Chapter 758: New Partners

Chu Qiankun swore that he would soon become everyone's friend, but his self-confidence was not recognized by everyone.

With the exception of five-star sommelier George Smith, the other four had a very cold opinion of him.

They are not ordinary people, they are all people who have made great achievements in their respective industries, and their social status is not low.

If you want to be their friend, you must at least have a similar status, and then it depends on whether they are willing to make this friend or not.

The word friend is not just a matter of talking.

Just because Chu Qiankun is so young, and because he is a college student from Dongfang Huaxia, even if they don't discriminate, it seems that there is no probability that they will become friends with them, right?

In their opinion, if Chu Qiankun wants to become their friend, how can it be so easy to be separated by thousands of mountains and rivers?

Everyone's reaction was reasonable, Chu Qiankun would not be so stupid as to think that as long as he climbed the heights and shouted, he would immediately have friends everywhere.

However, he has the confidence to become friends with them, and he doesn't need to make friends, just superficial friends of interest.

Now, they don't think he's fit to be their friend, and in the future, they're going to chase them for him.

He still has this confidence.

The smile on Chu Qiankun's face remained unchanged: "Then before becoming friends, let's continue to talk about "Avatar". James, you don't mind if I say a little more, do you?"

What he wants to say will definitely involve some secrets, whether it is suitable for everyone present to know, Chu Qiankun does not dare to guarantee it, so he needs Cameron's consent.

Cameron didn't know what he knew, he didn't know what he was going to say, and of course there was nothing to object to.

Moreover, the people present are all his good friends, and today he was invited to this "underground", that is, to talk about his heart, and there is generally nothing to hide.

So, the jaw head acquiesced!

Chu Qiankun stood up, in front of a group of old rivers and lakes, he didn't have much advantage at all, after all, age was a hard injury, so he needed some movements to enhance his momentum.

"I just guessed that you were talking about Avatar, and it seems that there is no mistake in that. So, let me make a bold guess again, you shouldn't be talking about the plot, but about the filming budget, right?"

The tone was light, as if he was guessing, but in fact he was very sure.

Bite!

George Smith, a five-star sommelier, was originally in a half-out state of mind, watching Chu Qiankun and them talk.

Holding the handle of the glass in his hand, he gently shakes it to appreciate the color of the new sake and the hanging glass.

As a result, Chu Qiankun's words shocked him too much, and he actually hit the wine glass in his hand against the wine glass on the side, making a crisp clinking sound.

"Wow, it looks like I'm right again, George clinked glasses. ”

Chu Qiankun smiled and walked back to his seat, raised his wine glass, and raised it towards George Smith opposite.

Virtual clinking glasses, thanks to his timely response and tacit cooperation.

George Smith reflexively raised his cup and gestured to Chu Qiankun in the air, and then took a bitter sip.

This new bottle of wine is not good, the taste is not pure, and it contains bitterness.

The expressions of the other people were not much better, because Chu Qiankun was right again.

Cameron's eyes narrowed slightly, his forehead was wrinkled, one hand on the table seemed calm, and the other hand under the table clenched his fists and trembled slightly.

The brain was running at high speed, how did Chu Qiankun know the content of their conversation?

One thing is for sure, these things are by no means Lisa. Wischel told Chu Qiankun because she didn't know at all.

The only people who knew about this matter were the people present, could they be the ones who told Chu Qiankun?

The idea had just come to him, and it was snuffed out by him, how could this be?

Cameron can become a top director because of the wisdom of his brain, but today, he can't figure it out even if he wants to.

Even if he was imaginative, there was an occasional flash of light, but in the end he denied it.

This is not a movie, which allows him to unleash his imagination, which requires rigorous logic.

However, this thing is so magical, and the hesitation of a difficult mystery is more exciting than making a movie.

"Jim told you?" said Cameron after a long time, asking a suspicious candidate.

"Who is Jim? I don't know. Chu Qiankun's brows moved, and he asked rhetorically.

"Chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Film Company. I don't know if Chu Qiankun deliberately pretended not to know, Cameron continued to ask, "Do you know him?"

"No, if I know him, why don't I know you through him?" Chu Qiankun asked rhetorically.

However, as soon as Cameron said this, Chu Qiankun knew which god this Jim was, Jim Ganopouros, chairman and CEO of Twentieth Century Fox Film Company.

Cameron's "Avatar" was invested and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Company, and the logic of this speculation is correct.

Chu Qiankun's denial again made Cameron lose the last direction of his conjecture.

The movie "Avatar", after he finished filming "Titanic", he had an idea.

The original shooting agreement signed, Twentieth Century Fox will invest 200 million meters in gold for the film, plus a 100% increase in the cost of the post-production, and it is expected that the final price will be between 250 million and 300 million.

Taking into account inflation and other factors, this investment is not much different from the amount of "Titanic", but even in Hollywood, where blockbusters are in the sky, it is a top-notch huge investment.

If it weren't for Cameron's good reputation, if it weren't for Cameron's production and box office guarantee, Twentieth Century Fox would not dare to spend such a large sum of money into it.

Of course, with more than 200 million shooting funds, Twentieth Century Fox will not invest at one time.

The money was transferred to Cameron in stages, in batches, according to the filming schedule and time.

Because the first fund is the start-up capital of the project, the budget will be relatively large, and there will be 50 million meters of gold.

In everyone's opinion, how can such a large amount of money support a year and a half.

However, just as James Cameron is a box office guarantee, he is also a guarantee that he will exceed the budget and not have enough money to spend, and in just five months, the 50 million meters of gold have been "squandered" by him.

The filming work was in full swing, and there was no money, so the Twentieth Century Fox Company allocated Cameron another 40 million meters of gold for filming.

Although the funds are a little less this time, the time to persist is a little more, reaching more than half a year.

But it's only half a year, and it adds up to about a year, and 90 million meters of gold have been used.

The filming of the entire film has only been carried out by about 25 percent, and if it is calculated according to this data, when the whole movie is completed, it will cost at least 400 million meters of gold.

Finishing does not mean that everything is fine, and the movie can be released.

There is also publicity and distribution, which also costs a huge amount of money, and in the plan of Twentieth Century Fox, this fund will also be about 100 million, or even more.

With the addition of the two, the total investment of this movie is not something that two or three hundred million yuan can block, and it will go directly to five or six hundred million meters of gold.

Five or six hundred million meters of gold!

Whether the box office revenue of this movie is so much, except for Cameron, a madman, no one else dares to guarantee it.

"Avatar" is different from some traditional Hollywood blockbusters, it is a completely original story, and it does not have the mass base of Marvel movies.

Even in the whole movie, there is no famous A-list star involved, and its biggest selling point is 3D special effects technology.

It is precisely for this reason that the film can only be shown in 3D cinemas, and there is no market for DVDs.

Therefore, for such a film, in addition to Cameron's name, everyone is still quite worried about his profit.

Now that the funds invested are obviously going up, the top management of Twentieth Century Fox has become very worried.

If it really ends up and the investment of five or six billion dollars fails, then Fox will definitely be hit hard, and may even face bankruptcy.

This is a pain that no one can bear, not Fox cannot, and even more so the company's top management.

So, Jim Ganopouros, chairman of Fox Corporation, found Cameron, who was working like a demon, sat down with him, and had a good conversation.

After all, it is a core idea, Fox is still optimistic about Cameron and still has confidence in "Avatar".

However, the funds for investing in the film must be strictly in accordance with the original agreement.

In other words, Fox will fulfill its investment commitment of 200 million meters, but they will not add new investment funds when there is no obvious hope of profitability and Cameron cannot give them more confidence.

The implication of the words is obvious, that is, Cameron wants to use the next 110 million meters of gold to complete the remaining more than 70% of the filming work.

How can it be!

If so, it's better to just stop work and not shoot.

Jim Ganopouros also knew that this was impossible, and that if there was no workaround, "Avatar" was doomed.

As soon as the movie ends, it will definitely be a huge blow to Cameron, but it is Fox that will be hit the hardest.

The most obvious point is that the upfront investment of 90 million yuan is equivalent to a waste.

90 million meters of gold, sometimes you can invest in shooting a very high-grade movie, Fox has a big business, but there are not many 90 million to squander.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to let Cameron only use the remaining 110 million to make the whole movie, and it is also a lose-lose approach.

Fox is now in a difficult situation, it is impossible to withdraw capital, and it is impossible to increase capital, and the only way is to find new partners.

Jim Ganopouros finally told Cameron that after a meeting with Fox executives, they could modify the exclusivity terms of the original agreement to allow Cameron to find new investment funds and share the unknown risks of the shoot.

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