30 minutes later, Zhao Xiaoyun finished processing the documents, walked over, walked next to Ling Shizhe, and said, "Why did you remember to come to me today?" ”

"The crew members were all sick and hospitalized due to this "inverted spring cold", I went to see them, they are in good condition, and they can be discharged in a few days. ∏∈ ∏∈ ∏∈ Xiao ∏∈ said, I'll come to you to take a look at it when it's over, the theater has been handed over to you for so long, I haven't cared about it, how is it, it's going well, right? Ling Shizhe stroked her hair.

Zhao Xiaoyun shook her head and said: "It's not very smooth, the renovation of the theater alone accounts for a huge part of the expenditure, and the movie "The Girl Cixi" has to spend a lot of money, and now the crew members are sick and hospitalized, just the loss of medical expenses and delayed filming time is a lot of expenses." Even if you don't come, I'll go to you, and the company's account is empty. ”

"I was expecting that, so I brought the check." A check appeared in front of Zhao Xiaoyun's eyes.

Zhao Xiaoyun took the check and looked at it, $50,000,000, and said with a smile: "50 million US dollars, with this money is completely enough." ”

"How's the theater chain doing now?"

"After more than a year of large-scale transformation, the North American cinema line has been almost changed, and it will be completed in more than 2 months, most of the first funds you gave me were invested in the North American cinema line, the labor cost here is much higher than that of Hong Kong, can you imagine, the wage gap is as high as more than 20 times, and the efficiency is slow to death, the guild also comes to you for trouble in three days, those workers work less than 6 hours a day, it's like this, they also say that we abuse workers, In the end, the company spent a lot of money. Zhao Xiaoyun complained.

Speaking of these, Zhao Xiaoyun is a stomach full of bitter water, not to mention the extremely high prices of these companies I am looking for, and the efficiency is surprisingly slow, if it is in Hong Kong, there are nearly 300 theaters, where it takes so long, at most one year can get it all for you, and now it has been almost two years and it is not over.

Ling Shizhe understands her hardships very well, the current Americans are no longer the hard-working United States of the past, the world's first power, and they don't want to live the hard life of the past, and they have begun to enjoy it, which is one of the reasons why the United States will decline in the future.

The vast land and sparsely populated country and the fact that it is the world's largest economically developed country have always kept the labor cost of the United States high, and in addition, the guild has been making trouble for three days, so many American factories have to close their doors and move their factories to South America and Southeast Asia, where labor costs are lower, and the people have contributed to the post-war economic miracle in Southeast Asia.

At this time, the United States was the most beautiful and glorious moment, but from Zhao Xiaoyun's words just now, Ling Shizhe saw a huge crisis after the prosperity of the United States - the United States is gradually hollowing out its industry.

The hollowing out of this industry is still very small, and anyone who is small has ignored it, but it is hollowing out the United States step by step, and it is only when the subprime mortgage crisis breaks out that the Americans look back and find that except for the financial industry and the large military factory industry, as well as numerous scientific laboratories, the rest have not left anything behind, and they have left a clean house.

patted Zhao Xiaoyun on the shoulder and comforted: "Nearly 300 theaters, it cost 200 million yuan to change it, and it took more than two years, which is already quite efficient in the United States, you don't have to ask them according to Hong Kong standards." Besides, you don't have to worry about money, don't you have me? ”

Hearing the comfort of her sweetheart, Zhao Xiaoyun felt a little better.

Then Ling Shizhe asked: "How much money has been invested in "Girl Cixi" so far? ”

Zhao Xiaoyun took out a financial statement, turned to the last page and said: "I have invested 4.5 million, but it is not US dollars but Hong Kong dollars, and about 800,000 yuan will be invested after filming. ”

1.5 million Hong Kong dollars to invest in a movie, in Hong Kong in the 70s, is an absolute sky-high investment, the main reason is that the film was shot in Canada, the shooting cost here is higher than in Hong Kong, fortunately, the imitation of the Tang Dynasty royal garden is its own, no need for the crew to spend extra money, saving a large part of the cost. The real money is spent on film, various props, lighting, etc.

In terms of film film, it accounts for a large part of the investment, and the film provided by DreamWorks to Li Hanxiang is all the best film film in Hollywood, and the price of good film is naturally expensive, plus director Li Hanxiang's requirements for actors are very high, and the waste of film is naturally high, and the cost will naturally rise.

Movie cameras are also the latest in the industry, renting up to $1,500 every 10 days, and renting a total of three cameras in pursuit of beautiful picture effects is a huge expense.

The costumes are all customized, especially the leading actors, more than 100 sets of costumes have been prepared for various scenes alone, and on average, there are more than 30 sets of clothes and various headwear for several leading actors.

Lighting and various film and television props are also used the best, in order to show the best picture effect, a large stack of various lamps and lanterns are rented, and the daily rent alone is amazing. There are also various props that are even more meticulously crafted, and all of them are calculated, the total investment of this "Maiden Cixi" is currently the largest investment in Hong Kong.

This is not Hollywood, the Hong Kong film market is very narrow, no one invested so much in making movies in the 70s, because there is no way to recover the cost, even if it is added to Southeast Asia, it may not be feasible, if Ling Shizhe does not rely on the Chinese market in North America, coupled with the good reputation of director Li Hanxiang, Zhao Xiaoyun really doesn't dare to invest money in him.

Ling Shizhe took the financial statement in Zhao Xiaoyun's hand, looked at it briefly, and said with a smile: "The total investment is only a little more than one million US dollars, and I will pay for this money." ”

Zhao Xiaoyun glared at him and said, "If you have money, you can't be such a loser, when he took the budget, he said that he could shoot it at most 800,000 Hong Kong dollars, but what about you?" I didn't even look at it, and I threw in a million dollars directly, you should be Hollywood, Hong Kong is just a small place, the film market is pitiful, even if the film is made well, it is unknown whether it can recover the cost, and there is no film company like you. ”

Ling Shizhe touched his hair, smiled and said: "Just mess around, you can say whatever you want, I will invest $20 million in DreamWorks every year in the future, you can use this money to invest in movies." ”

"You can't do this if you have money, right?" Zhao Xiaoyun said a little distressed.

Ling Shizhe waved his hand and said, "You don't understand, do what I say, remember that we only participate in film investment, not in the production of films, DreamWorks is a company specializing in film investment." ”

"I don't understand? Well, you say, what are you investing in making movies for, is it to make women? ”

"Where are you, that's not the case at all."

"Since you're not a bubble woman, then why are you talking about it, say!"

Seeing Zhao Xiaoyun's posture, Ling Shizhe knew that if he didn't make it clear, he wouldn't want to pass the test today, so he had to patiently explain to him: "My real purpose of investing in making movies is not to make money, of course, it's not bad to make money, my real purpose is to make a graphics workstation." ”

"Graphics workstation, what's it?"

"Graphics workstation is a general term for a high-end special computer specializing in graphics, images (static), image (dynamic) and video work."

Zhao Xiaoyun......

Seeing that she didn't understand, Ling Shizhe further explained: "Let me tell you this, you should know about a few comics launched by China Aircraft Industry Corporation, right?" ”

"You know, what's wrong, what does this have to do with comics?"

"It's a big deal, we not only release comics, but also comics-related cartoons, you should know how they are made, right?"

Zhao Xiaoyun nodded and said, "I know." ”

"Okay, let's continue, this kind of comic and cartoon production method is all drawn by hand, and it has been almost unchanged for decades, don't you think it's too inefficient to make animation like this?"

"What's the matter, cartoons don't do it all the time? It can't be shot like a real person, so can your graphics workstation animate like a movie? ”

"Uh...... That's pretty much what it means. ”

Before the animation was digitized, the photography was done on a camera stage, with the background fixed and placed on a three-fold platform that could be slid left and right according to the celluloid plate drawings specified on the chronograph. The non-reflective glass used to hold celluloid is flattened and then composited or photographed with a 35/16mm camera mounted on a movable stand.

This kind of animation production method is time-consuming and laborious, and it is quite laborious. In addition to photography, the animators had to worry about not soiling the celluloid board, and the lighting on both sides of the camera was strong, so it was as if their hands were sunbathing every day.

With the development of computer technology, people began to consider using computers for animation production, so they soon entered the era of digital animation production, the use of computer software synthesis will save a lot of time and effort, in the 21st century there are very few animation production companies have a photo booth, even if there is a non-use.

There are many types of computer compositing software, such as Adobe AfterEffect, Discreetinferno, Retas!Pro, etc.

Japan and the United States have the most animation software, with Japan leading to 2D animation and the United States leading to 3D animation.

In addition to 2D and 3D animation, there is also a special type of stop-motion animation. For example, such as China's "Avanti", the United States' "Chicken Run", etc., all belong to stop-motion animation, including ink animation and paper-cut animation.

Animation production software or comic production software, as well as movie special effects software, can only run on the graphics workstation, and the general computer can't drag it at all.

Since the animation production at this time was all manual, Ling Shizhe thought of the graphics workstation in later generations. With it, animation production will be much easier and more convenient, and it can also go further into the field of computer special effects, which is the real purpose of Ling Shizhe.

The graphics workstation is Ling Shizhe's next money-absorbing weapon, how big the animation market is, as long as you are not a fool, you can see that professional animation and comic production software is actually not much less profitable than database software, not to mention that there are more profitable movie special effects production software. Like the famous "Jurassic Park", "Jumanji", "Jumanji", "2012", "The Day After Tomorrow", "Harry Potter", etc., all use special effects software.

Movies, animation games, and graphics workstations are all indispensable, with such a big grand plan, whether the Hong Kong movies made will make money or not is no longer a problem for Ling Shizhe to consider, this is a huge film industry market, just this one plucks a hair from the annual profits, it is enough for DreamWorks to eat, not to mention that he can also invest in shooting those famous classic special effects blockbusters, 600 million, 800 million, or even 1 billion US dollars in the global box office and various peripherals, It's enough to turn DreamWorks into the most profitable film company in the world, and what is he afraid of.

Zhao Xiaoyun was speechless for a long time, she was completely stunned by what Ling Shizhe described, and asked, "Husband, are the computer special effects really that magical?" ”

"You will see how amazing it will be, and you know that with it, we will be able to bring the dinosaurs that have disappeared for more than 60 million years to the audience in the movie, and do you think that the day will come when our movies will not make money? Then the whole world will be under our feet. ”

"When can I watch it?"

"Uh...... Ten years, I only need ten years, I can bring dinosaurs to the big screen, and then the whole world will go crazy for us. But now I need to implement the comic production software, then the 2D animation software, then the 3D animation and computer special effects, we need to take it step by step, and this is just the beginning. Ling Shizhe thought about it and said, he was reborn, he can use his golden finger to avoid many detours, and put "Jurassic Park" on the screen ten years in advance, Ling Shizhe is confident that he can do it.

At this time, Zhao Xiaoyun stood up and said: "I already know your plan, I will fully cooperate with you, you don't have to worry about DreamWorks, I will work hard to manage it well, when your "Jurassic Park" is filmed, it will not hold you back." ”

"Okay, I've said everything I should have said, and I've told you everything I shouldn't have said, it's not too early, and I should go." Ling Shizhe then stood up, hugged Zhao Xiaoyun with both hands, kissed her on the red lips, and said, "I'll go to your place at night." ”

After Ling Shizhe left, Zhao Xiaoyun returned to her desk, picked up the document and looked at it, typed a few xx on it, threw it into the trash, and then wrote it on a blank piece of paper - Ling Shizhe's goal was already clear to her, and she now had to adjust the company's internal structure and operating methods to match his plan.