Just two days after Ye Jin and Lin Qingxia arrived in Taiwan, Lucas called for debt collection.

"Mr. Ye, there is no money in the account. I need you to invest additionally." Lucas said to Ye Jin.

"No, when I came, there were at least two million dollars in my account. I've just been a few days, how could it be gone?" Ye Jin asked repeatedly when he heard this.

Star Wars' budget is $8 million. This money includes both shooting costs and special effects production costs.

Due to severe weather such as storms and dust storms in the desert in Tunisia, the shooting progress was delayed, and the shooting cost was forced to increase by 1.5 million US dollars.

After the filming was completed, there were still two million dollars in the account to be used as special effects for the movie. But until the filming was completed, it was less than a week in total, and Lucas actually said that there was no money in the account.

It’s not a small amount to burn two million dollars in a week! You know, the production costs of "Dragon Hard Boy", "Rocky" and "Ghost Street" are less than two million dollars.

"Ye, you have to know that movie special effects are very expensive. In order to achieve the ideal effect, we have to invest a lot of money." Lucas persuaded Ye Jin with sarcasm.

After hearing this, Ye Jin suddenly slapped.

Of course he knew in his heart that movie special effects were very expensive.

Especially the science fiction movies of "Star Wars" require a large number of special effects shots. Each special effects shot is accumulated by money.

Two million is much less, but more is not much. You know, when Spielberg filmed "The Great White Jaw", the mechanical great white shark spent millions of dollars to build. In "Star Wars", there was a spaceship and a monster. It was impossible to make it without seven or eight million dollars.

Ye Jin has long been mentally prepared. As long as the production cost of "Star Wars" is less than 20 million US dollars, he can still afford it.

However, this does not mean that he will pay the money happily at Lucas' request.

You know, movies are a very expensive thing. In 1963, when Twentieth Century Fox filmed "Cleopatra", there were as many as 65 costumes for the protagonist Elizabeth Taylor alone, including a set of 24k pure gold to create costumes.

In order to film the ceremony of Cleopatra entering Rome, the crew almost rebuilt a Roman city. The gates, walls, streets, etc. are all made of real building materials.

This also brought the production cost of "Cleopatra" to 44 million US dollars. The 44 million US dollars in 1963 was equivalent to 400 million US dollars in 1920, which was twice the production cost of "Avatar". However, the box office of "Cleopatra" did not accumulate to about 50 million US dollars until 2004, almost broke the Twentieth Century Fox.

The teacher who never forgets the past and the next thing. With the example of Fox, Ye Jin must restrain Lucas and let him know that money is not so easy to ask for. In this way, he can cherish every penny.

Otherwise, I would give him as much as I want. Ye Jin believed that Lucas would dare to spend all his $100 million to [burn].

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"George, I have made some investments recently, and the company's accounts are not much money." Ye Jin then said to Lucas, "Can't you think of any other way?"

"What else can I do? If there is no funds on the books, what can I do?" Lucas immediately burst into tears when he heard this.

A good woman can't cook without rice. Without money, he can't help but have talent.

"Don't say that, you are also a producer. You should consider controlling costs." Ye Jin heard that Lucas was dissatisfied and immediately became even more reluctant to send him money.

If Lucas doesn't know how to control himself, he won't say he's given eight million dollars, even if he gives him eighty million dollars, he will still spend it.

"I'm already controlling the cost." Lucas said with no confidence.

In fact, he didn't think about controlling costs.

Because this "Star Wars" is his brainchild, he naturally hopes to be perfect, so his requirements for special effects are very high, which makes the funds flow like water. Spending two million dollars in seven days is even more ruthless than Ye Jin's spending money on buying a house.

Ye Jin smiled.

He knows the rules of the game in the film industry. He is good at making movies, famous directors, and investors spend money. Therefore, in order to become famous, directors usually don’t think about saving money for investors.

Wang Jiawei showed this to the fullest. Deng Guangrong invested 39 million Hong Kong dollars in "The Legend of Ah Fei". He was originally going to film two of the first films, but Wang Jiawei spent all the 39 million yuan in the first film. And he only exchanged for the box office of 9 million Hong Kong dollars, which made Deng Guangrong so angry that he vomited blood and went to the hospital.

Deng Guangrong lost money, causing Ying Zhijie to close down. However, Wang Jiawei won the Best Director of the Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Horse Awards for "The Legend of Ah Fei".

So Lucas said that he had controlled the costs, and Ye Jin was unbelievable. If he really controlled the costs, how could he spend 2 million US dollars in seven days?

Two million US dollars, the purchasing power in 1976 can be said to be quite amazing. The luxury house in Beverly Hills, which is less than one thousand square meters, can be won by two million US dollars.

However, Ye Jin would not argue with Lucas about this issue. Since Lucas dared to ask for money, he must have thought of an excuse. He would not accept the orders of the king outside! Ye Jin was far away in Taiwan and was not guarding him, so it would be impossible to expose him.

"Okay, I'll just help you find money, but it will take some time." Ye Jin then said to Lucas, "You can hold on for this period of time, okay, that's it." After that, he hung up the phone.

"Hey, hey?!" Before Lucas could speak, he was depressed when he saw Ye Jin hung up the phone.

Ye Jinguang said he raised money, but he didn't say how long it would take. What if he raised money for a month or two?! In fact, let alone he raised money for a month or two, even if he raised money for a week, the crew would have to stop.

The crew now has enough money left to last for three days at most. In another three days, the crew may not even be able to order fast food from the producers.

Ye Jin asked him to hold on for the first time, which was even more a joke. Where did he get the money to hold on? Does the director have to pay for the filming out of his own pocket?!

Lucas immediately called again and forced Ye Jin to pay the money.

"If you really don't have money, can you make a mortgage or introduce external funds?" Lucas suggested to Ye Jin.

"Star Wars" has been filmed for most of the time, and only post-production is left. It is easier to attract other investors or use it to mortgage loans.

"No, you can't make a mortgage, and you can't use external funds." Ye Jin immediately rejected.

He is the producer and investor of Star Wars, and the owner of the copyright of Star Wars. He uses Star Wars mortgage loans, which is no different from his investment.

And "Star Wars" may return hundreds of millions of dollars in the future, so how can he let other investors take advantage?

"This is not possible, that is not possible. Could it be that the crew is shut down due to lack of funds?" George Lucas asked angrily.

"If you really have no money, you can only stop it." Ye Jin said without giving in when he heard this, "Let it stop it first, and I will talk about it when I raise the funds."

After hearing what he said, Lucas was so anxious that he was going crazy.
Chapter completed!