China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 90 A movie costing $2.5 billion
Li Mu is now in the office of the chairman of Mengying Media.

"How is Tiancai's progress now?" The people who had abandoned Industrial Light and Magic earlier had already returned. At this time, Tiancai was considered a well-known special effects company in the industry, but it still couldn't make ends meet.

There is no way, there are too few movies with special effects nowadays, and the cost of special effects is not high.

This order was obtained through the relationship between Mengying Media.

"There are over 50 special effects personnel, and there are more than 400 "rendering farm" machines." Liu Weijuan replied.
"The number of machines is still too small. Continue to increase investment." Li Mu was not satisfied. The number was still too small.

It takes dozens of hours for a computer to render one frame (1 frames per second), and it may take hundreds of hours to render per second.

This requires hundreds or thousands of high-end computers to be started at the same time to shorten the time.

"Boss, do you have a new project?" Liu Weijuan thought. Li Mu probably has a new movie, and it is a special effects blockbuster. Otherwise, it would be impossible to increase investment in this environment.

"Well, I'm going to make another co-production."

"Co-production between China and the United States? How much is the estimated cost?" Liu Weijuan's eyes lit up. She now has unconditional trust in Li Mu. Over the years, Li Mu has never failed in anything he does or in the movies he makes.

As soon as the movie was shot, Mengying began to expand its scale.

"2.5 million!" Li Mu raised three fingers and signaled.

Liu Weijuan was slightly surprised, but then she didn't show much expression.

When Li Mu saw this, he couldn't guess what she was thinking. He paused and said, "Dollars!"

"What? U.S. dollars?" Liu Weijuan made a startled voice that could even be heard by the employees outside.

"Mr. Liu seemed to be talking about dollars, did you hear clearly?" an employee next to him asked quietly.

"I only heard this, and didn't hear the rest clearly."

In the office, Liu Weijuan was shocked by this number.

"Boss, what kind of movie are you going to make? It's so exaggerated. It's probably one of the best in film history." Liu Weijuan was still a little unbelievable. How much box office would it take to make back the money?

"Special effects blockbuster!" Li Mu didn't bother to explain what 3D was and just used special effects to cover it up.

"With 2.5 million U.S. dollars, the global box office would have to exceed 7 million U.S. dollars to make it back."

"If you just count the box office, probably, but a movie is not just about box office revenue." Li Mu explained, and Li Mu also roughly estimated the production cost.

However, according to the 3D technology at this time, the gap will not be too big. If you want to achieve a good viewing effect, the amount of money will have to be so much.

You get what you pay for, and technology is never fake.

As for Warner, there is no need to worry. Richard has been eyeing this movie for a long time. As the time gets closer, he has called many times to ask Li Mu to make this movie.

The budget has been prepared, but at this time he didn't know that Li Mu planned to make it into 3D, which added [-] million US dollars to the original budget.

"Tiancai should be more considerate. The special effects for this movie will be done in conjunction with Industrial Light and Magic. This is also an opportunity for the industry to re-recognize Tiancai." Li Mu instructed.

"Okay! By the way, boss, Tudou Video has already obtained 10% of the equity and priority investment rights in subsequent rounds." Liu Weijuan also recovered from the news and quickly reported other matters to Li Mu.

Li Mu nodded, as expected.

After coming out of Mengying, Li Mu rushed directly to the China Film Building.

At this time, Han Sanping also had one head and two heads.

At the beginning, it was a big deal, with one company contracting "The Promise", but now it has caused huge losses.

"The Promise" is struggling to move forward near 1.8 million.

"Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles" has a pretty good reputation, with many filmmakers shouting slogans like "Zhang Yimou's comeback".

Zhang Yimou is still Zhang Yimou after all, but the box office is still lukewarm. The box office of more than 2000 million yuan is still a little less than the investment amount of 6000 million yuan.

But it’s an art film, so that’s understandable.

It lost at the box office and earned "tears".

If it were another person's literary film, it's hard to say whether the box office would have exceeded [-] million.

The production costs have already been fully recovered through overseas copyrights, and Zhang Yimou has no box office pressure at all.

Zhang Weiping has been a bit noisy again recently.

Han Sanping is now sitting on the sofa, with cigarette butts and ashtrays piled up.

It seems there is a lot of pressure.

"Here we come!" Han Sanping also stood up when he saw Li Mu coming.

"Drink more tea, calm down and rest your mind." Li Mu made tea by himself.

Han Sanjing was not polite. He picked up the tea cup and Gulu started drinking it.

"I have an investment here, a big production, are you interested?" Li Mu also said the purpose of this trip.

Big production?
Han Sanping felt a little dazed when he heard these three words.

However, Han Sanping still trusted Li Mu's ability.

China Film has never lost money with Li Mu.

"How big is the production?" Han Sanping was also a little curious. Li Mu rarely said the word "big production", so the cost is probably quite high.

Han Sanping thought about the losses caused by "The Promise", and after thinking about it, he had to rely on Li Mu's big production to recover the losses.

"2.5 million U.S. dollars!" Li Mu just finished speaking.

The sound of rapid breathing could be heard in the room.

"How much did you say?" Han Sanping's eyes widened, still a little unbelievable.

"2.5 million U.S. dollars!" Li Mu specifically amplified his voice on the U.S. dollars.

"The production cost is 20 billion RMB? Are you using gold and diamonds to shoot?" Han Sanping's voice sounded a little louder. He thought it would be more than 2.5 million US dollars at most. Who would have thought that Li Mu spent [-] million US dollars? Dollars come out.

"Mr. Han, have you ever heard of 3D movies?" Li Mu deliberately explained to Han Sanjing that he was also a director and had some knowledge of these. "3D?" Han Sanping is naturally familiar with these two words. In fact, 3D technology appeared very early, and there was so-called 1953D in 3.

In the 60s, "The Magician's Adventure", shot by Tianma Film Studio, directed by Sang Gu and starring Chen Qiang, was China's first 3D stereoscopic film.

However, this technology has not yet truly matured, and the production costs are extremely exaggerated, resulting in little subsequent development.

"Are you trying to mess with this?"

"Yes, 3D format, the highest specification." Han Sanping knew that nature was the best, and Li Mu didn't bother to explain.

"There aren't even a few screens in China that can broadcast that thing." Han Sanping also explained specifically. Of course he knew what Li Mu meant by the 3D system and the highest specifications.

Even fewer IMAX screens are commercially available, and Han Sanping also knows something.

"The production will take at least two years, and theaters will arrange it later." Li Mu also wants to use this movie to speed up the 3D coverage of theaters, especially the coverage of IMAX3D.

At this moment, Secretary Han Sanping walked in.

"Mr. Han, Mr. Lu is here."

Han Sanping's eyes lit up. Cao Cao is here. Doesn't this person have Wanda Cinemas behind him?

Lu Zheng walked in with a 167-year-old sweet girl.

Li Mu originally had some doubts, but now he was completely convinced.

It’s really the starry one, so there’s no need to guess about the one next to him, the flower of wealth and honor in the world, Jingtian.

Jingtian is wearing a pink shirt and girls' pants. He looks well-behaved and indeed has a sweet look.

Seeing this person, Li Mu remembered that Wanda Cinema Line had been established, and it would be at the end of the year.

Thinking of this, Li Mu was not in a beautiful mood.

His own theater chain has not yet been developed. It is not that it cannot be built, but that it will be drained of liquidity once it is built.

After all, there is still not enough money, Li Mu sighed secretly.

"Director Han!" Lu Zheng said hello first and saw Li Mu also looking quite surprised.

"Director Li is also here. I have admired you for a long time, the starry Lu Zheng." Lu Zheng hurriedly came over and shook hands with Li Mu.

I also introduced Jingtian by the way.

Jingtian said hello and stood aside obediently, looking at Li Mu from time to time, looking a little curious.

"Can you tell me?" Han Sanping and Li Mu whispered.

Han Sanping also didn’t dare to take over the whole project. The Promise was already losing money, and China Film’s money was falling from the sky.

Li Mu nodded, he couldn't hide it himself, and Li Mu also wanted to bring private enterprises on board this time.

We can’t let China Film and its family eat up all the benefits.

"Mr. Lu came just in time. I was just talking to Director Li about a new movie. This time it is a big production." Han Sanping knew that a big production of this level would be too much for the whole family. The theater chain behind Lu Zheng still had some problems. doorway.

"Oh? What a coincidence. I just want to discuss some film cooperation with Director Han." Lu Zheng's surprise was visible to the naked eye when he heard Han Sanjing's words.

"How big is the production? As long as Director Li can provide investment, he can have as many stars as he wants." Lu Zheng was so proud that he looked like he was rich.

When Han Sanping heard this, he laughed secretly in his heart, but his expression didn't change much.

"2.5 million, US dollars!" Han Sanping also imitated Li Mu and enjoyed the feeling of shocking others.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zheng took a deep breath. He was still wondering if he heard correctly.

Although he was new to the film industry, he had never heard of such outrageous production costs. If Li Mu hadn't been here, he would have suspected that Han Sanping was lying to him.

Jingtian's mouth was already open, but he covered it with his hands. Has this boy who is four years older than him already negotiated a business worth hundreds of millions of dollars?

"The production cost that Mr. Han said is true, it's brand new 3D technology." Li Mu still added, Han Sanjing only wanted to be shocked and didn't care about the explanation.

Lu Zheng was somewhat familiar with the terms 3D.

It seems that people in the theater chain have talked about this problem of screens and equipment, but it is still in the embryonic stage in China, and Wanda does not have it yet.

There are only a few 3DIMAX theaters in the beautiful country, but they have been increasing in recent years.

"Then how much investment share can Director Li give?" Lu Zheng is not confident enough that his family can take up the share. Even if he is given the chance, he would not dare. If he loses money on such a large investment, how can he lose it? Bleeding.

"1.5%!" Li Mu just finished speaking.

"China Film Investment invests 2500 million US dollars." Good guy, Han Sanping just wants to kill 1% of it.

At this time, Han Sanping wanted to rely on Li Mu's film to repay the loss of "The Promise". Although it took a long time, it was a bit long, but instead of relying on big productions, he relied on small productions that tried their luck?
Han Sanping felt that he did not have this destiny yet.

"Mr. Han, I have no problem adding up China Film and Shanghai Film to [-]%." Li Mu's intention was obvious. Shanghai Film also wanted to join the game.

Li Mu must let more people participate in the movie, so that when it is released, if they work together to promote it, the box office will explode even more.

There is strength in numbers, and this is applicable most of the time.

"Director Li, can I take all the remaining 0.5% with my 20% premium?" Lu Zheng asked in consultation.

"The Lado family, what do you think, Mr. Han?"

"The two private companies are very good, how about Bona?" Han Sanying spoke to his subordinates.

Li Mu nodded: "You divide your share slowly. I'll leave first if I have something else to do."

The shares of Bona and Starlight must be purchased at a premium. As for whether Bona will join, Li Mu doesn't care, because everyone who wants to join is queuing up.

After speaking, Li Mu just wanted to get up and leave.

Lu Zheng stopped Li Mu: "Director Li, wait a moment."

(End of this chapter)