Capital.

Liu Ruoyi, who was eyeing the special effects director of "Hero", took Zhao Shaodong and found Peptor, who was about to return to China, through Zhang Laomou.

"Mr. Pearct, in the future, this special effects company will have no problem in terms of manpower, material resources and funds, and in terms of software and hardware equipment, we will strive to reach or even exceed the level of top special effects companies in the industrial light and magic and digital fields after several years of construction!" After a brief communication and greetings, Zhao Shaodong promised unashamedly,

"In the early days, just like what Mr. Piert did in the crew of "Heroes", the high-end and complex design and creativity were completed by the American team, and some of the more complex special effects scenes were handed over to the Hong Kong team, and the low-level work tasks that required a lot of manual labor were temporarily handed over to the mainland team. ”

In the future, we hope that Mr. Piert can continue to pass on his experience and technology accumulation to the Heung Kong team and the mainland team, so that they can grow up quickly, and eventually form a new special effects force that can compete with industrial light and magic and the digital field. ”

"Mr. Pelt, the Chinese people have the ability to learn and work hard, I think you have already understood, I hope that these teams can grow together in the future, and as a leader, Mr. Pelt, you will also share the fruits of their growth. ”

Zhao Shaodong didn't think much about his future plans, and first made a wave in the ideal direction.

At least they all talked to Pearct about Aurora Culture's vision for the future of Matrix Vision, to see if he was willing to sincerely lead the team to grow.

The so-called leader is definitely not enough to be good alone, the most important thing is to be able to bring out a large number of talents who are in charge of their own affairs.

In Zhao Shaodong's opinion at the moment, if you want to compare with a Hollywood monster-level special effects company like Industrial Light and Magic, a single Pelt is obviously far from enough.

Matrix Vision needs dozens or even hundreds of talents like Pierte, and the future of Matrix Vision is not only to compete for dominance in Asia, waiting for full wings, but also to enter Hollywood, that is what Zhao Shaodong wants to do.

Zhao Shaodong was imagining it here, but Pearct next to him gasped when he heard it.

Of course, he can fully understand Zhao Shaodong's London accent English, but as soon as the other party comes up, he is benchmarking against industrial light and magic, a big bull in the special effects industry, and this ambition is not so much a vision as a fantasy.

Because of how difficult it is to support a special effects company, as an industry veteran, Piert knows, although the special effects engineer is very profitable, such as him usually earns more than $200,000 a year, but this is the employee to make money, the special effects company is based on expensive equipment and high-paid employees and huge workload, and the final company income is not necessarily ideal.

And according to Piert's understanding, the film special effects market in mainland China is only two hundred million yuan, Zhao Shaodong said that the scale of development sounds enthusiastic, and in the actual operation process, Peert believes that he must lose his pants!

It's not quite like a team that gets things done.

Even if this kind of team is given a high annual salary, if the career cannot be done and fails, then everything is in vain, and Piert does not want to work in a short-lived company that can only survive for one or two years.

Even if it is useless to give him the title of CEO, the boss has the wrong idea, that is, the wrong direction, and Piert does not believe that he can still make a good special effects company in the wrong direction.

Although Piert sentenced Zhao Shaodong's passionate declaration to death in his heart.

"Mr. Richard, I don't think I have the ability to do what Mr. Richard envisioned on such a large scale as I can compete with industry bigwigs like ILM and the digital field. ”

After patiently listening to Zhao Shaodong's bragging, Peert said, and after speaking, it seemed that he was ready to get up and say goodbye.

Just getting involved in this industry, and acting like a boss in the industry, this is the best chicken blood for stunned youths! But for an industry veteran like Piert, this is too unrealistic.

Liu Ruoyi listened to Piert say this on the side, and looked at this posture and sighed in his heart, this style of painting is not right, I'm afraid I'm going to suffer, Zhao Shaodong has met a technical nerd who doesn't like to brag and is used to being down-to-earth.

She studied in the United States for a short time in her previous life, and worked in an American-funded investment bank for almost ten years, and she obviously understands the thinking of people there more thoroughly than Zhao Shaodong.

"Mr. Pilt," Liu Ruoyi could only stand up and play the round.

"Mr. Richard, this is an ideal catch-up goal for our future special effects company, but we need to be down-to-earth at the moment, frankly speaking, Matrix Vision has already received an order of no less than 40 million Hong Kong dollars, but with the current strength of the matrix perspective, we can't complete this order, so we invited Mr. Pitt to join. ”

Liu Ruoyi said the real things in advance, "In the next three years, Aurora Culture's films and TV series will provide at least another total of more than 150 million Hong Kong dollars for Matrix Vision, if Matrix Vision is handed over to Mr. Pearct to operate, will Mr. Peart have the ability to break even after three years?"

Pearc, who had already made up his mind, listened to Liu Ruoyi's words and stopped the idea of getting up.

This is the right rhythm to do things, not Zhao Shaodong's casual imagination.

The order of about 200 million Hong Kong dollars in 3 years is about 30 million US dollars according to the current exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars.

Pearct quickly calculated the different labor costs in three places, and the average annual cost per capita of the 20 or so people in Xiangjiang is 50,000 US dollars, and it will take at least 3 million US dollars in three years.

The team of Xiangjiang obviously can't handle so many high-end complex lenses, and he has to recruit at least 10 senior skilled engineers in the United States, with an average annual cost of not less than 100,000 US dollars, so that it will be at least 3 million US dollars in 3 years;

Considering that most of the labor prescribed by digital engineers in the mainland is now less than 10,000 US dollars, PIERT plans to hire a team of 100 people, which will be another $3 million in three years.

Combined with other miscellaneous expenses in terms of manpower, the planned expenditure on manpower will be at least about $10 million.

The remaining $20 million, if you start from scratch, will be enough to buy equipment and plan to spend $10 million to build a minimum of special effects development equipment environment.

Of course, this amount of money can't take into account the fact that all local teams can complete a set, and the expensive core equipment can only be bought and used first, and then purchased when the financial situation improves.

With $10 million left for rent and expenses, it seems likely that there will be a chance to break even.

"If the company can invest in equipment alone, I am personally confident that it will break even. After careful consideration, Pearct enlarged his budget again and replied to Liu Ruoyi.

It is obviously more appropriate to require an additional investment of about $10 million in equipment, so that Piert has the spare time to add a complete set of core equipment to cope with the good business.

As a smart operator, he will definitely not force himself to have no way out. Piert is a more down-to-earth person, and has a natural instinct for leaving room for it.

"As you wish, Mr. Piert, if we inject no more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars into Matrix Vision and provide no less than 70 million Hong Kong dollars in special effects orders for Matrix Vision every year, will Matrix Vision be able to make magical special effects like Harry Potter?" Liu Ruoyi said her plan.

"If that's the case, then there's no problem, I'm sure I can do it with the level of special effects of Harry Potter. "Back in his old job, Piert is still very confident.

The promise given by Liu Ruoyi, in Piert's opinion, is a reliable promise, and with this foundation, Piert believes that he has the ability to bring this matrix vision to maturity in the nascent stage.

What Liu Ruoyi said is her plan for the real vision of the matrix, in Liu Ruoyi's view, after "Harry Potter", she will gradually reshoot Mr. Jin's martial arts, and the copyright of Aurora Culture has been taken down.

In the time and space of Liu Ruoyi's previous life, although many people complained, I have to say that Mr. Jin's remake of martial arts films still achieved good returns, but from the perspective of special effects, many versions of martial arts special effects are unsatisfactory, and there are even many people who have been complained about 5 Mao special effects.

Mr. Jin's more than ten martial arts films alone are enough for Aurora Culture to toss for several years.

What's more, in addition to staring at these old IPs in China, Liu Ruoyi has also paid attention to the online literature that has just emerged, and has already invested some angel venture capital to support the development of online literature, she will definitely not let this market be controlled by a third party, but now it has just emerged, Liu Ruoyi is in a state of tracking at any time after getting 25% of the original shares of Angel Investment, and she will definitely not let go of the next A round and B round.

The upfront investment cannot be too much, and the founders will lose their ambition to improve.

In addition to live-action film and television dramas, in Liu Ruoyi's territory, there are also important sections of cartoons that have no resources to realize now, but Aurora Culture will definitely not be completely absent, several classic Hollywood cartoons retained in Liu Ruoyi's mind, the plot and synopsis Liu Ruoyi has long been recorded, and after the special effects department matures in the future, these are Liu Ruoyi's magic weapons to attack Hollywood!

So looking back, Liu Ruoyi said that it is not a lie to give a special effects order of 70 million Hong Kong dollars per year within three years, and there is really such a large demand for Aurora Culture's future film and television dramas, and after the development and growth of Aurora Culture in the future, there will be more such orders.

Because of this, when Liu Ruoyi heard Lu Buping complaining for help, she suddenly thought of doing it herself!

Although it is said that this special effects industry will not make too much money even in another ten years, it is great that there will be one or two unicorns, and there will never be a giant coming out, which is not an order of magnitude opponent compared to penguins and online gatherings.

But it is of great significance to Aurora Culture, many of the film and television dramas that Liu Ruoyi imagined can finally get rid of the trouble of 5 Mao special effects, and this is his own team, in the future, when Aurora Culture impacts the film and television drama market more and more, you can have more technical cards!

The market of hundreds of billions a year, who dares to imagine it now! But Liu Ruoyi has walked through that time and space, and she is extremely sure of the prospects of the future market, so Liu Ruoyi will become more and more interested in the game of competing for hegemony in the entertainment industry.

After all, this line of work is the one with the least relationship, which is equivalent to a person like Liu Ruoyi, who was born poor and white, and what is in his mind is that this industry and the financial industry are more operable.

Now Liu Ruoyi is walking on a road that no one can imagine through the combination of these two.

This road has begun to have a slight difference with Liu Ruoyi in another time and space, and in order to make the foundation of his entertainment empire more stable, Liu Ruoyi chooses to make the necessary investment in technology.

"Since that's the case, then Mr. Peart, do you have confidence in the CTO of Matrix Vision now?" Liu Ruoyi saw that Piert had finally changed his mind before he began to ask.

After this confrontation, Liu Ruoyi has seen that Piert is really a practical person and has a clear understanding of his own ability.

However, such a person Liu Ruoyi will not give him the right to operate the company, but hand over the technology to him. For technology, it needs to be down-to-earth, and business needs to be a perfect combination of imagination and down-to-earth.

"No problem, I am willing to accept this job offer from your company. Although Peert was a little surprised when he heard that it was the CTO and not the original imaginary CEO, he finally nodded and agreed to Liu Ruoyi's invitation.

Obviously, Piert is also quite receptive to being the CTO. After all, he is mainly engaged in technology, and has never held a position such as a department manager.

These things that Liu Ruoyi said are real things for Piert, here, although Liu Ruoyi looks much younger than Zhao Shaodong, but Pearct obviously thinks that Liu Ruoyi is a real business operator, pragmatic and with a strong sense of purpose.

Zhao Shaodong next to him didn't expect that because of his divergent thinking for a while, he had been regarded as a rhetorical kid in Piert's mind.

Otherwise, he will definitely jump out and shout injustice, Lao Tzu is also a graduate student from Cambridge!

It's just that he habitually slips his mouth and makes unintentional mistakes, and he only blames people like Pearct for not having ideals and not understanding us Zhao Dashao.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the goal is achieved, Zhao Shaodong will not feel that he has once messed up this matter, and no matter how upright Piert is, he will not express his disdain in front of the boss.

It's not upright, it's just stupid.

Although Liu Ruoyi knew it, she naturally wouldn't say anything about it. It's just that Liu Ruoyi thought that the next time she poached the United States, would it be more effective to go out alone?

However, this idea is fleeting, and there must be a minority of technical nerds like Pilt, and everyone still needs to have a lofty goal to pursue, and feel that the career is more lofty and more ambitious.