Chapter 486 The World's Number One Model Special Effects Master (First Update!)

After talking about the business, Spielberg chatted with Yin Jun about "Raiders of the Lost Ark" for a while, and then went home to prepare for tomorrow's itinerary.

He and Lucas will take a copy of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" tomorrow, and go to the Northeast to meet with the group of movie theater bosses, intending to impress them and let "Raiders of the Lost Ark" get the first large-scale movie. Temporary theater.

With this as a basis, they can organize a larger theater alliance.

Although in terms of terrain, size, etc., it is not as good as the large theater alliance organized by Paramount, but at least this is a way that is not controlled by others.

When Yin Jun helped them contact Lei Shidong, a theater owner with strong ambitions, all this was irreversible—Spielberg refused to let his works be dusted, and Lucas did not want to reduce his income. Yin Jun also intends to break Paramount's monopoly, and Lei Shidong also wants to take the opportunity to get up, so they, twisted into a rope, will create a small miracle together!

Yin Jun also did not talk to Spielberg about the issue of the release of "E.T.", and it will not be too late to consider this issue after the filming of "E.T." is completed and enters the final production stage.

The young man was not so proud. He felt that once Lei Shidong and the others succeeded, he would be able to rely on the theater alliance organized by Lei Shidong every time.

If companies such as Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., etc. were not so greedy and gave a reasonable share ratio, then Yin Jun would still give priority to them.

Otherwise, the North American box office of "E.T." is only 360 million U.S. dollars, and the remaining 430 million U.S. dollars at the box office all come from overseas!

It is a pity to throw away such a big cake.

I believe that after Lei Shidong and the others disrupted the situation this time, the seven giants would definitely not dare to force themselves so much.

This is the way this world is, with competitors, no one dares to be unscrupulous, and the market will not become their game because it is controlled by a few people.

This is why Europe and the United States attach great importance to the "anti-monopoly law".

The elites are allowed to be the leaders in the industry, but they are absolutely not allowed to deny ordinary people a way out.

As long as any company touches this point, it will be strictly required to split up, otherwise it will directly let you go bankrupt.

Under the coercion of the "anti-monopoly law", the Rockefeller family, which was so invincible at the beginning, was continuously split up, and finally became obsolete.

"E.T." was handed over to Spielberg, and Yin Jun would not let it go completely. Tang Shuxuan would take her place and take the accounting company to check the accounts from time to time to investigate the situation of the crew-this may not be able to play a substantive role. But it is an indispensable way for investment companies to exercise their power.

"Jun Shao, why did you entrust the work of doing special effects to that man named Stan Winston?" Yin Jun was thinking, and Huo Jianning asked, "Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic Company It is the number one in the industry! That Stan Winston is only a little famous at best, is it not safe enough to put the special effects work of a movie with an investment of 25 million US dollars on him?"

Huo Jianning had seen the script of "E.T.", he knew what kind of story it was in general, and the production of special effects required was not easy, and it was much more difficult than the "Jaws" he had seen a few years ago.

"The two are actually quite different. One is mainly to develop CG technology, and the other is to give priority to model technology." Yin Jun said, "George's industrial light and magic is indeed very good, but it is George's lifeblood. If we ask him to do The special effects are just to give him business. Stan Winston’s special effects studio is currently focusing on model making, which is most suitable for "E.T." Especially the alien needs their skillful hands .”

Huo Jianning said puzzledly, "I'm a little confused when you say that. Instead of looking for Lucas, I'm looking for Stan Winston's studio. Isn't it a business for him? You don't seem to know him well, do you? "

"I'm not familiar with him, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to buy his studio." Yin Jun stood up, "Let's go, Brother Ning, let's pay a visit to this special effects master!"

Huo Jianning was dumbfounded at the time.

It wasn't until the taxi stopped in front of the small building with "Stan Winston Studio" and the abbreviation "SWS" below that Huo Jianning confirmed that Yin Jun really came to find Stan Winston.

"Jun Shao, do you really know him?" Huo Jianning asked as he walked.

"I don't know him, I just heard his name before." Yin Jun said.

"Then why did you come to him suddenly?" Huo Jianning said in horror, "Wouldn't it be too rude to do this?"

"Of course not. Americans are much more generous than you imagined, especially when I can help him a lot." Yin Jun smiled and rang the doorbell by the way.

The door opened quickly, and it was a middle-aged woman in her forties.

She looked at Yin Jun and the others, and asked, "What are you doing here? Do you have an appointment?"

"I don't have an appointment, but I hope that Mr. Stan Winston can spare time and give me 10 minutes. I have a good business and I want to talk to him." Yin Jun said.

Maybe it was because Stan Winston's studio wasn't that busy, maybe it was Yin Jun's "good business" that moved her, the middle-aged woman nodded, "Please wait a moment."

After waiting five minutes, she opened the door again, "Please come in, Mr. Winston is waiting for you in the office."

"Thanks!"

Yin Jun and Huo Jianning walked in.

I saw that the area of ​​this small building is larger than expected. The first floor is at least more than 200 square meters. It is a large open space. Apart from a few desks in the corner, there are various workbenches everywhere. , models, and various equipment.

Seven or eight special effects artists are using clay or other raw materials to make some needed models.

Walking up to the second floor, I found that there is also a space of about 200 square meters that belongs to the special effects artists. Five or six special effects artists are making some kind of huge animal. The ferocious claws look a little scary.

On the left hand side of the stairs, there are two offices, and the door of one of them is currently open.

Yin Jun saw a man in his thirties with a beard and glasses, hunched over, modifying a model about half a meter high.

Looking at the model, it looks a bit like a griffin, but it has no wings.

"Bang bang!"

The middle-aged woman knocked on the door, "Mr. Winston, the guests have arrived."

Winston raised his head, looked at Yin Jun and the others, and said after a moment of surprise: "Okay, please go and bring us three cups of coffee!"

Then, he smiled and said to Yin Jun, "Please sit down for a while, I'll be fine here soon!"

"Mr. Winston, please be busy, we are not in a hurry." Yin Jun smiled and said.

As he said that, he really sat down on the sofa next to Huo Jianning.

But after sitting like this for more than ten minutes, Huo Jianning drank all the coffee, and Stan Winston finally finished the work in hand, stood up, looked around a few times, and then smiled with satisfaction.

When he turned around and saw Yin Jun and Huo Jianning sitting on the sofa, he was stunned for a few seconds before he remembered what happened just now, and he felt embarrassing on his face, "Sorry, you two have been waiting for a long time!"

"It's okay, it's a rare opportunity to appreciate the work of Hollywood's number one model maker up close." Yin Jun smiled, stood up and stretched out his hand, "Hello, Mr. Winston, My name is Yin Jun, from Xiangjiang! This is my assistant, Huo Jianning."

"Oh, hello!" Winston shook hands with Yin Jun and Huo Jianning, sat back in his chair, and took a sip of the cold coffee. The prop models in the movie? I know your Xiangjiang movies, many of your movies are good, but the prop models are very ordinary, and the effect will be much worse."

"Without a scientific and systematic concept and production method, it will naturally be far behind." Yin Jun nodded and said, "In this regard, Hollywood is ten years ahead of Xiangjiang, and you and your team are twenty years ahead."

There is no one who does not like to hear good things.

Winston smiled, but without pride.

"Although I am from Xiangjiang, I don't just set my sights on Xiangjiang. Hollywood is always one of the centers of the movie world, so I also come here to do some business related to movies." Yin Jun took out a bag from his bag. A stack of copies was placed on Winston's desk, "George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg are my friends, and I invested 20 million dollars in their "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

Winston picked up the copy and looked at it, then nodded slightly again, but this time his attitude towards Yin Jun was more serious.

Those who can spend 20 million US dollars in real money to invest in movies are usually big money owners.

Even if Winston will not beg Yin Jun for anything in the future, it is not a good thing to offend a rich boss who is interested in Hollywood.

Yin Jun stood in front of his desk, and took out the second document, "This is the second movie I prepared. It is a movie about aliens written by me. Stephen Spielberg has already I agreed to be the director and producer of this film, and I will fully invest 25 million US dollars in this film."

Winston picked up the document to look at it again, but this time the document was not an investment agreement, but sketches one after another.

When he saw the portrait of the alien, his expression changed, he pondered for a moment, then opened the second, third...

After watching the whole thing like this, Winston's face became solemn, "Mr. Yin, the business you mentioned just now is to entrust us with the special effects work of this movie?"

"Of course not." Yin Jun shook his head, "This special effects work is just for you. What I really want to talk about is your future."

Winston was first sad, then happy, then startled.

Yin Jun's words were too ups and downs, which made him feel really ups and downs.

Originally, when Yin Jun said the first sentence, he was disappointed. Even if he used 3 million to make special effects for himself for a movie with 25 million investment, it would be a big deal.

The business of Stan Winston's studio is not very good now. Normally, Hollywood doesn't have so many movies that require special effects. Even if it works, it's because the film company has simple special effects artists. Just do it casually and fool the audience. up.

He usually takes on two or three jobs a year under the care of his friends, so that he can barely keep his capital.

But in the past few years since the establishment of Stan Winston Studio, he has not been able to flourish as he expected, which still makes him a little depressed.

Everyone knows that Stan Winston is the leading model special effects artist in Hollywood, but his skills are not used in many places in current movies, which makes Stan Winston, who thinks highly of himself, very frustrated.

Now suddenly someone came to your door and said 25 million business, why would he be unhappy?

Fortunately, it was Yin Jun who said it back in the second sentence, otherwise Winston would definitely not be able to help scolding his mother when he saw a big deal but couldn't get it.

But the third sentence Yin Jun said surprised Winston again.

This kid, you don't say anything to scare people, do you?

Although Yin Jun didn't speak much, he had already mobilized Winston's mood well and made him pay attention to it.

Yin Jun ignored his expression, but said slowly: "I have investigated your special effects company. Since you started Stan Winston Studio in 1972, the average annual operating income has not exceeded 1.6 million U.S. dollars, and With the current rising costs, you already had a loss of 70,000 US dollars in 1978, and last year, the loss exceeded 100,000 US dollars.

If it weren't for your own contacts, you can continue to take jobs, and you have some previous savings to support, I am afraid that the 15 employees in your studio... oh, including the lady just now, more than half of them will have left, right? This is not only a question of remuneration, but also the confusion and pain of not seeing a future. Believe this, you also have a deep understanding. "

Winston nodded.

Doing it by yourself and pulling a company to do it are fundamentally two different concepts.

He does model special effects for others by himself, which means he earns a lot of money and has a high reputation. He is relatively free and doesn't have to worry about other things.

But after opening the studio, Winston not only had to do things himself, but also had to do work for the studio, and even had to manage some daily affairs, which greatly took up his time and energy.

Sometimes he wonders if he should disband the studio and set off alone again.

"However, I think your current predicament is only temporary." Yin Jun changed the subject, "The world of movies is constantly developing, and it has developed in the past two years since Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic used CG technology. , you can know that special effects are very important things for movies. Not only CG special effects, but also model special effects are absolutely indispensable. Even before computer technology was popularized and developed, your model special effects , is absolutely unique in the world.”

"So what if it's unique? They won't need it." Winston sighed.

"No, this is just now. In the future, there will be more types of movies, and people need to see more realistic and shocking special effects, so they need better technology." Yin Jun said, "It's not that I look down on them, others are In terms of the special effects of the model, it is simply not up to your height, Mr. Winston, so I came here."

"What do you mean?" Winston asked thoughtfully.

"I hope to work with you to develop Stan Winston Studio and make it the world's number one model special effects company!" Yin Jun said seriously, "It's not for money, but for honor! Movies will be changed in our hands! With our active production of model special effects, the movies people watch will definitely be incomparably magnificent and thrilling!"