Chapter 174: Deadly Turn

The sun had just risen from the horizon. Ronan left Priyanka Chopra's apartment building, drove to Burbank, arrived at Thirteenth Street where Shahai Entertainment was located, and found a restaurant for breakfast.

Last night was exhausting and Priyanka Chopra was still asleep when he came out.

Maybe it's because of his older mental age. While eating breakfast, thinking about Priyanka Chopra's meticulous service last night, Ronan secretly sighed that the young and beautiful girl is really wonderful.

This is the pursuit of life.

Money, power and beauty, who can refuse to a normal man?

Especially when the beautiful and sexy girls try their best to please you, the enjoyment is addictive.

Still young and beautiful girls are suitable for him.

Is it my mental age that I like girls?

There is a saying in the previous life that is very good, the uncle loves loli.

Ronan quickly stopped, not daring to think about it deeply. If he thought too much, he would easily do something worse than a beast.

It seems that it is not a big problem if you are over 16 years old? He didn't know much about this, so he went back and asked Lawyer Dinah Upton.

Ronan has specifically read relevant content such as Hollywood's industry regulations and entertainment laws, but who has nothing to do to read the law and find out how many girls under the age of sex will be a crime?

After breakfast, Ronan's heart returned. After entering the company, his mind turned to work.

Sandsea Entertainment has expanded its scale several times. Including the screenwriter team as temporary employees, there are more than 50 people. The original office has long been unable to accommodate. It happened that one of the two small companies next door moved out, and the other closed down. Ronan made people I rented it directly, one of the smaller ones was dedicated to the creation of the temporary screenwriting team, and the other one was handed over to the most important production department.

In the earliest large office, there were only less than ten people left. Outside Ronan's office, a separate cubicle was added, and two workstations were placed in it. Assistant Connie and her deputy worked here. It is also convenient for Ronan to arrange work at any time.

It's only temporary.

Ronan also wants to have an entire building that belongs to his own company as an office building, just like Walt Disney, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.

But at this stage, he can only think about it. It is impossible for him to put a large amount of money on this kind of fixed assets. Only when the funds are flowing and running can he get more benefits.

A separate office building can only be considered as a future plan.

Ronan entered the office, and Connie immediately brought a cup of hot tea.

"You help me contact the real estate agency." Ronan said: "Let them contact me on weekends."

Connie immediately wrote it down and asked, "What type of real estate agency?"

Ronan thought for a while, and said, "As an agent of a private villa, the house should be in a quieter neighborhood."

"I see." Connie left.

Recently, the Nasdaq has fluctuated slightly, but the overall trend is still rising, but the situation is obvious, and a stock market crash may occur at any time.

Although Ronan didn't know the time of the crash, let alone the specific process, but with a little brain analysis, it was not difficult to find the problems in the stock market.

It is estimated that some people have already started to get away.

But more people are still fanatical.

Still the same sentence, huge interests blind people's eyes, making many people think that even if there is a problem, Nasdaq can persist for a long time, and someone will definitely come to take over.

After Ronan went to Scott's villa, he always wanted to change to a quieter independent villa, so that his privacy would be guaranteed, and it would be more convenient for him to do some secret things in the future.

Take the time to look at the houses now, and after the stock market crashes, maybe there will be the kind of people who want to sell the property as soon as possible to raise funds.

I don't know how many people in the United States are going to jump off the building.

Popular suicide spots, like the Golden Gate Bridge or the Brooklyn Bridge, might rain on human flesh dumplings.

There was a knock on the door, Ronan said please come in, and Lindsay Bill walked in.

Ronan pointed to the chair opposite: "Please sit down."

Lindsay Bill pulled out her chair and sat down, and said, "I've already finished the first draft of "Twilight", and all the rest have been sent to your mailbox, please take some time to read it."

"Very good." Ronan did not hesitate to praise: "Lindsay, you did a very good job, faster than I expected."

He opened the mailbox, glanced at the newly received email, and nodded with satisfaction: "I will take the time to read it, you rest for a few days first, keep your phone unblocked, and I will contact you at any time."

Lindsay Beale said, "Okay."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "You contact Mary and settle the bonus with her."

When it was time to give money to encourage, Ronan was never stingy.

A smile instantly crawled onto Lindsay Bill's beautiful face: "Thank you."

Ronan smiled: "You deserve it."

Lindsay-Bill left Ronan's office contentedly. With a weekly salary of 1,000 US dollars and a bonus of 10,000 US dollars for the completion of the book, her income during this period was higher than the annual income of most screenwriters in the industry.

If it can be published in the future, there will be a publication bonus...

It seems that the student loan can be paid off in one go.

Take a few days off and quickly finish writing the rest of "The Hunger Games" and "Fifty Shades of Grey".

Through observation during this period, Lindsay Bill has confirmed that Ronan is a very trustworthy person, and none of the conditions of the promise have been fulfilled. After finishing these two books, will he be able to return to his old job of screenwriting?

Film screenwriting is what she pursued when she came to Hollywood, even though screenwriting is more restricted than writing.

If a family encounters picky editors making things difficult, they can ignore it and the work can still be published, but no screenwriter in Hollywood has the final say.

For example, at the discussion meeting, the story that the screenwriter has painstakingly built is always easily defeated by the producer with a few words: "Which guy chased that woman in the end?" "Where is the action?" "Where is the joke?" Who is the big villain behind the scenes?"...

So some irritated screenwriters couldn't bear it anymore, and then walked out of the conference room without looking back, and could no longer gain a foothold in Hollywood.

But most screenwriters will obediently go back and revise until the boss is satisfied.

Lindsay Bill is very clear that now that she can write out a simple outline, she should be competent for a similar screenwriting job.

The script of a Hollywood movie is just an assembly line. Originality is not the primary problem. The general requirement of a producer is that it can be used directly for shooting after it is written. The dialogue must be clever and the story told clearly and coherently.

There are usually no fewer than ten screenwriters involved in a film, but in the end only two can sign their names in the column of screenwriters.

As for writing the script alone, Lindsay Bill has not considered it for the time being.

In Hollywood, at least one of the 70 or 80 films may be completed independently by a screenwriter from the outline of the story to the filming script.

In the office, Ronan just looked at the beginning and end of the manuscript, leaving the rest of the manuscript for later.

In just over three months, Lindsay Beale finished the first draft, a speed Ronan was very satisfied with.

The first draft was not long, with only 26 chapters. In exchange for the amount of code words in the previous life network, Lindsay Bill could be included in the ranks of handicapped party.

But for physical book publishing, this speed is quite good.

After the review is completed, Ronan will contact the publishing house and use the name of Shahai Entertainment to throw out the gimmick of preparing for a movie adaptation. It is not difficult to publish and enter the book market.

Ronan then went to the office where the screenwriter team was located, and took a brief look. The screenwriters were writing at their desks and working together.

Two days ago, the screenwriting team had just completed the first draft of a script, and Ronan had given it to Dinah Upton's lawyer, asking her to go to the Copyright Office to register the copyright.

As for the screenwriters union, there is absolutely no need for this.

The signatory of the script is Ronan, but Ronan has not joined the Screenwriters' Union, and he is not eligible to join the Screenwriters' Union for the time being. Non-union members can also file scripts in the Screenwriters' Union, but the procedures are quite cumbersome.

The most important point is that the filing of the Screenwriters Union has only industry effects and no legal effect.

That is to say, if a screenwriter's work is only filed with the Screenwriters Union, but not registered with the Copyright Office, once it is infringed, if it is appealed to the law, the record of the Screenwriters Union cannot be used as evidence.

The union is indeed strong, but compared to several other major union organizations in Hollywood, the screenwriters and screenwriters union is a bit harder.

Simply expecting to become a screenwriter is very difficult in Hollywood. After becoming famous, many gold medal screenwriters have switched to producers or directors.

This situation is not limited to Hollywood, the entertainment circles all over the world are similar.

The script that Ronan asked Lawyer Dinah Upton to file for the record was called "Fatal Turn". In his previous life, he also filmed a series of horror films. In the home entertainment market outside the cinema, the income has always been good.

This series is not very successful as a theater movie, but it is a winner in the offline rental market.

Ronan had checked with the Copyright Bureau before, and this was one of the series that was confirmed to have no copyright registration.

In addition, Ronan has also formulated a copyright plan, preparing to wait for Robert Lee to return to North America, with him as the core, organize a small team, and then supplement it with professionals like Dinah Upton to negotiate some goals. copyright.

In the previous life, among the really hot Hollywood movies, original works could be described as rare, and 99% of them were sequels or film adaptations.

The entertainment strength of Theory of Relativity is temporarily limited, and it is impossible to invest on a large scale. Moreover, if you want to fully extract the value of popular movies, you cannot simply shoot them. It requires careful business operations and large-scale investment, which also determines that it is impossible. Get together to make, otherwise it is a waste of resources.

It is the best choice to plan to roll out one after another.

At this stage, low-cost movies with small investment and stable output are the preferred targets.