Chapter 150: Audition
"Rent? no, no. Joel saw the powerful performance of this 3D printer and wanted to buy it, so he hurriedly said: "Mr. Meng, since you have this manufacturing technology, you must be able to manufacture the second and third units, and we are willing to invest in the purchase!"
Of course, Meng Xiaobai will not sell, if he sells the machine, he can make money for a while, but it is not a long-term plan. Let Deep Space Digital stay ahead of the curve, and you will earn more in the future.
"The 3D printer is not yet perfect, and we need more time to design it," he said. When the technology matures, we may consider selling. But now, it is impossible to sell. ”
Joel looked at the Venus 3D mold printer with hot eyes, if there was this thing, the process of manufacturing molds would be greatly improved, and the efficiency could be doubled.
What kind of printer is this? It's clearly a money printing machine! But the other party will definitely not make a move on such a good thing, and Joel is very unwilling.
"Mr. Meng, you said that you are willing to rent, I don't know what kind of rental method it is, can we rent it for a few years?" Joel changed his way, but Meng Xiaobai didn't have a cheap price for him to take advantage of here.
"I mean, if you're going to make some difficult, professional-grade molds, movie props. You can deliver it to us for manufacturing, of course, you can also entrust us to print it for you after you design the drawings, and then we charge a certain fee. That's how it is rented. Meng Xiaobai said.
Joel was speechless for a moment, didn't it make it clear that he wanted to trap them? And according to Meng Xiaobai, if Weta Digital wanted to use their 3D printer, it had to give them a piece of the movie special effects orders they received.
This is simply a bully clause, but Joel has a feeling of helplessness, because this 3D printer belongs to the other party, and the other party can not use it at all.
"Mr. Joel. Translator Morris reminded him in a whisper, and Joel realized that he was shocked by the effect of the 3D printer and completely forgot his original purpose.
He should have talked to the other party about the prop order, but as soon as he saw the powerful machine in front of him, Joel suddenly had no confidence, the other party had this kind of thing, what else did they need them to do?
Wu Binghui and Zhu Feiyang also recovered from the surprise, and the two looked at Joel with slightly smug expressions. Before I negotiated the order with Joel, he also quoted a high price of tens of millions of dollars, but now it's okay, even if Weta Digital bids millions, they may not agree!
The representatives of Weta Digital fell into passivity at once, and Meng Xiaobai did not participate in the next negotiation, but when the negotiations ended, Wu Binghui was obviously in a good mood, while the representatives of Weta Digital were in a bad mood.
"How's the talk?" Meng Xiaobai asked.
"It's going very well!" Wu Binghui said with a smile, "With this Venus 3D mold printer, many of our props don't need their help anymore." So we've cut 60 percent straight on the list, and we're going to do that ourselves. ”
"There are still some of the props that they help design, and we make them ourselves. That's about $1 million, which is $7 million less than before!"
"If it weren't for our lack of designers, we wouldn't have spent a million dollars!"
Now they have manufacturing technology, but there are too many props, and without the corresponding designer, no matter how good the machine is, it can't be made.
"What a miracle you did today, Joel was dumbfounded. Wu Binghui is still saying, "In the future, this 3D printer will be the treasure of our studio!"
Meng Xiaobai nodded and said, "Now the external conditions have been created for you, if the movie is not good, you are the only one who asks!"
After solving the problem of movie props, the crew of "Covering the Sky" accelerated the production speed. The crew openly recruited actors online, and at the same time auditioned actors in major film and television colleges and art academies across the country.
The first blockbuster with an investment of 800 million yuan, and may even be made into a series of movies, naturally attracted countless young students to sign up, and everyone was eager to try, hoping to become the main actor of the film.
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Jiang Cheng, Communication University, Department of Art Performance.
In the girls' dormitory, a group of young and beautiful girls are discussing the news they have just learned.
"The crew of "Covering the Sky" came to our school to choose the role, and I heard that the female first, female second, and female third have not been determined. A long-haired girl is putting on makeup, "If there is a chance to choose the heroine, it will be developed!"
"Think beautiful!" another girl said disdainfully, "People like you? With such a big investment in this drama, it must be selected by those who have connections or have acting experience." ”
"Isn't this fairy good-looking, and she is also proficient in singing and dancing!" said the girl in the mirror.
She is not narcissistic, the female students in the Art Performance Department of Communication University are too good-looking, for example, the four in their dormitory are placed in other schools, and they are just department flowers and school flower levels.
"Xiaoyue, are you going too?" asked Su Lianyue by her roommate.
"Let's give it a try, and it would be nice if I could pick a supporting role. Su Lianyue was also tidying up her appearance.
This Su Lianyue is a part-time anchor who has intersected with Meng Xiaobai in Jiangchengle Live Broadcast Company, and she is a sophomore at Communication University this year.
"That is, with acting experience, it will be easy to find a job after graduation. And if it becomes popular, it will be a star!"
"I hope to be chosen!" Su Lianyue is also looking forward to learning art performance, especially girls, if you can't become famous when you are young, it will only get more and more difficult in the future. So every opportunity, she can't afford to miss.
When she arrived at the interview place, Su Lianyue found that the competition was fierce, and there were nearly 100 students in their school alone!
I heard that the crew is still auditioning nationwide, which is a veritable one in a million, and none of the 10,000 base is idle!
This interview is in charge of the assistant director Kong Zhang, Kong Zhang is older than the director Mo Ziyi, he is forty-three years old this year, and he has been in the film and television industry for more than ten years.
Because of his rich experience and wide network resources, he was recruited into the crew as one of the two assistant directors.
"Do you do Latin dancing? Kong Zhang looked at the girl who came to the interview in front of him, he squinted his eyes, enjoying the scene of the eighteen-year-old girl showing her graceful figure in front of him.
"Uh-huh, not bad. Kong Zhang nodded, "Fill out the form first, go back and wait for the notice." ”
"Next!"
Su Lianyue walked into the classroom nervously, and there were Kong Zhang and two assistants sitting inside.
"Hello teacher, my name is Su Lianyue, and I am a sophomore student at the School of Medical Performance. The role I wanted to audition for was 'Ji Ziyue'. She bowed and then said.