Chapter 765： Stop

Rosarito is located in Baja California, Mexico, a coastal town less than 20 kilometers from the border. The main scenes of the Titanic are filmed here.

Although the Firefly's studio base in Prea Vista has state-of-the-art shooting facilities, the filming of the Titanic requires a large field, which is not possible in the Los Angeles area. In the film preparation stage, Cameron, under the guidance of his friend Mexican director Gilmore del Toro, decided to move the film to Mexico and bought a piece of 16 hectares of land near Rosarito to build photography. shed.

Just after the New Year, perhaps the various commercial miracles of the firefly system have caused many people to experience aesthetic fatigue and rebelliousness. When the news of the "Titanic" project went out of control, the media immediately became buzzing.

In recent years, the cost of film production has risen rapidly, but the number of movies with a budget of more than 60 million US dollars per year is still very few. The Titanic has only completed 50% of the previous shooting progress, and burned 60 million US dollars. It is conceivable if The Firefly Group does not immediately make certain choices. To complete the film, the production cost of the film may even exceed the $170 million "Future Water World" last year, and "Future Water World" has proved to many people. In a movie that was seriously out of control during the production period, the chances of a box office success were very slim.

Although knowing the deep knowledge of the Firefly Group, even if it loses $120 million on a project, it is absolutely impossible to face bankruptcy like other film companies. However, the Titanic project is out of control, and it is finally proved to some people. Fireflies are not so invincible, such a powerful company, after two years of scenery, finally began to encounter inevitable failures, and this failure seems to be so violent from the beginning.

The fireflies were originally set for the Titanic on June 28, 1996. They are still the model of the Matrix, The Courageous Island and the Titanic trilogy.

However, after the news of the "Titanic" project was out of control, several movie companies immediately moved, and Paramount even apparently deliberately changed the name of the original Disney hand-drawn animation team that had been renamed Paramount Animation Studio. A work "The Legend of the Wind" was arranged on June 28th. After a few days of hesitation, Universal Pictures also released news, plans to file the "Mummy 2" originally scheduled for mid-July to June 21. .

In June, this is the best schedule for the summer movie release. It has been occupied by fireflies in the past few years. Although several other major attempts have been made to recapture the initiative of this prime time period, they all ended in failure.

But this year, some people finally found a good opportunity to break the monopoly of fireflies.

With the progress of the "Titanic", if the fireflies want to force the construction period, the quality of the film can not be guaranteed. If the fireflies let Cameron maintain the current production pace, then the "Titanic" is absolutely impossible to release in the summer file. It is. According to the Firefly Group's movie, there is no film that can replace the Titanic. Therefore, no matter which result, the fireflies will be doomed to lose the box office golden period of the weeks after the end of July and early July.

"According to the film production list of the fireflies in the last two years, there is no film that is suitable for filling the vacancy period of the Titanic. However, at the last meeting, everyone felt that a romantic film with a short production cycle was Or comedy is the best choice, but according to the contract signed with the theater, "Titanic" booked 3,000 premiere screens, the scale of this painting is not a common love film can be filled, In the black Chevrolet SUV, female assistant Kelly Haynes flipped through the files on her knees and said to Eric, who was sitting next to the desert scene looking out the window.

The fleet of five black SUVs ran gently on the coastal roads of Lower California, and heard that Eric would personally travel to the Rosarito studio in Mexico, whether it was Drew around or Joanna in New York, or even the Firefly Group. The first suggestion of the top leaders is not to go.

After discovering that it could not be stopped, the next day's advice was to bring a bodyguard and bring a lot of bodyguards.

So there is the current team, five people in each car, in addition to Eric and Kelly, Eric's security team basically followed.

Americans’ impression of Mexico is basically drug dealers, except for cheap labor. The borders of the two countries are also the areas with the most criminal activities. These areas can only be described by a random word. Therefore, although some people feel that they are moving, Eric has not refused this arrangement.

After Kelly finished, I noticed that Eric seemed to be absent-minded and whispered a word.

Eric came back and asked, "Oh, where did you say it?"

Kelly patiently repeated the words she had just made.

Kelly’s meaning is so obvious. Ordinary comedy films and romance films can’t carry 3000 screens, but if Eric’s personal film is different, it’s known that Eric’s debut The filming of several global big-selling films, from "Little Ghosts" to "Fengyue Beauty", are both types.

"I know what you mean," smiled, Eric said. "But you know how busy I am now, maybe I have to go to Australia next time, don't see the progress of "Matrix". Don't worry, then, according to this schedule, I can't make any effort to do my own thing until Oscar. After Oscar, "Royal Casino 007" also needs to enter the formal preparation period."

As an assistant to Eric, Kelly is much more familiar with his work schedule than the Firefly Group executives, and knows that Eric can't take the time to shoot a movie in front of Royal Casino 007. She just retelled the thoughts of others and stopped making this suggestion. "Eric, how are you going to arrange the next thing for Titanic?"

"What is the arrangement?" Eric asked in confusion.

Kelly thought about it and said: "If you want to make this film finished, according to Cameron's progress, it may take 200 million US dollars, plus the later announcement budget, according to Cameron's past box office results, fireflies Basically, there is no hope of returning to the book. The rest is probably just a matter of losing money. I think that decisively stopping this project may be the best way to stop loss?"

The advice of the female assistant is actually the thinking of many people at present. Even the media has begun to spread this view. Immediately stop the project, with the accumulated materials, slightly tinkering, probably also can make a film, how much more Less can save some losses.

However, even if the Titanic can't get the success of the original time and space, Eric does not intend to do this. As a memorable movie box office miracle in the past, Eric also wants to see, this world, this film can To what extent.

Eric could not explain his thoughts directly to Kelly, just jokingly said: "If you stop directly, it is estimated that Jim will kill me."

"You..." Kelly smiled and said, "I found that you seem to be looking forward to this film."

Eric turned his head and looked at the female assistant's temperamental white face and asked: "Is it obvious?"

Kelly cheeked red, whispered: "I probably, can see your mind. Otherwise, um, otherwise you will not come to Mexico personally."

Looking at the appearance of the female assistant looking for reasons, Eric laughed and didn't want Kelly to be too embarrassed.

After the team crossed the border, it took half an hour to reach Rosarito, a border town with a radius of more than ten kilometers.

However, the "Titanic" film was not in the town, the team continued to go south for about five kilometers, which arrived at the destination.

On the large open space on the side of the road, a simple wall was placed around the car, and Eric could see the facilities inside the wall.

At this time, there were many people holding cameras outside the gate of the shooting base, apparently because of a series of recent media reports.

I noticed that this striking team consisting of five luxury SUVs, the reporters who had blocked the door at the door trying to get some news were keenly aware of what they were, and they all came together. The flash was also crazy, and several daring reporters even beat it. The window, the person trying to irritate to get a chance to shoot.

Fortunately, the five cars were exactly the same, the reporters did not find the exact target, Eric was just sitting quietly in his car, waiting for the bodyguard on the first car to negotiate with the guard, and then the five cars were disappointed in the reporters. In the shouts, they enter the inside of the studio in turn.

The car parked in the parking lot, Eric just got off the bus, and the producer of Titanic, Jon Landau, greeted the two staff members, eagerly embracing Eric and enthusiastically Said: "Eric, I am so glad that you can come over."

Eric Haha smiled and said: "I don't know if Jimmy doesn't want me to come."

Jon Landau and Kelly shook hands and heard Eric’s words. His face suddenly fell a bit and shook his head. “In short, it’s not bad to see it.”

"Well," Eric nodded and said, "Yes, Jim?"

"Oh, everyone is shooting, come with me, on the big ship," said Jon Landau, pointing to the distance and taking Eric to go.

Leaving the parking lot, Eric looked at the surrounding situation. There were three large studios on the set, busy staff, props and equipment piled up everywhere, several large reservoirs, and a huge suspended water tank being built. The 100-meter-long shooting track, as well as the Titanic wheel built on the beach by the one-to-one model...

Just look at this and you know how crazy Cameron burned his money.

Even more, Eric remembers that only half of the original Titanic replicas were built in the original time. In order to prevent the model from being worn in front of the camera, many special props and shooting techniques were used, but at this time, The big ship model is complete.

Although Eric was only looking around, he said nothing, but Jon Landau was already nervous and nervous, and his forehead even oozing fine sweat. As the first producer of Titanic, he is also the one who knows best how much he spends on Cameron.

The crew was shooting a bow scene at this time. Under the leadership of Jon Landau, Eric climbed the ladder along the ladder and found many people around the bow shooting site. Came to the roar of Cameron.

"William, the effect of shooting in this way is simply a dog. Hey, I want to install a tower crane, a tower crane that can make a big rocker in the bow, instead of this small mechanical rocker, this way It’s just a dog. Hey, dog. Hey!”

Cameron finished, a male voice with obvious anger was immediately transmitted to Eric, but compared to Cameron's 'subwoofer', Eric could not understand what the man was saying.

Jon Landau, who was next to Eric, explained: "Jim is also quarreling with William. I have seen his shots. He wants to take a wide-angle lens and shoot the male and female protagonists at the bow. Lens, however, in order to achieve his effect, it is necessary to install a large mechanical crane for construction. William disagreed, just let the camera group install a robotic arm at the bow. Now it seems that Jim is not effective in this kind of shooting. Too satisfied."

Kelly noticed some doubts in Eric’s eyes and whispered in his ear: “It’s William Stewart, the company’s filmmaker, who oversees the crew’s finances.”

Eric nodded and walked towards the crowd, saying to Jon Landau: "Let's go and see."

Came to the outside of the crowd, and opened the crowd and walked inside. Cameron’s roaring came again: "Dog. Hey, "Future Water World", you actually compare my film with that garbage...you Now almost vetoing my every decision, if you continue, I will resign, I will not do it, and I will not do it."

"..."

"What, I want to force you to jump into the sea, no, you have to force me to jump into the sea, ha, if it is useful to jump into the sea, I will jump to you now."

Eric took a few people and finally crowded the crowd, only to see the poor middle-aged man standing opposite the raging Cameron: "Jim, do you know how much you have spent? I work fast. It’s been messed up by you, and it’s useless to threaten me. I won’t agree with your plan.”

Cameron did not notice the arrival of Eric and others, waving his arms and excited: "No, I am not threatening you, jumping into the sea, I will jump to you."

After this sentence was finished, in the scream of the crowd, Cameron blushes over the deck rails, and an inverted onion disappears into everyone's field of vision.