Legendary Hollywood Director

Darling, why don't I accompany you to the party tonight? Susie Amis said in a puzzled way.

The woman who once played the role of Ruth's granddaughter in Titanic is Cameron's fifth wife.

Well, very common old and young love.

Men, always single-mindedly like young people, preferably always 18 years old, Cameron did just that, his love history is very rich.

Before he became a director, he worked as a truck driver for a few years, so his first wife was an outsider and a waiter in the truck club at that time;

The second term is Jill Anne Hurd, the producer of his project. This person has a wide range of contacts in the circle. Cameron can transform into a director, and this person has made great efforts;

The third wife is Catherine Bigelow, a very talented female director who likes to shoot very men's works, mostly adventure and war genres;

The fourth is Linda Hamilton, who played Conor's mother in The Terminator...

Tonight's dinner is not suitable for women to join. After all, this is a business dinner, which is very important for negotiation. Cameron said lightly.

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Yes, today's dinner is indeed very important, and it is especially meaningful for Lehmann-in a sense, this dinner will affect the future development policy of Firefly Pictures, and it will also determine whether Firefly Pictures will have it or not. Opportunity to enter the era of special effects movies - Although Lyman does not like popcorn movies, there is no doubt that he does not like it but cannot be missed.

February 15th, late.

In the private club next to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, two guests were soon ushered in.

This is Lyman and Cameron.

At this time, Cameron was fifty years old, looking a little old, and his hair was much grayer.

However, Lyman knew that under this not-young appearance, hiding was indeed full of arrogance.

Lyman took the lead and stretched out his hand with a smile: Hello, Mr. Cameron.

Hello, Mr. Rust.

After saying hello just like that, the two of them sat politely opposite each other, and neither of them wanted to talk to each other.

Speaking of which, the two must know each other. After all, they are both directors, but it is true that they are not familiar with each other.

After a while, Lehman, who is still a little experienced in the circle, took the initiative to say: Mr. Cameron, can you talk about the digital field?

Cameron nodded and said with some regret: I have never thought of getting to this point before. But the fact is that I plan to give up the shares in the digital field, so Mr. Rust, what are you willing to use? What about the price?

$45 million, how about that?

I heard that you bought the shares of various shareholders in the digital field at a premium of 20%, right? Cameron pretended to be puzzled: I am also a shareholder in the digital field, and I am still the second largest shareholder.

Well, the meaning of the words is why there is no premium.

However, the reason for the Lehman premium is to win over the management, but Cameron is obviously not in the ranks. Even, he is a member of the digital field abandoned.

Of course, on the other hand, Cameron voluntarily gave up the digital field.

Mr Cameron,

This is wrong... There shouldn't be other factors involved tonight, and it's impossible for me to decide such a big business by myself. As far as I know, your offer to Industrial Light \u0026 Magic is also $45 million. They rejected you, but I am willing to pay the money.

This is different, your needs are different from ILM. Cameron smiled slyly, How about 60 million? It's not too difficult for Firefly Pictures.

Indeed, spending 60 million to buy Cameron's digital domain shares is not a big deal for Firefly Pictures, and it is even higher than the budget investment of not a blockbuster.

However, Lehman suddenly asked: Have you ever regretted all this? If your proposal to the board of directors was not so firm two years ago, the development of the digital field would not have been hindered and bottlenecked as it is now.

Cameron resisted his temper and retorted: I compromise once, there will be a second time, a third time... I still don't think Scott is a suitable leader.

But he set up the technical department in the digital field, and he is also the top talent in the visual effects industry, what do you think?

Lehmann chuckled lightly, and did not intend to persuade a paranoid, after all, this guy had fallen out with countless close partners and wives - Cameron has neither management skills nor was he willing to spend his time managing the company, or in other words, he Only appreciate the new technology of those movies.

When a director is at the top, he basically climbs to the top of the pyramid independently, and the one who has the lowest desire for this is Cameron. He would rather go diving in the deep sea than spend his time doing it. This is why his wealth comparison can be like this. cause of distress.

Look at Spielberg, George Lucas or now Lehmann. It is very easy to realize the contacts they have accumulated with their big-selling works. It can even be said that there are countless financing institutions rushing to send money, but Cameron I haven't done this before - if DreamWorks wants to raise funds, or Lucasfilm, there will be no shortage of people to send money. What they lack is how to maintain autonomy in the face of various types of capital.

It can be said that Cameron has no ambitions. The director circles he gathers in the paranoid are the most paranoid.

In other words, success is also paranoid, and failure is also paranoid.

No, $45 million. Lehman insisted: My offer has overflowed to a certain extent, and you are no longer involved in the company's business, right? It is better to accept it than to continue to contact other people and waste energy. I.

Cameron hesitated for a while, seeing that he couldn't convince Lehman to increase the price, and he didn't plan to drag it.

As Lehman said, he was not welcome in the digital world, and he didn't like the company, and what the digital world left him would only make him sulky.

Okay, I agree to the price of $45 million, but all payments must be paid in one lump sum and no installments are accepted.

That's totally fine. Lyman nodded.

After the deal was initially negotiated, the two men relaxed a lot.

To be honest, Cameron still admires Lehmann quite a bit. As a director, he is very envious of the output of the other party.

Afterwards, the two chatted about the directorship.

As he spoke, Cameron talked about a documentary that he was cooperating with Twentieth Century Fox.

So, he immediately asked: Lehmann, what do you think of imax technology?

Lehman raised his eyebrows and asked in doubt: Imax technology still needs the cooperation of the theater? Have you persuaded those stingy people?

Cameron has been experimenting with 3d-imax technology for several years, and everyone in the industry knows that he has been experimenting with documentaries, but they don't know what he means by asking this?

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