Chapter 700

On January 20, 1994, it was about the day that attracted the most attention of the American people in the history of China. At the same time, it was also the day that the whole magic capital and the largest number of American journalists.

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

American journalists, not exactly Western journalists, all flew to Mordor and crowded into the small dock of Jiangnan Shipyard, waiting for the moment when the replica Titanic was launched.

Because the Titanic is actually a cruise ship made in Britain, and most of the passengers killed are British citizens, the British people pay high attention to the Titanic.

And there is no 20th century fox to fuel the fire. It is completely hyped by the British media and people. With the popularity of news in Britain, the whole Europe began to pay attention to the news, so there were not only journalists from the United States, but also journalists from the whole western world, about more than 20 countries and Europe to report this time.

Such a grand scale made Jiangnan Shipyard completely unexpected. Especially when they saw that more than 500 journalists applied to Jiangnan Shipyard and could broadcast the picture of the Titanic sailing live, the director of Jiangnan Shipyard could not decide. He could only report the situation to the top and ask the top to make a decision.

There is also a debate above, because Jiangnan Shipyard itself involves some military products. If reporters are allowed in at this time, some spies will be introduced, which is very dangerous.

However, after repeated discussion, the above finally decided to let all journalists enter the live broadcast, because this is an excellent opportunity to show China's industrial achievements and plays a great role in promoting China's international reputation and economic development.

As for some military secrets, they can be transferred in advance, and there will be no possibility of leakage.

Therefore, Jiangnan Shipyard was officially opened to the outside world on the 20th. More than 500 journalists from various countries poured into the slipway and looked up at the ship closely, as if it were a super ghost returning from 82 years ago.

According to the statistics afterwards, about 40 million viewers watched the live TV broadcast in the whole meter. If the whole Europe is included, the total population watching the live TV reached 70 million, which is a very amazing number.

The Titanic is scheduled to set sail at 10:10. Before that, the reporters can only interview the senior executives of 20th Century Fox and director James Cameron, and listen to their stories about the preparations for the Titanic.

For example, Jon Landau, like journalists, complained that when the Titanic was ready to shoot, the scheduled investment was $80 million. Later, the investment increased 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 investment needed him to find, Jon Landau went up to the top floor of the Empire State building that night and planned to jump down from it.

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

"Fortunately, at that time, I met a generous gentleman who was willing to pay the additional investment of $100 million, and I finally survived," Jon Landau sighed.

"China is really a great country. I admire their superb technology!" James Cameron said with a flattering expression in an interview "When the film was first prepared for shooting, I planned to build a real Titanic, but the prices given by domestic enterprises were unacceptable to me. The cheapest one also asked for $380 million, which exceeded all our film budgets."

"So later, I had to give up and plan to build only 14 Titanics, which is the Titanic within the range of what your camera is shooting now. At least I can deceive the audience of the film!"

"But later I was lucky to contact Jiangnan Shipyard. They quoted me an unimaginable price. Out of the principle of confidentiality, I can't tell you, but what I can say is that the price is more than twice as cheap as the 14 Titanics. Otherwise, our shooting cost would not be $240 million, but $540 million!"

James Cameron has blown China to the skies. Of course, this does not mean that James Cameron loves China very much, but he knows that the film investors are looking at themselves not far away. If they say something wrong, there may be no money for this investment!

Before all the investment funds are in place, James Cameron must tout the damn investors and make them happy.

And James Cameron is not lying. After all, he really admires China's industrial strength and speed.

But what James Cameron didn't expect was that his words were deeply remembered by many Chinese officials and Chinese people who also watched live TV.

"Mr. Cameron is a good friend of our Chinese people!" a big man commented in front of the media.

So James Cameron changed into a good friend and old friend of the Chinese people. He has a high reputation in China, which has won great popularity and many intangible benefits in China.

Well, the most obvious advantage is that when James Cameron proposes to make a film, the investment in China is always in place at the first time. At the same time, his films can always be approved as soon as possible and enter the Chinese film market. This is a super treatment that even Spielberg doesn't have.

After all kinds of interviews lasted more than an hour, Jon Landau, James Cameron, the captain of Jiangnan Shipyard and the leader of magic city stood on the high slipway together. In front of them was the steel fart of Titanic.

The four men picked up a bottle of champagne, smiled at each other, and then knocked hard on the bottom of the Titanic. Then the tugboat in the distance roared. The Titanic, which had originally stopped on the shore, began to move forward. Finally, it rushed into the water like a bomb and completed the water entry ceremony.

In the next 60 days, the tugboat will tow the Titanic to Hawaii.

[PS: there is a problem here, because the ship will not start sailing immediately after entering the water, and it also needs outfitting on the water. However, the Titanic does not need to be equipped with a power system, so the outfitting is completed directly on land. Here is a special explanation!]