Legendary Hollywood Producer

Ed Helms is proud of this time.

After the release of "The Hangover", his role as an honest office worker was widely praised by the media. Not only that, his agent told him that he had many actor contracts that wanted him to play, and most of them were major roles. , Is not a dragon role.

In addition to the spring of his acting career, the satirical news program he hosted has also gained more viewership. Some viewers turned to TV stations because of their love, which further promoted the development of his career.

It’s a pity that he has no free time to host a TV show. Even those who come to him to star in a movie can only discuss whether they can adjust it, because the shooting schedule of "The Hangover 2" has been brought up. Ed Helms watched this movie very seriously. That's why he became popular quickly, and the production of the sequel is naturally not to be missed.

When he participated in the "Variety Show" interview, the agent told him the news that the film was about to start, and now, he has begun to discuss with Manhai Entertainment about the remuneration.

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In the office of Manhai Entertainment, Roman is discussing the preparatory work for the sequel to the film "The Hangover" with director Steve Oldcock.

It turned out that the contract was confirmed with the director first. After such a period of time, the recruitment of crew members has almost been completed by Steve Oldcock.

"Have you negotiated with the actors? My work has been completed, and the crew can be in place at any time."

Steve Oldcock has already contacted the key staff of the crew who had previously worked with, and they are all willing to continue to join the crew of "The Hangover 2". Now it depends on how long the film actors in charge of Roman can enter the crew. Now, it’s better to arrange the shooting time and make a corresponding shooting plan.

"It's going to be done right away. Only a little bit of remuneration has not been negotiated. It is estimated that the negotiation will be completed in the next few days. The filming of the film will be carried out in January next year. You can arrange the time appropriately."

The company’s legal department has started to contact the actors, most of them have been discussed, and a few actors have some opinions on the contract, but they still have no objection to the sequel. They just hope that the salary will be higher. Conditions are looser. It's not a big deal. It's normal for actors to have some opinions about their own treatment. People in the company's legal department will negotiate with them, and Romain doesn't have to worry about it.

After communicating with the director Steve Oldcock again, Roman’s work focused again on film distribution. Western European Films has recently made new moves. A few days ago, Shulman called Roman and said he was going. On a trip to the mainland, he also asked Roman for the private phone number of Chairman Han of China Film Group. Calculating the time, he should have already returned.

Driving to the Western European Film Industry in Hollywood, Roman saw Shulman hurriedly back and forth between the two places in his office.

"What's the matter? I ran to the mainland in such a hurry."

"It's okay, just go there and bring back the movies that need to be released. They have dozens of them in their hands and invite me to pick them out. The last batch of movies have already entered the market, and the Western European film industry also needs new ones. The supply is available."

Roman knew about this. Of the last batch of movies bought back, 90% were directly into the offline home entertainment market, and only a few movies were operated by Western European Films in North American theaters, but it was a "weekly theater tour". His activities did not cause any waves at all.

However, don’t watch movies on the mainland, but they are very profitable.

According to Schulman's report, the dozen or so films have so far brought several million dollars in gains to the Western European film industry.

Although there are few Chinese in the United States, they are willing to contribute a part of the funds to support movies from the mainland. In addition, some black groups, or white groups and other people of color who are curious about the mainland will also try to buy DVDs. , Video tape, this can be considered a lot of income.

Although it is incomparable with the profits made by the movies produced by Manhai Entertainment, it is simple, cheap, and can continue to bring income to the Western European film industry for a long time. Of course, Schulman will not give up on a long-running business.

A few days ago, when he went to the mainland, he brought back a dozen Chinese-language movies at a cost of just over 2 million U.S. dollars. When they were put on the market, they could recover the cost in less than one or two months, and the rest was pure profit. .

Roman looked through the information about the Chinese-language movie that Shulman had brought back.

He hasn't seen any of these more than a dozen movies, and he has never heard of them. It is almost the same as the last batch of movies. There will be no explosions, but it will not lose money. It is nothing more than using time in exchange for profits.

"Roman, I went over this time, and Chairman Han also specifically asked you about it. After learning that you weren't here, he even asked me to give you a message, saying that it was congratulations on the big seller of the movie "The Hangover"."

After all, China Film, where Chairman Han is located, is also one of the investors in the movie "The Hangover", and is also very concerned about the box office performance of this movie.

"After a week or two, I will take the time to travel to the mainland, and then I will talk to him in detail." Roman replied casually. Thinking of something later, he went on to say: "The film's overseas box office gains, did Paramount Pictures match up with you?"

"We people from Western European Films have already contacted Paramount again. There will be no problems with our people's eyes on the profit planning problem."

"Well, the movie "The Hangover" will soon be discontinued in the North American market. At that time, we will also urge the theaters to correct the accounts so that we can settle the profit of the movie."

"Okay, I will send someone to follow up on this matter."

After talking about the profit of the movie "The Hangover," the topic naturally turned to the dozen Chinese-language movies that Schulman bought back.

"Roman, are there any movies suitable for theaters?" Shulman chose according to the criteria of the last time Roman chose movies, and they were all period movies or comedies.

"It doesn't have the value of screening, so you don't have to worry about it. Let's directly promote the offline DVD and video tape market." Operation to the theater is just a "several day tour" experience, and the profit will not be much. It is better to operate the offline leasing market with peace of mind, and stably reap profits.

Schulman didn't think much, anyway, the cost was not much. Although the profit was not much higher, it would win for a long time, and it was pretty good.