Chapter 353: Fight for the Future
"Mr. Luo Yang, it's not that we praise ourselves, we have also done the same disaster movie effect, and we are very experienced in this aspect, if Mr. Luo Yang is relieved to hand over this project to us, we will do our best in the digital field to help you construct a real apocalyptic shijie and help you create a wonderful movie", Richard. Taylor heard Luo Yang's request, and soon Richard, who has been dealing with movie special effects for more than 20 years, understood what Luo Yang needed and confidently assured Luo Yang.
"Of course, I have always admired the strength of the digital field, otherwise I would not have come all the way to sit in front of you, Mr. Richard", Luo Yang smiled, and then said: "I believe in your strength, but I also have two requirements to mention in advance, after I hand over this project to the digital field, I need the next results of this project and Mr. Richard, you just showed me a standard, I don't accept special effects that have reduced the quality" Luo Yang shook his finger and said his first request.
"There is no problem with this, the integrity of our digital field is well-known in the industry, these requirements can be written into the contract, if the next special effects we provide a frame is not as good as the sample we provide to you, it is our dereliction of duty, the digital field can compensate Mr. Luo Yang for all your losses, but this is actually Mr. Luo Yang can rest assured, as long as Mr. Luo Yang you have enough M yuan, not to mention such effects, we can even provide special effects that exceed your expectations. Since the establishment of the digital field, we have done countless film special effects projects, and we have never let any director and audience disappoint us", hearing Luo Yang's words, Richard assured Luo Yang seriously.
"Mr. Richard, don't worry, if you can make special effects that exceed my expectations, I will not be stingy with money, the second requirement is that I hope that the digital field can complete this project as soon as possible, if it can be delivered before the completion of my filming, it will be the best, I want this film to be released during the Chinese New Year in my country", Luo Yang put forward his second request.
"Such a short time"! Richard was stunned for a moment, it is now July, if it is according to Luo Yang's requirements, then the remaining time is only more than six months, and the time for post-editing of the film must be removed, which means that the time left for special effects production in the digital field is only about three or four months, such a short time makes Richard a little embarrassed: "Mr. Luo Yang, you must know that digital special effects work is a very careful and rigorous work, blindly in a hurry, our digital field can not guarantee that the effect can satisfy you."
"But I don't want to lose the golden slot of the Chinese New Year, so I ask Mr. Richard to help me think of a way", Luo Yang didn't want this movie to be released until next year, so he categorically put forward his own requirements to Richard.
"Actually, it's not impossible, but if we want to complete this project in such a short time, it is estimated that our studio will have to concentrate all its manpower and material resources on this project within a few months, in this case, our studio may not be able to take on other projects, which makes me very embarrassed", Richard's face showed embarrassment, and he helplessly told Luo Yang about the difficulty of this matter.
"This dead ghost, don't you just want to ask for more money", Richard's subconscious meaning Luo Yang didn't understand, but he still smiled: "Things that can be solved with money are generally not things, this movie invests 300 million Chinese dollars in jihua, and in terms of visual effects, I invest 100 million Chinese dollars, I believe that if this money is smashed, the digital field studio can not only come up with special effects worth this price, but also complete them in the shortest possible time, Mr. Richard, do you think this is the truth"?
In fact, a big part of modern commercial movies is to compete for visual effects, whose visual effects are more shocking, then whose movie box office will be higher, except for literary films, Luo Yang still understands this very well, plus the movie "Shijie Doomsday" has too high requirements for visual effects, Luo Yang is ready to spend money and smash out an incomparable movie that shocks everyone, of course, this is also because of the investment of Rolling Stone Company to pay for the cost of this movie, if it is just a poplar movie, Luo Yang really doesn't dare to spend so much money.
"100 million Chinese dollars"! Hearing Luo Yang's words, Richard's eyes narrowed, and he was also a little shocked, Rao is in the modern era when movies pay more and more attention to visual effects, and it is relatively rare to dare to spend 100 million Chinese yuan at one time for visual effects, this Luo Yang director is really atmospheric, other film directors, which one is not eager to spend money as two, and this Luo Yang is so young, he dares to throw 100 million Chinese yuan on visual effects, you must know that the exchange ratio of Chinese yuan and M yuan is one to one, and 100 million Chinese yuan is equivalent to 100 million M yuan.
Richard didn't know that unlike other directors whose investment still needs to be supervised by investors, Luo Yang's side is a dead face from Rolling Stone, and he has to work together, so he naturally does a lot of money generously, and Luo Yang doesn't have to worry about being hindered by anyone when he uses it.
"Yes, I spent so much money on visual effects, just to make movie special effects that shocked the audience, and after watching it, the scalp exploded and stunned, if the digital field can achieve visual effects that exceed my expectations, then I don't mind raising the price, of course, if it can't meet my requirements, then this 100 million Chinese yuan is not so easy to get", Luo Yang smiled slightly and said to Richard.
100 million Chinese dollars is not his psychological bottom line, Richard immediately understood what Luo Yang meant, he didn't expect this Luo Yang to be so young, and his courage seems to be greater than he imagined, but since the other party is so willing to spend money, what else is there to worry about in the digital field, then take out the most haode strength, let this young director see the ability in the digital field, Richard made up his mind, stood up and shook hands with Luo Yang: "Don't worry, Mr. Luo Yang, your 100 million Chinese yuan, we have decided in the digital field, And I can assure you that next year's Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, your film will definitely have a chance to win this award, and the digital field is definitely worthy of your trust"!
"Well, I wish us a happy cooperation", Luo Yang smiled and reached out to shake Richard's hand.
Now that the business is negotiated, the next thing is to sign a contract, there are professional lawyers in the digital field, Richard made a phone call, and a lawyer came over, after listening to Richard and Luo Yang tell the requirements, they began to formulate a contract for the two, when the lawyer was busy making the contract, Richard smiled and said to Luo Yang: "Mr. Luo Yang, since there is nothing to do now, then I will take you around and visit our digital field."
"Haode, that's xiexie", since Richard made this request, Luo Yang certainly wouldn't refuse.
Seeing that Luo Yang agreed, Richard enthusiastically led Luo Yang out of his office and visited the digital field studio, zaijian learned about the advanced 3D modeling, rendering system, special effects plug-in system, particle system and post-synthesis editing digital system in the digital field and the strong strength of the digital field staff, Richard took the admired Luo Yang to a studio.
Compared with several other studios, the staff of this studio are much more serious, constantly walking back and forth in the spacious studio, debugging data, assembling equipment, and even Richard, the president, did not notice when he came in, but Richard was not only angry, but he smiled when he saw these busy jishu members.
"Mr. Luo Yang, this is the 4D visual effects system that our company is developing", Richard explained to Luo Yang: "We have invested a lot in this system, and we have made great progress, and I believe that in the near future, our company will be able to come up with a finished product."
"A 4D VFX system? What is this"? Hearing Richard's words, Luo Yang was a little puzzled.
"Mr. Luo Yang, do today's stereoscopic movies need professional 3D eyes to have that immersive feeling"? Instead of answering Royan's question directly, Richard asked Royan a question.
"Of course, otherwise, not only will you not be able to enjoy that three-dimensional feeling, but the picture will be very blurry", Luo Yang nodded and replied to Richard, but Luo Yang had already guessed what the 4D visual effects system that Richard said would do.
"And the movie made with the 4D special effects system, you can no longer wear 3D eyes, you can enjoy the three-dimensional sense and immersive feeling with the naked eye" Sure enough, Richard's next words confirmed Luo Yang's guess, seeing Luo Yang's clear look, Richard continued: "The current 3D stereoscopic movies still have many shortcomings, the first is that professional equipment, such as 3D glasses, can be enjoyed, and the second is that many people wear this kind of eyes, and they will feel dizzy, Not only can you not enjoy the movie very much, but it will be very painful".
Richard's words made Luo Yang nod, 3D movies do have these shortcomings, which are not only inconvenient, but also restrict some people from enjoying these movies.
"The 4D visual effects system will not have these shortcomings, and the audience will no longer have to wear the uncomfortable 3D eyes in the cinema to enjoy the immersive feeling, which is also the original intention of our development of this system", Richard said to Luo Yang very proudly.
"Cross-era invention, I think the invention of this system, will be a new revolution in the film industry, the digital field studio really has the strength", Richard's words made Luo Yang sigh, this is the strength of the industry leader, Poplar special effects studio many 3D special effects have not yet been completed, and these big studios in the digital field have begun to develop a new generation of systems, it seems that this gap is really not small.
"In fact, this is not a new revolution, 4D special effects actually already exist, such as the holographic system, which is a kind of 4D special effects, but if you want to use the holographic system to make a movie, the cost is simply terrifying, so we developed a new system", Richard modestly said to Luo Yang.
Holographic system Luo Yang also knows better, not only this shijie has, Luo Yang has also seen it on the earth in his previous life, at that time, the famous virtual idol Hatsune Miku's global tour concert was supported by the holographic system, but it was just a holographic system projection of a virtual character, compared with a movie, it was much simpler, the movie could not have only one person, but also needed supporting roles, the support of the scene, the cost of this is very scary. (You can take a look at Hatsune Miku's global concert, the current visual effects are really good, but they can't be popularized).
"This is also a secret in the digital realm, isn't Mr. Richard afraid that I will leak it?" Luo Yang looked at Richard and said with a smile.
"If it's really confidential, I won't bring Mr. Luo Yang here to visit, and it's not a secret, now Shijie's leading special effects production studios such as us and Light and Shadow Magic and other studios are all developing a new generation of visual effects systems, but everyone's progress is different", Richard explained with a smile, of course, there is another sentence that Richard didn't say, that is, you are a director, even if you show these things, you can't understand, of course, this is more hurtful, Richard didn't say it
After visiting the digital field studio, the lawyer over there had almost drawn up the contract, Luo Yang and Richard returned to the office, and Richard handed over a contract to Luo Yang: "Mr. Luo Yang, you can find a professional lawyer to check if there are any legal loopholes in this contract, if there is no problem, we can sign it tomorrow"!
"Haode, xiexie", Luo Yang nodded, there is no professional lawyer by his side now, and many loopholes in the contract are not easy to find, after all, Luo Yang is not the opponent of a lawyer who plays with the law, and Richard is also very understanding to give Luo Yang a day and let Luo Yang go to a lawyer to check this contract.
Bidding farewell to Richard, Luo Yang and his entourage left the special effects studio in the digital field, and soon found a professional law firm, in country M, there are not many others, that is, there are many lawyers, after all, the people of country M advertise truth and justice, and the law is something they attach great importance to.
After paying a consulting fee, the law firm quickly sent three professional business lawyers to carefully study the contract, and soon came to the result that the contract was normal, there were no legal loopholes and pitfalls, and it could be signed.
Since the lawyer gave a professional opinion, Luo Yang was naturally relieved.
The next day, Luo Yang came to the digital realm and happily signed this contract with Richard, from this moment on, the special effects production of "Shijie Doomsday" was fully handed over to the digital realm, and Luo Yang only needed to wait for the finished product to be completed.
After this matter was completed, Luo Yang did not delay, and flew back to Huaguo by plane, and did not delay much in country M, after all, Huaguo still has a lot of things waiting for Luo Yang to deal with, returned home, rested for a day, and dealt with the company's daily affairs a little, Luo Yang drove to Poplar Special Effects.
Poplar special effects studio, the staff are busy working, now Poplar special effects still have a little fame in China, and there are many movies willing to hand over special effects production projects to Poplar special effects, with these projects, Poplar special effects are now considered to be breakeven, at least the staff's salaries do not need Luo Yang to continue to invest.
Li Jing soon knew about Luo Yang's arrival, and stepped forward to greet him with a smile, Luo Yang also smiled and greeted Li Jing, asked about the recent situation in the studio, and then the two came to the office.
"Li Jing, do you know the 4D VFX system?" Walking into the office, Luo Yang did not delay and directly asked his own question.
"I know, now the next goal of Shijie special effects studio is to see stereoscopic movies with the naked eye without the help of other equipment", Li Jing was a little surprised where Luo Yang knew, after all, he is not a special effects producer, and he generally can't get in touch with these.
"When I went to country M this time to commission the production of special effects in the digital field, and when I visited their studio, their president Richard mentioned it to me," Luo Yang answered Li Jing's question.
"So that's the case", Li Jing heard Luo Yang's explanation, nodded and said that he understood, but he was also a little embarrassed, after all, Luo Yang spent a lot of money to establish this special effects studio, but Poplar special effects couldn't do the effects required by Luo Yang, so he could only go to others to make them, which was a shame for Li Jing, who prides himself on being a professional visual effects veteran.
"It's okay, our studio has only been established for a short time, and it can't be compared with other people's heritage, you don't have to mind", Luo Yang understood his thoughts from Li Jing's face, comforted him, and then said: "We can't carry out research in this area"?
"It's difficult, we don't have any foundation at all, and we haven't even figured out many aspects of 3D special effects production, and it's not so simple to get in touch with a higher level," Li Jing said with a little embarrassment.
"I mean while enriching the knowledge of 3D, while carrying out 4D research work, isn't everyone just starting out in this regard, we can actually try to develop it", Luo Yang explained, this can't blame Luo Yang for being anxious, I have to say, I didn't know before, so Luo Yang didn't worry much, but now I know the gap between the poplar special effects and others, almost an era, Luo Yang began to be anxious, in Luo Yang's view, 4D is the trend in the future, 3D will definitely be eliminated, in this case, It's better to be a part of the game.
"It's not that it can't be done, but this aspect not only requires a lot of information, but also needs a lot of professional equipment, and it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice", Li Jing also expressed the existing difficulties to Luo Yang helplessly, some things are not something you can do if you want to, there is no foundation, everything is just a castle in the air.
"There is no equipment to buy, there is no information to dig up talents in this area", Luo Yang was ruthless and said to Li Jing: "I think 4D is the trend of movies in the future, 3D will eventually be eliminated, in order not to lose in this competition, we can't feel the difficulty and not do it, Li Jing, you first do the preparatory work in this regard, statistics about what equipment is needed, where you can dig up talents in this area, we don't have anything now, so we will use money to smash, one million is not enough for two million, two million is not enough for 100 million, If I don't believe it, no one will be moved."
Hearing Luo Yang's words, Li Jing was also enthusiastic for a while, with such a willing boss, what else could he say, excited, Li Jing patted his chest and assured Luo Yang: "Mr. Luo, don't worry, I promise to bring you good news, just like what Mr. Luo said, 4D is the trend of the future, we should really fight."