Chapter 1196 Cameron's Ambition
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There is no genius in the world, and there are many fools, which brings out the genius of some people.
If Spielberg is a more difficult guy to get along with, then the person who is even more difficult to get along with is Cameron.
A very difficult guy to get along with, a technical genius, a different way of thinking from others, and the same is a money-burning machine, if the four legendary directors are all money-burning machines, then Cameron is the biggest money-burning machine.
In the current buzzword, Cameron is a tech controller, a super tech controller, similar people in the United States, such as Joe Gang Leader and Bill Gai.
After Spielberg brought Ye Ming in, he greeted Cameron and said, "Look who I brought here, Ye Ming, I and Emmerich are filming the day after tomorrow, a disaster movie, I don't understand why Emmerich likes to shoot disaster movies so much."
Of course, what makes me even more incomprehensible is that you would actually participate in a similar film festival, and I thought it was April Fool's Day?"
Cameron is the kind of person who doesn't smile, at least in front of strangers, so at the moment he said very seriously: "Hollywood should have all kinds of movies, so in such a situation, no matter what it is, we should respect the right of others to make movies, which is the foundation of Hollywood's success."
As for me, it's because I'm working on a new shooting technique and I'm going to make a film with it, and this time it's people from all over the world, and I want to be able to share this technique with you. This is 3D technology. I think this is the standard for filming in the future, and everyone will always use this technique in the future.
Of course, this technology is not very perfect now, although the principle is very perfect, but it is far from being truly applied to filming movies. This is still a relatively troublesome thing.
So I'd like to be able to hear what people have to say about a technology like this, and in any case, I need to hear from the users, or potential future users. ”
This is a standard technical control, a very strong technical control can only say it.
In Cameron's world, basically technology always comes first, and any celebrity is scum, or he can make his own stars without needing any stars. At this point, the little plum Leonardo on the big ship Titanic is an example, in the past, the little plum was also considered a first-line in Hollywood, but it may not be very high, but after the big ship, basically mentioned the little plum, which is the emperor superstar level.
Actually, the Titanic. Everyone is concerned about the big ship, it is the disaster. As for the little plums, it's just the kind of attention that comes with it.
As for the later Avatar, people all over the world are paying attention to movies in the form of 3D and giant screen 3D, and as for the starring role of the movie, God knows, this thing. How many people know who the star of Avatar is?
Compared with Xiao Lizi, Avatar's starring Worthington can be called a tragedy.
Because Xiao Lizi has at least become a superstar with the help of a big ship, but Worthington is basically the type with half of the face, and it is still tepid. Therefore, to say that Cameron is a technical controller. is a very powerful technical control, but for actors, he is really not willing to use any celebrities, maybe he also had some examples of using stars to make movies in the early days, but later, well, it is basically a complete technical control.
Spielberg knew Cameron very well, so he immediately said, "Is your technique already starting to be perfected?"
I really didn't expect it to be so fast, but do you think that when your movie is filmed, how many people are willing to watch your movie, needless to say the 3D movie, there are only so many 3D movie theaters in the whole United States, and when you shoot it, the first thing you have to choose is what kind of place to play it, so that you can have a box office, if there is no box office, I don't mind if you do it. ”
Cameron is worthy of technical control, everything is spoken by data, and then he said: "There are less than 800 3D cinemas in the world, and there are 218 giant screen cinemas in the world, half of which are commercial cinemas, and half are built by universities, museums and other institutions. ”
Spielberg smiled and said: "Yes, there are only more than 800 3D cinemas in the world, how many are used commercially, 500 heavens, it is estimated that there may not be this number, but you talk about it, a movie, the kind of 3D movie you are talking about, that is, a digital movie, can this make money?"
James, I admit the greatness of your technology, and I also admit that in the future, digital cinema should be the mainstream of cinema, but on such a problem, in fact, no matter what it is, if you want to make such a movie now, the market is not mature enough. And your technical research hasn't reached the point where you can actually make a movie, right?"
It seems, it seems, this is indeed like this, therefore, in such a situation, Cameron's technology is very good, but it is still a little far from reality, as if to say that there is still some distance, just to say that the cinema is not so easy to popularize.
Who knows, James Cameron, this guy is definitely prepared, he is a technical controller, and he actually said to participate in such a film festival, which has to be said to be a very strange thing, Spielberg actually suspected what this guy was here to do from the beginning.
At this moment, Cameron said very resolutely: "This technology will develop rapidly, I believe I will reduce the cost, to the extent that everyone can accept, of course, the main thing is to pull investment, now the research has reached a critical time, but there are some problems in the cost, this is what I don't want to see."
Therefore, in such a situation, we have to slow down the research first and find money. This time, I came here to share my technology, which is already quite mature in the laboratory. Another thing is to find someone to invest, how about it, director Spielberg, are you interested in investing in my research? ”
Spielberg immediately shook his head and said, "James." If you want to make a movie, then I think I will invest, but I am not very optimistic about this technology, and I have also made a big move recently, and it is impossible to support you financially. ”
In fact, like these big directors, they will not invest, or they will never invest all of them, otherwise they will suffer losses sooner or later. Coppola's modern apocalypse may not end like this if it cooperates with several film and television companies.
Therefore, since the modern apocalypse, Hollywood has actually encountered such an unspoken rule, which means that the director will not monopolize a film, at most participate in the shares, and generally use his own honorarium. Technology or something.
This is also about sharing risks, and everyone earns money. But if it's a box office failure, well, let's bear it together.
Because there is a rule in Hollywood, if a movie is said to be a box office success, this is a hard standard, and anything can be said if it is successful at the box office.
But if it is to say that the box office was not successful. If the reviews are successful, it is not a complete failure, Apocalypse Now is a box office failure, but the film review is definitely a classic movie.
I didn't get any benefits, but I got fame. In addition, Coppola does have the qualifications to be bullish, so he happened to have the opportunity to make a comeback. If it is said that a director's film fame and fortune cannot be achieved, it can be regarded as a failure of the car.
Therefore, like Cameron, like Spielberg, this kind of big director to make a movie, it is definitely not a small amount, Chen Ben must be very high, therefore, it must be to find one or two wronged big heads to invest together, and it is impossible to be self-proprieted.
Even if it is the digital film 3D technology that Cameron is researching, this cannot be supported by himself, and he must find a wronged boss to endorse.
This time he is here to find money, but unfortunately, Spielberg is a profiteering, if it is said that the technology is mature, he can use it to shoot movies, but now let him invest, this is almost impossible to do, of course, the main thing is that now he is also busy with other things and does not have so much money and experience.
But the two of them are also acquaintances, although they are not very iron friends, but they are both top directors, and they have the kind of morality that heroes cherish heroes. Spielberg glanced at Ye Ming and said, "Ye, you are also engaged in technology yourself, what do you think of this digital movie?"
This is actually a meaningful question, that is, to see what kind of attitude Ye Ming has towards such a technology, if Ye Ming is not very interested in such an attitude, then at such a time, in fact, there is no follow-up.
But if it is said that Ye Ming is interested in such a thing, then it can continue to talk about it next.
Ye Ming pondered for a while and said: "The technology is not mature enough, the hardware conditions are not enough, to build a giant screen theater, at least one million dollars to start, if it is said to be more perfect, then in such a problem, one hundred and fifty million to two million is more appropriate."
Therefore, the cost of building a giant screen digital cinema is too high now, if the technology goes up and the construction cost is reduced, then I think it will become the world of digital cinema in the future, maybe in ten or eight years, the box office champion will be digital cinema.
I am still very optimistic about this technology, and Brilliant Network is also doing similar digital technology. ”
Cameron was very surprised by this remark, is this guy Ye Ming also doing this technology? Cameron glanced at Ye Ming meaningfully and said, "Is Mr. Ye also interested in digital films? This is the first time I've heard of this." ”
Ye Ming said with a smile: "It's not a movie, what we do on Brilliant Network is a little different from what Mr. Cameron does, Mr. Cameron, you do digital movies, and I do digital networks on time, for example, if you shop in the future, you can directly view the stereoscopic image of the items you want to buy through digital technology, you say, on such a thing, will it attract more people to shop." Or that in the future, the movies on the Internet will also be digital movies, which is very interesting.
Therefore, I am quite interested in this technology, and if Mr. Cameron is willing to cooperate, then I can invest a part of it, and the technology will be shared in the future. ”
In fact, Spielberg brought Ye Ming over, a considerable part of it, in fact, for this investment, he himself is not willing to invest in this kind of digital film technology now, but it is also her purpose to pull a big local tyrant to invest, and it is obvious that Ye Ming is a good choice at this time, young, technical control, the key is to be rich, Brilliant Network can be a lawsuit against the US government for so long, is this a lawsuit?
This is burning money, there is not enough money, who is willing to accompany Brilliant Network and the U.S. government to fight a lawsuit, those lawyers are charged by the hour.
Therefore, Ye Ming is not bad for money, or in such a situation, it can be said that Brilliant Net is not bad for money. Spielberg asked Lotian about his attitude towards digital films, in fact, he just wanted him to invest.
And now, at this time, Ye Ming actually said that he took the initiative to invest, which made Spielberg look at Ye Ming differently, Ye Ming, maybe it is also the same as Cameron's technical control.
This kind of person is the most unreasonable, just like saying that this time he invested, without waiting for Spielberg to say it, Ye Ming actually said that he took the initiative to say that he wanted to invest.
And Cameron's guy is also waiting for the big boss to invest, and the video technology of Brilliant Network, which is also the world's top level, almost monopolizes Internet video technology, which is a very attractive problem for a technical controller like Cameron.
Therefore, at such a time, Cameron immediately nodded and said: "Cooperation, very good, I am also very interested in this matter, you can talk about what kind of cooperation, you can ask someone from your company to find my lawyer to talk about this matter." ”
Americans cooperate or something, generally all lawyers in the country, even friends, and even family members are the same, this is the spirit of the contract, in the West, it is very popular this set, and even if the son borrows money from Lao Tzu, it will also make an IOU.
What's more, if Cameron and Ye Ming cooperate, then a problem in this case will inevitably involve some complex provisions, such as how to cooperate, how to divide after cooperation, how to divide interests and risks, etc., all of which need to be considered.
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