Wu Cheng put his arm around Lucas's shoulder and smiled, "I heard that you are really planning to adapt the comic of 'Star Duck Man'?

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Lucas smiled when he heard this: "Hey, the script is still being adapted, and the accounting of the production cost will have to wait until the script comes out." But the cost should not be less than 20 million!"

"So, is there a lack of investment?" Wu Cheng asked with a smile.

Lucas glanced at him and said, "Sure, do you want to invest? But unfortunately, your interest in DreamWorks doesn't seem to be as big as that of Universal Pictures, which makes me very entangled." Did you know? They offer better deals than your DreamWorks. On one side is my friend, and on the other side is a huge temptation...... It was simply a test of our friendship. ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand at the person who greeted him, responding with a wave of his hand.

Wu Cheng couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. If it were other films, he would naturally give up some interests and leave his movies behind, such as the 'Star Wars' series.

Over the years, the "cost" of the "Star Wars" series has become higher and higher, and Lucas's director's salary has naturally become higher and higher, and he even participates in the box office share.

But it doesn't matter, because everyone believes that the Star Wars franchise can double that investment. So DreamWorks' investment in this series is also sparing.

However, some movies seem a little indifferent, such as the current movie adaptation of the 'Star Duckman' comic. Although I don't know how much the box office of this movie was in the original time and space, it will definitely not be too much.

After all, if it is a high-grossing movie, then it will not be unknown in later generations.

So, his instructions to DreamWorks were that if it was a small investment, it didn't matter, but if DreamWorks' investment was more than $10 million, then forget it.

This is also the reason why Lucas has a 'tangled', although the conditions of DreamWorks are not harsh, but compared with other companies, they are indeed not preferential.

But foreigners are like this, favors are favors, and business is business.

DreamWorks did not affect the friendship between Wu Cheng and Lucas. After all, DreamWorks doesn't want it, and it's not that no other film company wants it.

Moreover, DreamWorks is not unwanted, but the conditions are a little higher.

In fact, even if Lucas says that he is entangled between interests and friendship, he only needs to listen to it, because Wu Cheng can be 100% sure that Lucas's final choice will be Universal Pictures. Because it's just a business.

"Hey buddy, you don't need to dwell on it!" Wu Cheng smiled: "It's just a business!"

Lucas shrugged his shoulders, and then Wu Cheng let go of his shoulders and said, "In addition, I came to you to talk to you about another business!"

"Oh, are there any good projects for us to play with?"

Wu Cheng spread his hands and said: "There are no new projects, I have invested my money in Ridao recently, can't you see that the housing market and stock market on Ridao are very hot?"

Lucas laughed and said, "Investing in real estate and the stock market?

"So, what I want to talk to you about is not about the stock market. He smiled and said, "I heard that you haven't been very satisfied with the computer animation effects department of Industrial Magic Light lately?"

Lucas was stunned and said, "Oh! I thought you didn't care about it at all!"

After Wu Chengcong became a shareholder of Industrial Magic Light, except for the need to use special effects when making movies, he would mention this company to him, and he never asked about how the company operated, as if he was not a shareholder of that special effects company. However, he owns 40% of the shares of Industrial Magic.

When I asked for this forty percent of the shares from Lucas, Lucas was depressed.

But think about the special effects company Industrial Magic, which is basically made with the investment of filming 'Star Wars', yes, although he is depressed, he has nothing to say.

Who told this guy to take such a long-term view and see the increasingly inalienable importance of movie special effects in future movies!

Wu Cheng smiled: "It's not that I don't care about it, but I believe that you have the ability to manage this special effects company well." Still, can I see why you're upset with this department?"

This matter is the result of Amy's investigation in the past two days.

In fact, there is no need to investigate, just find someone to ask about what happened in the Industrial Magic Light Company recently.

"What other reasons can there be for the company's boss to be dissatisfied with his employees?" Lucas couldn't help laughing, and finally said: "But now the 'Star Wars' series needs to wait, so the members of this department are a little redundant, and it is estimated that some of them will have to be cut off after a while." ”

Wu Chengyi slapped his palms and said secretly: [What I am waiting for is your words!]

So he said: "I have an idea here, originally, I wanted to set up my own computer animation effects studio to do an experiment. Later, I heard that you were dissatisfied with this department, so I thought, in this case, why don't you separate this computer animation effects department from the industrial magic light and sell it to me, so that I can save myself trouble!"

When Lucas heard this, he looked at him a little strangely, as if to say: "You dug into the wall and dug into your own company?

After looking at him for a while, Lucas asked, "Tell me, what kind of experiment do you want to do? If it's fun, I'll play with it too!"

Wu Cheng smiled and said: "It's definitely fun to play, but I don't know when I will be able to harvest the fruit." As he spoke, he led Lucas to a sofa and sat down, and the waiter, who had been invited to be a waiter, brought champagne to the host and the guests.

The two of them took champagne and touched their glasses, and after taking a sip, Wu Cheng continued: "You know that there are several little ones in my family, and the little ones are naturally very interested in animation, and I have to thank Disney here, I also have a lot of Disney animated movies in my house......!

"The Adventures of Andre and Willy, made by John Lasseter. Lucas added in due course.

Wu Cheng nodded and said, "That's right! Then I wondered if we could try to make an animated film ourselves......

"Oh my god, do you want to set up an animated film company and fight Disney in the ring?" Lucas laughed, "It's funny, but I don't play!"

Lucas is a smart person, although Wu Cheng has played everything very slippery for so many years, and rarely fails. But Disney is in the animation area, it is a well-deserved overlord, a new generation, just want to challenge the overlord, what is the difference between this and looking for death?

John Lasseter's "The Adventures of Andre and Willy" is a short film, although it looks good, but it is indeed very groundbreaking.

However, he is well aware of the difficulty and cost involved.

Wu Cheng smiled and said, "I'm not stupid, man! Don't I know how powerful animated movies are at Disney? I'm just thinking that I can use this computer animation effects studio to make some short animated micro-films for my children." Of course, I didn't ask this computer animation studio to make 2D animation, if it was 2D animation, just watch Disney animation. My idea was to make a three-dimensional animation like Andre and Willy's Adventure, and I thought it would be a lot of fun!"

"Oh yes, I think you must be crazy!" Lucas chuckled, "Do you know how difficult it is to achieve 3D technology today? It's hard to make an 'individual', let alone a clip, or even a movie." For example, Master Yoda in 'Star Wars', we all made models and then used CG technology to do it! Another example is the short film "The Adventures of Andre and Willy", which also took months to complete, but he only had two minutes. ”

After a pause, he added: "Moreover, from that two-part short film, we have also learned a lot of experience and lessons, and we have a better understanding of how difficult it is. ”

"That's why I said, it's just an experiment of mine. Whether I can succeed or when, I don't know, maybe five years, maybe ten years, maybe even longer, I'm mentally prepared to fail. Wu Cheng smiled and said, "Think of it as an experiment for me to make toys for children! It's actually quite fun to think about!"

"Oh my! it's not fun at all!" Lucas shook his head, "Man, it's burning money, you know what? And maybe in the end, you won't see anything!"

For a person who plays special effects, he naturally knows to what extent today's special effects technology is. Like Wu Cheng, if the entire animation is realized with three-dimensional images, how big the amount of work will be, it feels terrifying to think about it.

Moreover, the large amount of work is not the point, the point is that many effects are simply impossible to complete with current computer technology. If nothing else, let's talk about animal hair.

When Wu Cheng filmed "Legend of the Night", he knew that when filming the transformation of a werewolf, he finally used the traditional transformation method of a werewolf, that is, with wolf hair on his body.

In the end, we can only use the physical model, use real fur to cover the model to shoot, and then use computer technology to synthesize it in post-production.

And to complete this experiment, as Wu Cheng said, it is basically impossible to do it in a few years. Therefore, in his opinion, this experiment is a very willful money-burning experiment, something that can only be played by rich people, and it has nothing to do with him.