novelones Chapter 211 If you don’t eat, I will eat, show off!
Chapter 211 If you don’t eat, I will eat, show off!
In fact, [-]th Century Fox has been on the verge of bankruptcy since its inception.
The filming of Cleopatra took several years and cost 4400 million US dollars, but only recovered 2200 million at the box office.
It was almost bankrupt and could only sell 263 acres of location.
You must know that these 263 acres of land are where Fox made his fortune. Looking at it now, it is almost the same as a prodigal who sells his ancestral land to make a living.
After changing owners several times, it finally got a wave of old blood back through "Star Wars".
But decades later, they got the familiar script again, and Cameron filmed "Titanic."
Halfway through filming, the film had already cost $4000 million and almost bankrupted the film.
But this time, Fox learned the lesson.
In order to stop losses in time, Fox hired its enemy Paramount to share the pressure.
Paramount regretted it as soon as they got on board, and without looking back, Kaka invested tens of millions of dollars in it, and then the filming of "Titanic" was completed.
Therefore, Wang Lei feels that although history has changed a bit, what remains unchanged is that the photographer is still filming the Titanic.
Fox and Kembauer are bound to face the same decision. When the time comes, he will let Akhben enlighten the other party, and he and Paramount will be more proactive.
The cash cow "Titanic" might fall into his hands.
"Akhben, if one day Kembauer is not determined enough, you must persuade him to stop his losses in time."
Akhben's eyes were full of confusion, but Wang Lei's vague smile made her feel that this matter was not simple.
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In fact, Klumbauer somewhat regretted getting on board during the filming of Titanic .
Because filming hadn't even started yet, Cameron spent $600 million in a flash.
The purpose was just to photograph the wreckage of the Titanic and all kinds of miscellaneous real materials.
600 million, it shows that the card guide works seriously and has made enough preparations for foreplay.
Of course it is understandable.
But what he couldn't understand was that after Cameron came back from filming the wreckage, he immediately spent 2000 million US dollars!
He built a large photo studio.
"Tell me, why did he build one when he could rent a large studio?"
Faced with questions from shareholders, Fox President explained:
"Director Ka explained that there is currently no water studio of this size on the market. Without the conditions, he could only create the conditions himself."
Hearing this, Kembauer felt that it made sense. Since he decided to recreate the tragedy of the Titanic, he definitely needed a water studio.
What makes them intolerable is the cost of building a water studio, because to simulate a water environment, a large studio is much more expensive than an ordinary studio.
The board had to agree to the budget.
But Kembauer always had a bad feeling.
We have already spent so much before we started shooting, and we will definitely spend more money in the future.
Sure enough, not long after, another budget request was added to the board of directors' desk.
"The director wants to build a model ship 1:1 according to the design drawings of the Titanic?"
The board of directors breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably. They were really scared. Fortunately, Cameron was still clear-headed.
He didn’t say that he wanted to rebuild the Titanic!
You know, the Titanic cost 30 billion to 60 billion US dollars.
Even if Fox is packaged and sold, it won't work.
"Can this ship be reused?"
"No, we will definitely destroy it in the end. Reproduce the scene of it falling into the sea."
"Furthermore, the card guide requires that the decoration inside the ship, including possible prop bowls, seats, and luxurious stairs, must be restored to the real thing as much as possible."
At this point, it is useless for the board of directors to regret it. They have spent nearly 3000 million in the early stage, so they cannot give up halfway.
Although Kembauer was a little angry, the pride of the Ross family allowed him to hold back his anger.
Even the major shareholder News Corporation has no objections. He can't be the first to say he has no money.
Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
We can only watch as Cameron does whatever he wants with a huge budget.
The board of directors naively believed that a ship model, even if it was restored one to one, would be enough for 3000 to [-] million yuan.
Koka God quickly spent all the 8000 million US dollars prepared in advance.
Looking at the ship model, which was only half completed, the entire Fox senior management was on the verge of tears.
By this time, things were completely out of Krumbauer's control.
Even if Cameron said he wanted to give up at this time, the board of directors had quit, and 8000 million US dollars had been spent before filming started, and the ship was half-built, nothing could be done to make this old boy give up halfway.
As a result, the director increased the budget again and again...
These six months became the most painful months for Krombauer.
He spent 1.2 million U.S. dollars on this broken ship. In addition to the more than 2 million U.S. dollars he spent previously, Cameron has spent 1.4 million U.S. dollars!
A large part of it was invested by major shareholders out of their own pockets.
Even so, filming on Titanic has yet to officially begin.
Twentieth Century Forbes is also on the verge of bankruptcy.
At this time, the shareholders all realized that something was wrong. How come this situation had a similar feeling.
"Cameron will not replicate the tragedy of Cleopatra."
As soon as these words came out, the entire conference room fell silent.
You must know that in order to recover the cost of Cleopatra, it has been re-released many times in the following decades, and the cost has not been recovered until now!
When it comes to cost, Titanic cost a lot of money.
We still don’t know how much budget it will consume once filming starts.
More importantly, [-]th Century Fox has no ancestral property to sell. If Titanic loses money, the company can directly declare bankruptcy on the spot!
Everyone's faces darkened when they thought of this possibility.
Someone spoke for Cameron:
"Director Ka's ability is trustworthy. We had a great time working with him on Alien, and his Terminator series is also very profitable."
"But don't forget, he also messed up the Abyss project."
The Abyss also tells a love story under the sea. Because the pace was too slow, it failed miserably at the box office and its reputation was polarized.
Everyone couldn't help but have a bad association. Titanic is a love story and it is related to the sea. Cameron is very likely to miss it again...
"What now?"
Everyone couldn't help but look at Kembauer.
"Sir, no matter what the outcome is now, we have to let Cameron continue filming."
Kembauer asked angrily: "So?"
"I would also like to trouble you and talk to your brothers to help raise some funds. We are willing to give them a corresponding share of the box office."
Although he was not happy in his heart, he knew that this might be the only way out now.