After talking about the cost of actors, let's take a look at the cost of various miscellaneous props, I noticed that in the cost of 30 million US dollars of props, 15 million is the cost of making fixed buildings such as studios, we will not discuss this for the time being, the key to our problem is in the remaining 15 million various props. ”

"These items are as small as a wine glass inside and only 30 cents on the outside, but here they cost $30. As big as a huge crystal chandelier of $300,000, doesn't Mr. Jon think that these things are a little too expensive? ”

"And these luxury decorations, although most of the luxury goods are counterfeit, but such as furs, backpacks, etc., all require the same authentic products of the year, and the cost of these luxury goods is as high as 8 million US dollars, will this be too high?" Boss Jia asked, pointing to the things on the list.

"This ...... There is no way to do this, if the movie is to be filmed, then these things must be made, because this is a 1912 thing, so all the furnishings must conform to the style and characteristics of 1912! ”

"But now it has been more than 80 years since 1912, and no one is producing these old objects, all the props need to be specially customized, and then made by hand, these are things that cannot be produced by the assembly line, they can only rely on manual labor!"

"In the United States, labor and assembly line are two different prices, the same east-west assembly line only needs one dollar, labor may need 100 dollars, the price is so high, there is no way!" Jon thought that Boss Jia was a Chinese man and didn't know the national conditions of the country, so he patiently explained.

"Mr. Jon doesn't have to explain, I don't have any doubts about the price of this list, in fact I'm pretty sure that these things are worth the price in the United States!" Boss Jia said with a smile, and Jon was a little puzzled.

Since Boss Jia understands the truth, why do you have to talk nonsense?

"But Mr. Jon also said just now that the reason why these things are expensive is because they all need to be made by hand, and the materials themselves are not outstanding, right?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.

"Hmm!" Jon nodded.

"Then let's find a place where the wages of workers are cheap to buy these things, won't we?" Boss Jia squinted his eyes and said.

"Mr. Jia, what do you mean by that?" Jon was stunned for a moment.

"I mean, why do we have to buy these props in the United States? We can purchase it in Huaxia! Boss Jia snapped his fingers, and the secretary behind him sent a thick report.

Then Boss Jia continued, "Actually, I have already inquired about these props, and we can make them in Huaxia, and the price is very cheap!" ”

"Huaxia?" Jon was stunned for a moment, and then instinctively showed a skeptical expression and said, "Mr. Jia, it's not that I have any prejudice against Huaxia, it's just that Huaxia seems to be a little backward in technology, can they really make these things?" ”

"Hahaha!" When Boss Jia heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "Mr. Jon, if we want to make a modern movie, then I may also worry about the level of technological production." But our film is a film about 1912, 80 years from now. Even if China's scientific and technological level lags behind the world by 50 years, it is enough to make the old things of 1912! ”

"That's ......," Jon nodded.

"And I see, a lot of things in this need some old traditional equipment to be produced, these equipment has been eliminated in the United States, and there are still a lot of them in China, which is also very convenient!"

"Believe me, I've done a very detailed survey, and there are about 10% of the old items in this list, which can't be made in Huaxia and can still be made in the United States. But the remaining 90%, we in Huaxia can guarantee that it will be manufactured, and there will be no problems! ”

"That's ......," Jon hesitated, "but rice and Huaxia are two styles, and these old objects have a lot of details, and Huaxia people are different from rice people, and they may not be able to restore these things perfectly!" ”

"It doesn't matter anymore! As long as you can provide us with pictures and drawings, there will be no big difference. Boss Jia waved his hand, "Mr. Jon, let me ask, do you still remember the events of 1912?" ”

"I was born in 1932...... Jon listened with a confused face, "how could I have seen anything from 1912!" ”

That's right, how many people in the United States still remember the events of 1912, remember so many furnishings and objects in 1912, they don't have a real memory, how do they know if these things are perfect in detail? As long as the general atmosphere is there, they won't question it! Boss Jia said lightly.

The 1912 thing is similar to a costume film, and no one really cares about a lot of details, besides, Boss Jia has tried his best to be perfect, but there will never be a perfect perfection in the world.

"But......" Jon Landau hesitated.

"$5 million!" Boss Jia suddenly said, "These 15 million things, put them in Huaxia to do, at most only 5 million US dollars." And if anything goes wrong, I'll be responsible! ”

"Then no problem!" Jon kept his mouth shut, saving another $10 million in expenses, and some of the details really didn't mean much compared to $10 million.

Besides, to be honest, the things produced in China are not necessarily worse than those produced by the Mi people!

"In that way, we've saved $20 million!" Boss Jia smiled, then pointed to the special effects and said, "In addition, in terms of special effects, I think that at least half of the cost can be saved, that is, 20 million US dollars!" ”

"$20 million? This is impossible, Cameron will never compromise, that is, the cost of special effects! When Jon heard this, he immediately exploded and immediately said.

"If you don't reduce the level of special effects, you can rest assured, we won't reduce the level of special effects! There must be special effects, even better than the original plan! Boss Jia said with a smile.

"Then it's even more impossible! Mr. Jia, you don't want to hand over the special effects to you Huaxia people to do the same! Jon was anxious when he heard this, "Mr. Jia, please forgive me, you Huaxia people may indeed be able to do other things, but in terms of special effects, only we in the world can make them, and you Huaxia don't even have a special effects studio, so you can't do the special effects that Titanic needs, which will ruin this movie!" ”

"We have invested more than $100 million, can't we save $20 million in special effects!"

"Calm down! Mr. Jon, calm down!! Boss Jia patted Jon on the shoulder and smiled, "Mr. Jon, I mean cutting the number of special effects shots, not the quality of special effects. Similarly, all the special effects are still done by you Americans, as you said, we Chinese people can't do special effects of this level at the moment! ”

Isn't that the same thing? The number of VFX shots has been reduced, so what's the difference between that and ruining the VFX effect? Jon's face flushed.

"Listen to me, the so-called special effects are to be able to shoot scenes that can't be filmed in reality, right?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.

"That's right......

"That's right, some shots really can't be shot in reality, so we have to do special effects. But there are some special effects shots, which can also be shot in reality, but because of the cost, they have to be made with special effects lenses! ”

"But let me ask, no matter how perfect the special effects lens is, can there be a perfect picture shot in real action?"

"Mr. Jia, what exactly do you want to say?" Jon was confused by Boss Jia.

"I mean it very simply!" Boss Jia laughed, "Actually, I think Director Cameron's initial idea is quite good, let's just build a Titanic, and then let him sink to the bottom of the sea, how perfect and real the picture must be!" ”