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"Okay~" Aubrey was a little disappointed.

"Mr. Xiao, I have a question I really want to ask you. Is it okay?" Aubrey looked at Xiao Jun again, asking for advice.

"Tell me." Xiao Jun waved his hand to indicate that it doesn't matter if you ask casually.

"The special effects of your "Galaxy: Mysterious Kingdom" are so good, the pictures in it are too realistic. May I ask which software you used to make it?" Aubrey has been in the field of film and television special effects for more than ten years, what? Has he never used such software?But he is very clear that the ability of those software can't produce the level of realism like Xiao Jun's works!
In fact, he is just trying to find out what exactly Xiao Jun used to produce such awesome special effects!

"This is the usual production software." Xiao Jun said casually.He wouldn't say that he was using software he developed himself.Wouldn't it be a frying pan to say it out?

"Oh~" After hearing this, Aubrey secretly believed in your evil, but he didn't continue to ask further questions.He knew that Xiao Jun didn't want to tell him.

After Aubrey left, many people came to make friends and strike up a conversation with him.

Many of them are trying to recruit him, or to inquire about his skills.

One of the bosses, Benjamin, even offered to buy his company and his team!
"Mr. Xiao, I know that you have just started a special effects company, which is in the early stage of starting a business. But you have to know that film and television special effects are not easy to mix. If you don't manage it properly, it will easily go bankrupt. If you join my company, first of all, you have no Get rid of this worry. You can create as much as you want! I can also give you a high position and a high annual salary!" Benjamin said sincerely to Xiao Jun.

This Benjamin did not come to compete, he was just a heavyweight guest invited by the organizer.He obviously also took a fancy to Xiao Jun's skills and the team behind him.

In fact, what Benjamin said makes sense.

Nowadays, the special effects of film and television are really not easy to mix.

Many large Hollywood film and television special effects companies have frequently closed down.

For example, in 2013, "Life of Pi" won 85 Oscars in the 4th session, including the "Best Visual Effects Award".It was the result of a year of work by 1300 people at Rhythm Special Effects Studio. However, three months after Life of Pi was released, Rhythm Special Effects Studio filed for bankruptcy.They told the media that the bankruptcy was not caused by financial adjustments or poor management, but that the cash flow was cut off and employees could not be paid.

Not only "rhythm special effects studios", between 2003 and 2013, at least 21 well-known Hollywood special effects companies closed down, filed for bankruptcy or transformed, including the industry's top "Digital Domain".

The main reason is that special effects companies are currently facing three major problems. First, the cost is high.Second, the production cycle is long.Third, the order volume is prone to short positions!

The first one is high cost. First of all, the batch of computer facilities in your company will make you laborious. To produce special effects, the computer must be good, and a computer costs tens of thousands of yuan.Hundreds of computers cost tens of millions.Second, what about the wages of employees?Taking the United States as an example, the annual salary of a medium-level special effects personnel is about 4 US dollars, that of senior personnel is 15 US dollars, and that of top-level personnel is about [-] US dollars.

If you are a large company with 1000 employees, the high and high schools are allocated according to 6:3:1.The construction period is one year, the total salary is about 3900 million US dollars, plus the coordination, and the salary of the special effects supervisor, the special effects labor cost may reach 5000 million US dollars!
And making special effects requires a lot of software, such as maya for animation, ps and mari for drawing textures, houdini for making special effects, and arnold or renderman for rendering.As long as the nuke used in the synthesis can be used, a genuine version must be installed on a machine.These software are expensive, and the company that made the special effects of "Avatar" and "The Hobbit" is located in New Zealand. This company spends 1.8 million Renminbi a year on renderman (a renderer).This is only the money spent on the renderer, not counting other production software.

That's the cost!Very scary.

Second, the production cycle is long. Generally, large companies receive large orders, all of which are orders for blockbuster movies. For such orders, generally such large special effects companies need to use all employees, and it will take a year or even longer to produce them. it.

In other words, your annual order may be 1 or 2, and you will not accept small orders that are worthless.

Thirdly, during the short order period, it usually takes 1 to 2 years to produce a large order, so other big movies will definitely not come to you when you are busy, and you will not accept new orders.So when you finish this order, in case there is no order for several months.Just paying the salary of the employees for those months is enough for you.

It is because of many reasons that the current film and television special effects company is really not easy to mess with!
"Mr. Benjamin, I understand what you said. But I have no plans to join your company yet. I still want to make my own way!" Xiao Jun shook his head with a smile.collapse?Oh, it doesn't exist!

The problems encountered by traditional special effects companies are not problems for him!
First of all, the cost, he does not need many employees, the team does not need to be large, but it can make orders.

Second, his castrated version of the Galaxy virtual game engine is free software, his own, how much does it cost?

The third and most important point is that his Galaxy virtual game engine produces special effects very quickly. It takes 100 months for a team of 3 people to produce a special effect, but it only takes half a month for him to complete it by himself.

That is to say, if one person beats you by 100 people, it is two and a half months faster than you!
In other words, Xiao Jun's company costs will be very low, pitifully low compared to the other party!With fewer employees, it naturally saves a lot of wages and equipment.

In this way, Xiao Jun's profit is very large, and he can take more orders and earn more money!
All this is due to the castrated version of the Galaxy Virtual Game Engine!

It can be said that it is because of this artifact that it can fully support a powerful film and television special effects company.

"Okay~" After Benjamin heard this, he shook his head in disappointment and helplessness. In his eyes, Xiao Jun was just a stunned young man with a strong head.You have to go for a break!
"But if you want to join my company in the future, I welcome you at any time!" Benjamin smiled.

"Yes!" Xiao Jun grinned and shook hands with the other party.

"By the way, I don't know how long it took you to produce the 15-minute full-effects "Galaxy Mysterious Country"?" Benjamin asked curiously.In his eyes, it must have taken a lot of thought to produce such a virtual awesome special effect. The main reason is that 15 minutes is very long, and the time-consuming must be even longer!

(End of this chapter)