Chapter 4 : The New Project

The night was deep, and an apartment in North Hollywood was brightly lit.

Ronan was sitting in front of the laptop, his ten fingers tapping the keyboard.

"In 2029, the United States will be prosperous, the people will live and work in peace and contentment, the crime rate will continue to fall, and freedom and democracy will reach an unprecedented peak."

"However, all these are just beautiful soap bubbles."

Ronan tapped the background setting of the script.

"To maintain this beautiful state, the U.S. government has launched a program called 'Purge' to let people vent their negative emotions."

"The specific implementation method of this plan is, "7 pm on March 21, 2029, to 7 am on March 22, 2029, during these 12 hours, all crimes, including murder, are legal.

Also during these 12 hours, emergency fire, ambulance, and firefighting services will be closed. Therefore, all human activities in these 12 hours can only rely on themselves."

This kind of superficial prosperity and dirty routines behind it can also be regarded as a true portrayal of many big countries including America.

The most important thing was that this was in line with the appetite of those who do not like America such as Arabs

Although some countries in the middle east are very close to the U.S

The Arabs generally dislike America.

After all, they were sworn enemies for a long time.

To put it bluntly, he chose this horror film to suck up to Arabs for financing.

For the sake of money, Ronan has absolutely no psychological burden to talk trash about his own country, but he will control the degree.

The old American government has always been one of the main villains in many Hollywood movies.

Ronan has read many research articles in this area.

The old American audience also likes to see movies hacking their government.

This kind of mentality is universal.

The audience loves to see movies where their government gets into trouble or was exposed to scandals

The horror film he wrote has the same setting and theme plot as the previous lives "Human Removal Project"

But to raise money from Arabs, there must be an important role for Arabs in the movie.

'A family of four as the protagonist?'

Ronan stopped thinking because such an idea was inappropriate.

Although this project is mainly used to defraud money...no, it is for financing, but he also wants to try to produce a proper movie that can earn profit.

If the Main characters were Arabs, let alone whether they can enter the theater or not, it is estimated that even the distribution companies will not touch it.

This is not twenty years later when minorities, transgenders, gays, bisexuals, and feminists people can walk sideways in the entertainment industry.

And it would look too fake to let the Arabs be the protagonists.

In case he met someone who knew a little bit about Hollywood and when that person looks at the four Arabs as the main characters then the plan will immediately fail.

Even though the main purpose of this project is financing, the early-stage operation has to go in the right direction

Ronan soon had an idea, how about letting an Arab character appear as a savior?

The neighbors of this family are Arabs, and the male lead was not very friendly to the neighbors.

When the family was going to die at the end of the killing night, the Arab neighbors came and saved the American family.

Arabia saves America

Ronan determined the basic settings of the Arab character, which will be developed in the script writing.

In his previous life, he worked as a producer on some small projects, and he is no stranger to scriptwriting

And little Anderson has outstanding abilities in this area, and what he lacks most was an experience.

In the beginning, Ronan wrote very slowly.

After finishing the outline and setting up the framework, adding things to the template was much faster.

This film has very few characters and limited scenes.

So it was a relatively simple type of scriptwriting.

However, he only slept for six hours a day, and it took him a week to write the first draft of only 80 pages.

The first draft was a bit rough.

Ronan did not plan to do more detailed processing after a simple revision.

Time did not allow him to drag on.

The bank loan was a big headache for him and the monthly due is coming soon

If the due cannot be repaid on time, he will face huge troubles.

Judith from the bank calls every week, which was annoying.

Maybe the bank will try to withdraw funds in advance, which will be even more troublesome.

Although New Line Pictures, the publisher of "The Knight", did not urge to pay the copyright share, it could not be delayed for too long.

The Nasdaq stock market is still going up.

A sum of money must be obtained as soon as possible.

A new week has arrived.

Ronan and Blockbuster signed a copyright transfer agreement, received $150,000, and he convened a staff meeting again in the office.

"Let me say the good news first."

Ronan first calmed people's hearts

"Maybe you also knew that the transfer fee of 150,000 US dollars for "The Knight" arrived this morning.

Before the bank loan expires, there will be no problem with salary."

Hearing this, George Clint said immediately: "We will tide over the difficulties together, and we will get through this situation together!"

Mary and Robert Lee did not speak, but they were also much more relaxed.

At their age, salary means too much, such as repaying loans, raising a family, and so on.

Ronan turned to the topic and asked, "George, have you contacted your friends in the media industry?"

"Contacted." George's face was full of pleats.

"I met more than a dozen friends this week, including three entertainment reporters from "Variety", "Los Angeles Times" and "Hollywood Reporter,"

As long as we can afford their page fee, most people are willing to help us publish relevant news, but the page...."

"The layout doesn't matter, the third or even the fourth edition is acceptable."

What Ronan wants is media coverage of his new project.

"Los Angeles Times" is one of the three major newspapers in the United States.

"Variety" and "Hollywood Reporter" are the two major newspapers in the entertainment industry.

It was difficult for ordinary small movie projects to buy pages even if they spend money.

Ronan pondered slightly, and then said to George,

"Keep in touch with them, especially "Variety", "Los Angeles Times" and "Hollywood Reporter."

I will hold a press conference for the new project soon."

"The New Project..." George was about to ask, but Ronan raised his hand to interrupt, "I'll talk about the new project later."

He looked at Robert Lee: "Have you contacted the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority?"

Robert Lee put a bag of papers on Ronan's desk and said, "My friend had contact with a director of the office.

He was mainly responsible for investigating the feasibility of investment in the cultural and entertainment industry...

Well, how do I put it?

He has a very bad impression of Hollywood and even hated it a little bit, saying that the Hollywood industry is an accomplice of the Jewish people in smearing the Arab world."

"Inspect the cultural and entertainment industry?" Ronan caught the main point.

"Well, including the movie," Robert said,

"However, that person did not seem to look very well. You know, Arabs are never very welcomed in the circle."

Ronan nodded slightly. This situation is not surprising.

It is too exaggerated to say that Hollywood is controlled by Jews, but the influence of Jewish power on Hollywood is indeed great.

The image of Arabs in Hollywood movies can be imagined.

For example, "True Lies" was filmed by James Cameron, which once triggered collective protests in the Arab world, and almost no Arab countries allowed this film in their countries.

But what about Hollywood and the American media?

No one cares, how dark it is

Of course, the Arabs also have a lot of black material.

Ronan quickly looked at the information on Abu Dhabi collected by Robert Lee through various channels.

The UAE is relatively open compared to Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia prohibits the public screening of movies.

If ordinary Saudi citizens want to watch movies in theaters, they have to fly to the UAE to watch them.

This ensures that the UAE people have a certain knowledge of movies.

But limited to the distance and the degree of information dissemination, the Emiratis are relatively familiar with Hollywood movies, but they are unfamiliar with how Hollywood operates

Not only the UAE but Hollywood in the 1990s had cast a veil on most countries.

Ronan put down the information and said, "Robert, can your friend make an appointment with the person in charge?"

Robert Lee thought for a while and said, "He said that the person in charge will attend the Twentieth Century Fox success party this weekend."

"Is the invitation easy to get?" Ronan asked.

"Leave it to me," Robert said.

Ronan took out three copies of the script titled "Human Removal Project", pushed it to the front of the desk, and said,

"This is the script of the new project, please have a look."

He waited for the three of them to pick up the script and read.

He grabbed his messy hair and said: "Our next job is to build momentum for this new project.

I will register the script with the Producers League according to the formal procedures and Mary..."

Ronan looked at the middle-aged woman, "Next week, we will have the press conference.

You should contact the venue and put it at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

George, you are responsible for contacting the media reporters.

I will prepare public relations fees and a batch of gifts.

Regardless of the major newspapers or small tabloids, even if you spend money to hire paparazzi, you must ensure that at least fifty reporters are present!"

It is easy to do things with money and gifts, George Clint immediately said, "No problem.

Ronan said to Robert again, "On behalf of Sand Sea Entertainment, you have to send invitations to Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, leak this to tabloid reporters, and try to catch up with the heat of "Titanic"."

　George Clint shook the script and suggested, "Send some invitations to stars who often appear in horror movies, so that it will be easier to make it a hype "

Ronan agreed, thinking about it, and said, "Send invitations to Jamie Lee Curtis, Drew Barrymore, Johnny Depp, and George Clooney."

"Their agent won't pay any attention at all."

Robert Lee was also an old man in the movie circle, and said, "They won't even bother to refuse."

Ronan squeezed his chin, "It's better to ignore it.

Robert, remember to send out an official invitation."

Robert replied, "I see."

He closed the script and said, "Is this script suitable? The setting is really interesting, but the Arabs..."

Mary and George had similar thoughts and looked at Ronan at the same time.

The script was questioned, and instead of saying that it was a wonderful script,

Ronan didn't care, and said directly, "Don't forget, we are going to raise money from the Arabs. When we get the money..."

Robert immediately understood: "As long as the investment is made, how to change the script, we have the final say."

"Hurry up and do it," Ronan shouted to Mary

"You hire a small team and let them make posters and shots based on the script, and make them as beautiful and wonderful as possible."

Mary nodded and replied, "I'll get in touch now."

Ronan pointed at the messy hair: "Help me recommend a good stylist."

The age of twenty years is too unconvincing, and little Anderson had made himself look too haggard.

He must make himself look like a successful and mature producer.