Many viewers didn't begin to be shocked until "Jurassic Park" came out, and the era of computer special effects technology has come!

But in fact, "Terminator 2" has used a lot of computer special effects technology, and the Terminator T-1000 is made by using large-scale computer modeling, and many cool pictures are synthesized with models in the computer.

Later, "Titanic", "Avatar" and other works are also in the same vein in terms of technology, inheriting Cameron's enthusiasm for advanced technology and equipment.

Because of this, in the 64th Oscars in 1992, "Terminator 2" won four awards: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, Best Visual Effects, and Best Makeup.

And there are two nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing, the film's excellent sound and light effects also make this film DVD one of the must-have equipment for audiophiles to test the machine, both in business and criticism, have been a huge success, in the early 90s in the environment of the global box office exceeded 500 million US dollars, and has had a profound impact on pop culture, especially science fiction and action movies.

It can be said that in the late 80s and early 90s, Cameron had already formed his firm creative philosophy. It's just that later, as technology continued to advance, the equipment he used became more and more advanced.

"Help me contact Tsui Hark and ask him to come over. Lin Qi said indifferently.

Cameron belongs to Hollywood, but Lin Qi now has the number one general Tsui Hark at hand!

Tsui Hark, in a way, is similar to Cameron, who likes new technology and visuals. However, because Tsui Hark does not have Cameron's good conditions, he naturally cannot do it to the same extent as Cameron.

However, Lin Qi's expectation for Tsui Hark is that he can face Cameron head-on. Of course, in terms of capital and technology, Lin Qi also fully supports it.

"No problem, boss!" said Xiao.

It was June, and Hong Kong was already very hot, so Tsui Hark temporarily gave the crew of "Once Upon a Time" in Humen a day off, and then hurried back to Hong Kong to meet Lin Qi.

"Long time no see, what's wrong with you?" Lin Qi asked with a simple Tsui Hark, his eyes were a little dark, and he couldn't help but ask with concern.

"It's nothing, I've been busy with movies lately, delving into details, so, a little insomnia. The two are already old acquaintances, and there is a new entrepreneur standing behind them, and Tsui Hark doesn't have to worry about funding, and his heart is all about the movie.

"By the way, Mr. Lin, I heard that the entertainment park in Hong Kong has been a bit chaotic recently, will it have an impact on our new venture film and television group?" Tsui Hark asked with concern, although he is still the boss of Tsui Hark Film Studio, but Tsui Hark Film Studio is currently a subsidiary of the new venture department, and the distribution channels and investment are all dependent on the new venture film and television group, and he himself signed a long-term agreement not to jump ship, so he naturally does not want the new venture film and television group to decay now.

"Oh, it's not a mess, I came to you this time to talk to you about movies. ”

Lin Qi changed his words and said: "For the filming of "Once Upon a Time", I have some new ideas to communicate with you, all the budgets, there is no upper limit, I only have one request, not too far from Hollywood's Cameron's "Terminator 2". According to internal sources, the budget of "Terminator 2" may exceed 100 million US dollars, and Silicon Valley high-tech companies in the United States have provided a large number of advanced technologies to help this film achieve a few! "Once Upon a Time" challenging its box office estimate is also unrealistic, but the goal is to achieve half of the box office of "Terminator 2"!

The original budget for the movie was 50 million yuan because Tsui Hark didn't want to put too much pressure on himself. After all, the last part of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" had a budget of 200 million Hong Kong dollars and won a box office of 200 million US dollars. Among them, a little bit, it will not be able to recover the cost.

This puts too much pressure on Tsui Hark!

But now, Lin Qi once again proposed to let Tsui Hark make the scene of "Once Upon a Time" bigger!

Tsui Hark was taken aback, and only after a long time did he realize that Lin Qi was serious.

"Mr. Lin, I don't quite understand what you mean. Tsui Hark was also a little blindsided.

"You are the most promising director among my film and television talents!" Lin Qi said, "Hollywood is not only rich at the moment, but has learned to use all kinds of high-tech and innovation to make movies." Most of our directors are still asleep, and they don't know that the film industry is already changing. You are one of the few people who is awake and trying new techniques. I hope you will go one step further and carry the banner of Chinese film technology and creativity! I don't want those films with depth of thought and crepe letters, what I want is a hard-power movie that shakes the world in terms of visual effects, sound effects, music, and so on! Even if it is placed in front of others, if others want to follow suit, they need to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to achieve the kind of high-threshold movies!"

"Three million dollars, it should be about the same. Tsui Hark thought for a moment and stretched out three fingers, he didn't dare to think of such funds before. In fact, this has to shrink the budget, and it is no problem to shoot "Once Upon a Time" for several millions. Before, the budget of 50 million did not feel that the budget was insufficient.

Now, Lin Qi forced him to raise the movie budget higher.

However, Tsui Hark did not dare to mention $50 million or $100 million! After all, the expenses of Hollywood and Chinese-language films, as well as the market channels, are not of the same level.

A $30 million film does half the box office of a $100 million budget movie. In this regard, Tsui Hark still dares to bet!

Because, it's not that the more you invest, the higher the rate of return.

It is possible to invest $5 million and get $100 million at the box office. The budget has been raised to 30 million, and the box office may only reach 200 million!

The higher the budget, the less alpha there is and the greater the exposure of capital.

The bigger the investment, the greater the risk, and the smaller the potential return!

Therefore, there is often an upper limit on the scale of investment in a movie!

For example, Hollywood's current cap is $100 million in budgets!

Because, if the budget is raised upward, the market size is limited, so that the probability of returning to its cost is lower.

"This matter, you go back and study it slowly. The investment in special effects technology should be better utilized. Lin Qi said, "Although it is not only about whether the technology is advanced or not, but we must make a blockbuster with extremely high technical content that can bring about changes in the global film and television industry! Special effects not only involve movies, but also involve mathematical algorithms, modeling and other technologies, the more experience accumulates, the better we can do in the future!"

"Got it!" Tsui Hark was a little embarrassed, although he also actively used computer special effects, but he was not a top student, and he didn't know anything about mathematical algorithms and modeling. Well, you can't even learn simple programming.

However, Cameron is not a first-rate programmer, but Cameron is good at mobilizing the expertise of those professionals to make a difference in the team.

The director is the general and conductor of the crew, and the larger the size of the troops and teams commanded, the stronger his command ability. Some directors, limited by their ability, can only make movies with a scale of dozens of people and millions of funds.

However, the technical team behind those top blockbusters in the future may be as many as several thousand people.