When James Cameron's crew returned to Los Angeles after filming in the North Atlantic, Ronan immediately instructed Embassy Pictures, which had won the distribution rights of "Alien Deep", to contact the crew, saying that the Relativity Building has the most advanced post-production room, and the distributor is willing to assist the producer in completing the post-production of the documentary.

Five post-production rooms have been completed in the Relativity Building, and Shahai Entertainment has invested heavily in them, all of which can meet the production needs of 3D films.

The crew of "Deep Sea Alien" quickly signed a lease contract with Shahai Entertainment and settled in the Relativity Entertainment Building, and Ronan made a special trip to visit James Cameron.

"I didn't expect the equipment in the studio to be so advanced. Standing in front of a state-of-the-art 3D color grading station, James Cameron said, "There are very few post-production studios in Hollywood that can meet the requirements, and I was thinking of going to New Zealand to find Weta Studios." ”

Ronan smiled and said, "This is the advantage of being a latecomer in equipment procurement. ”

James Cameron nodded lightly: "Technology is evolving too fast, and many devices need to be updated in a few years." ”

Ronan said honestly: "James, the main thing is that you are too demanding. ”

Originally, in order to shoot and produce "Titanic", James Cameron and the famous Hollywood special effects artist Stan Winston jointly established the "digital field" special effects company, but after the big ship arrived at the end, James Cameron soon found that the development speed of the "digital field" was far from keeping up with his requirements, and simply transferred the shares of the "digital field" and cooperated with the more ambitious IMAX company and Sony Electronics.

James Cameron pointed to the brand-new equipment: "You are also very demanding. He suddenly asked, "Ronan, you have invested heavily in building a post-production room that can handle 3D videos, and you are optimistic about the future of 3D?"

Ronan said directly: "When it comes to film technology, I am a layman in front of you, a technological innovator, but I am optimistic about the commercial prospects of 3D, once 3D technology is popularized, it is inevitable that ticket prices will generally rise." ”

Hearing this, James Cameron was speechless for a while, and could only say that the other side was worthy of a film company boss?

"There are a lot of conservative people too. James Cameron said, "Thinking 3D is going to ruin the movie." ”

Ronan couldn't help laughing: "Back then, silence became sound, black and white became color, and many people said that new technologies would ruin film art, and technological changes would inevitably touch the interests of some inherent forces." ”

James Cameron nodded approvingly: "Makes sense." ”

Ronan turned to the topic and asked: "James, in the past few years, you have filmed two documentaries, "Ghost of the Deep" and "Alien of the Deep", the former uses 3D technology and the new camera technology jointly developed by you and Sony Electronics, and the latter cooperates with IMAX Corporation, you are researching and practicing new technologies, right?"

James Cameron knew that Ronan's words were not finished, and just nodded.

Ronan didn't directly pick it out, James Cameron has a bit of a weird temperament, and he went around in circles and said: "I have a project in my hand that is perfect for new 3D technology and your style." ”

Everyone is not stupid, Ronan contacted James Cameron three times and twice, and it is not difficult for James Cameron to guess some of his purposes even if he only thinks of Ronan's identity as a producer and the owner of the film company.

Want to ask him to direct a film project with Relativity Entertainment? James Cameron was not surprised and asked, "What project?"

"When I first saw Terminator, especially the second part, I was blown away by the robots in it, and I was fascinated by the beauty of the industrial machinery and the power that accompanies it," Ronan said. By the time of "Titanic", you have brought the charm of industrial machinery to the extreme, as if all the technological accumulation since the Industrial Revolution has bloomed at the peak of "Terminator 2" and "Titanic". James, I don't know who would be a better fit for this project than you. ”

He didn't make James Cameron wait for a long time, saying: "A few years ago, I asked Shahai Entertainment to get the rights to the "Transformers" series from Hasbro, and I wanted to adapt the live-action movie and make the beauty of industrial machinery shock the world again. ”

"Hasbro's Transformers?" James Cameron clearly knows: "That toy series." ”

Having said that, Ronan himself was almost fooled by himself, saying that the project "Transformers" was originally deliberately leading to James Cameron's new film project, but after saying that just now, he suddenly felt that James Cameron was too suitable for "Transformers".

When it comes to special effects and technology, James Cameron is definitely the best in the Hollywood industry.

And in terms of the relatively weak storyline of "Transformers", James Cameron is better than Michael Bay.

For example, the movie "Terminator 2", which also tells about robots.

The film's excellence is not just in the creation of a single stunt image, it is outstanding in all aspects of cinematic art and technology.

In addition to the amazing "performance" of the shape-shifting metal man, various exciting scenes such as fights, shootouts, chases, explosions, etc., are arranged to meet the audience's sensory needs and successfully avoid piling up and repetition.

In each individual scene, James Cameron also exerts his excellent directing and editing talents, reaching a near-perfect level in terms of scene scheduling, use of montage, and control of time.

This relatively complex, multi-line story is told by James Cameron in an orderly manner, and the pace is controlled in a relaxed manner, which is an excellent model for the combination of choreography and directing.

Ronan decided to give it a try: "These robots, to be presented in a live-action film, require not only excellent special effects technology, but also outstanding industrial design. James, I can't think of anyone better in Hollywood than you. ”

James Cameron is reminiscing about his children's Transformers toys at home, imagining what it would be like to be turned into a live-action movie.

But thinking about his plans, James Cameron finally shook his head and said, "Sorry, Ronan, this project is really good, but I already have a film project ready to start." ”

Ronan was a little disappointed, but at the same time full of anticipation, but his face was always calm: "Do you have a new movie planned? James, can you know what the new project is?"

James Cameron was vague: "Some ideas about alien colonization are not particularly clear yet, and it is inconvenient to disclose them for the time being." ”

Ronan asked, "The new film project is still a top blockbuster like "Terminator 2", "True Lies" and "Titanic"?"

James Cameron said: "The production cost is higher than that of Titanic. ”

Ronan said directly: "James, if there is no investor, Relativity Entertainment is willing to cooperate with you." ”

James Cameron smiled, but didn't answer Ronan's words.

Ronan is quite confident: "Relativity Entertainment has such strength, and it is not a problem to come up with a production budget of $300 million for a single project." ”

He knows how to impress James Cameron: "My company has a simple shareholding structure, I personally control it, there are not so many constraints, and there will be no such things that Twentieth Century Fox did during the filming of "Titanic". ”

These words made James Cameron unconsciously think again, during the filming of "Titanic", in order to increase investment, he begged behind the senior management of Fox, and Twentieth Century Fox wanted to replace him as a director more than once.

Of course, with any large company, this kind of thing could not have been avoided at that time.

The composition of shares is complex, and the entanglement of interests will also be complicated, and many people are short-sighted and only focus on immediate interests.

Even with his current fame and status, it is difficult to guarantee that the new project will not be hindered.

After all, it has been six or seven years since the success of "Titanic".

Ronan seemed to guess what James Cameron was thinking, and continued: "James, working with Relativity Entertainment, I can give you absolute trust and maximum directorial authority, the entire film project, no one else will interfere except me and the financial management, and you can get unprecedented creative space." ”

James Cameron thinks about Ronan's credibility in the circle, and these words are extremely credible and can feel plenty of sincerity.

Relativity Entertainment is indeed Ronan alone, and if Relativity Entertainment cooperates, it will indeed not face too complicated situations, and the energy can be focused on creation.

The success of many films such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" also proves that Relativity Entertainment and its subsidiaries not only have excellent production capabilities, but also distribution channels that are not inferior to those of the six major companies.

James Cameron looked at Ronan and asked, "You don't even know what my new film project is about, and you dare to make these promises?"

Ronan smiled: "Because I'm investing in James Cameron!"

"Don't dare to be. James Cameron doesn't dare to underestimate Ronan, among the people under the age of 30 in Hollywood, this is definitely the richest and most powerful one, and being young also means that there is still huge room for development in the future. Considering this, he didn't refuse, but thought that this was also a good candidate, but the parties involved in this project said: "Let's work together to complete "Deep Sea Alien" first, and then talk about it in detail when I start preparing new projects, okay?"

Ronan could tell that this was not a perfunctory statement, and was quite satisfied with the result, and said, "Yes." ”

James Cameron entered the Relativity Building and cooperated with Embassy Pictures in "Deep Sea Alien", in fact, Relativity Entertainment has gone ahead of everyone.

Twentieth Century Fox will not be so easy to continue working with James Cameron as he once did.

At the same time, Arthur Malcolm once again walked into the Fox Building, and Marvel Comics, far away in New York, was in big trouble.