How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 328: Failed to hook up, but got hooked up instead

Twentieth Century Fox Studios Headquarters.

In the office, President Odolade did not play tricks with James Cameron.

"James, as long as you can invite Zhang Nan to star in this [Avatar] project..."

At this point, Odolade paused, because in his next words, the amount was a bit too high.

But after thinking about "Pirates of the Caribbean" produced by Disney and Zhang Nan, it was a great success at the box office; "The Lord of the Rings-The Legend of Sauron" produced by New Line and Zhang Nan is currently very popular; Universal Pictures has also cooperated with Zhang Nan Nan got [Jurassic World].

Later, Warner and Zhang Nan collaborated on the "Harry Potter" series, and Columbia also collaborated with Zhang Nan on the "Spider-Man" series.

So Odolade made up his mind and continued: "I can sign a contract for the project immediately. As long as the total investment does not exceed [-] million US dollars, I can also make the decision immediately."

Five hundred million dollars?

When James Cameron heard this number, his eyes lit up.

To be honest, his budget for the "Avatar" project was really not meant to be like "Titanic". According to his shooting plan, US$2.8 million was indeed enough.

but……

As a director, who would think that the production fee is too high?
"I'll go talk to Zhang right now."

After saying these words, James Cameron ran out of Odolade's office at lightning speed, fearing that he would regret it.

Looking at James Cameron's smart and impatient actions, Odoline felt a little panicked.

"The production fee of 7500 million U.S. dollars will be raised to 2 million U.S. dollars. He won't give me a 5 billion U.S. dollar production fee from the [-] million U.S. dollar!"
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When James Cameron found Zhang Nan, Zhang Nan was on the set of "Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron".

Yes.

[The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron], which has been in preparation for nearly a year, has finally been launched.

In fact, Peter Jackson originally wanted to launch the spin-off project "The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron" when "Lord of the Rings 3" was released.

It’s also good to rub the name of [Lord of the Rings 3].

But Universal Pictures’ Jurassic World project has once again heated up Zhang Nan’s concept of creating spin-off projects for the series to extend its life.

New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson were both afraid that if they stalled for a while, [Jurassic World] would start shooting first and snatch Zhang Nan over.

Another point is Peter Jackson. He also has a project to start in the second half of next year. If it is delayed any longer, the two project schedules will collide.

……

The relationship between Zhang Nan and James Cameron goes without saying.

The two of them can be regarded as sharing weal and woe.

At the end of 1997, James Cameron was criticized by all parties because of the poor early box office performance of "Titanic".

It was Zhang Nan who stepped forward and handed James Cameron the right to direct "Survival of the World 1".

Later, [Titanic] continued to explode at the box office, and James Cameron's fame soared, and he also made a great contribution to the filming and financing of the [Doomsday 1] project.Therefore, James Cameron and Zhang Nan did not show any pretense, they just spoke with facts and sincerity.

"The condition given to me by 5th Century Fox is a production fee of 2.8 million U.S. dollars. I estimate that the shooting cost of the project will be about 2.9 or 2.5 million U.S. dollars. I will make up for it during the filming, which will be about [-] million U.S. dollars. It can be completed."

"Isn't your current salary 2.2 million US dollars? I will directly offer you another 3000 million US dollars, will you come?"

Faced with James Cameron's sincerity, and the project being filmed was [Avatar], and the conditions were such a high salary, Zhang Nan really couldn't play tricks, and asked falsely: "Why do you need so much investment in this project? What a scene. Big?"

James Cameron shook his head when he heard this, "I plan to use 3D technology in this project. This technology is not yet mature and needs research, so the cost will be higher."

"Then look at this."

This is what Zhang Nan was waiting for, and then he threw the plan for the [Jurassic World] project to James Cameron.

After leaving [Jurassic World] to Spielberg to direct, Zhang Nan was still a little worried afterwards, so she thought about talking to James Cameron one day when she had time.

Now that James Cameron has come to his doorstep, Zhang Nan naturally takes advantage of the opportunity and doesn't let it go.

James Cameron took the [Jurassic World] plan from Zhang Nan and after looking at it for a few times, he couldn't put it down.

After a while, James Cameron finished reading the entire plan. He looked up at Zhang Nan with a look in his eyes that resembled that of a hero.

"My idea is, if you are on the set of [Jurassic World] and follow Steven to operate the 3D technology shooting, when the time comes to shoot your new project, can the cost be reduced a little, so that I can Mention the remuneration again?" Zhang Nan asked tentatively.

James Cameron was very happy when he heard this, "That's absolutely no problem. Originally, I estimated the cost of [Avatar] so high, and a lot of it was trial and error costs. If there is a project like [Jurassic World], If you practice in advance, there is absolutely no problem in reducing the cost by tens of millions of dollars.

It's just... [Jurassic World] is such a big project and so important to Universal Pictures. It's still Steven's project. Are they willing to let me join the team? "

"I will adjust this aspect, there is absolutely no problem, but there are some things I have to say upfront. The dominance of the entire [Jurassic World] is still in Steven's hands." Zhang Nan wants to prostitute James Cameron for nothing He had a lot of labor force, but he didn’t want James Cameron’s more serious and crazy character, so he said hello to James Cameron in advance.

James Cameron heard this with an expression of indifference.

Because he also knows that he can go to "Jurassic World" and experience the filming process of a 4.2 million US dollar project, which is already very good. It will be of great help to him in the future filming of "Avatar" and he can travel less Many detours.

So after Zhang Nan negotiated with James Cameron, he contacted Universal Pictures and Spielberg.

Universal Pictures and Spielberg had no ability to resist Zhang Nan's operation, which allowed him to hire a top director like James Cameron for free, so they happily agreed.

Then James Cameron went crazy and went to work in the technical preparation team during the preparation of the [Jurassic World] project.

On the other hand, [-]th Century Fox was waiting for James Cameron's reply, and was waiting for no news from James Cameron.

Just ask.

I just discovered that James Cameron is already working on the set of [Jurassic World].

Twentieth Century Fox President Odo Leide was stunned.

I asked you to hook up with Zhang Nan with a new project, but why did you end up being hooked up by Universal Pictures?

(End of this chapter)