Chapter 130: The Shooting of Kauai

Located at the northernmost of Hawaii's large islands, Kauai is the oldest island in the Hawaiian archipelago and is said to have inhabited the original gods of Hawaii.

Since Wang Jie bought the island and moved its residents, it has been built according to his vision, and over the years, Kauaʻi has built a 2,400-square-meter mansion, a dock for 10,000-ton ships, and a tarmac for small and medium-sized passenger planes. Of course, this is only a superficial building, in a forest in the southeast of the island, Wang Jie alone used gold and jade to build a ninety-nine square meters of ancient Chinese architecture, inside the house Wang Jie used mutton fat white jade cloth to lay down the spirit array, outside the house was also Wang Jie according to Zhuge Wuhou's note, with green jade and gold cloth down the Qimen Bagua Array, in order to prevent accidents, Wang Jie laid down the Nine Palace Array and the Four Elephant Array in the array. Here, in the future, Wang Jie is going to use it to impact the Divine Realm.

Tall trees, turquoise waters, and beautifully empty skies are Kauai's first impressions of the huge crew.

Wang Jie stepped off the temporarily leased cruise ship, came to the William Manor on the island, put down his luggage and asked the housekeeper of the villa: "Cameron, have they arranged it?"

The housekeeper's name is Lin Wen, about forty years old, his ancestor came to San Francisco in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, and it is passed that his generation can no longer understand Huaxia, and can only speak English and a little French, because Lin Wen has been trained in France as a housekeeper. Lin Wen replied, "Mr. Cameron, I have arranged for them to be in the guest room to the east. ”

When Wang Jie saw James Cameron again, this guy was fishing in a small boat in the shallow sea to the south, and only after hearing Wang Jie's greeting did he reel in and sail back.

"William, you're really good here, I'll make a few more trips when I'm free. James Cameron jumped off the boat and said to Wang Jie.

Wang Jie smiled and said: "You are welcome here at any time, I will talk to the housekeeper in a while, and let them sort out a separate room for you, and you can come whenever you want in the future." ”

James Cameron introduced the middle-aged white man who fished with him: "William, this is Evans, my deputy and perennial partner, in charge of construction engineering. ”

After shaking hands with Evans, Wang Jie said enthusiastically: "Hello, I hope you can collide with my ILM staff this time. ”

Evans smiled: "Mr. William, I am very happy to work with the people involved in your Industrial Light & Magic, I hope to learn more advanced technology from them, after all, Industrial Light & Magic is recognized as the best special effects company in the world film industry." ”

When the group returned to the villa, Evans pulled out a stack of drawings from the box and said, "This is the official map of Kauai, and we need to build a command center for Jurassic Park in the southern part of the island." ”

Wang Jie looked at the building sketch on the drawing and nodded. I saw Evans take out another sketch and said: "I have already seen all over the island, and there is a road to be built here, and the black oval pattern on it represents the command center of Jurassic Park, and this circle is to build a 'power grid'. ”

James Cameron interjected: "I discussed with Evans and decided to build a studio here, although it was a bit of a hassle in the early stage, but it didn't have to run back and forth between Los Angeles and Kauai, saving a lot of time and money." The only problem is that we still need a couple more helicopters. ”

"No problem, I'll have Blackwater International dispatch three planes over. Wang Jie said.

James Cameron said with a smile: "After the release of "Jurassic Park", this island can develop a dinosaur-themed tourism project. ”

"Nice idea, keep the sound stage and other buildings and make it a Jurassic theme park. Wang Jie said with a smile.

James Cameron just said it casually, he knew that a rich man like Wang Jie would never allow irrelevant outsiders to set foot in his private territory. Jurassic Theme Park Wang Jie will definitely be built, but it is a private paradise for his own children.

In the previous life, "Jurassic Park" changed the pattern of the entire world film industry, European films further slipped into the abyss, and another world-class film factory, Xiangjiang Films, began to collapse, and when the Titanic sailed out of the port of Southampton, Xiangjiang Films could only decline.

Of course, even without "Jurassic Park", under the continuous impact of Hollywood blockbusters, Xiangjiang films will still decline, in the context of large investment, large production and rapid changes in film technology, the existence of geographical restrictions, too narrow audiences and many other factors make the collapse of Xiangjiang films inevitable.

If they want to change this situation, they can only open up the Huaxia market in the north, but unfortunately, the Xiangjiang movies of this era, like Hollywood movies, are restricted foreign products for Huaxia. Of course, some of Wang Jie's DreamWorks works are exceptions, especially the co-productions between DreamWorks and related film studios in China in recent years, which have achieved good results in screenings in China, which is also the development route set by Wang Jie for DreamWorks in the future.

In the previous life, if it weren't for Hong Kong films going north, Xiangjiang films would have become even more declining.

After two months of filming, "Jurassic Park" has ended its exterior on Kauai, but it is far from being closed, except for the next move to Burbank, a lot of footage will be done in the studio of Industrial Light & Magic, which will be the top priority of the film - dinosaur special effects and CG graphics.

Although ILM has the world's most advanced film special effects technology, it is now impossible to achieve dinosaur footage with CG alone, and ILM staff have produced hundreds of models and sets, which alone have installed an entire 10,000-ton cargo ship.

In fact, these models will come in handy in the future, and when the movie is finished, they will be left on Kauai Island to open up a dinosaur park......

Wang Jie gave an order to Disney in advance, and after the movie is released, Disneyland will open a Jurassic theme park.

Since Wang Jie began to prepare for the crew, there has been news that "Jurassic Park" will be adapted into a movie.

Unlike previous lives, Jurassic Park became the bestseller champion as early as 1976 after its launch, and as Wang Jie's fame increased, sales also increased, cultivating a large number of book fans.

They rejoiced when they heard the news, and what could be more exciting than seeing their favorite dinosaur on the big screen?

"We've been looking forward to the day when director William is finally going to bring his most important work to the big screen, yes! We're so excited, we love Jurassic Park!"

This is a fan club of Wang Jie, who bought a small page on USA Today and made his voice heard, hoping to support his idol in this way.

Of course, there are also concerns, and an older book lover, in a street survey by the Los Angeles Times, said worriedly: "I also wish I could see the movie version of Jurassic Park one day sooner, especially the giant Tyrannosaurus rex, and I am a little worried that the current movie technology can't bring the dinosaurs to life, which is too bad, it will be a disaster." ”

The Los Angeles Times simply set up a questionnaire about whether they wanted to see the movie version of "Jurassic Park", and the questionnaire received nearly 20,000 copies, and more than 90 percent of people supported bringing the book to the big screen.

"Jurassic Park" has been hyped up before filming has started, attracting a lot of attention.

In fact, everyone is optimistic about the adaptation of this book, not to mention that the great director William Rothschild King will direct it himself, and the only thing to worry about is the post-production technology of the film.

Of course, it wasn't long before a reporter approached George Lucas, and after hearing the other party's question, Lucas did not hesitate and said firmly, "With the technology of industrial light and magic, it is possible to produce lifelike dinosaurs." ”

Regarding the manufacturing and sale of Jurassic Park's peripheral products, Wang Jie summoned Hasbro's management and set the relevant strategy in advance.