Chapter 113: Machine Shops and Big Productions
The visit of the No. 1 minister to France has been completed, and then he will leave for London to attend the G20 summit.
This time, Chen Xin did not continue to accompany him, he was going to stay in France, and wait for Mu Yunshan to finish the negotiations with Gaomeng Company before leaving for China.
But at this moment, an unexpected call from Wu Jun made him have to end his trip to France in advance.
"Mr. Chen, the matter of the machinery factory you mentioned last time has eyebrows. I know a friend who said that recently a boss in Jiangcheng City was preparing to immigrate and was in a hurry to sell a small machinery factory owned by him, and the price should not be too high. However, because the location of the factory is in Wujiang District, Jiangcheng City, which is relatively remote, there is almost no possibility of land appreciation...... My friend would like to ask if you are interested. In addition, there are more than 30 CNC lathes, milling machines and other equipment in the factory, more than 40 workers, and I don't know much about the mechanical industry, so you need to come back to see it yourself. ”
Chen Xindao: "Are there many people who are interested in that factory now, and how much is the other party going to ask for?"
Wu Jun said: "I heard from a friend that a few people have looked for the boss, but the price does not seem to be negotiated, so far there is no progress in the sale of the machinery factory, many people want to delay, waiting for the boss to reduce the price himself......"
Chen Xin thought for a while and said, "Old Wu, send me the specific location of the machinery factory." ”
Soon, Lao Wu reported a place name, and the steel hammer directly displayed the local satellite photos on Chen Xin's glasses.
Lao Wu said: "The location of this factory is not particularly good, and it is surrounded by a large piece of saline-alkali land. Not far away is the mighty Wujiang River, and there are basically not many people around. At the beginning, an industrial zone was planned here, but then for some reason, the industrial zone stopped, and the boss's machinery factory was one of the first enterprises to enter this industrial zone, and as you can see, only this factory is still running in the industrial zone, and it is almost impossible to sustain it. ”
Chen Xin didn't care about the vague advice in Lao Wu's words at all, he was completely attracted by this large piece of open saline-alkali land, and the open terrain of this land made him have a lot of ideas at once. The thought that came to his mind scared even him.
Chen Xin hurriedly said, "Old Wu." I'm interested in this factory, but I'm still in France, so I'll book a ticket back to my home country right away......"
Before Chen Xin's voice fell, Gangyi said: "Old bean." Tickets for tomorrow are gone. I'll help you book it the next afternoon!"
Chen Xin paused slightly. He continued to Wu Jun: "Old Wu, I estimate that it will take two days to come back, you can help me make an appointment with the other party first." When the time comes, I'll meet him directly. ”
Wu Jun was slightly stunned, and said helplessly: "Okay, boss, then I'll make an appointment for you first." ”
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Chen Xin had the idea of buying a machinery factory a long time ago, but he didn't have much money on hand at that time, so he had to keep this idea in his heart.
And now, with the box office of "Bring Her Eyes" arriving one after another, and the huge amount of money in the Swiss bank account is being transferred to the account of an offshore company registered by Chen Xin in the Cayman Islands by various means, Chen Xin's confidence has naturally increased greatly.
Previously, Chen Xin was half tired to death when he was manufacturing aero engines for the Chinese military, which made him realize that the establishment of his own CNC machining center was imminent.
Therefore, after the engine was delivered, Chen Xin discussed with Wu Junsui and asked him to help see if he could acquire a small machinery manufacturing factory.
Chen Xin told Wu Jun that he plans to build Cybertron Digital into the top and most professional film CG special effects and props production company on shijie. It is essential to have a professional mold and machinery manufacturing factory.
In the past, there were two movies like "Bring Her Eyes" and "Country Teacher", because there were not many live-action scenes, so it was okay to replace them with CG special effects, but if there are any large-investment sci-fi films that need to be filmed in the future, Chen Xin will have to build and rely on those professional movie props.
Chen Xin has a clear understanding of this, although many scenes can also be made up for with CG, but he can't always let the steel hammer do everything, which is a great waste of resources.
In addition, the importance of film and television props to a movie is also undeniable.
Hollywood's film industry weishenme developed?
In order to shoot "Titanic", James Cameron did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build a full-scale model of the Titanic, and the film was shot for five years, and the cost was as high as 200 million US dollars. You know, that's $200 million in the 90s, and it's not the same as the dollar value today.
But in the end, it turned out that these investments paid off quite handsomely, with "Titanic" grossing $28.6 million in its first weekend (the film was released on Friday). It grossed $60 million in the second week and $70 million in the third...... Since then, the film has been screened in North America for 281 consecutive days, setting an unprecedented record, and its final box office is even more indescribable - $1.8 billion worldwide, a figure that was not surpassed by "Avatar" until January 2010, and the box office champion sat on the throne for 12 years.
For such a miracle, the Oscars gave 14 nominations, tying the record held by "Comet Beauty". And next, "Titanic" won 11 Academy Awards, becoming the most awarded film along with "Ben-Hur".
In addition to "Titanic", there are also countless well-known science fiction movie props in Hollywood history, many of which have left an indelible impression on the audience, and sometimes even become a symbol of the movie itself.
For example, the lightsaber in "Star Wars" can even be called one of the coolest weapons in science fiction movies. It combines the oldest longsword with the most advanced lasers, which dovetails well with the space-age samurai of its users.
In addition, like the USS Enterprise in "Star Trek", the robots in "Terminator", and the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park".
I'd be afraid that the Tyrannosaurus rex and velociraptor in "Jurassic Park" are all under the skin of the genius mechanics designed by genius mechanics and a large number of micro motors, and the skin is made of silicone, which can almost be fake when sprayed with paint.
The Triceratops in the field was actually made of a large amount of dirt covered with an artificial skeleton and covered with skin, making it look quite heavy.
In contrast, the dinosaurs in Japanese films are all made by people wearing so-called dinosaur costumes, and the effect is so bad that even a three-year-old child can't get past it.
In addition, Chen Xin came out with a movie props company at this time, not just to supplement the Chinese film industry chain.
In fact, Chen Xin has already begun to prepare for the adaptation of Da Liu's next novel into a movie. According to his Jihua, the new film will be wholly owned by Cybertron Digital, and the investment level will also be unprecedented among domestic films.
This can also be said to be the end of a long-cherished wish of Chen Xin, when he read that novel, Chen Xin thought that one day he could turn it into a movie and present it to the world.
In Chen Xin's view, this novel can be said to be Da Liu's most novella sci-fi in addition to "The Three-Body Problem", and it is also a science fiction novel with the strongest sense of picture, which is very suitable for adaptation into a movie.
Chen Xin couldn't imagine how shocking it would be if all the grand scenes described in words could be turned into movie screens.
Chen Xin can undoubtedly say that once this movie is filmed, it will completely blow up all the disaster films shot in Hollywood in the past few decades, and "2012" is the gap between Yinghuo and Haoyue.
Even many fans of Da Liu's book complained that Da Liu was too wasteful of creativity, and with the shijie concept and plot setting of this novel, it can be expanded into an epic masterpiece comparable to "The Three-Body Problem".
What's more, in the process of filming the film, Chen Xin can continue to produce related props through this factory.
And the orders of the Chinese military will also be mixed in and quietly made.
Chen Xin plans to build it into an equipment manufacturing center under the Strategic Fool Bureau, and even if he and really make some amazing equipment in the future, they can also be pushed to the head of science fiction movie props, and others will never have any suspicions. (To be continued......)
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