With the sound of huge rotors, Ronan looked through the side window of the helicopter and looked at the turquoise sea below, although the scenery was extremely beautiful, but it was not a good experience, and the noise of the flight could not be completely isolated even if he wore a soundproof headset.

Finally, a research ship with white on a black background appeared in view, with two signs on the side of the hull in English and Russian.

A few minutes later, the helicopter landed steadily on the tarmac on the back deck of the research ship.

As soon as Ronan got off the plane, a white woman with broad shoulders and a round waist greeted him and said, "Hello, Mr. Anderson, I'm Ellie Smith, director Cameron's assistant. ”

Walking briskly away from the helicopter, Ronan shook hands with Ellie Smith, "Hello. ”

The female assistant is in line with James Cameron's usual aesthetic, surpassing Linda Hamilton and only slightly inferior to Kathryn Bigelow.

Ellie Smith specifically explained: "The weather was very good today, and Director Cameron didn't want to miss such good conditions, so he went into the water to shoot himself, and he asked me to convey his apologies. ”

Ronan has a general idea of James Cameron's style of work and says: "It's okay. He tentatively asked, "Can you take me to the foredeck?"

The deep-sea submersibles used by James Cameron were all launched from the foredeck, where a large number of staff were also concentrated.

Ellie Smith didn't refuse: "Please go this way." ”

There were only three people in Ronan's group, with assistant Connie and bodyguard Finch following behind.

Arriving on the foredeck, Ronan found a corner, did not disturb the normal work of others, and just stood aside and watched quietly.

Actually, he couldn't see anything, and after looking at a few crew members who were obviously fighting peoples, Ronan's eyes fell on the spare submersible that was being maintained, as well as the huge video camera.

The oval-shaped deep-sea submersible is somewhat similar to that used in Titanic, full of sci-fi feel, with the pen of James Cameron and his crazy goal of exploring the underwater world, which may be one of the most advanced deep-sea submersibles in the world today.

Next to the submersible, there is an all-black camera, which is much larger and bulky than a normal movie camera.

Ronan has seen it on the data, this is a new generation of IMAX cameras developed by IMAX Corporation specifically in conjunction with James Cameron and Sony Electronics.

Looking at these, Ronan has to admire James Cameron, a real technical director.

James Cameron brought not only the two record-setting movies "Titanic" and "Avatar", but also technological innovations.

Beginning in the early 2000s, James Cameron worked with Sony Electronics to improve existing 3D shooting technology, and then IMAX joined in.

The combination of these three companies has promoted a revolution in film technology, and James Cameron has basically been improving and experimenting with new technologies for the past four years.

It is no exaggeration to say that without the technical improvements and experiments in the past few years, there would be no "Avatar" behind.

If it were someone else, it would be difficult to make Avatar, because the technical problems are a problem.

Having said that, in the increasingly impetuous Hollywood, how many directors are willing to make four or five years of technical preparation for the shooting of a film?

Ronan watched as a group of people circled around the IMAX camera like a waiter, thinking about the next conversation with James Cameron.

James Cameron hasn't made even the slightest bit of information about Avatar public in front of outsiders, and certainly can't mention the project directly.

There are some things that you have to say at the right time, and if you rush to jump out and point to James Cameron's hidden film project now, the king of the world may go on the spot and think of him as a voyeur or something.

Underwater shooting, especially deep-sea shooting, could not be maintained for too long, and it did not take long for two deep-sea submersibles to surface, and they were hoisted and towed to the research ship, and the hatch of one of them opened, and the bearded James Cameron walked out.

He first explained a few words to the people next to him, then looked around a few times, and after seeing Ronan and his party, he hurriedly walked over.

"You are welcome to visit, Mr. Anderson. "James Cameron reached out.

Ronan shook hands with him and said, "Jim, we're old friends too, just call me Ronan." ”

James Cameron had no objection and had a good impression of Ronan despite having only seen him a few times before.

After filming in the sea today, James Cameron wanted to rest for a few hours, and whether he would go into the water again for a while and a half, he simply invited Ronan to the second deck, sat on the platform where he could see all the front decks, and chatted.

Ronan patted the deck fence next to him and said, "This research ship is very advanced, Russian?"

James Cameron said: "I haven't used it a few times, I rented it from Russia, and the cost is unimaginably cheap. ”

Ronan couldn't help but smile and said: "Just buy it, forget it, it can be used as a yacht with a little modification, and it is estimated that the Russians don't care." ”

For a while, there seemed to be no prohibited items on the Russians' trade list, except for nuclear weapons.

James Cameron shook his head: "I don't have that much money. ”

Ronan deliberately said, "Jim, you're going to have no money? $80 million." ”

The film "Titanic", including the salary and sharing, James Cameron got nearly 80 million US dollars.

"I'm also overheading. James Cameron pointed below: "Sony Electronics and IMAX will pay for the cost of equipment and technical improvements, but I also have to keep investing, the budget for the documentary is my personal investment, and the expenses are huge." ”

Although James Cameron didn't say it, Ronan could also guess some, James Cameron wants to get a part of the patent, cooperation is cooperation, and investment is also essential.

It's not clear that this investment is going to pay off handsomely in the future 3D era.

Ronan looked at James Cameron and said, "The cost of the documentary is very difficult to recover. ”

James Cameron spread his hands and said: "The first "Ghost of the Deep", Twentieth Century Fox is still willing to release, this "Alien of the Deep", Fox has clearly rejected me, Jon Landau is talking to Disney about the release, and it is currently deadlocked. ”

Ronan has been paying attention to the dynamics of James Cameron's side, so he naturally knows these situations, and just mentioned this topic, he originally had his own purpose, and simply said: "It's better to do this, Jim, hand over "Deep Sea Alien" to Embassy Pictures for distribution. ”

Why did James Cameron answer Ronan's words? ”

Ronan deliberately asked, "Twentieth Century Fox won't have an opinion, right?"

James Cameron has worked with Twentieth Century Fox several times in a row.

"Nope. James Cameron shook his head slowly: "Documentaries, they don't pay attention to them at all." ”

Without warning, he suddenly asked, "Ronan, why did you like my documentary?" ”

Ronan was not surprised, and said calmly: "Because this is a documentary using new IMAX plus 3D technology, I want to see if the new technology will bring revolutionary changes." ”

James Cameron asked, "Do you think there is room for 3D technology?"

Ronan said directly: "I watched Warner Bros. shoot "The Polar Express", and the results are amazing, and I think this is one of the future trends of the film industry. ”

James Cameron smiled, and there was confidence in his smile.

Ronan said in due course: "How is this "Deep Sea Alien" filmed? Is there a finished clip that I can feast my eyes on in advance?"

"I finished a part of the dailies. James Cameron stood up and made a gesture of please: "Let's go to the pull-tab room." ”

Coming to the cabin on the second floor, there is a huge research screening room, which was originally used to show the scientific research videos filmed, but after a temporary transformation by James Cameron's team, it can show 3D videos.

Putting on his glasses, Ronan carefully watched the video, which was only five minutes long, perhaps because of the documentary, which was far less than the previous "Avatar", but much better than Warner Bros. last year's "Polar Express".

The beautiful underwater world and dreamlike sea creatures are a feast for the eyes.

With the help of IMAX3D technology, those species that live on the deep seabed and rarely have the opportunity to be witnessed by ordinary people are vividly visible, so close that they seem to be touched by hand.

After the five-minute video was quickly over, Ronan took off his glasses and said, "This is the most shocking 3D video in Hollywood, and it's not easy to shoot at the bottom of the sea, right?"

James Cameron nodded: "This documentary is supposed to be an adventure on two levels, one is physical, sinking to the bottom of the sea to a rare edge of life, and the other is to discover and reveal new species. ”

Ronan suddenly said: "It is unimaginable that Twentieth Century Fox would reject such a masterpiece. ”

"They always do. James Cameron is somewhat dissatisfied with Twentieth Century Fox's practice of cooperating if it can make a profit, and kicking aside if it can't make a profit: "When I filmed "Titanic", this was what it looked like. ”

These are all rumors that have been circulating in the circle for a long time, and James Cameron doesn't mind saying it: "My directorship was almost removed by them. ”

Ronan said with a deliberate smile: "Because Twentieth Century Fox is worried that you are chasing after increasing the budget, then they will have to sell their ass." ”

James Cameron couldn't help laughing, when filming "Titanic", all kinds of unbearable and procrastinating measures of Twentieth Century Fox resurfaced in front of him.

At that time, I was really dancing on a tightrope, and if I wasn't careful, I would fall off a cliff.

Ronan spent the day on the research ship, and followed James Cameron down to the bottom of the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, and had an in-depth chat with people from IMAX and Sony Electronics about new technologies until the next afternoon.