Chapter 0113 - Partnering with Cameron

Cameron has been a little troubled in the past two days, since the filming of "Titanic" began, he has been very strict with the actors and staff because of his perfectionism, the actors and his subordinates feel that he has a strange temper, and he has a lot of complaints and confrontations, plus he constantly pursues the ultimate, and he can't wait to achieve perfection in every scene, and the time to end the work has been postponed again and again, and he has also asked the investor for additional investment, and the investor has also been a little cold to him, all of which made him almost on the verge of collapse.

However, Cameron will not compromise, let alone give up, he has been preparing for this movie for so long, and he will not deal with it hastily because of a little difficulty and resistance.

It just so happened that James Horner contacted him to introduce him to a talented soul singer, and he decided to meet with this person to talk and change his mind.

Seeing Wu Tian, Cameron frowned, if it weren't for his trust in James, he would just be afraid to get up and leave.

I really can't see any difference in this kid, let alone a foreigner.

Wu Tian saw Cameron's surprise and unhappiness, and he didn't care, this situation has been experienced many times.

There will come a day when others will be in awe when they hear his name.

Without further ado, Wu Tian directly took out the version of "My Heart Is Eternal" that he and Celine Dion sang together, pressed the play button, and suddenly the melodious and lingering Irish bagpipes wept like a complaint.

Cameron's heart was immediately caught, he was stunned for a moment, and slowly closed his eyes.

Wu Tian's voice was low, as if he was an affectionate man interpreting the true meaning of love with his life.

Celine Dion's voice is tender and watery, telling the pain and nostalgia for the eternal loss of her beloved.

Before recording the chorus version, Wu Tian specially perfected the song in combination with the movie, and the use of musical instruments made the cooperation between the two perfect, and the singing perfectly expressed the touching and affectionate feelings of the hero and heroine in the movie from acquaintance to love to eternal separation.

During the recording process, Celine Dion was pleasantly surprised and admired Wu Tian's talent more and more.

Wu Tian himself is also very satisfied with this choral version, in his previous life, he had heard Celine Dion sing this song countless times, and had also watched the movie several times, and he felt that he made this song into a male and female chorus version, which was actually more suitable for this movie.

When the song ended, the room fell silent.

After a long time, James Horner was the first to come back to his senses and said excitedly: "It's so beautiful, it's perfect, Charlie, you really deserve to be a soul singer, my heart has been completely captured!"

Cameron also opened his eyes, his eyes were full of excitement, and he said in a loud voice: "It's amazing, it's perfect, that's what I want, it's completely part of the movie." ”

Wu Tian smiled with satisfaction, this result made him very satisfied.

Next, of course, it's time to talk about revenue distribution and cooperation.

Wu Tian negotiated with the record company before, and 80% of the revenue from the song's licensing to Cameron's film was obtained by Wu Tian, and the company and Celine Dion each shared 10%.

Others don't know what Cameron's delayed movie release will be, and even if some people have confidence in Cameron, they can't imagine that its box office revenue will be so outrageously high.

But Wu Tian knew.

In December 1997, "Titanic" was released in the country of Titanic and quickly set off a frenzy of money-raising, with the local box office reaching 470 million yuan and the global box office exceeding 1.8 billion yuan, breaking the box office record in film history and becoming the highest-grossing film from 1997 to 2010. Later, the film was even included in the list of protected films by the Library of Congress.

Box office revenue is only the tip of the iceberg, and the sale and rental of films, videotapes, CDs, advertising, Ocean Star, model ships and other extended products will earn more.

With such a super popular movie, any participant will make a lot of money.

As a director, Cameron, even if he didn't get a director's fee, earned hundreds of millions of dollars on this movie.

Wu Tian even remembered a report that the actor of a child in the film had only one line in the whole film, but he was paid a total of 30,000 US dollars in the first year after the release of the film, and in the following 20 years, he could receive about a few hundred thousand yuan in royalty income every year.

A few scenes and a single line brought tens of thousands of dollars of gold to a child.

The song "My Heart is Eternal" fits perfectly with the movie, it can be said to be a condensed musical version of the movie, another elaboration of the movie, and has a great positive effect on the film.

Of course, while the song adds color to the movie, it will also be a great success in itself, not only winning numerous awards, but also the on-demand and record sales of the song will explode.

Wu Tian's condition was a 1% share, which made Cameron a little hesitant, after all, the proportion of each party had already been determined, and he had to negotiate with the investor.

In order to make this movie, he himself gave up the remuneration of 8 million yuan and only retained the right to dividends.

1% may not seem like much, but the cost of a movie is more than that.

Wu Tian is not in a hurry, since Cameron has accepted this song, with his perfectionist character, he will definitely use this song, as for how to convince the investor, that is his business, Wu Tian believes that he has this way.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wu Tian received a call from Cameron, and he had successfully persuaded the investor to be willing to obtain the right to use Wu Tian's song at the price of 1% dividends.

After getting this news, Wu Tian was very excited.

Not only will there be dividends, but it will also make the income and popularity of the song itself go to a higher level.

Before the movie was released, the single version sung by Wu Tian should have a lot of popularity.

Waiting for the movie to be released, Wu Tian, as one of the authors and chorus of this song, will usher in the attention of countless people.

More importantly, this cooperation has paved a broader road for Wu Tian to earn money from the people of the country in the future, which is a golden avenue.

Wu Tian handed over the signing of the agreement to Lucas and the record company to implement.

In the past two days, Wu Tian is a little tired, he wants to take a rest in the hotel, and he will go to Silicon Valley tomorrow to have a look.

This time he came to the country, and the harvest exceeded Wu Tian's previous expectations, and he was very excited in his heart.

When I went to Silicon Valley, I wanted to see this world-famous kingdom of electronic information technology.

The time and itinerary were arranged, and Lucas accompanied him when the time came.

As for the record company, all the songs have been recorded, and Wu Tian does not need to come forward in person for the early publicity work, and the company will implement the plan of "creating a mysterious soul singer" determined before.

In the evening, Wu Tian asked Zhou Yanfa and Wu Yusen to come to the hotel to have dinner and chat together.

They knew that Wu Tian was the rookie singer signed by Columbia Records in the news, and both of them congratulated in surprise.

And when Wu Tian revealed that he had met with Cameron and reached a cooperation agreement, both of them exclaimed.

"It really worked. ”

Zhou Yunfa was shocked in his heart and extremely emotional.

It's really more popular than people, his foundation is better than Wu Tian, and he has been in Hollywood for a year, and he has gained nothing.

But Wu Tian can easily cooperate with big directors, is this the gap in talent?