Chapter 34: The Coming of an Era

Jiang has been bothering James Cameron for many days, and he has imagined many kinds of what kind of performance the robot has in the end, but it has never been able to make people shine and be extremely impressive.

"Liquid robots, built with special memory alloys. It can change the shape at will, and it has a strong camouflage ability. He didn't even have to show up at the bar to rob his clothes and pants like that poor Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger. You just need to change it yourself. His limbs can be shaped, and can be transformed into knives, swords, daggers, silver needles, and other weapons. Killing people is like cutting vegetables with a machete. Ruthless and ruthless, it will be the most haode manifestation of his temperament! Fang Mingyuan said without hesitation, "For example, I'm the one." Robot words. He took on the form of Mr. Cameron, stood in front of you, and when you were shocked, he stretched out his hand, and between your eyebrows, a sharp blood prick pierced the back of your head

Fang Mingyuan's colorful voice painted a terrifying scene for the people present. James Cameron even subconsciously tilted his head, as if to avoid the silver thorn that didn't exist.

After a while, James Cameron sat down slowly, but he forgot that the chair under his ** had flipped to the ground, and this ** was naturally empty, and he fell to the sky. He also pulled the dishes on the dining table and smashed him.

Michael Clayton stood up in surprise. While helping him up with James Cameron's assistant, on the other hand, he was pondering in his heart, obviously Fang Mingyuan said what James Cameron was thinking, otherwise, how could he be so out of shape? The talent of this teenager is simply amazing.

"Take this dress off, Cameron; Let someone wash you. "James Cameron's body is covered in oil. It was also stained with a piece of cream and half a steak, which looked very embarrassing. Fortunately, all this food fell on his clothes, and if it fell on his face and hair, I am afraid it would be more than just a change of clothes.

After a while, James Cameron changed into a Michael Clayton suit and sat down at the table again, but the suit didn't look so fit. But James Cameron can't care so much anymore. At this time, he had completely believed Michael Clayton's introduction to Fang Mingyuan. Just a few concise and soothing words. It can be said that he has made the overall trend of "Terminator II" in his mind clear. And also solved the problem of this anti-concave for him. When he was changing clothes just now, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Fang Mingyuan's proposal was simply too brilliant. A liquid robot, a robot that can change its appearance, a robot that can change weapons all over its body, it's just so cool!

Americans, since the days of cowboys, have never had much resistance to the adjective cool!

"No, no, Cameron, I know you have a lot more to say to our little ones, but now we're going to get down to business. Those things of yours can be discussed with Fang alone afterwards Michael Clayton hurriedly stopped James and Cameron who wanted to discuss the plot further. This kind of thing, once it is said. Heaven is fine, but he has other things to do.

"Huh?" James Cameron looked at him in surprise, he thought that Michael Clayton came to him to introduce Fang Mingyuan to him.

Michael Clayton put the knife and fork in his hand on the table, put his chin on his hands, looked directly at James Cameron and said: "I came to you today to tell you that my new work will definitely come out this year."

James Cameron's heart immediately beat as if he had been stimulated. It made him feel like he was out of breath. Could it be that today is your lucky day? not only solves the problem of setting the villain in the script, but also can get the film adaptation rights of Michael Clayton's new work? That's just wonderful.

"Well, that's not accurate." Michael Clayton shook his head. James Cameron's heart immediately lifted again. "To be precise, the new work that Fang and I have completed together will come out this year. Yi, who has the right to adapt the film of the work, hopes that you can direct the film adaptation, so I invited you here That's all I want to say. The rest. It's a problem for the two of you. ”

James Cameron felt that he had been hit more than any other day in his life. Until thirty or forty years later, he still remembers vividly what happened on this day. And it was from this day on. Step by step, he stepped to the pinnacle of commercial cinema.

"I hope that through a movie, I can announce to the filmmakers of Shijie that an era is coming, and as long as you imagine it, then the movie stunts can be expressed." Fang Mingyuan stood up and stretched out his hand to James Cameron. Although he is already the best among the Ran Ling people, he is still an out-and-out child in front of James Cameron. But in this mystery, James Cameron felt that he was so tall and unrealistic at this time.

"Guy, bi, let me sober up, sober up!" James Cameron jumped to his feet. He rushed out of the dining room, and within a minute, he rushed back to the table with his head full of water.

"I've confirmed, I'm not dreaming." James Cameron hurriedly shook Fang Mingyuan's hand that he didn't retract because of surprise, and explained to the somewhat stunned crowd. Everyone couldn't help but laugh in unison.

"Okay, okay, now Cameron you're sure that all this is not an illusion, I've finished eating, and I haven't finished today's work yet, so I won't bother you to talk about it in detail. Fang, have you booked a hotel? If not, I'd be happy to keep two rooms in my villa over and over again. Michael Clayton stood up, what Fang Mingyuan said today, he had to write it down immediately and organize it into words. Mr. Michael Clayton, thank you so much! James Cameron bowed to him from the bottom of his heart and thanked him. Today's invitation. For James Cameron these days. It's just too timely.

"Oh, Cameron, what you should be more grateful to Fang is, it was his persistence that made me make such a decision Michael Clayton shrugged off and the person who has the right to adapt the film is him!" Truth be told, he doesn't like Cameron. And he doesn't want to take away the beauty. Fang Mingyuan insisted that all the manuscript fees belong to him, and he naturally wanted to repay the favor.

"Mr. Michael Clayton, Xiexie!" Fang Mingyuan also sincerely bowed

Michael Clayton left the dining room, leaving only Fang Mingyuan and James Cameron and their assistants in the hall.

James Cameron wiped the water flowing down his sideburns with his hand, looked at Fang Mingyuan and said: "Mr. Fang, first of all, I want to thank you for your choice of me, although I don't know what your co-authorship with Mr. Michael Clayton is, but I think Mr. Michael Clayton just writes a historical biography at random, and some people can't wait to buy it home." To be able to have the privilege of directing his work, I think, is a temptation that all directors in Hollywood can't refuse. Secondly, Mr. Fang helped me solve the big problem that had been bothering me for a long time in the script of "Terminator II", and I am deeply grateful. But I want to know, what does Mr. Fang ask of me? ”

James Kamei didn't believe that Fang Mingyuan would help him like this for free, since he had given himself such a big benefit, then he definitely wanted something in return.

Fang Mingyuan laughed, this well-known tyrant in the American director industry is really straightforward. "Mr. Cameron, judging from your actions just now, am I right about the plot of the husband in your "Terminator II" script?

James Cameron nodded without hesitation. He was so obvious. It is pointless to conceal this now.

"Mr. Cameron, I remember that the budget for your first "Terminator" was only more than 6.5 million yuan. What can be the budget for this second "Terminator"? You must know that although the special effects attract the audience's eye, if you want to achieve a perfect level, the cost is also huge. Fang Mingyuan can't remember the name of the film company that owns the copyright of "Terminator", but he remembers that it is not a large company, and due to financial problems in the future, the copyright of "Terminator" had to be sold.

James Cameron hesitated and said, "My estimate of the cost is within $60 million." He was really a little uneasy in his heart, you must know that the final box office of the last "Terminator" was only more than 36 million yuan.

Fang Mingyuan smiled secretly in his heart, he knew that this tyrant was the most famous spender in Hollywood, and he also remembered that "Terminator II" should be the first movie in Shijie's history to shoot with a cost of 100 million yuan, only 60 million, how could it be enough for him to spend?

"Then my first request is for the sake of me helping Mr. Cameron solve the problem of the script. If the actual shooting of the movie was more than $60 million, then I will invest the excess. In the future, the income distribution will be distributed according to the investment ratio, although "Terminator II" is the first film in the history of Shijie, with a cost of 100 million yuan, but its box office revenue exceeds 500 million yuan.

James, Cameron certainly understands his habit of striving for excellence in shooting, and he is also uncertain about whether the $60 million budget can meet his expenses. It's just that no matter how high it is, I'm afraid the film company won't agree to start filming. Fang Mingyuan is willing to invest the extra part, which is naturally great. "Fang, take the liberty of it, can you have a limit on your investment?

"The maximum is $60 million, which should be enough for your expenses, right?" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "But the official remittance of this amount of money must be after October this year, and the dust has settled on Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, at that time." The money I invested in crude oil futures will be recovered one after another. $60 million, although it can still be called a huge amount of money, but it is not enough to break your bones. James Cameron's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't expect that Fang Mingyuan would be so confident in him, and he opened his mouth to have an investment of 60 million US dollars. That's the case. Isn't that his own $120 million filming budget? Regardless of the final box office sales results, just being the director of the first film in the history of Shijie films with a budget of more than 100 million yuan is enough to make him famous in history!

His assistant and Lin Lian were also taken aback. $60 million investment. This is even true for the established Hollywood studios. is also a huge film investment, I can't imagine that Fang Mingyuan is actually optimistic about James Cameron's "Terminator II" to such a high point.

After a long time, James Cameron came back to his senses and said: "Mr. Fang, this must be negotiated with the company, but I can promise you personally, I think this should not be a problem." "With such generous conditions, it's hell not to agree. The company is a small company, and it is difficult to say whether it can bear the budget of 60 million US dollars, and it is a fool not to grasp the big head of Fang Mingyuan...... So the work that Mr. Michael Clayton co-authored with Mr. Fang? James Cameron asked again.

"Mr. Michael Clayton's work is not expected to be published until the end of the year. The official shooting will not be until next year.

So I hope you, Mr. Cameron, will be able to stay at that time. I can guarantee that the investment will not be lower than that of Terminator II. If you had a good time working together, I wouldn't mind working with Ms. Gower's company again. But. The film copyright must belong to me. At this point, there is no room for discussion where Mingyuan decides on this condition. Even without the promise of the American studio, he could complete the filming of "Sister Romance Park" in Hong Kong. With James Cameron, with the huge income of "Terminator II", he doesn't believe that those special effects companies don't take money!

The copyright of the "Sister Tree Park" series must be in your own hands!

Perhaps Fang Mingyuan's conditions are in the eyes of the Americans. Some are arrogant and invest in such a huge movie, if there is no American film market, it will be difficult to recover the cost, but Fang Mingyuan believes that with James Cameron, Michael Clayton, and "Sister Rocky Park", the three golden signs in the future, even Hong Kong films can break out in the American film market!