In the reception room, Paul Greengrass looked serious and stared at the oil paintings on the opposite wall without saying a word. The first week of $4.1 million was definitely a failure compared to the $25 million production cost announced by producer Shahai Film.

Even if the actual production cost is not as high as US$25 million, judging from the current situation of "Ace Agent", it will be a failure.

The first Hollywood movie directed was defeated in a crushing defeat. Do you want to go back to the UK?

Now that I’m back, it’s hard to enter Hollywood again.

It may never come back.

There are no more action movies that can be directed by tens of millions of dollars, and they can only be involved in the British independent film industry.

Paul Greengrass swallowed. Although he expected that the film would not have a big box office hit, this number broke his fantasy.

With bullet-like rhythm, sharp editing, brand new action scene design, producer Ronan Anderson spared no effort to support it, he created an agent movie different from traditional action movies. Paul Greengrass thought it could bring fresh stimulation to the audience, but he thought too much.

Is innovation so difficult? It’s so difficult for Hollywood to accept innovation? Besides, this is not a subversive innovation. It only incorporates some personal styles based on the original action movies.

Paul Greengrass is a pure director, and he is a little ashamed at this moment: I'm sorry for Ronan Anderson's full support.

Hollywood is a producer-centered producer, and most directors are the director-in-chief of the set, but Ronan Anderson, the producer, almost gave him the greatest power of a director, and only gave a few small opinions on the post-production editing. This film was completed in accordance with his ideas.

Not to mention Hollywood, it is difficult to find such a producer who believes in the director in the UK.

Dean glanced at the silent Paul Greengrass and whispered: "Paul, it's okay, believe me, there's still a chance."

Paul Greengrass smiled at Dean, but there was a hint of bitterness in his very artistic look.

He was almost fifty years old before entering Hollywood, and Paul Greengras cherished the opportunity particularly.

"Actually, it's my fault." Dean showed the professional qualities of an excellent producer and took the blame: "At that time, I should have advised you to turn off the project Ronan Anderson. The Arab male lead is not reliable at all. I was too anxious and was covered by the opportunity in front of me."

Paul Greengras shook his head and said, "Dean, it has nothing to do with you." He sighed and said, "It has nothing to do with Ronan Anderson. I didn't do it well."

"I told you that the crew, Ronan Anderson, and the Shahai Entertainment behind him gave me the greatest support. I have almost the power that only the first-line Hollywood directors have. Such creative freedom is also very rare in Hollywood, not to mention in Hollywood."

Paul Greengrass slapped his thigh: "But I messed up."

Dean didn't know what to say for a moment, because he could see clearly that Ronan Anderson's support for Paul Greengrass could not be found out.

He has also watched the films. Paul Greengrass did a pretty good job, but there are 10,000 reasons, which are not as good as the box office failure in the eyes of the producer and distributor.

Ronan Anderson was optimistic about Paul Greengrass before, but this failure will change all this? Dean's inherent impression is that in the production company, the director who lost a box office was not as good as the pheasant in the mountains.

Where can anyone who does business be profit-oriented?

He is just William Morris's small agent, and he only has a high-quality director client, Paul Greengras, and he doesn't want to give up easily.

The door of the reception room was opened from outside, Dean and Paul Greengrass turned to look, and Ronan walked in.

"Good morning." Luo Nan greeted the two: "I was in the meeting just now, so I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Dean observed Ronan for a moment, and there was no dissatisfaction or anger on the young man's face. He quickly smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, you manage two companies and have a busy business."

Ronan sat on a sofa and said, "The various statistics of "Ace Agents" have just been summarized and need to be processed, and it has been delayed a little longer."

Paul Greengrass couldn't help but jumped. The film failed at the box office and he thought he was responsible for the main responsibility.

Dean asked tentatively: "This video..."

"I have stopped all plans related to "Ace Agents". "No matter how you hear Ronan's words, it's true: "The company will no longer make any investment in publicity and distribution. The most important thing at the moment is to stop losses."

Dean didn't want to give up the line he had put on, and said, "If you have something I can help, just open your mouth."

Ronan smiled slightly disappointed: "I can handle it here." He rubbed his temples: "It's just that it's hard to explain to the investors, so it's probably very difficult to raise funds from Abu Dhabi."

Dean and Paul Greengrass didn't know the inside story. Seeing Ronan's appearance, he thought he was under tremendous pressure.

If an investment of more than 20 million US dollars fails, it is still unknown how much investment can be recovered in the end, and no one will feel good.

After watching Ronan, Dean felt that this video might affect his future cooperation, but he was not easy to say and the words of relief and scenes, and no matter how beautiful the language was, it could not compare to the loss of tens of millions of dollars.

Luo Nan sighed lightly, his tone was a little heavy: "Don't worry, Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Film Company can survive this difficulty."

Hearing this, Paul Greengrass opened his mouth, swallowed it again, and finally couldn't help saying, "Sorry, Mr. Anderson, it's my job that I haven't done well."

Ronan shook his head: "It's all of us that have not done well." His eyes quickly floated across Dean and Paul Greengras's faces, looked down at his watch, stood up and said, "Sorry, both of you, I'm going to talk to Abu Dhabi in ten minutes, and we'll talk to you later if we have time."

Dean understood as soon as he heard this, he was going to face the investors' attacks and said, "We won't disturb you." He still said sincerely: "Ronan, call me if you need it."

William Morris has roughly estimated how much money can "Blair the Witch" make. The failure of this "Ace Agent" is far from putting Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Pictures in trouble. Moreover, there is also a "Death is Coming" that is optimistic about both the media and theaters. Ronan Anderson has enough room for maneuver.

The producer is not a director, and as long as he can raise funds, planning a new film project is not a problem at all.

Dean didn't want to break the line.

Paul Greengrass and Dean shook hands with Ronan and said goodbye. Before Dean left Embassy Pictures, he looked back and walked out of the reception room. Ronan Anderson looked sad.

After leaving the Embassy Films, Dean told Paul Greengrass: "Don't accept media interviews recently, just take a break."

In the Embassy Film Industry, Ronan walked into Robert's office.

"It's done?" Robert asked.

Ronan pulled out the chair and sat down, saying, "Send Dean and Paul Greengrass away."

Robert asked curiously: "Why not talk about cooperation directly? I guess neither Dean nor Paul Greengrass will refuse."

"It's not the time." Ronan briefly explained: "We just lost the box office of the film, and we hurriedly lowered the price, which may make Dean see the problem, leading to an unexpected negotiation. The agents are all guys with keen sense of smell. Let them cool down for a while. According to the box office of "Ace Agent", Paul Greengrass couldn't find a suitable job in a short time, and it would be beneficial to us to delay it a little longer."

He smiled: "I want to sign a one-time director contract with Paul Greengrass for the trilogy, and I have to suppress them first. The failure of this film is here, and the pressure will increase day by day.

Robert understood and said, "As long as you can sign a trilogy director contract, even if the first part is successful in the future, you will definitely give the director a salary increase, but the initiative is on our side."

"That's right." Ronan could imagine how much money would be paid to Paul Greengras after "The Spy Shadow" succeeded continuously? It would even involve the later share.

As long as this contract can be used to lower ten percent, it can be millions of dollars.

Except for admiration, Robert didn't know what to say.

"You can find ways to make a profit if you fail." Robert sighed: "Ronan, you should have done this job by nature."

Ronan raised his eyebrows: "Why isn't it right for me to say this?"

Robert laughed: "This is a good thing to praise, really."

Ronan sighed: "Who is willing to fail if you can succeed? I also want "Ace Agent" to hit the box office. But the day we got the investment from the Abu Dhabi Investment Bureau, today's results were destined."

When dealing with an official institution like the Abu Dhabi Investment Bureau, Ronan still earnestly fulfilled the contract. He agreed that the Arabs would be the protagonist, so he let the Arabs be the protagonist.

Not only is his money lost, but he can also reasonably deduct a piece of money from the film's revenue.

"Is there any problem in Abu Dhabi?" Robert asked with concern.

Ronan said: "It's okay. I communicated with Saleh yesterday. The movie is also a kind of investment. There are times when it is successful, and naturally there are times when it is failure. And they received the sample photos we sent by us. Mansour and other senior management of the investment bureau were very satisfied with the plot and effect of the film."

As long as these Arab tycoons with huge sums of money and power think that the film is good, losses are actually not a big deal.

After all, the film creates an Arab protagonist with an extremely positive image.

Moreover, Comrade Saleh, the leader party, has always believed that Ronan is an "Arab brother" and everything he says is good things in the middle.

Ronan turned to ask, "How is the premiere preparation?"

"It's almost done," said Robert. "All the materials are ready and the media has contacted them. I'll just wait for the theater to be vacant and then set up the venue."

Ronan asked again: "Where is the guest?"

"We sent invitations to many celebrities and brokerage companies as you plan, but basically no response." Robert replied.

The answer is not beyond Luo Nan's expectations. No big-name stars are that good.
Chapter completed!