Ian patted Gao Wen on the shoulder and said in a calm and light tone, "Yes, Brett Favre's five-year salary, Lance earned it in just three weeks. 8 novels`"

Gao Wen opened his mouth, did a simple mathematical calculation in his mind, and then shaved his fist, "Evil Wall Street." But when he thought about it, he had a bright smile on his face and looked up at Lance, "Your intuition is so accurate, then do you think, who has the greatest chance of winning this season's Bowl?"

Gao Wen did not pursue the matter. Why did Lance bet on the Greek team, just as if Ian had not studied it deeply. The small stone in Lance slowly slid down, and the corners of his mouth lightened, and the arc was outlined. He held the heart with both hands, "My heart will always follow the Packers, but my brain will follow the Patriots."

"Shh." Gao Wen immediately shook his thumbs down with both hands and booed at Lance, "Peton-Manning despises you."

Lans accepted the ridicule calmly, and Ian, who was sitting next to him, also booed at Lance, and joked, "You should be a psychic, maybe you can become famous overnight."

"Yes, yes," Lance nodded repeatedly, "maybe I can predict the final championship of this year's 'American Idol'."

"So, the auditions have begun?" A little girl stood up at the next table suddenly and spoke with excitement, which made the four brothers of Strello turn their heads and look over. Then Lance saw the little girl staring at Lance with a look of expectation, while the parents behind her smiled apologetically, and the mother stood up, "Sorry, she is completely obsessed with that show, I'm really sorry."

Lance couldn't help laughing, chuckled, waved his hand, "It's okay, it's okay." Then Lance turned to look at the little girl and said kindly, "Sweetheart, the auditions will start next month, if you want. `That's your stage." Lance always has a little more tolerance for the child.

The little girl showed a bright smile on her face, and then she turned back to her table with satisfaction, yelling, "Mom. I'm going to participate in the competition!" The mother once again gave Lance a friendly smile, and then turned around and started talking to the child.

After taking his eyes off the child, Lance saw Ian's contemptuous eyes, and he shrugged, "What's wrong? I am a person who supports my dreams." As a result, this sentence made Ian and Gao Wen exchange a look, and obviously put on a "you're joking" attitude. However, Lance raised his eyebrows and ignored the sarcastic expressions of the two people.

"So, do you want the next plan?" Ian smiled and took the initiative to change the topic. "How to plan this fund?" This is the main topic that Ian and Lance are going to discuss today. Chaos Pictures should make a general blueprint for the future, otherwise the next time there will be a sudden situation like "Sin City" and Ian is still not prepared, which will only make the company's pace slower and slower.

"First, I need 40 million to make this project." Lance said simply and neatly. Ian shrugged without surprise and said, "Of course."

Since the entire movie of "City of Sin" requires post-production, all the images will be shot in front of the green screen, which means that the shots of 100 to 120 minutes require computer effects. When shooting "the day after tomorrow", Lance had dealt with the digital field. It is not a problem to deal with this group of technical otakus, but the cost is a problem.

Lance has roughly calculated that the entire movie will have nearly 2,000 special effects. If we cooperate with the digital field to create "City of Sin", the quality will definitely be guaranteed, but the cost will at least double. Not to mention that Chaos Pictures does not have 80 million now, even if there is, Lance will not blindly spend money in it - because this is a cult work, and it is fortunate that the box office can exceed 100 million. More importantly, it is necessary to rely on the videotape rental market to make money. But the problem is that Chaos Pictures does not have a videotape channel, and this part of the benefits can only be obtained by taking small heads. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to invest.

Therefore, after consideration, Lance decided to find three different small visual special effects companies and start a division of labor and cooperation. On average, each story is about 600 special effects. Moreover, these small companies often charge not high fees, but their strength will not be discounted.

The sample Lance filmed for Frank, which is the first preface in the movie, was the orphanage company. The special effects company once shared part of the work in the digital field in the post-production of "the day after tomorrow" and its strength should not be underestimated. Their fees were only one-third of the digital field. Lance decided to hand over the two stories "yellow bastard" and "customers are God" to them for production.

The other two companies are also of similar strength to orphanage companies, but the part about division of labor and cooperation is still being discussed.

Therefore, the investment cost of 40 million is already the lowest bottom line.

"In the other part, I have been thinking about it recently. There are two choices, one is the exhibition trailer soundtrack department, and the other is to create my own industry department." Lance's words made the other three people's eyes concentrate, among which Ian's expression was the weirdest. "Although I don't know much about Hollywood,... the trailer soundtrack?" Ian obviously did not keep up with Lance's thoughts.

After the production of the two works "After acquired" and "Borrowing a Knife to Kill", Lance gradually realized that if Chaos Pictures wants to show it, it must have its own peripheral departments, which is what the film production company really makes money.

Taking Disney, the most powerful peripheral departments around the world, as an example, theme parks, commemorative products, marketing departments, work copyrights, TV cooperation, music copyrights, the Internet and interactions, etc., all of them can be regarded as peripherals. Among all Disney's industrial chains, the profit return rate of the film business itself is the lowest. In 2011, this department only created 600 million net profit for Disney, accounting for only 7% of the net income of Disney Entertainment Kingdom.

Someone once said that "Avengers" is not a movie, but an advertisement. Because the box office revenue generated by the movie itself is very limited, the peripheral benefits derived from the movie are dozens of times, or even hundreds of times, which is why large production companies are always unwilling to give up commercial movies.

This is no joke.

If Chaos Pictures only insists on "making movies", then their peak will be at most New Line Pictures, Miramax Pictures or DreamWorks - and their endings are clear at a glance. New Line has been incorporated into Warner Bros. Miramax was acquired by Disney, and DreamWorks is about to face the fate of being split.

Therefore, the entire industrial chain exhibition is an inevitable trend, otherwise it will always be a production company.

Lance has seriously considered that establishing a business department is imperative, because business is a big deal for box office dividends. Giving the business initiative to outsiders will only make yourself more passive. Holding the business ability is the direct way to maximize box office profits after the movie is successful. Regardless of whether Chaos Pictures can create its own film empire in the future, Chaos Pictures wants to make a name for itself in film production, but if Chaos Pictures wants to make a name for itself, the business department is indispensable.

But after experiencing the diligent and conscientious entrepreneurial process of Diorama, Lance clearly knew that the establishment of a sector requires time, a film library, and a parallel volume and quality. Chaos Film wants to repeat the Diorama model - bringing European films to Hollywood, which is obviously too late. Therefore, with the current assets and capabilities of Chaos Film, the establishment of a sector will be very long, and at most it can only perform some works like "City of God". Even "City of Sin" may not be able to control works such as "the day after tomorrow" and "killing people with a knife".

In addition to the industry sector, all other surrounding industrial chains need a lot of asset support - so they returned to the original topic of Wall Street capital injection, and for a moment Lance's idea also fell into a dead end. However, in the post-production process of "Borrowing a Knife to Kill People", he produced the first version of the trailer, but unfortunately the trailer soundtrack was always unsatisfactory, which reminded Lance of the production process of the "day acquired" trailer and encountered the same problem.

So, inspiration came.

"Indeed, I'm talking about the trailer soundtrack, a soundtrack specially made for the trailer." The faint smile on Lance's face revealed strong confidence. "I think I don't need to explain the issue about music copyright." Lance looked at his three brothers and received a positive answer. He continued, "At present, the trailer soundtracks can be almost the same in the market. They have a huge music copyright library. These music is not complete melodies, but more universal notes, which are called material music, which the industry calls material music. The same material music may appear in hundreds of trailers."

"No wonder when I watch the trailer, I often feel that these melodies are very familiar." Gao Wen nodded, "Most of them are symphony or drum beats, and they are more or less familiar."

Lance snapped his fingers, "Correct." He affirmed Gao Wen's statement, "Whoever cares a little about the movie can notice that there are many different types of trailers for a movie, including pre-production, official version, specialized version of the grade bowl, TV version, drama version, extended version... almost dazzling. The musical forms that match different types of trailers are also completely different and colorful." Speaking of this, Lance shrugged with a smile, "Next, this is a math problem, and multiplication is left to you."

With just a few words, Lance made Theo, Ian and Gao Wen fall into deep thoughts, and his thoughts surged in his mind. He never expected that there was a world in a small trailer!

ps: Today’s first update, book friends, this book has participated in Qidian Fan Festival, I hope everyone will support it!
Chapter completed!