The entire Galaxy Film Production Company began to get busy, and they only knew that their company was about to invest more than 100 million yuan to shoot the novel that Lin Han was serializing, and this kind of large-scale expenditure was a great challenge for the newly established film company. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Many similar companies are slowly using small and medium-cost movies to make money, and then gradually start shooting large-cost movies.

The first film invested 100,000 yuan, and the second movie directly reached 100 million yuan, which even the internal employees of Galaxy Film Production Company found it quite incredible.

In the pantry, a few muttering voices rang out.

"Zhouzhou, do you think we need to think about looking for a new job now, I feel that the big boss is a little crazy, and the president is also crazy with them. ”

Chen Jiaxuan's old employees in the Propaganda Department began to calculate in their hearts that if this movie failed, the entire company would probably go bankrupt, and they didn't want to go bankrupt with the company.

The short-haired He Yan held the coffee cup, and she sighed and said: "Now the cost of domestic films is hundreds of millions of dollars, and most of them are still in a state of loss. I think our "Matrix" is also hanging, but Lin Han makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and he shouldn't let the company go bankrupt, so don't worry. ”

Jiang Jingzhou took a sip of coffee, and she said approvingly: "Anyway, it is impossible for the upper echelons to be affected, if the company goes bankrupt, it will be just us who are unlucky, I better make a resume again, be prepared." ”

"Mr. Lin, they are too capricious, I hope they can succeed, otherwise where to find a company with such good treatment!"

Most of the domestic blockbusters are costume wars or costume myths, but the cost of blockbusters in recent years is more than 100 million, of which the salaries of actors and directors account for more than half, and then what money is used for special effects?

Since the announcement of the filming plan of "The Matrix", the entire Galaxy Film Production Company has become fluctuating, and even they are not optimistic about themselves, do they still expect others to be optimistic about themselves?

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However, Lin Han was not in China at this time, and now that the film was still in preparation, he took Xie Xin and Yan Hong to London to visit MPC's cutting-edge visual effects company headquartered in London, England.

After 25 years of experience, the total number of various branches in the world has grown to more than 2,300 people, which is quite large, and there are ten branches in the world, which can be called the world's aircraft carrier-level CG technology company.

They started out in advertising, and now most of their business has shifted to movies, and their films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects many times, and they have performed very well at the box office!

The reason why Lin Han was willing to choose this company is that they have low fees, but the visual effects are very good, and the realistic Martian scenes in "The Martian", the space shuttle launch shots, the probe traveling on the surface of Mars, and the protagonist walking in the storm are all classic images.

Now that "The Matrix" has not yet started filming, Lin Han hopes that MPC will be involved in the pre-production stage, so that he can save energy and time during post-production!

"Hello, Mr. Lin. ”

In the MPC headquarters, Richard Stemmer shook hands with Lin Han very warmly, he didn't look like a reserved and arrogant Briton at all, maybe the survival pressure in the industry was too great, even a large company like MPC had to find ways to pull up the performance.

Lin Han stretched out his hand, and he said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, I've heard of your company's name for a long time. ”

Richard, who seemed to be very familiar with his prospect, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's my pleasure, in fact I've read all your novels, and even thought about what it would be like if I were to make the special effects for those novels yours." ”

Xie Xin pursed his lips and snickered in the back, he didn't expect Lin Han to actually gain a fan brother here, I don't know if this is modesty or a fact.

"Actually, I've seen the effects of your movies before, and I'm here to discuss the visual effects of the film. ”

What Lin Han values most is the bullet time of "The Matrix", which is already a living sign of the Matrix, as long as the movie is mentioned, it is inseparable from this special effects shot!

Even in the history of film, a term has been made specifically for bullet time, and this special effect has become the most imitated screen stunt, and many movies, television, and commercials have imitated it, the more famous ones are "Thunderbolt", "Shrek", "Horror Movie", "Swordfish Action".

Richard, who has always been confident in his company's visuals, patted his chest and said, "If you can think of anything, we can make it." Even what you didn't think of, we can do it!"

Lin Han clearly knows that it is the 21st century, not the end of the 20th century when "The Matrix" is on the earth, and the visual effects have made great progress.

He knew how to shoot bullet time, but he couldn't expect the whole movie to be just a special effects shot, and all the other places needed them.

"I planned to shoot a lot of super slow-motion footage when shooting the action scenes, and I wanted to have enough advanced visuals in the middle of the film, such as the green digital rain of the Matrix world, the human petri dish, the mechanical octopus that doesn't repeat the rest of the film, the spaceship, and the post-apocalyptic wasteland city. These are all easier to do, and we will tell you the details after we sign the contract. ”

In fact, according to the current perspective, the old computers and brick-like Nokia phones in "The Matrix" can't keep up with the trend, and the various machines and screens in the spaceship are old, and he wants to update them to make those pictures look more sci-fi rather than nostalgic.

Richard smiled, "It's all very easy to do, I wonder what your budget is for post-production?"

"I'm now shooting three films at the same time, and then releasing them in installments. The first film had relatively few special effects shots, expected to be only about 500, so we gave a budget of $15 million!" Lin Han added, "If the first part is not bad for visual effects, the second and third parts will be doubled, so everything depends on the first one." ”

15 million US dollars into RMB is already 100 million yuan, this is the limit that Lin Han can take out, and he overdrafted the advertising implant in advance, and now he is not in hand at all!

Now the 100 million yuan in Lin Han's hand is used for shooting, which is equivalent to the average shooting cost of the three films is about 30 million, which does not calculate the post-production costs.

In addition to special effects, Lin Han also has to do sound effects, soundtracks and something, which also costs money, and he can't afford to be stingy!

Lin Han doesn't mind spending money, but this money must be spent on the blade, before he was reborn, he had seen the $15 million special effects of "Ex Machina" explode "Mad Max" and "Star Wars" at the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

You know, "Star Wars" spent nearly 200 million on visual effects, and the spaceship effects in it cost more than $15 million.

Richard was a little disappointed, he originally thought that he had received a big order, but he didn't expect it to be only $15 million, but he couldn't let it go, after all, the effect mentioned by Lin Han was not difficult for them!

You get what you pay for, but fortunately, the 500 shots that Lin Han asked for were not many, otherwise, he would really refuse.

Many domestic blockbusters claim to be looking for Hollywood's top special effects teams, but the visual effects are only five cents, because they give too little money, which is only enough for these Hollywood teams to outsource the film to Asian special effects studios!

The cost of pure special effects for a top-level production will not be less than 50 million US dollars at the entry level alone, which is about 300 million yuan when converted into RMB.

The visual effects of Chinese films have always been a pain in my heart, first of all, the development of visual technology in my country is indeed more than a generation behind Hollywood, and the other is that I am reluctant to spend money, and the last reason is that the director or special effects person in charge does not understand technology.

The director doesn't know what technology can be realized, he doesn't know how much money can be spent to achieve it, let alone what the effect is, and most importantly, how to solve it if it can't be realized.

Hollywood's most important commercial directors understand technology, and they themselves are technical masters, and the result is that all the pictures can be realized through imagination, and they can also clearly express the effects they need with the special effects personnel.

This is the biggest obstacle facing Chinese films. The director has no concept of special effects, and even relies entirely on special effects personnel to complete it. It's a misconception, and when you actually work with special effects crews, you can realize that they are helpless most of the time.

Because everyone's imagination is completely different, and the picture presented is also very different, the special effects personnel need the director to give a clear, definite, and only plan!

Fortunately, Lin Han is very clear about what visual effects he wants, he doesn't care about those fancy, he only cares about what he needs.

Now the film business is not going well, many special effects companies have gone bankrupt, even though the film only has a budget of $15 million, MPC still sent a team led by visual effects directors Anderson Lenglan and Tim Lebray to take charge.

After all, Lin Han has more than one "The Matrix", which is a long-term business.

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After signing the contract, Lin Han embarked on the road back to China, but he did not go to Yanjing, but came to Hong Kong.

However, as soon as he came out of the Hong Kong International Airport, he found that many reporters began to interview him in half-baked Mandarin, and many even used Cantonese directly!

This is one of the birthplaces of paparazzi culture, and the paparazzi here are notoriously pervasive, making celebrities from all walks of life love and hate, and at the same time, fans and readers can peek into the private lives of celebrities.

It's miserable that celebrities don't have privacy, but at the same time, they can't do without the paparazzi, and being secretly photographed means a high degree of publicity.

The busy city needs eye-catching, tickling materials to provide psychological massage, and every major event in the entertainment industry will cause a national carnival, such as a certain cheating, a certain door, a certain splitting legs, a certain love breakup and marriage, and so on.

At present, Lin Han looked inexplicable, how could he have such a high popularity in Hong Kong, and he was not an international superstar, but he just wanted to find a few martial arts instructors on the way, but he never thought that he could let so many paparazzi watch.

Nearly 40 entertainment reporters swarmed up, and the camera was aimed at Lin Han to take pictures frantically, and the spotlight flashed non-stop!

"Lin Xiansen, are you going to look for actors for your new movie this time?"

"I wonder which actor can join The Matrix?"

"Can you tell us about which actor you admire the most?"

"It is said that you have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in your new movie, has the cast been decided?"

It was very laborious to listen to the words of these reporters, and Lin Han reacted after listening to it for a while, it turned out that his film shooting plan was exposed, no wonder it attracted the attention of so many people.

But he shook his head and said, "We're not here to find actors, there's nothing to say." ”

Yan Hong changed from a secretary to a bodyguard at this time, and he hurriedly stood in front of Lin Han and separated the reporters' cameras with his arms, so that Lin Han and Xie Xin behind him could leave.

These paparazzi reporters fought for the best position for photography, and when Lin Han and his party got into the taxi, a group of reporters also jumped into the car, and more than a dozen dogs followed and chased together in the car, rushing to the red light, and almost crashed, which was very thrilling!

It is probably because the Hong Kong entertainment industry has been lonely for a long time, and now Lin Han is just starting to shoot a new movie, which has attracted so many reporters to follow, so you can imagine how scarce the hot news here is.

Lin Han turned his head to look at the paparazzi chasing after him, and he said with palpitations: "These people are really dead!"

After coming to the hotel where he stayed, Lin Han finally had an Internet to see what was going on, it turned out that the synopsis of the movie that he applied to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television for the record before going to the UK was exposed, and he directly made a trilogy, no wonder these reporters are so crazy.

The latest news platform of the largest local entertainment tabloid "Apple Daily" in Hong Kong released a message: "Science fiction master Lin Han has arrived in Hong Kong and will choose the hero and heroine for the new film "The Matrix"!"

Obviously, Lin Han said that he was not looking for actors, but they directly ignored Lin Han's words in order to attract attention, and this news received more than 300,000 hits in less than half an hour.

"Lin Han's new work "The Matrix" is filmed at the same time, and professionals say that the risk is too great!"

"The Matrix is coming, and three masterpieces tell the future savior!"

"The synopsis of "The Matrix" is exposed, and Lin Han is ambitious to make history!"

"The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television's March film record list was released, and Lin Han's hacker series attracted attention. ”

"The hacker project was established to expose the plot, Lin Han personally wrote the screenwriter and director, and the investment is expected to exceed 100 million!"

"The Matrix has been recorded, and the main cast has not yet been announced!"