"Brother, let's discuss something."

"What?"

"After all... you are also a public figure. From now on, can we please stop taking nude photos of this and that... Haven't you suffered enough because of your mouth? Mr. Pure Love God of War."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

look.

Sometimes Wang Sicong's brain circuit is so strange.

Xu Xin was talking to him seriously about the matter of "having a weak mouth and leaking teeth".

He actually laughed out loud.

It made Xu Xin even doubt...did I really tell a funny joke?

However, he did not continue, but asked:

"Nicholas Tse has his own special effects film company?...I haven't heard anything about it..."

"Don't tell me you haven't heard of it before. Wheels are the most deceptive thing. Did you know that? "Dongfeng Po" was made by Nicholas Tse's company. They have also made many movies. According to the information they just handed me,

, what a long list.”

"...Wheel's "Dongfeng Po" MV had special effects done?"

Xu Xin was stunned.

He has seen the MV, and it seems like there is nothing that requires the use of special effects, right?

"I did it. The data shows that it was 2010...eh?"

"..."

At this time, Wang Sicong himself realized that something was wrong.

"Why is it classified as a movie?"

"..."

Xu Xin was even more speechless. He entered his studio and turned on the computer directly.

While asking:

"Let's not talk about their works. What is the size of his company?"

"The headhunter said that the company's scale is very good, and they have a group of very stable customers in Xiangjiang. I looked at the orders, Standard Chartered, HSBC, including some TVB advertisements, and they can cooperate stably. The headhunter also dug through some channels.

Their revenue last year. In 2010, they paid nearly 40 million Hong Kong dollars in employee wages alone. Although the financial report is not transparent, it is certain that if converted according to proportion, their project revenue in 2010 should be between 70 million and 70 million.

Between 85 million. But..."

Having said this, Wang Sicong paused before continuing:

"Old Xu, this turnover seems to be very high, but... the profit point of special effects is very low."

"Well, I know that. On average, it's probably between 5 and 7 percent."

If the conversation between the two people was heard by an outsider, they would probably laugh out loud on the spot.

What kind of international joke are you kidding?

Special effects often cost 10, 20, 300 to 500 million. Based on your profit point, with an investment of 10 million, the profit is only 500,000?

But this is the actual situation.

What is needed for special effects production?

Just two points.

One is the special effects artist, and the other is the equipment.

The equipment is dead and may be a one-time investment, at least within two to three years. As long as it is damaged and runs stably, the most it will cost you is some software payment and electricity bills every year.

As for the special effects artists... just pay them normal wages and that's it?

No matter how you look at this kind of production cost, the 5% profit seems like teasing fools.

Totally impossible.

If an industry does not have a profit of 10 to 20%, then it will be fine just waiting to lose money.

5 percent?

Dogs don't do it.

But in fact, Xu Xin’s words were not adulterated in the slightest.

For example, the special effects part of "Scorching Sun".

In the last police and robber chase scene in his film, a green screen was used to shoot the high-altitude chase scene.

If it were shot in real life, it would be like putting your head on the waistband of your pants.

No one is Cheng Long, how could I risk my life like this for you?

In this film, the shots that required special effects were calculated by Xu Xin before handing them over to the editor.

A total of 1 minute and 17 seconds.

As for this 1 minute and 17 seconds scene, let’s not talk about Hollywood production costs. Based on domestic special effects production, his psychological price is between 300,000 and 500,000.

After all, this scene only needs to simulate high-rise buildings and the busy traffic downstairs when Duan Yihong is being pulled by Xin Xiaofeng.

It's actually quite simple.

It's just a background.

When it comes to the production stage, although Xu Xin doesn't care about this matter, Xue Yong and Li Haiping will first conduct the bidding for the project.

After this project is sent out, special effects companies will naturally come to bid.

It's just like doing a project. Regardless of factors such as relationships and favors, once you get the bid document in hand, you should first look at the company's qualifications.

Whichever company has the cheapest price and whichever company has strong qualifications will be selected directly.

After being selected...there will be an interview.

If there is no such thing as "kickback", then the director thinks the price of 500,000 is reasonable, and I save money for the director, can you do it with 450,000?

If you can't do it, then go to another store.

look.

This is the marketing process of special effects companies.

It is not charged by the second or the number of frames, but by project packaging.

The "Scorching Sun" project costs 1 minute, 17 seconds and 50,000 yuan, and is packaged for you in its entirety.

And if it is a fantasy movie such as "Painted Skin" and "The Legend of White Snake", one company may not be able to handle it, so it will find multiple companies to work together.

But no matter how many companies cooperate, the budget for this project is here.

I don't care whether you lose money or make money. In short, I give you the money and you just have to do it according to my requirements and achieve the results.

Do you think this is the end?

Don't worry.

Let’s take “Fierce” as an example.

This 1 minute and 17 seconds of special effects, for example, was rendered by 10 special effects artists with a salary of 15,000 yuan for a month and 20 computer special effects.

The electricity bill for these 20 server-level computers, rendering non-stop for a month, is at least 10,000 yuan, right?

The cost of computer software is calculated based on the monthly cost of a computer of 500 yuan, which is also 10,000 yuan.

There are 10 employees.

One hundred and fifty thousand.

The cost is currently 170,000.

This does not include venue rent, model design, etc. costs.

Get it in front of Xu Xin... If Xu Xin is satisfied, then the order is a profit. But what if he is not satisfied? For example, what needs to be modified, such as the height difference in the visual creation, he is not satisfied...

This is not because Xu Xin is picky, but it is something that will definitely happen.

Any project is actually a process of mutual communication between Party A and Party B.

However, the communication of computer special effects must be based on the finished product. Without getting the finished product, no one can know whether it will work or not.

If Xu Xin is not satisfied, then change it.

It took three days to communicate, two days to redesign, and ten days to render.

Another half month has passed.

The cost was directly raised to 250,000.

Are you satisfied?
To be continued...