Chapter 396: The Terminator
Yang Ming plugged the USB flash drive into his computer, and soon this step was played on the computer in a sci-fi film called "Alien Origin".
Because of financial reasons, Cameron could only compress this grandiose movie into 12 minutes, and the plot can be said to be very compact.
Cameron, who was later known as the god of movies, paid great attention to the special effects of science fiction films, so he used most of the $30,000 that Yang Ming lent him for the special effects of this short film.
Of course, he didn't have the money to hire a big company like ILM to do the special effects, so his special effects were mainly achieved using sets and props, which made the sci-fi film seem a bit rough and rudimentary.
In the eyes of Yang Ming, who has watched countless sci-fi productions, this "Alien Origin" can be called extremely simple and rustic, but Yang Ming also saw James Cameron's talent!
He only spent $30,000 to shoot this short film, and he was able to achieve such an effect, and even earned an extra $20,000, which not only proves Cameron's strength, but also shows that there is still a market for science fiction films in Hollywood!
Cameron saw that Yang Ming was just looking and didn't speak, he was also very nervous and cramped, in fact, this time he came to Blue Bay, and it was also after careful consideration in his heart!
When he was in Hollywood, he once showed this short film to the owner of a small film company, who was very interested in his use of props and sets in the play, so he wanted to hire him as the company's props master.
But he finally refused, and flew thousands of miles across the ocean to Blue Bay to find Yang Ming, just to have greater development!
He wants to be a director, a big director, not a prop master!
12 minutes passed quickly, Yang Ming nodded after watching it, looked at Cameron again, and said approvingly, "This movie is very good, of course, I mean it was shot very well within the investment of 30,000 US dollars!"
Cameron nodded a little crampedly, "If I invest a little more, I will shoot better." ”
Yang Ming asked again, "I think you didn't just come here across the ocean this time to repay the money, right?
"I have a big plan!" Cameron became excited, he took out a document bag from his backpack, and said, "This is a very classic shipwreck in the first world war! The Bismarck was broken into two sections and sunk in the sea as soon as it left the port, if we shoot a big science fiction movie about this event, I believe it will be affirmed by many military fans!"
"Is it also a shipwreck?" Yang Ming's eyes lit up.
In fact, what he wanted Cameron to shoot the most was "Titanic", which is also a world-famous shipwreck. Unexpectedly, before he could say it, Cameron first proposed another shipwreck, which seems to be really a bit fatalistic.
However, Yang Ming took a look at it and took the information aside, the investment in a movie like this is too huge, Cameron is not the god of movies in later generations, just a young man with little experience. E-book house
Yang Ming didn't want his first film to shoot on such a large scale, not only did he shoot it badly, resulting in a huge investment that was difficult to recover, but it was likely to hit this future director.
He pondered for a moment and said, "James, I know that you have extraordinary strength and an obsession with movies! However, as a boss, it is impossible for me to invest in such a big project for you in the first step! I can invest up to $50 million in you now, and you can re-plan a science fiction film according to my investment amount! It's still the same as last time, if you can not only repay my money but also make another one, I will invest you a bigger one!"
"That's it!" James Cameron's eyes lit up.
In fact, he also knew that it was impossible to get Yang Ming to give him a huge investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, so this shipwreck blockbuster was just a bait he threw out.
Now Yang Ming can invest 50 million US dollars in him, which is already a very large number! You must know that "Alien Origin" only cost 30,000 US dollars!
Yang Ming's investment this time has increased by more than 1,000 times compared to the last time, and in Hollywood, it is enough to shoot a large-scale movie!
"Boss, I still have a few subjects here. ”
Cameron took out a few more document bags from his backpack and put them in front of Yang Ming one by one, there are alien falls, there are star wars, there are New York sinking, and alien colonization.
However, Yang Ming shook his head after watching it for a while, and prompted, "Can you think of such a movie, in the not-so-distant future, all the machines with artificial intelligence have awakened and have autonomous consciousness, and they have decided not to survive under the rule of humans, so these artificial intelligence machines have all become the rulers of this world! But among these human beings, there is a very outstanding young man who leads the human race against the tyranny of the machines, and finally exterminates all the artificial intelligence machines......"
Cameron's eyes brightened the more he listened, as if he saw such a young man, leading the scarred humans against the heavily armed machine army.
But obviously, what Yang Ming said is just the beginning.
He continued, "So the machines finally came up with a trick, and they were able to build an advanced time machine that could send a super-powerful robot back 30 years ago, with the aim of destroying this brilliant young man's mother! So this protector returned to our modern era, fought to the death against the mechanical killer sent by the machine, and finally fell in love with the lady he protected, and became the father of the outstanding young man of the future!"
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When Yang Ming finished speaking, James Cameron applauded excitedly, "An excellent story! I have dreamed of a robot in countless dreams, immortalized in the flames, he is invincible! But I didn't expect that in you, it would become the negative No. 1! To defeat such a powerful opponent, and it is in our modern city, it is too difficult, and the battle is too fierce, it must be very beautiful!"
The Terminator series was originally Cameron's famous work, so now that Yang Ming told him the storyline, Cameron felt very excited, as if this was the story that had been brewing in his heart for a long time, but Yang Ming thought of it first!
"Genius!Young, I've heard a lot of people say you're a genius on the way here, and I'm convinced of that now!" Cameron asked again, "And what's the name of this story?"
Yang Ming said, "It's called "Terminator"!"