The next day, John takes Sophia to ILM.

The company, which was founded on the needs of "Star Wars" special effects, has long since moved from an old warehouse to the Lightman Center for Digital Arts in San Francisco, and has become the top level of film special effects production in the world today.

Garages and old warehouses in the U.S. are particularly interesting places to visit, and from time to time some of the world's most famous companies such as Apple, Microsoft, HP, Disney, Harley-Davidson, Industrial Light & Magic, ...... Wait, these companies either come out of the garage or out of the warehouse. And the reason why this is the case is also inseparable from the garage culture in the United States.

"Hello Mr. Chris Deng, welcome to ILM. "The person who welcomed John and Sophia was Scott Ross, the general manager of Industrial Light & Magic.

"Hello! Mr. Ross. John shook his hand.

Although George Lucas is the owner of ILM, the Star Wars Father doesn't come to ILM a few times a year, so if you want to see him, you have to go to the manor or Skywalker farm where he lives.

After Scott Ross and John shook hands with each other, they looked at Sophia beside John and smiled, the two were acquaintances, so the greetings between each other were much more cordial, and after the two exchanged a few words of greetings, Scott Ross introduced a middle-aged man next to John to John.

This is our company's special effects artist, Mr. Dennis Mullen, who will be in charge of the special effects project for Forrest Gump. ”

After Scott Ross finished speaking, Dennis Mullen next to him immediately stretched out his hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Director Chris Deng. ”

John shook his hand, smiled happily, and said. "It's also a pleasure to meet you, I'm relieved that you are responsible for the special effects of Forrest Gump. ”

John's words are not polite, but truly reassuring, Dennis Mullen may not be known to ordinary people, and has not even heard of this name, but as long as he is mentioned to people who are engaged in special effects, he definitely has to give a thumbs up.

Star Wars series, Raiders of the Lost Ark series, Jurassic Park series, Terminator series, E.T. Aliens, Hulk, War of the Worlds, ...... And so on, the special effects of these films are all from his hands, and he has won countless awards, 6 Oscars for Best Visual Effects, 2 Oscars for Special Achievement, 1 Academy Award for Scientific and Technological Achievement, and more for other film festivals.

So he was in charge of the special effects production of "Forrest Gump", and John was very relieved.

Of course, there is not only Dennis Mullen in Industrial Light & Magic, but there is also a god named Edwin Earl Catem, but this god has left with Pixar.

Scott Ross on the side was very happy when he saw John's satisfied appearance, and arranged Dennis Mullen to be the special effects director of "Forrest Gump", just to make John satisfied and give John a good impression, so that they would have more opportunities to cooperate with each other in the future.

Special effects production companies are not like film production companies, with high profit returns, people always hear that a certain movie spends tens of millions on special effects, and hundreds of thousands of dollars are used for a one-second shot, but the profits of special effects companies are pitifully low, and sometimes they don't even make money.

Therefore, special effects companies must rely on a large number of special effects production to maintain the company's operations, and directors like John have become the objects they need to woo, although Hollywood is centered on producers, but for the special effects production of films, directors have the absolute right to choose a special effects company.

After several introductions, Scott Ross and Dennis Mullen gave John and Sophia a tour of ILM, which was the first time John had walked inside a top special effects production company.

The company is divided into many areas, most of which are project departments, each of which is responsible for the production of special effects for a film, and when John passed by one of the project departments, he saw a special effect for a green-faced man on the computer screen.

And these project departments are only responsible for the special effects production of movie pictures, as for the special effects production of sound effects, it is the business of Skywalker Sound Studio.

After visiting the project department, Scott Ross brought John and Sophia to the screening room and showed John some special effects footage made by ILM, so as to show the strength of ILM.

But as a reborn person, who came from the era of special effects films, the special effects that Industrial Light and Magic is now making obviously can't shock John.

After watching the special effects of ILM, Scott Ross finally brought John and Sophia to the conference room, and the next thing to talk about is the special effects production of "Forrest Gump", which is also the purpose of John's visit to ILM this time.

The packaging fee of "Forrest Gump", Nancy has negotiated with Industrial Light and Magic, the packaging price of 5 million US dollars, excluding box office sharing, special effects production companies generally charge according to the time and use of equipment, and do not participate in the later box office sharing, which is the main reason why special effects companies do not make money.

"Forrest Gump is led by Mr. Mullen, and I am relieved. John sat in his chair and looked at Dennis Mullen with a slight smile. "I don't have any specific requirements for special effects, I just hope that Mr. Mullen can grasp the degree of special effects when making them, and the film is more important than the technology. ”

"Forrest Gump" is not "Jurassic Park" nor "The Terminator", it is an art film, so John does not want Dennis Mullen to treat "Forrest Gump" with the concept of making a commercial film, he hopes that people would better forget the special effects of "Forrest Gump", at least in the more than 100 minutes of watching the film, and be able to devote themselves to the plot.

"I understand what you mean, Director Chris Deng, I will go all out with the team to meet your requirements. Dennis Mullen nodded, and John's phrase "Cinema is more important than technology" was ILM's slogan, and he understood better than anyone what it meant.

"Okay, when the base film is developed, I will arrange for someone to send the cooked film in the first phase. John smiled slightly, got up and shook hands with Dennis Mullen and Scott Ross, respectively, to end the ILM trip.

John is not an expert in special effects production, so he can only make general requests, as for how to realistically it is the business of industrial light and magic, laymen guide insiders, this is the biggest mistake, professional things should be left to professional people to do.

He believes that with the strength of ILM and the concept of Dennis Mullen's special effects production, the special effects shots in "Forrest Gump" will definitely meet his requirements, after all, this is an omnipotent ILM.