Chapter 2: Planning for Financing

For half a month, Ronan spent most of his energy understanding the current situation of society, especially the Internet and Hollywood.

If you want to get out of trouble, you have to stare at the current opportunities.

The premise of all this is to understand the basic situation of today's society.

In his memory, after James Cameron worked with the future governor twice(Arnold), it took him several years to build a rampage ship.

However, this big ship had just set sail, and the current global box office champion is still Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park."

Internet technology was not different from his memory.

Steve Jobs returned to Apple more than a year ago.

Cisco and Yahoo's stock prices rose steadily.

If he remembered correctly, the bubble will not burst until the new millennium arrives.

This is the best era and the era of the rise of Internet giants.

If he wants to catch up on this ride, he must have start-up capital.

Ronan not only has no money but also has huge debts.

In the past half month, he had tried many loans or other financing methods.

However, the United States has developed the perfect way to get information on a person's repayment ability, so let alone formal banks and financial institutions, even the private usuries looked down upon him.

Since Sand Sea Entertainment is a member of the Producers Union, he submitted an application to the Producers Union under Mary's reminder to seek funding for the "Film and Television Industry Allowance and Health Plan".

This plan is mainly used to motivate and help alliance members.

The Producers Union was not a trade union organization, but a trade organization.

The right to speak was in the hands of medium and large companies. So this application fell into dead hands and received no response.

He can't find any help from outside so he can only rely on himself.

Finally, Ronan set his sights on Hollywood, to be precise, on movies.

For this reason, he traveled to several major companies in Hollywood.

He also studied the past successful and failed movies of Sand Sea Entertainment every night and drew lessons from them.

But It's hard to do anything without money.

Sitting in the office, Ronan slowly turned his pen, 'What should I do next?, How can I get money as soon as possible? Only money can solve all the current problems

He stopped turning his pen and wrote "movie" in his notebook.

Because of his work in his previous life, he can name a large list of movies that will be popular in Hollywood in the future.

Little Anderson can write scripts, but Ronan hasn't considered this aspect for the time being.

Not to mention that newcomers and new scripts are very difficult to succeed in Hollywood.

As for writing a script and directing it yourself, there is no need to think about it.

He has never been a director. Little Anderson also did not study a major in directing.

He has no ability at all and no money.

The current and the past Anderson were only involved in movies as an investor and producer.

And like most of the other small companies in Hollywood, all directors and crews were hired externally.

Ronan grabbed his hair hard

It will take a long time for the films to recover funds.

It usually takes about one to two years to make a profit after investing in a film.

It is not a good way to make quick money from filming movies.

'What should I do? Can I make money with movie projects?' he was in deep thought.

Throwing away the pen, Ronan thought about it carefully.

A lot of funds for Hollywood movie projects are solved through financing.

Often a film wouldn't have yet started, but the overseas distribution rights can be pre-sold, and the funds obtained were used to prepare the film.

But this model requires medium and large-scale distribution companies, or movies involving big celebrities or at worst it needs professional insurance companies to provide third-party guarantees.

With the well-known reputation of Ronan Anderson and Sand Sea Company, the possibility of pre-sales is zero.

And to establish a project to embezzle North American or European financing for other purposes, the legal risk is too great.

Ronan threw away the pen, and a flash of light flashed in his mind.

It is now in the late 90s and information is relatively blocked.

For some overseas non-film industry people, Hollywood remains quite mysterious.

For example, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, very few people know about the current Hollywood.

So he can start a movie project, and then raise funds overseas!

Ronan couldn't help but think of a fraud case in his previous life.

A company from a certain country used the guise of a Hollywood film company to raise money illegally and the amount of money was as high as 30 million dollars.

Even some scammers can successfully scam in Hollywood every year.

He remembered reading another report at that time.

A scammer pretended to be a producer. Not only did he defraud tens of millions of dollars in the name of making a big-budget movie, he even became friends with many celebrities.

Ronan certainly would not go to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

There is still some conscience.

Hollywood's internal financing is also inappropriate and is not conducive to long-term development.

With a concept and idea, Ronan began to think deeper and further.

Sand Sea Entertainment was established nearly ten years and has released many videotape works.

It is a normal situation for being a member of the Producers Alliance and setting up a new film project.

Start a brand new movie project, go overseas to cheat... No, no it's to raise money!

　　 To successfully raise funds from overseas, a rigorous plan is required.

　　 At least it must be able to withstand certain verifications.

　　 First of all, there must be a suitable goal.

　　 The target group must have large assets, they shouldn't know much about Hollywood or the entertainment industry in North America.

　　 If something goes wrong, the other party should not have anything to do with him.

　　Secondly, this movie project must be packaged.

　　 Let the outsiders think this project is real when they look at it...

No, this movie project is real, he wants to run a movie project, but the real investment and the public budget will be different.

To do this, start-up funds are required. It is still a matter of money.

　　 Ronan grabbed his hair and temporarily put it aside, thinking about another thing: "Retreat plan"

　　 What should he do if he fails?

　　The project cannot be 100% successful, and he wants to live in North America for a long time.

　　 Ronan looked through the key vocabulary that he had recorded these days, and his eyes fell on a particular word, "Blog".

　　 Little Anderson has a good ability to write.

If he fails, he can serialize a famous novel from his previous life on his blog and submit the manuscript to the publishing house.

He can also make some money from royalty.

He has seen a lot of the original works of Hollywood big-selling movies and he also has the impression of the general framework.

He can try it, but it is impossible to say that success is inevitable, this can give him a way out if everything goes south.

If everything doesn't go well, just write a book called, "Fifty Shades of Anderson!"

　　 Once Ronan made up his mind, he started to work towards the direction of success as much as possible.

　　The film project needs a suitable script, at most a medium-scale investment, otherwise, Sand Sea Entertainment will not look convincing.

'Now action movies are the popular trend, so do I also need to start with an action movie?" he thought

But Ronan quickly gave up on this idea because the action movies were more time-consuming and laborious, and it's inappropriate for the current him

It is best to be a B-level film, which is also in line with Sand Sea Entertainment's consistent style and can increase persuasiveness.

B-level horror movies are a good choice.

Movies are deeply affected by the social environment, and horror movies are the type with little impact.

'Which horror movie should I choose?', Ronan has no idea yet.

By the way, the selected horror film should not arouse the resentment of the targetted group.

To determine the target group.

The other side of the Pacific will not work, and Ronan will not do it. (Don't worry guys, there is no racism or nationalism in this novel)

Europe and Australia are also not suitable. The film industry in these places was also considered well-developed.

There it is!!!!!!

Ronan's eyes swept through the notebook: Abu Dhabi Investment Authority from the UAE, a local tyrant in the Middle East, set up an office in Los Angeles.

　　 Abu Dhabi is a proper rich country, and they don't know much about Hollywood, and Arabs have never been entertained in current America.

The most important point is, if he remembers correctly, after amassing astronomical oil wealth, the Arabs in Abu Dhabi have been eager to expand their popularity and influence since the mid to late 1990s.

It also looks like the relationship between the Jews and the Arabs was not very good at the moment

Jewish power has a huge influence in Hollywood, and the image of Arabs and Russians in Hollywood movies was extremely unbearable.

It is hard to say that there is no connection between the two.

Ronan wrote all these down, and then he had to confirm it.

Then, he frowned. Abu Dhabi is far away in the Middle East and to go there to cheat... No, I mean if you go there for financing, the toll alone is not a small expense.

Let's get the start-up capital first.

"Mary!" Ronan pressed the intercom and said, "Ask someone from Blockbuster for me to talk about the transfer of the copyright of the videotape of "The Knight".

The videotape copyright of this film can sell for some money.