"The budget for "Kung Fu Panda" should be set at 1.5 billion first."

Wu Tian said to Qi Bing.

As the CEO of Zhongtian Media and the actual helmsman of MGM, Qi Bing's funds that can be mobilized are not small, and even in this era of co-production, MGM can be said to have become the largest independent film and television company, and most of its film and television dramas are wholly-owned.

"Isn't it too little?" Qi Bing asked.

"It should be about the same, patting and saying, if you can't add it." Wu Tian said with a smile.

"Well, anyway, we have plenty of funds now, and we can withdraw additional funds at any time." Qi Bing said with a smile.

"Hehe, it seems that Mr. Qi has achieved good results in the past two years, how much has he earned?" Wu Tian said with a smile.

"It's not much, twenty or thirty billion can still be taken out at any time." Qi Bing smiled, "This is thanks to your decision to buy Marvel, more than half of our company's profits in the past few years have been made by Marvel." ”

Wu Tian laughed, and he was also very complacent about his decision.

"To be honest, how did you fall in love with Marvel in the first place?" Qi Bing said, "Tell me about it and learn from your investment experience." ”

"Well, the film and television industry should belong to the cultural industry, and culture is the foundation of a nation." Wu Tian said awkwardly, "When it comes to American culture, everyone is most familiar with nothing more than the American hero complex, which was born precisely because of the popular comics in the United States. Therefore, to grasp the culture is equivalent to to to grasping the film industry! ”

"Then why did you choose to buy Marvel instead of Marvel in the first place?" Qi Bing frowned and said again.

"That's simpler," Wu Tian said with a smile, "Superman, the representative image of Marvel Comics, has long been unknown to how many movies have been made, and the copyrights are complicated. It's hard to figure it out. And Marvel has never made a movie before, and they are eager to join in, which is our opportunity. ”

Qi Bing nodded teachably, and then said: "Actually, I think that in the matter of Marvel, your most successful place is not the acquisition of Marvel. It's a ...... to the layout of Marvel movies"

Wu Tian smiled and said: "In Hollywood, making sequels to movies is the simplest and easiest way to make money......

In fact, seriously speaking, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is actually a whole whole, especially the Avengers, each member can launch their own independent movie, and even make a sequel, which means that the system can be filmed dozens of episodes, not to mention it! And the Marvel Cinematic Universe. is different from other movie sequels, which only tell the story of a certain protagonist, so it will not make the audience feel aesthetically fatigued, which is definitely the best way to make money......

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"Well, these two are good......"

Wu Tian reviewed dozens of image manuscripts produced by the team's animators, and selected two of them, Qi Bing said.

"Ah, that's really good. It really looks like a giant panda. Qi Bing only glanced at it, and said with bright eyes.

Panda in the impression of the Chinese. It is a national treasure, and it is cute and cute, and these two concept drawings perfectly present this characteristic of the panda.

"Well, this one is a little fat, and this one's eyes are a little dull. A little tweaking would be perfect. Qi Bing said critically.

"Then let them adjust until you're satisfied." Wu Tian said,

"Don't just look at me, I can't see it alone, I have to find more netizens to evaluate it." Qi Bing said.

"There's no need. As long as the two of us are satisfied, it is enough. Wu Tian said proudly.

"Whatever you want, anyway, I already feel that an excellent animated character will definitely be born this time." Qi Bing said.

"That's for sure, I don't see whose work it is." Wu Tian smiled proudly, "Let's go, I have to go and see how those animators and martial artists are doing." ”

Chinese kung fu masters have been in the United States for more than a week, and are coordinating with those special effects artists to learn how to capture motion.

Wu Tian drove to MGM's studio in a small town dozens of kilometers away.

MGM now has a big family, so it is inevitable that it will change its past as the last film and television company in Hollywood that has not relocated its studio, and has purchased more than 1,000 acres of land in a nearby town to build a photography base.

Wu Tian got off at the entrance of the studio, then got on the electric scooter and entered the huge studio.

"Director Wu, you're finally here......" As soon as a bearded man saw Wu Tian, he trotted over to greet him.

"Steve, how's it going?" Wu Tian jumped off the scooter with a smile and said to the bearded man.

Steve is Wu Tian's assistant director, and one of the main reasons why Wu Tian chose him as an assistant director is that he is very obsessed with Chinese culture and can be regarded as a China expert.

"Director Wu, this won't work, our equipment can't completely capture the movements of these martial arts masters." Steve complained.

"Why? Isn't our equipment good enough? Wu Tian asked.

"No, our equipment is good enough, it's that these martial arts masters are just too fast......" Steve said.

"Well, that's a problem...... Wu Tian touched his chin and said with some embarrassment.

As a person who has practiced qigong since childhood, Wu Tian has some understanding of various martial arts, and knows very well that some martial arts are very particular about speed and rhythm, and the same movement, if the speed is not enough. Not to mention the effect of the actual battle, even as a performance, it will lose its beauty.

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"Director Wu, I have communicated with those martial arts masters, and they don't agree to do slow motion, I think you need to come forward and coordinate with them." Steve said.

"Hmm. No, Steve, what we want is the beauty of the movements, especially the rhythm of the combination of fast and slow, which is very beautiful. Wu Tian said.

"Wu, in fact, after we captured the slow motion, we can use the computer to speed it up again." Steve said.

Wu Tian shook his head, even if the speed was increased through the later stage, it was inevitable that there would be a certain deviation. That's not necessarily the perfect way to do it.

"If we increase our motion capture speed, can we solve this problem?" Wu Tian asked.

The animator in charge of technical support on the team replied, "Director, if you want to increase the speed of motion capture, you can't do it with our company's current technology, and you need better equipment and technology." ”

"Our company can't do it, what about other companies?" Wu Tian asked, "Is it okay over there for the Light Demon?" ”

"It should work." Said the technician.

"That's fine." Wu Tian smiled, "I'll contact the Light Demon." Let them provide technical support, I think we can solve this problem. ”

Wu Tianke is the majority shareholder of Light and Magic. Can this little problem be solved?

"Well, hopefully this problem can be solved." Steve added, "Also, Wu, is the character image ready?" And the script, we're going to get to work as soon as possible. ”

"Huh. Steve, don't worry, we have an old Chinese saying called slow work makes meticulous work, we want to shoot a classic cartoon, it is necessary to use more time. Wu Tian said with a smile.

"Okay. You're the boss and I'm just worried about our budget. Steve shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Money is not an issue, quality is the most important thing." Wu Tian smiled, "The script is ready, but the character image still needs you to help me refer to it." ”

For the character image of this movie, Wu Tian attaches the most importance to the protagonist Panda Bao, as for the tiger girl, spirit snake and the like, it is necessary to take into account the emotions of the Chinese people, and they can't all be set from the perspective of the Chinese, after all, the biggest box office market of this movie is still in the United States.

After arranging for the motion capture team to take a temporary break and wait for the technical support of Light and Magic to be in place before restarting, Wu Tian and Steve went to the post-production department on the other side of the production base, where a floor was set aside as the animation production department of "Kung Fu Panda" to study character design......

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Shooting cartoons is a very boring thing.

is different from filming movies, a lively crew often changes scenes, and even takes a cross-country trip to take locations.

Shooting cartoons, most of the time is sitting in front of the computer, constantly rendering every frame of the picture, although it is not used to run back and forth, but it can make people tired and sore back, dizzy. Even motion capture is done in the studio, and the same set of actions is constantly captured over and over again to select the most suitable frame......

With Wu Tian's lazy nature, he naturally can't stick to it all the time, but fortunately, the people of Mi are not like domestic film and television companies who are crazy about working overtime to catch up with the schedule, especially these guys who sit in front of the computer and work, they have always been on time and on time.

Therefore, Wu Tian commutes to work on time every day, rests on weekends, and often takes the three celebrities around to play and relax, but it is also quite easy.

However, in this way, the production progress is naturally not very fast, until the end of October, the initial production of the finished footage adds up to only a few minutes, as for the final edit, there is no doubt how many.

Fortunately, after this short period of running-in, the cooperation between various departments has been in place, and the next work efficiency will be improved a lot.

"Dad, let's start a meeting, right?" Wu Tian asked Wu Jianguo through the phone across the ocean.

"Well, tomorrow - it's officially started." Wu Jianguo smiled.

"So the arrangements of the parties have been decided?" Wu Tiandao.

"It's all set, your Uncle Zhao will go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the next year." Wu Jianguo said.

There is no doubt that before every conference, it is a time for various factions to compete and compromise with each other, and the biggest appeal of the Wu faction this time is to formally determine the promotion of Zhao Jiacai. In addition, it is necessary to enhance Wu Jianguo's exposure and discourse weight at this meeting, and prepare for next year's competition.

"Well, I'll go back for the Chinese New Year." Wu Tian said.

Since the Zhao family is going to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Wu Tian naturally has to make arrangements to participate in the next step of the development of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

You must know that in today's Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the strength of the Wu system is already very weak - although the secretary of Zhou has limited management ability, but the political and political skills are very good, and the internal stunned is to snatch most of the foundation of the Tie Wu system, and there is still a lot of work to be done if you want to recover your vitality.

And once Jiangsu and Zhejiang are completely restored, then the three foundations of the Wu system will be completely stabilized, and the position of Wu Jianguo will be more stable......

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