"Titanic?"

Hearing the name Colin mentioned, Howard Hughes' fingers holding the cigar couldn't help but pause.

He was only seven years old when the ship sank.

However, he was also deeply impressed by the Titanic incident. At that time, the sinking of the giant ship shocked the entire United States. Major newspapers published news of the sinking of the giant ship for a month. Even now, he can still recall that his father, Hugh, was

Si looked shocked when he saw the news about the sinking of the Titanic.

"So, what do you mean?"

Seeing the change in the expression on Hughes's face, Colin knew that his goal had been achieved.

He smiled slightly, and continued under Hughes' gaze: "Don't you think this is all very dramatic? A giant ship that was said to be unsinkable encountered misfortune on its maiden voyage. Titan

The sinking of the Nick is certainly sad, but it is also a source of inspiration..."

"If the story of this giant ship could be brought to the big screen, what kind of attention and discussion would it arouse?"

As a wealthy man, Howard Hughes did not have a deep pursuit of money, so Colin deliberately directed him to pay attention.

"Sinking ship?"

Obviously, Colin's approach worked.

Hughes fiddled with the cigar in his hand and murmured Colin's description of the Titanic.

"In fact, as far as I know, as early as 1898, the British writer Morgan Robertson wrote a novel called "In vain"..."

"The novel describes a so-called unsinkable luxury ship named Titan, which sailed from the United Kingdom to the United States on the other side of the ocean on its maiden voyage. This is the largest and most luxurious passenger ship in the history of human navigation. It is equipped with

All luxurious facilities were available at that time, and the ship was full of wealthy passengers, and people enjoyed themselves on this giant ship. "

"However, this giant ship hit an iceberg on its first voyage and sank tragically. Many passengers were buried at the bottom of the sea. Everything was like a true portrayal of the sinking of the Titanic..."

There is no way to verify the source of inspiration for Morgan Robertson's "In vain".

Because the author committed suicide in the Alamac Hotel guest room in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1915, three years after the sinking of the Titanic.

As for Colin, the reason for mentioning him is just to add a touch of legend to the entire story of the giant ship.

"So, why me?"

There is no doubt that Hughes has been convinced by Colin's story about the Titanic. He stared at the man in front of him and couldn't help but question.

"For me, the only director in Hollywood who can film Titanic, there is no other choice except you, Mr. Hughes."

Colin didn't lie about this.

A director who can spend 4 million US dollars to shoot a movie is simply unique in Hollywood of this era.

Colin's words obviously greatly benefited Hughes.

"In addition, Mr. Hughes conquered the sky in "Hell's Angels", why can't he conquer the sea again in "Titanic"?"

"Conquer the sea?!"

For an idealist like Howard Hughes, there is nothing more exciting than Colin's words about conquering the sea.

"Then let us conquer the sea!"

Turning his head and looking at the aircraft repair shed under construction in the distance, Hughes agreed to Colin's movie invitation without hesitation, even though he had never seen the script about the Titanic that Colin mentioned.

"As far as I know, many of the family members of the victims of the sinking of the giant ship are still alive. If the story about the Titanic is filmed like this, it may lead to protests from them."

At this moment, Roy on the side gave a reminder.

Roy was worried that making a movie about the Titanic would cause controversy, but Hughes himself didn't care.

"If they want to express their protest, I will be happy to send them movie tickets when the movie is released, so that they can witness the sinking of the giant ship on the screen. Then, tell them that if they are angry, they can go to the people who built Titanic

The shipyards of the USS, the cruise lines, if those companies still exist."

Howard Hughes was not a person who was afraid of things. On the contrary, he had an unusually crazy pursuit of movies.

He dared to fly a plane himself in "Hell's Angels" and also dared to shoot real violent scenes in the "Scarface" movie based on the real gangster Al Capone.

This is why, after hearing Colin's movie idea about Titanic, he uncharacteristically agreed.

Because he felt a huge challenge from it, and this was exactly what he was pursuing.

"As I have said before, Morgan Robertson's "In vain" describes a story that is very similar to reality, and I happen to have the copyright to the novel."

Francis, the employee Colin recruited for the Courier newspaper.

Before losing his job, he worked in a publishing house, specializing in collecting and organizing European publications for domestic distribution. He has extensive experience in handling the copyright of these foreign works.

Through his arrangement, Colin successfully found Morgan Robertson's widow and bought the copyright to "In vain".

Anyway, in this era.

The copyright of a novel is not expensive, especially for a relatively unknown author like Morgan Robb. If it had not been for the sinking of the Titanic, not many people would have noticed this novel at all.

From Colin's description, Roy understood his purpose, which was to shoot the Titanic movie from the beginning.

but why?

Roy wouldn't be surprised at all if he wanted Howard Hughes to make a Superman-related movie.

Because this can increase the popularity of his "Superman" and earn more revenue.

However, Roy really couldn't connect Titanic with Superman, so he couldn't insert a Superman plot into Titanic.

Just like, he couldn't connect Howard with the aircraft repair shed.

Standing at the dusty construction site, Roy looked at the two Roy and Hughes who were chatting in front of him, and a feeling of being out of place arose spontaneously.

But inexplicably, he had a premonition.

Hollywood may undergo earth-shaking changes because of the existence of the two.
Chapter completed!