You Made Me a Superstar

   It rained heavily in the afternoon.

   This heavy rain lasted for more than three hours, dispelling the summer heat and ushering in the coolness of autumn.

   Sitting by the window of Huaxing's office, Zhou Yang looked down into the distance, felt the breeze blowing, and felt very comfortable physically and mentally.

   Not far away, while taking advantage of the coolness, a few workers began to slowly hang several signs of "Bolli Technology" on the top of the office building amid the shouts of Zhang Genshui downstairs.

   "What technology is everyone using now? I use a Polaroid mobile phone as a signboard. Some of them are not high-end. We have to keep pace with the times!"

hard to imagine.

The coal boss who used to be smoking cigars and cigarettes in the mountains has now abandoned the thick chains and started wearing glasses and a suit. ” and other words, I will often go to places such as “President’s Advanced Training Course”, “Golf Training Center” and “Race Farm” to experience the style of successful people, just like the entrepreneurs who are listed on Forbes in the new era.

   In the past two years, he has changed too much, perhaps the only constant is the deep-rooted superstition in him.

   "Move again!"

   "A change of position is the position of the compass..."

   "Master, are you looking at this position?"

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   Holding the walkie-talkie, he waved to the workers above from time to time, and the voice from the walkie-talkie could be heard from far away.

Under his command, the signboard    "Polar Technology" was hung up for more than two hours, and the workers were tortured and miserable, but there was nothing they could do.

   The sun sets.

  Yanjing has always been a gray sky, but under this rain, it became extraordinarily clear. Looking into the distance, the word "blue sky is like washing" appeared in Zhou Yang's mind.

   Zhou Yang was fascinated, lowered his head, and began to think about the future of "Huaxing".

   A strong wind blew, blowing up a series of documents and documents on Zhou Yang's desk.

   The latest music newspaper blew into the air, and Zhou Yang inadvertently saw a headline in the music newspaper...

  【The last "return to the light" of the physical album of "Sunshine", the actual album has come to an end]

   Zhou Yang did not pick up the newspaper that was blown to pieces on the ground like before, nor did he pick up the newspaper.

   At this moment, he was in deep thought.

  This world is slightly more technologically advanced than the original world.

  Originally, 3G has just been enlightened at this time in the world, 3G has been put into use in this world, and audio-visual mobile phones are becoming more and more popular, which seems to be a huge outlet.

  At this time in the world, Weibo has not yet started, the Weibo in this world has gradually matured, and there are more and more people...

  The online shopping industry is also becoming more mature. Shopping websites such as Sobao and Shenmao Mall have carved up the majority of the world's online shopping in China. Every November will be a fight to the death.

  …

  After the booming development of the Internet, many old-time productions have gradually begun to be eliminated, such as MP3, MP4, and physical albums, which are gradually sluggish.

  A lot of things are like learning, if you don’t advance, you will retreat.

   This society is the same.

   Now that Huaxing has reached this time, the next step is particularly important.

   "Infernal Affairs" can win "Superman 2" at the box office, which is completely the result of Zhou Yang's impulsiveness.

   After watching Hollywood movies raging in the Chinese film industry, after being made a lot of money as if harvesting leeks, Zhou Yang's expression was calm, but he was inevitably very upset.

  People are changing...

   He is also changing.

  When he was poor, Zhou Yang thought most about how to eat, how to live a humble life without offending anyone.

After    was no longer poor and had a certain influence and energy in this circle, Zhou Yang's competitive spirit began to expand in addition to his wider horizons.

   It is impossible for "Infernal Affairs" to win "Superman 2" under normal publicity. This is the consensus in everyone's heart.

   Therefore, he, who has always been very calm, inevitably began to be less calm at the box office of "Infernal Affairs", and was wrapped in some "charitable" things.

   Even if "Infernal Affairs" doesn't make much money at the box office at all, he still wants to win once, at least once in terms of the total box office.

   But after winning for several days in a row, Zhou Yang found that he was not as excited as he thought...

   Do this...

   After all, it is not a long-term solution.

   If you really want to win Hollywood blockbusters, you can only win with Hollywood blockbusters.

   Zhou Yang returned to his chair and opened the script of "Spider-Man" again. After reading the script for a long time, Zhou Yang began to think seriously.

  The original world of "Spider-Man" was very expensive to shoot, close to 130 million US dollars.

   This is also the reason why Zhou Yang did not dare to use "Spider-Man" to shoot after a long time after he wrote the "Spider-Man" script.

  $130 million…

   directly emptied Huaxing's property, and even had to borrow a lot of money.

  Although the water in the film industry is very deep, the 130 million investment on the bright side may be less after wringing out the water, but it is estimated to be about 100 million US dollars.

   "Dong Dong Dong!"

   Just when Zhou Yang was roughly estimating the budget of "Spider-Man", there was a knock on the door in the office.

   Then a blond young man walked over curiously led by Xu Mei.

   "Mr. Mark, hello."

   "Hello, Mr. Zhou Yang..."

The young man headed by    wore glasses and was very tall. He was about 1.9 meters tall, but he was very thin. He wore a sweater and didn't look like he had any flesh. Standing in front of Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang felt that he was like a bone shelf.

   When this person came over, he smiled brightly at Zhou Yang, and when he shook hands with Zhou Yang, he held his hands tightly, and his eyes were full of enthusiasm and inexplicable warmth.

   His name is Mark.

   is the head of the Huaxia department of Vitas Digital, one of the famous Hollywood special effects companies.

   "Superman 2", "Sevier", "New World" and other movies that have caused huge sensations in the world are all proud works of the company.

   "Spider-Man" wants to shoot well, and the special effects are definitely the big one.

   After a little chat, Zhou Yang and Mark began to chat about the movie scene.

   But Zhou Yang found that when Mark was talking about the movie scene, he seemed to be listening carefully, but his eyes were erratic and seemed a little careless.

About half an hour later, when Zhou Yang finished his general request, the light in Mark's eyes became more and more bright, and he suddenly gave a thumbs up in admiration: "Mr. Zhou Yang, my request is probably Understood, you are going to make an epic blockbuster on par with Superman 2, it's amazing, it's amazing! I'm very much looking forward to working with you!"

   "Cough, cough, it's actually a special effect problem..." Zhou Yang heard Mark's admiration and wondered if it was too exaggerated or for some reason he felt very uncomfortable.

   He always thought this person was weird...

"As a professional special effects team, after listening to you about the general special effects of "Spider-Man", I think the special effects of "Spider-Man" must be made with the highest level... It can't be worse than "Superman 2"..." Mark Chatting to Zhou Yang about a series of professional knowledge about special effects.

"Um……"

   Zhou Yang was stunned when he heard it. He didn't know much about special effects in movies, especially when Mark talked about some high-level vocabulary, Zhou Yang just felt like he was listening to a book from heaven.

   He suddenly realized that he wanted to find someone who knew how to come and talk.

Mark rambled on from the frame analysis of the film to the special effects production of the film, and recommended the latest special effects of Vitas Digital to Zhou Yang, and asked the assistant to take out a pair of VR glasses from the bag and hand it to Zhou Yang, Let Zhou Yang wear it.

"This is our special effects experience of "Jurassic". The experience you see now is exactly the same as the experience the audience sees in the theater... This is a new product, a technology product that combines virtual reality, Zhou Yang Don't be afraid, sir, it's not magic, it's not hypnotism..."

   After watching Zhou Yang put on his glasses, Mark's face showed a bit of pride, but then disappeared.

  VR glasses are a rarity in this era...

   After wearing these glasses, many directors will be frightened by the special effects and thrills displayed in the glasses, not to mention Zhou Yang, a Chinese director who has never seen the world.

However……

   "The special effects are really good..."

   After wearing the VR glasses for a while, Zhou Yang took off the VR glasses again. There was no surprise on his face, he just said something, and then nodded.

   "Mr. Zhou Yang, the group you watched is "Jurassic", and there is another group of stars..."

   "Mr. Mark, how much is the approximate special effects budget for "Spider-Man"? Or...you go back and discuss with the team now and give me a budget?" Zhou Yang shook his head and did not wear VR glasses anymore.

Seeing that Zhou Yang was very calm, and was not shocked by his VR technology like a hillbilly, Mark's eyes flashed a bit of surprise, but then he looked at Zhou Yang with a smile: "Mr. Zhou Yang, if you use the latest technology In fact, the special effects are not particularly expensive, roughly... 100 million US dollars!"

"How many?"

   "One hundred million dollars..."

After   Mark repeated the numbers, he said some professional terms to Zhou Yang with a bright smile.

   Say how many computers, how many workers, how many sets of rendering, how many man-hours and special effects parts for a shot...

   Zhou Yang listens...

   Only the astonishing figure of $100 million remained in his mind.

   After Mark finished speaking these terms, he began to praise Zhou Yang again, and called the movie "Spider-Man" a cross-era product, a sci-fi and fantasy blockbuster in the true sense of China.

   Zhou Yang was not lost by the hype, but felt faintly that this guy had slaughtered himself as a pig.

   "Mr. Mark, I'll think about it again!"

   "Okay, Mr. Zhou Yang."

   Zhou Yang finally sent Mark away.

   After Mark leaves...

   One after another, several business leaders from Hollywood special effects teams came over.

   Someone else's quote is even more outrageous than Mark.

   Some directly quoted 150 million, and some were even more exaggerated. They even directly quoted 200 million US dollars, which was a huge asking price...

   Evening time.

   Zhou Yang called Li Qiang, the head of the post-production team, who had just finished his work, and chatted with Li Qiang about this matter, and asked Li Qiang to chat with these people. After all, Li Qiang is professional.

  Li Qiang's face was bright at first, but after chatting and constantly haggling, his face became extremely gloomy.

   "Damn this bunch, they're here to kill pigs!"

   "They saw that we donated all the box office of "Infernal Affairs", and thought we had special money, and they all came to make money..."

   "When I hung up the phone just now, I heard them calling us poor devils on the phone..."

   "Hua Xia is a group that advocates blockbuster movies and special effects directors have raised them. Are we really like Hua Xia or their colonies?"

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