I am popular in the entertainment circle

Chapter 88 A very profitable industry

"If I review these things after I go back, I should be able to detect them, but they rejected me. I was angry and anxious to find investors and make the movie, so I didn't think about the entanglements in it."

Meng Ran understood.

After he was rejected, he immediately went to find the next one, with no intention of turning back. Could it be that he couldn't notice it?

Meng Ran's mind works very fast, but she also knows friends with long reflex arcs and stupid mouths. They often can't quarrel with others, so they turn around and list one, two, three or four items, regretting why they didn't refute them.

Director Zeng suddenly smiled and said,

"Actually, even if I find out that they want my script, I probably won't look back to them."

Meng Ran was surprised to find that Director Zeng's eyes were clear.

"They only want my script, not me as the director, but I'm not a screenwriter, so I don't need their approval on this."

Meng Ran understood immediately.

In fact, he was vaguely aware of this in his heart, so he decided to find a new home.

Since it's impossible, shouldn't we immediately change our path?

Meng Ran suddenly liked this director a little bit.

His thinking is quite similar to his own. He is also the same person. If this path doesn't work, he will immediately change to another one. This approach may not be firm enough or persistent enough in the eyes of some people, but it also avoids getting into trouble.

Meng Ran turned off the script, quickly forwarded the video sent to her by the system to Director Zeng, and said with a smile,

"Director Zeng, you have shown me your sincerity, so I will not perfuse you. This is my sincerity. What do you think of this special effect?"

Of course, what the system sent her was not separate special effects, but some video materials found on the Internet, and the special effects of ghost movies were integrated into the video materials, effectively transforming urban dramas and ancient puppet shows into ghost movies.

Anyway, Meng Ran himself was very satisfied.

With this premise, she dared to openly ask for box office dividends, and she was prepared to ask for it from higher education institutions.

This time Director Zeng was silent.

Meng Ran was not in a hurry, drinking coffee slowly and waiting for Director Zeng to finish. She also did not forget to observe Director Zeng's expression, which determined how high the price she could bid next.

What surprised Meng Ran was that although Director Zeng had tried his best to tighten his face and did not want to reveal the bottom line in front of Meng Ran, it was obvious that such micro-expressions could no longer hide Meng Ran, who had greatly improved his acting skills.

She originally had a very strong ability to observe words and emotions.

Now, at least it's better than Director Zeng who couldn't even hear his words.

The other party has not grown up to be as cunning as Director Qin.

Director Zeng was indeed very moved.

Meng Ran said that he could introduce the special effects team to him. He was happy in his heart, but it was impossible to have high expectations otherwise. But now that he saw these videos, he immediately knew that he had underestimated Meng Ran's connections.

This script was polished by him during four years of college. In order to complete the filming, Director Zeng naturally did a lot of work in this area and is very familiar with the special effects of ghost films.

But now, he was sure that the level of special effects in his mind was already average.

Don't think that being average is nothing, you must know that the films he refers to are not messy works, but ghost-themed works on the market that are at least moderately popular and have been praised for their special effects, not just in China, but also in other countries.

Ghost movie special effects.

Of course, some Western countries pay more attention to bloody violence when shooting ghost films, and lack a bit of the subtlety and subtlety of China. The more you think about it, the more you fear, and the more you think about it, the less you can think about it. This is a cultural difference between different countries.

Their fright points are different.

But there are many places for reference.

His psychological expectation was that he would find a reliable one among small and medium-sized special effects companies in China, and strive to achieve double or triple the special effects of 50 cents. In this way, he could be called well-made in the current environment.

The special effects of the work Meng Ran produced greatly exceeded his expectations. While he was happy, he couldn't help but worry about the price, but thinking of the 50% discount mentioned by Meng Ran, he was unwilling to give up.

How rare it is.

50% off!

The higher the level, the more advantages you can take advantage of.

In the end he couldn't hold it back and asked,

"What price can this master give me?"

"Then it depends on what price you plan to ask for?"

Meng Ran was very able to hold his nerve. He seemed to have said something unintentionally,

"I heard that top foreign special effects teams cost tens of thousands of dollars per frame."

Yes, Meng Ran was also very surprised when he learned this information from the system.

She had never learned about special effects before, and her understanding of special effects was still limited to the 50-cent special effects often criticized by netizens, but she did not know that in order to achieve 50-cent special effects, the cost per second may range from several thousand to 10,000.

Top foreign special effects teams charge tens of thousands of dollars for one frame, and there are 24 frames per second, which shows how expensive special effects are.

Later, Meng Ran searched for well-known special effects blockbusters on the Internet. If the budget of the entire movie was 200 million US dollars, then at least 100 million US dollars would be spent on special effects.

The winner gets 60% of all funds.

Therefore, Meng Ran is particularly in favor of systematic learning of special effects. This is a very lucrative industry.

These words made Director Zeng almost fall off his chair.

He forced a smile,

"Ms. Meng, I think you may not know much about special effects, or you only know about the top ones in the world, and our domestic expenditure on special effects is unlikely to reach this level, let alone what I know about us.

This movie is positioned to be small but precise, and to tell you the truth, my budget for the entire movie was only 20 million."

Meng Ran thought, 20 million? If Director Zeng is willing to use 10 million to do special effects, then he can borrow money from the system.

"Director Zeng, don't worry. Of course I took into consideration that our crew is not rich, so I spent a lot of money to get a 50% discount from my friend. For this 50% discount, he almost fell out with me... It didn't come easily...

Given this opportunity, we should spend more on special effects. For example, how about spending 15 million on special effects? You see

I am the first female lead, and my assistant is the second female lead. The first female lead does not need to pay you for the film, and the second female lead is a newcomer and does not need to pay too much. This saves money. There is also money spent on special effects, and the same is spent on Fuhua Dao.

It’s just the costumes, I don’t have the channels here. But I can save you the makeup and props, and use the remaining five million to make this movie.”

"Using 15 million yuan to do special effects can produce 30 million yuan worth of effects. Director Zeng, you have carefully controlled other aspects. I believe this will definitely be a masterpiece. Director Zeng, I am willing to spend such a huge amount of money.

Don’t you dare to take a gamble with me?”

Director Zeng's face was heavy, his heart was struggling wildly, and he was speechless for a long time.

The budget he had in mind was actually 10 million for special effects.

(End of chapter)