Chapter 498: Industrial Light and Magic
"Brother Guodong, where is that industrial light and magic?"
Liu Lang thinks that although Industrial Light & Magic is not a big company, it was founded by the great director Lucas after all, and Lucas's reputation can't compare to these small companies?
"Mr. Liu, it's coming soon!"
Lin Guodong pointed to the front as soon as he finished speaking, Liu Lang followed and looked over, there was a factory a few hundred meters away, there were three factories and an office building in it, adding up to four buildings, and the factory area was not large, only about 7,000 square meters, a factory of this scale was really no different from those small factories.
"This is Industrial Light & Magic?
Other factories are planted with flowers and trees in the open space, and some of them also build rockery pavilions, but this factory in front of you is a different scene.
The clearing was full of models, including models of spaceships made of steel, models of buildings made of wood, and many humanoid statues, strange and varied, such as dog-faced humanoid statues, monsters with fangs and six legs that looked like beasts, and many unnamed guys, but few of them looked like people anyway.
Liu Lang saw some images in these models that were once in Star Wars movies, but I forgot what they were called.
The car came to the door, and the gate was not closed, but Lin Guodong still rang the doorbell, and soon a person rode a three-wheeled car and turned from inside.
"Dear Liu, why are you so free today? Could it be that you agree with our offer? You must know that we are the best special effects company in Hollywood, although the price is more expensive, but the production effect is absolutely first-class!"
Liu Lang knew that Lin Guodong was negotiating with ILM for the production of Transformers cartoons, and the production cost of each episode was $35,000, which was $10,000 higher than other animation production companies, which could be said to be the highest price in the United States, but Lin Guodong felt that these guys were deceiving him, even though Liu Lang told him to pay more attention to each other, but in his eyes, what is the value of a company that is about to go bankrupt?
"Jack, I said it, your asking price is too high, even if you can make a better quality picture as you said, but the increase in cost means a decrease in profits, with our Transformers image, even if it is made into the most ordinary animation, it will be a big seller, and you will not recognize this set of markets regardless of cost!"
Lin Guodong replied.
"Ha, you Chinese are all very ......... Okay, what are you doing here? Looking for George? If you stick to your previous decision, then you don't need to see him!"
"Jack, I don't count the price or anything, because I'm just the head of a branch, but this time I invited our chairman, and he personally came to meet George!"
"Oh, chairman, you're the chairman of Shengtang?"
The other party looked at Sun Mingren and Sun Hu, and there were only three of them present...... No, there is another child, it should be the son of the chairman!
"Mr. Jack, I'm not the chairman!"
Sun Mingren smiled and shook his head.
Sun Hu had a serious face and no expression, as if everything had nothing to do with him, of course this would not be the chairman.
"You're not, is that the guy driving?"
Jack looked back at the car.
"Mr. Jack, I'm the chairman of Shengtang Company, you can call me Jimmy!"
Liu Lang finally spoke at this time.
"......... you?"
The other party glanced at Liu Lang, and then his face sank.
"You Chinese are really annoying, find a little child to come over, could it be to laugh at us? Hmph, you guys go, we won't deal with impolite people!"
Obviously, the other party thought that Lin Guodong was playing tricks on himself.
"Mr. Jack, the Chinese are a group of modest and polite people, where can they deceive friends? I am indeed the chairman of the Shengtang Company, and I am also the designer of all Transformers images, if you go to the US Patent Office to look up, you can know that what I said is not wrong!"
Sun Mingren and Lin Guodong looked at the red-faced Jack on the side, the other party's angry and embarrassed expression was really funny, to be honest, you can always see all kinds of expressions by Liu Lang's side, angry, embarrassed, puzzled, surprised and even dumbfounded, the other party's expression changes quickly, and the changes are far richer than any actor.
"You...... Are you a fool of a child?"
The other party's face showed a puzzled look.
"Mr. Jack, it seems that you know too little about China, we Chinese are not only humble and polite, but also geniuses and prodigies, I am seven years old this year, I founded Shengtang Company two years ago, but in my hometown is also a medium level, there are many people who are more powerful than me, the most powerful one of them can speak at birth, much stronger than me." ”
On the side, Sun Mingren and Lin Guodong couldn't help laughing, Liu Lang's language skills are too strong, he still spoke a "London accent" when he talked to that Robert yesterday, but now it has become authentic American English, and he also told jokes with the other party, this language ability can be called language art.
After hearing Liu Lang's words, the other party's face showed surprise again, indeed, such words are not something that a child can say.
"You...... Is it really only seven years old this year?"
"Okay, I'm here to talk about business with Director Lucas, if you can call the shots, we can also talk!"
"No, I'm not the chairman......... Alright, come in!"
The other party's head is a little messy now, so he can only let the other party come in first.
A few people entered the factory area, and under the leadership of the other party, they walked to the most central workshop, which is a steel structure workshop, all of which are built of steel bars, and the steel structure of the building has not yet appeared in China, but it has long been popularized in the United States, and the Empire State Building, the second tallest building in the United States, is completely made of steel structure, and what is the tallest building in the United States now? That is, the two World Trade Towers that were knocked down by planes 15 years later.
Walking into this spacious factory, Liu Lang and the three of them were immediately attracted by the scene inside.
This is obviously the studio of Industrial Light & Magic, with models placed everywhere, but unlike those models outside, many of the models here are "played" by real people, such as Liu Lang, who saw a monster image from Star Wars, with two horns on his head, gray and rough skin, and this monster is holding a big axe and constantly wielding.
Of course, this monster is dressed up by people, but this model prop is very realistic.
The humanoid monster was waving and waving, and two cameras slowly rotated around him to capture his movements.