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In such a situation, the owner of an unknown film company suddenly calls him and says that he is interested in investing in the film, even if it is fake news, Cameron will still be grateful. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Cameron is not a newbie, and the first phone call will immediately take action, and before that, Cameron must also know a little about the company with the nice name of DreamWorks.

So after receiving a call from Li Mingbao, Cameron began to use his network to investigate the reality of DreamWorks. DreamWorks has recently been a relatively limelight company in Hollywood, and DreamWorks has a new general manager, the woman nicknamed Crazy Mary, so Cameron wants to know about DreamWorks, which is easy in Hollywood now.

After a few phone calls, Cameron learned about DreamWorks. To be honest, Cameron was both happy and depressed about the news he received. Happily, although this dream factory has been established for a short time, their fame in Hollywood is not small, although the boss is a Hong Kong native, but his first film produced in Hollywood, it entered the top three positions in the North American box office, there is no doubt that this boss knows a lot about movies.

Coupled with what DreamWorks has done recently, as well as the good relationship between their company and Twentieth Century Fox, DreamWorks is a good company for Cameron to be influential and influential, and to have funds, if he can cooperate with such a company, then he basically has no other problems with this movie, as long as the movie is made, other problems will be solved by the company, for a half-new person like him, it is no less than meeting Santa Claus at Christmas, And received a rich gift from him.

But the problem lies in the type of films released by DreamWorks, DreamWorks can be regarded as a mature Hollywood film company by now, but the movies they distribute, except for horror films, there is no other type of film produced, even if it is the boss of their company, the film produced by "Home Alone" is also a comedy, and the copyright of this movie is not in the hands of his boss, but in Twentieth Century Fox.

Such a company has taken a fancy to its own script, and for Cameron, he doesn't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. Because his "Terminator" is not a horror movie, although the characters in it have to be shot according to ideas, which is indeed a bit scary, but his movie is indeed not a horror movie, but a science fiction film. The gap between science fiction and horror is like the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and it is difficult to associate them together.

If you let this company release your own movie, you may run into a lot of trouble, after all, DreamWorks fans are horror movie audiences, and his film is science fiction, and it is not easy for a science fiction film to leave a good impression in the hearts of horror movie audiences. It is precisely with such worries that Cameron doesn't know how to face Li Mingbao, a boss who is interested in his own movies.

But now, except for the boss of DreamWorks, it is not easy for other film companies, let alone meeting the boss, even if it is to meet the manager below. Li Mingbao gave him a good chance, a chance to succeed.

So in the end, when Li Mingbao called for the second time, Cameron agreed to Li Mingbao's request to meet, and flew from Toronto to Los Angeles the next day.

Cameron came alone, but Li Mingbao's side would not be himself. After all, now he has completely handed over DreamWorks to Mary, as the current helmsman of DreamWorks, Mary has her own say on the issue of film investment, plus Jiang Zhiqiang is running the distribution, and he also has the right to speak on the issue of film distribution, so when I met with Cameron this time, the three people who really have control over DreamWorks are all here.

Mary is reluctant to invest in an unknown little director when Li Mingbao suddenly wants to invest, if this investment is invested in horror films, from the perspective of Li Mingbao's investment in DreamWorks, there must be no problem, after all, the current DreamWorks was supported by a group of directors before Li Mingbao, so Li Mingbao's vision, Mary will not underestimate it.

But the problem is that Li Mingbao has already made it quite clear that Cameron's movie is not a horror movie, but a science fiction film that can't compete with horror films. Since its establishment, DreamWorks has never released a science fiction film, and DreamWorks' investment direction does not have this part, and it is strange to hear such news suddenly, Mary must have a good face.

But after all, Mary has not been in charge of DreamWorks for a long time, and this matter was ordered by Li Mingbao, so although Mary was reluctant, she still followed Li Mingbao.

Since this is not a formal investment intention, but only the first contact, the place arranged is not the office of DreamWorks, but a café outside, which looks relaxed and not too grand, which scares people.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Cameron arrived at the café on time, and Cameron was quite surprised when he saw Li Mingbao's appearance. If it weren't for the fact that he knew that Li Mingbao was very young and still a Hong Kong person, it would be difficult for Cameron to connect a young man like Li Mingbao with "Home Alone", but since it was the person in front of him who greeted him, Cameron would not have done anything rude.

So he walked forward quickly, shook hands with Li Mingbao, and then said: "Mr. Li is really young, I didn't expect Mr. Li to be able to make a good work that can be in the top three at the North American box office at such a young age, I really admire." ”

If these words are put into Cameron's "Titanic" screening, Li Mingbao will take Cameron's words as a mockery, after all, whoever is in front of Cameron's evil face at the box office is a matter of looking for abuse.

In this world, no one will talk about box office issues in front of Cameron without pressure, at least not Li Mingbao.

"Mr. Cameron, I also admire you, being able to think of such a good movie idea, and I also admire the movie "Terminator". Li Mingbao also spoke.

Hearing Li Mingbao's words, Cameron said with a wry smile: "It can't be said to be a movie, at least no film company is interested in my script yet, it can only be regarded as a script, and even the crew hasn't done it yet." ”

"I believe that if this script is made, it will become a classic movie, and it is precisely because of this that I will call you." Li Mingbao said from the bottom of his heart.

At this time, Li Mingbao has nothing else to talk about with Cameron except talking about the Terminator, after all, Cameron's debut is not very good. It is only from the Terminator that Cameron's brilliance will shine on Hollywood. Later, "Titanic" suppressed countless film directors, and then "Avatar" directly drove a trend, making the concept of 3D deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"I am very grateful for your appreciation, Mr. Li. But there is one thing I haven't figured out, and I hope Mr. Li can solve my doubts. ”

"What's the problem?"

"I know that DreamWorks has been focusing on the horror film market since its inception, and it has grown rapidly in this market. But DreamWorks doesn't release any other genres other than horror films. And my "Terminator" is not a horror film, but a science fiction film. I don't know why you gave up horror movies and enjoyed my sci-fi film, Mr. Li? After all, there is a big gap in this, and it is not a concept at all. Cameron voiced his doubts.

Hearing Cameron's words, Li Mingbao really didn't know how to answer for a while. Could it be that he knows that the box office performance of this movie is quite good, so he is ready to run over to intercept it and make a lot of money? If you say such a thing, you are guaranteed that the person in front of you will treat him as a madman.

If you really want to say the reason, at least Li Mingbao can't say it clearly now, but since Cameron has asked like this, if Li Mingbao doesn't give an explanation, it will be easy for Cameron to have some bad ideas, such as Li Mingbao is playing with him.

Fortunately, Li Mingbao is not the only company called DreamWorks, and the types of movies he makes are not only horror films, it can even be said that among the movies he shoots, there is really no category of horror films, even if it is a happy ghost, it cannot be regarded as a horror film, it can be regarded as a youth comedy in Hong Kong.

"Mr. Cameron, you may have forgotten something. Although DreamWorks is my company, and the company's production direction is horror films. But for me, I don't have any restrictions on the genre. In terms of the films that I have produced, there are all kinds of genres, and among the films I have produced, I have not produced any of the signature horror films of DreamWorks.

So Mr. Cameron, if you define me as a horror film executive producer, then I can't do it. The reason why I'm very interested in your Terminator is because this type of movie is still a blank area for me, and even for us Chinese, it's a blank area.

As you know, I'm from Hong Kong. The variety of movies in Hong Kong can be regarded as quite complete, but the problem is that although there are many movies there, none of them can be regarded as science fiction films in the true sense. So when I heard the news of Mr. Cameron's movie, I was more excited.

As far as I'm concerned, it's an achievement to be able to witness a great sci-fi film, and I've been able to gain some valuable lessons from this film, which is also a positive improvement for the Hong Kong film industry. After all, Hong Kong's film market is developing rapidly, and the lack of any type of film is a damage to the Hong Kong market. Li Mingbao said...