24. Investment and Direction
Yun Qing saw a stack of books on Yun Ze's desk, so he asked, "What are these?" ”
Yun Ze said: "Oh, this is a movie and TV script. In the past two years, I have invested in several TV series and movies, maybe it depends on the money I give and I don't care about it, some directors have started to invest in scripts to me to pull funds, these are screened out below, and they should all have merit......"
As he spoke, he picked up the top one and flipped through it, snorted, and said: "There are still people who dare to make science fiction movies, and the domestic science fiction movies in the past five years have basically hit the streets, which director is this who is so iron-headed and still pounces on it, Ran Yuru?" I haven't heard of it, it's courageous. ”
Yun Qing was stunned, she had heard of this name! In her last life, five years later, Ran Yuru is already an internationally renowned director, her "Star Wars" series of movies, the box office is hot and the word of mouth is against the sky, is a rare director with both commercial and artistic qualities, with "Star Wars 2: The Battle for Freedom", at the international film festival that year, won the double honor of best director and best film, becoming the hottest director.
Yun Qing pays average attention to movies and TV series, and what she can remember is quite popular, and director Ran Yuru and her "Star Wars" series are the best among them.
The box office of "Star 2" has refreshed the domestic box office record, reaching an astonishing 10 billion, and its total box office abroad has exceeded that of China, during the release of the movie, Yun Qing also went to see it, the story is wonderful, the plot is tense and the feelings are delicate and moving, the world view is grand, the special effects are realistic, and the score is as high as 9.5, it is difficult to find any shortcomings.
After the explosion of "Star 2", director Ran Yuru once mentioned in an interview, saying that when she was filming "Star Wars 1: Solar Crisis", because she was not famous, it was very difficult to attract investment, and some investors stuffed people into the crew to change the script, due to lack of funds, the special effects were also so-so, and the completion of "Star 1" was only 70% in her heart.
It is said that there are still three more in "Star War", and preparations for filming have begun, and Yun Qing is still looking forward to it, but unfortunately shortly thereafter, she died unexpectedly and failed to see "Star 3", which can be regarded as a big regret for her.
Unexpectedly, in a different world, Ran Yuru, who had not yet become famous, bumped into her, aroused her interest at once, pulled out the script from Yun Ze's hand, and said: "Let me see, you watch something else first." So I took it and went to the corner sofa to look through it.
Yun Qing has also seen the movie "Star 1", and now compared with the script, it is not difficult to find that there are changes in it, according to her own feelings, it is indeed that the characters in the script are fuller and richer, and the plot is smoother, but unfortunately only one-third, just the excitement came to an abrupt end, Yun Qing couldn't help but sigh.
"What's wrong? Badly written script? Yun Ze asked.
"On the contrary, it's so well written, I can't wait to see the finished product."
"According to you, this movie is worth the investment?"
"I'm very optimistic about it anyway, and if you don't object, I'm willing to vote for a part."
Yun Ze became interested now, took the script and read it carefully, and praised: "It's really wonderful." Then he rang the bell and called Secretary Song and asked her to contact Director Ran.
Because Director Ran Yuru aroused Yun Qing's interest, she spent the afternoon in Yun Ze's office, roughly flipped through those scripts, and picked out two TV series and a movie, which she was more optimistic about, and suggested Yun Ze to invest.
A few days later, Yun Ze called, saying that he had negotiated with Director Ran Yuru, and he would contribute in full, and asked Yun Qing how much he was willing to invest, Yun liquidated the funds on his account and decided to invest half, Yun Ze said: "Don't you vote for one of the three dramas you chose?" It's not your style to let go of the opportunity to make money. ”
Yun Qing said: "These are your projects, if you have no opinions, of course I am happy to get a piece of the pie." ”
Yun Ze laughed: "Haha, the market is so big, I can't monopolize it alone, someone has to share the cake, it's better to give it to you than to cheapen others." Didn't you say that you want to build your own research laboratory and make more money, so as not to lack R&D funds in the future? ”
Yunqing accepted her cousin's kindness, and invested 20 million in each of the two TV series and 30 million in the movie, and after transferring the account, the rest was handed over to the almighty cousin to deal with, and she just had to sit and wait for the share.
However, Yunqing is not idle, to set up a research room, there is a lot of preparation work to be done, she is actually very impatient to deal with these trivial matters, she simply recruited two partners first, both of whom are her alumni, one is called Li Xiang, the other is called Yuan Songye, negotiate a contract with the two, and entrust those things such as running procedures, renting space, purchasing equipment, recruiting technicians, etc., to the two of them, she is only in charge of the core research work, which frees her from these trivial and time-consuming things.
What Yunqing wants to do is a real holographic game, she has learned a whole set of techniques in the last world, it can be said that as long as the materials are complete, she can rub a game warehouse or game helmet by herself, but if you want to make parts that meet the requirements, it is not easy, everything has to start from scratch, even if Yunqing has experience, it will take a lot of time.
Of course, complete holographic virtual technology can be applied to many aspects, military, medical, educational, etc., it is not an exaggeration to call it a second world, and games are only a trivial part of it.
Yunqing is not unaware of the role and influence of holographic technology, but that is not a problem for her to consider, with the advancement of science and technology, this technology will come out sooner or later, she is just advancing the time.
Li Xiang and Yuan Songye are talents, the ability is not to say, soon the preliminary preparations are done, Li Xiang rented a space in the science and technology park next to the school, the reason why he chose here is because the science and technology park has good confidentiality, strict management, strict security measures, and complete supporting facilities, which can save a lot of trouble here.
With a house, Yuan Songye began to purchase equipment, but she had limited contacts, except for a small part bought through the school's channels, the rest had no way, and finally Yunqing through a friend she met on the Internet, went through some less formal channels, bought from abroad at a high price, due to the technical blockade, those most cutting-edge equipment, can not be bought at home at all, she is inferior to the first-class, can not buy directly, and still needs to turn hands a few times before it is shipped back.
At the same time, Yun Qing also dug up a few people from Professor Zhuang's subordinates, all of whom were her senior brothers and sisters, and made Professor Zhuang angry, scolding her for bullying her teacher and destroying her ancestors, and digging the foot of the wall to his head, I don't know how to respect teachers at all, but in the end, I still hurt my students, I let go of people, and I sulked by myself, and Yun Qing coaxed the old child for a long time.