In fact, "The Mummy" in Charlotte's original world did not use this new technology because of the early shooting time.

Even motion capture technology, they don't use much.

Therefore, in that version of "The Mummy", the mummy incarnated by the high priest Immorton has a rather dull expression.

It wasn't until it was incarnated in the plot that his facial expressions gradually became richer.

However, Charlotte's own version of "The Mummy", since he knows the solution to the technical problem, how can he not use it?

- After discovering that the technicians of the motion capture team were stuck in the problem of facial expression capture, he immediately told the ending plan in "Avatar".

Although the development of some hardware equipment is not very ideal because of the different times, the basic effect can still be achieved-

After re-experimenting, the technicians were pleasantly surprised to find that the facial expressions of the "mummies" were really much richer......

In this case, the use of new technology naturally becomes an inevitable choice.

- On the one hand, it can further improve the quality of the film "The Mummy", and on the other hand, it can also bring some long-term benefits to Charlotte.

For example, patents.

Charlotte has patented all the new special effects technologies used in the filming of "The Mummy" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" - except for spell-based ones such as spell effects.

It's like this motion capture technique that uses a miniature camera suspended from the head to enhance facial expressions.

This trick was actually learned by him from James Cameron, or James Cameron in his original world.

Cameron, as Hollywood's premier director, certainly earns a lot of money. But with Yijun's obsessive-compulsive disorder and detail-controlled character, he is destined not to be a prolific director.

So, is he not very rich like many big directors who are world-renowned, but don't have a lot of assets in essence?

The answer is no, in a sense.

Because in addition to the benefits of films, Cameron also holds a large number of technical patents related to films, especially 3D films.

It can be said that after "Avatar", a small part of the production cost of every real 3D movie belongs to James Cameron.

- As a pioneer of Hollywood film industry technology, James Cameron is certainly a blue thread, and every time he makes a movie, it is very stressful, but his income is also very large.

Latecomers had to learn to use the new technology he developed, either by doing their own research from scratch or by paying for it from him – most of the filmmakers used the second option from a cost point of view.

This has become an important source of personal income for James Cameron.

It can be said that in the history of Hollywood, there are only two people who have enjoyed the most benefits of pioneering new technologies-

One is James Cameron.

And the other, is George Lucas.

It's just that the father of Star Wars can become one of the most influential and wealthy people in Hollywood, in addition to the film special effects technology company Industrial Light & Magic he created, but also because he controls the super IP of "Star Wars".

——The status of this series in the minds of Americans can be said to be no less than "Journey to the West" to Chinese.

In contrast, although James Cameron also has the "Terminator" series, the copyright of this series is not in his hands.

His income comes more from the various new technology applications he researched when he was shooting movies before.

And now, learning from the experience of James Cameron in her original world, Charlotte will also patent the new technology she developed in the process of filming whenever she has the opportunity.

Although it stands to reason that most of these new technologies were not developed by Charlotte herself. Most of the time, he only exists as a funder and mentor.

However, a large number of patents filed by big tech companies every year are also owned by tech companies, and are not attributed to real technicians.

Even Edison, one of the founders of General Electric, the inventor of the year, most of his more than 2,000 inventions were not actually made by himself, but thanks to his laboratory.

However, the world only knows Edison......

It's hard to say right or wrong, except that that's how the world works.

Of course, because the era of 3D movies has not yet arrived, Charlotte currently has only some patents for special effects technology and motion capture technology.

It's not much, but there has been a certain accumulation.

In fact, Charlotte had already figured out that after filming "The Mummy" this time, he was ready to upgrade the Ghost Party studio to a full-fledged company.

This company will be responsible for licensing some of Charlotte's technology.

- Of course, there is no way to do it with the spell effects part.

In short, after five years of hard work and eight films in a row (of which "The Mummy" has not yet been filmed), Charlotte has completed the initial accumulation -

In terms of personal capital, Charlotte has actually accumulated a net worth of more than $100 million unconsciously.

This is mainly due to the box office and other peripheral revenues of the three films "The Sixth Sense", "Detective Hell" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

The previous "Fatal Bend" and "Happy Death Day" and "Guillotine Valley" were also box office hits, but the copyright of those movies was not in Charlotte's hands.

Charlotte, as a director, is essentially just a high-level wage earner.

Therefore, although those three movies made Charlotte famous in Hollywood and got out of the state of being poor and white, it didn't make him much wealth.

At best, it can only be said that it has reached the average level of Hollywood.

What really made his net worth skyrocket was the next three movies independently produced in the name of the Ghost Party Studio-

Although there are investments from other film companies or investors, the other party's share is more focused on the box office income of the movie, and various peripheral income in the later period, including the income from DVDs and videotapes, according to the habits of the industry, still all belong to Charlotte.

Even though Charlotte still has to share a part of her own share to the core members of the Ghost Party studio such as Lao Gun, the success of three consecutive self-made movies still made Charlotte's net worth skyrocket, and finally became a billionaire.

Of course, like all rich people, most of Charlotte's billionaire net worth is not cash.

- After all, the IRS has a deep hatred for the rich hoarding cash on their accounts.

In a country that celebrates consumption, anyone who dares to do so will inevitably be heavily taxed by the IRS.

Therefore, in the process of making money, Charlotte also did a lot of consumption and investment, which made his net worth a lot of fixed assets and investment components-