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The next morning, Ryan brought Jon Felthammer and Gail Anne Hurd to the 20th Century Fox headquarters, had a brief chat with Tom Rothman, and walked directly into a small room Inside the screening room.

In addition to a group of 20th Century Fox executives, Ryan also met James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Moritz Berman.

Ryan nodded to James Cameron, found a seat at random and sat down, and secretly glanced at Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was indeed a bodybuilding champion, and his strong figure was a bit scary.

Gail-Anne-Hurd personally came to the front of the projector, operated it, and put a copy of the film on the projector.

At that moment, the lights in the projection room dimmed, and a gleam of light gradually appeared on the screen.

Almost everyone's eyes fell on the screen, curious about the bullet time Ryan said.

Of course, some people showed a hint of sarcasm, thinking that Ryan was just sensationalizing. After years of development, computer special effects have already matured, and time freezing has appeared countless times. It is impossible to have any new changes.

As for bullet time, at best it's an improved version of time freeze.

The next moment, Monica Bellucci's figure appeared on the screen. Under the tight black leather jacket, she set off a sexy and slender figure, which made people's eyes shine.

"Is she the female villain robot in the future movie?" Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn't help asking, since he didn't know Monica Bellucci.

"Monica Bellucci, one of Ryan Gosling's rumored girlfriends, who just won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, is the leading actress in Roland Emmerich's new movie."

Moritz-Berman briefly introduced, "However, she should not be scheduled to appear in "Terminator 3" for the time being."

"No wonder." Arnold - Schwarzenegger said a sentence without beginning and end.

On the screen, there are no extra images, except for Monica Bellucci, there are only bullets, and the fluctuations caused by passing through the air are just when everyone thinks this is the bullet time.

Monica Bellucci moved suddenly, leaned back slightly, hesitated like a slow motion, and dodged bullets that were fired at him one after another.

Tom Rothman's eyes were fixed on the screen, as if he couldn't believe it, and he clenched his hands involuntarily. Is this bullet time?

Almost everyone took a breath,

The heart beats faster, a time special effect that has never appeared before!

Almost instantly, the picture on the screen changed, and Monica Bellucci once again faced the oncoming bullet, this time it was no longer leaning up in slow motion, but dodging with the upper body at high speed, The naked eye can see afterimages one by one, dodging every bullet calmly.

Ryan paid a lot of money for the special effects screen in just over ten seconds.

For a while, the screening room became silent. Even though there was no dubbing, soundtrack, and even only one actor, Monica Bellucci, everyone felt the charm of bullet time.

"Damn it." James Cameron slapped the armrest of the seat and said complainingly, "Ryan, if it wasn't for the schedule, I would have competed with you for the position of director."

No way, at least within a year or two, he won't be able to spare time to shoot a new film.

In this regard, Ryan smiled slightly, "James, if you don't mind, you can come over and play the director."

James Cameron's eyes lit up, "This idea is perfect."

"Cough cough." Tom Rothman coughed lightly, interrupted the conversation between the two, and said, "Ryan, it seems we need to have a good talk."

"Okay." Ryan nodded.

When everyone left the screening room, Gail-Anne-Hurd personally held the copy and rejected the kindness of the staff of 20th Century Fox.

Ryan came to the office with Tom Rothman.

Tom Rothman ordered the secretary to make two cups of coffee, and then sat across from Ryan, "An unbelievable special effect, I really don't know how you came up with it."

Until now, he still couldn't believe it.

"I just offered a suggestion. It is Digital Domain and Industrial Light \u0026 Magic that really make bullet time." Ryan said truthfully.

He only knows what bullet time is, and how to make the ideal bullet time is the credit of Digital Domain and Industrial Light \u0026 Magic.

At this time, the secretary brought two cups of freshly brewed coffee, "Thank you", Ryan took a cup of coffee, smelled it, and praised: "Very fragrant coffee."

"A musk coffee from an Indonesian friend." Tom Rothman took a sip. "The taste is very unique. I can take some back to try later."

Ryan was about to take a sip when he heard Tom Rothman's words, his body froze, and he put down the coffee in his hand far away.

The words Indonesia and musk coffee were added together, and he almost threw the coffee in his hand.

Fortunately, I haven't really drank it yet, otherwise, the consequences would be unbelievable.

Even so, he still felt a little sick.

For the so-called expensive musk coffee, he has no desire to taste it.

Ryan quickly got to the point and said: "I hope to speed up the promotion of the "Terminator 3" project. At least 20th Century Fox and Orion Pictures can first provide a sum of money as the start-up capital of the project, so that the digital field and industry Light \u0026 Magic started to make some special effects models.”

To shoot a sci-fi film, preparatory work is essential, and special effects production is the most important.

"Yes." Tom Rothman agreed without hesitation, and said, "In addition, the actor audition and the Xiangjiang action director team you mentioned can also be held at the same time."

If it were just now, Tom Rothman would have refused without hesitation. Financing inevitably requires a process, and it is difficult for the funds to arrive immediately.

But the bullet time just now made him change his mind. Twentieth Century Fox can reduce part of the financing and invest with the funds in the company account.

However, next, there is one more important thing, which can even be said to be related to the entire project.

That is to negotiate with Arnold Schwarzenegger's agent about film remuneration and treatment.

At almost the same time, in the reception room of Orion Films, Sofia Coppola was negotiating with Knight Shyamalan about the release of "Full Awake".

"Nate, you should know that the price of 200,000 US dollars is already very high. Except for Orion Films, it is impossible for any film company to offer more than 100,000 US dollars." Sofia Coppola did not directly report The price was 300,000 US dollars, but 200,000 US dollars, leaving some room for negotiation.

"But the shooting cost of this film is as high as 6 million US dollars." Knight-Shyamalan's complexion was somewhat unpleasant.

The film cost millions of dollars to shoot, but no film company is willing to distribute it, and the price of film copyright buyout is just as pitiful.

"The cost of filming is the cost of filming, and the commercial value is the commercial value. The two cannot be confused."

Sofia Coppola took a sip of coffee and continued, "Besides, the price offered by Orion Films is already pretty good."

Knight-Shyamalan was anxious and directly mentioned "The Sixth Sense", "But "The Sixth Sense"..."

Before he could finish speaking, Sofia Coppola directly interrupted and said, "Mr. Knight, we are talking about "Full Sobriety" now."

Having said that, Sofia Coppola hesitated for a moment and asked: "Then Mr. Knight, what price can you accept!"

"At least 4.5 million US dollars, this film can recover its cost." Knight-Shyamalan calculated in his mind and reported an astonishing figure.

$4.5 million!

Sofia Coppola was so hung up that she didn't choke, and looked at Knight-Shyamalan's eyes changed, as if she was looking at a fool, "With all due respect, $4.5 million? Mr. Knight, are you kidding me! "

Knight-Shyamalan smiled awkwardly. He also knew that the price he offered was too high, and it would be difficult for the film company to agree. That's why he came from New York to test the tone of Orion Films.

"Ahem, let's talk about distribution!" This is his purpose.

"Yes." Sofia Coppola agreed very happily, "The premise is that all the promotional budget, transportation, storage, printing and copying of the film will be borne by you, and Orion Films can try to distribute this film."

Adding up all kinds of expenses, a few can cost hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars. Orion Pictures can make a small profit from it.

Hearing this, Nate-Shyamalan's eyes faintly flickered, and he said, "I need to think about it."

In this way, once the box office of the film is not satisfactory, not only will the investment not be recovered, but also a distribution fee will be lost.

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