The trainee starts by splitting bricks with bare hands

Seeing their battle, Han Lan also smiled: "Mr. Zhuo, this is your territory, so there's no need to do this."

"Mr. Han is a distinguished guest, you can ask for anything you want." Zhuo Yu said with a smile, and personally led Han Lan to go upstairs.

A group of executives also followed behind with smiles on their faces.

On both sides of the surrounding area are security guards from both sides, which are heavily guarded.

The Black Dragon special effects team does not have an exclusive office building, but rents a floor here.

A group of people got on the elevator and arrived soon.

This is the headquarters of Black Dragon Special Effects Company, responsible for operation management, project reception and project production.In addition, they also have a production base in Lucheng, which is purely responsible for project production.

The Black Dragon special effects team is currently considered the largest special effects company in China, with more than 400 employees in Yanjing and Lucheng.A large part of them are special effects artists, concentrated in Lucheng, and there are relatively few people in the Yanjing head office.

Many people think that the special effects are so sci-fi and advanced, and they are all digitalized, so they should be very advanced.But in fact, this is a labor-intensive industry, which is the same type as a mobile phone foundry, except that the workers have been transferred from the production line to the computer desk.

Don't look at the many special effects videos on the Internet. Some production teams are just one person, and there are dozens of people.But if you want to make a big project like a movie, you must have a small number of people, and you can't do it in a monkey year.

Computers and various special effects software are just tools, they will not be produced automatically, everything needs to be operated by special effects artists, and sometimes they are even required to draw frame by frame!This is also the reason why special effects are expensive, and the labor cost is very high.

Moreover, the special effects industry is not very easy to mix, whether it is domestic or foreign, and it can be said that it is struggling.On the one hand, the cost is high. In addition to labor costs, various hardware and software are very expensive.On the other hand, the film and television industry is sluggish. Don't look at Tomahawk Pictures, which has made a lot of money in the past two years, but other than them, many domestic companies are also like that.Moreover, many domestic productions are still unwilling to spend money on special effects. The main reason why the special effects team of Black Demon Dragon can live well is that they can receive foreign projects.

But even so, the development of the Black Dragon special effects company has begun to decline.

Labor costs have been rising year by year, and the overseas price advantage of the Black Dragon special effects team has begun to disappear, making it increasingly difficult to compete with foreign special effects teams.

Party A will not give you a project based on the size of your company. A movie will often be divided into several or even dozens of projects according to the lens and difficulty level. High-difficulty projects are given to large companies and large teams. , Low-difficulty projects are given to small teams, which can save a lot of costs.

But it also greatly reduced the profit margin of a big company like Black Dragon. Either they only took on difficult jobs that small teams could not do, or they had to cut prices to compete with small teams for projects.

But in fact, due to various cost reasons, it is difficult for a large team to offer as low as a small team.As a result, many large companies had to reduce their staff, sell assets, and reduce their scale to reduce costs, and even many teams that had produced blockbuster films went bankrupt as soon as they said they were closed.

It's normal in this line of work. Maybe last week I was still working on projects all night, and in the next few months, I won't receive projects and have no work to do.

At present, Tomahawk Films is the only one who is willing to package the entire film and hand them over to them for special effects, and the price they give is also very impressive.

It can be said that with the decline of the overseas competitiveness of the Dark Dragon Special Effects Company, the importance of the domestic Tomahawk Pictures has become higher and higher.In addition, the number of projects received by the Black Demon Dragon Special Effects Company is much less than in previous years, and it seems that they will not be able to solve the problem, so they can only open their mouths to Tomahawk Entertainment, and now they have funds from Tomahawk Group and Liu Rong.

So now Zhuo Yu is respectful to Han Lan's visit.

Chapter 0673 Animated Movie

Han Lan made a special trip to the Black Dragon Special Effects Company this time not only for inspection, but also people from Tomahawk Animation. They came with a big project this time.

Since the success of A Chinese Ghost Story, Han Lan has also begun to realize his vision.On the one hand, it is to sell various peripherals and various authorizations; on the other hand, it is also necessary to increase the output of popular i.

It's hard to do this in movies, it's much easier in anime.

Usually, it is easy to see all kinds of animation peripherals, and the peripherals of real-life movies are relatively rare.Especially in toys, animation is still the main focus.

After acquiring three animation studios to form Tomahawk Animation, Han Lan found a comic that was being serialized online in their copyright library.Its popularity and sales are barely there, it ranks outside the top [-], and it can make money but not very much.When I received a request from the head office to adapt the anime, I submitted it along with it.

The name of the comic is Panda Heroes, and the settings in it are all kinds of animals. The protagonist is a panda, and it tells the story of him learning kung fu and aspiring to become a martial arts master.

This is simply a clear stream in the current comics market. The popular comics on the market are either beautiful girls or hot-blooded. No matter how bad it is, it’s not bad. At least the protagonist must be human.And this kind of manga doesn't have a single person in it, basically it won't be popular, there is no sense of substitution, no matter how you look at it, it looks like it is for younger children.

The popularity of this comic is mainly because it caught up with the previous craze of Huo Yuanjia and Huo Daxia in Tomahawk Films, and its own plot setting and joke arrangement are also good, which has accumulated a lot of fans. Tomahawk anime recommended to come up for animation adaptation qualifications.

Among a large pile of works, Han Lan fell in love with it at a glance, and even repeatedly emphasized that this work would be popular when the project was approved.

As a result, the animation film project of Panda Heroes was approved, with an investment of 8 million.

The [-] million investment has once again refreshed the upper limit of investment in domestic films, and even Tomahawk Pictures' own film is the first time such a huge investment has appeared.

But there is no way, animation is a project that burns money, especially 3D animation, which is equivalent to the whole movie being special effects, and every frame is crazily burning money, so the cost is naturally higher than traditional movies.

Zhuo Yu was beating his chest and feet in the office after hearing the news!

For an animated film worth 8 million yuan, the final production process must be entrusted to them by Black Demon Dragon. This project is estimated to have an offer of [-] million yuan!With these [-] million entered into the account, the Black Demon Dragon Special Effects Company will be alive immediately!Where do you need to rely on financing to continue your life?

Zhuo Yu wondered if the Tomahawk Group deliberately hid the movie until they couldn't hold on and accept financing.

Of course, it's just thinking about it, and regretting it is definitely not regretting it.

Tomahawk Pictures still has the right to decide who will make this film. If the special effects team of Dark Dragon has not accepted the financing from Tomahawk Group, it may not be able to get this big project by then.

Moreover, the film is still in the preparatory stage, and it will take a long time for the film to actually start appropriating funds for production. If the special effects company of Black Demon Dragon does not have financing, it may not last until then.

The main purpose of coming here this time is to simply inform them, let them arrange the work at hand, don't look back and wait for the film project to finish, they are still busy with other big projects and cannot spare manpower and resources.

Zhuo Yu naturally paid special attention to this, and said that he would personally be responsible for the visual effects of the film.

After Tomahawk Films, Tomahawk Animation, and Black Dragon special effects teams got to know each other in the conference room, Panda Heroes officially started film adaptation!

After finishing the matter with Panda Heroes, Han Lan hurried back to Shanghai to continue filming. It was not until the end of May that his part in this movie was finished.

At this time, the foundry has already finalized and is ready to put into production at any time, and the first peripheral product of A Chinese Ghost Story has also officially opened for pre-sale.

主要是三个木偶：聂小倩、宁采臣和燕赤霞，定价分别是599和499。聂小倩是599，其他俩人都是499，预定付定金还有10元抵50元的活动。

As soon as the price came out, the fans were overjoyed:

"Xiaoqian really has a reputation. She is also the protagonist, but she is more expensive than others!"

"I don't need to say more about who is in charge of this family?"

"Bah! Is our Xiaoqian only worth the price difference of 100 yuan?"

"Buy Yan Chixia's blood to make money! Such a big guy, the price is even cheaper than Nie Xiaoqian! Order now!"

As a result, Nie Xiaoqian's reservations were still far ahead, even more than the other two combined.

Of course, the most pre-ordered version is the 1299 three-person suit.Many fans actually wanted to buy Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen’s model c, but after doing the math, they found out that with an additional 200 yuan, they can make up three statues, and the package version has a deposit of 50 yuan worth 200 yuan, so you can buy it as soon as you bite your teeth single.

But many overseas fans, especially fans from country j, became popular after watching it, and ran to the Blue Pigeon account of Tomahawk Pictures to protest. Why is it that only Hua country has pre-sale?

Tomahawk Pictures thought for a while, and quickly sent a reply, saying that the official stores of Tomahawk Entertainment on the two major e-commerce platforms in Huaguo are for global customer service, and overseas orders can also be placed!

In addition, a tutorial on how to use the Huaguo e-commerce platform overseas is also attached.

In fact, it is nothing more than downloading an additional software and registering an account. You can also use overseas cards for bank cards. The two major e-commerce platforms have business overseas, and express delivery can also be delivered, but it only requires extra money.

These are obviously not a problem for fans who have money and want to buy them for collection. They have followed the tutorial and started to try Huaguo online shopping.

In fact, the two major e-commerce platforms have also been working hard to expand overseas markets, so overseas services are still good, especially in developed areas, there will be no lagging or inaccessible phenomena. Basically, the experience is similar to that in China, except that the large Some stores do not include postage overseas.

Thanks to Tomahawk Pictures, the two major e-commerce platforms have inexplicably gained many overseas users.