Tony Goldwin came to a place that, while not one of the top luxury residential areas in Los Angeles like Beverly Hills, is also an upscale neighborhood.

There are single-family houses on both sides of the road, and occasionally a few little boys ride bicycles on the road in the middle of the villa and laugh and pass by.

Tony Goldwin got out of the car in front of a villa and took out his keys to open the door and enter, it was close to noon by this time, so he could hear the sound of joyful laughter in the house.

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

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

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

If it was before, Tony Godwin would have brushed his sleeves and left when he saw such a situation, but today is different, and nothing has changed because of his father's attitude.

smiled and said, "Can't I come back and see?"

"Hmph, let you go to the dentist, you don't go, what do you want to do as an actor, is there a 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 Snogodwin is a plastic surgeon, originally Tony Godwin studied dentistry before, but then he had to be an actor, if he could succeed, his father would not say anything, but he has been in a mess for so many years, and he has not even been a trick, Zion Godwin is naturally dissatisfied.

But Americans are like this, anyway, you have grown up and made your own choices, and parents are not obliged to take care of you anymore, so even if the conditions of Zion Godwin's family have always been good, they have not helped Tony Godwin financially, but Tony Godwin occasionally goes home for a meal or two when he can't eat.

However, at this time, it is inevitable that he will be reprimanded by Zion Godwin.

It was Zion Godwin's brother, and Snogodwin seemed very happy when he saw Zion Godwin, and the relationship between the two brothers has always been good.

"Seeing how happy you are, have you encountered something good!" asked Snogodwin.

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"!"

Snogodwin's son ran over happily, but he was only five or six years old, so he could only hug Tony Godwin's thigh, lick his face and ask innocently: "Uncle, are you going to become a big star?"

Tony Godwin smiled and hugged him up and said, "yes, I'm going to be a big star!"

Zion Godwin glanced at him dissatisfied, and said: "Phantom Entertainment, I know, it's a big company, but I also know the movie "Ghost Love", no one is optimistic about him now, you want to become a big star with this movie, it's really a dream, if you listened to me, would you not even be able to eat now?"

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

Zion Godwin's white-skinned face flushed slightly, snorted coldly, and didn't say anything.

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

Old Godwin didn't say anything, just stood up, went to wash his hands and eat.

Then Snogoldwin came up to Tony Godwin and asked excitedly, "Are you really going to act in a movie?"

Snogodwin's body is a little fat, it is the kind of fat, if Wu Jianye sees him, he will definitely introduce Wu Xiaozu's brother to him, and the two of them have a fight.

Tony knows his brother, he is not happy that he has found a job, but simply happy because he can enter the entertainment industry, don't look at Snow is married and has children, but a mortal heart is always ready to move.

When I first became a plastic surgeon, I just wanted to get in touch with more beautiful women.......

"yes, I'll introduce you when I'm famous!" Tony whispered.

Snow gave him a sense of understanding.

After the family reached the table, they began to pray, and then began to eat, and although the old Godwin still looked unhappy, he asked his wife to bring out a bottle of XO that he had treasured for many years......

.......

Wu Jian met James Cameron, who rushed back from the crew of "Abyss", at Phantom Entertainment in the afternoon.

James Cameron's messy hair looked a little unkempt, and after seeing Wu Jianye, he also asked a little impulsively: "What are you doing when you call me back, the movie has just been filmed in an important place!"

This is the first time Wu Jianye has met James Cameron, and the two have not met before.

Linda said on the side: "I called you back this time, because the company has something to tell you!"

James Cameron asked, "What do you have to say now, can't you wait until after my movie is finished?"

Looking at James Cameron's attitude, Linda is also scratching her head a little, with the success of "The Terminator", James Cameron's temper is getting bigger and bigger, even if he is the general manager of Phantom Entertainment, he often chokes with himself.

After filming "The Terminator", Linda hoped that James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger could collaborate on another movie and hit the box office, but James Cameron said that he did not agree with anything.

If it weren't for Wu Jianye's insistence on keeping him, it is estimated that 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 time I discussed with the shareholders of the company, decided to invest in a special effects company, and decided that you would be in charge of this company, after the company was established, there were three tasks. ”

"The first is the post-production of the "Abyss" produced by you now, the second is the special effects of Director Wu's upcoming filming of "People and Ghosts", and the third is still Director Wu's second movie "Jurassic Park", especially "Jurassic Park" will start to only make models now!"

Linda didn't talk nonsense with James Cameron either, and said bluntly.

James Cameron was still a little angry just now, and when he heard that Phantom Entertainment was going to invest in himself to set up a special effects company, he immediately asked, "Really!"

Linda nodded and said, "Of course!"

James Cameron rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "Then you have to find a place immediately, and you have to enter the machine to find a talent ......" Speaking of this, James Cameron showed a look of embarrassment: "It's no problem to set up a special effects company, but in terms of talent, although I know some people, these people have their own jobs, and it's a little difficult to hire them!"

Linda said: "This newly established special effects company, you are fully responsible, you only need to report to the head office every quarter, as for the talent problem, the company can also promise them as long as they are willing to come to the company will be responsible for their liquidated damages, and at the same time pay them twice the salary!"

This is what Wu Jianye had already ordered Linda!

James Cameron continued, "What about the funding?"

Linda said: "I will invest 30 million US dollars in the early stage, and you are still responsible for this 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'll prepare for this now!"

After speaking, he didn't wait for Linda to say anything, and walked out of Linda's office directly, as for Wu Jianye, who had been sitting in Linda's office, he never went to see it.

Wu Jianye's name he naturally knows, but if you want to know what Wu Jianye looks like, it is estimated that he may not be able to know, he is a person who is dedicated to movies, especially when making movies, he is even more distracted, Wu Jianye has not been in Los Angeles for a long time, James Cameron has been in the crew of "Abyss" during this time, and naturally he has no time for these gossip news in Hollywood.

Looking at the figure of James Cameron leaving, Linda sat down angrily and said angrily to Wu Jianye: "Look, this is the person you are looking for, and there is no politeness at all!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "Talented people will always have some character, as long as he can bring honor and benefits to the company, this proud character can be tolerated!"

Wu Jianye allows talented people to have their own personalities, but he does not allow talented people to do so, but he says every day that he has no talents.

Although the phrase 'gold always shines' is actually an out-and-out nonsense, the gold that has been put on the shelves is really shining.

And James Cameron has already proven himself in another time and space, not only gold, but also an invincible diamond!

Linda said: "I hope your vision can be as accurate as ever!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "Don't worry!"

It is Wu Jianye who also wants to meet Wang Zhen and others, the success of a "Lion King" has made Athena Animation a new upstart in Hollywood, at the beginning this company only had Wang Zhen and others, but now it is different, the movie "The Lion King" has brought huge funds to Phantom Entertainment and Athena Animation.

The current Athena is no longer a small animation company composed of only Wang Zhen and others, and has attracted a lot of talents, and now Athena animation is also divided into two major departments, one is animation creation and one technology research and development, and the two departments are divided into several small departments, which can be said to perform their own duties.

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

One of them has Chu Qingfeng, and the other is an American, and the two sides often quarrel over the creation of animated films because of some of their respective cultural backgrounds, even if Wang Zhen, Chu Qingfeng and others have been in Hollywood for several years, but there is no way to erase the Chinese culture in their bones so easily.

It is precisely because of this that there are frequent quarrels 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, and now the domestic animation industry has slowly entered a trough, and even the Shanghai American factory has begun to make ends meet, not to mention other animation companies.

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

However, when the time comes, I don't know how many people who came over there in Huhai will be able to go back, even if they have already signed a contract when they come out.......

As for the technology research and development department, it is mainly based on American talents, there is no way Wang Zhen has complained to Wu Jianye, he wants to recruit some talents who come to study in China, but there are really few people who learn this.......

Up to now, there are only five Chinese in the team of nearly 100 people in the entire technology research and development department.

At present, the main task of Athena's animation technology research and development department is actually to study the development of 3D computer animation.

Now the technology of animated films, more tends to the production method of celluloid animation, "draw every action, and then let the picture connect together and move" The essence is the same as the production of digital animation, but the era of celluloid animation is to draw the character on a transparent plastic sheet, and separate the background, draw it on a white paper, and stack the celluloid piece on the background to achieve the picture of different scenes, if you know a little PS, you can clearly feel that this is actually the same as PS "layer" The concept is the same, except that the layers are handmade.

Finally, the moving footage is recorded on film with a camera, and the sound is added to form a complete animation.

But with the development of computers, the technology of animated films is also slowly developing, and the creation of 3D-CGI has been studied, the most famous of which is Pixar Animation that is still under the name of Jobs, although Pixar Animation has not yet made a really big hit animated film, but its technology has been ahead of the entire Hollywood.

Pixar is also known as Pacific Digital Imaging, a company that was later acquired by Disney for a 40 percent stake.

Compared with the technology madman Steve Jobs's Pixar, Athena was still a little behind at this time, but with the full support of Phantom Entertainment, there is now a trend of going hand in hand.

In terms of technology, Hollywood's top animation companies today are only Athena, Pixar, and Pacific Data Imaging!

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

Wang Zhen is now taking his colleagues from the creative department to look for materials all over the world, but as a general manager, it will inevitably give people the impression that he is not doing his job properly, but fortunately, the aura of "The Lion King" is too dazzling, and people inside the animation company like him like this, the creative department thinks that he is close to himself, and the R&D department feels relaxed without the shackles of others.......