Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 136 How about trying a small breaking ball?
Sif's words made Jamie think deeply.

As a time traveler, if you want to write a script that can conquer Cameron, the easiest way is of course to copy the "correct answer".

The script of "Avatar" was thrown in front of Cameron, and he was amazed after reading it. Isn't this the dream book that he has been pursuing so hard?

But the reality is that Cameron had written the "Avatar" script six years ago. When he went to find the other party with a script with a completely different plot structure, it was completely like Jerry licking Tom's ass - looking for shit!
If Jamie really did this stupidly, not only would he not be able to win Cameron's "heart", but he would be sued for plagiarism.

Although the current "Avatar" has not yet been officially named, there is only one project codename "880".

Weststar Films obviously didn't know about this project, otherwise they wouldn't have approached Jamie to help write the script.

It's not that Weststar Pictures has no news, but that Cameron is currently thinking about heaven and has no time to worry about the story he came up with on a whim.

In fact, when Cameron came up with the story of Project 880, his intention was not to make it into a movie.

At that time, Cameron was very optimistic about the prospects of CG technology, and he owned a special effects company, Digital Domain.

Cameron is not very satisfied with the development speed of CG technology in the digital field. This reminds him that when filming "Terminator 2", he proposed to set the second Terminator to be one that can move between the metallic state and the liquid state. A robot that smoothly transforms between

Under the technical conditions of the early 90s, this idea stunned all the special effects companies in Hollywood, and no one dared to take over.

In the end, the veteran special effects studio Industrial Light & Magic bit the bullet and took over the project, but they were not sure.

Under the pressure of Cameron's creativity, Industrial Light and Magic asked scientists to help with the geometric structure of the characters and study the form of liquid metal.

In the end, an Industrial Light and Magic employee named John Knoll and his brother, a graduate student at the University of Michigan, jointly invented a new software, which helped Industrial Light and Magic create the epoch-making Liquid Metal Man shot in the movie.

This software is Photoshop, which will become famous in the future and achieve one of the four magic arts in Asia.

Industrial Light and Magic also relied on its practice in "Terminator 2" to take on a larger project.

"Jurassic Park".

This movie launched the clarion call for Hollywood blockbusters to conquer the global film market, making the combination of CG and movies a mainstream trend in Hollywood blockbusters.

Cameron also decided to place a heavy bet on CG technology after seeing the success of "Jurassic Park".

So he began to paint a pie for his employees.

He deliberately wrote an alien story script that could only use CG technology to shoot and process key plots, claiming that he would start shooting the movie immediately after filming "Titanic".

Developers in the digital field believed Cameron's lies and began to work hard to research and develop CG technology.

As a result, "Titanic" became a huge success after its release. Cameron, who had lost his money, turned around and sold his shares in the digital field at a high price, and used the money to explore the world.

Tech geeks like those in the digital field are all confused. Unfortunately, they have already boarded the pirate ship and cannot get off.

I can only bite the bullet and continue to study CG special effects technology.

Fortunately, the person who took over the digital field from Cameron was also a Hollywood director, the famous explosion maniac Michael Bay.

In a few years, this guy will bring the childhood memories of a generation of Americans to the big screen with "Transformers."

The CG technology that has been painstakingly researched for many years in the digital field also shines in the deformed Autobots.

But these are later stories.

Cameron wrote "Avatar" six years ago and eliminated the possibility of Jamie copying the "correct answer."

The most confusing thing is that "Avatar" is not actually the correct answer.

At least not yet.

Before 3D shooting technology was fully mature, Cameron would not even have the idea of ​​filming "Avatar".

In fact, Cameron is planning another movie project at the moment, and Weststar Pictures is definitely aware of it.

But in the conversation just now, Sif never mentioned this matter.

In order to confirm his guess, Jamie turned to Serena and asked Serena to help bring the laptop.

Then in front of Sif, Jamie opened the browser and entered a line of URL.

After finishing, he turned the computer screen to Sif opposite.

Seeing the web page displayed on the computer screen, Sif's expression suddenly changed.

She looked at Jamie with astonishment on her face, and was about to ask a question, but Jamie beat her to it.

"You must want to ask, why do I know this, right?"

Sif nodded, the surprise in her eyes still lingering.

This project is highly confidential within Weststar Films.

Even though Sif was Logan Roy's daughter, she didn't know that the company still had this project until she was sent by her father to be a lobbyist.

Jamie shrugged and explained:

"Actually, the answer you just said is that I am an avid comic fan like James Cameron. In fact, I not only like American comics, but also dabble in Japanese comics. Just like "Iron Man", I am also trying to buy Some Japanese comic film rights, guess what happened?"

Sif pursed her lips and said nothing.

Jamie continued:
"One of my favorite Japanese comics has actually been bought by a Hollywood film company. After asking around, I found out that it was Weststar Pictures that bought the copyright."

"During this period, I also heard an additional piece of gossip. The reason why the original author was willing to sell the film rights was because the great Hollywood director James Cameron was interested in the story."

This Japanese comic is called "Gun Meng".

The previous life was adapted into the Hollywood movie "Battle Angel: Alita". Although it is still under the banner of Cameron, the director has actually been replaced by someone else.

At the moment, Cameron's reputation in his childhood can be said to be at its peak. After all, the local box office record of 262 billion yen set by "Titanic" was only broken by "Spirited Away" which was just released this year.

Vestar Pictures, under Cameron's banner, easily acquired the copyright to "The Gunslinger".

But then Cameron changed his mind.

He told Weststar Films that he planned to start filming "The Dream" after filming the space documentary in the sky.

By the way, they also applied for 2000 million U.S. dollars of heavenly funds from Westa Pictures. Although the price was successfully negotiated to 1500 million U.S. dollars, it still made the top management of Westa Pictures want to vomit blood.

In order to prevent the $1500 million from going to waste, Weststar Pictures made an agreement with Cameron.

It’s fine if we don’t make “Gunsheng”, then let’s make a space-themed movie first.

Cameron agreed, and that's when Sif came to Jamie to help write the script.

Subjectively, Sif didn't want to hide the project "Gun Dream". Unexpectedly, it was such a coincidence that Jamie also happened to be interested in "Gun Dream".

Immediately a plan took shape in Sif's mind.

"Are you really interested in "Guang Meng"?"

As soon as Sif opened her mouth, Jamie guessed what she was thinking.

"What, you want to use the copyright of "Guangmeng" in exchange for me?"

"The premise is that you can provide a script that can impress Cameron and is valuable enough, so that I can convince Weststar Pictures and my father." Sif obviously learned the lesson from the last time this time, and immediately One more thing to add.

If Jamie invests in the filming of "Gun Dream" and the director is still Cameron, Weststar Films will have priority investment rights.

Jamie did not agree immediately, but decided to think about it for a while before giving an answer to Sif.

Not long after Sif left, another guest arrived at the Hampshire Tower penthouse.

It's Michael Ovitz.

He came to discuss the global auditions for "The Adventures of Cheng Long" with Jamie. Unexpectedly, after entering the study room with three walls lined with hand models, Jamie first decided to write a script for Weststar Pictures. The matter was spoken out.

The first thing Ovitz asked after listening was:

"Are you determined to win the copyright to "Guang Meng"?"

When thinking about the reputation and box office of "Battle Angel: Alita" in his previous life, Jamie immediately shook his head.

"Compared to the copyright of "Guangdong", I am actually more interested in helping Cameron write the script."

Ovitz asked immediately.

"So you already have the right story?"

Jamie nodded.

"That's it."

Ovitz frowned, obviously feeling that this answer was too ambiguous.

Jamie had no intention of revealing more information, but instead asked about another thing.

“How much do you know about the Hugo Awards?”

Ovitz's first reaction was that Jamie was interested in a certain Hugo Award-winning work, but Jamie immediately denied this.

“I mean, is there any way to publicize the awards?”

Ovitz was stunned for a moment, and then replied without hesitation:

"Of course, when I was still at CAA, I helped a client win an award. Although I can't tell you the name of the client, I did."

Ovitz told Jamie that there were big loopholes in the Hugo Awards selection mechanism.

During the nomination process, you can ensure that a work is shortlisted by brushing votes.

But that's not all. The real cool operation is that you can directly control the entire shortlist by brushing votes.

The normal award evaluation is based on which work is better, but the Hugo Award can make the evaluation become worse by swiping votes.

Let a bunch of low-quality works be shortlisted, and finally achieve the goal of controlling awards by relying entirely on peers.

This was how CAA used this method to win the award for that client's work.

This has also led to the fact that although the Hugo Award is known as the Nobel in the science fiction world, its credibility in the international arena is seriously lacking.

This situation in the previous life did not change much until Jamie traveled through time. Otherwise, "The Painter of Time and Space", which did not even reach the passing mark in a certain category, would not have won the award.

"Last year, a friend recommended to me a novella serialized in a Chinese science fiction magazine. After reading it, I was immediately fascinated by the story, and his idea was very good. It was the first novel I had ever read. An idea that has never been mentioned in any science fiction novel."

Jamie briefly told Ovitz the story of "The Wandering Earth".

Ovitz was also shocked after hearing this.

It’s not just an imaginative idea like treating the entire earth as a spaceship and sailing out of the solar system.

More so because of the dystopian ending of the novel.

In order to escape from the solar system as quickly as possible, the coalition government can only use a centralized and authoritarian approach to promote the Wandering Earth Plan, which inevitably leads to problems such as the abuse of privileges.

Finally, after the earth successfully escaped from the solar system, there were still no abnormal changes in the sun. At this time, the survivors began to doubt the statement that the solar helium flash destroyed the earth, believing that this was a hoax created by the coalition government in order to establish a dictatorship.

In the end, the anti-government organization overthrew the coalition government and brutally executed all the senior officials and all the scientists who had supported the Wandering Earth Project.

However, at this time, a solar helium flash broke out and the entire solar system was engulfed.

Human beings who escaped could only control the earth and continue to wander in the universe.

While shocked, Ovitz immediately guessed what Jamie was thinking.

"Do you want to recommend this novel to James Cameron and let him film this wandering earth plan?"

Jamie asked back on the spot:
"Or do you think there is anyone in Hollywood who is better suited to make this movie than Cameron?"

Of course there are.

For example, George Lucas, the father of Star Wars.

But right now, Lucas is busy filming the "Star Wars: Prequels", and his inability to spare time is partly due to this. On the other hand, he probably won't take on space science fiction movies other than the "Star Wars" series.

One "Star Wars" series is enough for Lucas to feed him for several lifetimes.

If you have that time and energy, you might as well use it to expand the worldview and story of your own "Star Wars" series and enhance the value of the entire IP.

Looking at the whole of Hollywood, it seems that the only people who can film "The Wandering Earth" well are truck drivers.

The most important thing is that Cameron is now focused on heaven, and "The Wandering Earth" happens to be stuck on his point of interest.

Not only is the Navigator International Space Station mentioned in the novel, it is also closely related to the subject of the space documentary that Cameron plans to shoot on the space station.

There is also a space elevator. NASA started a space elevator research and development project in 99.

It is estimated that Cameron himself will be very depressed after seeing the script of "The Wandering Earth".

He just made up a reason to defraud Vestar Pictures of sponsorship funds to realize his dream of a space documentary. In the end, Jamie really made him a movie that was very imaginative and extremely difficult to shoot.

Unless Cameron can come up with something more imaginative than taking the earth with him to the sky.

The key is that he couldn't even find a reason to refuse.

Not to mention, Jamie also knows another key bargaining chip to convince Cameron.

3D shooting technology!
For a technology geek like Cameron, simple CG special effects can no longer satisfy his appetite.

This is why he sold the digital field directly after filming "Titanic".

This is not to burn bridges, but Cameron's heart has already flown to more advanced 3D shooting technology.

Just like Cameron offered a pie to employees in the digital field, Jamie can also draw a pie to Cameron for 3D movies.

But before that, he had to go back to China and find Liu to get the copyright for "The Wandering Earth".

(End of this chapter)