On January 20, 1994, this was about the day that attracted the most attention from the people of the United States in the history of China, and it was also the day when the most reporters in the entire magic capital and the United States were the most.

After various publicity in the early stage, the launch of the replica Titanic has become a first-class news in the United States, attracting the attention of countless audiences.

The reporters of the United States, no, to be precise, the reporters of the West, all flew to the magic capital and crowded into the small dock of the Jiangnan Shipyard, waiting for the moment when the replica Titanic was launched.

Because the Titanic is actually a British-made cruise ship, and most of the passengers killed in it are also British citizens, so the British pay great attention to the Titanic.

And there is no 20th century Fox in this, it is completely hyped up by the British media and the people themselves. And with the popularity of the news in the UK, the whole of Europe has also begun to pay attention to this news, so not only the news reporters from the United States, but also the entire Western world, about 20 countries, and the news reporters sent by Europe to report this time.

With such a grand scale, Jiangnan Shipyard itself did not expect it at all, especially when they saw that more than 500 reporters applied to Jiangnan Shipyard and were able to broadcast live the Titanic sailing picture, the director of Jiangnan Shipyard could not decide, he could only report the situation to the above and ask the above to make a decision.

There is also an argument above, because the Jiangnan Shipyard itself involves some military products, and if the reporter is allowed to enter at this time, some spies will be introduced if the security is not complete, which is very dangerous.

However, after repeated discussions, it was finally decided to let all reporters enter the live broadcast, because this is an excellent opportunity to showcase China's industrial achievements, which has a great role in promoting China's international prestige and economic development.

As for the issue of some military secrets, they can be transferred ahead of schedule, and there will be no possibility of leakage of secrets.

As a result, the Jiangnan Shipyard was officially opened to the public on the 20th, and more than 500 reporters from various countries flocked to the slipway, looking up at the ship up close, as if it was a super ghost returning from 82 years ago.

According to post-mortem statistics, about 40 million viewers watched the live TV broadcast in Quanmi, and if you count the whole of Europe, the total number of people who watched the live broadcast reached 70 million, which is a very staggering number.

The Titanic is scheduled to set sail at 10:10, and before that, the reporters can only interview the executives of 20th Century Fox and the director James Cameron who are present, and listen to them tell some stories about the preparation of the Titanic.

For example, Jon Landau complained that when the Titanic was ready to shoot, the planned investment was $80 million, which later grew to $140 million, and now the investment has soared to $240 million.

Jon Landau even said that when he learned that the investment had risen to $240 million, and the missing dollar of investment needed to be found by him, Jon Landau went to the top floor of the Empire State Building that night, intending to jump from the top and get a hundred.

But before he died, he had to be pulled and jumped down by James Cameron!

"Fortunately, I met a generous gentleman who was willing to pay the extra $100 million in investment, and I survived." Jon Landau sighed.

"Huaxia is really a great country, their skills are exquisite, I admire them very much!" James Cameron also said with a flattering expression on his face when he was interviewed, "When the movie was first prepared for filming, I planned to build a real Titanic, but domestic companies gave me unacceptable prices, and the cheapest one also had an offer of 380 million US dollars, which exceeded all the budgets of our films."

"So then I had to give up, and I planned to build only 1/4 of the Titanic, which is the Titanic within the range where your lens is shooting now, so that I can deceive the audience of the movie!"

"It's just that later I was fortunate enough to contact Jiangnan Shipyard, and they quoted me an unimaginable price, out of confidentiality, I can't tell you, but what I can say is that this price is more than twice as cheap as 1/4 Titanic, otherwise our shooting cost would not be 240 million US dollars, but 540 million US dollars!"

James Cameron blew Huaxia into the sky, of course, this does not mean how much James Cameron loves Huaxia, but he knows that the investors of the film are watching him not far away, if he says the wrong thing, then the money for this investment will be gone!

Before all the investment funds are in place, James Cameron has to make them happy by touting the damn investors.

And James Cameron is not a lie, after all, he really admires Huaxia's industrial strength and speed.

It's just that what James Cameron didn't expect was that his words made many Chinese officials present and the Chinese people who also watched live TV deeply remembered.

"Mr. Cameron, is a good friend of our Chinese people!" A bigwig commented in front of the media.

So James Cameron has become a good friend and old friend of the Chinese people, and has a very high reputation in China, so he has gained huge popularity in China and many intangible benefits.

Well, the most obvious benefit is that James Cameron proposes to make a movie, then Huaxia's investment is always in place as soon as possible, and his films can always be approved as quickly as possible and enter the Huaxia film market, which is a super treatment that even Spielberg does not have.

After various interviews lasted for more than an hour, Jon Landau, James Cameron, and the captain of Jiangnan Shipyard, or the leader of the magic city, 4 people stood on the high slipway together, and in front of them was the steel butt of the Titanic.

These four people each picked up a bottle of champagne, looked at each other and smiled, and then knocked hard on the Titanic's buttocks, and then the tugboat in the distance let out a roar, and the Titanic, which was originally parked on the shore, began to move forward, and finally rushed into the water like a bomb, completing the water entry ceremony.

For the next 60 days, the tugboat will tow the Titanic and sail towards distant Hawaii.

[PS: There is a bit of a problem here, because the ship does not start sailing immediately after entering the water, and it also needs to be outfitted on the water. However, because the Titanic does not need to be equipped with a power system, the outfitting is completed directly on land, and I will explain it here! 】