The main filming location of "Titanic" was in Mexico, which was a huge photography base including a water tank built from scratch.
At the beginning, when Scott chose a shooting location, he settled on a natural puddle in Malta. It was cheap and suitable, and he could shoot immediately without artificial irrigation.
However, the local government refused to release the film on the grounds of damaging the environment. In desperation, the crew finally settled on a coastal development zone in Rosarito, Mexico, as the final filming location.
After lengthy negotiations, Max Films finally purchased 40 acres of land in Rosasto and purchased another 60 acres for emergency needs. The total cost was as high as 3.5 million U.S. dollars, and the annual rent was as high as 700,000 U.S. dollars. The length of the lease
for five years.
Unlike the natural waterholes in Malta, the crew will artificially cultivate a 40-acre sea surface in Rosarito.
After all the construction, Max spent more than five million US dollars just on site selection.
After the site was built, the "Titanic" model was quickly transported to the local area for physical splicing. Before Li Qing returned, Scott had already shot many scenes on this huge model cruise ship.
On the plane flying to Mexico City, Li Qing lowered his head to study the script, while Emma actively communicated with the crew. After some joking, Emma noticed Li Qing and stood up.
"Would you like some water? Li."
Emma brought a cup of hot drink over, handed it to Li Qing with both hands, and smiled: "Congratulations on winning the Berlin Award for Best Actor. I saw it on live TV. You are so handsome."
Li Qing put the script beside him, took the hot drink, thanked him, and smiled when he heard this: "Actually, I was quite surprised to win the award. It seems to me to be a bit of a fluke."
"No, it should be well deserved." Emma boasted: "'The Truman' is the second movie you starred in, and you won the Berlin Award for Best Actor in the second movie. Your acting talent is really too high.
Well, there are very few such outstanding actors in Hollywood. It is my honor to work with such an outstanding actor like you."
"Thanks."
Li Qing smiled slightly, then lowered his head and continued studying the script.
After getting off the plane today, we will be filming Jack's first scene. To be honest, although everyone knows that he wrote the script, Li Qing couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he came into contact with this great movie.
His first scene is to play poker with several gamblers in a train station. As long as he wins, he will get two tickets to ride the Titanic. Although it is the cheapest third class, eight
Individuals share a room, but it is still not something that poor painter Jack can afford.
The starting point of the Titanic was Southampton, England, and the end point was New York, the United States. For Europeans at the beginning of the last century, the United States was a paradise for trade and freedom, which everyone yearned for. There were countless opportunities for gold mining there, and the world
Aspiring people from all over the country will flock to it if they have the chance.
Jack and his friends are naturally one of these "aspirational people", so when they learned that the end of the world's largest cruise ship, the Titanic, known as the "unsinkable", was the dream city of New York, the United States, they immediately started from
I came from afar and arrived in Southampton, hoping to catch this ride.
For Li Qing, how to play a poor and down-and-out young painter is really a difficult problem.
First, he can’t draw. In fact, he has never been exposed to even the simplest sketches. However, Jack in the script initially attracted Ruth’s attention with his drawing skills.
Therefore, just after arriving on the set, Li Qing hired a professional painter to follow him. Li Qing hoped to understand all the painting information in a limited time. He did not need to study, he only needed to know what the painter looked like when working.
Just get used to it. The painting scenes that are actually captured in the camera will basically be coordinated in post-production.
Secondly, he retains too much Asian flavor, and his behavior and speech are somewhat different from European and American habits. Jack is an Englishman who grew up in major cities in the UK. Although he is poor, he is well-informed.
Coupled with his handsome face, this makes his whole personality unrestrained and uninhibited, making him very popular among girls.
Li Qing's facial features and facial edges are all qualified, even more handsome than Jack's own character, but he is not white after all, and his black hair and pupils make him very different from Jack in every aspect.
Far.
Therefore, after finalizing the starring role, Scott quickly changed Jack's character. The original British person became a British Chinese. His ancestors crossed the ocean and came to the West, and finally settled in
For some indescribable reason, Jack was disappointed with Britain. He decided to go to New York, the United States. It was rumored that it was a country with no discrimination.
But it is undeniable that Li Qing can participate in this movie. In addition to being an investor, the most fundamental reason is that Scott is very optimistic about him and recognizes his acting skills, so he will accommodate Li Qing in all aspects.
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Let’s not talk about anything else. Just winning the Berlin Prize for Best Actor has proved how accurate Scott’s vision is.
It also made all the crew members who questioned Li Qing's acting skills shut their mouths.
Therefore, although Li Qing was slightly different from the original character of Jack in the script, Scott still firmly chose Li Qing as the male protagonist.
Li Qing is also well aware of the status and weight of "Titanic" in the entire world's film history, so after joining the crew, he studied the script with great concentration.
As for the listing of Phantom Technology and other matters, he left it to Zhou to handle.
In this regard, Zhou is very active. Now that it has decided to apply for listing in the United States, the group will set up a listing research team to cooperate and communicate with Goldman Sachs and UBS.
But after all, listing does not happen overnight. It requires a lot of preliminary work preparation. If everything goes well, in half a year, Phantom Technology will change the limited company to a joint stock limited company, and then it can apply for an IPO, conduct a public offering, and issue equity.
, and finally apply to the stock exchange for quotation and listing transactions.
As sponsors, Goldman Sachs and UBS also need to make relevant preparations, such as arranging timetables, coordinating advisory work, preparing draft prospectuses and listing applications, and recommending stock pricing.
Of course, if everything goes well, Li Qing will need to leave the crew and participate in the IPO plan of Phantom Technology.
As a director of the company, he must actively cooperate with the underwriters in relevant preparations, such as revising profit and cash flow forecasts, approving the prospectus, signing underwriting agreements, and road shows.
If the listing is successful, with Hanhai's current capital and Phantom's market value, it is certain that Li Qing will become the richest man in mainland China.
If it fails...
Just kidding, with the two major sponsors of Goldman Sachs and UBS, it is impossible for Phantom Technology to fail in its listing. This is related to the credibility and ability of the world's two major investment banks.
Three hours later, the plane descended into Mexico, and the crew dispersed and walked quietly through the airport.
Soon, Li Qing and others took two buses that had been arranged and headed all the way to their destination, a development zone town in the southern coastal area of Rosarito, Mexico.