the industry also knows a film production company called Manhai Entertainment.

"Lami, sort out their information. On August 12, start to select directors." Manhai Entertainment has received a lot of application information in the past two days. Most of them are some famous directors in the industry who have worked in related film and television dramas. During the filming, CAA's agent called more than once to fight for this opportunity for their director, but Roman still pressed it down and told him euphemistically that Manhai Entertainment would call the director to participate in the test.

On August 12th, according to Lamy's compiled information, Roman gave priority to the director with the most experience in the industry for testing.

"Mr. Lloyd, may I ask what you think about this film and the idea of ​​shooting." Roman first invited a man who has been engaged in the directing industry for more than ten years, named Lloyd, who had participated in the TV series "Friends Season 9". Several episodes of shooting, rich experience in shooting comedy.

After reading the outline, Lloyd said calmly, “It’s a very good setting. If I were to shoot, I would use inadvertent mistakes to create jokes. The jokes caused by small things can often be Better provoke the audience’s laughter."

"So, if you were to direct, how much do you want to pay?" Roman asked, he was not sure whether Lloyd would be the director. There are still 5 directors who have to interview all of them, Roman Will decide who will be the director of "The Hangover", only the most suitable of the 6 can get this opportunity.

"US$2.4 million, plus 5 percent of the North American box office share. This is my request."

"Well, Mr. Lloyd, I understand the request. Please go back and wait for the notification. If you choose not to choose you, we will call and notify you." After leaving Mr. Lloyd, Roman called again to notify the next A director who wants to collaborate.

Until August 15, the last director also came to Manhai Entertainment.