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Chapter 129

After looking through the contract, Lindsay Bill picked up the signing pen and signed the name on the contract in duplicate.

Whether it is the current situation or the rewards for the previous two Hollywood jobs, this contract can be considered favorable. The weekly salary of the first book was $1,000, the weekly salary was $2,000, the second book was $2,000, and the third book was $4,000.

With a weekly salary of $4,000, most old screenwriters who have been living in Hollywood for many years cannot get such a reward.

What's more, there is a bonus for the completion of the book, and you can get a royalty bonus if published.

The three-month experience in Hollywood made Lindsay Bill, who was holding his dreams, understand what reality is.

First, you have to support yourself, secondly, you have to pay off your student loans and gain a foothold in Hollywood, and then you can talk about talents and dreams.

"Thank you for coming here specifically." Ronan settled the contract and shook hands with lawyer Dinah.

Dinah Ampton smiled and said, "If you need it, you can call at any time, I'll leave first."

Ronan sent her out. When he came back, he saw his little gunman being a little stunned. He coughed and said, "Miss Bill, let's talk about work."

Lindsay Bill's delicate facial features are paired with a soft oriental face, which is completely different from the temperament of an American Ocean Horse. He laughed out with two rabbit teeth and said, "Mr. Anderson, just call me Lindsay."

Ronan was not polite either: "Lin Sai, call me Ronan. We should communicate frequently in the future without being too restricted."

"Yes." Lindsay Bill pointed his pointed chin.

Ronan opened the file cabinet, found the three backgrounds, characters and plot outlines that he had written before, and handed them to Lindsay Bill, saying, "Look first, these are all female themes."

Compared to the original "Fifty Shadows of Gray", I have only watched adapted movies from "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games", which means I have an impression of the male and female protagonists and the main plot. I have almost forgotten the others. This outline is not perfect, and the plot needs to be further optimized and expanded in the later stage.

Lindsay Bill has read the outline and understands why he wrote such two articles in the interview yesterday.

The first outline is a standard Mary Sue story, but the background is magical, adding elements of vampires and werewolfs. However, depending on the settings, it still does not break away from the traditional routine of loving to death.

The second outline that followed Lindsay Bill prefers it, which is the story of the reconstruction of human social order after the end of the world, a strong, independent and willing to sacrifice for the family, resisting the dictatorship.

There are not many novels similar to utopian settings in North America. Lindsay Bill has read several books, but there seems to be no one who has taken women as the absolute core and sets the role in this way.

Hollywood and even the literary world, the requirement for female protagonists is to be "cute". She has noticed countless times. Those people always say that the heroine looks like... They won't say it directly, but they will imply that the creator is that a female character must not act like a man, and a woman cannot do what a man can do.

The third outline is the urban fan version of the first outline, but it adds some abuse scenes.

Lindsay Bill has read many messy books, and he doesn't find it surprising to these settings.

Ronan was very patient until Lindsay Bill finished reading the three outlines before asking: "Is there any problem?"

This is related to the next job and job. Lindsay Bill was not polite and said: "The outline is not detailed enough. Many supporting characters only have a name and resume, but do not have more detailed settings."

"I'm not making you mechanized the assembly line work." Ronan fooled: "You also need to mobilize your subjective initiative to make the characters and stories more full."

Lindsay Bill responded and said, "I understand."

Luo Nan said again: "I will ask someone to reserve a desk for you at Shahai Entertainment. During the day, you can come to Shahai Entertainment to write so that we can discuss the plot at any time and at any other time. Every time I write 10,000 words, I will submit it to me for review. If you have any questions, you will respond to me in time."

"Okay." Lindsay Bill said, then asked, "Which book should I write first?"

Ronan had already planned it and said directly: "First complete Twilight, then the Hunger Games, and finally the Fifty Shadows of Gray."

Of course, there is only the first one of these three novels for the time being. After the remaining sequels are completed, you can take your time.

Lindsay Bill thought for a while and said, "I am not very familiar with the background content of werewolf and vampires, so I need to collect some information first."

"No problem." Ronan certainly knew the importance of preliminary preparations: "I will ask someone to help you collect relevant information, and you can go to the library at any time."

He glanced at the time: "Our contract will be executed from today. If you have nothing to do, just prepare."

Lindsay Bill looked at Ronan, a little embarrassed, thought for a while, and said, "Can I advance my salary for two weeks, I..."

Ronan looked up at Lindsay Bill and did not speak immediately.

"I have to pay back the student loan." Lindsay Bill was a little unconfident: "The rent is about to expire."

Ronan is the kind of person who will inevitably ask for rewards for giving kindness, and said, "Lin Sai, you go to the Finance Department to get a salary for two weeks, and I'll call the Finance Department."

Lindsay Bill couldn't hold back the surprise: "Thank you, thank you for your generosity."

Ronan stressed: "I just hope you can put all your energy into your work."

"Yes, I will," Lindsay Bill promised: "I will do my best to do the job."

With the Gunner, it is only a matter of time before these three novels are written. When Lindsay Bill completes the first part of "Twilight" and recommends it to the publisher in the name of a film company, the possibility of publishing is very large.

Watching Lindsey Bill go out, Ronan suddenly had an idea. Maybe it's good to create a beautiful writer? The copyright is in his hand, and then give Lindsey Bill the right to sign Lindsey Bill, print a few photos on the book, and then push Lindsey Bill to the front desk...

As long as the publicity is properly promoted, talented beautiful writers can easily become famous.

Lindsay Bill is much more beautiful than Joanna Rowling.

However, there is no rush to these things. Ronan is pushing others with himself. People's hearts and greed are too difficult to estimate. Welfare cannot be released at one time. Just like when negotiating, we have to force the other party's bottom line to retreat little by little, we have to be given little by little at the right time.

What will attract people in the future if you release all benefits at once?

After leaving Ronan's office, Lindsay Bill was taken to the desk in the corner by Eva, the female front desk. The office equipment is available here, and you can write on a computer, and you can also use traditional paper and pen. The computer network can also query various information on the Internet.

"It's much more generous than the two small crews before." Lindsay Bill thought of the past few people crowded on two desks to code scripts, and was very satisfied with this separate work station: "Good, value women, and have money in their hands. Maybe this is a good boss."

"Come to me if you need anything." Eva quickly left the place.

Lindsay Bill sat in a swivel chair and carefully read the outline of "Twilight" and the principle of using money to do things is still very clear.

Besides, the treatment here is much better than before.

As for writing within the rules and regulations formulated by Ronan Anderson, this is nothing at all.

The past three months of screenwriter career has made Lindsay Bill realize what kind of treatment he can get in Hollywood.

An old screenwriter once said that if he had not been humiliated by celebrities who had not graduated from high school at the story discussion, he would not have been a Hollywood screenwriter. The screenwriter must always prepare the ideas he racked his brains to come up with. The draft was ruthlessly deleted, changed, and shot, which was even worse than the Indians in the western scripts.

The screenwriter also has to half-pleasantly seek the producer's opinions, collect feedback and instructions, and make adjustments on his own when he goes back.

Now, it’s much easier to be responsible for just one person like Ronan Anderson.

It was soon the weekend, and Ronan put down his work and, like when "The Human Purge Plan" was released, found a theater in a bustling area of ​​North Hollywood, preparing to go to see a movie.

"Ace Agent" will be officially released in 1,500 theaters in North America this weekend.

Since the promotion and marketing are all aimed at ethnic minorities, the commercials of this film are basically not visible in the bustling areas. Instead, the advertisement for "The God of Death is Coming", Ronan walked all the way from the apartment to Laurel Valley Avenue and saw posters on more than one billboard.

The impact of publicity and marketing on the box office of movies is self-evident, especially at the box office of the first weekend, which even plays a decisive role.

Ronan entered the chain theater of Emperor Entertainment, looked at the poster in the front hall, and found "Ace Agent" in a less conspicuous position. The poster centered on the Arabian, Muhammad, and supporting characters such as Asian, African and Latino were surrounded by half a circle behind.

"How are you watching this movie? Action movie."

Someone next to him pointed to the poster of "Ace Agent" and talked. Ronan turned his head and looked at it. It was two white people, the older one, shook his head and said, "I don't like the protagonist, it looks so weird. Let's go see something else."

Ronan sighed, is this really a world that looks at faces?

When he arrived at the ticket office, Ronan looked carefully at the electronic trailer in front of him. The bright red font was very eye-catching, and "Ace Agent" was also among them. However, this film only has one theater screening in the No. 7.

"Ace Agent." Ronan said to the ticket seller: "A ticket, thank you."

After buying the tickets, I waited for a while. I entered the No. 7 Cinema ten minutes before the opening. In order to facilitate observation, Ronan specially selected the last row of seats and waited patiently.

The theater is not big, and it can only accommodate about 100 people. Obviously, the theater will not invest the best resources on "Ace Agents". Not to mention "The Black Sun Crisis", which has only been released for two weeks, the newly-drawn films this week also include "The Dead-Head Valley" co-starring by Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.
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