One by one, when Li Mu came to PO Chaoting, Nicholas Tse had already taken a group of executives of the company to wait downstairs.

Now Li Muke is their company's largest customer, and the annual special effects cost alone is not less than 100 million.

And under the influence of Li Mu, many film and television companies are now paying more and more attention to the production of special effects, and they are no longer like before, and they spend all their money on actors.

This year, the three movies "Wolf Warrior", "Journey to the West: Daughter Country", and "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" alone brought Nicholas Tse more than 400 million post-production costs, and the profits can be imagined.

Li Mu was surrounded by Nicholas Tse and his entourage to the company's conference room, and there were also heads of various departments and groups.

Nicholas Tse knew Li Mu's temper, work must be put in the first place, and it was time to eat and drink after what should be done, so there was no ink, and he said directly, "Mr. Li is here this time for the special effects of "Zhu Xian", right?"

Recently, the news of Li Mu's audition for "Zhu Xian" has long spread, and Nicholas Tse guessed that Li Mu came for this movie.

Li Mu nodded, "It's not just "Zhu Xian", but also a movie "Looking for the Dragon" adapted from "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". ”

"Ghost Blowing the Lamp"?

Nicholas Tse has heard some of this classic, but he hasn't seen it.

"I haven't watched "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", but in the past few days, all our departments have studied "Zhu Xian", and we also have a general idea of the special effects in it, Mr. Li should take a look. Nicholas Tse said and motioned to the people next to him to show the results of the past few days.

But before they could turn on the computer, Li Mu waved his hand, "Let's not talk about this, I can't believe your technology after working together for so long!"

"I'm going to make a film that's all computer-made, and I need to start preparing now and try to make all the models and backgrounds before next year's Chinese New Year. Li Mu continued.

A fully computer-made movie?

Nicholas Tse couldn't react for a while, and the other people in the conference room also looked at Li Mu with a blank expression.

It's not a good thing they're all about, it's just that they've never made a movie like this.

Even in Hollywood, the center of the world's cinema, the world's top special effects companies such as Weta Digital and Industrial Light & Magic have only one case, "Avatar".

But thinking of this, Nicholas Tse is also hot, the manpower and material resources consumed by such a large project are probably unprecedented, and his company can not only earn high production costs, but also gain valuable experience.

What makes him even more excited is that as long as this movie is handed over to their company, PO Chaoting will firmly occupy the position of the leader of domestic special effects companies from now on.

After all, it is impossible for such a film to be completed independently with the ability of his family, and when the time comes, they will definitely outsource part of the business, and how many domestic special effects companies and studios will there be!

"I'm going to make a classical mythological movie, the protagonists are dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns, and the actors appear in the form of various ancient mythical beasts for most of the film, so it will be a big problem to make models, and it will definitely be much more troublesome than "Avatar". ”

Li Mu's words brought Nicholas Tse back to reality, and the most important thing now is to take this business next, otherwise everything is empty talk.

"Since it is a classical mythology, do all the divine beasts do what is recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"?" Nicholas Xie said and gave the assistant a look.

"That's right!" Li Mu nodded, "All the imaginations of the divine beasts are based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but they can be properly optimized, as long as they are not much different from the descriptions in them." ”

At this time, Nicholas Tse's assistant brought someone over with a large pile of thread-bound books and put them on the table.

Nicholas Tse looked at the book in front of him and said with a smile, "Sometimes we also have to refer to special effects, so we have prepared a lot of related books, Mr. Li can take a look." ”

Li Mu listened and nodded, there are mythological spirits such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Huainanzi", and "Sou Shen Ji".

In the next time, Li Mu discussed the images of various mythical beasts with them, and someone next to them brought in the computer and began to draw according to their intentions.

After a day of arguing, the images of some of the main divine beasts and demon beasts were determined, and when they made a three-dimensional diagram and got Li Mu's consent, they could start to make a few simple models and modify them.

As the absolute protagonist of the movie, it is also the most famous mythical beast in Chinese history - dragon, the image of the dragon in the Chinese dynasties is different, and finally I chose the "Compendium of Materia Medica: Wings" recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", the head is like a camel, the horns are like a deer, the eyes are like a rabbit, the ears are like a cow, the neck is like a snake, the abdomen is like a mirage, the scales are like a carp, the claws are like an eagle, and the palm is like a tiger. It has eighty-one scales on its back, with nine or nine yang numbers. Its sound is like a copper plate. There is a beard next to the mouth, a pearl under the chin, and an inverted scale under the throat.

This is also a more formal statement, which is in line with people's impression of dragons.

In addition, there is the candle dragon, which is also commonly known as the candle nine yin, with a human face and a snake body.

Prison Ox, Jianxi, Mocking Wind, Pu Prison, Fierce Spirit, Tyrant, Raccoon, Gluttony, Nine Sons of the Dragon, as well as Heterogeneous Dragons such as Ying Long, Pan C, Qiu, Yu, Kui Long, Jiao, Teng Snake and so on.

Phoenix, male for the phoenix, female for the phoenix, there are "the head of the dragon, the swallow jaw, the neck of the snake, the back of the turtle, the tail of the fish, the five colors."

In fact, most of the records about the phoenix tend to have five colors: the phoenix with more red, the green with the luan, the yellow with the eagle, the purple with the cormorant, and the white with the honghu.

However, Li Mu only designed two kinds for the needs of the plot, and there are also some sacred birds under the command of the phoenix, such as: Vermilion Bird, Qingluan, Pheasant, Peacock, Dapeng, Bi Fang, Ghost Car, etc.

In addition, like those cormorants, pelotins, plovers, quails, sarrioles, pistols, partridges, quails, hoofs, yan, and dogs, these sacred birds that can't even be named are all thrown aside.

The dragon and the phoenix are confirmed, and the rest is the unicorn.

The unicorn is a combination of lion head, antlers, tiger eyes, elk body, dragon scales, and oxtail.

The unicorn leads the beasts and is the chief of all beasts, but there are not many beasts with names and surnames, so you can't let ordinary lions and tigers fight against dragons in the movie.

I flipped through a lot of classics and found seven or eight kinds of beasts, such as the roar that is shaped like a rabbit, with two long ears and only a foot long.

Born with only one foot of the Kui Niu, it is said that the Yellow Emperor got it, with its skin as a drum, with the bones of the thunder beast, the sound of 500 miles, in order to power the world.

The human face and horse body, with tiger stripes, bird wings, and a voice like a grenade.

The deer body, the head is like a finch, there are horns, and the snake tail leopard is called Feng Bo, and the ministers around the king of the gods are the same name, as well as the ancestors of the monarchs of the Qin Dynasty.