Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 32 James Cameron

Except for the famous James Cameron, probably no one can be called the genius tyrant in the director world. The films he directed often exceeded the scheduled time and budget, which made the bosses of the film company hate him to the very core. However,

His works are very popular and often achieve very high box office, and the bosses of film companies can't put it down. Every company boss who uses James Cameron as director will feel that during the filming

I feel like I'm living in hell - when James Cameron shoots a movie, he never has enough budget! The high cost of shooting, even these wealthy bosses may be in vain when they think about it.

I will fight for both sides.

James Cameron is willing to spend money, which is a well-known secret in Hollywood. His pursuit of the most extreme visual effects at all costs makes his works extremely imaginative and visually shocking. He has repeatedly created world movies.

The highest box office record in history. And in every article describing James Cameron's life in detail, the word "notorious" is almost inevitably used - yes, he was demanding and domineering on the filming location.

A "tyrant"; in the family, he is an inconsiderate and fickle husband; in the eyes of his Hollywood colleagues, Cameron is a paranoid and a money-burning machine. Of course, in the end, everyone has to admit that he is

One of the most profitable film directors.

"You want to see him?" Michael Clayton asked hesitantly.

Fang Mingyuan nodded and said: "If (Jurassic Park) is to be made into a movie, then the biggest attraction will undoubtedly be the resurrected dinosaurs. It is very difficult to film this special effect well. And James Cards

Mellon, I think his (Terminator) has already told me what special effects are." Fang Mingyuan had already seen "Jurassic Park" directed by Steven Spielberg in the previous life,

He would be very interested to know if this script fell into the hands of James Cameron, a rare stunt designer who would always put stunt production in an extremely important position in future film creations.

, and the director who often personally participates in the design and implementation of stunts, how will "Jurassic Park" be filmed? In James Cameron's movies, excellent stunt production not only always creates scenes that make the audience excited.

The visual effects are jaw-dropping and passionate, and they can be naturally integrated into the plot of the film without feeling stiff or showy at all. This is exactly what Fang Mingyuan likes most.

Michael Clayton shook the red wine in his hand and said helplessly: "Fang, I don't want to lie to you. I do know this tyrant, and this tyrant once proposed that he would like to film a script adapted from my novel. I

I can introduce him to you. But I have to tell you in advance that for James Cameron, just using the title of 'tyrant' to describe him is probably not enough. Although he is talented, his temper is...

It's... unimaginably bad. He is very, very irritable, and it is not easy for everyone to deal with him. Because you never know when and what will irritate him, even if

In the eyes of most other people, this may be a trivial matter that is nothing at all.”

Fang Mingyuan was not surprised at all by Michael Clayton's words. In his previous life, he knew that James Cameron had a very bad temper, and his marriage could only be called a failure. He had five wives before and after him.

Among them, only the last one was able to maintain a long-term relationship with him, while the previous four were only married to him for a few years.

Linda Hamilton, the heroine in the first and second parts of "Terminator", was once the wife of James Cameron. She once said to the outside world that "Cameron is a controlling person."

"Director. We are all his props and have no say." and other words. He also said that Cameron, as a genius, lives in his own world all day long, and it is difficult for outsiders to understand his thoughts. This is also why he

The fundamental reason why you can't maintain a long-term relationship with every wife.

Kate Winslet, who had worked with him on "Titanic", once admitted to the outside world that if there was not a huge salary, then she would not plan to have any cooperation with Cameron again. She admitted that he would not cooperate with Cameron again.

Mellon is a good person, but his temper is so bad. Some people even say that working with Cameron is a nightmare. Because of his bad temper, many people are afraid of him after working with him for a short time.

Less than.

Fang Mingyuan took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this. I'm mentally prepared. And you just need to prove to him that I'm not joking with him. I'm actually holding your phone."

New work..."

"It's not my new work, it's our new work!" Michael Clayton interrupted Fang Mingyuan and solemnly reminded him, "It's our new work!"

"Okay!" Fang Mingyuan said with a helpless smile, "It's the right to adapt the movie script of our new work! And I believe there will be enough funds for him to squander it!"

James Cameron has a bad temper. This is his nature. Even if Fang Mingyuan is reborn, he cannot change this. But Fang Mingyuan does not have the same trouble with the squandering problem that company bosses hate deeply. The reason why they have this problem

I hate it because James Cameron always goes over budget by a large amount when making movies, and such high shooting costs make these bosses always worry that they will not even be able to recover the cost in the future. In Hollywood, it is not that there has been no investment before.

Huge costs but not even a fraction of the cost can be recovered, which has led to the bankruptcy of film companies. So on the one hand, these big bosses are uneasy about the continuous increase in budgets, but on the other hand, they can't help but use James Cameron's previous methods.

To comfort yourself with your grades. Spending half a year to a year in this kind of mentality of worrying about gains and losses is indeed a huge torture.

But Fang Mingyuan is different, because he clearly knows which films will bring him huge box office returns, and this return is often double or even several times the cost, so James Cameron spends no more time

If he has too much money, he will just have a headache on how to raise money, without having to worry about losing all his money.

The 1984 "Terminator" cost 6.5 million yuan in exchange for a box office of 36 million yuan, and won unanimous praise from fans and critics, making James Cameron a hit.

He became famous and received widespread attention from the film industry. Since then, James Cameron's achievements have been so dazzling that it is difficult to look directly at him. The script he collaborated with Stallone - (First Blood Part II) also achieved amazing success in the United States.

box office performance. "Terminator 2" won four Oscars and a domestic box office of 200 million US dollars in one fell swoop, shocking the entire United States. In this movie, James Cameron fully

He demonstrated his outstanding directing and editing talents.

Later, James Cameron established his own special effects production company in 1993. Fang Mingyuan has no memory of what it was called. He just knows that in Hollywood, it can compete with Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic special effects production company, which is at its peak.

The first film directed by James Cameron is "True Lies", which is very familiar to Chinese people. This film successfully discovered the humorous potential of action star Schwarzenegger, but

What left the deepest impression on people was the "Sea Harrier" vertical take-off and landing fighter at the end.

The scene in which it launches a "Maverick" missile and hits the cross-sea bridge against the background of the sea and sky is both spectacular and gorgeous, and has the same sense of reality as a military exercise; and the subsequent fight on the wings presents a complicated and exaggerated cartoon style

.As a director, James Cameron was able to choose this unique weapon to play an "important role" in the film and maximize its charm.

The next two highest-grossing movies in the history of movie box office, "Titanic" and "Avatar" were both directed by him. "Titanic", the most expensive movie in the history of movies at that time, miraculously and unprecedentedly

The blockbuster made it become a banner of Hollywood in the history of world movies, and James Cameron has reached the highest peak of world commercial movies. In the end, it reached the top with global box office revenue of more than 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, becoming a global

and ranked first in the box office of a single film in the history of North America, and maintained this achievement for nearly twelve years until another James Cameron movie "Avatar" was released, with a global box office of more than 2.5 billion US dollars.

The astonishing results replaced it. Until Fang Mingyuan's death in his previous life, these two films still had the highest box office revenue in the world and were also the most successful commercial films in history.

Fang Mingyuan didn't know the cost of "Avatar", but he did know that the cost of "Titanic" was more than 200 million US dollars at that time, which made 20th Century Fox worried. For this reason, James Cameron had to

He gave up his director's remuneration. However, after the film was released, James Cameron's dividends reached as high as 100 million US dollars. The gap between the cost and the box office was nearly seven times, coupled with the income obtained from the product licensing of those films, making "Titan"

Nick" has become a gold mine that is the envy of countless people in the film industry around the world.

With these information from his previous life as a backing, Fang Mingyuan can say that he does not have any psychological pressure when using James Cameron. And he believes that for James Cameron, who often suffers from insufficient budget, he will also treat a boss with ample resources.

interested.

Fang Mingyuan has calculated that if his oil futures plan goes well, he can earn at least one billion US dollars in income from the oil futures market. However, if these incomes want to enter China, it will take a lot of effort and effort.

It takes a lot of time, and what’s even more troublesome is that once you enter China, you have to change it into RMB. If you want to change from RMB to US dollars for overseas transportation, it will be even more difficult. Therefore, the money can only enter slowly in batches. And the money can only be entered slowly in batches.

Putting it in foreign banks is undoubtedly the stupidest thing to do, so he needs to find new investment directions for them before they can be officially used.

The film industry will undoubtedly be a good choice. You can not only obtain huge profits, but also gain huge reputation. And you can still obtain a steady stream of profits from authorized broadcasts many years later.

And if he remembers correctly, "Terminator 2" is likely to start filming this year. It would be perfect if he could get a foot in it again. Fang Mingyuan is not worried that James Cameron will refuse.

His investment, because he remembered that in addition to American film companies, the investors of this movie were also South Korea's Samsung Company. This left a very deep impression on him at first. Compared with South Korea's Samsung Company

Up, Fang Mingyuan felt that investment from Hong Kong might make them more satisfied.

"Well, if you insist, then I will naturally not reject your opinion." Michael Clayton shrugged, "Do you want to meet now? Or wait for the opportunity in the future?"

"Now?" Fang Mingyuan was surprised.

"This tyrant is currently less than a hundred kilometers away from me. He just talked to me on the phone three days ago. He was trying to get something out of me in a roundabout way and wanted to know if I had any new works coming out. I think he should be here now.

He is preparing for his new movie there." Michael Clayton smiled slyly and said, "It seems, Fang, you are very lucky."

Fang Mingyuan couldn't help but be dumbfounded. How could such a bloody coincidence happen to him?

Michael Clayton is right. The tyrant he calls is currently racking his brains in writing his new script "Terminator 2" in a country manor 81 kilometers away from him. Although

, when he first came here, out of politeness, and of course to try to get lucky, he once called Michael Clayton and wanted to visit him. At the same time, he also wanted to hear about this famous American best-seller.

Whether the writer has a new work coming out. Michael Crichton, this name, to a certain extent, is also a guarantee of the movie box office. His huge readership in the United States and Europe is a group that every director cannot ignore.

However, Michael Clayton remained tight-lipped, and he did not find out any clues. Moreover, Michael Clayton politely declined his visit. This made him a little annoyed.

And now, he is even more upset and is always on the verge of explosion. There are several important settings in "Terminator 2" that he is still a little undecided about, causing his script creation to become seriously stuck.

There were a few gentle knocks on the door, and then his assistant walked in.

"What's the matter? Didn't I tell you not to disturb me during this period?" James Cameron almost roared.

But the assistant calmed down James Cameron with just one sentence. "Sir, Mr. Michael Clayton's phone number."