Chapter 768 Contempt

Stan Winston arrived earlier than Yin Jun expected.

I originally planned to come to Xiangjiang in early February, but here I am on January 24th.

After the car took them to the hotel, they washed and rested for a while, and then Yin Juncai went over to have an authentic Cantonese meal with them.

Also going with Yin Jun was Luo Lixian, the special effects director of Qilin Culture.

Stan Winston brought a team of 17 people plus him. This is not to say that there are only so many people in the digital field. In fact, with the support of Yin Jun who spent a lot of money, they now have a total of more than 60 people. The special effects team, including logistical chores, etc., has a total of 75 people, second only to the more than 100 people of Industrial Light and Magic, and is the second largest special effects company in Hollywood.

The reason why there are only 17 people is that Stan Winston considered the cost issue. Bringing so many people here, the cost of business trips, etc. is very high. It is better to just bring the most elite people over and pay the rest to help. For people in Xiangjiang, this is more cost-effective.

Of course, the more important reason is that now the digital field has taken over the special effects work of Warner Bros., and a large number of people need to be involved in that movie. There is no time to work in Hong Kong - if you do it in Hong Kong, it will not be of much help in Hollywood. But if you do well in Hollywood, you will have a foothold.

Yin Jun applauded this with both hands.

The digital field will definitely be Yin Jun's most important special effects team in the future, but Luo Lixian's local guns and cannons are also very necessary.

Although American films are good, they are often not grounded. This is the main reason why films such as "The Great Wall" and "Grand Trail" obviously spent a lot of money to produce special effects, but in the end they were not satisfactory - —Can the special effects culture created by the Americans express the broad and profound connotation of China?

Luo Lixian and others not only have to study the technology in the digital field seriously, but also develop and research based on the actual situation of Hong Kong Film and Huaguo Film.

The simplest one, such as the ghost film that is about to start to flourish in Xiangjiang, Yin Jun hopes to be more sincere, not as rough as before, and not to look fake at first glance.

A good Xiangjiang ghost film that could have been running for seven or eight years, but could continue to shine after another reincarnation, declined rapidly in the previous life, not only because of market saturation, but also not only because people were not allowed to become spirits after the founding of the People's Republic of China. What's more important is that their attitude is very bad. It's clear that they want to make quick money, so how can they create a complete industrial system?

Without a complete system, no matter what ghost movie you make, it will only be a temporary success at best, but it will not last long.

In his previous life, Luo Lixian had no one to teach him. He relied on his own experience and design step by step to finally achieve that look. However, he was already the number one special effects master in Hong Kong.

If he was given a chance to learn from the top masters in Hollywood in this life, no matter what, he would have to improve a few levels, right?

The learning mentioned here is not just once or twice. After finishing "Speed ​​of Life and Death", Luo Lixian and the entire team of elites will take turns going to the United States to learn various advanced knowledge and then have the opportunity to practice it.

Foreigners like to be direct, at least on the surface.

Yin Jun told Stan Winston about this in advance, and he didn't care at all after hearing it. Instead, he was very interested in teaching Luo Lixian and the others.

Stan Winston feels that he will definitely do special effects on a larger scale in the future, so he will definitely need a lot of manpower. If Luo Lixian and others can become talented, can't they also be used in the future? Even if you don't become a talented person, what do you have to lose?

However, apart from the initial introduction and toast, Luo Lixian was not qualified to talk to him. Most of the time it was him and Yin Jun who chatted.

"The production of "E.T" was not difficult. Although the scene of the child riding a bicycle carrying an alien on the moon was more complicated, it was just one shot and it took two months to complete." Stan Winston gestured and said, "In the future, we should still participate in movies with many special effects shots like "Alien" in order to train people even more."

Yin Jun smiled bitterly and said, "Stan, you still say that this shot is not exquisite enough? This shot alone cost more than 3 million US dollars in just ten seconds! If you were asked to do a few more for each movie, the cost would be as high as How high is it?"

Only then did Stan Winston realize that Yin Jun was also an investor in "E.T".

He chuckled, "You know how to spend money now? For this shot, our company only earned hundreds of thousands, and more of it was spent on equipment and energy. Not only did their film company burn money, but ours The various trainings and equipment purchases for special effects production are also money-burning businesses. Otherwise, why do you think those big film companies won't raise one themselves and let us and Industrial Light & Magic make the money?"

Stan Winston told the truth.

How can the big Hollywood conglomerates be fools?

Not to mention now, even 30 years later, do you think there are still a few special effects studios that have established their own?

They are all outsourced!

The advantage of this is that I am only responsible for the special effects money of this movie, and I don’t have to support such a large group of people at any time, add equipment anytime and anywhere, and worry about their jobs.

In fact, this is the smart thing to do.

Yin Jun knew that the elimination rate in this industry was ridiculously high.

Almost all special effects companies that followed followed the rhythm of establishment, glory, and bankruptcy. They usually went bankrupt within ten years, and then new special effects companies appeared.

Even Stan Winston's company in the digital field was changed hands several times and finally failed to recover.

That is to say, Industrial Light and Magic relies on Lucasfilm, has a strong reputation, and an episode of space opera every few years to support it, otherwise they may collapse - of course, they were eventually given up by Disney. It was acquired, but it also brought a heavy burden to Disney. Before Yin Jun traveled through time, he had heard that Disney was interested in letting Industrial Light & Magic operate independently.

But Yin Jun is not afraid of raising such a huge special effects company.

Because he has the entire Chinese market behind him, and he still has so many classic movies to make, he will definitely not let the digital field stop losing money.

"I have read your script and requirements several times." Stan Winston continued, "The special effects this time are still good. It's just that you have to blow up a decent plane, blow up a subway and make it Derailed, your investment is really big!"

"Money is not an issue." Yin Jun muttered, "I have prepared a budget of 100 million Hong Kong dollars, which is more than 20 million US dollars. If the special effects shots exceed this budget, I will be responsible for making up for it. What you have to do is As we initially discussed, do it well, do it well, do your best, and don’t care about the rest!”

"Why else would I like a boss like you so much?" Stan Winston smiled and clinked glasses with Yin Jun, "Okay, even if you drink, I won't care! Don't worry, we are both You are my boss, how could I cheat you? What’s more, this time we are making a model. The cost of labor and materials in Xiangjiang is low, so it probably won’t cost too much.”

Yin Jun smiled and said nothing.

He knows these technical nerds best. Regardless of what they say now, when they want to do something, they will definitely work hard until they achieve their goal, regardless of other things.

But this is the most necessary step in making a movie.

You don’t even have this bit of sincerity, and you still want to be liked by audiences around the world?

Go ahead and dream!

The audience is not fools, they will express their opinions directly with their own wallets if they have any intention!

"The team I introduced to you." Yin Jun pointed at Luo Lixian and said, "They are the top special effects team in Hong Kong today. Although they are not as good as you in terms of technology and systems, they dare to fight, fight, and carry out Various designs. Most of your next work will be assisted by them. You can't hide it, you have to help me build a team in Xiangjiang!"

Stan Winston shook his head repeatedly: "How can we teach well in such a short time? We still have to ask them to follow us to the United States to study and practice for a year and a half, as we said before, in order to have a basic understanding of .Don’t underestimate our special effects industry. Without ten years or eight years of hard work, there is no way to produce a real talent! Over the past year or so, I have hired more than 30 talents, but they are all in other places. There are old people who have worked in various special effects companies for many years."

"What I'm saying is, in addition to letting them come to learn, you should also often send people over to guide new technologies and ideas." Yin Jun said, "I attach great importance to Xiangjiang, but you can't come over, so you can only Work harder.”

"Okay, as long as you pay more for overtime and travel expenses, and rotate one or two months of business trips every year, they are also very willing." Stan Winston did not refuse, but he also didn't think much of Luo Lixian and the others. .

In his opinion, it lacks the overall atmosphere and industrial system of Hollywood. According to the model of Xiangjiang Film, I am afraid that this special effects department can easily be reduced to superficial work. At most, it can only be said to be a little better than other film companies. That’s all.

What Yin Jun should really pay attention to is Hollywood. Only Hollywood can train the best special effects company!

Luo Lixian is from Xiangjiang. Many of his car-playing friends are foreigners, so he can naturally understand English.

He also saw Stan Winston's contempt.

But he didn't show it at all.

But be cruel in your heart.

Just wait and see!

Sooner or later, I will let people in Hollywood know that they are not the only ones who can do special effects!

We Xiangjiang people can do the same! !