Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 138 Cameron’s Pressure

On a clean beach in California, USA, Gore and Cameron, the female presidents of the Kingfisher Film Group, were walking side by side.

"James, is this the shooting location you chose?" Gower threw a lingering fish stranded in a puddle on the beach due to low tide back into the sea.

"Well, Ramsay traveled all over the coast of the United States before finally choosing this place!" Cameron said with a smile, "It's about sixteen square kilometers. We plan to set up a small city here.

A complete movie set. Two huge water tanks will be built here. One can hold 64 million liters of water, and it will contain a realistic reconstruction model of the Titanic. According to the design, this model will be able to rotate 270 degrees in the water tank.

Another water tank with a capacity of 22 million liters has a first-class luxurious interior for later shooting!”

Gore took a slight breath. Although she, as the president of the Emerald Bird Film Group Company, one of the investors in "Titanic", she had long known the budget that Fang Mingyuan had provided for the filming of this movie.

As high as 200 million U.S. dollars, and the investment of the Emerald Bird Film Group Company was also as high as 60 million U.S. dollars, but such a large sum still made her feel frightened.

Kingfisher Film Group, after several years of continuous cooperation with Kumho Film Group, is now also a well-known film company in Hollywood, USA. After merging with several medium-sized film companies, the total assets of Kingfisher Film Group and

Compared with the original filming of "Terminator 2", the cost has increased more than 20 times, but when thinking about the filming cost of 200 million US dollars, Gall still feels scared.

The most typical negative case is "Waterworld", which was released this year. The total investment reached 200 million US dollars. However, since its release in mid-July, the box office revenue in North America so far has been completely disappointing.

It's satisfactory, but it's just over 30 million US dollars. Even if it is considered as overseas box office revenue and profits from movie peripheral industries, it is probably difficult to guarantee that the entire investment will be recovered.

"Remember "Water World"?" Cameron and Gore had lived together after all, and just by looking at her expression, he guessed what she was thinking.

"Well, Universal Pictures has suffered heavy losses this time. Kevin Costner's future may not be smooth," Gall sighed.

Kevin Costner is also a famous Hollywood movie star and director. "Dances with Wolves", which he directed and starred in, can be regarded as a model with good box office and reputation in the history of Hollywood movies. Gall also once wanted to make a movie with him.

Cooperation, but due to too many film appointments at the time, Kevin Costner had no choice but to give up sadly.

After "Waterworld" failed miserably at the box office, I think Kevin Costner had plenty of time, but Gall didn't dare to risk using him.

Cameron smiled and shook his head and said: "If I were you, I would immediately go to contact Kevin Costner. Fang once said that in the snowy season, send a car of charcoal to someone.

It's always better than the flowers that were given to him when he was at the peak of his career!" If Fang Mingyuan knew that Cameron explained that providing help in times of trouble is better than icing on the cake, he would probably be so angry that his nose would be twisted.

"I can only say that Kevin Costner is very unlucky. He set up a set for filming in Hawaii, but due to weather and tides, the set was flooded by sea water again and again, and had to be rebuilt again and again. This was very costly for him.

The important reason is no less. Moreover, I heard that during the filming process, their filming plan was disrupted due to the unexpected appearance of a ship. Do you think about the cost of such a large filming crew for every extra day they stay at sea?

It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it has been delayed for so many days. The cost is naturally very high. Hehe, in my opinion, if there were not so many accidents, his shooting cost could be reduced by at least 50 to 60 million US dollars.

.That’s why I decided to spend a huge amount of money to build a water tank. In this way, at least I don’t have to worry about the impact of weather and tide." Cameron shrugged.

"But those critics said that the films he made had too many flaws and were not worth watching at all!" Gall retorted.

"Critics? Hey, of those critics, how many of them can really be recognized by me?" Cameron waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "In the history of movies, how many movies have been completely praised? "Jurassic"

Parks" and "True Lies" were both rated as useless before they were released. Aren't the critics still debating whether dinosaurs can be cloned?"

Gower grabbed Cameron's elbow and said eagerly: "James, what do you mean... I should seize this opportunity?"

Cameron shook his head and said: "It's too late. Fang had already sent someone to contact Kevin as early as three weeks ago!"

"Ah?" Gore exclaimed in surprise, immediately attracting the attention of several attendants who were following not far away.

"President?" The leader took a few steps forward.

Gower waved his hands at them and said to Cameron: "James, is it because you mentioned Kevin to him?" At this moment, Gower was really sad, although he and Cameron had already

Divorce, but a couple's love lasts forever. Since Cameron thought Kevin could make a comeback, he didn't remind himself, but reminded Fang Mingyuan first. This is really sad.

Now that Fang Mingyuan has intervened, Gower and Kingfisher Film Group will no longer be able to recruit Kevin Costner before the matter becomes clear. Everyone knows that Kingfisher Film Group is Kumho Film Group's subsidiary in America.

The biggest allies, those blockbuster movies that are popular around the world, were all co-produced by the two companies. If the Kingfisher Film Group and Kumho Film Group had a falling out, I am afraid that the Hollywood film company that is willing to take over this position will

There are a lot of people there. After all, Fang Mingyuan has always provided the script, and Cameron is now about to become Fang Mingyuan's royal director. In addition to funds and distribution channels, the Emerald Bird Film Group Company really doesn't have much to offer, and

Any of these established film companies in Hollywood can do better than Kingfisher Film Group.

Cameron shook his head and said: "It's not me. Long before the release of "Water World", I mentioned it to Fang in a chat. Fang said at that time that Kevin was going to have a big fall this time.

The box office results of "Future Water World" will probably be very dismal!"

"How could he be so sure?" Gower breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. Cameron would not deceive herself about this kind of thing. But she was even more surprised. How could Fang Mingyuan be so sure about "Future Water" before the movie was released?

"The World" will do very poorly at the box office?

"Fang believes that among the huge filming costs of "Future Water World", too much money was spent on repeated work. This not only reduced the cost of publicity, but also made the audience wonder where the 200 million US dollars was spent.

"Such a contrast will amplify the dissatisfaction of many viewers with the film. If Kevin only spent 50 million US dollars to shoot the film, I'm afraid there will be a lot of praise now." Cameron said, "Second,

The plot of the movie "Future Water World" is ahead of its time! Although his intention is very good, people still do not have a full understanding of the possible harm caused by global warming. So he believes that this movie will

A movie about a Chinese mythology adapted by a Hong Kong movie star will only receive a fair evaluation from the audience after a few years, or even more than ten years."

Gore took a breath of cold air. This Fang Mingyuan must be too evil. He actually predicted Kevin Costner's predicament today before "Waterworld" was officially released!

"Let's not talk about it. If Kevin rejects Fang, it's not too late for you to recruit him." Cameron hesitated and said, "If Fang has no objection, I can let him play the role in "Titanic"

"Play an important supporting role!"

Gower was overjoyed again. It can be said that it is not easy for Cameron to make such a promise. And if Kevin Costner can face up to his situation, then he will never let go of his comeback.

Opportunity. You know, none of the movies Cameron has made in the past few years has not been a big hit and has made many stars famous. Nowadays, filmmakers who want to squeeze into Cameron's casting bag don't know.

How many people! Based on this alone, the possibility of Kingfisher Film Group recruiting Kevin Costner will greatly increase!

"However, Gore, I don't think you have too high hopes. There are very few talents that Fang is interested in that he can't get his hands on!" But Cameron came down and poured cold water on her again.

"Humph!" Gore rolled his eyes at him. This man still spoke so directly. He had not been happy for three minutes when he extinguished his hope again.

"To be honest, sometimes recently, when I think about Kevin Costner, I wonder if I will end up with the same result in the future." Cameron turned his eyes to the sea and said softly.

Shooting a movie with a budget of US$200 million is definitely considered a big deal in Hollywood, but high budget and high cost do not mean that the final box office will be high. "Waterworld" is undoubtedly a lesson learned from Cameron's experience.

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Gower's eyes immediately softened. She could completely understand Cameron's heavy psychological pressure at this time! "James, you must have confidence in yourself and Fang. Fang's cooperation with you has failed so far.

Is there any precedent? You have to have confidence in yourself, you are the only James in Hollywood!"