Hollywood Hunter

"Because it dragged on for too long, some of the original actors withdrew, and recently I'm re-casting. I will probably rush to Arizona on the 20th." Inside the Fox Studios, the three walked side by side on the neat asphalt road, Catherine Speaking to Simon about his schedule, he accidentally glanced at the other side of Janet, who was hanging on Simon's arm intimately, thinking about it and saying, "I have already talked to Mr. Feldman, Simon, if you come to help Yes, I can be my director’s assistant. However, if you are busy with other things, you can do it if you don’t come. The announcement of "Laura Run" should be very troublesome."

Confirming the relationship with Janet, Simon did not have any special thoughts about Catherine. He also realized why Catherine said that, but shook his head when he heard the words, laughing: "I didn't plan to do "Roller Run" by myself Xuanfa, as long as the distribution contract with the film company is completed. After this is done, I will not be too busy for the next few months. So, before the end of the month, I will definitely be able to rush to your crew."

Catherine said what she had just said, and she thought of it inexplicably. After hearing Simon say it, the woman just nodded her head slightly, her eyes fluttered away and said, "Well, then."

Catherine and Janet had to return to Malibu not far away from get off work.

Simon sent the two women to the fork in the parking lot, separated from them, and turned alone to the administrative building where Peter Sanders was.

Walking towards the parking lot together, Catherine saw Janet and Simon separated and held her arm intimately, saying at random: "Aren't you going to move to live with Simon?"

Janet shook her head: "No, of course I live in a big house by the sea. He is actually not comfortable there."

Catherine couldn't help but ridicule: "You're so hard to support, Simon must suffer later."

"Oh, who made him a man."

Catherine also smiled, but instead said: "When the "Blood Corpse Night" is finished, I will find a house in Los Angeles. By then, you can ask Simon to move to Malibu."

"I've told Simon about this, Malibu's house is so big, even if it's okay to live in the three of us, he is unwilling," Janet said with a little depression in his voice, and he exhaled at the end: "Machismo."

"You don't want to move in, he doesn't want to move in, what are you going to do?"

"When he earns money to buy a big house," Janet said, rubbing at Catherine and grinning: "However, it's not bad to live separately. Moving together too fast, I think I'll be fooled Dead, this animal."

Catherine saw that Janet was not covering her again. She felt her cheeks warm and raised her hand and knocked on her head. She said unkindly: "Shut up, I won't listen to you messy things."

"Woo, it hurts so much, hee hee."

Simon came outside Peter Sanders' office. After the secretary informed, he waited for a moment before he was able to enter.

When the secretary opened the door just now, Simon vaguely saw Peter Sanders calling, and when he walked in, the other party had put the phone down, got up across the desk and shook his hand, and sat down again.

After saying hello, Simon put the password box with a copy of "Rola Run" at his feet and sat down opposite Peter Sanders.

"Simon, it's almost time to go off work, so let's get started," Peter Sanders said when Simon was seated: "For a young man like you, can you make a film like "Rola Run"? Very rare. However, the theme of this movie is too unpopular, three-stage structure, the same settings as video games, although novel, but the audience is certainly very small. The chance of theater release is not high, most likely to push directly To the videotape market."

Business is about talking.

Although Peter Sanders did not like the tone of "Rola Run",

Peter Sanders said while looking at the young people on the other side secretly. When he saw the other person listening to the teacher, his expression did not change much, so he stopped doing useless work and said, "I just passed Mr. Goldberg. Telephone, because of the name of Brian and the three of them, and this movie can really help the promotion of the concept of the "butterfly effect", so Fox is willing to buy it, $800,000, what do you think? "

Simon didn't feel much when he heard the offer of 800,000 US dollars, but asked seriously: "Mr. Sanders, 800,000 US dollars, is all copyright?"

Peter Sanders nodded: "Of course, for $800,000, Fox bought out all rights to "Rola Run" for a period of 20 years. After 20 years, the copyright of the film will return to you."

Hollywood rarely has permanent copyright transactions, but a contract period of up to several decades is enough for a film company to drain every profit from a work.

Simon finally shook his head and said, "That won't work, Mr. Sanders, the price is too low."

Peter Sanders was not surprised by Simon’s refusal, saying patiently: "Simon, $800,000 is a very reasonable price. You should have only made $650,000 for this movie? $150,000 in profit. , A profit margin of about 20%, which is far beyond the average return of Hollywood movies."

In fact, as of now, the final production budget of "Rola Run" is $597,000, and the remaining funds of about $53,000 are kept in the Daenerys film account.

However, Simon will not be able to distinguish these from Peter Sanders, but said: "Mr. Sanders, I think there is a problem with your calculation. The 20% profit margin of the $10 million budget movie and the $650,000 budget movie The 20% profit margin is a completely different concept."

Peter Sanders smiled a little and said, "Of course, you are obviously very clear about yourself. Movies with a budget of $10 million and movies with a budget of $650,000 are also two different concepts."

"Okay," Simon shrugged. "Mr. Sanders, actually, I was thinking, can we sign a share contract."

Peter Sanders simply refused: "It's impossible, Simon, but here is Fox. We don't have the energy to split and release a B-class film that costs only a few hundred thousand dollars."

"Mr. Sanders, "Rola Run" is just a budget for a B-level film, but it is definitely not a crude B-level film."

"Perhaps, but you have to understand that Simon, a large company like ours, has very high advertising costs. Maybe a little operation. The investment in this area exceeds your budget for the production of "Rola Run". So, We can only give you a buyout contract for this movie."

Simon thought for a while and said, "Then, Mr. Sanders, you can buy out. However, I hope to only sell out the rights to release the North American cinema for Rolla Run for the time being."

"I just said, Simon, this movie probably won't enter the cinema."

"This is a prerequisite for cooperation," Simon's attitude is slightly stronger, saying: "If Fox is not willing to do a theater release for "Laura Run", then no matter what conditions you open, I will not agree."

"Fox will not give you this kind of guarantee," Peter Sanders said in a similarly strong tone. "Simon, you are not yet qualified to ask Fox to give this kind of guarantee. None of the other six companies will."

"So," Simon said with a regretful expression on his face, and said, "In any case, Mr. Sanders, thank you very much for your time this afternoon."

Peter Sanders saw that Simon had already mentioned the password box, and his face showed a somewhat difficult expression, and hesitated a little before making a gesture to Simon.

Simon did not insist, and sat down again.

Peter Sanders said: "Simon, I know you will attend the Sundance Film Festival next, but compared with Oscars, or several major overseas film festivals, Sundance has little influence, even if you get it The award will not have much impact on the popularity of "Rola Run". So, $1 million, this is the highest offer I can give you."

In any case, Simon still very much hopes to cooperate with a big film company. Peter Sanders is also the only big film company executive he can currently reach.

All the arrangements in the previous stage have been completed, and some things do not need to be concealed.

Simon considered for a moment, instead of receiving a new offer from Peter Sanders, but said: "Mr. Sanders, Sundance may not have much influence. However, the gimmick of the youngest director in Hollywood should be able to attract some attention. ?"

Peter Sanders heard this and looked at Simon for a moment, but then he laughed and said, "Simon, if you are young, Spielberg started making movies at the age of 13, do you think you are young when he was?"

"Unfortunately, when I was 13, I didn't have access to an ultra-eight-millimeter camera, otherwise I might be able to make a movie," Simon just smiled indifferently. "However, if I remember correctly, Spielberg's first A standard cinema movie, "The Rampage", was released in 1974 when he was 28 years old."

Peter Sanders still teased: "So, what about you? Simon, is it 18?"

People who are not familiar with Simon often see his behavior as an older age.

This is true of Peter Sanders, especially when he has just watched "Rola Run". He feels that he can produce such an excellent film. Simon is likely to graduate from a top art school such as the South American Film Academy. .

If so, Simon should be at least 22 years old.

The top students in top colleges and universities, making a movie at the age of 22, although this is still rare in Hollywood, it is not too special news.

Faced with Peter Sanders' ridicule, Simon just took out his driver's license slowly and handed it over, saying: "You guessed it right, Mr. Sanders, I am indeed 18 years old."