Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 239 Entering and Leaving High-end Clubs
Now, among several departments, only the animation department has no performance and can only rely on Fang Hong’s funding support.

There is business for both special effects and games. The revenue from games is growing continuously, so we just need to tinker with it. As long as there are continuous orders for special effects, we can develop and invest again.

Only animation production has the longest production cycle and it will not generate any benefits this year. Maybe there will be some results next year.

Animation has not been able to generate any revenue during this period. It is the most difficult industry to survive in, requiring continuous investment. And a team of 800 people is far from enough.

A company with less than 3,000 employees cannot be called a qualified animation company!

Even though labor costs in China are cheap and the market has grown in 24, many animation companies are still operating at a loss.

For example, Aofei is the company that produced "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" and "Balala the Fairies". Later, it acquired You Yaoqi and has never made any money and has been losing money ever since.

Fortunately, it is a listed company and can hold on.

The only famous and profitable animation company is Fantawild, the same company that produced Boonie Bears. However, it took them many years to start making money, and that was when they created a hit IP.

Even this profit margin is extremely low. With a revenue of about 29 billion, it only made 2.9 million, which is only about 10% profit.

Therefore, Fang Hong did not target the domestic market at the beginning, but went for the international market, for copyrights, and for peripheral products.

Anyway, animations don’t involve real people, so there are no racial differences in faces. The content only needs to conform to the values ​​of European and American audiences.

As the number of staff increases and the scale expands, the computing speed must also be improved.

The 1-unit data center previously built in Huailai County has been completed. It is a server composed of processors, memory, and hard disks, with storage and computing functions.

This is the current high-end configuration, with a quoted price of RMB 1 per unit, which means RMB 10 million for one thousand units.

This data center is used by games, animations, special effects, and small broken websites. It is absolutely necessary.

The funds for building the data center are budgeted by the gaming department, and the equipment is purchased from overseas flower growers’ accounts. When profits are made, the funds are replenished and returned to the flower growers.

There is no way, for the department using the server, only games are making money!

This quotation includes the costs of cabinets, servers, optical fibers, etc., as well as the power supply system, air conditioning system, and security system.

County-level land is worthless, and data center maintenance is outsourced to a third party.

Let me put it this way, if these 1,000 servers are only used for gaming, they can accommodate at least 5 million people playing "Honor of Kings" online simultaneously and stably!
Currently, the number of people online at the same time for "Honor of Kings" has not exceeded one million, with 90, which is almost the same as that for "League of Legends".

The popularity of the game ranks first, and he has the potential to become the number one in e-sports!

The second is dungeon, and the third is League of Legends!
Even so, Tencent is still the absolute overlord. They have many games, while Yutu only has one.

"Honor of Kings" has been moving forward steadily without rushing. It is not so fast in developing skins, and there are often free skins to use, which is much more conscientious than "League of Legends".

The heroes are designed to be highly playable.

"Heroes of Glory" has been preparing for the competition, and the first season global finals will kick off in Shanghai in October, and the popularity has been very high.

This game also began to show its nature as a money-making machine. Before the third quarter, its revenue in two months reached 9020 million, doubling the previous amount.

The main reason is that there are more skins, and they are all designed by film and television level designers. The artistic look and texture are at movie level.

The global figure is even more exaggerated, with the number of monthly players climbing to 1600 million, which is also on par with "Honor of Kings".

The revenue has not come out yet and will not be reported until September, but we can roughly know it. It is definitely over 9 million US dollars in the quarter!
The final box office figures of "Lucy 1" in Southeast Asia have not yet been released, and the copyright fees are temporarily withheld.

The copyright fees will be settled after the box office results are released.

Because the bank has to settle box office payments with the Southeast Asian film producers based on the box office revenue, see how much it can get, and then pay the copyright fee to Yutu based on the proportion.

Although the revolution has not yet succeeded, it is true that Yutu's strength and industry are becoming more and more perfect.

Now all Fang Hong needs to do is to continue working hard, continue to feed his huge industrial chain, strive to achieve self-production and self-sales, self-sufficiency, and realize internal circulation.

Still the same, using the method of big movies to lead the development of the entire industry.

This is because big movies involve special effects, art, design and other aspects. Only by continuously shooting movies can the entire Yutu be put into operation.

That day, Fang Hong met with the two assistant directors of "Now You See Me" and the producer Han Jianu.

The assistant directors are Chen Sicheng and Lu Yang!
Lu Yang is the assistant director that Fang Hong specifically requested. The pictures shot by this person have a very high-end texture, and "Now You See Me" is all about that high-end texture.

However, he put forward a condition: he could be the substitute director, but he had to invest in his "The Blade of the Assassin".

Fang Hong readily agreed and found the leading actor for him, Xie Miao.

Xie Miao's skills are beyond doubt, and his makeup skills are no worse than Zhang Zhen's. His performance in "No One" was very impressive.

Chen Sicheng is still editing the movie version of his "Beijing Love Story", so he came here because he had nothing else to do.

The three of them were in an office discussing the actors of "Now You See Me", namely the magicians: Lovers, Priestess, Hermit, and Death.

The lover is the first protagonist, and needs to be played by a handsome and cool person who can exude that kind of masculine charm.

"We have selected several lovers: Huang Xiaoming, Hu Ge, Zhu Yawen, Duan Yihong"

Han Jia Nu handed over some photos and a list of actors: "Do you think we need to call them in for an audition?"

Fang Hong took it, looked at it, and directly crossed out Huang Xiaoming, Hu Ge, and Zhu Yawen, leaving Duan Yihong to play the role.

Duan Yihong is 39 years old now. With that unshaven look, he looks the most masculine and his acting skills are also good.

The acting skills of the others were unstable, so Fang Hong was too lazy to teach anyone how to act.

For example, if Huang Xiaoming meets an opponent like Liu Tianxian, the bottom line of his acting skills will probably be lowered.

There’s no need to choose a priestess, just Liu Tianxian!

The hermit is played by Xie Miao, and it was agreed that this role would be given to him.

The youngest Grim Reaper is played by Zhu Yilong.

The police detective, who also played the Hulk in the original version, was played by Zhang Songwen.

Interpol, that is, the female police officer, fulfilled her mother's promise and gave it to Jiang Shuying. The magic revealer, played by Zhang Zhijian, is the one who played Gao Yuliang.

I originally wanted to find Chen Daoming, but forget it, his price is too high and I can’t afford it.

The majority of the money spent on this movie will be spent on production and special effects, and not much will be spent on star salaries, which will be kept below three million at most.

Even if Liu Tianxian's value has increased greatly now, her pay, which is the highest among all, has to be kept down to three million, while others' pay is at most one or two million, or even a few hundred thousand.

The total pay of an actor cannot exceed 10 million!
These are the only main actors, and Fang Hong makes a cameo appearance as a wealthy man to satisfy his acting urge.

In the future, Fang Hong will not be so prominent on the big screen unless necessary. At most, he will make a cameo appearance like the old man in Marvel, hiding behind the scenes and letting people forget about him.

Fang Hong selected all the actors in a few strokes, crossed out all the others, and handed the cast list to the three of them: "Just look for them according to this. If they don't accept, find backups. Forget about the auditions."

Han Jianu, Chen Sicheng, and Lu Yang looked at each other, and then at each other.

He is so decisive. Others still go through an audition process, but the principal never does an audition and just makes the decision directly.

The three of them didn't say anything and just made arrangements according to what Fang Hong had decided, without caring whether those people had time or not.

This film has an investment of over 1.3 million yuan, which is an absolute big production in the entire Chinese film industry.

It is a resource that is hard to come by, and actors are not qualified to choose it!

Besides, Yutu has already proven its strength and has never lost, so they are even less qualified to challenge it.

As for the ban? In front of such a big production, it's a joke. Huayi has to think twice before making a big movie.

In the evening, Fang Hong was about to pack up and go home when he heard his cell phone ringing.

Seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, I hesitated but still picked up the phone.

When the call was connected, a middle-aged woman's voice came out: "Hello, Xiaofang, where are you now?"

"I'm at the company, what can I do for you?"

Fang Hong recognized it as his mother-in-law's voice.

It's strange. Now that Liu Tianxian is back, why doesn't she beat him and let her mother-in-law beat him?

"Xixi is being troubled by those people in the Hong Kong circle now. If you are free, come over and help her out." Liu Xiaoli said.

"Okay, send me the address and I'll be there right away."

Fang Hong knew that this was to make him the bad guy. His mother-in-law was really insightful.

After they hung up the phone, Fang Hong looked at the address sent on his phone, which was at a club.

Then he went downstairs and walked out of the office building, just in time to see Lu Dabo patting a man's shoulder while talking as he walked, and he patted the man's waist so hard that it bent.

"Where are you going, Mr. Lu?" Fang Hong teased.

Lu Dabo turned around and said, "Principal, please don't call me that. How dare I call you the boss in front of you?"

After he said that, he pushed the person next to him, signaling him to get away.

Fang Hong approached and put his hand on his shoulder: "What bad thing are you going to do?"

"How could I do anything bad? I just have to act with the principal again. I'm telling you to do your job well." Lu Dabao's waist immediately shortened by two steps.

How did he leave the impression that he liked to do bad things to the principal? He was obviously a good person.

"That's it, thank you for your hard work."

Fang Hong patted his shoulder and said, "Come on, let's go somewhere."

"Where are you going?" Lu Dabao asked carefully.

"Take you to high-end clubs." Fang Hong smiled at him meaningfully.

Lu Dabo immediately understood this smile that only men could understand, and his mood became excited.

I have never tried high-end products in my life!

I didn't expect the principal to be so flirty? He played so many tricks in secret. Should I tell the fairy sister? I'm so conflicted!

He thought it was an informal club, but now it's a marginal place, and it's still called a club.

The word "club" has been smudged!

"Is that your car?"

Fang Hong pointed at the brand new BMW in the distance.

He didn't know that Lu Dabo had so many thoughts in mind. He was just afraid that he would be too arrogant and get beaten if he went there, so he asked Lu Dabo to protect him. At least he had a companion.

"Yes." Lu Dabao nodded.

"Give me the car keys." Fang Hong stretched out his hand.

"Drive your Porsche. How can you show off my car? It doesn't suit your temperament." Lu Dabao was reluctant.

He himself is like a baby.

"You must keep a low profile when you go to a place like this. It would be bad if people recognized you. After all, I am a well-known person. You don't have to worry. No one knows you." Fang Hong lied.

Lu Dabo thought it made sense. It was a rare opportunity for the principal to take him to a high-end club, so he said, "Let me open it!"

"I'll come, you don't know the location."

Fang Hong took the car keys from his hand without saying anything.

(End of this chapter)