Chapter 242: Movies Are Catharsis!
Through perseverance, the company finally won the Oscar for Best Special Effects in 2012 for special effects in "Hugo", which shocked the world.
"2012", "The Red Baron", "Fast and Furious Five", "Snow White and the Hunt", "The Hunger Games", "Adventure in the Center of the Earth 2: The Mysterious Island" and a series of special effects blockbusters are all closely related to this company, which is enough to prove how commendable the special effects company's ten-year persistence is.
However, it is clear that Ciro is right, to get his company to the highest stage, it will take him 11 years to actually win that trophy due to financial pressure.
How many eleven years are there in life?
Therefore, the ambitious Ciro found Zhou Shaoming, who was also eager to subvert everything, and he was convinced that the combination of the two would surely create an era and become a good story in the history of film.
However, Zhou Shaoming knew through the Lionsgate incident that what was not in his hands could never be expected, so he made a straight face and said with a rare and extremely serious face: "I am very much looking forward to cooperating with you, of course the cooperation between the two companies can continue, but I need to be sure of one thing, what I hope is that the two companies belong to Supernova Pictures at the same time, and we will hold at least 51% of the shares." I respect your wishes and leave it to you when it comes to the operation and management of the branch, as well as the onboarding, Jon, including me. Supernova Pictures will invest $100 million as the initial investment, and then invest $300 million over three years! ”
In four years, Zhou Shaoming will inject $400 million into his company, which can be exchanged for how many top equipment and talents, which can make his dream of dominating the film special effects industry come true!
Industrial Light & Magic? In the future, I will also tremble under the visual effects of Supernova Pictures!
Of course, Zhou Shaoming's words are also very clear that he is tantamount to giving up 51% of the equity of the entire company, and PIXOMONDO VFX will change hands!
Although Ciro's heart had decided to agree to this clause before he came, it was only at this moment that he felt his heart tangle as if it were burning with fire, and he lowered his head and pondered again.
Jon and Zhou Shaoming exchanged a look, and both of them waited calmly, now a lot of small VFX companies are waiting to meet the father of chainsaws, fantasizing that the huge golden yuan stick can be smashed on his head, if Xi Luo can agree, if he doesn't agree, it's nothing more than spending some effort to find one.
Soon, Ciro decided to take a gamble, the prestige of the father of chainsaws made him look up, although he didn't want to be constrained, but to fulfill his dream to earn more dollars, to gain the upper hand in his heart, without the investment of Supernova Pictures, Ciro must slowly wait for the opportunity in persistence, maybe like a ship moving forward in a storm, sinking somewhere unknown.
"OK, I promise your conditions! Mr. Smith Chow! Xiluo finally raised his head and said to Zhou Shaoming, who had been in a good time.
"Very good, but I still have a question, now that my film is Spartan 300, you should know, I want to ask, how do you think about VFX for a film like this, where most of the shots are done in front of a green cloth?" Zhou Shaoming shook hands with Xi Luo again, turned his head and asked the most concerned question.
"Green cloth technology is now widely used, to put it simply, green cloth movies must start from the painting scene, to the background replacement, prop repair, war film to add shocking pyrotechnic effects and compositing. The work of 3D modeling is done using the most professional software Lightwave, the production of empty scenery and materials is Photoshop, the special effects and synthesis are Fusion, the simplest scenes also need about five to ten layers of rendering and animation, if it is a complex scene, then at least 20 layers of scenery and high-definition Loader. When Ciro talks about his profession, he can't stop for a moment.
"I wanted a visual feast, a film that completely subverted and affected the audience's visual senses, a strong cold, dark comic book style. Presenting blood and love on the big screen, ubiquitous male hormones, ubiquitous heroism, ubiquitous passion and epic! If I had to say one thing to describe, it would be: masculinity in iron and blood. I wonder if you understand what I'm saying? Zhou Shaoming put forward his own opinion.
"I believe that the computer revolution will bring about everything that is not alike, and I also believe that my company can completely follow your advice to complete the magnificence of the Spartan Three Hundred, urging the endeavor and even the iron-blooded man to bring about it!" Xi Luo said without worry, the strength of his company made him look directly at Zhou Shaoming's aggressiveness, as if he wanted to see a flaw in his eyes, and said with confidence.
"OK, let's talk about the next one!" Zhou Shaoming nodded with satisfaction, coupled with the director system's evaluation of Xiluo is also very good, he has no chance of falling into the trap with insight into everything in the future.
"Okay!" Ciro replied cheerfully.
Zhou Shaoming attaches great importance to visual effects, to the extent that he does not understand anything, he not only exchanges opinions with Ciro in detail, but even takes out the script, corresponding everywhere, and requires Silo to give specific implementation plans and plans for visual effects, as well as clear results.
When it comes to work, Zhou Shaoming's persistence and seriousness also touched Ciro, and Jon has been accompanying him, putting forward some of his own opinions from time to time, and Sanjin gradually forgot the time until late at night.
Seeing that it was dark, Zhou Shaoming came to his senses, asked Jon to take Ciro to rest, and ordered to finalize the contract between the two companies as soon as possible, Jon nodded in agreement, and left with Ciro who was a little excited.
Now, Supernova Pictures finally has its own special effects team, and in the near future, this will be the team that won the Oscar!
Zhou Shaoming waved his fist excitedly, the special effects team of "Spartan 300" has its own company, Industrial Light & Magic and four or five other companies with considerable fame participate collectively, and strive to reach the height of surpassing the previous life as quickly as possible, everything is in their own hands, and the dream is getting closer and closer!
Zhou Shaoming, who was happy for a long time, found that it was late at night, and the employees of the company had already gone home from work, but the lights in Christina's office were still on, Zhou Shaoming walked in slowly, at this time Christina was still looking down at the documents in her hand, but this time she found Zhou Shaoming, raised her head and said with a smile: "Hey, dear, is your meeting with Ciro over?" How does it feel? ”
"Well, how to put it, he is a professional and persistent entry, I think we will have a good time working together." Zhou Shaoming said truthfully.
Hearing this, Christina blinked her eyes and said a little tiredly: "It will be a pleasure to cooperate, because of you!" Wait a minute, and I'll be done with what I'm doing. ”
Zhou Shaoming hurriedly cared: "Don't work so hard, Christina, you can't sleep well, you see that your eyes are a little dark." ”
"That's it! I'll take care of it so I won't give you a chance. Christina smiled slightly and motioned for Zhou Shaoming to sit on the sofa first.
Falling comfortably on the sofa, Zhou Shaoming flipped through the newspaper on the table, and the first copy on his head, a few big words on his head made him uncomfortable, it was his old enemy, the hardcore Zhou Hei Chicago Sun.
You don't need to look at it, it must be full of remarks criticizing yourself, Zhou Shaoming is used to the Sun newspaper these guys who are like flies and stubbornly pestering, as if they don't come out to make trouble in the world, there will be no peace, and every time they are ashamed to make a prediction wrong, they either pretend to be pretentious or resist death.
Therefore, the Sun will continue to use various topics to criticize Zhou Shaoming, and even become the leader of Zhou Hei in the United States, and you will sing and I will appear together with other Zhou Hei, but Zhou Shaoming treats it as a joke every time.
In this world, there will always be some people who need to become famous in a different way, the Sun is a typical example, don't look at its comments every time, there are similar comments, but the content is groundless, but it is by attacking Zhou Shaoming, a phenomenal director who is popular today, the sales volume of the Sun newspaper has miraculously continued to increase, so this situation of chasing Zhou Shaoming's rebellion continues.
Let's see how the Sun newspaper arranges me, Zhou Shaoming pouted, opened the newspaper casually, and the bright headline brightened his eyes: "Smith Zhou used the 729 incident to play with the feelings of the whole United States!" ”
The Sun newspaper dug out his mind and tried his best to use his imagination to say: "When the whole United States is immersed in the grief of the 729 incident, Director Smith Chow is a yellow seed, but he shares the same hatred as us? Perhaps, it's just a yīn plot of his, a yīn plot made for the sake of his movie!
Smith Week has only one purpose, to uncover the scars of the people of the United States for the sake of the box office! Taking advantage of the current emotions of grief and anger, Smith Zhou brazenly proposed to make a war movie with a period of 300 Bada, advocating all-out war! even did not hesitate to break with the Lionsgate movie with the grace of knowledge, everything is just his ambition!
We call on all the United States who recognize Smith Chow's true face, boycott his films, boycott his Spartan 300, and let his sinister purpose of using the whole United States to enter the people and stir up war emotions in order to make a lot of dollars will come to naught!
Zhou Shaoming smiled and put the newspaper on the table casually, this time the Chicago Sun was really right, he actually carried out movie promotion with the purpose of provocative, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
The movie is the catharsis that they are powerless in normal life but want to change the world, and they want to make this catharsis shocking and magnificent, so that the world can not help themselves, and let everyone be amazed!
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