Thanks to Ronan's promotion, this romantic comedy project quickly received the green light from Shahai Entertainment. The Ministry of Justice immediately started negotiations with James Rust to push the project into the preliminary planning stage.

Having said that, Ronan holds the creativity and project power of the entire group, so there is naturally no reason not to pass it.

This is really expiration.

James Rust is very active, and the conditions are not high. Even the project bonus that the producer must pay for when buying the producer's project is only $500,000.

For directors, the opportunity to direct the first feature film is often the most difficult; for actors, the first important role in life requires not only acting skills and ability, but also huge costs in other aspects.

For producers, the opportunity to run their first project independently is also rare.

James Rust has accumulated many years of career and is not bad.

He has served as executive producer in many Hollywood movies and has also met Will Smith through "Boxing Ali", which happened to be interested in this project again.

Once the two parties signed a project contract, James Rust burst out with great enthusiasm for work and quickly promoted various tasks.

"In terms of directors, I plan to invite Andy Tennant."

In the office, James Rust told Ronan about his next plan: "He is an expert in filming love movies. He has directed nearly ten movies, most of which are in love. His representative works include "Love Tales and Fairy Tales" and "Good Things in Two". This year, he will be released in "Love Returns to Alabama".

Ronan has watched "Fairy Tales and Innocence" and "Love Returns to Alabama". The former heroine is Drew Barrymore, and the latter is one of Reese Witherspoon's representative works.

"Yes." Ronan said: "You have some preliminary contact with Andy Tennant first."

James Rust asked with concern: "Will..."

Ronan gave him a reassurance: "Will is not a problem. Shahai Entertainment is negotiating with Will's agent, and the progress is very smooth at present."

The two sides have reached an agreement on the pay, and Shahai Entertainment has offered Will Smith a $20 million salary. Since "Boxing Ali" released last year, Will Smith's pay has reached $20 million, and the "Man in Black 2" that has been filmed and not yet released is also $20 million.

In "Jedi Men 2", Will Smith's salary was $20 million plus 10% of the total revenue share.

This is a sequel movie, and it is normal for high pay and high earnings to be paid.

In terms of non-sequel movies, Will Smith's pay is temporarily $20 million.

There is nothing to say about this, and the whole of Hollywood recognizes Will Smith's value.

Currently, Shahai Entertainment and Will Smith's agent are all about the small issues regarding crew treatment.

There must be many special terms that come with big-name stars.

Even Tom Hanks, a famous good-looking man in the circle, will have as many as dozens of additional terms in the contract.

Considering Will Smith's high pay, Ronan told James Rust: "The heroine's pay must be reduced to less than $3 million."

James Rust said: "There are initially a few candidates for the heroine, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and Winona Ryder."

"Julie is not suitable, the pay is too high." Ronan denied a candidate without hesitation. The heroine needs a vase, and Angelina Jolie's current route and style are also problematic. He thought for a while and said, "Winona Ryder is not suitable either."

This guy seems to have some bad habits, and maybe he will become a time bomb at any time.

James Rust asked tentatively: "Charlize Theron?"

Ronan said: "She can be on the shortlist, and you continue to look for other candidates." He remembered that Charlize Theron refused to go to Sandhai Entertainment once, and was prepared for it: "It's absolutely right to have a few more candidates."

Speaking of this, Ronan carefully recalled it. It seemed that Charlize Theron would take several years to win the Oscar Best Actress, and there was basically no threat of an Oscar curse.

But if there are other suitable candidates, Ronan will not choose Charlize Theron.

Although this South African diamond has always been a very pure vase in commercial films in the early stages, its acting skills and box office appeal are not outstanding. The Oscar winner also took a special customized route. It was not until "Crazy Max: The Road of Furious" that it truly carried the box office of a movie.

Of course, as a simple vase character, Charlize Theron is still qualified.

The movie "Stealing the Day" is about to be released. In addition to mini car, the most eye-catching character in this film is Charlize Theron.

After seeing off James Rust, Ronan received a call from Jeon Ji-hyun and wanted to ask him to have supper together.

Ronan made an appointment with Scott Swift in the evening and could only say sorry to Jun Ji-hyun. He just learned about Jun Ji-hyun’s recent situation on the phone.

When he arrived in Los Angeles, Ronan threw Jun Ji-hyun to the crew of "Grey's Anatomy". After explaining Shanda Remus, he basically didn't ask about Jun Ji-hyun's situation.

By phone, Jun Ji-hyun roughly talked about her work in the past two months.

After obtaining the actor contract for "Grey's Anatomy", in addition to the necessary preparations, Jun Ji-hyun was ordered by Shanda Rems to strengthen English in a professional language class. Because Ronan recommended actors could not refuse, the background settings of the role were appropriately modified and adjusted to a generation of immigrants to meet Jun Ji-hyun's situation.

But Jeon Ji-hyun's spoken language still needs to be strengthened as quickly as possible, so that American audiences can understand what she says at least smoothly.

Ronan had expected a situation like Jeon Ji-hyun before, but he didn't care much. After all, Hollywood has too many ways to solve it.

If it really doesn't work, just dubbing it directly, and Jun Ji-hyun doesn't have to fight for performance awards.

Ronan hung up the phone and handled some work on film projects. Embassy Film has now started pre-screening promotion of "Legend of the Night", which will be released in April.

Compared with "Resident Evil", "Legend of the Night" also has its own unique advantages. Werewolf and vampires occupy a considerable proportion in Western ghost legends, and even become a cultural phenomenon.

"Legend of the Night" is of course a niche film, and its publicity must be targeted.

After handling the work at hand, Ronan left the company an hour early and rushed to the restaurant he had made with Scott Swift.

This is a typical Italian restaurant with a typical Mediterranean style.

Ronan met Scott Swift in a business booth in the restaurant.

"The investments of Koreans have been in place," Scott said of his recent work: "You can transfer them to the crew account at any time."

Ronan nodded and asked, "You keep in touch with the island country's long-term credit bank. I have a new project that may cost $70 million to $80 million, so I can make the second investment of the long-term credit bank in place in June and July."

"I'll keep in touch with them," Scott said.

Ronan said again: "You take time to go to Mumbai again. I have almost contacted Indians. You go there and try to attract investment... Well, let Shahai Entertainment sign a movie investment agreement with the Pacific Foundation."

Scott thought about the itinerary and said, "I'll leave next week."

Ronan continued: "You have to go there too in Berlin. You know Tony Koch. There are some investment matters over there, and you need to help Tony with it."

"Okay." Scott responded.

Germany, India, South Korea and island countries are now important sources of production financing for Shahai Entertainment, and have also solved the urgently needed funding problem of Ronan.

Shahai Entertainment has made big moves one after another, but the shooting funds are basically foreign financing, and it does not put much pressure on the capital chain of Relativity Entertainment, thus ensuring sufficient liquidity.

"By the way, I have a few dividends to receive." This is the remuneration for Ronan as producer: "One is used to repay the bank loan, the other is used to ensure my daily expenses, and the rest I will transfer to the account of the personal foundation."

Scott asked with concern: "Do you continue to invest in the stock market?"

Ronan nodded slightly and said, "Apple and Amazon can buy as much as you can." He thought for a while and said, "Pay more attention to the situation of these two companies. If there are shareholders in the two companies that want to transfer equity, notify me as soon as possible and I will find a way to raise funds to eat."

"I'll pay more attention," Scott said.

After talking about work, the two talked about the current stock market again. Since the Washington authorities rescued the market last year, the stock market has been recovering. Although the speed is a bit slow, it has maintained an overall upward trend.

"I heard that many stock brokerage companies had very inspiring experiences in the past." Ronan asked a very concerned question: "From being poor and wandering on the streets, to becoming a millionaire and even a millionaire."

Scott told the truth: "There are such people, but there are very few people, which is probably the same as the proportion of Hollywood actors and Hollywood first-line stars. The so-called American dream reported are all isolated cases."

He said helplessly: "Most of ordinary people play stocks like I used to."

Ronan understood Scott's meaning, and he once wanted to go to Mexico to find a way to save the defeat.

"I forgot to read it, there is a report about a black stock broker." Ronan recalled the plot of the movie and said, "It seems like he has gone from an unemployed street tramp to a millionaire stock brokerage."

Scott used to be a stockbroker and said with a smile: "I know this person, a successful person in the 1980s, named Chris Gardner. Many media have reported on his deeds and an inspirational millionaire."
Chapter completed!