Chapter 15: Meeting Kate again

"Why did you buy so many books?"

In the office,

Seeing Ronan coming in with a large stack of books, Mary hurriedly stepped forward to help him and asked, "And why did you become haggard again?"

Ronan's hair was messy, and he had two large dark circles under his eyes.

"There is too much work to be done recently."

He doesn't care much.

It is normal to work hard in the early entrepreneurial stage.

He entered the office, placed the books on the table, took over the other books from Mary's hand, and said, "I revised the script last night, and forgot the time flow"

The company has just gotten back on track these days, and there is too much work to do.

The script modification can only be done at night.

Mary made him a cup of coffee and flipped through the books, "Are you studying?"

There were all kinds of professional books in the industry, from law to film production to script creation, and there were even a few books that are collections of successful cases.

Ronan nodded, "After the last failure, I realized that my ability is much worse."

If Foresight is an advantage, then his ability should be his foundation.

The former affects his upper limit in the future, while the latter can directly set the lower limit.

If he wants to run a film company and be a successful producer,

Memories alone are far from enough.

Ronan has decided to pick up the textbooks that he had put down for many years in his previous life to learn and strengthen his professional knowledge.

Although he worked as a small producer on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it was completely different from Hollywood.

In the past week, he only slept for about six hours a day,

Read books and revised scripts at night,

And dealt with the company's affairs during the day, occasionally when he was a little free, he would continue to enrich himself.

For example, Entertainment Laws and Industry Regulations, it was not necessary to learn them completely

But as a producer and a production company owner, he must always have a clear understanding of these

For example, the Screenwriters Union,

If you don't know about it, you will never know that this is an Industry Union with the highest barrier to entry in Hollywood.

If you want to join the Screenwriters Union, you need to appear in the cast and crew list of at least 24 crews within three years of the application,

including the experience of signing a contract with the company and undertaking creative work, or the experience of selling written works.

In other words, even if he was a screenwriter of a publicly screened film, he was not eligible to join the screenwriters union.

In addition to normal study and work,

Ronan also picked up the network of relationships that Little Anderson dismissed,

He had gone to visit old Anderson's friends and business partners in the afternoon for three consecutive days.

Yesterday, when he was going to close the New Line Film's royalties on the TV and videotape rights of "The Knight", he paid a special visit to Robert Shaye.

It doesn't hurt to have more contacts.

Little Anderson didn't know it.

There is no doubt that Hollywood is a very talented circle, but as a newcomer, it is a bit whimsical to want to get success only with talent.

Ronan knows very well that countless geniuses have died on the road to entrepreneurship.

"Aren't you looking for a suitable party?"

Mary put an invitation letter on her desk and said,

"This is a high-end banquet organized by DreamWorks.

It is said that many celebrities in the entertainment and fashion circles will attend.

This ticket's price was as high as $3,000."

Ronan picked up the invitation letter and looked at it.

There was a signature of David Geffen on it and immediately said, "This money should be added to the account of the "Human Removal Project".

Three thousand dollars for a ticket is really expensive, and the tickets for this year's Oscar night party were only five thousand dollars.

But there are certain qualifications to buy such tickets, not everyone can buy them.

Anyway, he has Arabs for paying these bills, and Ronan didn't feel distressed.

This morning, Ronan was not idle.

He interviewed six applicants for the company,

He also reviewed the preliminary financial expenditure of the "Human Removal project" formulated by Mary,

Then he read the "California Entertainment Act." in his free time

In the afternoon, he temporarily put aside his work and talked with the three directors who came to apply for the job.

These three directors were not members of the Directors' Union.

Direct contact with the production company to find a job is not in line with industry regulations,

But the independent film circle has a lot of freedom, and this issue was not a problem at all.

It was a pity that these three have no qualifications and no relevant work experience.

Strictly speaking, they have only filmed experimental videos at school, and they have not even directed an MV.

Since the project "Human Removal Project" was operated,

Ronan certainly wanted it to succeed, so he directly rejected these three.

Ronan didn't have much directional experience in the first place, and the production experience in his previous life cannot be applied here.

If he finds a director with no experience, there is a 90% chance that the film would hit the street.

This is not a script for a popular movie in the past life, so only a good director can make up for its disadvantages.

Ronan needs to learn to enrich himself and accumulate experience.

Finding a better director will undoubtedly increase the chances of the project succeeding.

He thought that the most ideal candidate was David Fincher, but he can only think about it, after all, the real budget of the project does not even have $2 million.

This was a paradox.

Directors with a few successful qualifications were not cheap to recruit,

and cheap directors have no qualifications to be recruited

The job advertisements issued by Sand Sea Entertainment have worked to some extent.

In addition to self-recommended candidates, several small brokerage companies have also sent over a list of their directors, actors, and other personnel.

Ronan paid special attention to the director and the actors.

The actor's list contained a few familiar names, but the director does not have any.

In Hollywood, good directors are a scarce resource than good actors.

In the next few days, Ronan met with five more directors, and the situation was similar to the previous three.

It was not that Ronan had not been contacted by the agents of second and third-line directors, but when he saw their asking price, Ronan stopped considering it.

The director's and actors' quotations provided by those several medium and large agencies, were even higher than the real budget of the entire project.

Inside the circle, some situations can be felt even without mentioning them.

After Ronan continuously rejected multiple intentional offers,

this project quickly disappeared from the vision of medium and large brokerage companies.

The real progress of Sand Sea Entertainment during this time was the recruitment of ordinary employees.

After a few days of interviews, Ronan finalized several new employees.

The weekend came soon.

Ronan asked the stylist recommended by Mary to make a new haircut and came to the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel refreshingly.

This banquet was called in the name of DreamWorks.

Even outside the hotel, he could see some famous people.

As soon as Ronan entered the hotel lobby, he met Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Because of the distance, He vaguely heard Kate Winslet asking Leonardo to go in first,

It seemed like she was waiting for someone.

Then, Leonardo left directly.

The purpose of Ronan's participation in the banquet is to expand the social circle.

He doesn't ask for anything else.

But to get acquainted with some people first, Personal connections were also very important.

"Good evening, Miss Winslet."

He came directly to the Rose and greeted her politely, "We meet again."

Kate Winslet shook hands with Ronan and responded politely, "Hello, it's nice to see you again."

Hearing this, Ronan immediately understood that Kate Winslet had forgotten who he was.

Ronan did not show any unhappiness, and said, "I am Ronan Anderson, We met at the Twentieth Century Fox Appreciation Cocktail Party."

"Yes, I remember." Kate Winslet remembered who this handsome guy was, and said with a friendly smile, "Just call me Kate, Can I call you Ronan?"

Unlike the role she plays, the British actress appeared very educated, at least on the surface.

"Of course," Ronan said with a smile,

"Kate, I am your loyal fan."

Kate Winslet's gaze crossed Ronan and looked behind.

Ronan was very conscious and immediately said, "I'm going to the banquet hall, and we will talk again when we have time."

"Okay." Kate Winslet responded with the same smile.

This man gave her a good impression.

Not only was he outstanding in appearance, but he was also very knowledgeable and has high EQ

Ronan walked past Kate Winslet and glanced back.

A strong man with a beard had already walked up to Kate Winslet, and Kate Winslet took the initiative to hold his hand.

This is not a courteous holding, but fingers interlocking!

The banquet is considered a public occasion.

This gesture undoubtedly shows that the strong man is at least Kate Winslet's boyfriend.

"I said to keep your distance from Leonardo!"

The voice of the man sounded quite annoyed,

"Do you think there are not enough scandals between you and him?"

Kate Winslet seemed a little helpless, "Leo came over to say hello, I at least had to say a few words to him right?"

Ronan quietly slowed down,

This gossip aroused his interest to some extent,

and it was not difficult to judge from these two sentences that Rose was actually in a weak position.

The man became even more annoyed, "I don't like that greasy-faced boy! He is very annoying!"

Kate Winslet's voice was a little soft, "Jim, we are already engaged."

"If he harasses you again, I will make him look good!"

The man's words didn't seem to be joking, "I will let him know how powerful British men are!"

Kate Winslet tactfully persuaded a few more times and the man snorted heavily and stopped talking.

Ronan glanced again, shook his head, and entered the corridor leading to the banquet hall.