Los Angeles, Fox Building.

In a mid-sized conference room at Twentieth Century Fox Productions, a conference call is taking place.

No matter what time and space it is, a big production like "Titanic" is almost impossible to be a sole proprietorship. It's not necessarily that a producer can't afford that money, the point is, it's too risky.

In this time and space, the film was co-produced by Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros., and there were six producers together, but the others were in charge of meetings, and it was John Deis, the producer sent by Twentieth Century Fox, who was really in charge of the team from beginning to end. Of course, it was the producer and director, James Cameron, who really held all the power of the entire crew.

And today's meeting, involving the post-production soundtrack of "Titanic", which has cost more than 300 million US dollars, is obviously not a small problem, not only James Cameron himself was present to try to persuade several other producers, but four of the other five producers were also present, and the other one appointed his secretary to attend the meeting by telephone...... This certainly shows that the producers take this matter very seriously.

With the connections of Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros., John Days and James Cameron, they still got the most detailed information the next day, even in countries thousands of miles away from the East.

About Minghu Culture Company, about the Four Beauties Band, about Li Qian, and about Liao Liao.

And after getting the information, Cameron's first reaction was - "Wow!"

In terms of achievements, status, and the intensity of lace news, even James Cameron doesn't know much about that distant country, but he also knows that this young man who is only 21 years old can get to this point in such a vast market of nearly a dozen or two billion people, and he has done it in just a few years, he is obviously not an ordinary person.

Moreover, within 12 days of the album's release, it sold 7 million copies in East and Southeast Asia...... Even if this achievement is put in the Western world, it is really enough to make everyone awe-inspired.

Even if he can't compare to the world's pop king like Jerry Cullen, in Cameron's view, it probably won't be a problem to say that he is the king of music in the Oriental world -- it is said that his own records and the records he produced as a producer have repeatedly set sales records! Even the media of the Oriental country itself consider him to be the music leader there.

Therefore, Cameron feels that there is no need to question his musical attainments.

And it's said that he's a great actor and a director himself - he's working on a TV series about oriental mythology!

It couldn't have been better!

Musicians have the perspective of musicians, and Cameron has made so many movies before and has been in contact with so many American musicians and soundtrack masters, so he has a deep understanding of this.

However, film directors also have their own perspectives and their own considerations.

Film scores, of course, require musicians to compose music, which must serve the whole film, and musicians know this, but sometimes, they are too stubborn, they always believe that their ideas are correct, but they can't consider these issues from the lens language of a film director.

And this "Li" from the magical country of the East is likely to be a person who understands both music and movies.

So...... Perfect!

However, several other producers, including John Deiss, apparently couldn't agree with him.

The problem of the level of musicians in the Oriental countries, the problem that the production cycle has been repeatedly delayed, the problem that the entry of novices will slow down the progress again, and the problem that Chinese musicians have different perspectives on Western love in the two countries and two cultural backgrounds...... In short, a wide variety of questions.

The meeting lasted for 30 minutes, and all kinds of questions were thrown out by several producers, and although Cameron answered them one by one and tried to convince them, no one, including the producer who attended the meeting by phone, agreed with Cameron's point of view, and everyone agreed that Jane White was perfectly suitable and qualified to serve as the soundtrack.

So, unconsciously, Cameron's voice began to rise.

After more than 20 years in Hollywood and five or six films, he has full experience in fighting with investors, producers, agents, and actors!

Though...... All struggles, in the end, must be mutual compromises.

And this time, obviously, it was no exception.

James Cameron's passionate speech did not impress a group of battle-hardened old foxes, and everyone listened patiently to his speech, and then the tone was pulled back again......

Changing the soundtrack means defaulting, and the new contract plus the liquidated damages of the old contract means overspending, which is not in line with the budget-conscious style of Hollywood studios, and this drama has been overspent again and again so far, if the existing funds still can't produce it, then, Cameron will not get even a penny from the production company!

Well, this is Cameron's death hole!

In today's era when investing $100 million is an absolute big production, his film has burned more than 340 million yuan so far, and even because of serious overspending, it has been close to shutdown twice, all the way to the present, it took nearly three years, Cameron, as a producer and director, naturally knows better than anyone that he has spent a lot of money.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the fame in the past, if it weren't for the fact that Twentieth Century Fox had already smashed more than 100 million into it at the beginning, and if they didn't force it to finish filming this film, they would have lost all their money, then, maybe this drama would have died halfway!

And now, it's just a matter of the soundtrack, is it really worth getting yourself into trouble again because of this?

Cameron took several deep breaths, looking furious.

However, the producers were indifferent.

In the end, the meeting ended in failure, and it was decided to discuss it at the next meeting.

When everyone left one after another, John Days put his arm around Cameron's shoulders and said, "Jamie, you see, it's not that I won't help you, it's that we can't convince them of this matter at all!"

Cameron was expressionless.

John Days continued: "However, if you can consider my proposal, maybe I can help you convince them. ”

When Cameron heard this, he finally turned his head to look at him.

If you don't say it at the meeting just now, you have to say it at this time, Cameron knows that this will definitely be a new compromise.

However, he knew that there was nothing he could do.

Although he was the most powerful of the producers, he was not strong enough to change the entire Hollywood system. Without the signatures of several other producers, his decision would have been illegitimate, and it would have been impossible to get the check from the finance department.

John Days has been in Hollywood for many years, has rich production experience, and is very skilled in negotiating, compromising, and fighting for these things, and among the previous partners, everyone got along quite happily, and when Twentieth Century Fox could not bear the pressure of continuing to invest, it was he who helped match the bridge and bring Time Warner in, and finally Warner Bros. injected funds, which helped the crew complete the shooting.

So, at this moment, although he knew what was going to happen next, he would certainly not let himself be too happy, but he still made a gesture of listening - John Days sat down next to him and said, "We will not change the soundtrack...... Yes, Jamie, you know, that's the premise! Jane White has to be the soundtrack! Because that's the only way we don't have to pay liquidated damages, and we can try to implement your ideas without overspending again. ”

Cameron was speechless and shrugged, but did not leave.

So, John Days continued: "You like this guy's work, no problem, he's the contracted promoter of our film, we have a basis for cooperation, and then, I'll fly to China to talk to this guy personally, we can buy the rights to use his song, and we can even try to get him to join the soundtrack...... Yes, I'm going to talk about it, Jane White, I know he's going to be a problem, but, no problem, I'm going to talk!"

After a pause, seeing that Cameron didn't make any objections, he continued: "You know, Jamie, I've always got your back! We're one, right? Trust me, that's the solution! You like the lad's music, I know, but, perhaps, even if we all agree to let him take over the soundtrack, he doesn't really want to?...... I know, I know, he took the initiative to send us the work, it shows that he has ideas for you, for the film, and that's even better! Think about it, Jamie, those Orientals, how much they want to enter our market! Being able to work on a soundtrack that costs hundreds of millions of dollars is a great opportunity for them, isn't it?"

Cameron thought for a moment, took a deep breath, and said, "Buy that song?"

John Days replied, "Yes, buy it, I'm sure it's fine, we can do it! We can ask them to make a richer arrangement of the song, and then record a better, more perfect version, and then, of course, we can choose to have the singer, the lad's lover, or we can choose to have it sung by another singer, and we need to talk about it a little bit." ”

Cameron finally nodded slowly.

After a pause, he forced his eyes at the other party and said seriously: "I ask that the whole movie must use this song as the main melody and main tone, not just as the theme song, that would be too abrupt!"

John Days frowned slightly, but eventually, he said, "I know what you mean, Jamie, you know, I'm going to help you all the time!" But it's going to take us to work on it bit by bit, isn't it? At least we need to convince the producers to include the song you like, right?"

Cameron nodded again helplessly.

Well, in the absence of other solutions, perhaps, this is a viable path.

But after a while, he couldn't help but admonish again: "John, man, it's not that I don't believe you, I just want to remind you again, whether it's Jane or Lee, they're all accomplished musicians, so, believe me, I know, they're all as proud as I am, so, please, don't mess things up! I need a good soundtrack, you know, a good soundtrack, always able to use the most appropriate melody at the right time to perfect the effect of the movie!"

John Days shrugged, "Of course, we always respect artists, don't we?

This time, it was Cameron's turn to shrug his shoulders.

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is still the same client last time, Michael Johnson, CEO of Rolling Stone Records East Asia and general manager of Rolling Stone Records China, after receiving the commission from John Dyce, he came with the news the next day, saying that he had contacted Li Qian, and the other party agreed to talk about the right to use the song, but the other party was a little hesitant to take over the soundtrack of the movie "Titanic" - not for any other reason, but because he didn't seem to have enough time to take over this matter.

This is exactly what John Days is like.

He even said that he was willing to fly to Shuncheonfu in person to talk to the other party about the right to use the song, and entrusted Michael Johnson to contact him and make an appointment in advance.

Then, of course, after some lobbying and winning the agreement of several other producers in his compromise plan, he finally went to Jane White with a piano version of "My-heart-will-go-on" to try to overcome this biggest hurdle of all.

However, after listening to this song, Jane White was of course very appreciative, but although John Days's proposal was quite tactful, Jane White was silent, saying that she needed to consider the request to use this song and this melody as the main tone of the entire film score.

John Days was full of confidence.

In his opinion, since Jane White also admired this work, there would be only one last step left in the face of the eventual facilitation of this matter - so, through his contact with Michael Johnson on the side of Shuntianfu, he quickly agreed to meet with Li Qian's side and prepared to fly to China.

However, just one day before he boarded the plane, Jane White's agent suddenly called, Jane White had decided to terminate the contract with the producers of "Titanic", and agreed to mark it as a voluntary termination of the contract. In other words, no one has to pay liquidated damages to the other.

All of a sudden, John Days was a little confused.

He rushed to Jane White's studio, only to get the CD and was told by his agent that Jane White had already traveled to Europe and that he needed to relax and start the next phase of his new job. All the negotiations with the producer have been entrusted to him to deal with it.

So, when he boarded the plane to China, John Days was full of frustration.

***

Believe me, I really tried to get 10,000 words a day, but every time I tried, the result told me that if I wrote 10,000 words one day, then I would not want to write a word for at least a few days...... I can't do speed flow!

Ask for consolation!(To be continued.) )