"Tokusatze?"

Lin Youlun brought the wine glass to his lips and raised his eyes to look at Cai Yan and Tsuburaya Ozawa, "If this is the cooperation that the two are referring to, I can only regret to say that I don't have much interest in this type of movie." ”

The cost of special effects is low, the workmanship is rough, and the picture sense is far inferior to the special effects, but it is a special product of a special period, although Japanese special effects have been brilliant for a while, but with the development of film special effects technology, special effects films have obviously not kept up with the pace of the times.

After Cai Yan translated Lin Youlun's original words to Tsuburaya Ozawa, Tsuburaya Ozawa helped his glasses and said: "Mr. Lin, my father's biggest regret before his death was that he was not able to promote the further development of film special effects techniques, so that up to now, special effects techniques have lagged far behind computer special effects techniques. However, I don't think that special effects techniques have lost their value, and now many special effects movies still have to use models, in this regard, special effects techniques have a very mature and comprehensive experience, if they can be deeply combined with special effects techniques, it will inevitably bring a revolutionary change to film shooting techniques! ”

Tsuburaya Ozawa's words made Lin Youlun have a new understanding of the Japanese sitting in front of him, at least the other party's judgment on the direction of the development of film technology is very accurate.

"I wonder what I can do for Mr. Ozawa?"

After Cai Yan told Lin Youlun to Tsuburaya Ozawa, Tsuburaya Ozawa put his hands on his knees, straightened his waist, and then bowed deeply to Lin Youlun: "Thank you very much, Mr. Lin!" ”

Lin Youlun shrugged, "Mr. Ozawa, let's talk about the specific content of the cooperation first, can you help." I'm not sure yet. ”

"My father was in addition to making the Ultraman series during his lifetime. He also collaborated with Mr. Honda Inozaburo on the "Godzilla" series of films. So far, 17 films have been filmed in this series, but unfortunately except for the first work in the 50s, which was released overseas and caused a sensation, the other works were only popular in Japan, and it is true that our films have lagged behind a lot in terms of special effects, and after serious reflection, we decided to combine special effects and special effects to make a new "Godzilla" movie. Tsuburaya Ozawa said with a pause. Mr. Lin's Aurora Special Effects Company has Asia's first-class special effects skills, and if I can get Mr. Lin's help, I believe that this film will be able to present a more superb technical level. ”

"I wonder how much Toho is going to invest in this film?" Lin Youlun asked.

Tsuburaya Ozawa looked at Cai Yan eagerly, Cai Yan translated Lin Youlun's original words, and Tsuburaya Ozawa's expression immediately became much more cautious.

"500 million yen." This is the maximum amount of authority given to Tsuburaya Ozawa by the president of Toho Co., Ltd. before he came.

Lin Youlun suddenly laughed, shook his head, picked up the wine jug and poured wine for Cai Yan and Tsuburaya Ozawa, but he refused to say a word in his mouth.

Tsuburaya Ozawa looked at Cai Yan with a puzzled expression. I don't understand what Lin Youlun means.

Cai Yan smiled bitterly and explained to Tsuburaya Ozawa. 500 million yen is converted into more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and the cost of Hong Kong's big-budget movies is basically more than 50 million. There are even many movies that have cost more than 100 million yuan to produce.

30 million wants to make a special effects movie, which is tantamount to a fool's dream, no wonder Lin Youlun is not even interested in talking.

After realizing his mistake, Tsuburaya Ozawa immediately asked Lin Youlun for advice.

Lin Youlun stretched out two fingers, and Tsuburaya Ozawa was stunned, 200 million Hong Kong dollars, what is this concept?

It was not only Tsuburaya Ozawa who was surprised, but also Cai Yan, as far as he knew, the Hong Kong film with the highest investment at present was "True Lies", with a production cost of nearly 140 million Hong Kong dollars, and 200 million Hong Kong dollars to make a movie, which is really unimaginable.

Lin Youlun didn't explain directly, but asked a question.

"If I'm not mistaken, the birth of the "Godzilla" series of movies was originally inspired by the classic American monster movie "King Kong" in the 50s, and now more than 30 years later, why didn't Americans remake this movie?"

Cai Yan and Tsuburaya Ozawa looked at each other, and they couldn't guess the intention of Lin Youlun's question.

At this time, Cai Yan has made a lot of special effects cult films, and he knows a lot about the situation in related aspects, so the first thing he thought of was the technical obstacle.

"Today's moviegoers, after watching so many special effects blockbusters, are actually very picky about their tastes, and if they simply rely on models to shoot, no audience will be willing to buy it."

"Hong Kong has made rapid progress in the field of special effects technology in the past two years, but on the whole, the level of film special effects technology in the United States is still ahead of us. Americans want to shoot such monster movies, and there is no shortage of technical support, the main reason is because of the cost. Lin Youlun looked at Cai Yan and Tsuburaya Ozawa, and said very seriously: "This principle is also applicable to the "Godzilla" series of movies, making this movie, we have no shortage of skills, but if we really want to shoot it well, the investment will be very huge." Real scenes, special effects, models, each of which costs money, 200 million Hong Kong dollars is just a very conservative estimate, and the cost of real shooting is definitely much higher than this number. ”

Lin Youlun knew that he said this, Cai Yan and Tsuburaya Ozawa definitely didn't believe it, so he changed his way.

"The two of you can imagine such a picture, in the calm Tokyo Bay, an old man is fishing by the pier, at this time the sea in the distance suddenly churns more than 10 meters high, and a monster more than 100 meters tall emerges from the sea, it can step on a medium-sized truck with one foot, and its body can shake a 30-story high-rise building...... The monster appeared on the streets of Tokyo, and the military sent out planes and tanks to attack it, and finally killed it after firing enough missiles to destroy a small town. ”

After listening to Lin Youlun's description, Cai Yan was only surprised, but Tsuburaya Ozawa's eyes lit up and he looked very excited.

Every picture described by Lin Youlun has been fantasized many times in Tsuburaya Ozawa's heart, but what he thought of was not as clear as Lin Youlun, but the ideas were completely consistent.

After Lin Youlun finished speaking, Tsuburaya Ozawa excitedly pressed the edge of the low table and asked in a trembling voice, "Mr. Lin, can all this you say really be filmed?" ”

Lin Youlun smiled and nodded, "Now the two of you should believe what I say, right?" To shoot such a scene, 200 million Hong Kong dollars is far from enough. ”

Now it's Tsuburaya Ozawa's turn to be embarrassed, not to mention investing more, even 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and Toho Co., Ltd. can't agree. You must know that all the previous "Godzilla" movies combined, the cost was less than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and now a movie has to invest so much, Tsuburaya Ozawa can even imagine what kind of surprised expressions the president and the directors will have on their faces if he brings the news back.

"I know that such a large investment will be very difficult not only for Mr. Ozawa, but also for your president, so we can work together in a different way." Lin Youlun looked at the hesitant Tsuburaya Ozawa, "Toho Co., Ltd. can sell me the film rights of "Godzilla", and then I will invest in the filming of this movie. ”

Cai Yan looked at Lin Youlun in amazement, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

"Mr. Lin, are you serious?"

Lin Youlun nodded affirmatively, and Cai Yan translated his original words to Tsuburaya Ozawa Zhidao.

After Tsuburaya Ozawa heard Lin Youlun's idea, he was also surprised.

Lin Youlun's copyright price is not low, and Tsuburaya Ozawa even feels that if he brings this news back, the president and the directors will not find any reason to refuse, but this is not what Tsuburaya Ozawa wants.

Tsuburaya Ozawa has always firmly hoped to combine special effects techniques with special effects techniques and embark on a new path of film technology innovation, and Lin Youlun directly bought the film rights of "Godzilla", and Tsuburaya Ozawa has nothing to do with this movie.

Hong Kong is full of film talent, Tsuburaya Ozawa will not be arrogant enough to think that Lin Youlun will invite him to be the director of this film, maybe for the sake of today's conversation, Lin Youlun will give him the title of consultant, but it will definitely not let him be deeply involved in the production of the film.

The best way to do this is to work together on this film, but how do you convince the president and the board of directors to support you?

Tsuburaya Ozawa was silent for a long time, and then raised his head and said to Lin Youlun, "Mr. Lin, can you allow me to go out and make a phone call?" ”

Lin Youlun knew that Tsuburaya Ozawa had no decision in this matter and had to report to their president, so he nodded.

Tsuburaya Ozawa said sorry, got up and exited the room.

Lin Youlun picked up his wine glass and joked with Cai Yan: "This Japanese is very smart!" ”

"What does Mr. Lin think?" Cai Yan asked curiously.

"Do you think he went out to call to convince their president to sell me the rights to this movie?" Lin Youlun shook his head, "He must have seen that I was very interested in monster movies with this theme, so he would definitely persuade Toho Trading Company to come up with a large amount of money plus film rights to cooperate with me, instead of selling the film rights directly to me." ”

Cai Yan was a little puzzled at first, but later he figured it out.

Since Lin Youlun is interested in the theme of monster movies and is willing to spend a lot of money to make this movie, it is obvious that he is very optimistic about the prospects of this movie, and Lin Youlun has invested in the big-budget movies before, each of which is very profitable, and if the president of Toho Co., Ltd. has enough vision and courage, he will definitely ask to cooperate with him as Lin Youlun guessed, instead of selling the film adaptation rights directly to him.

The only thing Cai Yan couldn't figure out was that since Lin Youlun had expected this outcome, he didn't take the initiative to take any countermeasures, which was a bit unreasonable. (To be continued......)