In addition to the investment in preliminary research, the most expensive thing for computer special effects is some simple mechanical work, such as counting, scanning, typing, modifying, and so on. The reason why the cost of digital light and shadow special effects suddenly plummeted is entirely because Sun Ziming transplanted the technology back to China, relying on a large number of cheap labor capacity in the mainland, and completed those tedious mechanical tasks with a labor cost equivalent to 1/10 of that of the United States. Because in Chinese mainland in 95 years, an annual salary of 100,000 yuan is an absolute high salary, but if you want to hire the same programmer in the United States, you can't hire someone without 150,000 US dollars.

At the beginning, Sun Ziming was able to persuade Tim to come out of Massachusetts to do computer special effects, in addition to promising him that he could freely study what he was interested in, and more importantly, he drew a big pie for him. Now, with several years of painstaking research and investment, the special effects company has made a breakthrough in technology, leaving industrial light and magic behind. As long as we rely on the cost advantage of the mainland to earn super excess profits, we can continue to develop new technologies and raise the threshold of this industry, so as to deter latecomers from entering this field and achieve the goal of monopolizing this industry.

And monopolizing this industry means that in the next 20 years, Light and Shadow Group will choke the lifeblood of world cinema!

Movies in other languages have a fatal weakness compared with Hollywood, that is, the market disadvantage brought about by language disadvantage. If you don't have a big enough market, you can't have enough profits, and you can't afford to play big-scale productions, so although the artistic level of European films is on par with Hollywood, they are all reduced to relying on government support to get by.

When Asia's economic level is not yet up to the level of the United States, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean-language films cannot afford to pay tens of millions of dollars for special effects, so they can only take shortcuts. And this shortcut is currently in your own hands, and it doesn't matter how high the zuò fee is, it's nothing more than a matter of money from the left pocket to the right pocket! Japan and South Korea can't afford expensive computer special effects, but Chinese movies can, as long as they maintain this technological advantage, let alone Korean movies, even Japanese movies will be beaten by Chinese movies!

These things, Sun Tzu Ming forethought, James Cameron is a little behind, but he also realizes that he quarrels with Tim, in addition to being dissatisfied with Gil's downfall, more importantly, he doesn't want to give up the dominance of the special effects company. However, the decision on this matter is not in Tim's hands, nor in his hands, but in the hands of Sun Ziming, because he is the largest shareholder, holding 70% of the shares of the special effects company!

Tim is also an afterthought, and he took the opportunity to attack because James, like him, was just a technical freak and not a qualified businessman. If the special effects company lets this guy manage it any longer, it will affect the interests of him and his team. At the beginning, Sun Ziming promised that as long as the company did not in the industry. 1. Will give him shares and guarantee that he will become a billionaire!

George and Jiang Peng did not persuade them to fight, also because of interests. They hold the shares of the group, which is equivalent to holding the shares of the special effects company, James is not suitable to be the chairman and general manager, but like Tim, he has become the soul of the special effects company. The current special effects company can do without Sun Ziming, but without James and Tim, it is impossible to continue to trample industrial light and magic under their feet as they do today. Technology, today you are ahead, it does not mean that others will always lag behind.

But this matter is very troublesome, when Sun Ziming recruited James, he promised the chairman and general manager to choose him, and it was written into the agreement. In other words, as long as James does not agree, a new chairman and general manager can only be appointed unless Sun Ziming forcibly reorganizes the company.

The two quarreled for a while, but they couldn't come up with new tricks, and the hot potato was naturally handed over to Sun Ziming.

"It's over, right? Why don't I say a few words? ”

Sun Ziming put down the teacup in his hand and jokingly said, "James, how many years will you make a movie?" Does the income from making movies be as much as what you earn in the company? ”

Well, James' eyes immediately looked at the ceiling, as if he hadn't heard.

Last year, "True Lies" won 180 million at the North American box office, but it earned 460 million worldwide, not only earning more than 200 million for the company, but also getting more than 50 million for himself, as well as future follow-up income. However, last year, the special effects company earned more than 300 million, and this year it is at least more than 400 million, and the assets on his books should increase by 50 or 60 million this year, and more and more will go with time. This is also the reason why Jill didn't want to mortgage his shares to the bank when he quarreled with him, making movies is a huge risk, and the benefits of special effects companies are real!

Sun Ziming didn't have the heart to ridicule anymore, just smiled and continued: "There is one thing that you may not know. In the past two years, the major film companies have given us business because we had an agreement when we first negotiated, I checked the film project for them, and they agreed that we would participate in the distribution of films outside the company, and under the same conditions, give us priority to the special effects business. ”

James's eyes immediately looked at Sun Ziming from the ceiling, and then he remembered that the company suddenly had a prime time reserved for theaters the year before last. also because of the reserved schedule, the company's income from the release of films in the past two years has made a lot of money, and he took more than one million dividends last year alone. Don't underestimate this more than one million, this is what will be available every year in the future, even if you die, as long as the company is still there, your descendants can still receive it!

"Now you know, how can there be a free lunch in the world? James, if we defeat ILM, other companies will be more or less subject to us. We can think of this, and so can others. ”

As soon as Sun Ziming was halfway through speaking, Tim, who had a much lower EQ than his IQ, immediately answered: "So, you can be your chairman and continue to take everyone to research new visual effects, but the general manager must let out and let someone who can help the company do business!" James, we're just people who do things, and we can't play those things that like to brag and exchange interests! ”

'Ahem, ahem', George and Jiang Peng couldn't help coughing a few times, and even Sun Ziming turned his face away, not looking at this unobstructed bastard.

James didn't bother to pay attention to Tim, his eyes only stared at Sun Ziming, Jill fell into the well, and he only blamed himself for being busy and confused, and he didn't even finish reading the company's fax, so he quarreled with the crazy woman, but about the special effects company, this kid could have promised himself.

After being silent for a while, James's patience was still not as good as Sun Ziming's, and he took the initiative to speak: "Ming, what are your plans?" ”

There is a negotiation skill, whoever speaks first will lose, and Sun Ziming also knows this little trick.

"James, we're friends, aren't we? Jill forced you to give up the sharing and dividends, I don't know, I was still recuperating at the time. If I knew, I'd have Douglas lend you money from the studio's account and wouldn't fool you. ”

The tension in the screening room relaxed a little, and James's heart warmed, if he knew that Jill was like that, he would definitely reach out and pull himself. In the past, Chris Columbus had no money to invest in "My Fair Daddy", and he also took the initiative to borrow money, not even collateral. This friend of mine has always been generous to his friends in his heart, otherwise he would not take the initiative to give himself 20% of the shares, and also allow his shares to be deducted from the dividends.

"However, from the company's standpoint, Jill has not done anything wrong, you have indeed overspent too much, and this is a matter of principle."

James just wanted to refute, but Sun Ziming immediately stopped: "James, I know what you want to say." What Jill did was business, and she wasn't wrong. I have the ability to help you, it's a private matter between us, it's out of mutual help between friends, and there's nothing wrong with that. We must distinguish between public and private, in order to make the enterprise bigger and protect the long-term interests of all of us! ”

After a moment of silence, James nodded silently, Jill was based on basic business principles, but he was momentarily confused.

"Going back to what we just said, Tim had a point, although it was ugly. I'm similar to you, I'm not very good at communication and management, so I handed over the company's management to George and Peng, and was only responsible for the company's development direction. James, you're not a director now, you're the chairman of a company, you have to learn to use people and leave things to professionals, rather than doing everything yourself. I say that, do you understand? ”

James continued to be silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Ming, what if I refuse?" ”

Sun Ziming's heart flashed with anger, but his mouth was extremely sincere: "James, if you refuse, I have to continue to check the film project for other companies." We're not strong enough to completely trample that bastard Lucas, you're my friend again, and I'm not used to forcing a friend to do what he doesn't want to do. ”

'Hahahaha', James smiled proudly, stretched out his hand to Sun Ziming, and said sincerely: "Ming, we are friends, and I don't like to force a friend to do what he doesn't want to do." Ming, I'm not the general manager anymore, let's find a super guy who must bankrupt Lucas's ILM! ”

Sun Ziming also smiled proudly, "That's for sure, I'm still waiting to prepare a guest room for him at the Hilton!" ”

Everyone also laughed, as long as James gave up the position of general manager, he could arrange for a veteran who knew the rules well to trade with the bigwigs of various companies. Hollywood is a place where transactions are made all the time, Lucas is just a director, a fairly good businessman, how can his strength be compared with the Light and Shadow Group?

The presidents of those big film companies spend millions of dollars a year on official business, just to make it easier for them to trade! The reason why Swiss banks are so popular is because they are tight-lipped about their customers' information! The reason why rich people like to open offshore companies is because they can not only avoid taxes, but also keep all kinds of secrets!

Those presidents have climbed from a small clerk and assistant to today's high position, and have struggled for decades, what is the picture?

Professional managers will try their best to protect the interests of their employers, which is their professional ethics, but if they do not harm the interests of their employers, and seek some benefits for themselves by the way, who would not want to do such a thing?

Everyone laughed for a while, and looked at Jiang Peng, who had been in the circle for so many years and had participated in all negotiations with other companies, so he should be most familiar with those unspoken rules and personnel.