China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 395 Special Effects Department [Two in One]

After Tiangong Yicai Studio was acquired by Xingkong, it abandoned its original dilapidated studio and chose to move directly to Xingkong's headquarters building.

Speaking of the 1100 million used to acquire Tiangong Yicai, this price is actually a bit expensive at the moment.

Speaking of this studio, they currently do not have their own special effects software, nor do they have relevant technology patents, which means they have no unique skills. Of course, this is the case for the entire Chinese special effects circle at this time.It's just that the quality of Tiangong Yicai's staff is relatively high, and they are all graduates of digital media and other related majors from colleges and universities such as 211 and 985.

The work is done meticulously and to the point, so they have made a name for themselves in the current Chinese film and television industry.

Because of this, their profit situation is good. Although they can't take on big jobs, they can continue to do small jobs. After a year, they can earn between 200 and [-] million.

So the founder initially asked for a high price of 1500 million. After several negotiations, the deal was settled at 1100 million.

After being acquired by Starry Sky, the founder left with a few confidant managers, and the remaining technical talents chose Starry Sky to form the special effects department of Starry Sky Image today. As for the department director, Yang Fan did not choose to parachute from Starry Sky, but from Starry Sky. A person with relatively high qualifications and popularity was selected from the original Tiangong Yicai Studio to take charge temporarily.

This is the person in front of Sun Yi.

He is an IT man with a pair of black-rimmed glasses, half-length hair, slightly deep bags under his eyes, a thin figure, a plaid shirt and jeans, and a shy smile.

Chen Xiaoze, 29 years old, graduated from Huaxia Communication University with a master's degree in digital media technology.

"Director Chen."

"Sun, Director Sun. Mr. Sun."

Chen Xiaoze was a little nervous. He had not fully adapted to being promoted from a technical backbone to a department director.

"Don't be nervous, you can call it whatever you want. It's been two months, and this is my first time coming to the special effects department. It's a bit irresponsible."

Sun Yi shook hands with him, and at the same time, in order to relieve Chen Xiaoze's nervousness, he also made a small self-deprecation.

"It's nothing, I know you're busy filming."

"Oh, have you seen my movie? How did it feel?"

"I watched Mr. Sun, and the monster special effects at the end of "Shelter" were great."

When it came to the movie's special effects, Chen Xiaoze spoke very fluently and was not nervous at all. Instead, he gave a thumbs up with an envious look on his face.

"If we leave it to us, can we make it?"

Sun Yi had some good faith. At present, the special effects of Tiangong Yishuang can be regarded as the ceiling in the mainland film and television industry. He wanted to know how far they were compared with the top special effects companies in Hollywood.

Chen Xiaoze shook his head like a rattle and replied: "No, Mr. Sun, it's too bad." After saying that, he pointed his fingers with a sad look on his face and explained to Sun Yi.

"The rendering and compositing in the later stages are okay. This is just water grinding. Our efficiency is just slower, but the most critical three-dimensional modeling, hair processing, particle fluid technology and three-dimensional material mapping cannot be processed by us. We don't have software and hardware. There is also insufficient relevant experience.”

Chen Xiaoze still knows a lot about technical issues.

Sun Yi was quite satisfied after hearing this.

The existence of a gap is an objective fact.

Being behind is not terrible. What is terrible is knowing that you are falling behind but pretending not to see it.

He patted Chen Xiaoze on the shoulder encouragingly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there will be bread and milk. Today, let me meet you first."

"Okay, Mr. Sun, please."

The special effects department of Starry Sky occupies a large workspace connected by three standard offices. They are used to this centralized working atmosphere and can communicate at any time. The most important thing is that most of the twenty or so people currently have no clear responsibilities. Basically, you just do whatever you have to do. You may be responsible for the rendering of one order today, and the compositing of that order tomorrow. It’s quite a bit like a manual workshop, so it’s more convenient to work together.

"Clap clap clap."

After Chen Xiaoze walked into the workroom, he clapped his hands first, signaling everyone to put down the work at hand.

Standing against the wall, a young man dressed in a geeky style took off his headphones and complained to Chen Xiaoze with his lips curled up.

"Tou Chen, what's going on? Another order? Didn't Xingkong say that he wanted to develop China's own special effects technology? It's been almost two months and there's been no movement. I really don't want to do this unskilled job. That’s it.”

Chen Xiaoze glanced at Sun Yi apologetically and found that the latter didn't mind. He was still smiling. He immediately turned around and pointed at the young man who had just spoken and said loudly:
"Zhao Xun, you are the only one who has a lot of troubles, so shut your mouth quickly."

Then he took a step back, stepped aside, and introduced to everyone: "This is Director Sun Yi, who is also our boss. Everyone applauds."

Before he could finish the introduction, two girls wearing glasses in the workshop suddenly screamed.

"Ah, Professor Du!!!"

Sun Yi smiled and waved to everyone, "Hello everyone, I am Sun Yi."

"Hello, boss." "Hello, Mr. Sun." "Hello, professor." "The boss is so handsome."

Everyone called them whatever they wanted, and a few young people poked their heads behind Sun Yi, and then asked Sun Yi with disappointment on their faces:
"Boss, isn't our landlady here? Could you please give me an autograph?"

Sun Yi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud. Unexpectedly, these young people were not restrained at all and started joking about him and Liu Yifei.

When you think about it carefully, it should be so. The group of young people in front of you are basically college students who have just graduated. They are all around 25 years old. They are just entering the workplace. They are the proud ones, so they should be more lively.In addition, he also belongs to the profession of programmer and has the attributes of a homebody, so it is natural for him to be harvested by his girlfriend's charm.

"Sorry, sorry, she was a little tired from the morning meeting. She is resting upstairs and waiting for the next time. Okay, I will definitely satisfy everyone's wishes."

"Okay." "It's okay, the fairy sister is not here, you can do it too!!"

"?!!"

Chen Xiaoze introduced Sun Yi to everyone individually. While signing autographs and taking photos, he also gave him a brief introduction. At present, the special effects department mainly has four groups, the planning and design group, the graphics processing group, the rendering synthesis group, and the The 4D effects development team is headed by Zhao Xun, who has the best technology.

Sun Yi was very satisfied, especially the final three-dimensional special effects development team, which proved that the special effects department was still very ambitious technically, which he especially liked.

Finally, he committed to the entire special effects department.

"Let me tell you, first of all, the company's future development of the special effects department must be in line with Hollywood. The company will start a science fiction film project with an investment of at least hundreds of millions of yuan next year. I guarantee that everyone will go to the top of Hollywood. In the future, we will gradually give up on opportunities for further study in special effects companies, such as this kind of small, unqualified jobs." "The boss is awesome!" "Awesome!"

"One more thing, regarding everyone's treatment, wages will definitely increase. Director Chen also told me that the nature of everyone's work is quite chaotic, and there are always times when we stay up late and work overtime. First of all, I would like to declare here that the company will not force overtime. But special circumstances will be treated accordingly. When I get back, I will tell Mr. Yang that we will arrange a few more lounges for everyone on this floor and a rest hall so that everyone can work happily without worries."

"Long live the boss." "That's great." "Thank you, Mr. Chen."

Chen Xiaoze was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He didn't remember mentioning it to him. Later, he saw that everyone was cheering, and even he thanked him.

Only then did he understand in his heart that Sun Yi was helping him, the temporary director, win people's hearts, and he couldn't help but feel a little grateful.

Coming out of the special effects work hall, Sun Yi followed Chen Xiaoze to his office.

"Old Chen, I have an idea."

"Mr. Sun, tell me."

"I would like to know if our special effects department can produce a game with its current level."

Sun Yi had just finished a meeting in the morning, had a quick meal at noon, and then went directly to the special effects department. In addition to meeting these senior technicians, the most important thing was the cash he had just thought of in the meeting. Cow, game.

As for how I came up with it, of course it was because of Liu Yifei. Xiao Nizi has endorsed many games before.

No matter what industry can provide a relatively stable source of cash and is more suitable for an entertainment company like Starry Sky that focuses on film and television content production, basically there is no other choice except games.

After hearing this, Chen Xiaoze pondered for a moment and nodded.

As a person who studied digital media technology, he is no stranger to games. The special effects department even has several game CG orders in hand, but they are only 2D.

Of course, he still needs to know the specific type of game.

"Mr. Sun, the scope of games is very wide. What type are you talking about?"

"Well, web games, puzzle and casual web games based on SNS websites."

After saying this, Sun Yi thought for a while. He still quite recognized Chen Xiaoze as the interim director, so he stopped squeezing toothpaste and explained to him: "The company needs a stable source of cash. I am currently more optimistic about the web game. The question now is whether the special effects department can produce it.”

Chen Xiaoze nodded slowly, understanding in his mind, organizing his words a little, and quickly replied to Sun Yi:
"Mr. Sun, as long as there is a plan for a specific game, I think our special effects department has the strength. According to what you said, a puzzle and leisure game itself will not be particularly complicated. The graphics library and database required for production will , including game engines and testing software, we have them all.”

After saying this, he was afraid that Sun Yi wouldn't understand, so he explained a little more.

"The game engine of web games is actually similar to our special effects synthesis software. They are both used in scene synthesis and implementation of specific animations. The only difference is in some detailed program components. This is easy to handle and can be obtained. "

"The only problem is that we don't have the game editing software, nor do we have professional software engineers. If we do it ourselves, it's not that we can't make it, it just..."

At this point, Chen Xiaoze scratched his head in embarrassment, laughed sarcastically, and then continued: "We all learned programming when we were in school, but we haven't used it much in the past two years, so I guess it will take some time to get familiar with it again. "

"Oh, by the way, we also need the front-end framework of the SNS website you mentioned. Without the corresponding framework, it will be useless for us to make it. We can only have fun ourselves, unless we develop a separate website ourselves."

"Well, that's not necessary. The front-end framework is ready-made and available directly."

Sun Yi took out an A4 sheet from his pocket, with half of the article handwritten on it. He handed it to Chen Xiaoze and asked: "This is my general plan for the game. Take a look, how long will it take to complete it?" ?”

This is the game plan that Sun Yi recalled during his lunch break after the morning meeting. It is not complicated in itself and was completed in more than ten minutes.

Chen Xiaoze took the paper and frowned and looked at it.

At first, he was a little nervous, fearing that it would be something very complicated that would exceed the technical level of the special effects department and make him, the special effects director, lose face in front of the big boss.

After reading this once, my heart suddenly calmed down.

This isn't complicated at all, it's so simple.

At that moment, he raised his brows and replied confidently to Sun Yi: "Mr. Sun, this is no problem. If you finish the list at hand and stop accepting new jobs, I am confident that I can finish it within two months. "

Hearing this, Sun Yi was also very happy. He didn't know that special effects studios could make games before. He just thought that web games were simple and the special effects were also graphics. They should be similar. Unexpectedly, it worked. It seemed that this was an early acquisition. The special effects company really did it unintentionally.

"Old Chen, if we recruit a few more professional game software engineers, how much can the production cycle be reduced?"

Chen Xiaoze thought for a while and replied: "It should be shortened by at least half, almost a month. This game is really too simple, not too difficult, but..."

Sun Yi saw Chen Xiaoze hesitant to speak, chuckled lightly, and said, "If you have any ideas, just say it, don't hold it back."

"Mr. Sun, boss, can anyone play with this thing?"

Chen Xiaoze held the A4 paper and said with a sad face.

Obviously, he is not very optimistic about this game.

Chen Xiaoze didn't know that this plan was made by Sun Yi. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to ask like this. He just thought that this was the first task the special effects department received in the company, and that it was arranged by the boss himself, so he would do it no matter what. It had to be pretty, he didn't want to end up making it by his own department, only to have a mediocre response after it went online. Although it had nothing to do with their special effects department, it didn't sound good either.

But this, this game was too simple, and he didn't see any fun in it.

Sun Yi chuckled and thought to himself.

It's over, looked down upon.

No wonder in the game industry, those who make games and those who plan them are definitely not the same group of people.

Because I don’t understand player psychology.

what game is this?
This is a game that studies human psychology to the extreme.

It was the Happy Farm that was all the rage in China in its previous life.

　I have something to do later today, and there will be more at night. Please give me a monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)