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Chapter 589 Special Effects Company (4100+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Although the place Tony Godwin came to was not the top luxury residential area in Los Angeles like Beverly Hills, it was still a high-end neighborhood.

There are two rows of single-family villas on the road. Occasionally, a few little boys ride bicycles and laugh and pass by the road in the middle of the villa.

Tony Godwin got out of the car in front of a villa, took out the key and opened the door. It was almost noon at this time, so he could hear the joyful laughter at home.

When you walk in, you can see your father sitting on the sofa, holding a newspaper in his hand, while his brother, sister-in-law and nephew are laughing there.

After everyone saw Tony Godwin, the laughter disappeared, and the living room fell into a brief silence.

Tony Godwin's father looked up and saw Tony with a displeased expression on his face, "Why are you back?"

If it was in the past, Tony Godwin would have left in a huff when he saw such a situation, but today is different, there is no change because of his father's attitude.

He smiled and said, "Can't I come back and have a look?"

"Hmph, I want you to be a dentist. If you don't go, you want to dream of being an actor. Is there any place to eat?" Tony Godwin's father Zion Godwin reprimanded.

The Godwin family has been doctors for generations, and it can be regarded as a family of doctors. Zion Godwin is a doctor in cardiology, and his brother Snow Godwin is a plastic surgeon. Originally, Tony Godwin studied in Dentistry, but later he insisted on becoming an actor. If he could succeed, his father would not say anything. It’s just that he has been in a daze for so many years, and he can’t even count as a trick. Zion Godwin is naturally dissatisfied .

But Americans are like this. Anyway, you have grown up and made your own choices. Parents are not obliged to care about you anymore. I have helped Tony Godwin financially, but Tony Godwin will go home for a meal or two when he can't eat occasionally.

But at this time, it is inevitable to be reprimanded by Zion Godwin.

As for Zion Godwin's brother, Snow Godwin seemed very happy after seeing Zion Godwin, and the relationship between the two brothers has always been good.

"Seeing that you are so happy, did something good happen to you!" Snow Godwin asked.

Tony Godwin said excitedly: "You still know me, I have just signed a contract with Phantom Entertainment, and I will officially play the role of the second male lead in "Ghost Love"!"

Snow Godwin's son ran over happily, but he was only five or six years old, so he could only hug Tony Godwin's thigh, licked his face and asked innocently: "Uncle, do you want to be successful?" Are you a big star?"

Tony Godwin hugged him with a smile and said, "Yeah, he's going to be a big star!"

Zion Godwin gave him a dissatisfied look, and said: "I know that Phantom Entertainment is a big company, but I also know about the movie "Ghost Love", and no one is optimistic about him now. You want to use this It's a dream to become a big star in a movie, if you had listened to me, would you not even be able to eat now?"

Although he was reprimanding, Tony Godwin still grasped one of the important points: "Didn't you never watch the entertainment section before?"

Zion Godwin's white-skinned face blushed slightly, he snorted coldly, and said nothing.

At this time, Tony Godwin's mother also came out of the kitchen with a plate of turkey, and she smiled happily after seeing Tony, "Hurry up and wash your hands and eat!"

Old Godwin stood up without saying anything, and went to wash his hands and eat.

When Snow Godwin came to Tony Godwin, he asked excitedly, "Are you really going to act in a movie?"

Snow Godwin's body is a bit plump, that kind of puffiness, if Wu Jianye sees him, he will definitely introduce Wu Xiaozu's brother Feicheng to him, the two of them have almost the same body shape.

Tony knows his brother well. He is not happy that he found a job for him, but simply happy because he can enter the entertainment industry. Although Snow is married and has a child, his heart is always ready to move. of.

I became a plastic surgeon in the first place to get in touch with more beautiful women
"Yeah, when I become famous in the future, I will introduce you to you!" Tony said in a low voice.

Snow showed him a comprehension.

After the family went to the dinner table, they first prayed and then began to eat. Although Old Godwin still looked unhappy, he asked his wife to take out a bottle of XO that he had treasured for many years
Wu Jianye met James Cameron who had rushed back from the crew of "The Abyss" at Phantom Entertainment in the afternoon.

James Cameron's messy hair looked a little unkempt. After seeing Wu Jianye, he also asked a little rushed: "What did you call me back for? The movie has just been shot to an important place!"

This is the first time Wu Jianye met James Cameron, and the two had never met before.

Linda said beside him, "I called you back this time because the company has something to tell you!"

James Cameron asked: "I have to talk about it now, can't I wait until my movie is finished?"

Seeing James Cameron's attitude, Linda scratched her head a little bit. With the success of "Terminator", James Cameron's temper became more and more serious. Even if he is the general manager of Phantom Entertainment, he would often fight with I choked on myself.

After filming "Terminator", Linda hoped that James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger could cooperate in another film to hit the box office, but James Cameron disagreed with everything.

If Wu Jianye hadn't insisted on keeping him, Linda would have wanted to terminate the contract with James Cameron a long time ago.

"Didn't you always want to make special effects movies before? During this period of time, I discussed with the company's shareholders and decided to invest in a special effects company, and decided that you would be in charge of the company. After the company was established, there were three tasks."

"The first is the post-production of "The Abyss" that you are currently producing, the second is the special effects of "The Love of Ghosts" that Director Wu will start filming soon, and the third is still Director Wu's second film Jurassic Park, and especially Jurassic Park, is going to start just doing models now!"

Linda didn't talk nonsense with James Cameron, she said it straightforwardly.

James Cameron was still a little upset just now, when he heard that Phantom Entertainment wanted to invest in his own special effects company, he immediately asked, "Really!"

Linda nodded and said, "Of course!"

James Cameron rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "Then we have to find a place immediately, and we have to enter the machine and find talents." At this point, James Cameron showed a bit of a embarrassed expression: "It's no problem to set up a special effects company, but the talent is so important." Together, although I know some people, but these people have their own jobs, it is a bit difficult to invite them!"

Linda said: "This newly established special effects company is fully in charge of you. You only need to report the situation to the head office every quarter. As for the talent issue, the company can also promise them that as long as they are willing to come, the company will be responsible for it." Their liquidated damages, and pay them twice their wages at the same time!"

This is what Wu Jianye told Linda a long time ago!

James Cameron continued to ask: "What about the funding?"

Linda said: "In the early stage, we will invest 3000 million US dollars for you. You are still responsible for the money, but the use of the money must be reported to the head office!"

James Cameron showed an excited expression again, and said, "No problem, I'm going to prepare for this now!"

After finishing speaking, he walked out of Linda's office without waiting for Linda to say anything else. As for Wu Jianye who had been sitting in Linda's office, he never went to see him.

He naturally knew Wu Jianye's name, but if he knew what Wu Jianye looked like, he might not be able to know it. He was a person who devoted himself to making movies, especially when making movies. With no distractions, Wu Jianye has not been in Los Angeles for a long time. James Cameron has been on the crew of "The Abyss" during this time, so he naturally has no time for Hollywood gossip.

Seeing the figure of James Cameron leaving, Linda sat down angrily, and said angrily to Wu Jianye: "Look, this is the candidate you are looking for, without even a little courtesy!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "A talented person will always have some character. As long as he can bring honor and benefits to the company, this kind of character that is proud of his talent can be tolerated!"

Wu Jianye allows talented people to have their own personalities, but does not allow people without talent to say that they are underappreciated every day.

Although the phrase "gold always shines" is actually an out-and-out nonsense, but the gold that has been placed on the shelves is actually shining.

And James Cameron has already proved himself in another time and space, not only gold, but also a fucking big diamond!
Linda said: "I hope your vision can be as accurate as ever!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Don't worry!"

Especially Wu Jianye wanted to meet Wang Zhen and others. The success of "The Lion King" made Athena Animation an upstart in Hollywood. Back then, this company only had Wang Zhen and others, but it is different now , "The Lion King" brought huge sums of money to Phantom Entertainment and Athena Animation.

Now Athena is no longer a small animation company composed of only Wang Zhen and others. It has recruited a lot of talents, and now Athena Animation is also divided into two departments, one is animation creation and the other is technology research and development. It is divided into a number of small departments, which can be said to perform their duties.

Now Wang Zhen is not only the general manager of Athena Animation, but also the manager of the animation creation department. However, in order to take care of the American market, Wang Zhen's position as the manager of this department is more of a title, and there are two deputy managers. Responsible for the specific work of the animation creation department.

One of them is Chu Qingfeng, and the other is an American. The two sides often quarrel over the creation of animated films because of their respective cultural backgrounds. Even Wang Zhen, Chu Qingfeng and others have been in Hollywood for several years. , but the Chinese culture in the bones cannot be erased so easily.

It is precisely because of this that I often quarrel with Hollywood animation talents.

But now the base camp of animation is still in North America, so Chu Qingfeng and others have to be more based on the opinions of Americans.

In fact, for Chu Qingfeng and others, Wu Jianye hopes to bring them back to China in the future. Now the domestic animation industry has begun to slowly enter a trough, and even the Shanghai American Factory has begun to make ends meet, let alone other animations. company.

When the domestic economic system is completely opened up, Wu Jianye will ask Chu Qingfeng and others to lead the team back to China to establish his animation company.

But when the time comes, people who come from Shanghai will not know how many people will be able to go back, even if they have already signed the contract when they come out.
As for the technology research and development department, it is mainly based on American talents. There is no way for Wang Zhen to complain to Wu Jianye. He wants to recruit some talents who come to study in China, but there are really very few people who learn this
Up to now, there are only five Chinese in the entire technology research and development team of nearly a hundred people.

Now the main task of the Athena Animation Technology Research and Development Department is actually to study the development of 3D computer animation.

Nowadays, the technology of animated films tends to be more like the production method of celluloid animation. The essence of "drawing every action, and then let the pictures be connected together to move" is the same as the production of digital animation, except that In the era of celluloid animation, the characters were drawn on transparent plastic sheets, and the background was separated, drawn on white paper, and the pictures of different scenes could be realized by stacking the celluloid sheets on the background. If you know a little about PS , you can clearly feel that this is actually the same as the PS "layer" concept, except that the layers are handmade.

And the last thing is to use a camera to record the moving picture and record it as a film, and add sound to form a complete animation.

However, with the development of computers, the technology of animated films is also slowly developing. The creation of 3D-CGI has been researched. Haven't made a real big-selling animated film yet, but its technology has already led the entire Hollywood.

At the same time, Pacific Data Image is as famous as Pixar, but this company was later acquired by Disney with 40% of the shares.

Compared with the Pixar of the technology madman Jobs, Athena is still a bit behind at this time, but with the full support of Phantom Entertainment, there is now a trend of keeping pace with each other.

In terms of technology, the top three animation companies in Hollywood today are Athena, Pixar, and Pacific Digital Video!

In the days to come, Athena will become the base camp for Wu Jianye to cultivate domestic animation talents.

Wang Zhen is now taking his colleagues from the creative department to search for materials all over the world. As a general manager, it will inevitably give people the impression of not doing business properly in the eyes of outsiders. Fortunately, the halo of "The Lion King" is really good. It's too dazzling, but the people inside the animation company like his behavior, the creative department thinks he is close to them, and the research and development department feels that there is no other people's shackles and it is easy.
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