While Zhu Youxing is tracking the production of special effects, he is also controlling the progress of game development.
In addition to several teams that are currently developing Final Fantasy 7, several other teams continue to release their respective games step by step.
Of course, now Zhuyouxing no longer has to control the works they produce.
He just needs to control the overall quality of the final game.
This is also a good opportunity for them to most easily develop their own game development skills.
During this period, one or two talents with good game development capabilities also appeared, and they have already emerged and started to gain a certain reputation in the industry.
However, under the halo of Bamboo Youxing, they still looked a little dim.
But this also happens to be an umbrella to protect their growth. In the process of developing games, they will not be interfered by the outside world. They can use the money to create the game world they like. This is also very happy for them.
matter.
When October 1997 arrived, a special effects movie from Detroit Film Group was released as scheduled.
This movie tells the story of a young man living in New York, USA, who grows up to be a hero.
There are also well-established superhero IPs in this world. The stories of these superheroes are also very different from those superhero comics in previous generations, and Detroit Pictures happens to own some of the copyrights.
Since they had just obtained Unreal Engine, a powerful tool to reduce special effects costs, they immediately applied this software to their superhero movie.
The total production cost of the film was reduced to almost more than 80 million US dollars under a good production management system, and then it was officially released in October due to its fan base.
Generally speaking, the finished film is a very Hollywood-style popcorn movie, with enough exciting scenes to make people forget to leave. It is a qualified superhero movie and has been widely praised.
For the audience, it is enough that the movie is refreshing enough, and they can spend a pleasant weekend through it.
But for people in the film and television industry, it has a different meaning.
Hunter is the director of a film and television company. He is also a person who particularly likes watching movies. He has loved watching movies since he was a child, so he established a film production company through his continuous efforts.
Every time a new movie with a certain reputation is released, he will be the first to watch it, regardless of whether the movie is produced by a rival.
If this were placed in China, it would be equivalent to a typical example of knowing oneself and the enemy and being able to win a hundred battles.
When he walked out of the theater after watching the superhero movie shot by Detroit Pictures, he was still a little unfinished.
The special effects of this movie are very good. Although it is not a perfect score, it is close to a nine-point score.
The depth of the plot is also good, and the script has obviously been well polished.
Under such conditions, this movie will definitely be a success and the box office shouldn't be too bad.
The special effects production of this movie is estimated to cost at least US$100 million. If the cost is properly controlled, the total production cost of US$140 million is a reasonable range.
He casually took out his mobile phone and began to look up information on the mobile phone through the Internet.
Recently, the new technology of mobile phone logging into the Internet has become popular in the United States. You only need to bring a smart phone to enter the world's network ocean. He thinks this is a very fashionable thing, and he
People at this level are not short of money at all. Even if the price of mobile Internet is higher now, he doesn't care at all.
Accessing the news network through his mobile phone, he quickly found information related to the movie.
Detroit Pictures has announced the release date of its superhero movie and sincerely invites movie fans to watch it, promising that watching this movie will definitely be worth the money.
He brushed past these verbal comments and then found the content of the information that he cared about most.
According to an interview with this reporter, the overall budget of the film was well controlled within the range of 80 million US dollars, which includes the entire production cost of the film and television, excluding the promotion and distribution of the film and television.
"impossible!"
Suddenly, Hunter slightly lost his temper and shouted on the street.
This immediately caused many people to turn and stop, looking at Hunter strangely.
Hunter also reacted, quickly left the place, walked to his car and entered the car. Then he immediately took out his mobile phone again to confirm the information.
One hundred million...
Eighty million US dollars is right, there is no way the production cost is US$800 million. No company has ever been stupid enough to spend so much money to produce a movie.
But, how is this done?
How could that kind of special effects be produced with a total cost of only 80 million?
It's not a perfect special effect, there are still some flaws, but it's enough for moviegoers.
Hollywood is a place that pays attention to cost control. Any Hollywood film and television company is quite stingy in controlling costs.
Even if I can save tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands more, I will try to save.
It is their dream to make a blockbuster with the least amount of money.
At this moment, Hunter couldn't help it and dialed a number.
"Hey, now prepare for me all the information about the new superhero movie released by Detroit Pictures. I will go back to the company to watch it now."
Hunter still didn't quite believe in the cost control price, so he decided to go back to the company to take a look in person.
Maybe that media company didn't investigate the actual situation and couldn't just listen to this media news report.
Back at the company, the employees who worked temporary weekend overtime were obviously unhappy, but they couldn't disobey the boss's order, so they immediately organized all the information and placed it on Hunter's desk.
He entered his office. A stack of documents had been prepared, and he immediately picked them up one by one to look at them.
These materials range from procurement information of some related industries to on-set interviews from some major media, all of which are here.
As the boss of a film and television company, he is very competent. He is not the kind of guy who only knows how to make money and have fun. Only in this way can he have a place in the highly competitive film and television market like the United States.
In this world, the development of cultural industries is very strong. Except for the game industry, competition in other cultural industries is extremely fierce. It is not particularly easy to make money by lying flat, and the audience will not buy it easily.
Hunter looked at the pile of information in front of him from noon until around ten o'clock in the evening, and then he finally read through it all.
And when he finished reading it all, he was still in a daze.
Really... the total cost was only 80 million US dollars... This is incredible.