Including the publicity budget, the total investment of "Across the Seas" is as high as 150 million, although it is not as good as a commercial production with hundreds of millions of dollars, but it is no problem to be counted among blockbusters.

But unlike most commercial blockbusters, most of the budget for "Across the Seas" is spent on filming and production, rather than the actors' salaries.

The actor's salary only accounts for about 5% of the investment, and it is simply a strange thing in today's domestic blockbusters with big stars and big lineups, and it is hard to believe it.

However, this is the case, because the big stars in this movie are mainly Luo Kai and Mo Lan, but the two do not get paid, but convert their salaries into investment shares, and as for other actors, the biggest names are only paid by millions.

Of course, there is also Zhang Zeyi, but he doesn't get paid for acting in friendship, as long as he has a song by Luo Kai.

It is precisely because of the abundant funds that "Across the Seas" can be described as excellence in filming and production, and the filming period is relatively long, while also leaving plenty of time for post-production.

Originally, the post-production special effects of "Across the Seas" were made by a professional company in China, but there was something wrong in the middle, and then under Wu Hao's recommendation, he turned to cooperate with the Oriental Star Company in Xiangjiang.

Oriental Star is the most technologically powerful film and television special effects production company in Hong Kong, and has participated in the special effects production and post-processing of many blockbusters, and is very well-known in the industry.

At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Luo Kai and Wu Jiarong came to the Xinshi Building where the Oriental Star is located.

New Vision Building in the New Territories, a long distance from Hong Kong Island, is relatively remote here, but compared with Hong Kong Island, where every inch of land is expensive, the rent of office buildings is much cheaper, so it has become the first choice for many small and medium-sized companies.

When the two arrived at the New Vision Building, Song Zhiwen, the general manager of Oriental Star, personally greeted them at the entrance of the lobby.

For the first cooperation between the two sides, Oriental Star undoubtedly attaches great importance to it.

This is not only because "Across the Seas" is a commercial blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions, but more importantly, as the strongest film and television special effects company in Xiangjiang, Oriental Star has had a hard time in recent years.

In the most prosperous era of Xiangjiang films, the film and television special effects production industry can be described as thriving, and Xiangjiang University of the Arts has opened a number of professional training talents for this purpose, although the overall technical strength is not as good as Hollywood, but it is undoubtedly first-class in Asia.

However, with the decline of the film and television industry in Hong Kong, many special effects production companies have closed down one after another, a large number of talents have gone out, and many people have gone north to Beijing to seek livelihoods, which has largely driven the development of related industries in the mainland.

So up to now, the number of film and television special effects production companies in Xiangjiang is not much, but the competition is still very fierce.

The investment in Xiangjiang Film has never been high, in the past, many film companies made a movie, which could be done in a week or two, and the game was short, flat and fast, where was willing to spend a lot of money on special effects.

That is, after the rise of several major film companies, the audience's aesthetic demand has risen, and inferior special effects can no longer meet the needs of the market, so there has been a great development of special effects production.

However, history seems to be reincarnated, the more Xiangjiang films decline, the more no one is willing to invest a lot, and the salaries of star artists are rising, so they can only save costs in production.

In this way, the Oriental Star that takes the boutique route is a tragedy.

And the situation of the Eastern Star is not an isolated case.

Now that they have finally caught the big fish of "Across the Seas", their attitude can be imagined.

"Mr. Rokai..."

Seeing Luo Kai and Wu Jiarong coming down from the Mercedes-Benz, Song Zhiwen immediately stepped forward quickly, and stretched out his hands to Luo Kai with a smile: "Welcome, welcome!"

Song Zhiwen, who is in his 40s and wears glasses and looks elegant, graduated from the Los Angeles Film and Television Academy in his early years, worked for many years in Hollywood special effects production companies, and later returned to Hong Kong to join Oriental Star as art director and then general manager.

Song Zhiwen's information, Luo Kai has known it for a long time, but the real person is the first time he has seen it.

He shook hands vigorously with Song Zhiwen and said with a smile: "Hello Manager Song, take the liberty to disturb, don't be surprised." ”

Visiting the Oriental Star Company in the afternoon was Luo Kai's temporary decision.

Because the idea he told Wu Jiarong earlier was not a joke, he really intended to buy this company.

Of course, it is necessary to understand on the spot, no matter what, the acquisition of this famous special effects company in the Xiangjiang circle cannot be won without one or two hundred million.

And the key person is this Song Zhiwen, although Song Zhiwen does not own many shares, but he is definitely the well-deserved soul core of Oriental Star.

The Los Angeles Film and Television Institute he graduated from is not a pheasant university, but the most professional film and television institution of higher learning in the United States, the campus is located next to Hollywood, and most of the students enter Hollywood after graduation.

Song Zhiwen is a special effects production major, and has worked in a large Hollywood company, and then led Oriental Star to become a leader in the Xiangjiang industry, which is undoubtedly a real ability.

Oriental Star is facing a predicament, not because of his professional ability, but because of the general environment, in fact, with his ability, if he goes to the capital to seek development, it is absolutely welcome.

Relying on the explosion of the scale of the domestic film and television drama market, many domestic special effects production companies are very moisturized, and they are also very thirsty for talents.

But Song Zhiwen has a scholarly temperament, and he is nostalgic for the old, but he is unwilling to leave Xiangjiang and turn his back on Oriental Star Company.

For such a person, Luo Kai still respects him very much.

"Where, where..."

Seeing Luo Kai so polite, Song Zhiwen was also secretly relieved, and said with a smile: "It's too late for us to welcome." ”

Although he is from Xiangjiang and has been in the United States for many years, he speaks Mandarin very well.

After some greetings, everyone went upstairs and came to the company together.

The scale of Oriental Star is not bad, renting two floors of Xinshi Building 27 and 28, with nearly 200 employees, most of whom are professional and technical personnel, and the equipment and facilities are also first-class in the industry.

Of course, it is not easy to maintain such a scale, and the expenses on employee salaries alone are quite staggering, and if it weren't for Song Zhiwen taking on a lot of outsourced work through his connections in the United States, it is estimated that he would not have been able to support it for a long time.

The contract amount of the special effects production of "Across the Seas" is as high as 20 million, which cannot be said to be life-saving money for Oriental Star, and it can be regarded as a send-off in the snow.

In order to leave the best impression on Luo Kai, Song Zhiwen opened the core production department to him to visit, and personally demonstrated a CG production process to Luo Kai.

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