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Chapter 247 You are a bit dark-minded (asking for monthly tickets)
Not only did Zhang Chenyu personally drive to pick people up, he also behaved very respectfully along the way, and did not act in a reserved manner when communicating with Qi Hao's entourage.

Especially when I heard that Qi Hao had invested in eight animation companies, I felt even more disheartened and helpless.

With so many potential cooperation projects, it really would be the same with or without him.

When a special effects company goes bankrupt, there are two pain points and one fear.

There are two pain points. One is “cannot afford the downtime”, and the other is “special effects companies cannot take on unreliable projects”.

Gap...

You have to pay wages even during your free time!
The cost is too high, and an unreliable project may bring down the company.

There is another fear.

According to Scott Ross, general manager of Illuminati, one of the root fears of special effects companies is that they have to flatter the producers or they will starve to death.

The business seems very impressive, but it is actually at the bottom of the food chain.

All the special effects companies in Hollywood have to kowtow to the six major film companies.

Now Qi Hao has integrated so many animation studios.

Gap period?
That doesn't exist. It's good enough if I can finish all the work. I may have to outsource a lot of business.

Not reliable?
After multiple screenings, unreliable projects will be greatly reduced, and Qi Hao, a financially strong guy, will help to provide a guarantee.

Even Zhang Chenyu had heard that Qi Hao now had Feiyang Media, a coal boss with a lot of financial resources, with tens of billions of dollars in funds.

And Qi Hao himself seems to be a low-key billionaire.

If he wanted to spend money, he could at least spend 1 billion.

If the director is unreliable, replace him; if the producer is unreliable, replace him; if the special effects company is not good, you can naturally replace the director.

As for kissing up to the producers...

Qi Hao himself is the producer.

This model is even more perfect than the special effects companies of the six major Hollywood studios.

The six major special effects companies also have a window period.

Because Hollywood is highly competitive and the pace of development has become very slow.

How fierce is the competition?

When making "Titanic", director James Cameron could not decide whether to hand over the special effects part to his own company Digital Domain. He could only recommend the special effects team to 20th Century Fox.

Before filming began, the film company set a special effects budget of $1800 million.

Digital Domain believed that this price was far from enough to produce the special effects for "Titanic", and the budget should be 2700 million US dollars.

This project also attracted Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Domain’s biggest competitor at the time.

Industrial Light & Magic offered the film company $2500 million, and snatched the project at the cost of a loss of $200 million.

Digital Domain had to reduce the budget to $2500 million to get the project back.

The loss of 200 million became the last straw that broke the camel's back for Digital Domain, but if Digital Domain had not taken on "Titanic" at that time, it might have gone bankrupt.

What's even more frustrating is that after the special effects work began, Cameron did not hand over the post-production shots to Digital Domain on time.

People asked Cameron: Where is the movie, where are the things?

Cameron replied: I'm still filming.

He is just like Jiang Wen. He does whatever he wants and delays things whenever he wants, without caring about other people's lives.

Although Qi Hao also went over budget while filming, he would work overtime to catch up on schedule.

You are abusing yourself.

After the production plan was disrupted, Digital Domain spent a lot of money in the early stage due to the idle time, and had to work overtime a lot in the later stage to catch up with the progress. In order to meet the delivery deadline, some shots had to be subcontracted to Industrial Light & Magic and VIFX.

Profits are further diluted.

Digital Domain's losses directly accelerated its pace towards bankruptcy.

If you don't do it, others will do it.

It’s different in China. The special effects department still relies on Hollywood and Japanese and Korean special effects teams.

The costs of special effects teams in Hollywood and Japan and South Korea are relatively high.

Even if a studio like Poltergeist has some Hollywood employees, its costs are lower than those in Japan and South Korea.

What's more, China's current film market is growing at the fastest rate in the world, and the whole world can see it.

It is hard to say when it will surpass Miguo, but within a few years, it will definitely surpass Neon and become the second in the world.

Zhang Chenyu was nervous all the way, but soon arrived at the destination.

It’s not a particularly expensive area, but the surrounding cultural atmosphere is quite strong.

The studio has more than 80 people and has rented an entire floor, which makes it extraordinarily spacious, with an alternative decor and plenty of visual effects.

"This is the modeling team..."

Zhang Chenyu took Qi Hao to visit various places and was surprised by Qi Hao's fluent English.

When they first met, Qi Hao couldn't even communicate with those foreign employees.

Now I know a lot of professional terms.

In front of Zhang Chenyu, Qi Hao asked a lot of professional questions, making horizontal and vertical comparisons to understand the development of the studio.

They even asked about employee treatment.

He "once" made an agreement with Zhang Chenyu that for a period of five years, you will help me develop the studio. On the premise of ensuring technological breakthroughs, gradually narrowing the gap with mainstream special effects companies, and ensuring the treatment of employees, Zhang Chenyu will be allowed to take out a certain percentage of the studio's profits as compensation.

But the boss Qi Hao doesn't take a single penny of the profit.

Qi Hao has not yet recovered the cost of acquiring the Evil Ghost Studio and helping the studio repay part of its debt.

Now, Qi Hao seemed to be interfering in the studio. Zhang Chenyu felt that her good days were coming to an end.

"This is H1.2.0, an upgraded version of the previous H1. In addition, there are H2 and H3. H2 now earns hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties every year. Although H3 has no income yet, it has a broader prospect of use..."

I was nervous, so I was more attentive when introducing myself.

Seeing that Qi Hao was concerned about technological innovation, he immediately took Qi Hao to the technical team and introduced Qi Hao to the key employees and the software development achievements in recent years.

Companies that have their own software can make money by selling the software to other companies. The licensing fees for these software are not cheap, and infringements will be prosecuted.

Most of China's special effects companies remain at the level of purchasing other people's software and using it.

Special effects companies have a difficult time operating, largely due to costs, including labor costs and technology costs.

Top special effects companies must inevitably increase their investment in technology.

Only by mastering core technologies can you master everything.

Otherwise, if you use other people's software for everything, you are simply working for others.

Companies that can sell software to others are mostly companies that have accumulated technology.

Hopgoblin Studios was born out of the special effects software Hopgoblin developed by Daniel Kingsley.

That’s why it can stand out among a crowd of small companies.

He also pays more attention to technical accumulation in his daily life.

The company has always had a dedicated technical group, with several employees specializing in software development and optimization.

After Qi Hao acquired the Evil Ghost Studio, he specifically told Zhang Chenyu to work hard on technology, accumulate technology, and accumulate technical talents.

It now appears that there are more than 80 employees, including more than ten technical personnel.

Not only was the original H1 revamped, but the H2 and H3 were also developed, which shows, at least from the literal meaning, that technology is indeed valued.

"You did a good job, Lao Zhang."

Qi Hao was generous in his praise, and we soon found out how the three software performed.

Practice brings true knowledge.

He now has numerous capable people under his command, so it is not easy to fool him.

In fact, when he saw the spacious, bright and uniquely decorated office area and the more than 80 employees who were in very good spirits, he was already very satisfied with Zhang Chenyu.

According to the agreement between him and Zhang Chenyu, if Zhang Chenyu rented a smaller and shabby place, wouldn't the money saved belong to Zhang Chenyu?

What we need to do now is to continue to make big promises to Zhang Chenyu.

Let him keep up with the pace.

"You trust me so much, but you haven't even come to supervise me for so many years. If I don't make some achievements, then I'm really eating in vain."

Zhang Chenyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Over the years, he paid off his bankruptcy debts and bought a house so that his family would not have to live in public housing. All of this was indeed profit from Boss Qi Hao.

"I heard that the special effects companies in Hollywood don't seem to be doing well..."

Qi Hao asked the animation studio directors who came with him to communicate with the special effects staff, and then he took Zhang Chenyu to the conference room.

"That's right. The US subprime mortgage crisis wiped out a lot of companies, and special effects companies are no exception. Many of them are still struggling to survive, and failure is only a matter of time..."

Zhang Chenyu stood up and poured tea for Qi Hao personally.

"That's great!"

Qi Hao gave a thumbs up to the US subprime mortgage crisis.

"..."

Although it didn't affect us, so many companies went bankrupt and a large number of special effects personnel lost their jobs. Why are you gloating over this?

Boss, you have a dark side.

"Even if this company goes bankrupt, people still have to survive. Do you think it's possible for us to recruit some of Hollywood's top special effects artists back?"

Poltergeist Studios can independently undertake films with a smaller proportion of special effects and less complexity.

Only top special effects companies can take on truly complex special effects blockbusters.

Or simply gather dozens of special effects teams to do it together.

"That's true... it's not impossible," Zhang Chenyu didn't dare to raise any objections, so he could only bite the bullet and persuade her: "The special effects industry is risky. If the labor cost is raised too high, I'm afraid we won't be able to make ends meet."

"As you can see, the demand for special effects here is constantly increasing. Although I can't rely on myself completely, it would be a pity not to strengthen myself when given such an opportunity."

Qi Hao pointed at the people outside who were communicating animatedly with the technical staff.

The scene was very lively.

Especially when everyone knows that they share the same boss.

Wang Chuan was about to place the order.

He hired a great special effects team, but also a small mainland team that was expensive and inappropriate, so he had to repeatedly reduce the film's animation effects.

Boss Qi actually has a special effects team, and their technology is even better than that of that awesome special effects company.

What are you waiting for?

As for the contract with the Bang Bang special effects team... there is no need to worry too much about it. The contract stipulates that if Party A's reasonable requirements are not met, Party A has the right to terminate the contract unconditionally.

The Bang Bang special effects team is particularly proud.

They thought Qingqingshu had no money and couldn't afford a better special effects team, so they pretended to obey and always asked Qingqingshu to compromise.

Even elite members were transferred to work in other groups.

What a compromise!
I now have a capitalist as my backer.

(End of this chapter)