Chapter 939 Flying Against the Wind (9)
Cheng Xiaoyu sent Xiao Zhiyan away and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the filming of the movie. He only had more than one month left of the four-month plan he set for himself to complete the movie. It can be said that time is very tight.
Xu Qinning herself is not a clingy girl. She can have fun by herself, so Cheng Xiaoyu does not need to worry. As for safety, in fact, there are always bodyguards quietly following Xu Qinning near her. Cheng Xiaoyu does not have this.
I found out that it was Justin Bieber who told Cheng Xiaoyu.
After all outdoor and indoor shooting was completed, only the special effects shot of the airplane explosion at the beginning of the movie "Death Comes" was left to be shot. The original special effects shot of the explosion should have been handed over to the special effects at the beginning of the filming of the movie.
Produced by the company, this deliberately saves a lot of time.
In fact, Cheng Xiaoyu also planned this, but he didn't expect that the first special effects company called "Frankenstein" was chosen. Yesterday, he called and said that the contract could not be completed. Cheng Xiaoyu was so angry that he thought it must be Peter Copra.
Damn it, but this time he signed a detailed contract, so he immediately hung up the phone without listening to what the other person said, and rushed to the door with David in hand with the contract.
He slapped the contract on the desk of the manager of the "Frankenstein" special effects company, and said angrily: "If you don't finish the filming with me... I will sue you until you go bankrupt...
"
The manager named Wilson looked at Cheng Xiaoyu calmly and said: "Cheng Xiaoyu, you don't need to sue... Our company declared official bankruptcy yesterday..."
Cheng Xiaoyu looked confused and asked suspiciously: "How...possible? Isn't your company one of the top ten special effects companies in Hollywood? And the last film "Future Soldier" was not very good at the box office.
Well?"
Wilson smiled bitterly and said: "What does the good box office have to do with our special effects company? We have to make changes if the film company requests it. The profit is actually very low. To be honest, except for a few giants, our entire industry is in difficulty."
Cheng Xiaoyu asked in confusion: "Why?"
Wilson thought that Cheng Xiaoyu's contract money might not be recovered, so he explained diligently: "There are many reasons. One is that the labor cost is too high, the contradiction between capital recovery time and production cycle, as well as the company's development, personnel
The contradiction between capital control and capital budget control is too sharp, and only special effects companies backed by major film companies can live an easy life.
The second is the rise of Japanese and Korean special effects companies. Although they are not as powerful as American companies, their prices are generally more than half cheaper. Therefore, many American special effects companies, in order to save their own costs, outsource some shots to Japanese and Korean companies.
Special effects company.”
Cheng Xiaoyu sighed and asked without hope: "Then can my contract fee be refunded?"
Wilson said: "The court will come over soon to put a seal and enter the liquidation stage. This will be repaid in proportion to the creditor's rights... Bring the contract to the court! And find another special effects company to produce it as soon as possible. Don't
It’s a waste of time!”
Cheng Xiaoyu was quite speechless. He didn't expect that such a bad luck would happen to him, so he had to leave first. Before leaving, Wilson also left a personal phone number for Cheng Xiaoyu, telling him to contact him if he needed help.
Cheng Xiaoyu saved the phone number, left the "Frankenstein" office building, got in the car and asked David: "Which is the best special effects company in Hollywood?"
David hesitated and said: "There are four major special effects companies in Hollywood, including Industrial Light and Magic, Vitas, Sony Pictures Graphics Studio and the digital field..."
Cheng Xiaoyu didn't want to cause any trouble, so he said: "Then let's look for the big four! It doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive, as long as the quality and speed are guaranteed... You choose the one closest to us now..."
David hesitated and said, "The nearest one is Sony... Do you want to go?" Cheng Xiaoyu seemed to be scolding Peter Copra on the way here, but he was speaking in Chinese, and David didn't.
I can understand... In fact, even if David understands Chinese, he may not be able to understand what "bounce on the grave", "hearse drift" and "rice with ashes" mean.
Cheng Xiaoyu patted his head sadly and said to David, who was emotionally intelligent: "Forget it about Sony...go to the second closest one..."
So David said "OK", then used the mobile phone map to determine that the "Digital Realm" was closest to them at the moment, and then told Cheng Xiaoyu the answer...
Cheng Xiaoyu rolled his eyes, feeling a pang for this slender head, and followed the navigation straight to the "Digital Realm"...
Cheng Xiaoyu arrived at the "Digital Field" and told the receptionist that he had a small but urgent business to discuss. He immediately received an unprecedented warm reception. After waiting for a while in the lounge, the boss of "Digital Field", Dilanco Bar,
I hereby personally received Cheng Xiaoyu.
Cheng Xiaoyu said straight to the point: "I have a few minutes of aircraft explosion footage to produce. The business may not be very big, but I need it very urgently. Can you give priority to producing it for me? The price is easy to negotiate..."
Dylanco Baz asked his secretary to bring coffee and desserts to Cheng Xiaoyu and David. He smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng, the fact that you found our 'digital field' shows that you are very discerning. Our company is producing special effects for air crashes like this."
He is very experienced... "Flight" and "Flying Prison" were both produced by our company..."
Cheng Xiaoyu had just come in from the company. He knew it was a big company by looking at its size, and he was quite satisfied with it. He felt that nothing would go wrong now, so he said: "Of course I am very confident in the strength of your company, otherwise I wouldn't have found it."
Come to your door..."
Dylanco Baz took out the cigar box from the drawer and handed it to Cheng Xiaoyu. Cheng Xiaoyu waved his hand and said, "I don't smoke..."
Diranko Baz smiled and said: "It's better if you don't smoke... I wonder if Mr. Cheng has brought a storyboard?" After that, he handed the cigar box to David, and David said he didn't need it.
Ranko Baz also put the cigars in his hands back into the box and threw them back into the drawer.
Cheng Xiaoyu nodded, handed the split-shot script that required special effects production to Dylanco Baz, and said: "The price is easy to say, this scene should be relatively easy to produce... The facial expressions and movements should be left to the actors.
To finish..."
The price calculation of special effects is not calculated by seconds. It is said that it is slightly more accurate by the number of frames. However, there are actually three main aspects: the type of lens, the production content, and the quality requirements... Among them, character production is the most difficult.
, such as explaining swarms of airplanes, is relatively simple.
The difficulty of Cheng Xiaoyu's special effects shots is not very high. He also has his own special effects company, but "Atomic Light and Shadow" is currently focusing on animation production and has no experience in this area. In order to ensure the effect, Cheng Xiaoyu can only find an American special effects company.
Dylan Co. Baz finished turning over the storyboard, and the lion said loudly: "Seven million US dollars...I guarantee you will be satisfied, and I will produce it with you within two months...
You can't find this speed and price at Industrial Light & Magic or Sony... You must know that a special effects company can produce a special effects lens that takes only ten minutes in a year...
..”
Cheng Xiaoyu was still stunned by the price. "Frankenstein's" quote was only 1.5 million. In the "digital field", since it was abruptly increased by almost five times...
Dylanco Baz is actually helpless, because life in the "digital field" is not easy at this time. If he cannot get a loan at the end of the month, the capital chain may be broken. I heard from the receptionist that an Asian came to discuss business.
, I immediately thought of the rumor that a big Asian tycoon in Hollywood spent a million US dollars to donate to the school, so I immediately found someone to secretly verify it.
Chapter completed!