"It's not me, it's us!"

Lin Youlun's words made Lucas, who was about to drink champagne, pause suddenly, he put down his wine glass and looked at Lin Youlun very puzzled.

"Since the establishment of Oriental DreamWorks, I know that you and Stephen each have some film plans, but don't you think what we need most now is actually a movie that everyone can look at?"

Lucas immediately shook his head, "Actually, we can also consider working with Universal to shoot Jurassic Park 2, and we don't have to choose Cameron's movie, I admit that he is a very talented director, but he may also lead us into the abyss!" ”

Seeing that Lucas was not very interested in this matter, Lin Youlun had to emphasize: "A sequel is always a sequel, and if we want to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, what we need is an unprecedented movie!" ”

"Do you think Titanic can be such a movie?"

"I'm not sure, but I think it's worth the risk!"

Lucas glanced at Lin Youlun, "I found that I didn't overestimate you just now, you are as crazy as that truck driver!" ”

Lin Youlun raised his glass to Lucas and said with a smile, "Then should we make a toast to the madman?" ”

"You might as well keep this glass of wine with Cameron! Before I do that, I'd like to hear what you really think. Although Lucas thinks Lin Youlun's idea is crazy, he doesn't think Lin Youlun will be as unreliable as Cameron, and Lin Youlun must have done it for a reason.

"Originally, Cameron was asked to help with the special effects scenes of "The Peace Wheel", and my purpose was to make this kind of disaster scene as big as possible as a box office selling point. But if it is up to Oriental DreamWorks to invest in "Titanic". Then I can change my original plan. The scene of "Taiping Wheel" does not need to be very big, as long as it strives to be real and shocking, this movie is biased towards more literary films, and the advantage of this is that Cameron can accumulate some experience through this movie first, and then apply it to the filming of "Titanic", and at the same time, we can also use "Taiping Wheel" to test the market's reaction, and then decide the investment scale of "Titanic...... That's my current plan, what do you think? ”

Lucas thought about it for a while. I feel that Lin Youlun's plan is very feasible, the key is that he has minimized the investment risk, and he really has no reason to refuse.

"So it's up to you to convince Stephen?"

Lin Youlun originally wanted Lucas to talk to Spielberg about it, after all, this time it was invested in the name of "Oriental Dream Factory", but Lucas suggested that Lin Youlun do it himself.

"Stephen probably won't object to this plan, after the release of "Schindler's List", he has been completely idle, you can go to him at this time, just in time to discuss with him about the Asian film that you have reached a preliminary consensus."

Lucas reminded him like this, and Lin Youlun remembered. Yan Geling, the script of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", has been written and handed over to him, and it is time to talk to Spielberg about this movie.

"I can make an appointment for you. But before you do that, I'm afraid you'll have to meet with Cameron first to confirm the relevant issues. ”

Even if Lucas didn't say it, Lin Youlun would take the initiative to bring it up, so he agreed to it.

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The next evening, at a hotel café in Los Angeles, Lin Youlun met James Cameron, the guy's trademark big nose and ambitious eyes, which can make a very strong impression at first glance.

After hugging Lin Youlun, Cameron turned his gaze to Wu Yusen, who seemed very quiet on the side.

"This is supposed to be my future collaborator? Nice to see you! ”

Cameron took the initiative to extend his hand to Wu Yusen, long before that, he had learned most of the information about the movie "Taiping Wheel" from Lucas, and recognized Wu Yusen's identity at the first time.

"I've seen a lot of movies you've made, especially the special effects in "Tales of the Night" have inspired me a lot!"

Wu Yusen smiled implicitly, but he didn't take Cameron's words seriously in his heart, thinking that Cameron was just a polite gesture when they met for the first time, but Lin Youlun knew that Cameron's words should be serious, because this guy was born with the inherent straightforwardness of an engineering technician, and to put it mildly, this guy would not be polite to you at all.

Wu Yusen has been in the United States for so long, of course, he has heard some rumors about Cameron, and he has no intuitive feelings about it, but soon Cameron let him feel it for himself.

As soon as the two sides sat down, Cameron unceremoniously talked to Lin Youlun about his views on the movie "Taiping Wheel".

"I've looked up some information about the Taiping, and the ship was designed and built by the U.S. military, and it is a transport ship for short-range use only. In World War II, the main task of this kind of transport ship was to supply the needs of China's rear war readiness, and in order to cut off the supply, Japan would often concentrate its firepower to sink this kind of transport and supply ship, so the U.S. military deliberately designed the hull of this kind of ship to be light and thin in order to speed up the voyage, which is why it sank quickly after colliding with other ships...... I regret the victims of this shipwreck, but only from the perspective of film shooting, I think the shooting value of "Taiping Wheel" is far less than that of "Titanic", the volume of the two ships is not at the same level at all, after the collision between the Taiping Ship and another ship, it sank completely in a short time, and the Titanic from hitting the iceberg to sinking, during which there was almost an hour, first the hull rolled sideways, and then one end sank into the water first, followed by the other end because it could not bear the load. The whole process provides too many possibilities for filming, while the Taiping ship can't show this, even if the whole sinking process is very realistic, at most it can be fully expressed with more than ten minutes of footage, and there is no way to give the audience the greatest impact visually! ”

Cameron talked eloquently, while Lin Youlun and Wu Yusen were completely reduced to his audience.

"And from the perspective of the market, it is impossible for any film with an investment of more than 50 million US dollars to recover its costs in Asia, so big-budget films still rely more on the North American market, Mr. Lin established Oriental DreamWorks in the United States, Director Wu, you choose to develop in the United States, so about what I said, I believe there will be no objection between the two, in this regard, "Titanic" has more advantages than "Taiping Wheel", and the problem of "Taiping Wheel", I have also analyzed it just now, Because the special effects cannot be the greatest impact on the audience's eyeballs, and the subject matter is not a story that is very acceptable to North American audiences, if this film invests 200 million US dollars, I dare not say that it will lose money in the final result, but it must be difficult to achieve great success and recover the cost. ”

Wu Yusen originally seemed to refute two sentences, because although "Taiping Wheel" cannot be as grand and spectacular as "Titanic" in terms of special effects, this story theme is still very meaningful for Chinese-speaking areas, but Cameron made such a direct analysis of the market prospects of the film, and he has nothing to say.

Although Lin Youlun is worth a lot of money, $200 million is not a small number for him, and according to James Cameron, it is really difficult for the film to recoup its cost.

Cameron didn't really think about Lin Youlun when he said this, but he felt that if Lin Youlun could be persuaded to cancel the filming of "Taiping Road", then "Titanic" could win more filming budget, and for people like Cameron, the shooting budget would never be too much.

"My only requirement is to make the special effects scenes in "Taiping Wheel" real and believable, as for how much money to invest and how big the scenes to shoot, these Mr. James can discuss with Director Wu to do it...... I'm going to invite Mr. Cameron to be the executive producer of "The Peace Wheel", so there shouldn't be a problem with that, right? ”

Although he was unable to convince Lin Youlun, Cameron had no objection to Lin Youlun's arrangement.

"By the way, there is one more thing, Lucas should not have explained to Mr. James yet, then Oriental DreamWorks will finalize the investment in "Titanic" based on the special effects scenes in "Taiping Wheel", so I hope Mr. James will not pay attention to the production of this movie because of the reasons you said before."

"No problem, as long as the funds are in place, I can shoot any shot that Mr. Lin needs!" James Cameron's arrogance and self-confidence are on full display at this moment.

"Then I wish you two a happy cooperation!"

Lin Youlun watched Wu Yusen and James Cameron shake hands again, and then nodded with satisfaction.

James Cameron and Wu Yusen left each other's means of communication before saying goodbye, and Lin Youlun did not keep him.

After the others left, Lin Youlun chatted with Wu Yusen again.

"This guy is arrogant and conceited, and he has a short temper, so you may have to put more effort into communication when you work with him, but you don't have to worry too much, basically the two of you won't interfere with each other's work."

In front of Lin Youlun, Wu Yusen did not hide his worries, and some things must be made clear before the film starts.

"Mr. Lin, in fact, what I'm really worried about is not the cooperation with director James, but the investment in this film is so large, and the whole genre is biased towards literary films, and I am afraid it will be a lot of pressure to recover the cost if it is released later." (To be continued......)