Vol 2 Chapter 25: Big ship preparation

"What are you laughing, Ed?" Don Simpson, who was standing next to Adrian and talking to Jerry Brookheimer, first discovered his smile, and then curiously looked in the direction of his gaze.
"It's nothing," Adrian turned, with a smile on his face. "I bet, Michael Bay must be thinking at this time: stare, sooner or later, I will surpass you."
"Want to surpass James? That wouldn't be easy," Simpson said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Mike is indeed a very talented director, but it's a long way behind James. He's a little too Obsessed with the dazzling and hot pictures, I always want to make the movie look cooler and more impactful, so I neglect to promote the development of the plot. "
I have to admit that Simpson talked about Michael Bay's weakness, and the problem persisted and held him back years later.
"It is always good for young people to be aggressive, even if they have such shortcomings, as long as he realizes nature, he will find ways to correct them. Didn't Jerry grow up under your guidance?" Adrian said, though Deep down, he didn't think that Michael Bay would really make adjustments, but who knew that he would definitely follow his memory in the future?
"That's true," Simpson nodded, and then looked at him with some noise. "Wait, you seem to belong to the young man, too, Ed? Not to mention Jerry, Mike seems to be two years older than you? "
"Why, allow you and Jerry to rely on the old and sell the old, would you not allow me to do that?" Adrian asked jokingly.
"Hey, I didn't say anything." Jerry Bruckheimer, who was inexplicably involved, raised his hands.
The three laughed together, and Adrian narrowed his eyes, and then said goodbye. After taking two steps, he thought of something and turned his head and said, "I believe this will definitely be a blockbuster movie. Don, so there are Not interested in working again? "
Simpson looked at Adrian with a startled look: "What's your good idea, Ed?"
"Yes, a very exciting, hot and shocking story, I have already chosen the producer and director." Adrian said, looking at Brookheimer and looking at Cameron in the distance. Michael Bay, who was talking to Rong, had a very clear meaning. "I even have three starring candidates, and I believe that if we continue to cooperate, this will be another blockbuster movie."
"Can you talk about the idea?" Simpson suddenly became interested.
"Now? Let's wait until the premiere of" Jedi ", and I'll just summarize this idea systematically to better explain to you," Adrian turned away with a smile, "Unaccompanied."
Simpson shrugged, although he felt a little regretful but didn't care. Adrian said so. Then wait for him to come up with a specific idea and talk about it. The young man has used many facts to prove that his words have always been It's true.
"Oh, sorry, my boyfriend is here." Before Adrian walked to the bar, the long-haired girl who found his trace left the man who was talking to him and came over, holding his arm behind him A sweet smile appeared.
Adrian was a little surprised, but didn't show it on his face, and looked at her with a smile: "Did I disturb you?"
"You never told me that you already have a boyfriend." The handsome man who seemed to be between 20 and 30 was somewhat disappointed and unwilling, and completely ignored Adrian. The presence.
"Did I not?" The girl thought for a moment, then smiled, "Sorry, I may have forgotten."
"How come here, Liv? I'm looking for you everywhere." At this time, how could Adrian not understand what was going on, and immediately asked in a friendly tone, while crossing her pretty face Just kissed.
"I think you are having a good time talking and don't want to disturb, so I walked around alone." Liv shrugged.
"Sorry, dear, I left you in the cold, would you give me a chance to apologize?" Adrian said in a sincere tone, Liv gave the man a quick glance, and pretended to laugh playfully. :"Ok."
Adrian then took her elsewhere and smiled politely at the man. Although the guy had no idea, he couldn't. The other party immediately raised his hands, cursed and said something, and left in the opposite direction.
"This is your date? It's not interesting at all." Adrian just looked away, Liv asked dissatisfied.
"What's wrong? Is the movie's premiere a bit annoying?" Adrian asked in puzzlement.
"No, but it's no different than a party. I thought I could see something else." Liv said with a lip, "I've been partying since I was born. Something else? "
Speaking of a pause here, she looked around and said, "Of course, I admit that this premiere is really different from the party, but ... I only had a birthday party a few days ago, so ... ... "
Liv made a gesture and didn't speak again, but her mouth was not put down, which made her playful even more cute.
"It's a pity that I couldn't attend on July 1st, otherwise the atmosphere of the party will definitely be warmer," Adrian said with a smile, "I hope you like my birthday present."
"It's not bad, but you're wasting the opportunity I gave you, Ed," Liv suddenly shook his arm away and looked at him with hands on hips. "I've stopped talking since I promised, I can ignore the perfunctory things in the two previous dates, but if this is the case, I have to say goodbye to you. "
Funny girl. Looking at the girl's pair of blue eyes with a little dissatisfaction, Adrian's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he laughed: "So, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will take you to a very beautiful place, you will like it . "
"Really?" Liv blinked, and hesitated unexpectedly.
Feeling surprised, Adrian was about to say something, and Cameron's voice came suddenly: "Hey, Ed, it turns out that you are here. No wonder I can't find your figure there."
"It looks like you finally got rid of them." Adrian shook hands with him with a smile.
"Fortunately, where did you find such a newcomer to be a director? The kid was very interested in special effects." Cameron chatted nonchalantly before realizing that Liv was standing beside Adrian. "This Yes?"
"There are always a lot of people looking for you, I won't bother you, Ed, I'm waiting for our date." Liv immediately made a face, and walked away without waiting for Adrian to speak.
"Liv Tyler, the heroine of the film I worked with Tim Burton." Adrian explained.
Cameron said something meaningful, he seemed to want to say something about it, but after looking at Adrian, the question was still the original one: "How is it now?"
Although this question was boring, Adrian knew what he was concerned about. Cameron's place would come to the premiere of "Jedi". In addition to being invited by Adrian, Another reason is that the box office of "The Real Lie" in North America is approaching $ 100 million.
The Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee still affects the box office of the movie to some extent, but it can't stop the popular release of "The Real Lie". Almost everyone knows that after the third week, it is a certain thing that North America's box office broke 100 million. It ’s overseas box office, because the Arab nation ’s consistent ban on filming may lose part, but as far as the movie itself is concerned, it is no longer a problem to recover the cost. Now there are only things that make more money, so Cameron ca n’t wait to find it Adrian.
"Good," Adrian smiled, but talked about another topic. "How have you been in the past six months, James?"
"Good, what's wrong?" Although Cameron didn't understand why he asked this, he answered patiently.
"I mean, are there any interesting activities? Like traveling or something." Adrian continued with a gesture.
"Of course I did. Linda and I went to Hawaii for a vacation early last month. We deliberately went to a deeper diving area. The world under the ocean was really beautiful." Cameron recalled.
"It's not possible," Adrian smiled. "In deeper places, it's dark, the creatures are scarce, and there is no beauty at all, such as the place where the world's largest ship sank decades ago. . "
"The largest ship in the world at that time?" Cameron froze, followed by a brightening of his eyes, and from the beginning of the conversation he was trying to figure out why Adrian had said these words to him, how could he not react now.
"You want to make a movie about the Titanic?" His tone was excited.
"You know, last weekend, Tornado, a disaster film, simply pulled" Real Lies "to the top of the North American box office charts, so I wanted to make-or ask you to produce and direct a "Titanic related disaster movies," Adrian said bluntly, "Of course, it is not entirely a disaster, but you can also add a touching love story, such as the poor boy and the rich girl. More important Yes--"
He made a long pause and continued after seeing Cameron's appetite hanging: "I personally invested 200 million for the filming, no matter how you splurge, you can rent a submarine to the bottom of the sea to take a close and careful look Observing the wreckage, you can also make a 1: 1 oversized model ship for shooting. You can even spend three to four years making it. As long as I see a beautiful super large that can shock and marvel the world. Just make it-don't tell me, you can't "
"$ 200 million? Are you sure?" Even a lunatic like Cameron couldn't help swallowing after hearing this condition, his eyes stared at Adrian, for fear he would tell him next This is just a joke.
"Yes, $ 200 million, you can splurge." Adrian spread his hands. "This is definitely not a joke, James. I said I would work a miracle with you, then I can definitely do it."
Followed by, he added: "Of course, only 200 million US dollars."
Although in Adrian's memory, the final cost of this unprecedented production was 240 million, but he only gave a budget of 200 million. Once Cameron has burned his money, let alone 200 million US dollars, he will not hesitate to splurge even if it is doubled, even if Adrian knows what benefits this film can bring, it does not mean that He could tolerate Cameron's indiscriminate burning of money, knowing that it was entirely at his own expense.
Therefore, Adrian directly opened 200 million funds directly. In this way, Cameron can only burn money if he can weigh it, even if he is still cheeky and hopes to invest more, it will naturally owe the humanity he owes. Bigger.
Cameron did not hesitate, and agreed in one sip. How many people in Hollywood can have such courage? Can you pay $ 200 million for a movie? It would be a fool to miss him.
Frankly, Adrian didn't think of directing this film by himself, but this is the "Titanic" that broke the global box office records and made countless people worship. Even if it has been for hundreds of years, it will also occupy a place in film history. Position. However, after thinking about it again, he gave up the plan, because he really did not have time to make such a huge movie that would take countless energy. Not to mention the difficulties in the shooting, the details alone are enough to cause headaches. Adrian can't do the same as Cameron.
He remembered seeing anecdotes about Cameron's production of the "Titanic". When shooting those banquet scenes, he found that Titanic was not engraved on the tableware used, and Cameron directly It was announced that all the previous shots were invalidated, and it was shot from the beginning after contacting the British tableware factory to re-customize the tableware. This took about 100,000 yuan in one go, and all the previous shots were invalidated, so the money was burned. .
This is not to say that Adrian couldn't produce it, and Cameron's original version is used as a reference. In addition, he has also "remade" many movies. It does not need to spend a year and a half to prepare as Cameron. It took a year and a half to shoot. But even so, he estimated in his heart that even if he did not build a 1: 1 model, it would still take nearly two years.
This is too long, and it also takes up most of his energy. Although Adrian doesn't mind giving him another layer of aura, this is not his main purpose after all. Besides, he already has another plan for increasing the director's halo, and the impact caused by it will never be inferior to that of "Titanic", so it is still up to Cameron to take charge of this job, which is both honor and pressure. , This also fully demonstrated his vision and courage for people and movies.
The two did not continue to talk about this matter. Adrian made such a surprising promise, but the story is just an idea and an outline. Although Cameron was surprised and excited by this commitment, he also felt a lot of pressure. Naturally, he had to go back and think about how to prepare.
"Jedi" is finally released, which finally relieves major movie companies that are watching. Although the number of theaters is similar to that of "Tornado", the box office in the first week was only about 17 million. Although it was on the North American box office rankings, In the last few, there was no momentum from the previous "Real Lies" and "Tornado". It's no wonder that one of Paramount's executives is proud to say to his assistant in private that big investments can make a lot of money, so they have to be involved in the end.
However, they forgot that although the box office in the first week of "Jedi" was not as good as the previous two, the cost was only about 20 million, which was a quarter of "Tornado" and a fifth of "The Real Lie". What's more, all three movies on the North American box office were produced by Bothworth Films, with Fox and Warner just involved in the investment and distribution.
After this statement reached Adrian's ears, he just smiled, and they had this kind of thought and it was in his heart. Although after the media acquisition of TBS, major movie companies are aware that it will be impossible to completely suppress Bosworth Films, but they have not given up their plans to stumbling. After all, Bosworth Films has been really Too dazzling.
Fortunately, the early establishment of DreamWorks has attracted a lot of attention as Adrian expected. After financing and possessing strong capabilities not found in other new companies, Carsenberger ambitiously wanted to make DreamWorks Created a company that is tied with the seven major film companies, and simultaneously extended its tentacles into multiple fields, such as film, music, animation, and so on.
How can such a big deal not get people's attention, some people think that the dream factory with Jeffrey Carsonberg, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen will become another Hollywood can't be ignored. New forces, and some people think it's hard to say how far DreamWorks can go ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The top executives of major movie companies have also begun to observe how the establishment of DreamWorks will bring much impact in the industry and put it on Bosworth The attention in the film industry is naturally much less.
Now with this mentality added, let alone worry, and the media now has new lines and Miramax, even if other companies really have any small actions, it is not a concern.
In short, the three movie sales are already certain, and the two black actors of the Jedi, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, have begun to increase their popularity sharply-unfortunately, the protagonist of "Tornado" It's a tornado, so even if Kate is getting attention, his popularity is not as fast as these two bad boys.
At Adrian's prompt, the agent company quickly brought Will Smith over, and Martin Lawrence let it go. This is not his eccentricity. Lawrence is from a black neighborhood, so he often speaks for his personality, and Smith grew up in a middle-class family, and his ideology is closer to the mainstream American society. So the former is a lot of trouble, while the latter has attracted more people. Adrian has already prepared a new movie for him, a very exciting science fiction movie, and the director of this film is already in the agency company. He served before being acquired by the media.
Of course, before that, Adrian had another appointment to deal with.