When the press conference of "When Titanic" ended, Wang Zijun had a new nickname in the United States, called "Crazy Director".

Don't look at what Hollywood often breaks out with a box office of hundreds of millions, in fact, most films have a box office of several million dollars, and ordinary directors' films can exceed 20 million, which is called an unexpected dark horse.

At a time when the big productions of Hollywood giants cannot absolutely guarantee a box office of over 100 million, Wang Zijun suddenly announced that he would make a work with a budget of 200 million US dollars, and people's first reaction was that this guy was crazy.

With such a large investment, if the final box office is not 600 million US dollars, Dragon Tiger Film Company will not be able to recover its costs at all.

Now is not as good as ten years later, as long as he is an international famous director, the box office of 600 million is like playing. At this time, the vast majority of Hollywood directors make movies for a lifetime, and the box office is less than 600 million US dollars, and when the media and filmmakers are shouting crazy, many fans are very looking forward to seeing what Wang Zijun can shoot for 200 million US dollars.

In fact, if there is computer technology in ten years, the maximum investment in filming "Titanic" now is 100 million, after all, the dollar now is much more valuable than it was more than ten years later.

But unfortunately, many big scenes in the movie have to be shot by special effects, so the budget of the film has increased greatly.

Along with Wang Zijun's "crazy director" name, Johnny is also known. Depp and Monica. Bellucci has two male and female protagonists. The two of them only made their appearance at the press conference, and they have become popular before they are filmed, and they have become the focus of major media reports.

Of course, the term Titanic has also begun to appear frequently on newspaper television, and various stories and legends about this ship have gradually become known to people.

Filming has begun, Johnny is better, having starred in some tricks, while Monica is a complete novice, and the poor acting skills of the two main actors give Wang Zijun quite a headache.

What's even more of a headache for him is the ubiquitous special effects screens.

Not to mention the rest, just the classic shot of the hero and heroine opening their arms at the bow of the ship, because of the computer special effects, after more than ten years, only the actor needs to stand on a model of the bow of the ship, and the rest is made.

Now, Wang Zijun has to spend a hundred times more complicated means, using traditional optical special effects technology to achieve the same goal, and the effect is obviously not as good as computer special effects.

ILM's special effects artists also did their best, and they finally succeeded in introducing computer technology into filmmaking last year when they were working on "The Pianist at Sea." The method invented by the special effects artists called "Source Sequence" not only participated in the production of "The Pianist at Sea", but also used in another movie, "Star Trek: Khan's Wrath", which became the first two scenes in the history of world cinema to be created by electronic computers.

Although compared with ten years later, these computer special effects technologies are still very primitive, and they are always better than nothing, which saves Wang Zijun a lot of trouble.

On the West Coast of the United States, huge hull models are docked on the edge of a deserted beach, and hundreds of actors and crew members are busy with it.

More than a decade later, Cameron was able to finish the film entirely in the studio, but Wang Zijun now has to leave many shots at the beach. Similarly, there were several partial models of the hull in the studio, which greatly increased the film budget.

"Click!" patting and patting, Wang Zijun suddenly became angry and shouted, "Monica, get rid of it, you're not a model walking the runway, can you show a little brain!" You were just about to kill yourself, why is your expression the same as if you came to the beach for sightseeing? I've explained this scene to you three times, do you want me to show you what I did yesterday? Why don't I just wear a wig and pretend to be a woman, and I'll do the tricks myself! ”

The entire crew fell silent, all looking at Monica sympathetically.

This Italian girl with big breasts has wasted a lot of film from the crew these days, and finally ignited Wang Zijun's temper as a director.

Wang Zijun was so angry that he threw the guide tube aside, he was damaged by Monica this time. thought that this beauty who had good acting skills in later generations should be very easy to train, but he was completely wrong.

Monica's surname in filming, even Demi, who has always been a vase. Moore is not as good.

Seeing that Monica had been scolded stupidly by herself, Wang Zijun had no choice but to ask the crew to stop and rest first, and wait for Monica to calm down.

Johnny. Depp was wearing a golden wig at this time, and the handsomeness exuded on his body could force people back three feet away. Carrying a bottle of drink, he walked up to Monica, who also had dyed blonde hair, handed it over and said, "Take a few sips of cold drinks and relax." ”

Monica and Johnny. Depp also learned acting skills at Dragon Tiger Film Company for a month, and has become a more talkative friend. She turned to Johnny and said, "John, it seems that I'm really not suitable for acting. ”

Johnny. Depp smiled: "No one is born to act, and when I was made an actor by Cage, I couldn't even tell the direction of the camera." ”

Before the words fell, he mentioned Nicholas. Cage walked over and said, "Miss Bellucci seems to have a problem, do you want my help?" ”

Monica. Bellucci looked at Nicholas strangely. Cage, I don't understand how this actor who plays a small supporting role can help her.

"I think you can ...... like this" Nicholas, who has never played an important role. Cage, actually talked to Monica about the play, and talked about it one by one.

Wang Zijun sat in the distance and saw Nicholas. Cage is teaching Monica how to act, and he finds it ridiculous and funny. Maybe twenty years later, of course, when people revisit the film again, they see Nicholas. Cage starred in a digital supporting role, so his expression should be very exciting.

"Director, there are two Chinese over there who say they are your friends." Lazim walked up to Wang Zijun and said.

Wang Zijun turned his head and saw that in addition to Tsui Hark, there was actually Guan Zhilin.

Standing under the huge Titanic model, Tsui Hark was already speechless in surprise, looking up at the hull blankly.

If it weren't for the staff who told him that it was a model, he would have thought it was a real ship.

The hull model is the one that filmed "The Pianist at Sea" last year, but many minor changes have been made, and the paint on the surface of the hull has also been repainted, and everything is closer to the real Titanic in history.

"Unbelievable, unbelievable!" Tsui Hark said to himself that he had also mixed in the United States, but he had not seen such a big deal with himself. Originally, he was going to use nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars to make a "Shushan" and make it into the Oriental "Star Wars", but now compared with Wang Zijun, it is simply pediatric.

Wang Zijun came over with a foreigner and said to Xu Ke: "Old Xu, this is Hewlett, an excellent special effects artist under Industrial Light & Magic. You're going to make a special effects movie, so get in touch with him later. ”

Tsui Hark came out of the brief delusion just now, and hurriedly stretched out his hand: "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

When Tsui Hark and Hewlett talked alone, Wang Zijun asked Guan Zhilin: "Why are you here?" ”

"My parents have immigrated to the United States, they live in California, and I came with them to help them move." Guan Zhilin smiled, "Thank you very much, I have already got a role in "New Shu Mountain Swordsman". ”

"Play what?" Wang Zijun asked.

Guan Zhilin said: "The castle owner who plays Yaochi Immortal Castle is also one of the heroines." ”

"Congratulations." Wang Zijun said with a smile that the role of the lord of Yaochi Immortal Castle should have been played by Lin Qingxia in another time and space.

The two chatted casually, and Wang Zijun was about to start work again. saw Tsui Hark squeezing over and said, "Boss, I'm going to put "New Shu Mountain Swordsman" first." I want to ......"

"What do you think?" Wang Zijun asked.

Tsui Hark said hesitantly: "I want to join your "Titanic" crew and familiarize myself with the shooting of big scenes and cutting-edge special effects. ”

"Whatever you want, you still need a recording assistant over there, you can make do with it." Wang Zijun said that most of the crew members have been arranged, and Tsui Hark has no good position for him to insert in, so he can only let him do some small work casually.

"Okay." Tsui Hark didn't care about the grievances of this position, and immediately agreed.

Wang Zijun suddenly asked: "By the way, isn't Zou Wenhuai planning to invest in you?" You stay here, how can you explain to him. ”

Tsui Hark said: "It was just an investment intention, and at that time, I didn't even have contact with the special effects artist of ILM, let alone the script actors. Just call him tomorrow and explain it, anyway, it's not decided. ”

When Wang Zijun heard this, his mind immediately became active, why don't you shoot this "Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" by himself?

The main problem why Tsui Hark's movie hit the street is that there are too many clues in the movie, the plot is not clear, the rhythm is edited too fast, and the ending is anticlimactic. If you meddle in these problems, it will not be a problem, and even as long as you put them forward, you can solve them by yourself with Tsui Hark's talent.

Of course, if you want to make this movie smooth, you have to make at least a few episodes.

Turn on again, Monica because of Nicholas. Cage's teaching finally opened up a little, and he was able to meet Wang Zijun's requirements in a so-so way.

Guan Zhilin purely followed Tsui Hark to watch the excitement this time, watching Wang Zijun commanding and dispatching a group of foreign devils, filming a big scene that had never been seen in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Guan Zhilin suddenly had a sense of pride, and she subconsciously regarded Wang Zijun as her own.

Guan Zhilin has been in the United States for several days, her parents are not divorced like in another space, and after a long period of quarrels, this time she immigrated to the United States to avoid the mistress.

It's good not to come to the United States, but after I came, I realized Wang Zijun's popularity in the United States. A few days ago, various newspapers were overwhelmingly reporting on Wang Zijun's huge shooting plan and the story of the Titanic.

Guan Zhilin, who is regarded as a marriage killer by the wives of rich families in Hong Kong and Taiwan in another time and space, has become more and more determined in her heart, why can't such a man belong to me? Gotta snatch him over.

However, Guan Zhilin soon faced this painful reality, if she wanted to rob a man, she was not facing a love rival, but a group of women from Wang Zijun.

"Hey, why did Director Xu become a recording assistant?" A doubt rose in Guan Zhilin's mind.

(To be continued)