Sun Jianqi said "at least" 200 million.

This is because the labor cost is not yet calculated.

If it is in Hollywood, a world-class special effects company, in addition to purchasing the world's top workstations and servers, also needs to have a special effects team of more than 1,000 people.

Every year, just the salary, it will be hundreds of millions.

In any industry, the money consumed to sprint from the second-tier technical level to the first-class technical level will be more than all the previous investments.

In other words, if Nebula special effects want to continue to improve the technical level, they need to invest 300 million in the first year, and at least 100 million per year in the future.

Moreover, even with all the money invested, it is still unknown whether it will succeed.

An investment of 300 million is not a small amount.

Even if it is a listed company with a market value of 100 billion, it does not mean that it can be taken out.

Sun Jianqi was quite satisfied with the situation of Ark Culture and Nebula's special effects, but he didn't know Fang Xing's determination to do special effects.

After all, he is not alone, he has a special effects team, and if he wants to join a domestic company, he must bring the whole team over.

After listening to Sun Jianqi's explanation, Fang Xing nodded and said: "Yes, 300 million in the first year, and 100 million per year in the future, there is no problem." Of course, since I'm invested, I'm definitely going to see results. ”

Sun Jianqi didn't agree immediately, but asked: "I have seen Mr. Fang's past works, and they are all excellent. But so far, whether it's a TV series, or a movie, or an animated movie. In fact, the current technical level of Nebula special effects is sufficient, I wonder why Mr. Fang is still in a hurry to catch up with the world's first-class level? ”

Fang Xing smiled indifferently and replied: "The reason why the special effects technology used in the film and television dramas produced by Ark Culture now is not high, not because we don't need it, but because we only have such a high level now. ”

Sun Jianqi said curiously: "What does Mr. Fang mean that in the future, he will produce film and television works that require more technical requirements for special effects?" ”

Fang Xing nodded and replied, "Of course." ”

Sun Jianqi nodded, got up and said, "It's a pleasure to meet Mr. Fang today, about the future cooperation, I will go back and discuss with the team, and then give Mr. Fang a reply." ”

Fang Xing got up and shook hands with him: "Then wait for Mr. Sun's good news." ”

……

It was a great time to have a good conversation, and I learned everything I needed to know.

As for whether they can cooperate in the end, it depends on the other party's future plans.

After Sun Jianqi left Ark Culture, a few days later, he went to another film and television company.

InBev Film and Television, one of the domestic film and television giants.

In the film industry, InBev Film and Television is one of the three giants, and the company has a long history and profound heritage, and has cooperated with well-known domestic actors and actresses.

Since 20 years ago, InBev Film and Television has rarely set foot in the TV industry, specializing in the big screen, and has a lot of resources in its hands.

Its special effects company is also second to none in China.

Relatively speaking, Nebula special effects is only a second-tier special effects company in China, and it is one notch behind the special effects company of InBev Film and Television.

Sun Jianqi led the team back to China this time because he wanted to join a domestic special effects company.

Among the three film giants, there is only one wholly-owned special effects company under it, YingBev Film and Television.

Therefore, InBev Film and Television is naturally Sun Jianqi's first choice.

Of course, the strongest special effects company in China may not be the best choice.

So Sun Jianqi accepted Cheng Hongru's invitation and visited the nebula special effects.

However, he will not give up InBev Film and Television because of this.

Therefore, after visiting Nebula special effects, two days later, he went to InBev Film and Television to continue to understand the domestic special effects industry environment.

……

Regarding Sun Jianqi's contact with InBev Film and Television, Fang Xing has heard about it from Cheng Hongru.

In this regard, Fang Xing is not surprised.

No matter who it is, with a world-class special effects team, when looking for a new owner, you must shop around to find the most suitable one.

If Sun Jianqi finally chooses InBev Film and Television, it can only be said that there is no fate.

Of course, Cheng Hongru hopes to facilitate this matter, so he communicates with Sun Jianqi every day.

A week passed.

Cheng Hongru went to Fang Xing's office to report his work: "Chairman, Sun Jianqi has not confirmed to join InBev Film and Television, but our competitiveness is indeed not as good as InBev Film and Television." Therefore, Sun Jianqi hopes to meet us again and have an in-depth chat. ”

Fang Xing nodded and agreed: "Yes, depending on what time is right for him, you can book a hotel and invite the core members of his team over for a meal." ”

The time was set, two days later in the evening.

Cloisonne Hotel.

Fang Xing and Sun Jianqi met again, and they got acquainted with each other a lot.

Moreover, this time I met the other three special effects artists in Sun Jianqi's special effects team.

After Sun Jianqi introduced them one by one, everyone sat down and chatted while eating.

At the wine table, the chatter was all interesting things in the industry, which was very lively.

After eating about the same, Fang Xing invited Sun Jianqi to the next compartment to taste wine and talk in detail.

In fact.

Sun Jianqi is willing to meet the second side, which shows that he still has ideas about the nebula special effects.

Otherwise, you can directly join InBev Film and Television.

Even if InBev Film and Television is not satisfied, he can also find a domestic first-line special effects company.

No domestic special effects company should refuse him.

Of course, there are many companies willing to hire him, but there are not many companies that are willing to invest 300 million yuan to upgrade workstations and servers.

In the compartment, there were only two people, Fang Xing and Sun Jianqi.

No one else was there, and I spoke a lot more directly.

"Mr. Sun, I've been to InBev Film and Television, are you still satisfied with the situation over there?" Fang Xing asked directly.

"When it comes to special effects technology, InBev Film and Television must be the first echelon in China. Let me put it bluntly, if I used to be in InBev Film and Television, there was no problem in getting the position of special effects technical director, and the salary was also very good. The only downside is that there is less autonomy. Sun Jianqi didn't hide it, and chatted openly and honestly.

Fang Xing was very satisfied with his way of opening the skylight to speak, and said: "After all, it is a large company with a deep heritage, and its authority structure is strict, so it definitely doesn't have much autonomy. ”

For example, Sun Jianqi wants to upgrade the workstation and server for the production of special effects, this matter, Fang Xing can directly agree, but on the side of InBev Film and Television, it is not so simple, and it needs to be discussed at the top level.

Moreover, this has to be after Sun Jianqi joins InBev Film and Television before he can propose to upgrade workstations and servers.

It is impossible for InBev Film and Television to take this as a condition and talk to him about joining.

Sun Jianqi nodded and said: "Relatively speaking, I still hope to have more autonomy, and I will decide the direction of the company's special effects technology." ”

Fang Xing nodded and agreed: "This is no problem, if you come, the nebula special effects can be handed over to you and Mr. Cheng, as long as I can see the results." ”

Delegating too much power is definitely risky.

However, Fang Xing is not blindly delegating power, the president of Nebula Special Effects is Cheng Hongru, and this will not change.

Moreover, Nebula Special Effects is a subsidiary, and the financial department is managed by the parent company Ark Culture, so there will not be much of a problem.

Sun Jianqi continued: "Mr. Fang, I admire your courage, but there is one thing I want to remind you. I've seen it myself, and the investment in special effects has dragged down a large company with a valuation of tens of billions.

"Although Ark Culture has released a movie with a box office of 2.4 billion this year, it may not be able to support the Nebula special effects to catch up with the world-class technical level."

Fang Xing nodded and said, "You can rest assured of this, since I have decided to do it, you don't need to worry about the money invested." As long as I see the technology succeeding, the funding will be solved. ”

Sun Jianqi said curiously: "I saw a very special kind of confidence in Mr. Fang. Although "Crazy Stone" is a success, can Mr. Fang guarantee that the next film will be so successful? ”

Fang Xing smiled and said, "I will have a second film plan this year, and after Mr. Sun joins Nebula Special Effects, I can see if this movie will be successful." ”

Sun Jianqi thought for a moment and said, "If Mr. Fang is really determined to be the best special effects company in China, I am willing." However, my personal thoughts do not fully represent the thoughts of the team, Mr. Fang can understand, right? ”

Fang Xing understands how difficult it is to lead a team.

Everyone in the team will have their own ideas, and as the helmsman, you need to twist everyone together in order to produce results.

"Say, what else do you want?" Fang Xing asked directly.

"My idea is to sign a one-year contract, and after a year, I will consider whether to renew it." Sun Jianqi made a surprising request.

This requirement is actually a bit excessive, and it is difficult for other film and television companies to agree to this kind of short-term contract.

After hearing this, Fang Xing frowned and did not immediately express his position.

Sun Jianqi added: "I won't hide it from you, now in my team, some people are more inclined to join InBev Film and Television." After all, it used to be the first echelon of special effects companies in China, and it only needs to do some technical upgrades to meet the current requirements.

"However, it is difficult to get autonomy in InBev Film and Television, so I hope to have more room for development.

"So, I'm thinking about the Nebula special effects right now, so there's no consensus within the team at the moment."

Fang Xing thought for a moment and asked, "Are you worried that after signing a long-term contract, the Nebula special effects will not meet your expectations and affect your future development?" ”

Sun Jianqi nodded and replied: "Yes, if there is a non-compete agreement in the contract, it will indeed have a great impact." ”

In China, the competition between companies in the same industry is fierce.

Generally speaking, when an employee who has mastered the core technology leaves, the original company requires him to sign a non-compete agreement.

Of course, according to the law, the number of years of the non-compete agreement is limited to the number of years of wages.

Even so, it will affect future career planning.

Even, some domestic companies will use this method to poach people from competitors, and then sign contracts with non-compete agreements, and then dismiss them, in this way to attack competitors.

In Sun Jianqi's special effects team, some people have suffered this kind of loss, so they are very cautious about it.

In case their team signs a long-term contract, and then the development and investment of Nebula's special effects do not meet expectations, and the special effects technology stops, they can't leave yet, and they are forced to leave and are restricted by a non-compete agreement, which will be really troublesome.

Fang Xing thought for a moment, smiled and said, "I can agree to Mr. Sun's request." ”

Sun Jianqi's eyes widened, a little surprised: "Mr. Fang is willing to agree to this request?" ”

Fang Xing said very generously: "I am a person who does things, and the goal is to win together." If the Nebula effect can't keep you, there's no point in forcing you to stay.

"It's okay to sign a short-term contract for one year, but within this year, I want to see your value, this is not too much to ask, right?"

Sun Jianqi nodded and replied: "Of course, after receiving a salary, you must play a valuable role." ”

Fang Xing thought about it and said: "In this case, I will ask Mr. Cheng to communicate with you in detail and formulate work goals within one year, I agree with your short-term contract requirements, then I also hope that you can complete the set work goals." ”

The reason why Sun Jianqi wanted to choose Nebula special effects was that he wanted a challenging working environment and set work goals, which was in line with his work philosophy, so he directly agreed: "Yes, this is a reasonable request." ”

Moreover, Fang Xing did not indiscriminately interfere in the operation of Nebula's special effects, and the work goals were handed over to Cheng Hongru, an expert, to formulate, and there would be no unreasonable work requirements.

Fang Xing has always been decisive in doing things, and after negotiating, he said directly: "If Mr. Sun is satisfied with this short-term cooperation, find a time to bring the team to Nebula Special Effects to negotiate the contract." The specific terms of the contract will be communicated when the time comes. ”

"Yes, Mr. Fang is far more courageous than I expected." Sun Jianqi didn't expect such an excessive request to be negotiated.

……

Actually, Fang Xing thought about it carefully.

Even if Sun Jianqi and his special effects team are unwilling to stay a year later, then this year will be enough time for Nebula special effects to upgrade their technology.

At least the software and hardware upgrades can be completed, and the rest is technical talents, which can continue to poach people in China.

With world-class hardware and software, it is natural to attract top talents in this industry.

Moreover, Fang Xing was confident in the nebula special effects.

A year later, I'm afraid to drive Sun Jianqi away, but he is reluctant to go.

……

In fact.

The reason why Sun Jianqi didn't dare to sign a long-term contract at the beginning was because he was worried that Ark Culture would not be able to support the Nebula special effects for technical upgrades.

Film and television companies don't watch a movie or TV series become popular, they can make a profit of several hundred million.

However, once one or two TV series hit the street, it is very easy to break the capital chain and even be on the verge of bankruptcy.

When the time comes, let alone continue to invest in Nebula special effects for technical upgrades, there may be large-scale layoffs.

Therefore, in order to persuade the team to choose Nebula special effects, Sun Jianqi could only make this seemingly outrageous request.

Fang Xing agreed without much hesitation.

Of course, there is pressure.

This means that in the next year, Fang Xing will make a profitable film and television work, and the higher the profit, the better.

In the future, Nebula special effects will take the route of movie special effects, so it is not convincing enough to make TV series, and it is better to make movies.

"Do You Know" has finished broadcasting, and it is indeed time to prepare for a new project.

At present, the technical level of Nebula special effects is not enough to support the production of special effects blockbusters.

Even if Sun Jianqi leads the team to join Nebula Special Effects, it will take a year and a half to upgrade the technology.

Moreover, if you make a special effects blockbuster, it will take a year or two to produce the special effects in the post-production.

Therefore, this new project is still to make a movie that does not require much special effects.

Moreover, Fang Xing's goal is to shock Sun Jianqi and his team, so that they are willing to stay in the Nebula Special Effects Liver Special Effects, so this movie must be shocking enough.