Chapter 765 I Have One Condition

With a thud, the faint sound of falling into the water came, and the crowd suddenly woke up and rushed towards the side of the ship.

Seeing that the director jumped into the sea, without waiting for others' orders, several staff members who were originally hanging on the robotic arm outside the deck slipped down along the safety rope.

There were hundreds of people at the scene, but Eric wasn't worried about Cameron's safety, but he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Walking to the side of the ship, Eric was lying on the guardrail and looked down. Cameron in the sea had grabbed the safety rope and was slowly being lifted up with the help of several other people.

William Stewart, whose face was pale from fright, was relieved to see that Cameron was safe and sound. Then he noticed that Eric was standing not far from him. Thinking of the situation just now, he hurried forward to explain: "Ai Rick, I..."

Eric nodded to William Stuart and comforted: "It's okay, William, I just saw it, it's not your fault."

Hearing Eric's words, William Stewart was relieved, thinking of the recent days, some sadness came from it, and he was about to say a few words to Eric when Cameron jumped on the deck.

Still aggressively, he seemed to want to see Eric appear when Cameron, who was competing with William Stewart, immediately dissipated his vicious aura. He gave Eric a hug and said, "Eric, you came just in time, um..." Looking around, noticing that everyone was looking at him with strange expressions, Cameron roared: "Stay there. What are you doing here, don't you need work?"

Eric twitched the corners of his mouth and waved to everyone. Everyone immediately scattered and returned to their jobs.

Cameron ignored these small details, took Eric to the bow, and called Leonardo and Rachel, dancing and ordering them to pose, saying: "Eric, imagine, Jack and Ross stand on the bow of the Titanic, in the endless sea, under the magnificent sunset, facing the rushing sea breeze, hugging and kissing, what a beautiful picture this will be. To achieve this, a tower crane must be installed..."

At the end of the talk, Cameron leaned on the side of the ship very much, with one arm raised high and slowly moving, as if he was the imaginary tower crane.

Eric patiently listened to Cameron's apparently bewildered narration, and finally asked, "Jim, it's a waste of time to install tower cranes, can't we use helicopters?"

Cameron immediately shook his head: "No no no, the helicopter is too unstable, it must be a tower crane."

Eric leaned on the side of the boat, looked up at the sky, recalled the scene in his memory, with a smile on his mouth, and said, "Okay, Jim, you should know why I suddenly appeared here, now everyone is saying " Titanic is out of control, do you feel that way?"

Cameron's face finally flashed a slight embarrassment, but then said: "Eric, I know this movie may not be completed on schedule, but it definitely didn't get out of control, I know exactly what I'm doing. Chu. Well, it's just that the budget will be a little more than that. I think the issue of money won't be a problem for you, right? The only thing you don't need now is money."

Eric watched Director Cameron's vest dripping water,

He waved his hand helplessly and said, "You should change your clothes first, and give me some time to think about how to refute you."

Cameron seemed to realize something, laughed proudly, and said to Jon Landau next to him: "Jon, you can call now and let them prepare things as soon as possible."

Having said that, Cameron waved to Eric and walked quickly towards the gangway.

Looking at Cameron's back, and when his figure disappeared, Jon Landau and William Stewart looked at Eric together with questions in their eyes.

Eric nodded and said, "Just prepare as Jim imagined."

William Stewart still had worry on his face, and said: "But, Eric, this will take at least two days, and many of the original shooting plans will be disrupted."

"It's already messed up, and if you mess up, it won't affect anything," Eric said, looked at William Stewart, and said, "William, don't worry, this project is just my own willful way. No matter what happens in the future, it won't have any effect on you."

Eric has said so, of course William Stewart no longer refutes it. What he was most worried about was the budget overrun and box office fiasco of "Titanic". was fired. Since Eric made such a promise at this time, of course he would not continue to entangle with it.

After sending Jon Landau and William Stewart to prepare together, Eric made time to say hello to the hero and heroine who had been hanging by the side: "Lyon, Rachel, how does it feel to work with Jim? ?"

Leonardo smiled cautiously. Rachel Weisz had several relationships with Eric, but he was not so restrained. He came to Eric and leaned against the guardrail together, saying: "Jim usually They're all kind, but they get angry too easily."

Rachel said, looked at Kelly who was standing not far away, and asked, "Eric, didn't Caroline come with you?"

"No, I'll take her to see you next time."

"Oh," Rachel nodded in despair. She had been here for a few months to make this movie, and she didn't even go back for Christmas, plus a director who could be furious at any time, if it wasn't for her Naturally strong character, many times, she even has to give up.

Eric could almost feel Rachel's emotions, and comforted: "Work hard, come here this time, maybe you will be a big star that even the director will be careful to coax in the future."

Rachel smiled and said, "Hehe, as long as you don't meet a director like Jim again."

As soon as Rachel mentioned Cameron, the familiar figure at the gangway ran back in a hurry: "Hey, Eric, the shooting in the morning must only be here, come with me, I will show you Let’s take a look at the results of the recent shooting.”

Eric nodded, said goodbye to Rachel and Leonardo, and left the deck with Cameron to a simple post-production studio on the set.

In the original time and space, after seeing "Titanic", many ordinary people often have doubts in their hearts that it is a special effects blockbuster, because in the impression of many people, the scenes in the movie are basically things that exist in reality. , Compared with standard special effects blockbusters such as Jurassic Park, Star Wars, and Men in Black, there doesn't seem to be any 'special effects' scene in Titanic.

But this is not the case at all. In the whole movie, everything from the starry sky at night to the heat from people's mouths is basically composed of special effects technology or special effects shots, and it does not exist compared to reality. It is more difficult to present the real things in reality in the form of CG special effects, because the aliens, spaceships and other scenes only need to make a rough appearance, people are It is impossible to tell the real from the fake, because no one has seen it in reality, but if the real scene is not detailed enough, it will be easily distinguished by people.

Because of the need to temporarily install the tower crane that Cameron needed, it was impossible to reschedule the shooting schedule for the remaining one hour in the morning. Eric was pulled by Cameron to the post-production studio to check the footage he had completed recently. .

Except for a few parts of the material that are completely live-action shooting, the green screen can be seen in most of the footage, and even a shot planned in the luxurious first-class cabin of the Titanic, except for the details of the tables, chairs, benches, tableware, They are all surrounded by green screens, and you can imagine how much work it takes to make all these materials into scenes in the movie.

"Eric, I promise you, as long as I am no longer constrained in terms of funding, I can complete the shooting in three months, and the post-production work can also be carried out at the same time. In addition to the main scene, I can divide some small special effects work. Out of the bag, Jon has recently started contacting the special effects studio. Also, a render farm in the digital realm can also drastically shorten the post-production schedule for special effects, and probably, well, by August, I can guarantee that all the work is done.”

At lunchtime, a group of people gathered in the restaurant to chat about the progress of the film, and Cameron swore once again that, anyway, um, swear or something, no money.

After feeling Eric's support for this project, Cameron's unscrupulous promise almost came out of his mouth, and Jon Landau, William Stewart and even Rachel couldn't bear it. Live and roll his eyes.

Eric sliced ​​the steak in front of him with a smile, and said to Cameron: "In August, the summer season will definitely be over, I just hope you don't delay the movie until the end of the year and can't finish it, Jim, this is definitely me The bottom line is, you know, Firefly is not just me."

"Of course," Cameron nodded immediately, then glanced at William Stewart who was sitting not far away, and said, "However, Eric, I have one condition."

"Um?"

"I don't think William needs to be here to waste time, Jon plus a few other production assistants, it's almost enough."

Eric shook his head and said, "This can't be done, Jim, William must stay here."

Just kidding, if there is no restraint at all, the guy in front of him is not completely free.

Although Eric supports the continuation of the filming of the film, he will never allow Cameron to spend completely without restraint. Otherwise, it is estimated that 300 million US dollars will not be enough for him.

Cameron did not deliberately lower his voice. Hearing the conversation between the two, William Stewart looked at Eric with hope in his eyes, although Cameron wanted to drive him away. , but he definitely doesn't want to stay here if possible.

Rejecting Cameron's request and eating lunch, Eric suddenly remembered another thing, and said to Cameron and Jon Landau: "By the way, there is one more thing, this movie's Shooting props, I hope to keep them intact.”

Several people showed puzzled expressions, Jon Landau said: "Eric, this seems unnecessary, there are not many Hollywood movies in the twenties and thirties, and most of the props are unlikely to be reused. Moreover, I have already discussed with a local factory that I can sell them the model of the big ship after shooting, so that I can recover some funds for post-production of the film.”

Although it is planned to use a large number of special effects technology to shoot, the level of refinement in the details of the film has still reached an outrageous level. Millions of dollars are spent on tens of thousands of clothing, cutlery, luggage and other odds and ends throughout the movie, not to mention the 1:1 scale model of the big ship. ℃≡miào℃≡bi℃≡Ge℃≡

In the original time and space, after the miraculous success of "Titanic", the producers once again reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in ticket revenue just by virtue of the traveling exhibition of "Titanic" props. Although Eric is not 100% sure whether the "Titanic" in this life can achieve the success of the original version, since there is such a possibility, Eric will not miss this opportunity to make money.

Hearing that Jon Landau had planned to sell the model of the big ship, Eric shook his head quickly: "No need, in my opinion, this ship is still very memorable, and, in the future, fireflies will inevitably have some connections with the ocean. Relevant movies may use these props, um, this studio can even be completely preserved as a photography base for marine movies.”

Seeing Eric's insistence, of course, everyone would not object. After a simple discussion, they even decided to build a warehouse in the base specially for the preservation of "Titanic" props.

Now that he was here, Eric did not leave in a hurry, but stayed on the set to watch Cameron's filming process. Although some of the shots on the bow were temporarily stranded due to the need to install a tower crane, the crew quickly arranged other scenes. shooting.

After the budget pressure was resolved, Cameron seemed to become less irritable. At least, Eric did not hear Cameron's roar for the next two days.

However, while the interior of Rosarito has returned to calm, the outside world has become more lively.

Because although a gag order was issued immediately after the incident, there were so many people on the set that the gag order didn't have much effect at all. Cameron jumped into the sea on the next day. 's headlines.