"Okay, Ronald..." Michelle Cannold quickly opened the brochure, which read the list of the main actors of this movie, Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ke

Reese O'Donnell, Ben Affleck... write them all down one by one.

"By the way..." Michelle Cannold heard some rumors and was a little jealous about it. After hesitating for a while, she finally asked, "I heard that you have some secrets for selecting movies?"

"Hahaha, that's an old trick told to Shirley Lansing..." Ronald thought clearly to Cannold, "...just these two points, these are general things, you

Shirley Lansing must have been very excited when watching this movie, and it perfectly matched these two points, but what's the use? The mainstream audience didn't feel it at all, she just moved herself..."

"Hahaha..." Michelle Cannold was relieved. There is really a secret. It's impossible for boss Ronald not to tell him first. The premise for the establishment of this "secret" is your aesthetics and the public of the American audience.

The aesthetics must be consistent, otherwise the selected movies will just suit your own preferences. Most people who disappeared after becoming successful in Hollywood did so because their aesthetic tastes distanced themselves from the public after becoming successful...

…

"The most important thing at the box office is the characters, the stars, and the best director. This kind of packaging policy is the basis for ensuring the box office, but it is our packaging, not the packaging imposed by Ovitz. Also, some scripts with small investments can also make profits.

, but those cannot use stars to star. We have to distinguish between two types of scripts, depending on whether there are stars to join, and adopt different marketing strategies... For example, my current independent production of Campus Storm..." Shirley Lansing faced

The second round interview team composed of several old men chatted...

"Ms. Lansing, your discussion of Paramount's production strategy meets our needs, but the foundation of the strategy is to select the right movies. What are your thoughts on this?"

Martin Davis, chairman of Paramount's parent company, who was very satisfied with her answer, personally asked an important question, which also represented the final test.

"If I have learned anything from working with outstanding artists, it is that I have always believed that the script is the foundation of a good movie. And I have always been looking for two things in the script. If there is one, it can be considered for production, and if there are two, it can be considered for production.

Has the potential to sell well.

First……"

"Very good, what you said makes sense to me, but what about the second thing?" Martin Davis chatted with people in Hollywood. He had never had such an experience. A beautiful woman could combine those complicated things with just a few.

It can be explained clearly in a few sentences, and it matches the best-selling movies in Paramount's history...

"Second, watching a movie is not a passive experience. You have to have a huge emotional investment. So I will look for such touching plots in the script. The Silence of the Lambs will scare you, Wall Street will make you sigh, and the Vietnam War will make you sigh.

Movies make you depressed..." Shirley Lansing used a fist gesture to emphasize the point of her expression.

"You really understand..." Martin Davis ended the interview happily and shook hands with Shirley Lansing.

"How are you feeling?" he asked Stanley Jaffe, Shirley Lansing's longtime costar next to him.

"To be honest, it far exceeded my expectations. It seems that Shirley has made rapid progress in the past two years." Stanley Jaffe did not expect that Shirley Lansing could summarize it so well.

"Yes, Yes..." Shirley Lansing got a call from her old partner Jaffe and knew that she was doing very well. She happily gave her husband William Friedkin, who had not been married long, two punches.

Ronald's two points are quite useful. Although I have done this in the past, it is not as simple and easy to understand as what he summarized. This ability is not possessed by ordinary directors. Most people are in project meetings.

It's hard to explain clearly.

Looking at her husband William Friedkin, who was also a member of the New Hollywood movement back then, and who no longer makes big-budget movies, Shirley Lansing also lamented: No wonder, the director’s strength lies in telling stories using audio-visual language.

Language skills are actually more important to producers.

Soon, Shirley Lansing was appointed as the president and CEO of Paramount Pictures. She also entered Paramount as the vice president of production in advance, waiting for the handover period between Cruise/Wagner Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
Chapter completed!