As a movie released 7 years ago, Avatar directly promoted the revolution in human film shooting techniques and the technological revolution in movie theaters.
After the movie was released, many people discovered that the movie could be watched this way.
Since then, many movie theaters have also built high-definition 3D viewing screens such as imax, laser, and reald screens.
Even a few years after Avatar was released, there was still talk in the market that there would be no movies without 3D.
All this indicates that Avatar is indeed a pioneer in new era film technology and viewing methods.
Cameron was also crowned a god again for this movie.
After watching Avatar, the audience has been looking forward to the release of the second part of Avatar.
When will Avatar 2 be released? This has almost become a menstrual post on many movie forums and forums.
I didn't expect that this delay would take several years.
It wasn't until 2016 that the audience knew for sure that Avatar 2 was still being filmed.
That's why the filming took so long.
The most important are two reasons.
One is the special effects of Avatar 2, which must be better than the first one.
A lot of effort was put into the filming and production of the special effects of the movie.
Even the most expensive and time-consuming part of a film's cost.
The second reason is that it is difficult to choose beautiful scenes.
Special effects are part of the movie, but beautiful natural scenery is equally important.
When filming for Avatar, the film crew traveled to many countries around the world to collect scenic spots with beautiful natural landscapes.
Cameron is a perfectionist.
He hopes that in the movie he creates, every frame in the screen will be the most eye-catching scenery, and it can be used as Daisuke's advertising background or computer wallpaper.
This is also the fundamental reason why Avatar 2 has been filming for several years and the progress has been slow.
All settings can be perfectly expressed in two words - burning money.
Very expensive.
Cameron and the film's investors made a simple estimate.
See this pattern of burning money.
After the movie is released, if it does not earn more than 3 billion US dollars at the box office, then the movie will definitely lose money.
3 billion knives.
This number is still quite scary.
According to the global box office rankings in 2015.
Jurassic World, which ranks first at the box office, has a total box office of only 1.6 billion US dollars.
That is to say, the box office of Avatar 2, even if it reaches the standards of Jurassic World, which ranked first in 2015, it has not recovered its money at all, let alone made money.
This way of burning money makes the investors of Avatar II very anxious.
If you don’t invest, the initial investment will be wasted. Moreover, Cameron is a world-renowned successful director with a success rate of over 90%, so it is worth the gamble.
But if you invest, if the box office cannot recover the money, then you will really lose everything.
Therefore, investors have been arguing back and forth with Cameron's team, which has also delayed the filming process of the film.
But no matter what.
Cameron also knows that he must find ways to save costs and speed up the filming schedule.
Of course, Cameron still has some ideas of his own.
That is the picture display of the world view in Avatar 2. It relies closely on some existing scenery on the earth, but it feels a little bit interesting.
If you use special effects to process it, it will look fake and empty, and it does not conform to some of your own settings for the movie lens.
On the contrary, the virtual world created by Zemeng equipment is more in line with Cameron's vision.
If you can show the most real and most desired picture in your heart in the virtual world.
This not only saves costs, but also achieves your perfect goal and speeds up the shooting progress.
But Cameron's idea did not receive support from the team at the beginning.
Because the filming team has a lot of money to invest in the production of special effects.
What if Cameron's movie ends up being shot in a virtual world?
All special effects money will be cancelled.
Those companies that do special effects will definitely not make any profit later.
The special effects created by the virtual world, both in terms of effect and sense, are definitely much better than the special effects processed by existing computers and software.
In addition, these special effects companies and investors are inextricably linked.
The special effects company certainly doesn’t want to lose such a big deal as Avatar.
But Cameron is willing to shoot Avatar not just because he wants to make money from Avatar.
According to Cameron's current reputation and global popularity.
Just accept a few commercial dramas and make a lot of money back.
It had been several years, and there was absolutely no need for him to waste his time on Avatar.
When a successful director reaches such a position, he hopes more to express his inner thoughts.
Inform the audience of your inner world.
So Cameron immediately quarreled with the investors.
Or film it Cameron's own way.
Or Cameron leaves.
Investors are not fools either.
Of course I know that if Cameron is asked to go away and another director is used to shoot Avatar.
There is a high chance that you will lose all your money.
After weighing the matter, the investors also agreed that Cameron's team had contacted Changtian Technology before.
In order to ensure that Cameron's team travels smoothly this time.
Cameron's team first contacted Changtian Technology.
After Chen Xiao learned the news, he welcomed it.
The purpose of creating Zemeng equipment and Yinghuo ecological chain is to serve people and all walks of life around the world.
What's more, Chen Xiao also hopes that Avatar 2 will succeed.
If Cameron can rely on the virtual world created by Zemeng equipment and Changtian Technology’s Yinghuo ecosystem to perfectly display the scenes of Avatar 2, it will help Avatar 2 be filmed as scheduled. This will also be a great opportunity for Zemeng equipment and virtual equipment.
publicity.
Chen Xiao directly arranged for Wang Xiang, Yang Fei and Cameron to meet.
Cameron's ability to come to Xia Kingdom and come for Avatar has attracted the attention of movie fans around the world.
Many reporters around the world learned about Cameron's itinerary in advance.
They had already ambushed the airport in Suhang City (the airport of Changtian Technology, which is currently not open to foreign flights).
After seeing Cameron's team's special plane arrive at Suhang Airport.
Reporters swarmed in, hoping to interview this talented director and obtain the filming progress and details of Avatar II, and what was the purpose of Cameron's visit to Suzhou and Hangzhou this time?
Cameron had just stepped off the plane and arrived at the departure port.
The reporters came over with long guns and short guns.
"Mr. Cameron, I heard that you are going to contact the team of Changtian Technology. Are you going to use Changtian Technology's technology to improve the filming of the movie?"
"Is Avatar 2 going to borrow the virtual world in Zemeng's device?"
"According to relevant media reports in the United States and Europe, what devices will greatly endanger users' security and privacy. Do you have any worries in this regard?"
Cameron ignored these reporters at all.
He came to Suhang City after a long journey, not just to be interviewed by these reporters.
So under the escort of security personnel, Cameron hurriedly got into the commercial vehicle sent by Changtian Technology and drove straight to Changzezhou.
He now needs to seize every minute and every second to negotiate with Changtian Technology.
Some reporters who did not get the opportunity to interview had no choice but to go home. Of course, some reporters who were unwilling to do so also chased to Nagazezhou, hoping to get some news from Nagazezhou.
The most excited ones are Xia Guo’s fans and Xia Guo’s reporters.
A reporter from "Science and Technology News" wrote on Weibo: "Zemeng equipment is feared by the EU Parliament in Europe, so it is not qualified to be sold in Europe. After this news came out, I commented that this has been happening for decades.
The worst thing Europe has done since."
"I believe that after Avatar II is filmed using the virtual world of Zemeng equipment, not only those dim-witted EU members will regret not introducing Zemeng equipment, but European users will also regret their protests."
Will Europeans regret it in the end? Cameron doesn’t know.
But after Cameron arrived in Nagasawa, he felt regretful.
He regretted not coming to Changzezhou earlier.
Because Nagasawa shows a sense of prosperity and technology, it is even better than all the science fiction films I have made before.
Cameron recorded this feeling.
Yang Fei and Wang Xiang received Cameron in the conference room.
After a brief exchange of greetings, the two parties got down to business.
Cameron first introduced the two of them that the filming process of Avatar 2 had encountered some troubles.
Yang Fei and Wang Xiang are both fans of Avatar.
They were very happy to be able to get in close contact with Cameron and learn about the filming process of Avatar 2 for the first time.
"I learned about Zemeng equipment and the virtual world from the media."
"I also saw some scenes and pictures in the virtual world, and I think this is the material basis for creating all possibilities."
"In Avatar 2, our focus is on the underwater world. I hope to have a sense of the vast and beautiful sky."
"We tried to find this feeling in New Zealand and other countries, and also tried to use the water tank of the swimming pool to shoot, and finally used post-production special effects to do it, but we always felt that it was unsatisfactory."
"So we hope to seek cooperation with Changtian Technology and hope to bring a true science fiction movie to movie fans around the world."
Wang Xiang and Yang Fei are very able to understand what Cameron is thinking.
Because this is Yang Fei's home court.
So even though Wang Xiang is the CEO of the company, he still gives the right to speak to Yang Fei.
Yang Fei did not directly discuss business with Cameron or how to cooperate with him, but talked with him about knowledge.
Yang Fei said to Cameron: "Sir, we Xia people have a saying, it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times."
"Let's not talk about cooperation today. Let's take a look at our virtual world first."
"Yinghuo System Company has developed a game called God of the Original Path. Currently we have developed a new copy, which has not yet been released."
"But I just heard from my husband that Avatar Part 2 will focus more on the underwater world."
"The copy of our game will also have many islands and underwater world environments. Let's go in and take a look first."
"real?"
Cameron was excited now.
"I can not wait any more!"
Cameron has only seen some simple scenes of the virtual world in videos on social media.
You still have to actually check it out.
Yang Fei directly asked the staff to take more than 10 Zemeng equipment and distribute them to Cameron and his team.
After the staff briefly taught everyone how to use it.
Yang Fei and the technical staff of Changtian Technology took Cameron and his party into the new copy of the God of the Original Way.
The majestic mountains, the tranquility of the deep sea, the sounds that touch the soul, and all kinds of monsters.
Everything is so sci-fi, and everything is so realistic.
Not only Cameron, but the entire team below him was strictly banned and shocked by the scene.
They felt that this was not a movie, nor a game, nor a post-production feature.
And everything is really happening.
The truth is the real scene before your eyes.
This scene is much more beautiful than the real scenery they found in New Zealand, South Africa, and other countries around the world.
Just at this time.
Yang Fei summoned several dragons to come over.
This kind of dragon is different from the flying dragon in the world of Avatar. In this sense, it is a traditional dragon of the Xia Kingdom.
When this kind of creature that does not exist on earth came in front of Cameron.
Cameron was extremely shocked.
He touched the dragon's scales with his hands.
This feeling of coldness and moisture was something he would never forget for the rest of his life.
"Ride on and give it a try." Yang Fei said.
Seeing Yang Fei ride on the flying dragon, Cameron also followed suit and rode on it.
After getting ready, the flying dragon flapped its wings and took off, soaring in the sky and among the towering mountains.
In an instant, it lightly passed through the water again, and the cold seawater splashed on Cameron's face.
This feeling of flight and weightlessness was indeed transmitted to Cameron's mind through the device's sensors.
Incomparably realistic and extremely exciting.
If he were a movie actor, he believed that the current expression on his face was completely in line with the setting of the film, and there was no need to retake or call for a cut.
Feilong took Cameron and others to see the scenery with many copies of the God of Original Dao, and then stopped at a place full of fireflies and luminous plants.
Such a wonderful spirit before his eyes made it difficult for Cameron to distinguish between the real world and the virtual world.
He is even willing to leave the real world behind and live in this beautiful virtual world.
"How about it, sir, compared to your special effects team, the modules we built in the virtual world should be pretty good."
Cameron is a very decisive person. He immediately made a decision and said: "Mr. Wang, Mr. Yang, I sincerely hope to cooperate with you. I hope your company can create a world system for Avatar 2."
"As long as it meets my requirements and price conditions, you can raise whatever you want! I will definitely convince the investors to complete this investment!"