Chương 11: Deal
Hanging up the phone, Scarlett Johansson looked at herself in the mirror.
Putting down the phone and ran straight into the dressing room, quickly tidying up her hair and applied a simple makeup.
Alex, who is in Los Angeles, walked into Mike Bren's office: "Can I use the computer? Now we can talk to her in video, I think I've solved your concerns."
"Really? That's really good news." Mike Ben was feeling better after hearing this.
From the script, the lighter plays a valuable role in this film, coupled with the starring of Scarlett Johansson, and the publicity effect is no less than a big investment ad.
Alex added Scarlett's account after logging in to his account, and soon waited for the response.
Seeing that Scarlett appeared on the screen, Mike Bren was basically saved the anxiety. When he got a positive reply from Scarlett, he immediately agreed to the advertisement.
"I think we have no problem with this, but you should also know that our product is not simple. How much we are willing to pay for this or how much you want from this ad." He said.
"Of course, I know this, I have already a proposal at hand, what do you think of this? Alex said.
" Please say?" Mike Bren asked.
"You pay $100,000 in advance, then the film will be successfully released and the box office will reach $10 million. You will pay another $500,000 to 20 million and then $1 million. For every 10 million increase, you will paying more than $500,000, what do you think?"
"Down payment of $100,000 first?" Mike Bren said.
Alex nodded. "Yes, and then based on the box office effect to determine follow-up investment and I think such a method. It should be very good, even if the box office is not up to the expectations; I think 100,000 US dollars is enough to harvest the advertising effect you want."
Before crossing, Alex knows that "Buried" although the word of mouth and evaluation are very good, the promotion of the movie can also achieved a final box office was around $22 million and hope a better result.
Now that this film has been revised, the protagonist Alex does not know what the final box office will be this this time. For Alex, the most urgent task is to get the funds as soon as possible.
He knows how much the cost of Hollywood advertising is, and $100,000 does not even enough to buy a TV ad for a blockbuster movie or even a small investment movie of 10 million or more. In the face of such a cheap fee, he believes that Mike Bren will not refuse his proposal.
Like Alex's thought, Mike Bren really didn't expect to spend $100,000 to spend it. How could he disagree: "I think I have no reason to refuse, we will also need your film and asked to make a custom model, and we will also help the film publicity!"
"Thank you very much." Alex and Mike Bren shook hands, and the big burden in my heart also fell off. With the money in his hands, then the task will be much smoother.
After signing the agreement, Alex left Zippo with his agreement and a $100,000 check.
After leaving Zippo, Alex went straight to the BlackBerry's branch company. He didn't pay much attention to things outside the movie, but he also knew some news about the BlackBerry.
He used to have a BlackBerry, and he also knew that the BlackBerry had a market share of nearly 50% in the North American market.
But after the rise of Android and Apple, BlackBerry went downhill, but in 2003 the BlackBerry was top of the peak.
"Hmn..., after the power supply showed an insufficient battery power, it lasted for almost 90 minutes, and the phone was still on. What else the audience can see?"
Alex glanced at the three people in front of him. These three people are the BlackBerry arrangement responsible for the ad placement negotiations team.
"At any time, the most trustworthy is the BlackBerry. Can other phones be able to do this for a long standby time? In such dangerous situation and the BlackBerry can save your life." Alex said
Although it is not as exaggerated as the script, but we there will always be times when the phone is running low battery and be in a tough situation.
"You can imagine that you have a very urgent matter, such as an important negotiation, a family emergency call or you need a police rescue, and your mobile phone is running low and will face a shutdown.
Two mobile phones are placed in front of you. One is Nokia, the audience will choose on how they watch this movie. I think everyone will not choose the other one. "Alex said.
Alex said was right; it is also these words touched the three men responsible for the BlackBerry negotiations.
Ultimately assume a more important role as the BlackBerry and zippo Alex received another advance payment requirement, but BlackBerry the advance payment was $100,000 more than the Zippo.
Alex who walked out of the Los Angeles branch, looked up at the sky. He didn't expect the trip to the ad to be so smooth, which was somewhat unexpected. He thought he needed to go other sponsors and the result of the plan is directly completed.
The blue sky should evoke his good mood at the moment. At the beginning of the shooting, he wants to buy the equipment in the second hand shop and w/ Scarlett's help is a piece of cake.
From shooting to completion, after the editing, the cost of the film is almost the same, but it is almost negligible.
At the moment, he has an initial investment of 300,000 US dollars, which he can use it at will.
Of course, he needs to shoot first "Buried", as long as it is done well, then the money is completely his.
Originally his budget does not need to say 300,000 US dollars, even 10,000 US dollars are not, for Alex and this 300,000 US dollars is the first step in his new life goal.
"You actually did it, and you invested 100,000 dollars in an easy way. Alex, you are my idol. "Although 300,000 US dollars is a small number for filming, the investments that can pull up to 300,000 US dollars still makes James admire him from the bottom of his heart. James Wan said.
"Now is not a time to praise me, I said yesterday that I need your help, you promised me, and you can't run away this." He said.
"Now we need to determine the shooting equipment, props and venue. There are no problems with the props. Zippo and Blackberry will provide us with lighters and mobile phones. Other props can be bought at the supermarket. The only thing we need is a coffin..." Alex said.
James Wan interrupted Alex's words: "You don't need buy one, unless you need it yourself, and even if you buy it, can you be sure where you want to put it? We can go to rent one for the film. " James said.
"Of course, if I buy one, I will consider putting it with you first six feet below the ground." Alex said with a smile.
"I don't mind after fifty years before you, but not now." James Wan said.
"As for the shooting equipment, my idea is to buy the equipment we'll use. The filming equipment is enough to cope with our shooting requirements, which saves money for our future projects." Alex said.
"Oh, you are such a guy, but I agree with you. The next most important thing is the venue of the film. Other scenarios can be done later."
The key is that we need a lot of sand. If it is not cost-effective to buy directly, I think near the beach or quarry site should be a good choice.
The same is only required to pay a certain rental fee. After all, we did not take the sand and only used it for a while. " James Wan said.
Yes, this is a good idea." Alex said.
After discussing James Wan Chen, the next they will discuss is the issues noted from the lens when shooting and how to control the camera.
A day after he and James Wan ran toward running the film" Buried "preliminary work almost complete Scarlett Johansson also flew from New York to Los Angeles that day.
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