Chapter 020: The Finale Banquet
"It's not a problem to take you as a student, or even invest in you to open a studio. It's just..."Hearing Ye Jingcheng's words, Li Jun nodded like pounding garlic.
After that, Ye Jingcheng made the only request and said, "You quit your job here first." ”
"Huh!?" Li Jun, who was still nodding his head, didn't expect the other party to make such a request.
This special effects room is owned by Shaw Brothers, and the reason why it exists is because of Shaw Yifu's ambition to share the big cake in North America. Li Jun is naturally working for the Shaw Brothers, and it is impossible for Ye Jingcheng to let the fertilizer flow to outsiders.
"You don't think I'll teach you techniques and let you do someone else's favors, do you?" Ye Jingcheng said with a smile.
He is indeed interested in opening a special effects studio, special effects movies have not been popular in the past few years, but in a few years, most Hollywood films will add various special effects, and some people will not be wrong with one step in advance.
Since Ye Jingcheng intends to open a studio, he definitely doesn't have time to take care of it himself, so someone needs to take care of it for him at this time. Ye Jingcheng doesn't know what Li Jun's qualifications are, but as long as a person works hard, qualifications can only be used as a secondary condition.
And as a leader of a studio, the first thing to focus on is not personal skills, but relationships and ways of doing things. As for why Li Jun was chosen, is there any other candidate for Ye Jingcheng now?
"Okay, just quit." Li Jun made up his mind.
"If you have ambition, you rent a place as a temporary studio in the next two days, and in a few days we will register a company together, and then you can start recruiting." Ye Jingcheng said.
"So fast!"
Ye Jingcheng couldn't stand the other party's shock, knocked on the other party's head and said, "Then do you know what it means to be a loser if you are a loser?" ”
Li Jun nodded and said, "That's right, Teacher Ye." When did you teach me that hand? ”
"You still call me Brother Cheng, the teacher sounds weird and awkward, I don't know if I think you call me a mouse. The one just now is called non-linear editing, which can only be regarded as a small knowledge of special effects processing, and I will teach you how to program a set of special effects software in the future. ”
"Special effects software?"
"It's computer software that is specially programmed for special effects, and special effects of the same level just now can be completed in a maximum of ten minutes with the help of software."
"Wow!"
Originally, with his technology and special effects machine, the special effects required by Ye Jingcheng would take at least half a day. Now he's got a set of non-linear edits that it takes only thirty minutes. What special effects software is there right now, I can't use it for ten minutes.
As if seeing that his future was bright, Li Jun no longer bothered about Ye Jingcheng's too advanced knowledge, and said: "Ye Lao... Brother Cheng, what name do you say our company is registered? ”
"What do you say about Blue Sky Studio? The English name is Blueskystudios. Ye Jingcheng subconsciously thought of this name.
"It's a good name, simple and catchy."
"Really?" Ye Jingcheng smiled.
This studio is not only a nice name, but also Ye Jingcheng hopes that the studio will achieve the same achievements as the Blue Sky Studio, which was established in the next few years, otherwise this name is really for nothing.
……
returned to the filming location of "Human Meat Roast Shop", but he didn't expect that as soon as he walked in, Ye Jingcheng was struck by someone with a 'cannon'.
The other party recognized Ye Jingcheng, and seemed to be afraid that because of his recklessness, he would lose the job, and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, producer." I'm not intentional. ”
"It's okay, it's just work." Moving the other party's camera away with his hand, Ye Jingcheng found that the other party was a little familiar, and asked out of curiosity: "What's your name?" ”
There seemed to be something unspeakable, and the other party said in a hurry: "Producer, my name is Liu Weiqiang." ”
"Are you Liu Weiqiang?" Ye Jingcheng was a little incredulous.
"Producer, is there something wrong with my name?" Liu Weiqiang helped his glasses.
"Of course no problem, what are you doing here?" Thinking about it, it doesn't seem right, Liu Weiqiang must be starting work here. So he asked further, "Uh... I mean your job title. ”
"I'm working as a photographer here." Liu Weiqiang felt embarrassed to say it, after all, this position can be regarded as the lowest one in the crew.
Like, too much like that. At that time, Ye Jingcheng pulled Liu Weiqiang aside and began to gossip about the other party's experience for verification.
It turned out that Liu Weiqiang had just graduated from middle school this year, and he originally planned to join Shaw Brothers. Now the resume has been submitted, but no news has come back. overheard on the set that a crew was going to recruit people, and Liu Weiqiang followed with the mentality of learning knowledge and making a little money.
Ye Jingcheng secretly said that this person should be Liu Weiqiang he knows, a well-known photographer and director, and there are many masterpieces. "The Legend of Lei Luo", "Crazy Boy", "Fengyun", and "Infernal Affairs" can each be called famous.
And now, this big-name director and senior photographer actually works as a photographer in his crew. If you're lucky, you can't stop it, and if you don't dig him up, you're sorry for God's kindness.
"Ahem, Qiangzai. I see that you are very serious about your work these days, do you have any interest in staying and helping me? Ye Jingcheng began to talk serious nonsense.
Before this, he hadn't paid attention to the other party at all, and he didn't even know that Liu Weiqiang was a staff member who fainted directly on the set on the day the film first started filming.
"Stay?" Liu Weiqiang was a little puzzled, and he was uncertain about Ye Jingcheng's thoughts.
"yes, think about it. Shaw Brothers is a big business, yes, and the competition is also very fierce. Although gold shines, it will always be buried for a while. Have you ever thought about using this time to create your own value? ”
As far as Ye Jingcheng knows, Liu Weiqiang joined Shaw Brothers in 1980 and worked as a photographer for five years until 1985, when his name gradually became known.
Seeing that the other party was thinking deeply, Ye Jingcheng secretly said that there was a play, and said again: "Although the company on my side has just been established, do you know its potential value?" Just like you work as a photographer now, could it be that you have been a photographer all your life? ”
I don't want to be a photographer for the rest of my life, I don't want to be a photographer for the rest of my life. Liu Weiqiang kept admonishing himself, and finally made up his mind and said: "Producer, please let me join your company." ”
In addition to his own problems, the reason why Liu Weiqiang chose to join is that he likes the potential of the company, and after the arrangement of filming these days and the occasional experience given by Ye Jingcheng, he thinks that Ye Jingcheng is the same as him, and his true value has not yet been shown.
If he is described as a gold nugget that has not yet shone, then Ye Jingcheng is a treasure trove full of treasures.
"That's right, young people have to dare to do bo." Ye Jingcheng patted the other party on the shoulder, after Zhang Jianting, he finally discovered the second talent with directing ability, and after cultivating it well, he had to make a lot of money for him.
"Ah Cheng, you're digging my dad's people here again." At this time, Huang Jing came over with a lunch box and said while picking up rice.
"Hey, hey, can you stop talking so badly? These things are all you and I want, aren't they, Qiangzai? ”
Liu Weiqiang nodded inexplicably, and Ye Jingcheng continued: "And these people are accurate Shaw Brothers, what does it have to do with your father." But you're a fat boy, are you interested in coming over and helping me? ”
"This... I still have a contract with Shaw Brothers. Huang Jing said weakly. In fact, whether he has a contract with Shaw Brothers or not is not the key, the key is his position of Lao Douhuang Tianlin.
Ye Jingcheng kicked on his fat buttocks and said, "Go and go, stay where it's cool." ”
This dead fat boy is not usually thick-skinned, and it didn't take a few seconds to come up again. said: "Hehe, the film was successfully completed, shouldn't you, the boss, invite everyone to rub it." ”
Ye Jingcheng glanced at Huang Jing, and almost didn't go up and kick a few more feet, saying that he didn't have a share in this movie.
Not only that, but the dead fat boy simply pretended to be poor in front of him, as if his savings had been squeezed out by Ye Jingcheng, and now he eats salted fish and tofu at home every day.
Yes, if you eat salted fish and tofu every day, why don't you see you to death, but you have gained weight twice. As a last resort, Ye Jingcheng became a local tyrant again and was slaughtered by a dead fat boy.
In the evening, Ye Jingcheng booked a private room in a hotel in advance as a banquet to reward the crew. In fact, the entire crew has less than thirty people, and three tables are enough for them to sit.
For this reason, Ye Jingcheng is also uncomfortable with the hundreds of yuan, anyway, the production cost of the film has been deducted, and the remaining 10,000 yuan is equivalent to his own pocket. So I added a few expensive dishes such as lobster and whelk. Before the dinner, producer Ye Jingcheng and director Huang Jing said a few festive words, followed by a lively dinner time.
Ye Jingcheng is very blessed tonight, and the heroine and heroine sit on both sides of him. He saw that Zheng Wenya blamed himself for the incident last time, and he seemed to have deliberately distanced himself from the other party in the past few days. So he took the initiative to smile at her to show that he didn't mind it.
"Producer, anyway, I have time, otherwise I would have chosen this industry based on your experience."
Not only Zhang Jianting, who spoke, but most of the people present were curious about the boss's life experience. Someone immediately followed suit: "Yes, producer." Speak it up and tell everyone. ”
"I know a little bit about this, in fact, two months ago he was the owner of a barbecue stall." Zhong Chuhong said matter-of-factly. When he saw everyone's incredulous eyes, Zhong Chuhong held his mouth and said, "I'm not wrong. ”
Ye Jingcheng smiled and answered: "Indeed, I used to set up a stall on the street before. ”
Hearing Ye Jingcheng admit it in person, everyone was surprised and curious about his experience.
How much money does a barbecue stall have to make in order to come up with such a large amount of money to invest in movies. Everyone knows that the crew's photographic equipment is not rented, but bought back with real money.