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"The cost of actors has been discussed. Let's take a look at the cost of various miscellaneous props. I noticed that among the $30 million props, 15 million is the cost of fixed buildings such as studios. We will not discuss this for now. The key to our problem lies in the remaining 15 million props."

"These props are as small as a wine glass, and only sold for 30 cents outside, but they cost $30. As big as a huge crystal chandelier of $300,000, Mr. Jon doesn't think these things are too expensive?"

"There are also these luxury decorations. Although most of the luxury goods are counterfeit, all of them require the same authentic products as furs and backpacks. The expenses of these luxury goods combined are as high as 8 million US dollars. Wouldn't this be a little too high?" Boss Jia asked, pointing to the things on the list.

"This... there is no way to do this. If the movie is really done, then these things must be needed. Because this is in 1912, all the decorations must conform to the style and characteristics of 1912!"

"But now it has been more than 80 years since 1912, and no one is producing these old objects. All props need to be specially customized and then hand-made. These are things that cannot be produced by assembly lines, and can only be dependent on manual labor!"

"In the United States, manual and assembly line are two different prices. The same thing has only one dollar for assembly line, and manual may cost 100 US dollars. The price is so high, there is no way!" Jon thought that Boss Jia was a Chinese and did not know the national conditions of the United States, so he explained patiently.

"Mr. Jon doesn't need to explain. I don't have any questions about the price of this list. In fact, I'm very sure that these things are indeed worth the price in the United States!" Boss Jia said with a smile, and Jon was a little confused.

Since Boss Jia understands the truth, why do you have to talk nonsense?

"But Mr. Jon said just now that the reason why these things are expensive is that they all need to be handmade, and the materials themselves are not outstanding, right?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.

"Yeah!" Jon nodded.

"Then let's find a place where workers have cheap wages to buy these things, isn't that enough?" Boss Jia said with his eyes narrowed.

"Mr. Jia, what do you mean?" Jon was stunned for a moment.

"I mean, why do we have to purchase these props in the United States? We can purchase them in China!" Boss Jia snapped his fingers, and the secretary behind him sent a thick report.

Then Boss Jia continued, "Actually, I have inquired about these props. We can make them all in China, and the prices are very cheap!"

"Huaxia?" Jon was stunned for a moment, then instinctively showed a suspicious expression and said, "Mr. Jia, it's not that I have any prejudice against Huaxia, but Huaxia seems to be a little behind in technology. Can they really make these things?"

"Hahaha!" Boss Jia couldn't help laughing when he heard this. "Mr. Jon, if we were going to make modern movies, I might also be worried about the level of technology production. But our movie is a movie that describes 1912, which is 80 years away from now. Even if China's technology level is 50 years behind the world, it is enough to create the old thing in 1912!"

"This is..." Jon nodded as he heard it.

"And I saw that many of the things here require some old traditional equipment to produce. These equipment have been eliminated in the United States, and there are still many in China, which is also very convenient!"

"Believe me, I have done a very detailed survey. There are indeed about 10% of the old items in this list, which are not made by China and can still be made in the United States. But for the remaining 90%, we China can guarantee that we will not have any problems!"

"So..." Jon hesitated for a moment, "But the United States and China are two styles, and these old objects have many details. Chinese people are different from American people, so they may not be able to perfectly restore these things!"

"Not to worry about this! As long as you can provide us with pictures and drawings, there will be no big difference." Boss Jia waved his hand and said, "Mr. Jon, I would like to ask, do you still remember what happened in 1912?"

"I was born in 1932..." Jon was confused when he heard it, "How could he have seen something from 1912!"

"That's right. How many people in the United States can still remember the events in 1912 and remember so many decorations and objects in 1912. They have no real memory. How do they know if these things are perfect in details? As long as the overall atmosphere is there, they will not question it!" Boss Jia said lightly.

The things from 1912 are similar to costume films. No one cares about many details. Besides, Boss Jia has tried his best to be perfect, but there will always be perfect in the world.

"But..." Jon Landau was still hesitant.

"5 million US dollars!" Boss Jia suddenly said, "This 15 million thing is only 5 million US dollars when put into China. And if there is any problem, I will be responsible for everything!"

"Then it's OK!" Jon closed his mouth, saving another $10 million in expenses. Compared with $10 million, some details are really nothing.

Besides, to be honest, the things produced by China may not necessarily be worse than those produced by the Americans!

"In this way, we will save $20 million!" Boss Jia smiled, then pointed to the special effects and said, "In addition, in terms of special effects, I think you can save at least half, that is, $20 million in expenses!"

"20 million US dollars? This is impossible. Cameron will never compromise. It is the expenses for special effects!" Jon was immediately furious when he heard this and said immediately.

"Don't reduce the special effect level, don't worry, we won't cut the special effect level! The special effects that should be available must be, and even better than the original plan!" Boss Jia said with a smile.

"Then this is even more impossible! Mr. Jia, you don't want to hand over the special effects to you Chinese to do the same!" Jon was anxious when he heard this, "Mr. Jia, please forgive me for yourselves. You Chinese may indeed be able to do other things, but in terms of special effects, only we Americans in the world can do it. You Chinese don't even have a special effects studio. This will not be able to make the special effects needed by the Titanic, which will ruin this movie!"

"We have invested more than 100 million US dollars, so we can't save the special effects costs of $20 million!"

"Calm down! Mr. Jon, please calm down!!" Boss Jia patted Jon on the shoulder and smiled, "Mr. Jon, I mean to reduce the number of special effects shots, not reduce the quality of special effects. Similarly, all special effects are still done by you Americans. As you said, we Chinese cannot do special effects of this level at present!"

"Isn't this the same truth? After reducing the number of special effects shots, what's the difference between destroying the special effects?" Jon's face turned red in anger.

"Listen to me, the so-called special effects are to be able to shoot scenes that cannot be taken in reality, right?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.

"Nothing went wrong..."

"That's right. Some lenses are really not able to be shot in reality, so we have to do special effects. But some special effects lenses can also be shot in reality. However, because of the cost, we have to use special effects lenses to make them!"

"But let me ask, no matter how perfect the special effects lens is, can the real scene be perfect?"

"Mr. Jia, what do you want to say?" Jon was confused by Boss Jia.

"I mean it's very simple!" Boss Jia laughed. "Actually, I think Director Cameron's idea was pretty good at the beginning. We might as well build a Titanic and let him sink to the bottom of the sea. How perfect and real the picture taken is!"