LL Film Company has set up two teams of animation and computer special effects headed by Hideaki Anno and Sun Zhiwei respectively, and has officially entered the company yesterday.

After getting acquainted with the company a bit, the two groups began to calculate the first capital investment.

Since their boss is a master who only needs technology and quality products and doesn't care about spending money, the two naturally choose the best equipment to buy.

Early the next morning, Chen Lang came to the film company, ready to take a look at the budgets of the two groups.

Although I was ready to spend a lot of money in my heart, I couldn't help but tremble the corners of my eyes after seeing the first batch of investment budgets handed over by the two.

The budget submitted by Hideaki Anno is a total of 800,000 Hong Kong dollars, and Sun Zhiwei's budget is as high as 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars, and the combined budget of the two is 2 million Hong Kong dollars, and the two groups will have to invest no less than 150,000 Hong Kong dollars per month in the future.

Seeing that Chen Lang's face was a little ugly, Anno Hideaki and Sun Zhiwei glanced at each other.

"Mr. Chen, the reason why the budget is so high this time is first of all because we have purchased the most advanced equipment according to your requirements, and some equipment may not be available to us temporarily, but in order to understand its more advanced technology, we plan to buy it back for research." Sun Zhiwei explained, because both the budget and research expenses are computer special effects account for a large proportion.

"I also bought my budget according to the best technical specifications, and these are essential in order to be able to produce anime that is more in line with your requirements, the president." Hideaki Anno said.

"Okay, as long as it is helpful for your work and research, I am naturally willing to pay, you can rest assured, but after my investment, you also have to give me a rough deadline, how long it will take to produce results, even if it is not a huge result, as long as it is a lot of progress." Chen Lang put down the budget in his hand and said.

"That's no problem, as soon as the equipment is in place, our animation team can produce anime immediately, and the effect is absolutely top-notch. The key is to have a wonderful plot, and if it can be supported by a wonderful storyline, then the anime we produce will definitely be loved by everyone. Hideaki Anno said confidently.

Sun Zhiwei is a little difficult, now Hong Kong's computer special effects have lagged behind the United States by 10 years, and the United States has so many technical patent support, the development is more rapid, and the gap in the future is only afraid that it will widen.

It is simply delusional that he wants to catch up with the United States in a short period of time, even if he can produce the special effects of "Star Wars" released in the 70s, it may take a lot of time, so Sun Zhiwei's pressure is not ordinary.

"If you get this batch of equipment, give me another 1 year, and I promise to be able to achieve the level of special effects in Star Wars." Sun Zhiwei was worried that his budget would go wrong, and he gritted his teeth and made a promise.

Chen Lang believes in Hideaki Anno's words, after all, he is from Japan, and Hideaki Anno's original company in Japan is already good in terms of specifications and technology for animation production, so after getting equipment support, it may be easier to get started.

But Chen Lang was a little skeptical about Sun Zhiwei's promise.

The special effects of "Star Wars" are naturally nothing in the eyes of Chen Lang, who has experienced countless special effects bombardment in his previous life, but now it is 1983, and it is in Hong Kong, where special effects have not developed greatly.

Only Sun Zhiwei and the two deputy team leaders in the special effects team have experience in special effects production, and the rest are all college graduates who have just graduated, and it may be difficult to raise the level of special effects to the level of the 70s in the United States within a year.

However, although the special effects technology in the United States has received a lot of attention because of the huge influence of "Star Wars", in fact, the development of computer special effects has not become a general trend, and it is not like the seven giants of Hollywood in later generations have each acquired computer special effects companies or studios.

Therefore, the difference between the special effects of the United States and the special effects of Hong Kong is only about 15 years, which is not as big as the gap in later generations.

"Okay, in this case, I have passed this budget, and the research expenses will be invested on time every month, I hope that the two of you can fulfill their commitments, especially Team Leader Sun, your task is undoubtedly more arduous, if you can really fulfill your commitments, then I will definitely give your group a huge reward."

If the development of the group goes well in the future, maybe I will make it independent, and I will definitely give you a few core personnel corresponding option rewards at that time, and of course, the same is true for the anime team. Chen Lang knows that the most important thing is the bundling of interests, of course, the premise is that the two in front of him are worthy of his own investment.

When Anno Hideaki and Sun Zhiwei heard Chen Lang's words, they were very excited, not only because the budget was passed, but also because of Chen Lang's promise.

There is nothing more exciting than the motivation of both of them to grow their group until they become independent companies, and then become the owners of the company, to be able to do what they love and to be able to reap huge profits.

The two stood up at the same time, "We will definitely not disappoint President Chen (president)!" ”

"Okay, you just take it to finance, buy the equipment back as soon as possible, after the equipment arrives, you have the first task, which is to make an opening animation for our film company, our company has shot a movie, which is expected to be released in mid-December, in this month and a half you have to assemble the equipment, and do a good job of the company's opening animation, is there a problem?" Chen Lang said after signing the budget.

"No problem, we'll be ready as soon as possible." After speaking, the two of them walked out of the office with their respective budgets.

After seeing the two go out, Chen Lang breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that the two would not let him down.

Then Chen Lang took a turn in the company, the current company is not only Chen Lang himself and four fans at the beginning, and various functional departments are filled with a lot of people, but the departments that Chen Lang cares about participating in the filming of the crew are still very deserted.

Although it has been recruited, because film talents are really in demand now, there are very few people who come, and the quality is not high.

Now the company only has three screenwriters who have been screenwriters for many years, but they have never written blockbuster scripts, but the three of them are very handy at writing various bridges, and they can't write blockbuster scripts, and they don't have much creativity, but if they just cross the bridge and polish the script, there is no problem at all.

Now the company gives the corresponding basic salary to the participating crew filming department, which is slightly lower than that of other functional departments, but there is an additional subsidy when participating in the crew shooting, but now the company is still too small, and they have no opportunity to participate in the crew shooting, so they can only wait for the future.

These three also love the film industry, work with peace of mind with a basic salary, and are still creating their own scripts, but Chen Lang didn't have much hope, because the names of these three Chen Lang are really not impressed.

After another turn in the company, Chen Lang rushed to the Shaw Brothers Film Company, ready to visit and learn the editing of films.

From the film material to a complete film work, the editing often has to go through several steps such as initial cutting, double cutting, fine cutting and even comprehensive editing.

The first cut is based on a storyboard script, connecting the actors' movements, dialogues, and scenes of mutual communication.

The double shear is a further correction on the basis of the initial shear.

Fine editing is a more detailed editing that combines the structure of the montage after repeated scrutiny of the picture.

Comprehensive editing is the adjustment of the overall structure and rhythm after all scenes of the film have been filmed and each clip has been finely edited.

In the whole editing process, it is necessary not only to ensure the naturalness, smoothness and coherence of the narrative between the shots, but also to highlight the inner performance of the shots, that is, to achieve the unity of the dual functions of narrative and performance.

The filming of "Happy Ghost" is much faster than other Hong Kong films, not only because director Wang Jing is a fast gunner, but also because the script written by Chen Lang is very detailed, even to the point of directing the script, that is, there are sub-shots of each scene.

Although Chen Lang's art skills are a mess, Chen Lang often tells Wang Fatzi what he needs to shoot results, and Wang Fatzi doesn't feel that anyone is pointing fingers at him, but adopts Chen Lang's suggestion after thinking about it, so each shot is already in the director's mind, and he will naturally save a lot of handover when shooting, and the shooting progress will be much faster.

The same is true when it comes to editing, there are few scraps, and there is already a preliminary combination of shots, so it is much easier to edit than other Hong Kong films.

Chen Lang also meant by Wang Jing this time, the two watched from the sidelines, told the editor the shots and effects they needed, and then the editor edited according to the requirements.

With Chen Lang's help, the speed of movie editing was much faster, and at the same time as editing, Chen Lang and Wang Jing talked about another problem, schedule.

In addition to the excellent quality of the movie, having a suitable schedule is also a very important factor.

It's already November, and in addition to editing, the post-production of the movie also has to record the theme song and interlude for the movie, and at the same time, "Happy Ghost" has a lot of special effects shots to deal with, as well as the dubbing work of the movie, and the post-production of these post-production may be completed by the end of November.

The film production is completed in December, because there is Christmas, and then it is the Spring Festival, so the three months from December to the next year are very important schedules, the Spring Festival.

However, Chen Lang got bad news from Wang Jing, Shaw Brothers' ambition this year, the sci-fi blockbuster "Interstellar Blunt Fetus", which imitates American movies, has also been completed and is in the late stage of the movie.

In December, the Spring Festival file begins, Shaw Brothers will definitely choose to arrange this schedule to "Interstellar Blunt Tire", although "Happy Ghost" also has Shaw Brothers investment, but whether it is from the investment or the star lineup, the gap between the two is very obvious.

In this regard, Chen Lang was more angry and helpless, without his own theater, he would be manipulated by others, and he basically had no power to fight back.