Three hundred and fortieth chapters Heavenly Palace Brilliant Moon
On September 10, after half a month of busy work, Tang An finally completed all the interviews that could not be postponed.
In the past half month, Tang An has been interviewed one after another. He can be seen everywhere on the Internet, in print magazines, and on TV.
It's a good thing it's over, otherwise "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" will be released in 6 days, so don't steal other people's limelight.
What Tang An said in his previous lecture at the Capital Normal University, "Set a small goal first and earn him 100 million" was also widely discussed, but most people thought Tang An was joking.
He is not the richest man in the world. To others, 100 million is just a drop in the bucket. Naturally, he is just showing off when he says this.
However, no one ridiculed Tang An. After all, the media had already estimated his worth. Huayi's stocks alone were worth 300 million.
Those who have the capital call it pretentiousness and joking, but those who don’t have the ability to say such things are embarrassed.
In these interviews, they also asked about Tang An's new film, but Tang An still did not reveal any details.
However, he heard that some well-known and experienced celebrities within Huayi had no longer accepted roles, so they were probably waiting.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Tang An came to Hengtong International Innovation Technology Park, Jiuxianqiao North Road, Chaoyang District, to attend the founding ceremony of Tiangong Yicai Film and Television Technology Co., Ltd.
The future largest special effects production company in China was finally established under the leadership of Wang Zhonglei, Tang An, Chen Guobo and Feng Xiaogang.
Xiao Yang's North-South Brothers Culture has been producing post-production and special effects for Huayi. At the beginning of this year, Chen Guobo and Feng Xiaogang invested in him to expand the company into Tiangong Pictures, and Tang An also got involved.
After half a year, Tiangong Pictures, Yicai Pictures, Lesheng Culture, and Yicai Pictures merged into the new Tiangong Yicai Film and Television Technology Co., Ltd.
Wang Zhonglei also came to join in the fun, and together with Xiao Yang and Chang Hongsong from Yicai Pictures, they formed the company's six major shareholders in the early stages.
As for the other two companies, to be precise, they should have been acquired or merged.
In addition to them, three companies including Nanjing Hongtu Venture Capital and Zhongshan Youli Venture Capital invested.
A total of 10 million was invested, and the combined shares of Chang Hongsong and Xiao Yang were diluted to 45%, Chang Hongsong 25%, and Xiao Yang 20%.
Tang An Studio holds 15% of the shares, Chen Guojia 10%, Wang Zhonglei 10%, Feng Xiaogang 5%, and three companies hold 10%
In fact, Tang An can afford this amount of money alone, but a special effects company is not that simple.
Not to mention the hundreds of millions of funds that will be invested in the later stage. If he purchases them all by himself, where will he find so much business?
With his few movies, he simply cannot support a large special effects company.
It’s not like others have to look for you if you have good skills. The top special effects companies in Hollywood are still losing money all year round.
Now that we have brought a few of them in, it is equivalent to contracting out all of Huayi's future business.
The same goes for the other three investment companies. They all have one thing in common: they have invested in some companies that have overlapping business with special effects.
Special effects companies are not only engaged in film and television special effects, but also in various aspects such as advertising, animation production, and online games. Otherwise, you might be losing money.
Nowadays, Tiangong Yicai is not very famous, and special effects are not paid much attention to in China. If Tang An and others had not come, it is estimated that not many reporters would come to the inauguration ceremony.
The ceremony was not too grand and was carried out step by step. Chang Hongsong gave a speech as the general manager of the company, and Xiao Yang served as the company's artistic director.
Then Tang An and the others talked about the prospects of the special effects industry...
After the ceremony, we had a meal together in the banquet hall next door.
Returning to the company in the afternoon, Chang Hongsong and Xiao Yang introduced some of the company's technical backbones and current business content to several shareholders.
"Mr. Wang, Mr. Tang..."
"This is the editing department, responsible for feature film editing, trailer pre-marketing and packaging, trailer creation, and behind-the-scenes production..."
Chang Hongsong and Xiao Yang introduced to everyone.
"This is the imaging and visual packaging department, responsible for corporate LOGO design, image promotional videos, channel/column packaging design, and multimedia placement."
"This is the visual effects department, which is divided into two departments: pre-production and post-production. It is responsible for visual effects script analysis, visual effects concept analysis, shot atmosphere design, animation preview, layout, scenery, environment expansion, CG scenes, CG creatures
Role......"
"This is the digital intermediate business, data management, data input, light distribution and color matching, motherboard production..."
"This is a 3D stereoscopic production..."
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Various departments and groups are complex and cumbersome.
There are also visual effects directors, sound directors, DIT directors...physical special effects guidance, art design guidance, preview guidance, color grading guidance...
There are a lot of people with the titles of director and director, and below them there are various teams, various pyrotechnicians, digital compositors and other positions. People who are not professional may not even know what they do.
After completing the circle, everyone returned to the conference room, where the secretary brought several cups of tea.
Tang An picked up the cup and took a sip. He was a little tired after walking around.
"This can be regarded as a foundation for a large special effects company. There are still many special effects talents in our country!"
Chen Guofu also echoed, "Talents are rare."
Chang Hongsong sighed, "There is nothing we can do about it. It is difficult for domestic special effects companies to survive, and the wages are not high. People who are capable and have no worries have gone abroad. When I started a business with a friend, he went to Weta last year
I went to Digital as a director, with a team under me, including several senior special effects artists, and an annual salary of 300,000 US dollars. It is much more comfortable than our hard work of starting a business."
Xiao Yang also nodded, "Even if you don't go to North America, the treatment in South Korea is higher than in China."
This is also helpless. The special effects company cannot make money, so how can it pay too much to the special effects artists?
"With the development of the film industry, special effects will become more and more important. By then, as long as we build our reputation, we won't have to worry about running out of business." Tang An suddenly laughed.
Feng Xiaogang also smiled and said, "I'll leave the special effects of "Tangshan Earthquake" to you two. It will give the company a good start."
"Don't worry, Director Feng, the effect will definitely be the same." Chang Hongsong said quickly.
"We have to keep up with the hardware aspect, and don't be afraid to spend money on foreign software. My new film will also be a big project by then," Tang An said.
Chang Hongsong's eyes lit up. It is said that the production cost of Tang An's film this time was as high as 200 million. Since it is a science fiction blockbuster, the special effects cost must be more than 100 million, or even 150 million.
"Don't worry, Director Tang, we are always ready and can start work at any time."
After leaving Tiangong Yicai, they returned to Huayi together.
On the way, Tang An asked about the filming situation of "Tangshan Earthquake" and found that it was progressing smoothly, so he took the time to make a trip.
Chen Guowei was supervising the production of three movies at the same time and still had time to invest in a special effects company. This also saw the importance of special effects companies in the future.
As for Wang Zhonglei... Huayi has been cooperating with Xiao Yang before.