Director James Diaz was on a much higher level than Neil Blomkamp, with whom Chen Feng had dealt before.
Although District 9, Elysium, and Chaos Space had somewhat established Neil's stature in the industry, they paled in comparison to James Diaz; the two weren't even on the same level.
Starting from three to four decades ago, ever since his debut film swept the Hollywood weekend box office, James hadn't made a B-Class film; he only dealt with top productions.
Even if he just came up with an idea for a movie, countless investors would break down his door, waving checks worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Ordinary-level directors had to actively visit investors and repeatedly sell themselves by explaining their filmmaking ideas.
Better ones had established long-term relationships with investors.
