The Best Entertainment Era

After leaving the World City shopping mall, Ronan waited for David to drive over and asked the girl next to him, Amanda, shall I take you back?

Amanda Seyfried looked at the giant digital timer above the mall's main entrance and said, Okay.

The black Bentley Elegance slowly drove over at this time, Ronan opened the door to let Amanda Seyfried get in the car, then walked around to the other side and got in the car, asking, Where do you live now?

Amanda Seyfried said, Burbank, my mom rents a house over there.

As the car started, Amanda looked at the decorations in the car curiously, and asked, Ronan, isn't this car expensive?

En. Ronan just responded casually without saying anything.

Amanda Seyfried is not restrained, looking here and touching there curiously, after all, she is just a girl who is not even sixteen years old.

When the curiosity was almost gone, Ronan asked, Do you have any goals in high school?

Yes. Amanda Seyfried turned her energy back to Ronan, leaned back in a comfortable chair, and said, I will try to get the cheerleader in the first semester.

Ronan was speechless for a moment, this goal was too ambitious.

But look at Amanda Seyfried, blond, beautiful, sexy, and a born cheerleader.

Amanda smiled and said, I'm kidding you, Ronan. She said proudly, I don't play with those little kids.

I feel that those people are too low-level, and they will only show off a little cleverness among their peers.

The car entered Burbank and turned into the neighborhood where Mrs. Seyfried rented a house. Ronan said again: If you have trouble at school, you can call me.

Yeah. Amanda replied.

When the car stopped, she picked up the document bag containing the script and got out of the car, turned around and waved to this side: Goodbye, Ronan.

Goodbye. Ronan waved to her.

Back home, Amanda saw that her mother wanted to question her, so she gave her the file bag first.

Mrs Seyfried asked in surprise: What is this?

Amanda with a bit of girlish pride,

Said: The script that Ronan gave me, he said that the heroine in it is very suitable for me, you should read it first.

Mrs. Seyfried immediately put other things behind her and flipped through the script. The more she read it, the more she felt that the story was so good that it seemed very suitable for Amanda at this stage.

It was already dark when Ronan returned to the futuristic world of Beverly Hills.

Sir. The housekeeper Nikia sent an invitation letter: This is specially sent by Mr. Jeff Katzenberg's assistant.

Ronan took a look and said, I see.

This is an invitation to the premiere of The Princess Diaries. Disney Pictures will hold the premiere of this romantic fairy tale movie next week. Jeff Katzenberg promised to help him get an invitation to the premiere. .

After reading the invitation letter, Ronan thought for a while, and then said, Nikia, I plan to hold a small banquet in half a month. There are not many people, about seven or eight people. It is the type of gathering of friends. You plan it.

Nikia responded immediately: Okay. I will start to prepare.

Ronan said again: Remember to replenish the wine consumed in the wine cellar at any time.

Yes. Nikia replied.

Ronan collected the invitation letter and went to the study on the second floor to deal with the backlog of work emails in the past two days without further words.

Many people from Sandsea Entertainment and Embassy Pictures sent emails recommending the director of Taken. Among the long list, there was no suitable candidate for Ronan.

George Clint met with Johnny Depp's agent, Gracie Jacobs, and Johnny Depp hasn't heard anything back about Captain Jack Sparrow.

Gore Verbinski is very interested in the directing position of a first-line big production, but he is limited to the director contract of Midnight Ring with DreamWorks, and he will not be able to actually talk about this directing position until February and March next year.

In the email sent by Dana's lawyer, Ronan's personal foundation and film investment fund have passed the legal review, and there are no legal obstacles, and the rest is waiting.

Scott needs Ronan to sign some related fund agreements in person, and wants to invite Ronan to his house as a guest.

Sandsea Entertainment has made several contacts with Liam Neeson, and it is very hopeful that the contact will be turned into a formal film contract negotiation.

Alan Albert from the overseas distribution department of the embassy film company sent an email, routinely reporting the box office figures of several overseas distribution films: The Bourne Shadow overseas box office was 92.19 million US dollars, and Shrek overseas box office was 178.95 million US dollars Fatal Turn has a limited release time overseas, and the current overseas box office has just exceeded 10 million US dollars.

Random House routinely reports the sales of Twilight, which has sold a total of 180,000 copies so far.

Judith from the bank emails asking if Relativity Entertainment needs a new loan...

Ronan replied one by one. After processing the email, he carefully read the list of directors recommended by the two companies, and took the script of Taken to read carefully.

The value of this series is great, and it can also be summarized into the types of small and big.

In terms of production budget, 20 million US dollars is enough, or even useless. After all, Liam Neeson's salary is not high, and most of the funds are actually spent on filming and production.

As for Amanda Seyfried, the salary is tens of thousands of dollars.

But the director's words...

Ronan vaguely remembered that the screenwriter and producer of Taken was Luc Besson, and the director was French, but the specific name had long been forgotten.

And it's only 2001 now, so I guess the director is still a novice.

Fortunately, there is enough time, and we also have cooperation with companies such as CAA and William Morris, so we can slowly find a suitable director.

There will also be recommendations from brokerage companies.

Looking at the script of Taken, Ronan suddenly thought of a related comment he had read in his previous life, saying that it was a problem with the husband and wife's understanding of the world.

In real life, quite a few women don’t understand their husbands’ sensitivity, stubbornness, and vigilance. In front of outsiders, their evaluation of their husbands is: “Hey...that old wood, he doesn’t understand anything, he’s like a crazy person every day, ignore him .”

Why is this so? Because many women don't have many opportunities to see the dark side of the world, and when women see it, they may have already fallen into it.

When these women regret not listening to their husbands, it is too late to cry.

Men have different perceptions of the world, and sometimes women don't understand it because there is no suitable situation to tell women.

Frankly speaking, Ronan has some understanding of his father's mentality. Although he was alone in his previous life, he has also seen the anger and helplessness of his colleagues because of vaccines and other issues.

It is estimated that many parents must have murderous thoughts at that time.

The phone rang at this time, and the housekeeper Nikia called, saying that someone had come to visit.

When Ronan went down to the living room on the first floor, it was a little strange to see someone coming, it turned out to be James Huang.

Hi, James. Ronan hurried over to shake hands with him: Long time no see.

Although the two parties did not continue to cooperate after Purge 2, and James Huang also switched to the embrace of Sony Entertainment, there is no conflict between them, and the previous cooperation can be regarded as pleasant.

James Huang said with a smile: It happened to be walking from here, and I came to visit on a temporary basis. I'm taking the liberty.

Ronan waved his hand: We are old friends, there is no need to be so polite. He gestured to the sofa: James, sit down wherever you want.

When James Huang sat down, Ronan asked someone to bring black tea, and said, Long time no see, is work going well?

Everything is fine. James Huang said with a smile: I have completed all the filming and production of the Universal Pursuit that I cooperated with Revolutionary Studio under Sony Entertainment.

Ronan said sincerely, Congratulations.

This is the mainstream commercial production that James Huang dreams of, and if it succeeds, it will be able to escape the identity of horror film director.

The production cost was 50 million U.S. dollars, which is quite a large investment, and the production budget of Shahai Entertainment on The Bourne was no more than that.

Thank you. James Huang said.

Ronan added: I hope we still have the opportunity to cooperate.

In several cooperations, James Huang left him a very good impression. He is a director who knows how to save money, has precise control over movie scripts, and is good at creating intense dramatic conflicts with small scenes.

But the premise of these is that James Huang directed the horror thriller.

The two chatted for a while, and James Huang said: Universal Pursuit will be released in early November. I am here this time to tell you by the way that I must go to the premiere when I have time.

Ronan immediately replied: As long as time permits, I will definitely be there.

I won't bother you anymore. James Huang bid farewell at the right time: Ronan, we keep in touch.

Ronan sent James Huang to the door and said, We keep in touch.

Watching James Huang drive away, Ronan returned to the living room. If Pursuit of the Universe did not achieve the expected results, maybe Shahai Entertainment would really have a chance to cooperate with James Huang again.

Having said that, the sequel after Death Comes really needs a relatively stable director.

But Ronan also knows that many directors are stubborn or even very stubborn people, they will not give up and change easily, and it is difficult to listen to other people's persuasion.

And like the relationship between him and James Huang, talking too much is not good, and it may cause a lot of unnecessary misunderstandings.

Ronan can only try his best to keep James Huang in the field of horror and thrillers, and other things are not easy to interfere. I hope he will not be interested in weird movies like Dragon Ball.

What is the mentality of the investors and filmmakers of the Dragon Ball live-action movie? Did James Huang give up on himself or something else?

Honestly, it's as bad as Uwe Ball's video game adaptation.