Now that all the shots needed for the film have been shot, there is one important thing that needs to be done, and that is special effects compositing.

Zhai Yu went to find a distribution company for the release of the movie. Lin Xiaofan went to find a company to produce special effects.

There are many companies that can produce special effects in China, but most of them can only produce "five-cent special effects", and there are not many companies that can really produce high-quality special effects.

Hollywood, on the other hand, is much ahead of China in terms of special effects production. This is one of the reasons why Hollywood blockbusters always sell at the box office.

Lin Xiaofan found a company called Tiangong Digital Special Effects Design Company. The headquarters of this company is located in Jinjiang City.

The company's special effects technology is at the first-class level in China.

Lin Xiaofan selected the most satisfactory shots from a large number of video materials shot by Ribier, and then took these videos to Tiangong Company.

"Hello sir, what business do you want to handle?"

Lin Xiaofan: "I want to ask about the business of film special effects. ”

The beautiful woman who received Lin Xiaofan at the front desk was pleasantly surprised when she heard the "movie special effects", and hurriedly notified a manager to come over.

Although they are special effects companies, they usually receive most small businesses such as game advertisements and promotional videos. Movie special effects, which is the most money-burning thing, is also the business they are most willing to receive.

"Hello, I am the account manager of Tiangong Company, and my surname is Zhou. ”

Manager Zhou heard that there were customers doing special effects for the movie, and hurriedly came.

Lin Xiaofan: "Hello Manager Zhou, I have a movie and want to make some special effects. ”

Manager Zhou invited Lin Xiaofan into the office: "Sir, can you tell me about the specific situation?"

"My requirements are very special, and the requirements for special effects are relatively high. This movie is a magic movie, and the whole movie needs special effects, and the shot I shot has two parts, and I need to combine the shots of these two parts. Where the shots are connected, some special effects shots are also needed to connect. ”

Hearing Lin Xiaofan's words, Manager Zhou was even more excited. He is not afraid of Lin Xiaofan's high requirements, because the requirements are high, and the cost of proving this business will be very high.

Nowadays, film special effects are produced by computers, and technology is not an obstacle, but the difficulty is that a large number of professionals need to spend time to produce. These consume a lot of manpower, material resources and time, which means that a lot of money is required.

The production of special effects in movies is measured in seconds. A one-second special effect requires hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. The investment in a movie supported by special effects is calculated in billions. It can be seen how much special effects burn money.

Manager Zhou: "Sir, rest assured, our company's special effects technology is definitely the first-class level in China. No matter what kind of requirements you have, our company will try to meet them. ”

Lin Xiaofan: "Then, how is this fee calculated?"

Manager Zhou: "The cost calculation in this area is more complicated, according to the difficulty of the production, the cost varies greatly, from tens of thousands per second to hundreds of thousands per second. You need to provide your original film first, then explain your requirements, and communicate with our technicians before negotiating the cost. ”

"But don't worry, for a big customer like you, we will definitely give you a discount, and the price convenience is guaranteed to be the lowest level in the country, you see?"

Lin Xiaofan nodded: "Then take me to your technicians now." ”

Manager Zhou took Lin Xiaofan to their company's special effects production office, which was full of computers. Technicians are staring at their computers, busy at work.

In this industry, special effects producers are very hard.

Lin Xiaofan glanced at it, and these computers were full of graphics and models that he couldn't understand.

"Lao Chen, this is our customer, who wants to make special effects for movies. You talk to him and make an estimate of the cost. ”

Lao Chen is the head of the technical department, and he often does this kind of work. He asked Lin Xiaofan easily to come to the USB flash drive and then connect it to the computer.

He clicked on the video and asked Lin Xiaofan: "Please describe in detail what kind of special effects you want to do, and there are specific requirements." ”

Lin Xiaofan: "This is a magic movie, with a magical version of the scene, as well as orcs, monsters, etc., about a beautiful woman who accidentally enters the forest and a series of ...... happens"

Listening to Lin Xiaofan's words, Lao Chen clicked on Wang Guli's lens. The footage taken from this simple photography base made him frown. According to Lin Xiaofan's words, the amount of money spent on the production of this special effect will be astronomical.

It's about creating a world out of thin air in the picture!

Lin Xiaofan continued: "Actually, you don't need to do much work, because most of the shots are already available, and your main job is compositing. You can watch this video. ”

Lao Chen clicked on the video that Lin Xiaofan said, and three seconds later, he was stunned. The picture shows a blue sky, dense forests, and purple trees, all kinds of strange plants and flowers.

It's like another world. The humanoid creature with hair that appeared next made Lao Chen even more shocked. Manager Zhou on the side was also stunned.

After reacting, Lao Chen spoke: "Young man, you're here to smash the field." ”

Lin Xiaofan didn't react for a while.

Lao Chen: "The effect of your special effects is already against the sky, and you still need to come to our company to do special effects? Look at this picture, it is too realistic, I'm afraid that no company in China can achieve this effect." ”

"Ahem," Lin Xiaofan began to make up nonsense, "The original special effects were made by a foreign company, but for some special reasons, they were not completed in the end, and the cooperation was terminated." So come to you. ”

Lin Xiaofan can only make it up, he can't say that this is a real picture, I'm afraid even if he says it, no one will believe it.

Lao Chen nodded, he didn't doubt it: "If that's the case, the difficulty of our special effects processing is very low, we only need picture synthesis and some cohesion and detail processing." ”

After some detailed discussions, Lin Xiaofan and Manager Zhou finally negotiated the business at a price of 10 million. Ten million, for a special effects movie, is a very low price.

Lin Xiaofan's previous shooting, without inviting a star, only cost 10 million. In other words, in this movie, Lin Xiaofan's total investment is 20 million.

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When Lin Xiaofan cooperated with Tiangong Company, Fengfan Automobile Company, Feng Qingyun was very worried.

After more than two months of design and commissioning, the first sample car has been produced. After testing, the performance of this sample car is very good, especially in terms of power, which far exceeds other cars in the same price range.

But Feng Qingyun found that he had overlooked a problem, that is, to put this car into production, it would require a lot of capital investment. And he, who had already spent all his money before, still owed a lot of foreign debts.

Even the large set of equipment purchased in installments at Huasheng Machinery Company has become a big problem every month.

Not only that, but what made Feng Qingyun unhappy was that his former friends stopped contacting him, and even deliberately avoided him. Feng Qingyun heard that the news that he was bankrupt was circulating in his circle of friends, and his father Fengyi ignored him.

Feng Qingyun didn't know how the news got out, but his current situation made many people believe it to be true. He owes a lot of foreign debts, and he doesn't even have the money to go out and have a dash.

It's been a long time since he's been out for recreation.