I'm not just a director

Chapter 195 Special Effect Production
In the office, Jiang Pei'an and Shen Yongge sat opposite each other.

"Director Jiang, the song just now was good, the style was very fresh, but..."

Shen Yongge hesitated to speak, but Jiang Pei'an answered:
"But it's not amazing enough."

Shen Yongge smiled slightly:
"I have a hunch that that song will become a hit, but I think Director Jiang's talent is more than that.

Yang Kun is a good seed, I want to cultivate him.

So I also ask Director Jiang to serve more snacks, and to say something big.

As long as you show the quality of the three songs released in the past, we will definitely appreciate it. "

Jiang Pei'an nodded, smiled and said:
"I also said it directly, Mr. Shen, I have no shortage of good songs here, and you have seen it.

I have my own music company, but the business line has not yet been established.

Instead of struggling to build a business line for the music sector, I would like to invite you..."

Having said that, Jiang Pei'an shook his head, looked at Shen Yongge seriously, and said:
"How about Zhushu Culture joining my company directly?"

Shen Yongge looked at Jiang Pei'an incredulously.

"Director Jiang, are you kidding me?"

Jiang Pei'an didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.

After a while, Shen Yongge came out of the shock, he slowly shook his head and said:
"I'm sorry Director Jiang, I'm afraid I can't promise you this matter."

Jiang Pei'an smiled and said:
"Tell me why?"

Shen Yongge pursed his lips and said sadly:
"This company……"

Then Shen Yongge sighed while talking about his entrepreneurial history.

Starting from the establishment of the company, I also talked about the difficulties encountered in the middle.

This narration is probably the old lady's foot wrap, which is smelly and long.

Every entrepreneur has his own bitter tears. Some people are really emotional, but some people...

Increase the bargaining chip of selling the company.

From Jiang Pei'an's point of view, Shen Yongge is in the latter category.

In a word, Shen Yongge is a businessman.

From his founding of Bamboo Book Culture to later becoming the president of Tianyu, music is his career, but it is also a commodity he sells.

"Boss Shen, let's make an offer."

Jiang Pei'an said with a smile.

Shen Yongge was taken aback, he didn't expect Jiang Pei'an to be so direct.

He still has a lot to say.

"Mr. Shen?"

Seeing that Shen Yongge was silent, Jiang Pei'an reminded him.

"Oh, oh, I am Director Jiang."

"I said let you make an offer."

Jiang Pei'an said with a smile.

Shen Yongge was still in a daze, he tentatively stretched out two fingers towards Jiang Pei'an.

Jiang Pei'an glanced at his fingers, nodded, and said:
"can."

Shen Yongge thought he heard it wrong, but before he could confirm it, Jiang Pei'an smiled and said:
"But I have a request. You and Chen Lin must continue to stay and work, and the positions will not change. Those singers who are willing to stay will continue to maintain their original treatment."

Shen Yongge nodded and said:

"No problem, Chen Lin and I will definitely stay, but there is no guarantee for other singers."

"can."

Jiang Pei'an got up and reached out to him.

Shen Yongge smiled and said:
"Director Jiang... No, it's time to call you Mr. Jiang now. It's a pleasant cooperation."

"It's a pleasant cooperation... By the way, when the time comes, you can directly move the company to our office and hand over the sixth floor to you.

You are in charge of finding someone to decorate, and moving all the previous equipment to use, and all expenses will be paid from Su Qing. "

"it is good."

Shen Yongge nodded, before leaving, he turned his head and asked in puzzlement:

"Mr. Jiang, can I ask why you chose our bamboo book culture?"

"Didn't you find me first?"

Jiang Pei'an asked back.

"Oh, yes, too."

Shen Yongge left Jiang Pei'an's office in a daze.

Looking at the vehicles coming and going on the road, Shen Yongge was in a daze.

"Hey, wife, I seem to have sold our company..."

Shen Yongge held the phone, pursed his lips and said.

"Are you kidding me?"

Chen Lin asked in surprise.

"I came to Jiang Pei'an today to invite him to write a song..."

Not to mention that Chen Lin was surprised, Shen Yongge himself did not expect that he came to buy songs.

As a result, the song was not in hand, and my own company was involved.

"..."

After Chen Lin finished listening, he was silent for a while, and then said:

"You come back first."

"it is good."

Just as Shen Yongge hung up the phone, a voice suddenly came from behind:
"Mr. Shen, wait for me, you left me behind."

Yang Kun ran out sweating profusely wearing a leather jacket and vest.

"Oh, I forgot about you."

Shen Yongge said in a daze.

Yang Kun didn't take it seriously, but complained:

"One of them named Su Qing showed me around their company. I don't know why."

"It's good to visit, it's good to visit, get used to it in advance, and save yourself from finding your way later."

Hearing Shen Yongge's words, Yang Kun was stunned:
"What do you mean, Mr. Shen?"

"Xiao Kun, I sold the company to Director Jiang."

"what?"

At this time, Yang Kun seemed to be struck by thunder, and stood there in a daze.

"I, I'm looking for a job again?"

He murmured in his mouth.

After going through a lot of hardships and finally finding an "organization", the company has been acquired by someone.

Looking for a job again...

Shen Yongge patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Get ready..."

Yang Kun, who was sentimental about his age, nodded and said:

"I know, I'm going to look for a job..."

"Get ready to work here."

The two said at the same time.

The voice fell, and the two looked at each other.

……

The first-day box office of "Love Has an Afterlife" came out.

Yu Feihong immediately reported the news to Jiang Pei'an.

"Pei'an, the box office on the first day is out..."

Yu Feihong's voice was a little excited.

Jiang Pei'an held the phone and asked:
"I knew from your voice that the box office shouldn't be bad."

"190 million!"

Yu Feihong said excitedly.

191 million, this figure is definitely not enough to look at in future generations.

Compared with "Taken", it is also much worse.

Not to mention the comparison with the imported blockbusters of the same period.

But compared with the results of the two films "Crying and Laughing" in this summer's film, they took off in place.

The combined first-day box office of the two films is not as much as "Love Has an Afterlife".

"Congratulations, sister, our box office can hit the champion of the summer domestic film."

Jiang Pei'an said with a smile.

Judging from the current momentum, the championship of the summer file is already a certainty.

After all, there are only three domestic movies in the summer file.

"Hahaha, those are things that will come later, as long as we can maintain the status quo, we can continue to rush forward."

Yu Feihong said with a smile.

"Well, don't worry, generally speaking, the word-of-mouth of a movie is constantly fermenting, and the follow-up box office growth should be higher than that of the first day."

"Then thank you Ji Yan."

After hanging up the phone over there, Jiang Pei'an put away the phone.

After the first-day box office of "Love Has an Afterlife" comes out, it can come to an end there.

Judging from the box office results on the first day, this movie will definitely not repeat the same mistakes and become a blockbuster movie.

Jiang Pei'an lay on the chair, thinking of the dismal box office of "Love Has an Afterlife" in his previous life and Yu Feihong's gloomy expression.

"The box office on the first day... 190 million, hahaha."

……

In the next few days, Jiang Pei'an ran back and forth with Hualong Digital at home.

The post-rough cut of "Source Code" is basically half completed, but the special effects are progressing slowly.

Jiang Pei'an didn't know much about special effects, so he could only worry on the sidelines.

"Director Jiang, you are here."

The general manager of Hualong Digital said with a smile.

"Old Lei, what's the matter now?"

Thunderstorm said with a wry smile:

"Director Jiang, you have asked this question dozens of times.

All our special effects are completed, and it is expected to be by the end of November. "

Jiang Pei'an nodded, it's still too late for domestic special effects.

In 1896, the second year after the Romière brothers invented the film, the first special effects in history were born.

The stop-and-shoot technique invented by the famous French director Georges Méliès.

Although it is called a special effect, its principle is also very simple.

It is to fix the position of the camera, start shooting for a period of time according to the scene, then stop it, and then make changes to the subject before shooting.

After repetition, multiple lens groups can be connected together to produce the effect that the objects in the picture gradually increase, or disappear out of thin air, suddenly change shape, or flash.

Although these fragments may look very rough and crude now.

But more than 100 years ago, magical scenes such as the mouse turning into a human and Cinderella's one-click dress-up dazzled and amazed the audience at that time, which can be regarded as an out-and-out show of skill.

Foreigners are tirelessly studying the research of special effects technology or the development of the film industry.

Later, the film director Norman Dawn invented the shadow painting technology.

He drew the picture on a transparent glass plate, so that the drawn picture and the shooting picture have a more realistic combination.

Later, after the research and improvement of many film workers, shadow shadow technology has become the best solution for depicting unreal scenes.

Because it greatly reduces the production cost of large buildings, and also reduces the difficulty of shooting exterior scenes outside the studio.

As many people are familiar with, such as the skeleton in "King Kong" and the Emerald City in "The Wizard of Oz".

The New World of "Citizen Kane" and the Statue of Liberty in the ending of "Planet of the Apes" are all a combination of shadow painting technology.

The pinnacle of traditional matte technology is the "Star Wars Original Trilogy".

Almost all the cosmic scenes are hand-painted by many artists of Industrial Light and Magic on the huge glass curtain wall using oil paint or watercolor.

Later, with the continuous development of computer technology and the use of virtual digital technology, special effects have made a qualitative leap.

But from the current point of view, China's special effects technology is still far behind compared with the international ones.

It is so difficult to do a "Source Code", not to mention the complicated special effects in next year's "Inception".

"Director Jiang, we really did our best. The three teams rushed to work at the same time. The key is that the technology is not up to par, and it is very difficult for us."

Lei Shower said with a bitter face.

"Take your time, as long as you don't delay the release of the movie."

Jiang Pei'an comforted him.

"I knew you two must be here."

Suddenly there was a voice outside the door, and Han Shanping walked in.

"Han Dong."

"Chairman."

Jiang Pei'an and Lei Xiuyu got up quickly.

"How's the progress on Source Code?"

Hearing Han Shanping's words, Lei Showyu complained secretly, you two came here to promote the film in a group.

But how dare he talk back, Hualong Digital's budget for next year is still in Han Shanping's hands.

"Han Dong, everything is progressing smoothly... It's just that the time is a bit slow, and all the special effects work will be completed by the end of the month and November."

Thunderstorm said hastily.

"Old Lei, our progress can't be considered fast, but fortunately, Director Jiang has given you a lot of time this time.

If there is an urgent job next time, I dare not hand it over to you. "

Han Shanping said with a smile.

Thunderstorm quickly explained:

"Chairman, it's not that we delayed on purpose. It's because the equipment and technology can't keep up. This..."

Seeing Lei Shower's anxious face, Han Shanping waved his hands and said:
"Old Lei, I believe in you, but what about the market? If our technology has been lagging behind, then others will not give us a chance to catch up.

You have to know that Hualong Digital where you are is the top visual effects team in China.

If even you say that there is no way and that the technology is backward, how will Huaxia Film go out in the future? "

Good guy, Han Shanping put on this big hat, and the thunderstorm was suddenly speechless.

He opened his mouth to say something, but finally gave up.

Well, what the leader says is what it is.

Jiang Pei'an watched from the side and secretly laughed, Lao Han knew about PUA.

Seeing that Lei Showeryu didn't speak, and seemed to listen to his own words, Han Shanping nodded in satisfaction, and continued:

"So, we can't blindly build a car behind closed doors, we need to go out more to have a look around, exchange learning and seminars.

The group has also discussed it. Let's go to a foreign special effects company to exchange and learn next Monday.

Lao Lei, you pick a few backbones who are brave enough to fight and have the energy to learn.

Director Jiang also went there together. Don't we have to accumulate experience for "Inception". "

This is the purpose of Han Shanping's visit this time. So many things he said before are all foreshadowing.

Sure enough, upon hearing Han Shanping's words, Lei Zhenyu hastily stated:

"Please rest assured the chairman, and please rest assured the organization, this time we will definitely study hard in the past.

Strive to make our country's visual effects technology catch up with foreign countries, and we will definitely not embarrass the country! "

With Lao Lei's layout, he went up in just a few clicks!
Jiang Pei'an interjected inappropriately, saying:
"Han Dong, which special effects company are we going to this time?"

"United States, ILM Industrial Light and Magic."

Han Shan said calmly.

Hearing this, Jiang Pei'an was overjoyed, and hurriedly said:
"Han Dong is domineering, Industrial Light & Magic is the world's top special effects company!"

Industrial Light and Magic, founded in 1975.

Filming of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" started that year.

There are a lot of special effects in the film. Since the talents in this area were scattered everywhere at that time, it was difficult to guarantee the ideal effect.

So director George Lucas created Industrial Light and Magic.

This is a very powerful company, the "Star Wars" series, the "Terminator" series.

The "Jurassic Park" series and the "Harry Potter" series are all completed by them.

Like the famous "Transformers" series in later generations, the "Avengers" series are also all done by them.

Industrial Light & Magic can be said to be the best company in special effects technology on this planet.

If they were in charge of the special effects production of "Inception", the effect would definitely not be bad...

(End of this chapter)