Chapter 436: Tens of millions can afford to lose

Zhou Bai's desire to go to graduate school was not on a whim, and he decided to do so when he suddenly had a fever in his head, nor did he study it to get a so-called diploma, in fact, whether he was studying in Chinese opera or after graduation, he never stopped studying, but what he learned was not just a textbook.

Stopping studying is an unthinkable thing for Zhou Bai, the grandfather in the family is so old and reads with reading glasses, although his father did not go to college, but he did not stop studying, although he does not have that diploma, but his knowledge is far wider than that with a diploma.

Lifelong learning is the family motto of Zhou Bai's family, and Zhou Bai does not plan to change it, even if it comes to his children's generation, this tradition will still continue.

Whether it is Zhou Xun or Chen Kun, although they sigh, they don't think there is anything particularly strange about this matter, because since they became famous, they are also continuing to learn, although many times it is because of the performance needs of a certain play.

In the eyes of the people who eat melons, the entertainment industry seems to be a circle without any culture, and when some stars answer questions, some questions will be caught by the media if they answer questions incorrectly, and they feel that the entire entertainment industry is a circle that does not learn and has no skills, so it seems to have become a consensus that celebrities have no culture.

This impression seems to be getting deeper and deeper, and even as a traffic flower in a variety show solves a one-dimensional quadratic equation, it is praised wildly, attracting all kinds of group ridicule, it seems that the entire entertainment industry is at this level, as if it is common sense that celebrities don't read.

In fact, there is no shortage of knowledgeable and educated people in the entertainment industry, but everyone's eyes are only on those stars, it seems that their cultural level is not high, and the cultural level of the entire entertainment industry is the same, and even the college entrance examination for drama performance majors only needs more than 200 points, which is equivalent to not learning and not having skills.

It is true that like the drama performance major, the requirements for cultural courses are not very high, but it does not mean that people are incapable, all of them do not learn and have no skills, just like acting is a thing that requires extremely high professional ability, no matter how high the culture is, the sound table is not up to the mark, these are equal to zero, can you stand a postdoctoral show for you in front of the screen?

In this industry, your business ability is the first important, education is just the icing on the cake, the entertainment industry is very realistic, every movie and TV series and even performances are real money, involving a lot of economic interests, this circle is a workplace, ability is the most important one, whether you have the ability or not, it will be clear under the camera.

To put it mildly, Beiying Chinese Opera cultivates so many children every year, but only a few have entered the public's field of vision, looking at the entire entertainment industry, there are a few popular traffic that come out of these colleges, those actors who get up early and study dark, go to the library to read in their free time, observe life, and act in various dramas in a down-to-earth manner, how many do you know?

To put it bluntly, everyone will only stare at those popular traffic stars, these people are basically famous at a young age, and few of them have even stayed in professional schools, and after becoming popular, they are busy with various commercial performances, all kinds of advertisements, and they can't wait to be in front of the camera 24 hours a day, and they don't have time to learn culture, if they don't study, they can become a scholar, this is a sensational thing, okay.

It's like saying that there is a saying: In terms of acting, actors fight to the end for culture and cultivation, this sentence is absolutely correct, but those who can fight to the end are definitely the top group of actors, there are too many actors who only stop at the stage of fighting for talent and opportunity, and they may not reach the stage of fighting culture and cultivation in their entire career.

If you only talk about traffic stars, especially commercial actors, it is true that some of them are not very highly educated, but if you look at the entire performing arts industry, the scores of drama literature, art management, and choreographers are not low in top art colleges every year, and the professional knowledge involved in the school examination is not simple.

"Boss, the special effects personnel in the United States that you asked me to contact have been contacted, and now there is no problem with the entire framework of the special effects team, and they have all agreed to come, but I still have doubts, our existing funds are difficult to support a large special effects team. Liu Guoyang handed Zhou Bai a large list of lists at the week's work report meeting.

"These are just the basic framework, with these technical backbones, we can set up a special effects team, at least there is no problem with them if we want to achieve special effects self-production, you don't have to worry about funding, I will inject a lot of money after the special effects company is established." Zhou Bai said with a smile.

"Boss, I still don't think it's necessary for us to set up our own special effects team, these technical staff are not cheap, it is difficult for us to support the operation of the entire team by relying on the existing domestic film business, and we can't see the possibility of profitability at all, so it's a bottomless pit. Liu Guoyang said worriedly.

In the United States, an average level of special effects personnel earns about 30,000 US dollars a year, senior personnel 50,000 US dollars, and top personnel 100,000 US dollars.

The revenue of North American films depends on the industrial chain, with only 20% of the box office and 40% of DVD rental and sales. TV and peripherals account for 40%, and even if it is a movie box office, people are as fast as tens of billions of dollars, coupled with the unfavorable box office results overseas, so people can afford to raise a huge number of special effects practitioners, and now it is too difficult to do special effects comparable to North America in China.

It's not easy to survive at the box office to make movies in China, it's a fool's dream to raise a special effects team, and there is no corresponding environment in China, and five-cent special effects are already the norm.

"In the future, digital cinema technology will definitely sweep the entire film industry, IMAX movies are no longer a novelty, CG technology will only become more and more developed, and the appearance of special effects lenses in movies will become the norm. Zhou Bai sighed, how could he not know that doing special effects now is tantamount to losing money, and it is still a bottomless pit.

"The loss of money in the early stage is certain, after a few years, if I can break even, I will be very satisfied, I didn't think about making money by relying on special effects companies, what I want to do is to improve the technology of the domestic film industry, in the final analysis, special effects are to serve the film, what I want to do is to let us also have world-class special effects, to fill a gap in the domestic film industry. Zhou Bai said.

"I don't have any opinions on the boss, you layout the industry, but now I'm afraid that our funds can't support it, and the annual expenditure is at least tens of millions, which is still expected to be a small-scale team, if the team size is expanded, isn't it hundreds of millions a year?" Liu Guoyang said worriedly.

"Don't worry, soon we won't have to worry about funds, at least hundreds of millions of funds, even if I have been losing money, I can afford to lose, it's a big deal to lose money to raise a first-class special effects team, the important thing is not the funds, the important thing is that we have the ability to digest technology and develop technology. Zhou Bai smiled slightly, he has the confidence to afford it, he doesn't understand the special effects, and he is also learning, but as long as it can be solved by spending tens of millions, it is not too big a problem, at least for now, he can afford it.