"This is the latest movie scene rendered by our special effects team. Mr. Fang will take a look and see if he is satisfied with it."

Sun Jianqi signed a long-term contract with Nebula Special Effects last year and received an option for the vice president position.

Once the contract was signed, the interests and fate of Nebula Special Effects were naturally bound together.

The project that Nebula Special Effects is currently working on is the special effects for a foreign science fiction movie.

This is a project that Sun Jianqi brought back from abroad. He has stayed abroad for more than ten years and has made achievements in the special effects circle, so he naturally has resources and connections.

Therefore, he brought some projects to Nebula Special Effects Production.

Fang Xing looked at the computer screen, which showed an endless expanse of deep space. A spaceship flew past the planet's atmosphere. The picture had a thrilling beauty.

After watching this three-second special effects shot, Fang Xing nodded and praised: "Yes, this shot is very well done."

Sun Jianqi continued: "Mr. Fang, this project will take about three months to complete. After completion, there will be no other projects to do for the time being.

"I heard from some colleagues that Mr. Fang may have a new project coming up, so I wanted to ask if special effects are needed.

"If the demand for special effects lenses is not great, I will consider flying abroad and bring another project back to work on."

at present.

Projects that require the use of first-class special effects are basically special effects blockbuster-level movies.

In fact, there are not many special effects films produced in China every year, and the number of special effects films with an investment of up to 500 million is even smaller.

Among these special effects films with an investment of 500 million, some will go to foreign special effects companies to do the special effects, and some will go to old domestic special effects companies such as InBev Special Effects to produce them.

Although the current technical level of Nebula Special Effects has reached the domestic first-class and world-class level, it has just emerged and does not have enough resources and contacts.

Therefore, if he wants to do a big project, Sun Jianqi needs to go abroad to find his previous contacts to take over the project.

Fang Xing watched a few more special effects shots and said, "Don't take on big projects yet. Now that the level of special effects has improved, it's time to try making a special effects film to test the waters."

When Sun Jianqi heard this, he basically understood and asked: "Should we do special effects this year? Or wait until next year?"

Generally, a special effects blockbuster usually takes two or three years from preparation to shooting to post-production special effects.

Especially in the preparation stage, time is endless.

After all, special effects blockbusters require an investment of 350 million, and some even invest 700 million.

With this kind of investment scale, if no film and television investment company is optimistic about it, it will take a long time to invest.

However, Fang Xing's speed in making movies is always very fast.

As soon as the project is approved, the investment is immediately in place.

Because so far, the movies Fang Xing has made have basically been funded by Ark Culture. If no one is willing to invest, then our company will directly invest in them all.

This is different from other film and television companies.

When a general film and television company is preparing a project, it needs to go through many discussions to determine the script. Then the film and television company evaluates the script, sets a rating, estimates the approximate investment, and then starts to attract investment.

After the film and television investment company sees the project plan, it must also evaluate it to determine whether it has investment value.

After a lot of pulling and pulling, several months passed.

If the film and television investment company is not optimistic about this project, then the creative team may take the initiative to talk to the film and television investment company and "beg for money" to attract investment.

During this period, we have to constantly revise the script and plan to win the favor of investors.

After such a set of procedures, more than half a year has passed.

Then there are audition actors. If the actor's schedule is not suitable, you have to wait for the schedule.

Only after everything is coordinated can you start shooting.

After the filming is completed, we still need to see how much money is left before going to a special effects company to discuss special effects production.

If there is not enough investment, too much money is spent during the shooting stage, and there is not enough money for special effects, the system will be stuck at this stage, or the level of special effects will be reduced.

In short, a movie has to go through many difficulties from project establishment to production, and only after passing all the hurdles can the movie be finally made.

However, none of these things will happen to Fang Xing.

From the very beginning of soliciting investment, Fang Xing's film has always had the same attitude: if you like it, you will invest or not; if you don't, you will lose it.

Then you audition actors, but the actors' schedules can't be coordinated? Do you like the role or not? If not, then replace it.

Anyway, from the filming of TV series to "Crazy Stone", Fang Xing has already made a mark in the film and television industry, and even a tethered dog can become famous.

Although this was not said politely, it was not rough.

Especially "Crazy Stone", the starring roles were all unknown actors. As a result, the movie box office was 2.4 billion, and it immediately became a movie star with box office appeal.

For "Infernal Affairs", we hired two movie stars and one movie queen, so we were considered to be collaborating with big names.

The co-stars also gained a lot from "Infernal Affairs". Liang Youhua even won the "hard-to-win" Best Supporting Actor Award.

Therefore, Fang Xing's project, from project establishment and investment to casting, is a very fast process.

This is the efficiency of the three-in-one investor, producer, and director.

However, this model is not feasible for ordinary film and television companies.

Because the investor, producer, and director are three in one, it means that this person is the emperor of the studio. If he is a wise king, it is easy to say, but if he is a foolish king and makes a bad movie, he will lose all his investment.

Therefore, Fang Xing’s model is something that other film and television companies dare not and cannot learn from.

For ordinary film and television companies, a project is not afraid of being slow. As long as it can make money, it is a good project. As long as it is successful in the end after two or three years of work, it will be worth the time.

…

Therefore, after a brief communication with Sun Jianqi, Fang Xing confirmed: "It's just this year. We can start working on special effects in the middle of the year soon."

Even though Sun Jianqi knew that Fang Xing was very efficient in making movies, he was still a little surprised.

However, since the big boss has arranged it this way, then let’s keep it this way.

Moreover, the work schedule can be adjusted according to the progress of the project.

If the progress of the project is slow, you can try to pull the project again.

…

After seeing the latest special effects level of Nebula Special Effects, Fang Xing was very satisfied and felt that he could start the movie he had always wanted to make.

the next day.

Fang Xing convened a meeting with the management of Ark Culture. Also present at the meeting were the directors of subsidiaries such as Nebula Special Effects.

"We have a meeting today. There is a new project to be launched, so all departments need to cooperate in project preparation." Fang Xing immediately stated the purpose of the meeting at the beginning.

When Wang Yutao heard that there was a new project, he quickly asked: "Is it a movie? Or a TV series?"

Since filming "Crazy Stone", Fang Xing has not personally filmed a TV series.

"It's a movie." Fang Xing replied.

"what type is it?"

"sci-fi movie."

When Qiao Yinghong saw that the two supervisors of Nebula's special effects were there, she immediately guessed: "Is it a special effects film?"

"Yes, special effects film."

Fang Xing said and passed the outline of the script printed on an A4 paper to everyone: "This is the outline of the story. Let's take a look at it first. It's probably this story."

Sun Jianqi was a little surprised when he saw this plot summary printed on only one page of A4 paper.

There is not even a script, just a piece of paper, and we have to start a project and attract investment.

If this kind of thing were done in Hollywood, people who applied for the project would probably be kicked out by the management of the film and television company.

In the highly industrialized film industry, if you want the film and television company to agree to a project, the project plan must be beautifully crafted.

It is best to have a complete script that meets the standards of the film industry.

And this standard will be very strict.

Especially in Hollywood, the number of pages in a movie script is fixed, and there is even a job dedicated to counting the number of pages in a script.

In Ark Culture, the situation is different.

Fang Xing usually proposes a project in one sentence, and this time he was able to come up with the outline of the script because he had prepared it carefully.

Wang Yutao took the A4 paper and read the content: "In 2075, there will be a solar crisis. The sun will be destroyed in 100 years. The terrible solar radiation will destroy human civilization and make the entire solar system unsuitable for human survival.

"Faced with this crisis, mankind will launch the 'Wandering Earth' plan, trying to escape from the solar system with the Earth and find a new home for mankind..."

After reading this summary of the story, Wang Yutao suddenly became enlightened.

Although there is only a brief one-page content, the story written already contains many eye-catching ideas.

The sun is destroyed and humans cannot survive.

This type of apocalyptic story existed decades ago. The subject matter is not unusual, but the story is very novel.

Similar doomsday themes, the 2012 doomsday prophecy was the most believed to be true.

The difference is that the causes of the apocalypse are different.
To be continued...