I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm just afraid of comparing goods, and it's the same in the United States, if you want to get the best things, you have to keep comparing.

Paramount's new president, Ms. Shirley, played a little trick with her assistant, Miss Milan, and called Sun Ziming only five minutes in advance, saying that they were almost at the 'Digital Light and Shadow' special effects company. They wanted to visit his special effects company, and they wanted to see real space special effects.

When Sun Ziming received the call, he was playing a game with Kayo Sato, and he didn't care that there was a beautiful and delicate woman under him, so he hurriedly called the company and asked Tim to receive him well.

After Tim answered the phone, he just wanted to send someone to receive him casually, but he remembered his boss's guidance and hurriedly arranged for his subordinates to prepare.

A few minutes later, Milan was in front of the blue screen of the special effects company's studio, and Tim and the others dropped her with a steel rope, and then sent her footage to be composited with live film. After these tasks were done, Tim accompanied them to the screening room to see the company's latest scientific research.

Shirley and Milan watched the special effects that were ahead of their time, and they were just as dumbfounded as Warner's Pattiens.

God, how did they do it?

After watching the screening room, Tim led the two of them to the office with a little pretending to be calm, and the footage just now had been processed. The two looked at the computer screen again in shock, and the beautiful and capable Miss Milan became an astronaut floating in space.

Oh my God, it's the same as in a space documentary! It's just that Milan wears suits and skirts, and the astronauts wear uniforms.

There was silence in the office for a while, and Milan exclaimed, "Great! Tim, how did you do that? ”

After asking this sentence, Ms. Shirley and Miss Milan had normal faces, although their hearts were still in turmoil.

Tim shrugged his shoulders, followed Sun Ziming's repeated instructions, pointed to the more than 100 employees outside, and explained: "Ms. Shirley, our boss has been asking them to prepare for a month in order to convince you. Just now when we were looking at the other effects, they were compositing the image of your beautiful assistant lady with the digital model we had built. If it is to be used on a large scale in a movie, it is estimated that the cost will be very high. ”

The young man looked quite straightforward and should be very easy to deal with, and before the Chinese boy could rush over, Milan said, "Tim, you guys are amazing!" I want to bring my sister to play too, just take pictures of the ones just now, is that okay? ”

Tim didn't have any acting skills, but he would hide it, pretending to sign for his subordinates, and casually said, "Welcome to play, ten seconds of footage is 1.2 million dollars." ”

'Ahem', Miss Milan choked on the inferior instant coffee, quickly wiped her mouth with a tissue, and pretended to be dissatisfied: "Tim, this joke is not funny at all. ”

Originally, Sun Ziming didn't let Tim take a vacation to France, and asked him to receive two women who didn't understand dogs/farts, which was very unhappy. Cheer up the reception, just to pull the relationship, to help his dream lover Sophie find some opportunities, and now listening to Milan say this, Tim's low emotional intelligence problem has come out again.

"Miss Milan, although you are beautiful, you cannot underestimate our labor! Just for your ten seconds, our budget has exceeded $1.08 million. For the sake of you as a guest, I only charge the cost price! ”

The current industrial light and magic technology has not yet developed digital synthesis technology, and Shirley and the others have not seen similar special effects, but they also know that research and development is the most difficult, and the future use is relatively cheap.

"Tim, you can't say that, the digital model you just talked about should be reusable, right?"

Tim has no acting skills, and the assistant next to her has to maneuver between the heads of various departments, but she can handle it with ease, and explains for her boss on the side: "Ms. Shirley, the model can be reused, but only in the same scene, the same person. For different scenarios, they all need to be manually modified. For example, when Miss Milan was hung up just now, the clothes on her back would stick to her body, and the lower part would sag; The waist will also be deformed, and these need to be modified frame by frame. You also know how expensive the labor cost is in the United States, not to mention the upfront R&D expenses, which need to be earned in it. ”

When it comes to something you don't understand at all, no matter how shrewd you are, it's useless, and Shirley is like that. However, instead of believing China Ming, she would rather believe that this not very good-tempered Tim, like this addicted to technology, the emotional intelligence is generally not too high.

"Tim, if you are asked to do the special effects of Interstellar, how much will it cost?"

Tim usually only spends money, so he doesn't care about that, but he knows how much money he burns on special effects research.

"Ms. Shirley, I don't know. Let's put it this way, "True Lies" was filmed by Cameron's old bastard, and the special effects production cost for us was 60 million US dollars, as you saw just now, and the effect is still very good. As for whether or not to make money, I guess only Ming's bastard knows, I only know that they quarreled behind closed doors. ”

This time Tim wasn't lying, and someone as shrewd as Shirley could see that he was telling the truth. It's just that everyone didn't expect that Cameron quarreled with Sun Ziming because Cameron felt that the company didn't give him a discount, but earned him at least 30 million. He only has 20% of the company's shares, of course, he feels that he has suffered a loss, if he has 50% of the shares, I am afraid that the price will be low!

Well, it's fair to say that the price of 60 million is very fair, and the possibility of lowering the price is gone. James? Cameron is a grumpy person, he is the general manager of this company, it is useless to quarrel with China Ming, don't please that boring yourself. As for the effect, it is indeed much stronger than that of Industrial Light and Magic, and it is fair to have 10 million more.

The "Interstellar" series doesn't make much money at the box office, and even loses money. The "Interstellar" series has been marketed so far, relying on copyright transfers, derivative products, etc., and relying on the continuous pulling out of dollars from the pockets of hardcore fans. However, Lucasfilm is no threat to Paramount, but Light and Shadow is a fierce rival in the future!

After a long silence, Shirley got up and said goodbye, "Tim, thank you for your hospitality, let's take our leave first." ”

"Oh, oh, goodbye", Tim was disappointed, he missed a rare opportunity to ask if there was a suitable role for Sophie.

Out of the 'numbers?' Light and Shadow's special effects company, Shirley, who was completely calm, sat in her Cadillac, leaned her head on the back seat and thought for a while, "Milan, inform the production department to slow down the pace of negotiations between Star Trek: Star Raid and Industrial Light & Magic. ”

"Yes", Milan finished the call, silently looking at Shirley, waiting for her next instruction. The company's stock price has been falling since Boss took over, and she is under a lot of psychological pressure. Today's event is a good opportunity, but it is also extremely risky. China Mingneng founded a film and television group in a few years, and it is certainly not as kind as reported in the news media.

Milan's guess was right, Shirley was beating Sun Ziming's idea, wanting to use his fame to give confidence to shareholders. She served as Director of Business Development at Columbia Pictures, Deputy General Manager of 20th Century Fox Pictures, and President of Paramount Pictures Group when her partner Jia Fei was appointed General Manager of Paramount Media. How many women who can fight in the battlefield of a group of big men are general?

Shirley's closed eyes suddenly opened, and after a long time, she said quietly: "Milan, most of our Paramount can't use those special effects just now, why did China Ming lure us to watch?" ”

Yes, Paramount's style has always been steady, keen to invest in low-budget films, except for the "Interstellar" series, basically do not touch those extremely risky sci-fi films. It stands to reason that the Chinese kid should let Columbia and Fox come? Is it because of Future Water World?

"Milan, procrastination with Kevin? Rainard's negotiations on Future Waterworld, and in the evening he and your new friend have dinner and ask Mel to come over and say hello. ”

“OK”