Chinatown, Los Angeles, USA.

Dream Pictures, a newly renovated second-floor conference room.

At the long conference table, Yi Feiyang sat in the chief, and then on both sides were the fat Gao Jiabao, Rabbit Bill, Fat Jack Black, as well as the photographer Cindy, the lighting artist Charlie, the makeup artist Mickey, and some of the top executives who recently joined here, in addition, on the opposite side of the conference table, there are two new members of Dream Pictures, one is Mike, the director of the computer special effects department, and the other is the computer animation designer John, all of whom are top talents hired by Yi Feiyang with high salaries,

The female secretary brought the coffee and put it in front of everyone, Yi Feiyang picked up the coffee, took a sip gently, and then said: "Okay, I called everyone here today, mainly to announce the production ...... of our company's next play."

"Congratulations, boss, you're finally going to shoot a new movie!"

"yes, we've been looking forward to it for a long time!"

"What subject? Isn't it a horror movie?! ”

"Horror size, I guess it's an erotic movie!"

……

A group of people gossiped and speculated.

"Alright, don't guess." Yi Feiyang put down his coffee and said.

The crowd listened to him and fell silent, waiting for him to announce the answer.

Being watched by so many pairs of eyes, Yi Feiyang has a sense of satisfaction as the boss, no wonder those many people like to be the boss, this feeling of being watched by others is cool.

"Before I publish the answer, you guys will take a look at this." Yi Feiyang snapped his fingers crisply, and saw the conference tablet screen above. A slide showing a small animal.

Round shell. The head of the light of light. With two big tentacle-like eyes and a smiling mouth, as long as you are human, you must recognize that this is a snail, to be precise, a pretty cute cartoon snail.

Yi Feiyang glanced at everyone and asked with a smile, "Everyone knows what this is, right?" ”

Everyone immediately laughed a few times, how could they not know the way?

Fat Jack first spread his hands and smiled: "Of course." Boss, although I don't like French food very much, I also know that there is a delicacy called 'French potato baked snails', damn it, I have an appetite now when I think of this dish...... Who's going to get off work? But remember, AA system at checkout. ”

Test, dead fat, just know how to eat!

"But there's something special about this little snail......," the fat man continued, touching his chin.

Yi Feiyang said in his heart, yes. I finally saw a little bit of the doorway.

"That's it...... It's too small, how much is it enough to bake a plate? ”

Yi Feiyang squirted out a sip of coffee.

Incorrigible foodie!

"Except for eating. You don't see anything else? Yi Feiyang asked.

Fat Jack scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "Ahem, people just talk about things, boss, you slammed a snail out without explaining the reason, it's very the imagination of everyone in the school." ”

"Okay, so which of you disagrees?" Yi Feiyang didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"I, I have!" Rabbit Bill couldn't wait to raise his hand and say.

"Just you, tell me, what do you see?" Yi Feiyang said.

"I can see a lot of it, first of all, this is a little snail is very cute, where is the specific cuteness, the appearance is very cartoonish, very cute, belongs to those children will like it at a glance. Secondly, you see that it is dumbfounded, like this fool next to me......" and pointed to the fat Jack who had just eaten deflated, "so it becomes more cute, honest, and funny...... It can be said that a little guy like this is born to be likable. Oh, what a gift from our Creator. ”

"The last, and the point, this gift from the creator to us, is the boss you took out with your own hands, then it must be a baby, what kind of treasure is it, boss, you don't say of course we can't guess, but like the boss you are so wise and martial, talented cattle people, will never be untargeted, so I believe that this little snail must carry an incomparable secret, yes, it must have a very wonderful story, let us look forward to it!"

Rabbit Bill said a lot in one breath, it seemed that he had said a lot, and after thinking about it carefully, he didn't say anything, and he put a high hat on Yi Feiyang.

Yi Feiyang couldn't cry or laugh, snapped his fingers, "Shut up, you better take a look first!" ”

Then the slide keeps flashing, changing, snails, cars, tracks, drivers...... It soon became clear that these things were getting more and more interesting to put together.

Looking at the changing pictures, Bill the Rabbit had no difficulty thinking of the intention and asked, "Boss, you mean you want to make a cartoon about snails and racing cars?" ”

Yi Feiyang grinned and said to everyone, "Why not? ”

As soon as Yi Feiyang's words came out, he almost fainted!

Oh my God, that's crazy!

I thought that he would continue to shoot horror films,, and even everyone used their imagination to guess that he would shoot war movies and kung fu movies...... But I never thought it would be a cartoon!

From a movie that is a person to a movie that is not a person, this leap is too big, right?!

Everyone was stunned by Yi Feiyang's sudden decision.

Seeing that he "scared" everyone with one sentence, Yi Feiyang couldn't help but feel funny.

Although I am the boss of the company and have direct decision-making power, how can a company work together if everything is "I have the final say"? How can others be serious about doing things? Any decision must be justified, at least able to convince others to agree, and in the meeting room, everyone is in the role of investors, and you must use a business perspective to tell everyone that this is possible.

So Yi Feiyang waited until everyone could ask, and he had already taken the initiative to explain, "First of all, my decision was not a whim, but after my careful consideration. The main reasons for this are as follows. ”

Yi Feiyang paused and continued: "First, although we have no experience in shooting cartoons, our newly established computer animation design studio can regard this shooting as a kind of training, only if we have actually been on the battlefield. is a good soldier who can fight. Behind closed doors. A lifetime of no interest. Second, you don't have to think too much about technology and funding, although I decided to direct this drama, but I won't drag the whole company into it, therefore, I will find a film company to cooperate, and the cooperation intention has been preliminarily reached, that is Paramount! ”

"Paramount? Are we going to work with Paramount? The big guy unconsciously started talking.

Know the way. Although Disney has always been in the hegemony in the field of Hollywood animation, Paramount, as a veteran giant, is not far behind and has been trying to seize the market in the animation field. In the future, Paramount acquired DreamWorks and was responsible for the distribution of all DreamWorks cartoons, producing a series of popular and popular cartoons such as "Madagascar 123" and "Farm Frenzy".

And then there's DreamWorks, which produces a cartoon every time. It's all the audience's "sweet dream", but for Disney. But it was their "nightmare". DreamWorks' cartoons are known for their "realistic" imagery, and their animal hair, skin and bones skills can be said to be among the best in the industry.

With Paramount's support, DreamWorks is now able to perfectly produce exquisite, realistic, and textured graphics in terms of animation design, whether it is the engine, renderer, modeling texture, etc. It can be said that in terms of animation techniques, as long as Paramount is pulled, it is equivalent to DreamWorks, and it is definitely worth cooperating.

As for why Paramount will cooperate with Dream Pictures, there are three main reasons. First, the director of this cartoon is Yi Feiyang, and Yi Feiyang is the most popular character recently, and almost every one of his plays has become a legend, which makes Paramount look forward to his new work. Second, among the seven major Hollywood studios, Disney has Disney Animation, Fox has Fox Animation, and Sony has Sony Animation, but Paramount has not yet established its own animation company. However, Dream Pictures set up an animation design studio first, which couldn't help but make Paramount feel very interesting, allowing them to explore the way first and see if the animation was easy to do. Third, and most importantly, although Paramount has in-depth cooperation with DreamWorks, DreamWorks is not a well-behaved child who is too obedient, Paramount urgently needs a new ally that can replace DreamWorks and even surpass DreamWorks, and DreamWorks is undoubtedly the best choice, for no other reason, compared to DreamWorks, which has already hardened its wings, DreamWorks has just started and is easier to control.

That's why Paramount is willing to work with Dream Pictures to start an animated film.

And Paramount's joining obviously surprised the members of Dream Pictures present, and they couldn't help but ask: "Paramount is really willing to cooperate with us?" ”

"Yes, we are going to work together, we have to develop this cartoon together, they have the money, they have the experience of making cartoons, and working with them is only good and no harm for us. In addition, I have already thought that while filming this drama, the company will shoot a low-budget horror film, in case the animation drags on for too long, and there are no new movies released in our company during the good schedule. How to say it, this horror film can be regarded as an insurance for the cartoon, and the horror film is our company's golden signboard, isn't it? At the end of the year, why do you want to shoot cartoons? Because the animation market is bound to become the most competitive hot spot in the future, we are filming now just to warm up for the future. Remember, if a company wants to develop, it must look farther, don't worry about some immediate interests, and don't be afraid of taking risks. ”

"The above are the reasons why I decided to shoot this cartoon, if you still have any unclear questions, you can ask." Yi Feiyang asked the opinions of everyone present very democratically.

"I have a question," the fat man Gao Jiabao raised his hand and said, "How much do you want to invest in this cartoon?" ”

Yi Feiyang smiled, "Originally, we needed at least four or five million, but with Paramount's cooperation, we only need to pay about 3 million...... Of course, the money is not only for filming, but more importantly, to learn the skills of animation production over there! Well, how to put it, even if this drama is really smashed, we will have the right to pay tuition! ”

The fat man Gao Jiabao is depressed, your nurse, this tuition is too expensive! But he still kept his mouth shut and did not object.

The fat man didn't know what to say, the 3 million that Yi Feiyang said had actually been discounted to the Nth power, and the drama in his previous life cost 135,000,000 US dollars. The cost of production is simply sky-high. The reason for this. The special effects made by the computer are time-consuming and labor-intensive, far more time-consuming than the actors' performances, and the 3D special effects of Hollywood blockbusters are made by supercomputers. The processing of ambient light is the most important for the true and false special effects, and the application cost of supercomputers is very high.

In a word, 3D special effects are very expensive!

But this time, Yi Feiyang didn't plan to make it into 3D, 2D, just the simplest ordinary cartoon.

First, there is no time!

Second, there is no money!

Thirdly, I don't have that kind of energy!

What Yi Feiyang has to do is to tell the story of "Speed Snail" completely. made his "golden sentence" into the golden sign of Dream Pictures, so he spent 3 million, which already made him very painful, and the degree of pain was not weaker than that of the fat man Gao Jiabao.

"I also have a question," it was Bill Rabbit who spoke this time, "you just said that you want to make a horror movie, so who is the director of this drama?" ”

Yes, everyone knows that the first shot of Dream Pictures is horror dramas. Now that Yi Feiyang wants to make cartoons, of course he can't be a director. So who will this director with the responsibility of "savior" fall on?

Bill Bunny, Jack the Fat Man, even Cindy the Photographer, and a couple of guys who have turned from the TOP all show longing looks.

Yi Feiyang smiled, "I've thought about this issue clearly, I'll be the producer of the new play, and the director will let Bill do it, last time you were my assistant director, it was very hard before and after, and I took all the credit for the aftermath, I wronged you, this time it will be compensated for you...... Fat Jack, don't be wronged, you follow me to tinker with this cartoon, I heard that you did behind-the-scenes dubbing, didn't you? I'm in need of someone like you...... No one else will be idle, and there will be a lot of things for you to do immediately, so the big guy must be mentally prepared that a big war is about to begin. ”

Needless to say, since Yi Feiyang wants to be a producer, with his temper and command ability on the spot, he is the absolute "emperor", no matter who is the director, he is only the nominal "number one", in fact, he is still running errands, even if everyone earns it, it is not interesting. Therefore, everyone shut up and continued to listen to his arrangement.

"Okay, now let's get down to business, let's study this play called "Speed Snail".

Yi Feiyang turned his head to look at the clever and cute little snail on the tablet screen, and said with a smile: "This big guy has never appeared on the market, and it obviously has a lot of potential, because it is not only a cute snail, but also a crazy speed racer!" What does a racer represent? Struggle, struggle, and challenge the impossible! They are heroes, so our movie is about a little snail who becomes a racing hero. ”

Everyone smiled, very interesting story. Of course, there is no controversy at this point, the snail is indeed cute, and it is indeed an excellent animation element, not to mention that it is the slowest running car, and the speed racing car, the huge contrast and impossibility are the biggest selling points.

Fat Jack, who had been handpicked by Yi Feiyang as an assistant, looked at the screen with a pensive face and asked, "Boss, what kind of movie do you mean to make?" Inspirational animation like The Lion King? ”

"Yes, it's inspirational animation, and its theme is what I once said, no matter how big your dream is, it's not too big, and no matter how small the person who chases your dream, it's not too small." Yi Feiyang smiled and said: "But this inspirational drama is based on comedy, that is, the family carnival mode, only in this way can the animation we make can wipe out all the audience!" ”

When Yi Feiyang said these words, what he was thinking about was several more alternative black animations in his previous life, such as "Zombie Bride", and "Ghost Mother", both of which were assigned to USA-PG, which are not suitable for children to watch, or need parental guidance to watch, so that they will lose a lot of audiences invisibly and put pressure on the box office.

Don't think that Yi Feiyang is too concerned about the box office, the current Dream Pictures is not a wealthy company, it is not easy to support a cadre, Yi Feiyang himself is not a billionaire, everything he is doing now must "look at the money", otherwise, no one will be pitiful to starvation.

Listening to Yi Feiyang's words, Fat Jack and Rabbit Bill both agreed very much, and he said: "It's always pleasant to have laughter, as long as the cartoon is full of laughter, it will be suitable for the whole family to watch together, and it is also suitable for young people to date and watch it alone, and then it will be successful." ”

"Please remember that cartoons are originally fairy tales, try to be as little preachy as possible, all the truths we want to tell the audience should be done in a relaxed and interesting way, and this is also to serve the story."

"Okay, I've basically said pretty much what I'm going to say, what questions do you all have?" Yi Feiyang patrolled for a week.

The entire conference room was silent, and no one said a word.

"Guys, believe me," Yi Feiyang pressed his hands on the table and said decidedly: "As long as the story is good enough, as long as it is a good movie, then no matter how difficult this cartoon is to shoot, it is worth trying and creating!" ”

After a pause, Yi Feiyang said in the end: "Also, any movie, any attempt is risky, if you always think about the damn risk, will anyone still make a movie?" His voice gradually became louder, "Kao, movies are inherently high-risk, if you are afraid, you might as well sell KFC!" ”

Everyone immediately laughed and looked at each other, and Bill the Rabbit raised his hands and said with a smile: "I have no objection, I completely agree." ”

Fat Jack Black also said: "I don't think the market will be so fragile. ”

Cindy nodded and smiled, "Wow, a snail who can race?" Cool! ”

Seeing that everyone had thrown away those worries and worries, Yi Feiyang couldn't help but show a happy smile on his face, and said, "Then, from now on, let's start running at a high speed like this snail!" (To be continued......)