Chapter 63 Movie Special Effects
After hanging up the call with Fan Zhe, Wu Na called director Du Zhengde's cell phone with one call.
"Hey? Director Du? I'm Una."
"Xiao Na? What's the matter when you call?"
"That's right, Director Du, haven't you heard about our dramas before, and you haven't found a suitable special effects production company? I have a good friend who works in this area and has some works."
“What company?”
"Called as Dimension Entertainment."
"Dimensional Entertainment?" Director Du hesitated for a moment, "I haven't heard of this name..."
"You can find out that they have just been established, but their technical level is very good."
"Okay, I'll take a look at their works first. If it's OK, let him contact the producers of the crew to talk."
"Okay, thank you Director Du."
"You girl, why did you start to help the crew find a special effects company?"
"Isn't this for the crew?" Una was not stupid, so she couldn't say it straight.
Although they must know it.
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Director Du Zhengde didn't care much about this matter, even after watching the works of "Dimension Entertainment".
I won’t mention the two films “Full Time” and “Special Event Task Force”. Pure 2D animation has little to do with movie special effects.
However, the cg animation of "Assassination Team" is still OK.
The results are indeed good.
At present, there are several companies that are competing for the special effects of his post-production of "The Legend of the Magic". It's nothing to have an extra "Dimensional Entertainment".
After sending a text message to Una and giving the producer the contact information, he threw this matter behind his mind.
Anyway, it is not something that Du Zhengde can count on just by saying it. The money is to be paid by the investor. To put it bluntly, he is also a working person in this drama, just a higher level. In this matter, he has the right to suggest and the final decision-making power is in the hands of the general producer sent by the investor.
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After Fan Zhe got the contact information of the producer of the movie "The Legend of the Demonic Shadow" and director Du Zhengde from Una, he found Wu Jingtong.
Wu Jingtong passed Tang Zhiqi's video interview and was invited to the company to participate in the live interview for the position of marketing director.
From the perspective of salary, work ability, and interview results, Fan Zhe finally chose him after many considerations.
And now, there is a task for him.
He probably introduced the situation to Wu Jing and the newly appointed marketing director. Fan Zhe continued: "Go to contact the people who are in the film "The Legend of the Demonic Shadow" and try to get this project down."
"Okay, please make sure to complete the task."
Wu Jingtong is also very excited now.
When I entered the new company and took on the position of "director", although I was still a bare commander for the time being, the tasks I received were still very challenging.
Needless to say, he would definitely complete this matter well. He didn't want to enter the new company, and the first task he received from his boss was declared a failure.
After getting the contact information, Wu Jingtong did not hurry to contact others.
As the saying goes, knowing oneself and the enemy, he will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Through the Internet and through some consulting companies, he began to learn as much as possible about this crew.
"The Legend of the Magic Shadow" is not a big production, and the investment cost of external publicity is over 100 million yuan, but in fact, according to some of the situations Wu Jingtong has obtained, this is full of moisture - their investment cost is 70 million yuan, and it cannot be more.
The 70 million yuan will throw away part of the shooting cost and then throw away the actors' pay that account for the majority of the actors. I'm afraid there is not much money left to do special effects.
This is true. After preliminary contact, the quotation given by the film investor, "Xinmo Media", was only 17 million.
After learning about this situation, Wu Jingtong couldn't help but complain: I'll give you 17 million yuan if I go on a horse. Don't make special effects for fantasy movies. It's better to dream.
Is it a big production that seems to be an investment of 70 million?
It may have been calculated before, but it is difficult to see this now.
Domestic movies have gradually entered the era of blockbusters.
Director Chen's "The Legend of the Demon Cat" is rumored to have an investment of 970 million yuan; Director Zhang's "The Great Wall" has an investment of 1 billion yuan.
In terms of conversion, even if it is put in Hollywood, it is a big production with an investment of over 100 million US dollars.
In comparison, the investment of 70 million yuan in "The Legend of the Magic Shadow" is nothing, not even one-tenth of the Great Wall.
Just investing in this way, and making fantasy movies? The special effects are worth 17 million?
Wu Jingtong seems to have seen another movie with a 50 cent special effect, and it is about to be launched to make money.
I complained wildly in my heart, but I still have to do what I have to do.
He actively communicated with "Xinmo Media".
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Fan Zhe has handed over the special effects project of "The Legend of the Demonic Shadow" to Wu Jingtong.
Although this person has just joined the company and seems not very old, Fan Zhe cannot be so relieved about his abilities at once.
But there is nothing we can do. This young man is already the most reliable person in this regard in the company. Tang Zhiqi is busy with other things. His more important work is to follow up on the sale negotiations for the second season of "Special Events Task Force".
In this way, I can only leave it to him.
At present, the negotiations for the second season of "Task Team" are almost at critical moment.
Xia Yuan, the chief operating officer of Station A, came to Weidu Entertainment with great sincerity to talk about the second season with Fan Zhe.
However, he was destined to return in disappointment.
"Mr. Fan, can't the price really be cheaper?"
"This is the bottom line."
"But... the price of 12 million is too high..."
"Don't say that, this price is worthy of the achievements of this work." Fan Zhe said, very resentful of the first one being sold at a low price.
After the "Task Team" became popular, they bought the copyright of the first season A Station and Penguin Video and made a lot of money. Now, they have not finished the first season and the film has become popular, so they have directly negotiated the resale contracts of the other six companies! According to Fan Zhe, the average purchase price of these six companies is about 400,000 yuan. In other words, they have recycled 2.4 million yuan based on this.
This is equivalent to the first season of the "Special Event Task Force" spent 300,000 yuan. Judging from the current popularity, the income from members on-demand broadcasts not only makes a profit, but also makes a lot of money. In addition, advertising revenue, traffic imports, new users...
Station A and Penguin videos make a big profit!
Fan Zhe had expected this situation earlier, which was the price for him to give up his long-term income.
But I still feel very unhappy!
Now, Xia Yuan came to bargain again, how could Fan Zhe agree?
So, in the end, Xia Yuan had to leave in disappointment.
After tasting the sweetness brought by the first season of "Special Events Task Force", he actually really wanted to buy the second season.
But unfortunately, his financial strength is here, and he cannot afford such a high price.
Chapter completed!