Although Boss Jia really wants to see how the sales of Warcraft are, but time is no longer allowed, because it is already May at this time, and there are only 20 days left before the wedding.

However, before going back, Boss Jia still went to Fox and paid attention to the progress of the Titanic.

And when he saw Boss Jia, Jon Landau, the producer of the Titanic, looked at Boss Jia with a bitter face, and he didn't know that he owed tens of millions.

"What? Shooting funding has now bottomed out! After hearing Jon Landau's complaints, Boss Jia exclaimed.

"Yes...... Jon Landau laughed even harder, "that truck driver is really an expert in spending money, of our $135 million, only 35 million are really used to invite celebrities, and the remaining 100 million is used for special effects investment and scene prop construction." ”

"We originally thought that 100 million was enough, but now that truck driver actually wants to directly build a real Titanic, and our 100 million US dollars are used to build ships, and it is not enough, can you believe it!"

"What's even more exaggerated is that this guy really wants to sink this imitation Titanic to the bottom of the sea and complete the final shipwreck work!"

"Oh my God! It's horrible! Boss Jia cooperated and made a frightened expression.

"But fortunately, he just said it, this is just a cute idea, he himself knows that this is impossible, he finally decided to build only half of the hull for the filming of the Titanic exterior, this half of the hull alone will cost 60 million US dollars, it's crazy!" Jon Landau kept complaining.

In history, when Cameron filmed the Titanic, in order to achieve a realistic effect, he did build half of the Titanic.

The reason why it is said to be half is because this half of the Titanic was actually built on land, and in fact there are only about 13, including the bow on the left side, and part of the middle hull part, and the half of the stern was not built in the end because the budget really couldn't keep up.

However, the director cleverly borrowed the camera angle to hide the last half of the hull, and then added some special effects to make the audience look as if the whole ship was in the same frame from the screen.

But even so, the cost of this part of the hull reached a staggering $60 million.

"Mr. Jia, we were all deceived by that truck driver, you know? He ended up handing me a list of cost budgets, which was a whopping $175 million, which was $40 million more than the previous one, and I was fed up!! Jon Landau, as a good producer, was able to make such complaints, which shows how much he hurt in the pre-shooting preparation process of the film.

"In fact, it ended up being $235 million!" Boss Jia muttered in his heart.

In the history of the filming of the Titanic, the price changed a total of three times.

The first time, when I first prepared for the shoot, I budgeted for $135 million.

When it was time to actually start shooting, there was the new offer of $175 million just mentioned.

At the end of history, 21st Century Fox accepted the new offer, adding another $40 million investment.

But this is not the final offer, in the end it is covered a little, you go to the back of someone else's quotation in 1995, halfway through the filming of the movie, the 175 million filming and production funds are all used up, so Cameron threw out a new $235 million offer, plus another $60 million investment.

Then 20th Century Fox went completely insane.

At that time, 20th Century Fox was in a time of extreme financial difficulties and constraints, and could no longer afford to invest $60 million, so in the end, it was only able to attract Paramount to enter at the cost of North American distribution rights, and let Paramount supplement the investment of $60 million before finally completing the filming of the film.

Jon Landau complained to Boss Jia about this, with obvious intentions, that is, he hoped that Boss Jia could bear the $40 million expense.

"In principle, there is no problem!" Boss Jia nodded and said, "But there are some cost issues, can we have a meeting to discuss, can't he Cameron say how much it costs, let's spend as much as we want, let's also save costs!" ”

"I also know the reason for cost savings" Jon Landau nodded, "but in fact, Cameron didn't cheat us much, he gave me the budget list, I let the professional team review it." These money are really to be spent, it is money that cannot be saved, and where it can be saved, Cameron has already helped us save it! ”

"That's the final offer!" Jon Landau said sincerely.

"Show me that costing list!" Boss Jia said lightly, and the secretary behind him immediately took out a detailed cost accounting list.

As a major investor in the Titanic, of course, this cost accounting list was also sent to Daqian as soon as possible, and the team of Daqian Entertainment also reviewed this cost list, and finally concluded that the same as Jon Landau, the cost of 175 million, according to Cameron's shooting methods and requirements, is indeed difficult to save.

These are all things that Boss Jia has known for a long time, but he still took the entire list and read it several times, and finally said, "Mr. Jon, I have carefully read this list, and the main costs in it can actually be divided into 4 parts!" ”

"Part 1 is the manufacture of the Titanic's hull, which is the largest and requires a cost of $60 million!"

"The second is the cost of all props except for the manufacture of the Titanic hull, which is about 30 million US dollars!"

"And then there is the actor's salary, a total of 35 million"

"Finally, there's the budget for special effects, $50 million."

"It's okay to divide it that way, right?" Boss Jia said.

"That's right!" Jon Landau nodded.

"Then let's take a look at the costs one by one, first of all, the actor's salary, is there any amount that can be cut here?" Boss Jia asked as he tapped the list.

"It's hard!" Jon Landau shook his head, "In order to save actors' salaries, we have used new actors as much as possible!" ”

"But the heroine is Nicole Kidman, and she is paid as much as $10 million alone!" Boss Jia said with a frown.

Because the actor was not decided at all in the first negotiation, Boss Jia didn't know that the final heroine was Nicole Kidman, not Kate Winslet in his memory.

You must know that Kate Winslet at this time is just a young actor who has made two movies, and it is estimated that the salary is not even 500,000 US dollars. As a result, I don't know why it became Nicole Kidman on the cast list.

"Mr. Jia, this is the only big-name star among all the actors!" Jon Landau frowned and said, "A Hollywood blockbuster needs at least one big-name star to come to town, otherwise our movie can't be promoted at all!" ”

"That's a Hollywood blockbuster, not a Hollywood blockbuster!" Boss Jia smiled, "I don't know if Mr. Jon has found out, those movies in history that can be called god movies never seem to have used any big-name actors." ”

"This ......," Jon Landau stopped talking.

"Well, I want to leave this right completely to our director Cameron to choose, if he thinks Nicole Kidman is the most suitable actress, then I am willing to believe Director Cameron."

"On the contrary, if Director Cameron has a crush on other actresses, let's not stop him, everything is based on Director Cameron's will!" Boss Jia said.

"Okay......" Jon Landau nodded, "Actually, Cameron told me more than once that he fell in love with a young actor named Kate Wainlester, and the price was cheap, only $300,000 in salary, but she was not famous at all, and the company was worried that it would affect the box office, so she didn't agree, and she was still arguing with Cameron over this issue a few days ago." ”

"Since Mr. Jia said so, then respect Cameron's meaning and listen to him!"

"A very wise decision!" Boss Jia laughed, and then drew a horizontal bar on the actor's salary cost, from the previous salary cost of 35 million yuan to 25 million yuan salary suddenly, so that the cost of 10 million US dollars was saved at once!