"James, there is no need to be so. I will give you a lot of director pay, screenwriter pay, box office dividends!" Xia Tian rejected James Cameron's suggestion, "And you don't have to worry. Even if "Titanic" fails in the box office, I won't blame you. If you want to make a movie in the future, I will still invest in your.m.x."

"Really?!" James Cameron was surprised and overjoyed when he heard Xia Tian say this. He didn't expect Xia Tian to love him so much that he didn't blame him.

You know, the reason why "Titanic" consumes 200 million US dollars is actually inseparable from him. It is his strict requirements that make the movie cost so high.

For example, the carpets and curtains on the ship of the Titanic were all produced by the manufacturer of carpets purchased by the original Titanic ship. They found the drawings from nearly a hundred years ago, which was exactly the same as the one laid on the ship.

The costumes of thousands of extras on the ship were also specially customized, and the costumes alone cost more than 8 million US dollars. In particular, the costumes of the upper aristocrats were exactly the same as those in the past.

These costumes and props consume a lot of money. In fact, if it were other directors, the money could be saved. Carpets and curtains do not have to be exactly the same as the original ship, and extras can also be rented.

But because he was meticulous in details, he asked exactly the same thing, which led to the continuous increase in the cost of the film, and eventually soared from the planned $75 million to $200 million, and the cost more than tripled.

This is precisely because of such a high cost that "Titanic" is now difficult to make a profit, causing huge losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.

So in the final analysis, this matter has nothing to do with him. According to Hollywood convention, it is inevitable that he will be abandoned by Hollywood film companies.

But Xia Tian not only did not abandon him, but also invested in his next movie. This unusual operation really surprised James Cameron.

"Of course." Xia Tian nodded, "You don't have to worry. I have also watched the movie "Titanic". I think you made it very good.

If the box office is low, it means that the audience does not know how to appreciate it, and it has nothing to do with you. So I am still optimistic about your ability and I am willing to invest in your next video."

"Mr. Xia, do you really think so?" James Cameron still said a little surprised, "Don't you really blame me for losing so much money?"

"Of course it's not a surprise. I have also been a director. I know that the box office of a movie is actually not related to the movie itself. The box office of a good movie may not be high, and the box office of a bad movie may not be low." Xia Tian nodded and smiled.

"Like "Shawshank Redemption, the box office of the movie was very low when it was released, but the revenue from video rental in recent years has been very high, and the reputation of fans is also very good. It can be seen that the movie was missed by fans when it was released.

"The Past of America" ​​was criticized for being released. But now that the full-time video was released, fans realized that they had missed a fine piece.

And I think Eddie Murphy's recent movies have been pretty bad, but he can't resist his box office appeal, and every movie can make money.

Your "Titanic" is pretty good, the box office is bad, but the bad luck is nothing to do with your ability. So, I won't let you repeat the tragedy of Leonel, I will continue to support you in filming. You don't have to worry about this at all."

After hearing what Xia Tian said, James Cameron no longer doubted and then felt very grateful.

He naturally knew about Leone. Because "The Past of America" ​​caused the film company to lose money, he was abandoned by the film company and was depressed in less than two years.

But in recent years, with the release of the complete video of "The Past of America", people finally realized that "The Past of America" ​​is a masterpiece, and the reason why the box office failed was entirely due to the film company.

The senior executives of the film company forced the director to delete the movie and deleted a movie that was originally four hours into two hours. Nearly half of the plot was deleted, resulting in the story being incomplete and seriously affecting the audience's viewing, which made "The Past of America" ​​extremely bad reputation and extremely low box office. In fact, after watching the full version of the four hours, the audience realized that Leonette did make a fine film.

But the audience didn't know these reasons at that time, so they blamed Leonel for the reason that the movie was ruined. This great director who had filmed the Iron Trilogy was wronged and was wronged to death before he could be sad.

It can be said that if Xia Tian does not forgive him and is unwilling to give him another chance, then he will most likely follow Leonel's footsteps because he was eliminated by Hollywood and will never be able to make a movie, and he will be frustrated to death.

So Xia Tian now promises to continue to support him in filming. For him, it not only means Xia Tian’s trust and respect for him, but also means that Xia Tian saved his life, which really makes him grateful.

"Mr. Xia, thank you so much. I promise you that I will definitely film well." James Cameron took the initiative to express his opinion.

"That's good, I'm looking forward to your new work." Xia Tian nodded and smiled.

He was very happy to get James Cameron's statement.

James Cameron is a first-class commercial film director in Hollywood. He broke the box office records of the global film industry twice, and he has maintained the box office records of the championship, runner-up and second place so far.

James Cameron not only has first-class imagination, but also has first-class execution.

A story as good as the "Terminator" series was written by him. Later, although the "Terminator" series changed multiple directors and multiple screenwriters, they failed to repeat the box office miracles of "Terminator" 1 and 2, and the storyline was also very inferior.

The magnificent and colorful planet Pandora was also designed by him personally. From plants to animals, from customs to comprehensive education, from astronomy to geography... a planet was almost perfectly presented by him.

Whether it is "Avatar" or "Titanic", the investment is very high, the scene is very large, the staff is very large, and the director's execution is slightly worse, so he can't play such a large crew.

But James Cameron was able to direct thousands of crews in an orderly manner. Moreover, he cooperated with multiple departments to shoot such a good-looking movie, and his execution ability can be said to be quite strong.

Such a director who has both imagination and can perfectly present his imagination on the screen and attracts so many people to watch it can be said to be rare in the world.

Now that he expressed his loyalty to Xia Tian, ​​Xia Tian was naturally very happy.
Chapter completed!