Chapter 1: run into a wall

Looking at the copy in his hand, Ryan looked helpless. For more than half a month, he didn't know how many distribution companies rejected him.

"Even if there are countless successful cases brought by past life memories, there is still no way to face a short experimental film shot with a home camera."

Ryan murmured to himself with a wry smile, turned around and walked out of the distribution company's door, ready to go back and re-edit it again, maybe a distribution company could release it.

Of course, don't even think about theatrical distribution, he is grateful to be able to distribute the videotape offline directly.

Hollywood has more than a thousand film companies and distribution companies, large and small, and countless films are produced every year, not counting European and other overseas films.

Most of them never had a chance to be released, or only a few theaters tried to play them for a few days, and then released them directly to video tapes.

It can be said that the vast majority of distribution companies and film companies in Hollywood refer to the distribution of video tapes to recover their investment.

Thinking of this, Ryan couldn't help sighing, no wonder Hollywood is a movie paradise.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean in the previous life, the only way to make money for movies was almost all at the box office, there was no offline video tape distribution at all, the first broadcast rights of TV stations were also dispensable, and the income from peripheral products was almost zero.

Even after 2020, there is only one item of online copyright that can be sold for a price.

In contrast to Hollywood, the box office revenue of a film can account for at most about 30% of the film's total revenue. Many films can recover their costs only by offline video tape distribution, which is unimaginable.

Not to mention peripheral products, TV station premiere rights, etc., the means of profit can be described as various.

He remembers very clearly that in his previous life, for his dream of being a director, he almost went bankrupt and shot a film.

In the end, not only did no distribution company agree to release, but pirated CDs can be seen everywhere in the market, and it is said that they are selling well.

As for which publishing company leaked it, there is no way of knowing.

What made him dumbfounded was that several regular video websites came to buy the copyright at a very low price, which not only allowed him to recover the filming cost, but also made a small profit.

However, the issuing company remained indifferent to him.

Fortunately, with the rise of the Internet, many large-scale video websites have begun to set foot in the film industry, shooting a large number of online videos to enrich the film library of the website.

In this way, he suddenly became busy, and he had to shoot five or six movies in a year.

Until his death in a car accident in his previous life, there were still three filming contracts that were not fulfilled.

However, God seemed to have played a joke on him and gave him a new life.

Ryan is a graduate of the Film Department of the University of Southern California. His mother died early, and his father runs a large ranch in Texas. Although he is not considered a rich man, he still has some assets. The annual income of the ranch is very considerable. .

Otherwise, he wouldn't spend tens of thousands of dollars to shoot a messy experimental short film.

But like all American families, the relationship with the stepmother is very cold, and the relationship with the father is getting worse and worse, not very close.

For Ryan now, it is good news.

"It seems that we can only go back and talk about it."

Ryan hailed a taxi and went home, lying in bed thinking hard.

The current experimental film is really too bad.

Even with the experience of his previous life, there was nothing he could do.

Perhaps there are many bad movies in Hollywood that sell well, but the premise is that you have a distribution company willing to release them.

However, the content of this experimental film is mediocre, and no distribution company is interested in it.

To make matters worse, the money on the credit card is only a little over a thousand dollars, which is not considered rich after daily expenses and rent are excluded.

This is also the only thing that comforts him. The balance on the credit card is not negative, otherwise he will really fall into an economic crisis.

The balance on the credit cards of most young Americans is almost negative, and they have to run around every month to repay the loan.

In this respect, Ryan is different from most young Americans.

Since he found his first part-time job, he hasn't asked his family for a penny. Apart from the expensive tuition fees, the rest of the living expenses, including the money for shooting documentaries, are saved by himself bit by bit.

"Then what to do next!"

"It's editing again, go to the distribution company to try your luck!"

"It's better to find a short-term job to make money first, preferably a job related to the crew."

Of course, extras can also be used, nothing more than acting as a background cloth or a dead body, it is not difficult for him.

He is in urgent need of funds now, and he is preparing to shoot his first film, so no matter what the job is, as long as it can make money.

Whether it is the experience of the previous life or the memory of this life, he has never thought about finding someone to invest in.

An unknown college graduate who is preparing to shoot his first official film, unless he is crazy, no one will invest in him.

In his previous life, he had been an assistant director and assistant director for more than ten years.

Even so, when preparing to shoot the first film, no one cared about investment, and could only invest all his wealth on himself.

Of course, it is a good choice to go to work on the set if it is really not possible.

Working in the crew is a very rare opportunity for college students who have just graduated.

You can get familiar with the filming process of the crew, take the opportunity to meet some contacts, and even have a slight possibility of being appreciated by Hollywood bigwigs.

You can also save some salary at the same time.

That's what Ryan has done before.

In addition, any slightly larger crew will not be stingy with salary and food.

One of the biggest benefits of working in a Hollywood crew is that you can save money on breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper.

At that moment, Ryan got up from the bed, picked up the phone and called his agent, asking if there was a chance to work on the set.

As for the experimental short film, he was really too lazy to continue wasting time editing it.

That's right, it's the agent. Almost everyone who works in Hollywood has their own agent.

Of course, it can't be some gold medal or big-name agent, just an ordinary small agent, in charge of 20 or 30 extras, or young people like Ryan who intend to develop in Hollywood.

Not long after, there was a roaring sound from inside when the phone was connected.

"Ryan Gosling?"

"How dare you call me!"

"Do you know how much trouble UU Reading www.uukanshu.com caused me last time because of you idiot!"

On the other side of the phone, Kate's face was gloomy and her voice was full of anger. Just because of this guy, he almost lost the relationship he had so hard to build.

Ryan didn't seem to hear it, and said, "Okay Kate, I admit that it was all my fault last time."

"As long as you are helping me find a job this time, rest assured that I will not let you down."

Kate showed a hint of sarcasm, and said unceremoniously: "Disappointed!"

"Are you taking an experimental film that looks like garbage again, and looking for recommendations from the crew everywhere!"

"Sorry Ryan, I have decided to terminate the contract with you, please don't call me again in the future."

"Listen to my advice, you are not suitable for Hollywood, you will only waste time if you continue to stay"

After speaking, he hung up the phone without hesitation.

An unruly guy, clearly inappropriate to continue wasting his resources.

The beeping sound from the phone made Ryan very speechless. It seemed that according to what happened in his memory, he was really not suitable to stay in Hollywood.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to work in the film crew, I searched for people to recommend the experimental film everywhere, which eventually led to being kicked out of the film crew.

Not only did he lose a good job, but he also caused a lot of trouble for the agent. Naturally, he was not likable, and it was only natural for him to be kicked away by the agent.

"It seems that I have to find another agent again."

"I hope that what happened last time has not been spread."

Putting down the phone, Ryan looked at the ceiling and said to himself.

Finding another agent in Hollywood is like eating and drinking, it's normal.