Chapter 720: $200 million
What's even more ironic is that because of the monopoly of the industry, in fact, in foreign special effects companies, the bigger the fish eat the small fish, the stronger the stronger, the weaker the weaker. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
A number of foreign special effects companies have closed down and gone bankrupt one after another, but domestic special effects companies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
In terms of the number of domestic special effects companies, there are definitely a lot, but in terms of technology and scale, they are too much worse.
Like many small film special effects companies in China, in fact, strictly speaking, they don't enter the stream at all, because the special effects they produce are basically five-cent special effects that have been complained about by countless audiences.
But small special effects companies are very moisturized because of this, but large special effects companies like Hanshi are very embarrassed, and the general list of five-cent special effects can't support Hanshi at all.
Previously, when Dianjin Film and Television released the filming of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Looking for the Dragon", Hanshi Special Effects also intended to fight for this order, but as a result, after researching, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Looking for the Dragon" was still not handed over to Hanshi to do.
Because although Hanshi used to be the No. 1 film special effects company in Asia, but in recent years, due to unfavorable development, it has laid off a lot of employees.
"Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Looking for the Dragon" is Ye Qiu's first big production, so naturally he is striving for excellence, so in the end, he still didn't choose Hanshi.
Chen Guang's recent life has become more and more difficult, because Hanshi is struggling under the pressure of Hollywood special effects companies, and his life is getting more and more difficult day by day.
Asia's No. 1 special effects company, which was once prosperous, is now mixed up to the point where it can only be outsourced by some Hollywood special effects companies.
Several shareholders of Hanshi have long been dissatisfied with this status quo, and it is no secret that Hanshi wants to find the next home.
It's just a pity that the valuation of the cold stone special effects has dropped again and again, but no one is still willing to take over.
Hanshi's core special effects team was brought up by Chen Guang, and their technology is no worse than others, but unfortunately, there is no money, there is no masterpiece worth mentioning, and third, there is no big order, in the special effects circle, no innovation is regression, because of the lack of funds and orders, Hanshi can only take on some outsourcing work that does not have too much technical content, not to mention technological innovation, but now it can't be maintained.
"Boss, Tianying has contacted us again, if the company doesn't improve again, we'll ......," another veteran of Chen Guang's team said bitterly.
"Lao Lu, it's me Chen Guang who can't stand you, but, wait a minute, just now Dianjin Film and Television contacted me, saying that the golden saint Ye Qiu wants to meet me, although I don't know what the matter is, but it shouldn't be a bad thing to think about it, maybe there will be a turnaround, maybe you can help me talk to my brothers again, everything will wait until I meet Ye Qiu, and when the time comes, if you still want to leave, I will never stop you!" Chen Guang said.
"Ye Qiu, the Holy Hand of Gold, could it be that "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Looking for the Dragon" is going to be done by our company?" Lu Fei looked surprised.
"It shouldn't be, the special effects production company of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Looking for the Dragon" is the magic tower, and it is impossible for them to temporarily change the special effects company. Chen Guang shook his head and said.
"Okay, then I'll go talk to them, I'm not in a hurry anyway, I hope this time it's good news. Lu Fei nodded.
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Chen Guang had great expectations for Ye Qiu's appointment.
It's just that he couldn't guess Ye Qiu's intention for a while.
After meeting, the two exchanged a few polite words, but Ye Qiu had been chatting with Chen Guang, but he didn't get to the point. Finally, Chen Guang couldn't help but ask: "Ye is always not your company, what kind of big productions do we have?"
"Yes, Mr. Chen of "Transformers" knows, right?" Ye Qiu saw Chen Guang's look of expectation and hope, and no longer beat around the bush, and asked directly.
""Transformers?I know, my son has been obsessed with Autobots recently, does Mr. Ye want to shoot a live-action movie of "Transformers"?" Chen Guang's eyes lit up and he asked with some excitement.
As a movie special effects person, Chen Guang is not only the boss of Hanshi, but also the leader of Hanshi's core special effects technical team, and he is also a technical expert.
How could he not know about the fact that "Transformers" became famous overseas and became popular all over the world?
In Hanshi's company, Chen Guang often mentioned "Transformers" when chatting with the team, and they all felt that if "Transformers" was made into a live-action movie, the special effects would definitely be a huge problem.
They also speculated that Ye Qiu's launch of the "Transformers" toy seemed to be involved in toys, but in fact, I am afraid that it is still inseparable from the movie, because the video of the transformation of a big Autobot in North America by Star Toys also caused a huge sensation in China.
The most intuitive feeling is, cool, so cool.
Chen Guang's son is a big fan of "Transformers".
And many of Hanshi's core technical team are fans of "Transformers", and several of them have collected a full set of "Transformers" toys.
It's just that when Chen Guang and the others were chatting and discussing this possibility, they all said that even if Ye Qiu wanted to launch a live-action movie, I am afraid that it would not be so fast, and once it was launched, then the investment would definitely be an astronomical amount, because if "Transformers" is a live-action movie, then the special effects of Transformers will definitely be a huge challenge for all the current special effects companies, of course, if they can take over "Transformers" No matter which special effects company it is, it will be a technical leap.
It's just that Chen Guang didn't expect that Ye Qiu now had the idea of making a live-action movie of "Transformers".
Thinking of this, Chen Guang was excited. I began to fantasize that once "Transformers" was handed over to Hanshi to make it, it would not only be a huge challenge for Hanshi, but also a huge opportunity.
"Mr. Ye, do we have a chance in Hanshi?" asked Chen Guang with a worried expression.
"It can be said that the live-action movie of "Transformers" is my most important film project so far, and it is also the most important project, and I expect the investment cost of the live-action movie of "Transformers" to be at least 200 million, and this is only the most conservative estimate. Ye Qiu didn't answer Chen Guang's words, but said with a smile.
"Of course, the 200 million I said is in US dollars!" Ye Qiu added.
200 million US dollars? is still the most conservative estimate, and Chen Guang is a little confused.
200 million US dollars is equivalent to more than a billion Chinese dollars, Chen Guang can't imagine how much Ye Qiu has expectations for "Transformers".
"So, I need the best technical team for "Transformers", the best special effects company in production, Mr. Chen, do you think Hanshi can meet my requirements?" Ye Qiu looked at Chen Guang and said.