Our Rise Era

Chapter 75: Ten million? Not much, just a small amount of money... (Third update, twelve thousand delivered)

"Satisfied, satisfied, there's nothing I'm not satisfied with. My kid stays at home all day, howling like a ghost, jumping up and down... I haven't seen him so happy in a long time..."

"Haha, that's good, Mr. Chen..."

"By the way, when are we going to sign the shareholding contracts for your businesses?"

In Zhang Yang's office.

Chen Tiangui crossed his legs, smoked a cigar, squinted his eyes, held his four-month-old belly, and shook his body as he looked at the schedule of "Armored Ultron".

He was very satisfied with the project "Armored Man", from the script to the casting.

Especially since his son looked as happy as a monkey every day, he was also happy in his heart.

Think about it…

One day, my son was jumping around on TV...

He was given all the titles of producer, actor, and screenwriter...

How prestigious!
What if this special effects drama becomes popular!
Famous all over the country...

Omg!

Isn't this heaven-shattering?

Every parent wants their children to be successful.

"Mr. Chen, if you want to sign, you can sign at any time. However, compared to my industry, I think another industry will definitely be the most needed by the market in the next ten or even twenty years. Are you interested?"

"What is it?" Chen Tiangui was smoking a cigar and moving his tired body, and suddenly he became interested.

Zhang Yang sat opposite Chen Tiangui, his eyes seemingly carefully screening the information of one company after another.

"Special effects company..." Zhang Yang looked up at Chen Tiangui.

"Special effects company?" Chen Tiangui was stunned.

"Yes, the future is an era of blockbuster movies. Special effects companies are the most indispensable existence in domestic blockbusters or Hollywood blockbusters. As long as there are good projects, they can make a lot of money..."

"I'm unfamiliar with this stuff..."

"Mr. Chen, I want to build a complete system chain, from the source to the end, with our system and industry, what do you think?"

Then Zhang Yang told Chen Tiangui seriously about his future plans.

But Chen Tiangui felt dizzy when he heard it.

What 3DMAX, what industrial system, what English letters...

"Just tell me how much money to invest!"

"Let's first contact ..."

"Okay, now that you're done, tell me how much money you need. If it's not much, you can come over and play..."

"Mr. Chen, what is your definition of not much?"

"About 10 million. If it's more than 10 million, I'll have to think carefully. After all, money doesn't just come out of thin air..."

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When talking about movie special effects, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely American blockbusters.

When talking about American blockbusters, we have to mention the world's top film industry - Hollywood.

Lifelike pictures, stunning visual senses, and an audio-visual feast...

One after another, the science fiction blockbusters that have wreaked havoc in the Chinese film industry and dominated the charts for years have fascinated countless people.

When talking about Chinese blockbuster movies and the so-called Chinese special effects, the response I got was a sigh.

In fact, in 07, although domestic special effects companies had started and had some development, except for some large companies, most of them were basically family workshops, and they were facing a very embarrassing situation. For example, in terms of funding, special effects production was at the end of film production. With fixed costs, it was easy to exceed the budget in the later stage, and the funds of special effects companies were cut...

For example, the production company delivers materials later than expected, which causes the special effects company to waste personnel and equipment, and the production time is tight and investment has to be increased...

In addition, compared with some large international special effects companies, there may still be a certain gap in technical level and project experience...

Under this predicament, countless once ambitious domestic special effects companies were aggressive at first, but later on, they were inexplicably acquired by overseas special effects companies and became their "OEM" workshops...

Being acquired is still a good thing. Most of the time, they disappear into the cold darkness and become ruins that no one cares about.

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【Magic Core VX】 was established in northern Jiangsu Province in early 2007.

The founder is Xu Ziyang, 35 years old this year. He experienced the most glorious years of Hong Kong films in the 80s and mid-90s, and participated in the special effects production of many Hong Kong films, such as "Swordsman of Shu Mountain", "Huangmei Old Monster", and "The Three White Bone Demons in Journey to the West".

Later, affected by the impact of Hollywood movies, Hong Kong films came to an end overnight. Xu Ziyang, unwilling to work for others, came to his hometown in northern Jiangsu and founded the [Magic Core VX] special effects company with 8 people.

then……

After actually establishing the company, Xu Ziyang realized that running a company was not just a game...

In Hong Kong Island, the brothers who used to drink with me at the table and said that they would definitely support me and domestic special effects, suddenly became different people overnight on the day when [Magic Core VX] opened. They came whenever I asked them to eat and drink, but when I asked them about business, they said that the market was not good or something like that...

In the first half of 07, Xu Ziyang traveled back and forth between Hong Kong Island and the mainland, taking on some tiring but low-paying "small jobs", thinking he could eke out a living with them.

When running a company, everything is difficult at the beginning, just survive first!

But later, several times after the work was completed, the client began to use various excuses to not pay, and even the work done in January was not paid until December...

In this embarrassing situation, Xu Ziyang was tortured to the point of losing his spirit in an instant, and his small team of eight people also ran away in the process of collecting debts and asking for wages. In the end, there were only five people left, including him...

The so-called dreams are all bullshit!
In the face of reality, it is simply worthless.

Actually, think about it... big producers will definitely look for big companies and Hollywood special effects!
Small producers have no money left after making special effects in the end, and they can only wait until the movie is released to share the money. But the market situation in recent years, well, domestic films have been beaten by Hollywood and have no temper at all. How many people need special effects, and they need small productions, and they need to make profits at the box office, and the client happens to be nice and pays on time?
12 month 23 day.

The sky is gloomy.

The cold wind outside the window blew in waves.

In the conference room, the once enthusiastic young people now seemed listless, as if they had been hit by frost.

There are cigarette butts all over the ground...

The entire conference room was filled with fog. It was very cold when the windows were open, and very stuffy when the windows were closed.

"Boss Xu, the New Year is coming soon. It's time for us to get our salaries, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Xu, we have worked so hard day and night. We don't ask you to pay all your wages, but at least give us some money for the New Year, right?"

"Yes, I know, and I understand that domestic special effects are having a hard time this year, and starting a business is even harder, but don't let me go home for the New Year with a few hundred dollars? It's not even enough for the fare!"

"Mr. Xu..."

Xu Ziyang sat in the main seat.

In the hazy smoke, he checked the accounts over and over again.

This year, the special effects processing project amounted to 1200 million yuan, and the total proceeds received were less than 100 million yuan, which was basically a deposit.

In order to get the business, he lowered the deposit amount to a very low level. Some people even didn’t pay the deposit, and he just did the special effects for them first…

In this year's market, all these producers are very cunning. Not only do they try to lower the price, but you don't even know if the other party is a human or a ghost. After the production is completed, the other party will start to find fault with you and slack off...

He looked at the debt again...

A big head...

Some debts have been collected since February, but now, hey, the film company of Party A has gone bankrupt...

This year, we spent over 300 million on equipment replacement. These devices are not the best in the world, but computer equipment discarded by Hollywood. However, the money is frighteningly expensive...

In addition to this, the company provided funding in various aspects, and he even sold his house in his hometown, but found himself completely broke.

……

After flipping through the financial statements, Xu Ziyang sighed, and then looked at the young people in the conference room.

At the beginning of the year, these young people came with him to work on special effects with their dreams in mind.

After the dream lost its financial support, the team eventually fell apart, but these young people have been with me until now...

They are good in both technology and other aspects.

The only regret is that I didn't lead them well towards a better future, but instead they fell into a quagmire.

"Boss Xu, how about we look for some investment?"

"What kind of investment are you looking for? Are there any companies that would be interested in our investment? Our company's bad debts are approaching 10 million... Who would be so stupid as to come here? Do you think the investors are stupid? Without saying a word, they just think you have a future and come here with a lot of money? Do you think they are coal bosses? When coal bosses invest in movies, they are at least promoting pretty girls... We are just a bunch of monks here. Could it be that the coal bosses are attracted by our looks and..."

"Stop talking bullshit, you idiot!"

There was a brief commotion in the conference room, and then silence.

The cold wind is still blowing outside the window, and in some areas, it has already started snowing.

After a moment, a feeling of despair lingered in everyone's heart.

Everyone's eyes turned to Xu Ziyang again.

Xu Ziyang sighed...

"Give me a few more days. Trust me, I will give you an explanation. Let's go to work first, go to work first..."

"I will give you an explanation by January at the latest."

Facing those pairs of eyes, Xu Ziyang finally forced a smile, signaling everyone to rest assured.

Then he stood up and left the meeting room step by step.

As he walked out of the meeting room, his smile gradually disappeared.

When I walked into my office, I started asking everyone, even the people I had just met, for money...

But that's human nature sometimes.

When a person is at the peak of his career, people will come to him from all directions, making him feel that making money is just a matter of stretching out his hand, and it seems very easy.

But when a person is at his lowest point, those people who can really lend you a helping hand seem to have disappeared from the face of the earth.

After borrowing it for a while...

I can never borrow money!

After a while...

His expression was somewhat bitter, and he finally looked at the valuable equipment in the office area!
Otherwise, sell the equipment and then...

Just at this moment, he received a call.

After receiving the call...

He was shocked!

"what?"

"What did you say!"

(End of this chapter)