King of Special Effects

Half a month later, Yi Yang sent Guo Fan the special effects shots of the engines of "The Wandering Earth" that he had made. The high-definition version was very enjoyable to watch. Music to match.

Guo Fan, Wu Jin and others are planning the shooting methods of some movie shots in the studio in Beijing. He is holding a 2B pencil and drawing some imaginary movie clips on a piece of art paper, and discussing with the people on the scene .

What was drawn on the paper was an imaginary drawing of a spaceship.

Of course, it’s just a rough and simplified imaginary drawing, the main thing is to design the appearance of the spaceship in the movie.

A crew member picked it up and took a look, combined with Guo Fan's introduction just now, and said: "Old Guo, what you just said is too complicated. For such a complicated spaceship, special effects cost a lot of money. ah."

Guo Fan sat down and took a sip of water: "It's not the first meeting now, we don't lack money for special effects, this time our cost budget is still 300 million, and the special effects account for half of it. If it can be done and achieve visual effects, money is not a problem.”

Although I have the experience of the first film, the difficulty of filming the second film is not worse than that of the first film, except that it is not short of money.

Because of the box office success of the first film, many people are willing to invest in the second film. Therefore, according to Guo Fan, this second film needs to strengthen the production of special effects. The visual effect is more shocking than the first film. Just need to spend a lot of money.

They haven't decided which teams to find for the production of special effects. If possible, they will outsource to several companies to produce together.

Several people were discussing, Guo Fan's mobile phone on the table had a voice notification, he glanced at it, and found that it was a message from Yi Yang, he quickly picked up his mobile phone and opened WeChat.

This is a fourteen-second video. Looking at the cover of the video, you can tell that it is a sample produced by the special effects team of Yiyang Company.

He connected his phone to the studio's wireless network, and clicked on the video.

The video is a bit big, and it took more than 20 seconds to download it.

He couldn't wait to click on the playback, and a video with special effects that was enough to shock even a director was presented in front of him.

The video is only ten seconds long, and BGM is added, which gives people a very different feeling.

This is a shot that slowly extends forward. First, you can see the frozen ground, then several vehicles in operation, and then the planet behind the vehicle is activated. The blue flame is very bright, and there is a bark. The sound of spraying.

The content of this scene was made by Yi Yang based on a plot in the first movie, because he had never read the script of the new movie, so naturally he didn't know what it was about.

However, this shot is enough to show it all.

Guo Fan watched it three times in a row: "It's so real, this special effect is directly comparable to those blockbuster special effects movies in the United States and abroad!"

Wu Jin took Guo Fan's mobile phone, and the video was still playing, he watched it again from the beginning: "I said that Liangyi Media's special effects are better than other companies, and this Yiyang is really generous, and even set up a Fourteen seconds, just these fourteen seconds can be worth hundreds of thousands or even millions."

All the crew members of the second part of "The Wandering Earth" watched this video, and all nodded in praise.

Guo Fan watched it over and over again: "How is the effect, do you want to cooperate with Yi Yang?"

"It's fine, but the money... I'm afraid we have to talk about it. If special effects of this quality are used in the whole film, it will cost a lot of money."

As an investor, Wu Jin also said: "Old Guo, talk to Yi Yang first. If the price is right, it's okay to hand over the special effects to them."

Guo Fan looked at Wu Jin, smiled and said, "Would you like to talk about money, Brother Jin, come out again, after all, you are familiar with Yi Yang, and it is more convenient to talk about this topic."

Wu Jin thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, I will talk to Fei Shunning with him tomorrow, but I can't guarantee that we will be able to negotiate. After all, business is often not based on favors. Let's discuss it again."

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In the past half a month, Gillian has almost contacted Qidian, and now they need to meet and discuss in detail, and sign a copyright contract after the negotiation, which requires a trip to Pudong.

Coincidentally, Ling Lan was invited to the annual meeting at the beginning of this year, and Yi Yang and Ling Lan went to Pudong to settle the matter at the annual meeting.

"Brother Yi, this is the financial statement sent by Director Tian just now, please confirm it." Gillian put a stack of documents on Yi Yang's desk: "The other thing is the report from President Penguin Ding just now. The accountant called, and they said that the cost of buying out "Warrior" will be recorded in the account before the year, and let us do a liquidation first."

Yi Yang looked at the several pages of the report in his hand, the main thing to confirm was that some large amounts of money came in and out, and after confirming that it was correct, he signed his name.

"Let's talk to Director Tian later. This is not the first time we have cooperated. She and Penguin's accountant who is in charge of handing over to us also know each other, and the cooperation contract is clearly written. Let her calculate according to the contract. That's it."

Gillian took the report signed by Yi Yang: "Okay Brother Yi!"

"Wait a minute!" Yi Yang stopped Ah Geo, unplugged a USB flash drive from his laptop, and handed it to her: "Go to Xiaoqiao Studio in the afternoon, and give this USB flash drive to Lin Musen, let him start The dubbing work, and, tell him to keep it confidential, every staff member who participates in the dubbing must sign a non-disclosure agreement."

"The other thing is to contact Zhao Yinger and inform her to arrange a time to dub here."

Gillian took the USB flash drive: "Alright Brother Yi, I'll go right away."

The post-production of "Retrograde Man" Yi Yang has been completed, and he can now start to prepare for the next film.

The other thing is to find a way to get the film and television copyright of "The Three-Body Problem". This novel has a large number of readers all over the world. If it can be made into a movie, the response will definitely be good. willing to sell?

This is also a headache. Find them by yourself, or let them come to you?

This depends on one's own ability.

He has the best special effects in his hand, and is about to enter the science fiction theme. Yi Yang has to let some people know that if the movie is not released now, they will be embarrassed to release it in the future.

In fact, based on Yi Yang's understanding of some people in the industry, they are afraid to release it now. First of all, the special effects are the first-class problem, and then there is the cost. It is impossible to make this movie with 100 to 200 million yuan. And to invest more costs, the producers have to face greater risks.

The movie "Three-Body Problem" has not been released yet, and Yi Yang has no way of knowing the specific reason.

But one thing is for sure, that is such a good IP, if it is made into a bad film, the bunch of readers of the original book will have to eat the director alive.