Chapter 255 Set the file! The summer file is smoke! To!)
After the small meeting with Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei, Tang An went through the entire material again in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, I went to the North and South Brothers Culture to check out the progress of the special effects.
If you wait until the editing is finished before doing special effects, it will definitely be too late.
In fact, for some areas that required special effects, Tang An shipped the materials to him after filming, and they edited and produced special effects.
If you grasp the time for each independent scene, there will be no conflict. At most, you will spend two or three days in the end editing it carefully.
This time, it was not just Xiao Yang's North and South Culture who contracted the special effects production, but also the heads of several other companies, who discussed special effects issues together.
Coincidentally, the other three companies and studios were later part of Tiangong Yingcai.
This will also be one of the best private special effects teams in the country in the future, but it is still very immature now.
It's a pity that Tang An has no money, otherwise he could recruit them all.
Don't think of it as tens of millions to make special effects. Later, "Havoc in Heaven" cost hundreds of millions. This money seems to be very easy to make.
In people's minds, isn't it just about using computers? Computers only cost a few dollars, and labor is also cheap.
In fact, Tang An could spend 20 to 30 million to combine the four of them, but if he doesn't invest huge amounts of money later, it will be impossible to reach the scale that he will later become. If it is exhausted, it will be a medium-sized special effects company.
Financing is a must. Later, Tiangong Pictures also received a large amount of external capital, including Wang Zhonglei, Chen Guobo, Feng Xiaogang and other groups, and they could not get control at all.
In this case, it is better to wait until they are officially established next year and buy shares when they are short of money.
To really develop to the scale that it will become later, the initial investment in hardware and software alone will have to be at least 30 million.
The salary of hundreds of employees is millions a month.
A computer costs tens of thousands, and needs to be replaced every three or four years. Specialized workstations, storage arrays, and huge power consumption are all a huge expense.
And it’s not something that can be completed by dozens of computers. For example, if “Transformers” were produced with one computer, it would take at least hundreds of years!
A large special effects company needs at least hundreds of computers. Top special effects companies like Weta Digital and Industrial Light & Magic always have at least thousands of top-notch computers, each of which costs tens of thousands of dollars.
In other words, they have to replace a batch of computers worth tens of millions of dollars every three to five years.
This is just part of the hardware, there is also software.
You may want to ask, does the software cost money?
Do you think you love editing?
How can I give it to you for free?
Genuine CG software is generally not permanent and needs to be charged annually. A lot of software is required to produce CG, and these software are not cheap.
For example, Weta Digital's annual usage fee for a renderer is nearly 200 million yuan.
This is only the money spent on the renderer, not counting other production software.
After exchanging his opinions and ideas, Tang An handed over the special effects production to them, stopped interfering, and concentrated on editing.
I went to Xu Manyun's house in the evening to see if there was anything in the studio that required his intervention recently.
"I will probably stay in Huayi for the next month. If there are any documents that need to be signed in the studio, please bring them over."
After dinner, I lay on the sofa and enjoyed the last moment of leisure.
"Why don't you come back and sleep in Huayi?" Xu Manyun went to the study to get some documents and handed them over.
"I'll have someone free up a room next to the editing room, set up a bed, and deal with it."
After looking at it for a while, I quickly signed it.
"Is there anything else I need to do?"
"The filming of "Spike" will start in two days, and Xu Zheng's script for "The Man on the Road" is still being revised. Do you want to take a look at it then?" Xu Manyun thought for a while and said.
"I won't go to the launch conference of "Spike". Just come forward and tell Wu Jing that I will be in the capital waiting for him to come back from the filming to celebrate. As for "The Man on the Road," you can leave it to Xu Zheng.
, the actor lets him make his own decision and just supervise the finances."
There are no important roles in the two movies, and there is no need for Tang An to intervene.
"But only give them the rights to shoot, and be more strict in other aspects. If they can't manage the two movies, bring Zhao Lei, Xu Tao, Wang Zhenguo and others. They are all veteran producers. They can be trusted after working together for so long."
Blindly delegating power will not make people grateful. The other party is more likely to push their limits and make your presence known to others at all times, even if you never show up.
Just like the sentence in "Super Body", "I am everywhere"!
Work will start tomorrow, Tang An went to bed early.
About to retreat for a month, both of them seized the last moment to enjoy this wonderful evening.
Knead gently, slowly twist and apply, then pick again, first as "Nishang" and later as "Liuyao".
The big strings are noisy like the rain, and the small strings are like whispers.
Noisy and jumbled bullets, big and small beads falling onto the jade plate.
The orioles in Guan Guan are talking about the slippery bottom of the flowers, and it is difficult to go under the ice of the Youyan Spring.
The silver bottle bursts, water bursts out, and the cavalry stands out with swords and guns.
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I got up a little late the next day. I didn’t know who was playing the pipa last night. It was really hard to hear.
Even though it was unpleasant to listen to, I played it until after two o'clock in the morning and I didn't even get a good night's sleep.
I drove my car to Huayi, and it was already past 9 o'clock when I arrived.
This time I met Li Binbin in the lobby again, but compared to the smile on his face last time, he looked unhappy.
"What's wrong, Binbin, who messed with you?" Tang An walked up and said with a smile.
Li Binbin looked back after hearing this and said, "Nothing, there is an endorsement I didn't get, but why are you not in good spirits?"
"Oh, isn't this the beginning of post-production? I was very busy yesterday."
"You have more than ten endorsements now. If you lose one, you will lose one!" Tang An said with a smile.
"He is the spokesperson for Gucci in Asia. Director Wang only negotiated with Wang Xiaoming as the male spokesperson." Li Binbin said a little unhappily.
“Who is the female spokesperson?”
"No one, Gucci only wants men this time."
"Then what's the point of being unhappy? You can't become a man." Tang An shrugged.
"I know, but I'm a little depressed. Endorsements of this level are hard to come by, and I don't know if I have a chance." Li Binbin shook his head.
"It will happen, don't worry."
But we still have to wait 4 years. Later, Gucci paid more and more attention to the domestic market. In order to expand its influence in the country, it even donated the national treasures rat and rabbit heads to the country, and requested a large-scale donation ceremony and the Ministry of Culture and Arts.
The boss personally attended the donation ceremony.
You know, these two national treasures were auctioned at Jiades Auction House in 2009. At that time, despite the protests of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of my country, the other party did not withdraw the auction.
The major shareholder of this Christie auction house is the French Pinault family, which owns the world's third largest luxury brand "Kering Group".
Gucci is a brand under the Kering Group.
To put it bluntly, it is because after the news of their refusal to withdraw the auction spread back to China, some netizens began to call on consumers to boycott the brands owned by Kering Group, and the image fell for a time. Returning the national treasure is just to restore the image. After all, it is a top luxury brand.
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That is, the year before, Gucci found Li Binbin to be the spokesperson for Asia, and the next year he was promoted to global spokesperson.
But this was all after she left Huayi and met Wendy Deng. At that time, Wendy Deng and Zhang Ziyi turned against each other.
The heroine of "Snowflake and the Secret Fan" was also said to be Zhang Ziyi, but for some unknown reason, Wendy Deng finally asked Li Binbin to play the role.
The relationship between women is far more complicated than that between men, tsk tsk...
"By the way, a bed has been brought in next door to the editing room. Are you going to live in the company?" Li Binbin asked again.
"That's right, I eat, drink, poop, and sleep all the time in the company. Who makes me so dedicated?" Tang An said rather disgustingly.
"Don't say it so disgustingly." Li Binbin curled his lips in disgust.
"Then...I'll go find you at night when no one is around?"
"Forget it, I work twelve hours a day, don't break my body." Tang An smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Amid Li Binbin's teasing laughter, Tang An walked into the editing room, where two editing rooms served as his assistants, and he began to work.
Just when Tang An was devoted to his work, some small things happened in the outside world.
Action star Wu Jing directed and starred in "Spike" when it started filming. At this time, he was just an ordinary star, second-tier at best, and no one paid attention to him.
Although the film's investor, the great director Tang An, did not show up, which disappointed Wu Jing who was about to ask him for advice, the film still started shooting smoothly.
In Atlantic City, Beijing, Xu Zheng is revising the script at home.
This is his first time directing a film, and Xu Zheng has already revised the script twice from the original work.
Since he did not have the investor's permission, he did not change the main plot, but carefully refined the details.
Moreover, the plot was very interesting, and he couldn't find anything suitable to replace it.
Halfway through the morning, Xiao Tao Xin handed over half an apple before going to cook.
"Let's take a break and eat an apple."
"There is no time. I have to get the script out as soon as possible and assemble the crew."
Xu Zheng stretched his head, bit it in his mouth, and spoke vaguely.
After hearing this, Xiao Tao Xin came over from the kitchen, wearing an apron and holding a kitchen knife, and said curiously, "Didn't you say there's no rush? The Spring Festival travel theme will just catch up with the 10th Spring Festival."
Xu Zheng bit off half of the fruit in one bite, swallowed it whole in two gulps, bit off the other half again, and threw the core on the table.
"Ten years is too far away. I will release it during the Spring Festival next year!"
"The investors are not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?"
"This is an opportunity. I don't want to wait another year. Look at Man Mouse. After filming "Crazy Stone", he became a dark horse director and a leading figure in the new generation of directors."
"It seems that Tang An wore these two hats after his first movie, right?" Xiao Tao Xin thought for a while and said.
"Yes, there were Lu Chuan, Tang An, and Ning Hao before. Maybe one of them will appear this year, and another one will appear next year."
"Have you looked at any new directors who have emerged in the past two years? There are not any. The competition for schedules is too fierce now, let alone summer and New Year movies. There are several blockbusters in March and April. If you don't hurry up, you won't have a chance!"
"It's up to you. You used to like directing in the theater, and you didn't come up with a name." Xiao Tao Xin packed up the fruit core and went on to cook.
"Hey, please don't say anything depressing, please. I have a hunch that this movie will definitely be a hit. The Spring Festival travel theme can easily resonate with the audience!"
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In mid-May, a video suddenly appeared on the homepage of major video websites with the title "The latest trailer for "Now You See Me"."
Is there a new trailer out?
Many people who found the video immediately clicked on it and stared at the screen expectantly.
It seemed to be a place similar to an abandoned warehouse. There were people standing everywhere, even the iron shelves around it were full of people.
There is a large water tank in the middle, which looks like a magic trick is being performed.
The escape magic is right!
Sure enough, Tang Yan then appeared in a leather skirt, tied his hands and feet, and let the two people next to him tear off their leather skirts, revealing the cute leather vest and leather shorts underneath.
The looming hook, the strong belly is full, and the long white straight legs are exposed underneath.
However, before the audience in front of the computer could appreciate it for two seconds, Tang Yan fell into the water tank.
Then he untied the chains and escaped, and the camera also showed a close-up shot of the murderer's front, lower abdomen, and three thighs.
Gulu!
I don’t know how many people swallowed their saliva on the computer and were already ready to lick the screen.
But the next moment, everyone's throats were about to rise.
Tang Yan did not untie the iron chain. When the time was up, the water tank filled with piranhas poured down from above, instantly submerging Tang Yan, and the water tank turned scarlet.
The video stopped abruptly.
"wipe!"
"Nima"
"Damn it, I looked at Shi Geng so much that I almost got scared again!"
The audience in front of the computer started to curse in unison again.
"Have you seen the trailer just now? It scared me so much at the end!"
"Me too. I originally thought it was an ordinary escape magic, and I was ready to appreciate that no one was out of the bath, but here comes this!"
"Tang An, sir, how come the magic movie you promised has turned into a horror movie again!"
"Tang An's words are not credible. They are both science fiction and horror. Don't make it a hodgepodge!"
...
A week later, another promotional video appeared. After Tang Yan died in Yukou, Deng Kai also died in a car accident.
The two protagonists died in succession, and now the audience was not calm.
"Well, it has really become a horror movie, and Tang An is really going to return to his old profession!"
"I can finally watch Tang An's horror films again. In the past two years, there have been more and more domestic horror films, and more and more bad films. I almost vomited!"
"What kind of horror movie should I watch? It's better to have a new theme and something new!"
“To see magic, it’s better to watch David Copperfield’s videos!”
"It's so exciting. It's going to be a horror and suspense movie. I wonder if Liu Ye will die in the next trailer!"
However, some viewers were disappointed. The next trailer was a mediocre magic trick. There was nothing surprising except that Tang Yan flew up in the bubbles.
Just on June 15th, as the summer vacation was approaching, another trailer appeared.
The money flying all over the sky stimulated all the viewers who watched the video.
Many viewers who did not participate in the live filming finally understood what those people were talking about.
Think about it, countless banknotes are falling from above your head, everywhere around you and under your feet. You wish you were one of them and put all the money in your pocket.
Three trailers have been released in succession, and now as the summer season is approaching, the most anticipated one by the audience has been released. Now everyone smells something unusual.
That's the smell of gunpowder smoke!
Early the next morning, Huayi's official website officially announced that "Now You See Me" is scheduled to be released on July 17th and will meet the audience in the summer season!
At the same time, the China Film Group on Xinjiekouwai Street in Haidian District.
In a certain office, a suppressed angry voice came from.