Chapter 1,196 Cameron’s Ambition

There are no geniuses in the world. There are many fools, which brings out the genius of some people.

If Spielberg is a relatively difficult guy to get along with, then the person who is more difficult to get along with than Spielberg is Cameron.

A very difficult guy to get along with, a technical genius, his way of thinking is different from others, and he is also a money-burning machine. If the four legendary directors are all money-burning machines, then Cameron is the biggest one. Money machine.

To use current buzzwords, Cameron is a technology geek, a super tech geek. Similar people in the United States include Joe Gang Leader, Bill Gai, and others.

After Spielberg brought Ye Ming in, he greeted Cameron and said, "Look who I brought here. Ye Ming, recently he and Emmerich were filming the day after tomorrow, a disaster movie. I don't understand. Why Emmerich loves making disaster movies so much.

Of course, what makes me even more confused is that you would actually participate in a similar film festival. I thought today was April Fool's Day? "

Cameron is the kind of person who is unsmiling, at least in front of strangers, so at this moment he said very seriously: "Hollywood should have various types of movies, so in a movie like this No matter what the situation is, we should respect other people's rights to make movies. This is the foundation of Hollywood's success.

As for me, it’s because I am researching a new shooting technology and plan to use this technology to shoot a movie. This time it happens to be people from all over the world. I hope to share my technology with everyone. This is 3D technology. I think this will be the standard for future movie shooting. In the future, everyone will always use this technology to shoot.

Of course, this technology is not very perfect now. Although the principles are very perfect, it is still quite troublesome before it can be truly applied to shooting movies.

Therefore, I hope that I can also listen to everyone's opinions on such a technology. No matter what it is, I need to listen to the opinions of users, or potential future users. "

This is a standard technical control, something only a very powerful technical control can say.

In Cameron's world, basically technology always comes first. All celebrities are scum. In other words, he can create his own stars without needing any stars. At this point, Dacheng Leonardo DiCaprio on the Titanic is an example. DiCaprio used to be considered a front-line star in Hollywood, but not necessarily at the top. But after the big ship, when it comes to DiCaprio, he is basically considered a superstar.

In fact, everyone paid attention to the Titanic because it was a big ship and a disaster. As for Little Plum, it was just incidental attention.

As for the later Avatar, people all over the world are paying attention to both 3D and giant-screen 3D movies. As for the starring role in the movie, God knows, how many people know who the starring role of Avatar is?

Compared to Leonardo DiCaprio, Worthington, the leading actor in Avatar, can simply be called a tragedy.

Because Leonardo DiCaprio has at least become a superstar with the help of a big ship, but Worthington is basically the half-faced type who is still tepid. Therefore, it is said that Cameron is a technical control, a very strong technical control, but for actors, he is really not willing to use any celebrities. Perhaps it is because he also had some examples of such use in the early days. Stars make movies, but later on, well, they basically have complete technical control.

Spielberg knew Cameron very well, so he immediately said: "Has your technology begun to be perfected?

I really didn’t expect it to be so fast, but do you think that after your movie is shot, how many people will be willing to watch your movie? Needless to say 3D, there are only so many 3D movie theaters in the entire United States. After you shoot it, first of all You have to choose where to play it, so that it can have a box office. If there is no box office, I don't mind if you do it. "

Cameron is indeed a technology expert. Everything is based on data. He took over the words and said: "There are less than 800 3D cinemas in the world, and there are 218 giant-screen cinemas in the world, half of which are commercial cinemas." , half of which were built by university museums and other institutions, speaking of which, there are relatively few.”

Spielberg smiled and said: "Yes, there are only more than 800 3D cinemas in the world. How many are for commercial use? 500 is the highest. I guess this number may not be there, but tell me, A movie. The 3D movie you are talking about is a digital movie. Can it make money?

James, I admit the greatness of your technology, and I also admit that in the future, digital movies should be the mainstream of movies, but on this issue, in fact, no matter what it is, now you have to shoot something like this As for Zi’s movies, the market is not mature enough. And your technical research has not reached the level where you can actually shoot a movie, right? "

It seems, it seems, that this is indeed the case. Therefore, in such a situation, Cameron's technology is said to be very good, but it is still some distance from reality. It means that movie theaters are not so easy to popularize.

Who knows, James Cameron is definitely well prepared. He is a technical expert and actually wants to participate in a film festival like this. This has to be said to be a very strange thing. Spielberg In fact, I had doubts about what this guy was doing from the beginning.

At this moment, Cameron said very firmly: "This technology will develop rapidly. I believe I will reduce the cost to a level that everyone can accept. Of course, it is mainly to attract investment. The current research has reached a critical stage." It's time, but there are some problems with costs, which I don't want to see.

Therefore, under such a situation, we can only slow down the research speed first and find the money. This time I am here, one is to share my technology. The laboratory is already a quite mature technology. Another one is to find someone to invest. How about, Director Spielberg, are you interested in investing in this research of mine? "

Spielberg immediately shook his head and said: "James, if you want to make a movie, then I think I will invest in it, but I am not very optimistic about this technology, and I have made a big move recently. , it’s impossible to support you financially.”

In fact, these big directors will not invest by themselves, or they will never invest all by themselves, otherwise they will suffer losses sooner or later. If Coppola's Apocalypse Now seeks cooperation with several film and television companies, it may not be like this. The fate of.

Therefore, Hollywood has actually encountered an unspoken rule since Apocalypse Now. This unspoken rule means that the director will not solely invest in a movie, but at most participate in the film, and usually use his own remuneration, technology and other equity participation.

This is also about sharing risks. If you have money, everyone will make it. But if it fails at the box office, well, everyone will bear it together.

Because there is a rule in Hollywood. If a movie is said to be successful at the box office, this is a rigid standard. If it is successful at the box office, it can be said anything.

But if it is not a box office success, if it is a critical success, it is not a complete failure. Apocalypse Now was a box office failure, but it is definitely a classic movie in terms of reviews.

Although he didn't gain any benefit, he gained fame. In addition, Coppola was indeed qualified to be very arrogant, so he came across the opportunity to make a comeback. If a director's movies cannot achieve fame and fortune, then it would be considered a failure of Che.

Therefore, when a big director like Cameron or Spielberg makes a movie, it is definitely not a small sum. Chen Ben must be very high. Therefore, he must find one or two villains to invest together. Sole proprietorship, that's impossible.

Even the digital movie 3D technology that Cameron is researching cannot sustain itself, and it must be endorsed by someone who is taken advantage of.

This time he is looking for money. Unfortunately, Spielberg is a profit man. If the technology is mature, he can use it to shoot movies, but now it is almost impossible for him to invest. , of course, mainly because he is busy with other things now and does not have so much money and experience.

But the two of them can be regarded as acquaintances. Although they are not close friends, they are both top directors and have the moral integrity of heroes to cherish their heroes. Spielberg glanced at Ye Ming and said, "Ye, you are also engaged in technology yourself. What do you think of this digital movie?"

This is actually a question with profound meaning. It depends on Ye Ming’s attitude towards this kind of technology. If Ye Ming is not very interested in this kind of attitude, then in this way At one point, there was actually no more to follow.

But if Ye Ming is interested in such a thing, then he can continue talking about it.

Ye Ming pondered for a while and said: "The technology is not mature enough, and the hardware conditions are very insufficient. To build a giant-screen theater, it will cost at least one million US dollars to start. If it is to be more complete, then on such a problem, 1.5 million to 2 million is more appropriate.

Therefore, the current cost of building a giant-screen digital cinema is too high. If the technology improves and the construction cost is reduced, then I think the world of digital movies will become the world in the future. Maybe in ten or eight years, the box office champion will be digital movies. Yes.

I am still very optimistic about this technology, and Huihuang.com is also developing similar digital technology. "

This statement surprised Cameron very much. Is Ye Ming also doing this technology? Cameron glanced at Ye Ming thoughtfully and said, "Is Mr. Ye also interested in digital movies? This is the first time I've heard of this."

Ye Ming said with a smile: "It's not a movie. What we do at Huihuang.com is a little different from what Mr. Cameron does. Mr. Cameron, what you do is a digital movie, and what I do is a digital network. For example, If you shop in the future, you can use digital technology to directly view the three-dimensional image of the item you want to buy. Do you think such a thing will attract more people to shop? Or in the future, on the Internet Most of the movies are also digital movies, which is very interesting.

Therefore, I am quite interested in this technology. If Mr. Cameron is willing to cooperate, then I can invest part of it and share the technology in the future. "

In fact, Spielberg brought Ye Ming here, and a large part of it was actually for this investment. He himself is currently unwilling to invest in this kind of digital film technology, but it is also possible to attract a wealthy local to invest. Her purpose, and it is obvious that Ye Ming is a good choice at this time. He is young, technically savvy, and the key is money. Huihuang.com can litigate the US government for such a long time. Is this a lawsuit?

This is a waste of money. Without enough money, who would be willing to accompany Huihuang.com to litigate with the US government? Those lawyers charge by the hour.

Therefore, Ye Ming is not short of money, or in such a situation, it can be said clearly that Huihuang.com is not short of money. Spielberg asked Luo Tian about his attitude towards digital movies. In fact, he just wanted him to invest.

But now, at this time, Ye Ming actually said that he would take the initiative to invest. This made Spielberg look at Ye Ming in a different light. Ye Ming, maybe he is also a technology control person like Cameron.

This kind of person is the most unreasonable person to talk about. It's like talking about this investment. Before Spielberg could say it, Ye Ming actually took the initiative to talk about the investment.

And Cameron is also waiting for someone to invest, and the video technology of Huihuang.com is also at the top level in the world. It almost monopolizes Internet video technology. For a technology master like Cameron, , is a very attractive question.

Therefore, at a time like this, Cameron immediately nodded and said: "Cooperation is very good. I am also very interested in this matter. You can talk about how to cooperate. Please let your People from the company should ask my lawyer to discuss this matter."

When Americans cooperate, they usually work with Tongguo lawyers, even if they are friends or even family members. This is the spirit of the contract. In the West, this is very popular. It is even said that the son borrows money from me. If so, he would also write an IOU.

What's more, if Cameron and Ye Ming cooperate, then such an issue will inevitably involve some complicated provisions, such as what kind of cooperation, special sharing after cooperation, and what are the benefits and risks? Division and the like are important considerations. (To be continued)