After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 617 Loyalty!

No matter how poor you are, you can never be poor to your brothers!
Li Mingyang paid the price for his own stubbornness and spent a lot of money in the early stages of reshoots.

Give money every day! Treat every day!
Use the ability to spend money to build a strong team.

The prerequisite for loyalty is money!
Using money to buy people's hearts will always work!
Even the level of special effects has been reborn and transformed in the fanatical atmosphere.

Pangu, which has always been characterized by a magical style, has made great progress in realistic special effects.

Special effects are just tools, and the quality of the final work is determined by the people who use these tools.

Avatar 2's cutting-edge special effects technology.

It does not rely on software or hardware.

But imagination!
Cameron presented a dreamy underwater scene in "Avatar 2". Everything looked very realistic, but from the huge Tukun, to the texture of the soul tree in the Bay of Ancestors, and various microorganisms on the seabed, they were actually designed based on rich imagination.

Xu Ke's "The Legend of Zu" released in 2001, although it flopped at the box office, the special effects were amazing. More than years have passed, and it is still the pinnacle of fantasy films.

Flying on a sword is like a meteor streaking across the night sky. This imagination is truly extraordinary! Shocking!
In addition, there are the Void Enormity, Nether Spring Skeleton Monster, Sword Qi Shadow...

I thought it was the beginning of the fantasy film, but unexpectedly it was the peak!
In terms of creating the fairy-tale atmosphere, "The Legend of Zu" is hard to rival. None of the domestic fairy-tale dramas can compete with it. Instead, they have gone astray, becoming illusory and smoky, going further and further away from the 86 Journey to the West and light pollution!
In the Dharma Realm of Heaven and Earth, the "holographic projection" of the Taoist Master Baimei in the sky is ahead of the entire era.

The progress of special effects technology is very exaggerated. In 20 years, the level of special effects technology in China has caught up with that of Hollywood.

But… the technology is good, but the aesthetics and creativity have not improved much, and have even regressed.

The things made have a cheap plastic feel everywhere...

Xu is a technical guy. His pursuit of technology is a bit like Cameron, and technology is often more important than the plot.

He was almost obsessed with the pursuit of technology.

No expense was spared in using the best equipment and the most dangerous shooting methods to present gorgeous special effects and fights.

As a result, most of his works are visually stunning and have perfect composition, but the plots do not stand up to scrutiny.

So he is a dictator and the quality is unstable.
But hiring him to be in charge of the atmosphere group, and collaborating with a director who is also a great storyteller, the combined strength of these two will surely produce a masterpiece that receives rave reviews.

For example, Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, which he collaborated with Stephen Chow.

For example, The Battle at Lake Changjin, which was co-directed by a group of directors.

When it comes to special effects, Xu Ke is really awesome. He is a great painter himself and a professional cartoonist. He particularly likes drawing storyboards, which have both verve and momentum!

During the peak period of The Legend of Zu, any shot could instantly defeat the Fighting Spirit Horse.

For example, Wu Jing's 40-meter-long sword...

The camerawork and composition of that scene are truly a stroke of genius, and this is just the most ordinary of them.

Avatar is science fiction, and The Legend of Zu is a fantasy.

Special effects rely heavily on imagination.

However, realistic films require more imagination! Even greater!

For example, disaster films like 2012.

For example, parasites exist in an imaginary space!
Imagination is the engine that drives special effects!

A sharp sword that breaks the shackles of special effects!
In fact, it is not good to be too imaginative. Too many choices will make you lost...

Sometimes something that happens by accident becomes a classic.

But Li Mingyang is not an ordinary person, he is standing in the future and looking at the present! His aesthetics far exceeds this era.

He had watched the original film of Seoul Spring so many times that he still remembered it clearly.

He knew exactly what he wanted.

With the collision of huge imagination and money, one day in October, an engine that can handle the intensity of light and shadow, simulate the behavior of light in real time, and make the lighting effect more natural appeared!

Delicate performance, realistic halo.

The difficulty of adjusting the temperature, intensity, light ratio and angle is greatly reduced, and it can also be tracked.

Li Mingyang named this engine the 'light chasing' engine.

The special effects engine is a system that reduces costs, increases efficiency and enables batch processing.

It is quite common in the gaming industry, such as the Unreal Engine and Frostbite Engine, which are engines developed to target different details and requirements.

Due to technical reasons, current game engines cannot be transitioned to movies.

However, with the iterative development of special effects, many film and television special effects in the future will be based on game engines.

The most famous one is Unreal Engine!
In "Nezha 2", the art team used Unreal Engine to perform real-time preview of shots, including preview of lighting effects and material effects, etc.

This ensures that the production team can quickly adjust the lighting intensity and color saturation of the flames to ensure that the picture is both warm and layered.

Compared with traditional film production workflows, this real-time feedback working method greatly speeds up the production progress and reduces the workload of post-production adjustments.

It is a common consensus in the gaming and film and television industries that real-time rendering can greatly speed up production progress.

There are many Pangu special effects engines of all sizes, which are usually used as plug-ins and produced in batches, greatly reducing the workload of repetitive work.

Of course, these engines are based on the type of movies being produced. Pangu has a large number of engines in the fantasy category, which are highly efficient and effective.

It’s all the accumulation of experience and technology.

Engines or plug-ins have many advantages and disadvantages.

That is, once you enter a new field, there will be embarrassment in matching, especially fake ones, and the technology needs to be innovated and rebuilt.

In addition, Unreal Engine is not the optimal solution, it is just the most comprehensive and the best to use.

Every game company or special effects company has its own unique skills.

The emergence of the light chasing engine is a breakthrough for realistic themes, giving wings to Seoul Spring and speeding up the special effects progress!
Race against time!
Li Mingyang lives and eats throughout the crew, doing the actual shooting, editing, special effects, and post-production!
Make it a day ahead.

He only has one more day to do the promotion!

Anchor Seoul Spring on the nation!

The closer the connection, the bigger the box office!
……

"loyalty!"

"loyalty!"

"loyalty!"

On October 10, the crew of Seoul Spring finished work early.

Today, the 17th Busan International Film Festival opened.

Li Mingyang wants to go over there to go through the motions.

Huang Zhengmin doesn't need to go, he needs to stay in seclusion to maintain his condition.

Jung Woo-sung is going with him because this guy is a judge.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Lee Mingyang and Jung Woo-sung walked the red carpet together. Both of them were smiling and chatting and laughing with others.

In South Korea, where seniority is the key to success, Li Mingyang has placed himself in the upper-middle position in the director circle with films like The Witch and A New World.

But at the Busan International Film Festival, his status was the highest.

Jung Woo-sung can be ranked in the top five...

The Busan Film Festival is really not very popular and many people didn’t come.

I didn’t recognize any of the Korean female stars walking the red carpet… I couldn’t tell them apart because I have face blindness.

The emcees of the opening ceremony of this Busan International Film Festival are Tang Wei and Ahn Sung-ki.

The opening film is Chills.

It’s all about peace and happiness.

Tang Wei also made history by becoming the first foreign host in the history of the Busan International Film Festival.

She is quite popular among Koreans, but she is just going through the motions and her heart is not in Korea...

In addition to Tang Wei, Li Mingyang also met Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Baizhi at the film festival.

These two are not having a good time right now.

Zhang Ziyi has offended many people because of her arrogance. She is at the lowest point in her life and is surrounded by negative news. Now she is in a relationship with Xiao Sa.

Not to mention Zhang Baizhi...all the people who ask her to film a movie are scoundrels.

Li Mingyang had not originally planned to come, but he was filming a movie in Busan, so he had to give face to the Busan City Government. After all, the road closure for filming was arranged by the government... and the deadline had been exceeded several times.

Halfway through the opening film Cold War, Li Mingyang went to the bathroom and reconnected with Tang Wei.

"How's your...movie...shoot going?"

"not so good."

"Not really...like, what is it?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

The assistant outside was startled.

"Tang Tang, could you please stop yelling? It's very embarrassing. What if someone comes?"

"..."

Tang Wei rolled his eyes and said, "It's not in China. I'm not worried, so why are you worried?"

More than half an hour later, Tang Wei returned to the screening room and continued to host the show in a radiant manner.

Li Mingyang took the room card given by Tang Wei and came to the Platinum Hotel. He met with Jiang Zhiqiang, the boss of Anle, in Cigar Room No. 3.

"Boss Jiang, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are getting younger and younger!"

"Haha, it's okay. Come and sit down." Jiang Zhiqiang stood up and patted Li Mingyang's arm with a smile on his face, his appreciation evident in his words.

Anle has a great influence overseas. Zhang Yimou went to Hollywood to make movies thanks to Jiang Zhiqiang. It was his contribution that Li An became a world-class director. He is an Asian godfather-level filmmaker!
One of the few publishers with an overseas distribution network.

He was one of the producers of Disney's big IP Mulan, but he did not choose Tiantian but Liu Yifei.

"Director Li, how is the filming of your Seoul Spring going?"

"It's OK." Li Mingyang took the cigar handed to him by the waitress and took a puff. "It smells like grass."

"Upmann's cigars have a grassy aroma and a hint of honey."

The two started the conversation with the taste of cigars. After talking about cigars for an hour, Jiang Zhiqiang got to the point, "Director Li, how is your nightclub business?"

"Bullshit, we can't even operate normally." Li Mingyang got angry when this was mentioned.

Ever since the Goodbye nightclub was burned down, Li Mingyang has been engaging in direct conflict with gang forces in the Hong Kong circle.

The two sides have been fighting for almost two months and the conflict has not stopped yet.

If Li Mingyang can't do business, the other side won't be able to do business either.

From the initial battle to now, both sides bring people to destroy each other's place every day.

It all depends on who can endure longer.

"You can't outlast them..." Jiang Zhiqiang said meaningfully.

"Let's disgust each other. If I don't have a good life, others won't have a good life either."

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled knowingly, "You were the first to take action and steal other people's business. You are not right, but they set fire to your nightclub. They are bastards. Both sides are at fault. The best outcome is to take a step back and keep out of each other's way."

"Why should I quit? I don't expect to make money from the nightclub. There's no room for negotiation."

"Director Li, I'm doing this for your own good." Zhang Zhiqiang said meaningfully, "Your foundation is too shallow. Many things are not as simple as you think."

"All ears."

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled bitterly and said, "I own shares in more than half of the places you smashed..."

Li Mingyang was stunned. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple."

"We don't have many shares. We all belong to gangs. It was not easy to get into the film industry at that time. If you didn't have a gang background, what would you do if the cinema was burned down..."

Li Mingyang nodded.

"The essence of this world is capital. We are just spectators. No matter how you smash it, it has no effect on me. It just smashes the bowls of the people below. If the people below have no food to eat, they have to be beaten."

"So you didn't pay any money... to appease my little brother?" Li Mingyang asked.

"Of course, you're the only one throwing money away, we just don't make any money..."

"Fuck, why are you telling me this now?"

"I told you a long time ago, but you didn't listen!" Jiang Zhiqiang said with a cunning smile.

Li Mingyang was doing the math in his mind. He didn't feel anything at first, but now he was starting to feel the pain.

"The Korean chaebols just want to use you and drive us away. In fact, they can't drive us away. We don't have that much control over this side. Some people have already formed their own faction. They just left a way out and still pay the membership fee as usual."

Jiang Zhiqiang dug up the gangs in Korea and told Li Mingyang about them.

One of the major features of Hong Kong is the Young and Dangerous movies, which are basically adapted from real people and real events, so everyone feels particularly involved when watching them. The characters in them are all well-decorated, and the group portraits are extremely exciting, each with its own characteristics.

True story, the portrayal is of course profound, with a lot of material...

The emperor is far away and there is an ocean between us.

Many gangs have been assimilated into the local community.

The current relationship between the two parties is somewhat similar to that of business partners.

Li Mingyang is only accelerating this local assimilation, but it will not bring much benefit to himself.

Traditional industries don’t have much technical content, they’re just about dividing the cake.

"We'll offer 10 million and we'll shake hands and make peace. What do you think?" Jiang Zhiqiang said.

Li Mingyang pondered for a while and extinguished the half-smoked cigar in the ashtray. "Are you seeing that CJ Flowers will be listed soon? Are you going to start a war in the stock market?"

"It is very uneconomical to waste funds on gang manpower. It is a waste of each other's time and money. In the stock market war, when people are gambling, anything can happen." Jiang Zhiqiang laughed, and his laugh was very sinister.

This is to persuade him to quickly end the farce of reality, invest his funds in the stock market, and compete with the Hong Kong circle.

Li Mingyang did not give a direct answer. He chatted for a while and then left the hotel.

There is no such thing as a quick rise without profit. Is Jiang Zhiqiang's intention good or bad?
Li Mingyang didn't know, but the information he brought was very useful.

That is, the Hong Kong circle will definitely target Bouquet CJ in the stock market.

Walk up the marble steps.

Li Mingyang lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, exhaled, and the cigarette dissolved in the late autumn air and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

When he was almost reaching the ground, Li Mingyang suddenly grinned.

"It's time to end this farce!"

……

On October 10, Huahua Technology held a press conference.

Huahua CJ was listed through the shell of CJM, a subsidiary of CJ Entertainment.

Its main body is very thin, with only the bouquet agent and Li Mingyang.

On behalf of Huabou Technology, Zhang Wei explained to the media on site the future development plan of Huabou CJ.

Huabou CJ will suspend the listing process.

First merge six companies including Huabou Technology, Huabou Property, Pangu Special Effects, Huabou Investment, etc.

Then put it on the market as a whole.

When this statement was made, the media was shocked. Huabu Technology's FBTV is the second largest streaming media platform in South Korea.

As an emerging Internet platform, streaming media platforms cannot only focus on profits, but also on the market. They burn a lot of money and their market value fluctuates greatly!

For a while, the valuation of Bouquet CJ became a mystery. No one knew, and no one could estimate how much Bouquet CJ was worth!

Even Li Mingyang himself doesn’t know!
It is predictable that Bouquet CJ will not be able to be launched this year because the main body is too complicated!
The news quickly spread back to Dongda and those who were preparing to short Bouquet CJ.

Everyone is confused by this move by Huabu Technology!

Bouquet CJ includes FBTV, so the valuation is very difficult.

Profit cannot be used as a reference indicator. It all depends on how much Li Mingyang and FBTV are worth.

Li Mingyang could be worth 100 million, 1 billion, or 5 billion.

FBTV can lose 100 million, 1 billion, or 5 billion.

One is the director with the highest profit ratio in Chinese-language films and a master at making money.

The other is a huge pit of burning and losing money.

Magic City.

"What should I do? He actually shrank."

"Uh... this guy is going to kill me! Once the CJ brand is successfully listed, the stock price will go through a roller coaster if there is even a slight fluctuation..."

"If he brings out FBTV, BAT will probably take action..."

"This is just a press conference. Maybe it's a smokescreen. He's trying to scare people."

"Regardless of whether it is meant to scare people or not, there will definitely be a lot of people participating. Short selling is too dangerous."

"The risk is proportional to the reward. I won't back down."

The big guys in the box looked at each other, all of them were a little undecided.

The Koreans were having a fierce fight with Li Mingyang's gang.

Although Li Mingyang suffered a huge loss and the people present did not suffer much, it is still disgusting that a good business was affected.

That's why Jiang Zhiqiang came to mediate and fight fiercely in the stock market.

However, Jiang Zhiqiang was not optimistic that these people could be of one mind. Jumping out of the car midway and turning against the enemy were common practices...

So in his opinion, when the gang fight is over, it is really over.

There is no point in fighting.

Only through cooperation can you make big money.

Li Mingyang's layout is beginning to show its potential. As long as CJ Entertainment is willing to provide copyrights for cooperation, FBTV will be invincible.

Even if CJ Entertainment is unwilling, Li Mingyang can do it himself!
He can make movies, TV series, and variety shows.

There are also film and television groups with thousands of employees.

Anyway, there is no going back. With the Korean TV drama system, once Li Mingyang is deeply involved and there is no trouble with censorship, his ability to create a hit drama will be terrifying.

Jiang Zhiqiang looked towards Yinghuang. He could understand that Big Brother Longtou must see things more clearly.

We are even discussing cooperation with Superman.

Superman has also set his sights on streaming media.

Streaming media is very complicated if you say it’s complicated, but it’s very simple if you say it’s simple!
Without money, it is absolutely impossible!
Behind iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video are BAT.

Li Mingyang didn't have much money, but he was able to start FBTV. It was all because he was so awesome. Li Meijin also let him do it without anyone suppressing him. The wildly growing Li Mingyang was an invincible dragon crossing the river...

After the party, Jiang Zhiqiang left in silence and with a smile as usual.

Just as I was about to get on the bus, a funny figure jumped out from the shadows.

(End of this chapter)