After talking with the producer of "The Legend of Lang Huan", Zhuang Zhou found an agent and quickly registered a studio.

In order to show sincerity, the producer really introduced a project to him: "Mrs. Mingzhu, a small job, is just a photo editing. Can you free up people?"

"Yes, it won't delay you."

"Okay, please contact us and you will discuss it in detail."

Zhuang Zhou added the other party’s WeChat and heard the work content. Good guy, it’s similar to changing his head. This is a refined one. The target is still a girl’s mother!

The girl’s mother’s headlight is very shaky!

The girl’s mother and her boyfriend have broken up!

It is said that it is because her boyfriend can't accept her child and doesn't like to wear condoms!

Let me briefly talk about the special effects.

Special effects are a general concept, specifically divided into: modeling, animation, rendering, cutout, erasing of wires, synthesis, etc. Each link is divided into several small projects, and the corresponding team is responsible for it.

The cost of special effects includes three aspects:

hardware.

Dual display + workstation + external large hard drives with several T plug-in are the basic configuration, and the price of a workstation is hundreds of thousands.

Even with such top-level hardware, it takes 5 hours of continuous operation to render a frame of the screen. In 1 second of a movie and TV series, there are usually more 24 frames of ultra-high definition.

In order to improve efficiency, we can only roughly increase the amount of hardware. For example, Industrial Light and Magic built its own rendering farm, and thousands of workstations and servers operate day and night, which scares people's photoelectric bills.

software.

A large number of professional software is used in each link, such as Maya used for 3D animation, which costs 1,470 US dollars per year. Each machine has to install these genuine software...

Artificial.

This one costs the most, accounting for more than 60%.

"Avatar" special effects team 1,855 people, "Titanic" 739 people, and "Transformers 3" 1,178 people.

The annual salary of ordinary special effects masters is about US$40,000, the annual salary of senior special effects masters is about US$60,000, and the top special effects masters is about US$150,000. Based on a team of 1,000 people, the annual salary is more than US$50,000.

The calculation method in China is similar, called "human-day cost", which is the cost of a special effects engineer working in one day (hardware, software, manpower).

For example, if you do this project, the cost of man-day is 1,000 yuan, and it takes 100 people. If you work for 10 days, the total cost is 1 million.

The company quotes based on costs.

So Zhuang Zhou was worried. I only had two people, two machines, the cost was almost zero, and the quotation had to be considered repeatedly. If you have money, you would make money in vain.

The photo editing technology is low and the price is not high, but the repetitive work is too boring.

He talked with the other party for a long time and reached an agreement: "At 1.2 million, I will pay a 30% down payment first, and pay the final payment within two months after completion."

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"Didi!"

"Stop it, it's all traitor!"

On a remote highway in the suburbs of the county, A Yuan was sitting in the driver's seat, adjusting the seat to the lowest level, gently pressing on the accelerator with his short legs, holding the steering wheel tightly with both hands, and his eyes were not blinking.

This SUV, which I bought without deducting a single point and had no scratches, was already scarred in just a few days.

"Bang!"

The car moved forward slowly, suddenly began to deviate, and inexplicably accelerated, and got on the curb. A Yuan screamed, stepped on the brakes and hung up the reverse gear, slowly retreated, and glanced at the next door.

Zhuang Zhou supported his cheeks with his hands, and he was indifferent to life. Let’s destroy it. Hurry up, I’m tired!

He has already figured out what to buy a new car.

"I've finished practicing."

"Well, it's improved compared to yesterday, and I can pull the handbrake."

When the two of them changed seats, he had to comfort him: "It's easy to learn to drive. In the future, we will buy a RV and go on a self-driving trip, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and see the real big city."

Zhuang Zhou drove the car and didn't return to the county, so he went straight to the avenue to run to Shencheng.

One hour later, I arrived in Ping'an District, the most remote and poorest district in Shencheng. I came to a small street and found an old building with a shop downstairs.

They went up the second floor, a spacious house with a sign: Xiaoyaoyou Film and Television Cultural Studio!

The logo is a Kun that looks like a big fish, with nothing but a few tables and chairs and a few broken computers.

Why is it opened in Shencheng? Because a film and television special effects company is opened in the county, it is so conspicuous! Shencheng has a population of nearly 10 million, and it will not be abrupt in the new first-tier cities.

Don't see through it, the cost is not low.

The state stipulates that the funds for registering film and television related companies must not be less than 3 million yuan, and there must be more than 3 professional personnel...

Zhuang Zhou used Lao Meng and the others to pay for it, emptied his savings, borrowed some money from his mother, and finally started. There was no cleaning at the front desk, and even the accounting work part-time.

"It's really like a strong road, and now I'm taking a step back and forth!"

He looked at the shabby house, full of passion.

"I'll calculate the accounts first!"

He opened the calculator on his phone and said, "The two crews have already sent 30% of the pre-payment, 1.25 million in "The Legend of Lang Huan" and 360,000 in "The Pearl" and 1.61 million in total.

The accountant said he would pay about 90,000 yuan in taxes, and there was still 1.52 million yuan left."

"The rent is 1,000 per month, and you have to ask two employees to pretend, with a salary of 3-4k, and you have a monthly meal and a pocket money of 20,000 yuan... Oh, a small business!"

He has finished the face change in "The Legend of Lang Huan" and the editing of "The Pearl" long ago.

To be precise, it was done in one day!

Zhuang Zhou can’t edit photos, but it doesn’t matter. He can model the girl’s mother at the peak of his appearance and then load his head into the material, which is about the same as editing the photos.

"This is 1.52 million, which is too easy..."

A Yuan felt like he was picking up money all over the floor.

What is the concept of a one-time income of 1.52 million yuan in Lingshui County? It is the concept of the richest man.

And zero cost and zero cycles. Others want more time, so they have to calculate the construction period a little faster, so as not to be too shocking.

It's so annoying!

"It's much easier to make money here than mine. A drama is hundreds of millions, and it's only a few million to scratch it."

"That's why I rolled it inward, I want to eat cake."

"The time is almost over, will you give it to them?"

"Give it."

"What should I do if the final payment?"

"Middle workers' wages cannot be arrears. They are all honest enterprises, so you must trust them."

A Yuan rolled his eyes.

…………

"The Legend of Lang Huan" continues to be filmed.

Chen Dongjun became the male lead as he wished. This drama became popular due to Li Jingyu's destruction and was very popular. The crew immediately issued a statement to change roles, condemning the bad style of the entertainment industry and also won a wave of favorable desire to survive.

Nowadays, black and red are only between the front lines. If you grasp the scale, you can ride the wind and waves.

Meng Chaoyang's injury was almost over, so he continued to follow the group. He was huddling in the corner and yawning when his phone rang.

"Hey? Lao Meng, are you still in the crew?"

“Here.”

“How much more life is there?”

"It's almost done, and the filming of this drama is about to be finished. I have to spend the first half of the year to write and ask for a salary in half a year."

"It's okay, you are my employee now. You're OK for me to do a job and give you a commission."

"Wow, then thank you!"

After hanging up the phone, Lao Meng was not stupid either. He tasted the taste and waited for the change.

On the other side, the assistant found the producer: "The face change is done..."
Chapter completed!