I’m in Hollywood

Chapter 833 1 idea

Cameron painted the imaginary picture, his tone was full of longing, but the girl sitting next to Eric poured cold water with a smile: But it must be very expensive.

Oh, Drew, Cameron shook his head and pointed to Eric: Your problem is not a problem for this guy at all.

The problem of money is of course not the problem, the channel of screening is the problem, Eric said to Cameron with a smile: If you make Spider-Man into 3dimax format according to your imagination, then you will find that You simply can't find a theater that can show the movie.

Eric's words were like a real pot of cold water, and Cameron also woke up, remembering what Stan Winston said, the 3dimax screen used for testing in Firefly Studios, even if it is not the first in the world, is in the world. There are absolutely a handful in the range.

However, when he thought of the 3dimax screen, Cameron immediately understood, looked at Eric, and said, You bastard, I was almost deceived by you, since the 3dimax screen is here, you must have a plan in your heart. right?

Of course, Eric said with a smile, not giving up, Even, Firefly Software has begun to secretly develop professional tool software for 2D to 3D technology. As long as the time is right, a special 3D conversion branch will be set up in the digital field to make Hollywood suitable for Classic films converted into 3D movies have been brought back to the big screen.

Strictly speaking, the 2D to 3D technology has now appeared. If it hadn’t been restrained by “Titanic” in advance, according to the timeline of the original time and space, Cameron should have produced “Terminator 2” at this time. 3d version. However, the current 2D to 3D technology can only be described as rough, and it is impossible to achieve large-scale commercialization.

Eric witnessed with his own eyes the whole process that the original time and space were flooded with various pseudo-3Ds, resulting in the whole process of this emerging film technology with great development prospects being smashed by the industry. Now that he has enough influence on Hollywood Of course, he hopes that related technologies can develop more maturely, so as to realize the healthy development of this industry.

Cameron asked: Hey, Eric, don't be so vague, how long will it take? Is three years enough? The production cycle of Spider-Man is exactly three years.

Jim, you have to understand that if we want to promote 3D movies on a large scale, and even further 3dimax, we will face a large-scale upgrade of the entire industry chain. From basic 3D camera research and development to the upgrade of the final theater equipment , None of these links can be achieved overnight. I think it should take at least five years to achieve initial results. So, wait for your next movie, and then consider this kind of thing.

In fact, it is not impossible to forcibly accelerate this process, but it is not in line with Eric's expansion plan for Firefly.

Eric got a theory from Buffett to strengthen his own strength when the economy is good and seek expansion when the economic environment is bad.

In recent years, it happens to be the best time for the North American economy, not to mention the rapidly developing IT industry, even Hollywood, because of the booming global film market, the further expansion of the video/dvd industry and the cable TV industry, Hollywood movies The average annual growth rate of the industry is well over 10%.

Eric knows that the current good development environment of Hollywood will enter a period of downturn with the bursting of the Internet bubble around 2000. At that time, it will be the best time for Firefly to expand further. Eric's use of Clover Holding's investment plan for Nasdaq it shares is actually accumulating funds for the further expansion of Firefly Group after 2000. With the current scale of Firefly Group, a small-scale merger of hundreds of millions of dollars is fundamentally difficult. It can no longer be called expansion. If you can take advantage of the dotcom bubble,

After accumulating a cash reserve of 20 to 30 billion U.S. dollars, at that time, when Firefly Group enters new industries or seeks merger targets, it can pay as little equity share as possible, and even does not need to use the stock exchange model at all.

Cameron is obviously impossible to think of these big industrial development plans, he just feels a little pity.

If it were otherwise, Cameron could have delayed the production of Spider-Man by a few years, and he could fully afford to wait.

It's just that he promised Eric a long time ago for this project. Although he was under a lot of pressure on the project of Titanic, Cameron also knew that Eric was under no less pressure than him. How much, because Eric spared no effort in supporting this project to the point of blindly supporting it. If Titanic fails at the box office, the management of Firefly Group may lose their trust in Eric. Eric gave him so much support, and as a man of temperament, he would not let Eric down.

Everyone talked about some 3dimax topics again. Eric felt a little dry, took a few sips of coffee, and asked casually, Jim, what about you, what have you been busy with recently?

The Spider-Man project will not start until at least the second half of this year, and Cameron doesn't need to worry about the Oscar PR for Titanic. As for whether to go to Europe or Japan to participate in the Titanic The first stage of publicity activities is completely at his will. Cameron should be very leisurely during this time.

Cameron said: It's nothing, I'm not like a workaholic like you, oh, yes, but I came up with a good idea. When the idea is mature, I will take it out. Maybe Firefly is willing to make it into a movie.

Eric was interested and said, Tell me, maybe we can come up with some ideas together.

Cameron didn't hide it, and said cheerfully: It's a sci-fi story script, telling the story of a girl who escaped from the transformation base after the world suffered a global disaster. Now it's just some simple background settings. I'm still there. Think about what this global catastrophe should be.

Nuclear war of course, Drew said jokingly.

Eric immediately remembered what Cameron's 'idea' was, smiled, and then followed the girl's words, saying: If it's a nuclear war, then there won't be many living people on earth, a large-scale nuclear war, The residual radiation is strong enough to make the world unsuitable for life for decades.

That's true, said Stan Winston on the opposite side, and, after the nuclear war, it should be followed by a nuclear winter. The radiation clouds that cover the sky and the sun block the sunlight, and the surface temperature of the earth may even drop below zero. Even if humans can survive the war and have the means to isolate radiation, because of the nuclear winter, animals and plants die in large numbers, and humans will die because of lack of food.

I think so too, Cameron said: So, nuclear war is not suitable at all, it is simply a post-apocalyptic era, all I want is an era of chaos after a large-scale global catastrophe. There will be mass deaths, and cities will be largely abandoned, but the living environment on earth will not become worse.

Don't you like Japanese comics? Eric pretended to be unintentional when he listened to Cameron's words: If so, you should know that many Japanese science fiction comics have a special global attack method. It will cause a massive failure of electronic equipment on a global scale.

Cameron immediately understood: You mean, electromagnetic wave attack?

Eric nodded: According to your thinking, I guess, you should choose a time point in the future, at that time, human beings will be more dependent on electronic devices, then, once these devices are attacked, they will definitely Cause social chaos on a global scale. Think about it, if there is a global blackout now, the consequences are actually catastrophic.”

Yes, that's it, Cameron clapped his hands, and his thoughts became clear immediately, saying: We can even set a more complete worldview for this story, turbulent times, a society under martial law, and those at the bottom struggling to survive. Civilians, well, there are even bigger conspiracies brewing in the wake of this disaster.

So, the heroine in the story should be the twist that connects all these, Eric continued: However, according to this setting, I think this idea should be more suitable for making a TV series, not a movie. .

That's not bad, Cameron didn't insist, and said: The girl in the story should be kind, but powerful, and at the same time, her character should also have a very complicated side, like an angel living at the bottom. Well, it's called ******, what do you think?

Very good, Eric nodded with a smile, and said, The end of the world.

Yes, doomsday ********, Cameron said: It's called this name, I will drive out the setting during this time, Eric, if Firefly is interested, prepare a screenwriter for me team.

Eric nodded, Doomsday******, although in the past, this classic sci-fi American drama was cut off after only two seasons, but that was not the reason for the TV series itself, until many Years later, sci-fi fans are still obsessed with the follow-up story of Apocalypse.

Jim, I can help you prepare a writing team, however, with one request.

What? Cameron asked curiously.

Eric smiled and said, The heroine is still up to me to choose. I don't believe in your aesthetics.

Everyone laughed.

Cameron shrugged and said, Okay, whatever you want, but I'm still very satisfied with the heroine of Titanic, which shows that our two aesthetics should be similar.

Oh, and, Eric suddenly remembered again, and said: This TV series is more in line with the tastes of young people, and it is not suitable for broadcast on abc. It just so happens that Fox's X-Files is over this year, if you want , maybe this movie can take over from The X-Files.

This is your business, Cameron said. I don't care about the distribution, even if you let Fox produce it directly, I don't care.

Eric nodded and said with a smile: Then I will directly ask the writing team of X-Files to contact you. They happen to have a lot of experience in creating sci-fi scripts.

Apocalypse is just an accident. Cameron's personal energy will still be on Spider-Man, and he will not be a producer like the original time and space. Eric then simply let Fox take over directly. this project. It just so happens that after the end of X-Files, Fox also needs a new sci-fi TV series to fill the schedule, because of the strong influence brought by Titanic, Fox attaches great importance to Doomsday, The project will soon enter the preparatory stage.

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