As Chen Cheng expected, the US side quickly reached a deal.

Shakelu Pictures will invest $60 million to work with Lao Bai on "The Matrix", but the other party insists that the American must be the director, and Wei Xiaolin can only be an assistant director if he wants......

"No problem, I agree!"

To Sun Peng's surprise, Wei Xiaolin agreed to this condition without hesitation.

"Why?"

Regarding Wei Xiaolin's answer, Sun Peng asked with a puzzled smile: "Don't forget, I promised to write you a script and let you be the director...... Hehe, why did you agree to be an assistant director again? ”

"Cut, how can a small-budget director compare with an assistant director of a big production?"

Looking at Sun Peng's surprised look, Wei Xiaolin waved his hand disdainfully.

But after a while, his expression became serious: "Xiaopeng, I understand what you mean, but I have decided not to touch costume films for a short time, and...... To be honest, I'm really interested in your script! ”

"This ......"

Hearing Wei Xiaolin say this, Sun Peng's expression hesitated.

"Haha, don't worry!"

Looking at Sun Peng's embarrassed look, Wei Xiaolin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I still have self-knowledge, I'm afraid it's not enough to let me be a director, it's better to follow the Americans and learn first!" Hehe, but buddy isn't bad in the first place, if you finish filming "The Matrix" this time, ......"

"Don't worry, the script will definitely be waiting for you at that time!"

With a smile, Sun Peng finally understood what the other party meant.

It seems that Wei Xiaolin really recognizes the decline of costume films. And after cooperating with Sun Peng in two movies and a TV series, he was really not satisfied with the small fights and became ambitious!

“ok！”

As the two reached a tacit understanding, Sun Peng nodded and said: "That's right, then after my second sister comes back from the United States, you can accompany him to a few film companies!" ”

“…… Yes! ”

After a deep groan, Wei Xiaolin nodded and said, "Domestic film companies must pull one, after all, the hairstyle still has to be considered...... Xiaopeng, what do you think of Lotus Pictures? ”

"Lotus? Why not consider the Forbidden City? ”

In comparison, Sun Peng still feels that it is more comfortable for the Forbidden City Pictures to cooperate.

After shaking his head, Wei Xiaolin said with a smile: "The Forbidden City is not good, their strength is still a little weaker, and just one "Hurricane Rescue 2" is enough for them to toss." If you want a blockbuster like this, a giant like Lotus is more reliable, and the distribution ability is not at the same level! ”

After nodding, Sun Peng naturally agreed: "Okay, you can do it, as long as they are willing to pay money, you must know that it is a lot of money!" Haha, Americans are only willing to take out 60 million US dollars, and I estimate that the whole will be at least 123 million, and let Lotus Pictures also take 60 million...... It's not easy! ”

For him, as long as the film can be filmed and filmed well, it doesn't matter who it is.

However, Wei Xiaolin was slightly stunned when he heard this, and asked a little strangely: "Xiaopeng, didn't you say that you wanted to contribute some funds?" ”

"If it can be solved, why should I pay?"

Blinking, Sun Peng smiled: "Brother Wei, you have to understand one thing, although I am very confident in my script, I am not too interested in investing in movies." In comparison, I actually prefer to invest money in animation......"

……

The day after talking to Wei Xiaolin, Sun Ya flew back to the capital.

Because of the "big deal" just negotiated, Sun Ya ignored her brother's persuasion at all, and took Wei Xiaolin to the headquarters of Lotus Pictures the next day to start discussing various matters of "The Matrix". And with the previous cooperation with Lao Bai, as well as the trust in Shakelu Pictures, Lotus Pictures is also very interested in this movie......

And more importantly, Sun Ya promised to make up all the investment differences.

It's not just about the money, it's also about the confidence that Lao Bai has in the film, so there's no doubt that Lotus Pictures immediately began to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the script and investment, and the results were available in the second week. And on the representative of Shaklo, Richard? After Feynman flew to the capital, the three began to discuss the distribution ratio of investment and income among each other, as well as the candidates for directors and actors......

Unconsciously, Sun Ya has been his agent for several years, and as Sun Peng's stall gets bigger and bigger, she has more and more work. Therefore, in addition to Sun Ya herself, including Liu Chang, an assistant and an accountant, today's Yapeng brokerage company has more than ten people, and it is more than enough to deal with these things.

So after Sun Peng showed up twice, everything was handed over to the second sister.

As for Sun Peng's own words, he quickly focused on another matter, something that was obviously more important than "The Matrix......

……

“…… Gentlemen, that's why The Lion King needs a huge amount of money! ”

In the large conference room of DreamWorks, Sun Peng knocked on the table, motioned for everyone to look at the camera on the big screen, and then smiled at the same time: "You can look at this lion's mane and look at its eyes...... That's what I wanted! I asked Hollywood's Caboca to do this shot, and to achieve such an effect, there is simply no second way to go except to throw money at it! ”

“……”

Looking at the camera on the screen, everyone was silent.

What else can they do but be silent?

Where is this Huaxia animation? It's obviously the level of Hollywood's top annual blockbuster!

The majestic lion's mane on the screen has thousands of hairs, and at a glance it is naturally fluttering with the wind, as if it is real, and those two eyes are even more fierce, as if staring at everyone through the screen, and they can pounce on them at any time!

After a while, a middle-aged man pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose and asked in a deep voice, "Teacher Bai, how much does this effect cost for a minute?" ”

"This lion? I spent six hundred thousand! ”

When talking about the price, Sun Peng's eyelids couldn't help jumping.

Last time, he impressed the bosses of the three major animation studios with a song, but until now they are still hesitant - not to join, but to hesitate how deep they should be involved! Throwing money in, I'm afraid that the risk is too great, but I'm afraid that the box office will be too high when I don't pay for it......

So this time, Sun Peng simply brought a small short film produced by Caboca!

When he saw this thing, the corners of Sun Peng's distressed mouth twitched...... Those damn Yankees, who have cooperated with more than 100 million dollars in cartoons, still have to charge for such a small short film, and they are also eloquent and say two different things......

"600,000, not expensive!"

"Hehe, I'm talking about dollars!"

"Dollars?!"

Hearing Sun Peng say this, everyone was dumbfounded!

We all know that Hollywood invests heavily in animation, and it can spend money at any cost for the sake of effect, but that's just heard after all. Now that they intuitively saw the things made of 600,000 US dollars, several people's hearts and livers trembled subconsciously, and their mouths trembled.

Seeing that everyone's expressions had changed greatly, Sun Peng hurriedly explained: "Of course, this is the cost of making a short shot alone, and if you really want to start doing it, it can definitely be reduced." And when the time comes, we can buy American animation production software, although the front investment is larger, but the back can save a lot of money! ”

"To what extent do you plan to work with the Americans?"

"To put it simply, it's mainly technical cooperation!"

Taking a deep breath, Sun Peng nodded and said: "After all, there has been no animation of this scale of investment in China, and there is a lack of corresponding experience, so cooperating with Americans should be the best choice!" And we at DreamWorks once sent a few people to the Capoca company to work with them on Frozen, and to be honest, the gap in software alone is too big! ”

“……”

For Sun Peng's words, everyone was silent again.

Gap?

And not just software?

The weakness of Chinese animation has been a long time, just like Chinese movies. However, with the rapid development of China's economy, technology and other fields in recent years, now there are all funds and markets, and they are no worse than the Americans, but the accumulation distance in technology is far away! But the technology can be improved, and you can even buy it, but the more important thing is the concept of making animation, and the gap is the biggest!

If you have the skills, you can make an animation that the whole world will love?

Don't be funny!

Hollywood animation companies have accumulated for decades, and now they have formed a complete industrial chain, from the script, character image, lens design to the story content, they have already figured out the audience's minds, how do you compare?

If you don't pay enough tuition, it's not the same as spending money.

It's like the "Coast" produced by Cold Ice Animation last year with an investment of 450 million Chinese coins, is it really bad just looking at the technology? Even if it is not comparable to the Americans, it is definitely a world standard, but in the end, it is not wanted because of the plot, character design and other issues, the total global box office is only a little more than 1.4 billion, and if you add the publicity and distribution costs, you will lose miserably!

But now, this old white wants to invest seven or eight billion yuan to make an animation?

Why are you?

However, as soon as this idea arose, many people answered themselves in their hearts: "Just by cooperating with the Japanese, I made a box office champion, and I also cooperated with the Americans in a "Frozen", which is also popular now...... If he doesn't have the confidence, I'm afraid no one in the whole of China will be able to do a good job. ”

Otherwise, why bother?

Just when everyone was chattering to themselves, Sun Peng knocked on the table again and said loudly: "So we not only invest real money to buy software, but also cooperate with Americans to learn as much as possible from their technology, so that we can make a really good animation......

"Ahem! Excuse me! ”

This time, I didn't dare to wait for Sun Peng to finish speaking, Fang Lina of Hafei Animation raised her hand: "Teacher Lao Bai, I want to ask, will you be in charge of all the scripts and soundtracks of this "The Lion King" like "Frozen"?" ”

"Of course, I'll even be in charge of some of the lens design!"

“…… I see! ”

After getting an affirmative answer, Fang Lina took a deep breath and nodded vigorously: "Then I'll make a statement first!" Hafei Animation will invest at least 150 million Huaxia coins, and there are 20 backbones to participate in the production of this animation......"