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Chapter 339 The Heavenly Palace Is Brilliant

On September 9, after half a month of busy work, Tang An finally finished all the interviews that could not be postponed.

In the past half a month, Tang An interviewed one after another, and he can be seen everywhere on the Internet, in print magazines, and on TV.

Fortunately, it is over, otherwise "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" will be released in 6 days, so don't steal the limelight from others.

The phrase "set a small goal first and earn him [-] million yuan" that Tang An said at the Beijing Normal University lecture was also widely discussed, but most people thought Tang An was joking.

He's not the richest man in the world. To others, [-] million is just a drop in the bucket. Naturally, he's pretending to say this.

However, no one satirized Tang An. After all, the media had already estimated his worth, and the shares of Huayi alone were worth [-] million.

Those who have capital are pretending to be coercive and joking, and those who have no skills are ashamed to say such things.

During these interviews, they also asked about Tang An's new film, but Tang An still didn't disclose any details.

However, he heard that some famous and experienced stars in Huayi did not take on the show anymore, and they were probably waiting.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Tang An came to Hengtong International Innovation and Technology Park, Jiuxianqiao North Road, Chaoyang District, to participate in the establishment ceremony of Tiangong Yicai Film and Television Technology Co., Ltd.

The largest special effects production company in China in the future was finally established under the leadership of Wang Zhonglei, Tang An, Chen Guofu, and Feng Xiaogang.

Xiao Yang's North and South Brother Culture has been producing post-production and special effects for Huayi. Earlier this year, Chen Guofu and Feng Xiaogang invested in him to expand the company into Tiangong Yinghua, and Tang An also stepped in.

After half a year, the three companies Tiangong Yinghua, Yicai Yinghua, Lesheng Culture, and Yicai Film and Television merged into the new Tiangong Yicai Film and Television Technology Co., Ltd.

Wang Zhonglei also came to join in the fun, together with Xiao Yang and Chang Hongsong of Yicai Yinghua, constituted the company's six major shareholders in the early stage.

As for the other two companies, to be precise, they should have been acquired and annexed.

In addition to them, there are three other companies including Nanjing Hongtu Venture Capital and Zhongshan Youli Venture Capital.

A total of 1000 million was invested, and the combined shares of Chang Hongsong and Xiao Yang were diluted to 45%, Chang Hongsong 25%, and Xiao Yang 20%.

Tang An Studio holds 15% of the shares, Chen Guofu 10%, Wang Zhonglei 10%, Feng Xiaogang 5%, Zero Three companies hold 10%
In fact, Tang An can pay for this amount of money by himself, but it is not so simple for a special effects company.

Leaving aside the fact that hundreds of millions of dollars will be invested one after another in the later stage, if he buys them all by himself, where can he find so much business.

With his few films, he simply cannot support a large special effects company.

It's not that you have good skills and others have to find you. The top special effects companies in Hollywood are still in a state of loss all year round.

Now that they are being brought in, it is tantamount to contracting out Huayi's future business.

The same is true for the other three investment companies. They all have one thing in common, they have invested in some companies that have overlapping business with special effects.

Special effects companies do not only do film and television special effects, but also involve in various aspects such as advertising, animation production, online games, etc., or wait for a loss.

Now Tiangong Yicai is not very famous, and the country does not pay much attention to special effects. If Tang An and the others did not come, it is estimated that there would not be many press conferences at the inauguration ceremony.

The ceremony was not too grand, and it was carried out step by step. Chang Hongsong spoke as the company's general manager, and Xiao Yang served as the company's art director.

Then Tang An and the others talked about the prospects of the special effects industry
After the ceremony, we had a meal together in the banquet hall next door.

Back at the company in the afternoon, Chang Hongsong and Xiao Yang introduced some of the company's technical backbone and current business content to several shareholders.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Tang."

"This is the editing department, responsible for feature film editing, trailer pre-marketing packaging, trailer creation, and sideshow production."

Chang Hongsong and Xiao Yang introduced it to everyone.

"This is the video visual packaging department, responsible for corporate LOGO design, image promotional videos, channel/column packaging design, and multimedia delivery."

"This is the visual effects department, which is divided into two departments: pre-production and post-production, responsible for visual effect script analysis, visual effect concept analysis, lens atmosphere map design, animation preview, layout, scenery, environment expansion, CG scenes, CG creatures Role"

"Here's the digital intermediate business, data management, data entry, grading, grading, mastering."

"Here is 3D Stereoscopic Production"

Complicated and cumbersome departments and groups.

There are also Visual Effects Director, Sound Director, DIT Director, Physical Effects Director, Art Design Director, Preview Director, and Coloring Director.
There are a lot of people with the title of director and director, and there are various groups below, various positions such as pyrotechnician and digital compositor. Non-professional people don't even know what they do.

After a circle, everyone returned to the meeting room, and the secretary brought some cups of tea.

Tang An picked up the cup and took a sip. He was a little tired after walking around.

"This can be regarded as the foundation of a large-scale special effects company. We still have a lot of talents in special effects in China!"

Chen Guofu also echoed, "Talents are rare."

Chang Hongsong sighed, "There is no other way. It is difficult for domestic special effects companies to survive, and the wages are not high. Those who are capable but not concerned have all gone abroad. When I started a business with a friend, he went to Weta last year. I went to be the director of Digital, and I brought a team under him, including several senior special effects artists, with an annual salary of 30 US dollars, which is much more comfortable than our hard-working business.”

Xiao Yang also nodded, "Even if you don't go to North America, the treatment in South Korea is higher than in China."

This is also a helpless thing. The special effects company can't make money, so how can it pay too much salary to the special effects artist.

"With the development of the film industry, special effects will become more and more important. At that time, as long as we make our reputation known, we don't have to worry about losing business." Tang An suddenly laughed.

Feng Xiaogang also smiled and said, "I have entrusted the special effects of "Tangshan Earthquake" to the two of you, and it will be a good start for the company."

"Don't worry, Director Feng, the effect will definitely not be bad." Chang Hongsong said hastily.

"The hardware must also keep up, and don't be afraid to spend money on foreign software. My new film will also be a big project when the time comes," Tang An said.

Chang Hongsong's eyes lighted up. It is said that the production cost of Tang An's film this time was as high as [-] million. Since it is a sci-fi blockbuster, the special effects cost should be more than [-] million, or even [-] million.

"Don't worry, Director Tang, we are always ready and can start work at any time."

After leaving Tiangong Yicai, they returned to Huayi together.

On the way, Tang An asked about the filming of "The Great Earthquake in Tangshan", and it was going well, so he took the time to make a trip.

Chen Guofu also supervised the production of three films and still had time to participate in special effects companies, which also saw the importance of special effects companies in the future.

As for Wang Zhonglei, Hua Yi had been cooperating with Xiao Yang before.

(End of this chapter)