Chapter 33: Thirty Million!
"Thank you, Director Guo, for your praise. Du Mingxuan smiled, and across from him, Zhang Dahai's face was extremely ugly.
He has ridiculed Du Mingxuan's company many times before for its weak strength and will be crushed into scum by Xinyi! However, the fact is that Guo Bufan and others are actually optimistic about the Z era!
"Mr. Zhang, what do you think? Our domestic props company also has two brushes, right?" Guo Bufan didn't forget to say a few words to Zhang Allen, Zhang Allen looked down on him before, and he always remembered it.
If you want to forcibly find shortcomings from such excellent design works, you will only appear to be stingy and narrow-minded, Zhang Allen simply said: "Yes, I underestimated it." These design works, even at Weta Digital, are outstanding. ”
"But I'm curious, why haven't I heard of Gen Z before?"
"Because our company has only been established for a short time, it's normal that you haven't heard of it. Du Mingxuan explained.
Allen Zhang secretly wrote down in his heart that he must investigate this company after he goes back, and this company is likely to become a competitor of Weta Digital in the film industry!
"I have one more question for you. Zhang Allen said to Du Mingxuan, "Your concept art is very good, but can your company make props like the ones in the show?"
"I can see from the concept drawings that many structures and details are quite difficult to make, and if there is no supporting industrial technology level, these drawings can only be seen. ”
At the mention of this, Zhang Dahai finally found the point of fighting back, and hurriedly echoed: "Yes, no matter how good the drawing is, it's useless if you can't make it." When you're making a movie, you can't always shoot with a background picture, right? Isn't that a five-cent special effect?"
Guo Bufan and Miao Yu are also very interested in this issue, only the concept map has no finished product, which is tantamount to the moon in the well and the flower in the water.
They looked at Du Mingxuan, the young boss of the Z generation company, he still looked a little immature, but there was a kind of confidence in the eyes of Danfeng.
"If we can design it, we can make it!" Du Mingxuan's tone was extremely sure, "and it will be completed before your scheduled shooting time!"
"Doesn't it cost to brag? Does your company have its own mold factory?" Zhang Dahai continued to scold him.
"It's the same with a mold factory. Du Mingxuan expected him to say this, and said: "Maybe you still have to doubt our production level." ”
"I'll show you directly, this is a miniature version of the prop we made, a model of the space capsule. Du Mingxuan took out a display model made with a 3D printer, "All the models we design can be assembled with parts, we can make this, we can make the overall mold!"
The miniature model made by the 3D printer is naturally effective.
When Guo Bufan and Miao Yu read it once, they had completely believed Du Mingxuan's statement in their hearts. Large-scale mold processing can be done in general factories, and the finer the part, the more difficult it is, and the Z generation mold company can make a fine model, which means that they have this strength!
"Okay, Boss Du!" Guo Bufan took the initiative to reach out, "I am very willing to cooperate with your company, and I hope to finalize the details of the contract as soon as possible." ”
"Me too. Du Mingxuan shook hands and smiled.
"Great!" Miao Yu said happily, "That's Director Tan, right, I still want to study those concept drawings carefully, can you show me?"
"Of course, let's add a WeChat friend, right? I'll send you the concept information, and you can ask me directly if it's different. Tan Chenglin said.
"No problem! I just have a lot of questions I want to ask!" Miao Yu immediately added his WeChat.
Seeing that the director and visual effects director had already agreed to others, assistant director Feng Ming was quite embarrassed. He never expected that he would bite the gold halfway and mess up his affair with Xinyi.
It's a pity that the person in charge of the investor's instructions is Guo Bufan, and he has no say in deciding this matter.
"Boss Du, do you have anything else to do today? I think we'll talk about it in detail later. Guo Bufan asked.
"Absolutely. Du Mingxuan nodded.
"Okay, then please rest for a while, I'm sorry, I'll go to the toilet first. Guo Bufan said, and hurriedly went to the bathroom. I was so fascinated by what I watched just now, and I didn't go to the toilet for several hours, but it suffocated him.
The prop orders for "Space Warning" have basically been stabilized, and the next few days will be to finalize the specific details.
In the film and television shooting base, Zhang Dahai walked away with his new design director. This time, he has lost face!
Weta Digital's Allen Zhang is very interested in Z Time and Space Mold Manufacturing Company, and has been knocking on the side to ask for some information.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, it seems that we didn't have the opportunity to cooperate this time. I hope this will not affect the relationship between the two parties, and there will be a chance to cooperate next time. Director Guo Bufan said to Allen Zhang.
"I also believe that I wish Director Guo's movie a big box office hit!" Zhang Allen said with dignity, "Of course, I am also looking forward to seeing those whimsical sci-fi props in Z time and space on the screen, I hope to surprise me." ”
"Yes. Du Mingxuan said, "It will definitely be better than you imagined." ”
"Then I'll see!"
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For several days, Du Mingxuan stayed at the filming base of "Space Warning" and discussed the props with relevant personnel.
"According to the design you have chosen, this kind of mechanical exoskeleton prop suit, one set is 800,000 yuan, and you order five sets, that is 4 million! Then there is the spaceship, the 1:1 model, our quotation is 4.3 million, and all kinds of science fiction props, such as pulse guns, base cars, add up to a total cost of almost 25 million yuan. ”
"So the total should be around 34.3 million yuan. Du Mingxuan and Guo Bufan calculated the account, and the amount of this order reached more than 30 million from 5 million at the beginning.
Du Mingxuan has never taken such a big order, and he feels a little exaggerated when he says it. However, Guo Bufan was very indifferent, because the price offered to him by Weta Digital was as high as 100 million yuan!
Du Mingxuan's offer is only one-third of his, which is not too much for a sci-fi production that costs nearly 400 million.
You must know that the work to be done in Z time and space is not only to make props according to the requirements of the film, but also to cooperate with the special effects team to do a lot of related work, and the construction period has reached more than half a year.
The most important thing is that the props must pass the level! It can't be shoddy, and the cost of this is the big one!
"No problem, if the review is correct, you can sign it, and for the follow-up details, we will sign a supplementary contract, okay?" Guo Bufan asked.
"Yes. ”
After negotiating this matter, Du Mingxuan immediately returned to Yinan City and began to prepare. He first sent Wang Wei to the island city to discuss the details with the producers and make business adjustments with the revision of the shooting plan.
Then he had to recruit new employees non-stop, rent a factory, and plan to start producing those molds worth more than 30 million!
Although all this is busy, Du Mingxuan feels very fulfilled. He felt that the small company of the Z era had finally begun to set sail!