"Have they ever worked for a computer effects company in the United States?" Chen Lang was excited when he heard that some of the technicians brought by Hideaki Anno had learned computer special effects production.

"They did stay at an American special effects company, but it wasn't Industrial Light & Magic, it was just a computer special effects company founded because of Star Wars, but the development didn't go well, so the two of them returned to Japan, and I don't know if the technology can meet your expectations." Hideaki Anno said uncertainly.

"Forget it, no matter what, as long as you come to Hong Kong, you can join the company, the animation production will set up a group, and the film special effects team will be temporarily attached to my film company, if the future development is good, then go independent, you will naturally be the leader of the animation team, and we will talk about the rest when you arrive in Hong Kong."

"No problem, we will rush to Hong Kong as soon as possible." Hideaki Anno hung up the phone after saying that, and then began to contact the staff to convince them to go to Hong Kong.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Lang said to Chen's father, who was watching TV, "Dad, there are two departments to be set up under my film company, and there are only about ten people for the time being, but we will soon recruit a lot of people to come in, and the five-story building we rented seems to be a little insufficient." ”

"You've set up an animation company and a movie special effects company, right?" Obviously, Chen's father heard the content of Chen Lang's phone call just now.

"Yes, the animation company is linked to my novels, comics and even product peripherals, and the special effects company is for film services, these two departments will get bigger and bigger, and in the end they may directly become independent companies, plus film companies and commodity companies, obviously five floors can no longer accommodate it, it is better to rent an office building, and then move the publishing house over." Chen Lang thought for a while and said.

"If you need an office building, I don't think it's better to rent it than to buy it." Father Chen looked at Chen Lang and said.

"Buy? Can we afford it? Chen Lang wondered.

"As far as the money in our hands is really affordable, I also learned about it after researching it when I bought Lang Lang Qiankun store in the past, and I will tell you about the house prices in recent years." Chen's father has obviously studied this and has been paying attention to it.

On October 7, 1981, Hong Kong resumed its efforts to control inflation, with the prime rate rising to 20%, the highest level in Hong Kong's history, and the mortgage interest rate rising to 21%.

At the same time, the relevant departments in Hong Kong have resorted to a killer move, abolishing the "purchase of land by instalments", which makes it very expensive for people to buy land.

Thus, the Great Depression of Hong Kong's real estate industry began again.

In 1982, land prices, property prices, and rents in Hong Kong fell sharply across the board, with land prices in Hong Kong generally falling by 40% to 60%, with the largest declines being for industrial land and high-end residential land.

In 1975, small and medium-sized residential buildings in Hong Kong were about HK$230 per square foot, and a 400-square-foot residential unit, which is equivalent to a 37-square-metre small residential unit, was sold for about HK$92,000.

At this time, the average monthly household income of Hong Kong citizens was about HK$1,000, and the purchase of a small residential unit was equivalent to seven and a half years' salary.

However, at the peak of property in 1981, the price per square foot of a small residential unit had risen to about HK$1,000, and the price of a 400-square-foot residential unit had increased to about HK$300,000.

However, the average monthly household income is only HK$3,000, and the purchase of a small residential flat is equivalent to about eight years' wages.

Housing prices have since fallen dramatically, the most extreme example being the sale price of industrial land in Kowloon Bay, which fell by 93% in terms of floor area from a peak of HK$360 psf in December 1980 to HK$25 psf in October 1982.

At the end of 1982, property prices in Hong Kong fell by 60% compared to 1981, and in 1983 the property market collapsed.

Now is the cheapest time to buy a property, because historically, just after the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration next year, Hong Kong's property market will recover.

The first three years of the 80s were the bleakest three years for Hong Kong's property market, and then it began to recover gradually until it became a matter of land.

Now to buy a 20-storey building, it only costs about 30 million Hong Kong dollars, which will never be able to be bought without one billion yuan in the future.

Chen Lang was stunned after listening to Chen's father's words, he really didn't expect the current real estate price to be so low, this is definitely the price of cabbage.

"So how much money do we have in our family now?" As soon as Chen Lang heard this price, he had the urge to buy a building, the current 30 million, but the next billion, can he not be tempted?

"At the beginning of the year, there were about 30 million Hong Kong dollars, the main source of income is LL commodity company, originally every month Lang Lang Qiankun stores and commodity production factories for other shopping malls and department stores to produce goods can bring nearly 1.5 million net profits, but because of the impact of Hong Kong negotiations, now can only have about 1 million net profits per month.

October is almost over, and you can probably get about 10 million in your account, plus 20 million in dividends from your records, novels, and comics, and now you have about 60 million Hong Kong dollars at home, and this still doesn't include the publishing house and the two companies in Taiwan, because we didn't draw blood from the company. "Father Chen roughly estimated.

"So much? By the end of the year, wouldn't our family be billionaires? Chen Lang was surprised.

Chen Lang knows that his third record "Lang Cai Girl" has sold about 2.74 million copies, bringing him an income of 15 million Hong Kong dollars, and now the sales of this "Moon and Starry Stars" will definitely exceed the previous one, plus the royalties of the "Zhu Xian" comics that continue to publish single books, it must be about 20 million in income, and by the end of the year, there will really be 100 million assets.

"If you have to pay taxes uniformly during the Chinese New Year, you will probably have to pay more than 5 million, but if you withdraw some of the funds from the three companies, it will be 100 million." Chen's father sighed with emotion, his son earned nearly 100 million in three years, which made Chen's father feel as if he was dreaming.

Chen Lang just wanted to say that he would buy a building, but suddenly saw TVB on TV and hesitated, because Chen Lang remembered that Shaw Brothers would sell his Shaw Brothers cinema in 85.

The funds for the acquisition of Shaw Brothers Cinemas must be hundreds of millions, and he decided to set up a film special effects company, which is definitely a gold-swallowing monster, and it is a gold-swallowing monster that has not produced for a long time.

Thinking of this, Chen Lang could only give up the idea of buying a building.

"After a while, the two working groups will enter the film company, there will be a lot of Japanese, I promised to help them solve the problem of accommodation, but also to go to the university to recruit some students who study computer science and art, fill in the two groups, you have to cultivate their own talents, and it is best to recruit some more talents in computer special effects, Dad, you talk to Manager Li, please ask him to help deal with it."

"Don't you buy the building?" Father Chen was a little strange when he heard this, why did he suddenly change the topic.

"Well, I'm going to use a lot of money soon, and 100 million isn't too much." Chen Lang let out a long breath and said.

"I'll let Manager Li handle it, don't worry." Chen's father patted his son's shoulder and said with relief.

"That's good, I'll go back to the house first."

Back in the house, Chen Lang put aside his distracting thoughts and began to practice the actions required in the movie in front of the mirror, which is actually to compete with himself, but to be realistic, people feel that they are indeed fighting with another person.

Chen Lang practiced for a while, and felt okay, because of the perennial exercise, Chen Lang's control over all parts of his body is much stronger than that of ordinary people, and he is also much familiar with the reactions of various bodies, so when pretending to be pulled by an invisible person, the body knows what kind of reaction is reasonable, and with some facial expressions, it seems to be similar.

In the few days of filming the sports meeting, Chen Lang rushed to the school crew early every day, continued to wander around and learn, absorbing every skill he saw, learning directing with Wang Jing, learning acting skills with Chen Baixiang, learning from photography and shooting, and learning matching with clothing.

After a week, the content of the sports meeting is finally completed, and the following is the indoor drama on campus, first of all, Lin Qingqing saw a happy ghost for the first time.

Happy ghosts are also ghosts, so there are a lot of supernatural scenes full of joy in the movie, Chen Lang is more curious about these supernatural shots, such as this first campus indoor scene, the rope possessed by the ghost will twist by itself, Chen Lang wants to see how it was filmed.

As a result, Chen Lang was disappointed after watching it, the spontaneous shaking of the rope was not a special effect at all, but a filament tied to a section of the rope, and if someone shook outside the camera, the rope would automatically lift, and then move forward like a snake.

Of course, there are some skills when shaking, when the person who specializes in shaking the rope shakes it, the rope seems to have spirituality, but when Chen Lang himself tried it, the rope danced like crazy, and when he saw a group of laughing onlookers next to him, Chen Lang had to smile awkwardly, and then ran away.

There is also a shot of a happy ghost proving that he is a ghost and stretching his head by one meter, and the result is that Chen Baixiang wore a large official uniform and buried his head in his clothes, and above his head was a fake head made of rubber, and then pulled his hands upwards to pull the elastic rubber head more than a meter long.

In the end, after the head was retracted, a shot of Chen Baixiang's real head was added, and the two shots were edited together through montage to become a somewhat supernatural shot.

Including the happy ghost using the ghost to cover his eyes so that Lin Xiaohua can see that there is a halo on the boy's head, this shot is a normal shot, and the halo was added during post-production, so it seems that the halo and the overall color matching of the movie in the movie are a little incongruous, just because it was added in the later stage, and the technology is relatively low-end, and the coordination is not high.

After watching these special effects shots, Chen Lang was really speechless, I have to say that the ingenuity of Hong Kong filmmakers can think of so many local methods to create special effects, but it is also this kind of unwillingness to spend money that makes Hong Kong's special effects never be able to make leapfrog progress.

Chen Lang's favorite is actually science fiction and fantasy movies, and it may be difficult to complete his dream without the support of real special effects, so Chen Lang wants to set up his own special effects company.