Looking at the script of "Ghost Fighting Zombies" in front of him, Chen Ping'an's mood was difficult to calm down.

Has the butterfly effect finally begun?

Lighting a cigar, Chen Ping'an took a hard puff, and the feeling of dizziness calmed his mood. Since the filming of "Police Story", he has been looking forward to the butterfly effect he has caused. It may have happened last year, but it had little influence and failed to make waves in the Hong Kong film industry, and today Wang Jing took "Ghost Fighting Zombies......

"Boss, is there anything going on with this movie?"

Absolutely! Chen Ping'an picked up the pen, made minor repairs to the script, and then pushed it back to Wang Jing: "What is the investment plan?" ”

"Well, six...... Million. ”

"Give you 8 million, shoot this drama well, and when the time comes, it will be released in the summer vacation with Lao Wu's "True Colors of Heroes 2", do you have the confidence to kill Lao Wu?"

"Uh......" Wang Jing suddenly felt the pressure doubled, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Chen Ping'an smiled and threw over a cigar and lit it for him personally: "Brother Xiang, do you remember how I persuaded you to join Dark Horse International?" ”

Is that persuasion? It's obviously coercion. Wang Jing smiled, the experience at that time, now recalling it, always feels incredible. Including Zhang Manyu, they all had an unreal feeling about what happened in the apartment of Long Xiangyuan.

"You are the only director who was forced by me to join Dark Horse International by unconventional means, do you understand why?"

Chen Ping'an's tone and tone almost directly said that Wang Jing was his most optimistic director, how could Wang Jing not hear it? He put away the smile on his face and looked solemn and serious: "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely kill Lao Wu and let him know that the sequel is not so easy to film!" ”

"Boss, you called me?" Wu Yusen pushed open the door and poked his head in, Chen Ping'an and Wang Jing laughed, making Wu Yusen confused.

Wu Yusen, Wang Jing and Guan Jinpeng all have their own scripts, Zhun Ben has shown his strength this year, but Xu Ke, who has just joined the company, has not made any moves.

After joining Dark Horse International, Xu Ke's film studio was disbanded. At first, he didn't want to be a "film studio" for a long time, but just wanted to be a "piece company" at the beginning, so as to realize his desire to make his own things. When he joined Dark Horse International, Chen Ping'an promised him that he would respect his shooting concept and would not interfere with his freedom to shoot, even if he didn't make movies for a year, the company would still support him. Faced with such conditions, Shi Nansheng no longer helps to take care of it, and there is no need for the film studio to save zài.

He is not in a hurry to make a film now, he follows his own train of thought every day, and no one knows what he plans to do next.

Xu Ke did not become an instant combat force, which Chen Ping'an did not expect. This is also normal, why don't you call it Xu Laowei? However, Xu Ke brought many film studio employees, which is the biggest gain for Chen Ping'an in the short term.

In the 80s, many young people who wanted to join the film industry wanted to join the film studio to follow Tsui Hark, and it didn't matter if the salary was less, or even if they didn't take it. After Xu Ke ended the film studio and joined Dark Horse International, most people followed him to join Dark Horse International. The attraction of Dark Horse International is greater than that of Xu Ke's film studio, and they were ecstatic when they learned the news. For this reason, Chen Ping'an deliberately rented a large office downstairs, otherwise the company would not be able to accommodate so many people!

One of the biggest gains is Chen Jiashang, who is temporarily serving as a full-time screenwriter, Pan Hengsheng, photographer Pan Hengsheng, and Xu Ke's new ideas proposed today.

After Wang Jing and Wu Yusen left, Xu Kehuang came in and startled Chen Ping'an as soon as he opened his mouth: "I plan to set up a studio." ”

Isn't this sick, your studio was disbanded, and you agreed!

Seeing Chen Ping'an's stunned expression, Xu Ke added: "It's not the one before, it's a new visual studio." ”

"New Vision Studio?"

In 83, Xu Ke once persuaded Jiahe to invest in the filming of the movie "Shushan". At that time, Jiahe listened to Xu Ke for everything, and did not hesitate to build a large team to listen to Xu Ke's call, and also spent a lot of money to invite the "Star Wars" stunt team from the United States to make stunt shots. The outside world has a mixed reputation for "Shushan", affirming Xu Ke's stunt concept, but as an investor, Golden Harvest lost miserably.

Since then, Xu Ke has been interested in movie stunts. After joining Dark Horse International, he has been pondering this matter these days, preparing to set up a special effects studio to produce high-quality film special effects, which is the "new visual studio" he proposed.

"Can't you just finish it in one sitting!" Chen Ping'an was completely speechless, why didn't he want to have a film special effects production company like Industrial Light & Magic? "Say, what do you want?"

"Money."

"Is it only money? A good teacher is also needed! ”

Next, it was Chen Ping'an who said, and Xu Ke listened.

Chen Ping'an agreed with Xu Ke's opinion, but the name of the studio should be changed to a dark horse special effects studio, and Xu Ke would be in charge for the time being. The members of the studio, recruited from the society, are required to be proficient in computers, understand programming, and have art skills. After the personnel were in place, Xu Ke led the team to the United States Industrial Light & Magic to learn and exercise, Chen Ping'an was responsible for communicating with Lucas, and the company was responsible for all the expenses incurred during the period, even if the board and lodging tickets were also responsible for the company, and the company also paid salaries. After completing the paid training, he returned to Hong Kong and set up a dark horse special effects studio.

"Are you talking about ILM the Star Wars stunt team?"

"That's right."

"Will they agree?"

It's hard to say it to others, but Chen Ping'an stepped forward and asked Lucas's industrial light and magic to train his own special effects team on his behalf, and Lucas would not refuse. Not only because of the relationship between Chen Ping'an and Lucas and some directional suggestions given, but also because Dark Horse International is a customer of Industrial Magic Light and a potential big customer. What's more, Chen Ping'an also has to pay tuition, which is definitely not a small amount.

"No matter how much money it is, I will convince them. But you have to control the people well, you must sign the contract before leaving, and you must join the dark horse international work when you return to Hong Kong in the future, if you break the contract, the money I invested in them, they will return ten times, and you have to count the price rise factor! ”

"There's a need for this! You have a deep background, Hong Kong and Taiwan are all-......"

"Then I don't have to use unconventional means all the time, do I? If you can rely on the law to solve it, you still have to take the legal route first, Xu Laojiao, you don't want to trap me, right? ”

Xu Ke smiled noncommittally: "No problem." Now it's time to talk about my treatment, right? ”

Rub, who Nima told me that Xu doesn't love money!

Chen Ping'an understood Xu Ke's appeal as soon as he heard it, which was the treatment of Luo Dayou, Ye Zhiming, and Jiang Zhiqiang. But this is the best, if the sleeves are clean and desireless, then it is still troublesome!

After a pause of three seconds, Chen Ping'an said: "If this group of people wants to return from their studies, it will take at least two years, excluding their accommodation, wages and my face, and only say that the training fee handed over to Industrial Light and Magic will be at least three million US dollars." I'm at a loss, even if I invest 20 million Hong Kong dollars in this studio, you pay 5 million, and I give you 20 shares, how about it? ”

Five million is not a small amount for Xu Ke, although he can get it, but it will take at least two years for this special effects team to take effect, which is a bit of a big bet for him. Seeing that he didn't say anything, Chen Ping'an added: "In this way, you take care of this special effects studio for me, and I will give you 15 dry shares." What do you think? ”

Nan Sheng is right, the boss is not only courageous, but also a good boss. Then I thanked the boss first, and I will set a charter for a while, and I will start this tomorrow, and strive to go to the United States after the New Year, and I will dig a few more people from there when I have the opportunity, and I will definitely bring back an excellent team to the boss in two years. ”

"Wait, you mean you want to go too?"

"Well, I also want to get in touch with my American counterparts, I heard that the boss took Brother Sen and them to the United States in October last year, didn't he just hope that they could receive new knowledge about the movies over there?"

Chen Ping'an had a black line in his head, and Xu Ke's thoughts were really very understandable. But it's good for him to go, after getting in touch with the essence of American movies, maybe there won't be a trough in the late 90s. "Go ahead, I'll ask the film company over there to arrange someone to pick you up at that time, you can just talk to Li Press, maybe you two will have a common topic."

Xu Ke felt more and more that it was the right decision for him to join Dark Horse International. If it is a new art city, don't even think about it. "Boss, if you have a good book like "Dao Ma Dan" that fits my style, call me at any time, and I will definitely rush back."

Xu Ke left satisfied, and Chen Ping'an was also satisfied. If Xu Ke can really bring him back a team of the level of Industrial Light and Magic, let alone 15 dry shares, he is willing to give 20! The importance of film special effects is self-evident in later generations.

The 20 highest-grossing films in the history of cinema are either VFX blockbusters or CG-made animated films. When Spielberg decided to start filming the sci-fi blockbuster War of the Worlds, his first contact was not Tom. Cruise, but Industrial Light & Magic, wants to see if they're available to work with him on War of the Worlds' special effects.

It may be a bit far to say that. Take "Ghost Love" as an example, with a total investment of 7 million US dollars, of which more than 1 million fell into the pockets of industrial light and magic, only for the special effects in the movie. The so-called rich dead special effects, no money dead scripts are the same reason, good special effects are super money-burning and super profitable. In the 21st century, Square Enix almost didn't go bankrupt in order to make that soul-deep "Final Fantasy", and finally had to merge with Enix.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the company should have a holiday in two days, so there are a lot of people who come to Chen Ping'an today. After Xu Ke went out, Zhang Manyu came in and asked Chen Ping'an how to arrange it during the Chinese New Year. The two chatted for a while, Zhang Manyu left, and when he was about to get off work, Lin Qingxia rushed back from the event site and came to the office to find him, and also asked him how he planned to spend the New Year.

The Spring Festival is a good day for family reunions, and Chen Ping'an has no relatives, and he has long been dug up by reporters in Hong Kong, so many people are very concerned about how Chen Ping'an spent the Spring Festival in 1986. RS