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Chapter 444 Jewels and jade in front (two in one)

I have come to conquer you.

What should be your reaction to a sentence like this?
Sneer?You hurt me and just laughed it off?

Full of joy?Was conquered by you just like that, cutting off all escape routes?
Gan Jing didn't know what the foreigners in front of him were thinking. He came here with a heart full of confidence—of course, it is actually a technical job to distinguish the thoughts of foreigners from the surface.

"Forrest Gump, I like your work very much." The person sitting in the middle of the meeting room was not director Nolan, but Warner's big boss Barry Meyer.

Generally speaking, the Warner Company that everyone refers to is Warner Bros. Entertainment, which also includes several subsidiaries such as Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Studios, and Warner Home Video. The entertainment company is affiliated to Time Warner. super giant.

Since he came to power in 2000, Mayer has been in charge of Warner Entertainment for 12 years. He has seen countless ups and downs. He just smiled and praised Forrest Gump's performance.

"Thank you for your compliment." Gan Jing sat down first under Meyer's signal, and then greeted everyone.

Today's meeting is attended by high-level executives from Warner Pictures and Nolan, the director of "Batman 3", and Meyer, as the CEO of Warner Entertainment, can be regarded as reducing dimensionality.

"There are two things in this meeting. One is the ownership of Bain's role, and the other is the special effects production company used in the film." Meyer's voice was low and she spoke slowly. , and then tapped the table with his fingers.

Boom, boom, boom, the sound of knocking on the table is also low, as if knocking on the heart.

However, there were still objections.

"We have reached a tacit agreement with the Double company on the special effects of "Batman 3". We have cooperated for a long time and were very happy before. I think it is inappropriate to suddenly join a Huaxia company." A hooked nose said expressionlessly.

Meyer didn't speak, but looked down at the information on the table.

Double has indeed been cooperating well with Warner, and has even monopolized the special effects of Warner's blockbuster films in the past few years, but its relationship with CAA is closer.

Although Hollywood is closely connected with each other, this situation still caught Mayer's attention, and what caught his attention even more was that Time Warner had some opinions on the investment in blockbuster films in recent years, which was more related to his position.

Meyer's silence made others misunderstand a little.

"Huaxia's special effects have not been proven. Maybe the level is good, but it's not worth the risk. "Batman 3" is likely to be another cash cow with the good reputation of the first two films. In order to save those small money , we may lose more funds." The bald white man said so, and he nodded towards director Nolan.

Gan Jing didn't speak for a while, he observed the people present silently for a while, and suddenly found a phenomenon, everyone in the conference room except himself was fair-skinned.

After a few more people spoke, director Nolan said leisurely: "As far as I know, the special effects company has something to do with Forrest Gump. Let him talk about it." In fact, he not only knows about the special effects company, but also Knowing that Forrest Gump is just a high school student's resume.

Some people didn't notice these details, but Nolan had obtained Forrest Gump's background review from CAA before, and he knew a lot about his various performances since his debut.

As a major director, Nolan is not very constrained by CAA, but he already has a strong interest in Tom Hardy for the role of Bane, and Forrest Gump's audition was completely forced in.

But it is very difficult for any person to be forced - this is why Nolan has a slightly inclined position.

Meyer still didn't speak, but looked at A-Gump, obviously wanting him to speak.

Everyone in the conference room focused on the Eastern actor. Many people were actually very interested in seeing the actor himself for the first time.

Gan Jing slightly calmed down, raised his index finger, and said calmly: "First, the level and personnel of China's special effects are the top personnel in this industry in our country. Many of them have worked in Hollywood. Please believe that among the 13 billion people top strength."

"Secondly, its strength has been recognized by director Ang Lee, and the "Fantasy Drifting of Boy Pi" I collaborated with him will hit the best visual effect in 13. You should all know this. "Gan Jing stretched out his middle finger, matching his index finger is a V posture.

"The third point is that the company has top talents from Hollywood joining us. Last year, we hired the team that won the Oscar for best visual." Gan Jing changed his right hand again, this time it was an OK gesture.

One, two, three, well-reasoned and methodical, what Gan Jing said in the eyes of everyone did not surprise Nolan, what surprised him was the calm posture of this oriental man.

Don't look at many actors who are heroic in the film, but there are scripts and editing effects. In reality, many people speak and act very disorganized, even a little shy.

Nolan originally thought that this acting skill might be enough, but his acting skills might be limited by his knowledge, but he didn't expect...

He frowned slightly. Could it be that Huaxia's education level is already so high?

If Gan Jing knew what this international director was thinking, he would definitely give him three words.

It is an obligation!
Pattern diagram!
"Actually, Director Ang Lee is already with the special effects team, and he has brought the first-cut film in his hand. If you are willing, you can watch this film first and make a judgment whether it can hit the Oscars next year. "Gan Jing said lightly, "As for the special effects company, let me say one more thing, we can control the cost of special effects at half of Double's."

The exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and Huaxia currency this month is still above 6, 2000 million U.S. dollars is more than 1 million Huaxia currency, and 1000 million U.S. dollars is more than half a billion.

There is no doubt that this exchange rate difference is the biggest weapon for Huaxia Special Effects to attack Hollywood.

That is to say, because people from Hollywood special effects companies are hired, the cost is controlled at half instead of one-sixth, and there are many reasons for loss during the process.

Meyer glanced at A-Gump with some appreciation, and nodded: "Director Ang Lee and I have met a few times, he is a very talented person, since he is here, it would be too impolite for us not to let him come gone."

"Get your special effects team over here."

Meyer glanced at Nolan and felt slightly satisfied when he saw that he had no objection.

Gan Jing showed a slight smile and quickly put it back, took out his mobile phone and notified director Ang Lee and the special effects team who were already waiting below - because the character matter was an internal matter of Warner, it was inconvenient for Ang Lee to come up with Forrest Gump.

"Hi Mayer, hi Steve, hi Nolan, long time no see."

In about 2 minutes, Li An entered the door with a group of people headed by Xiao Yang. He greeted several familiar people one after another, and then went straight to the point.

"This is my first cut of the film. I have communicated with Fox, but let me tell you, don't let it out, everyone understands." Ang Lee said very straightforwardly, "I am very satisfied with the special effects of this film. Yes, you can pick and choose parts of it as you like."

Xiao Yang didn't say much. He and his colleagues put the machines they brought, pulled out the projector, and released the first-cut film.

The seats in the conference room have been adjusted, and everyone's position is at the back for viewing.

The first cut of the film has not yet added the classic title of [-]th Century Fox, Li An directly instructed Xiao Yang to start the film from drifting on the sea.

——The sea is full of water; the boy is really black.

——Tiger, it's true; Forrest Gump, it's not blowing.

"This tiger?" The hooked nose spoke first, but this time he hesitated.

Xiao Yang on the side, as the narrator, proudly said: "It's all special effects, A-Gump's arms are actually just a small model." He cut out the original image of Forrest-Gump.

This operation was not approved by everyone, but no one objected after it was cut.

Hooked Nose looked at the comparison between the original shot and the special effect shot on the white screen, and couldn't help but wonder, could this be done by Huaxia Company?They don't have braids now?
"The special effects of the waves are assisted by a wave machine, which makes it look more real, but like this Bengal tiger, its production is laborious and laborious. Every hair has been processed so that it can be lifelike." Xiao Yang continued to share. .

The word lifelike is not an exaggerated adjective in special effects movies, but an actual description. If it is not lifelike, the audience will not buy it.

No one in the conference room made a sound. Everyone here is a person with a heart or a city, and some words will only be kept in their hearts.

Gan Jing looked at the content of the first cut, while observing the expressions of the people—well, he didn't see anything.

After watching for about ten minutes, the meeting room was quiet for ten minutes, and finally Meyer spoke out, but he didn't ask about the special effects, but asked: "Forrest Gump, I only see your image in the current content. It is a breakthrough in the world, but it is very difficult to be nominated for an Oscar based on this alone, let alone the best actor."

"Life of Pi" as the Oscar winner next year is a tacit agreement between Warner and Fox, but the tacit agreement is only a tacit agreement, just like the current discussion on whether to use Chinese special effects to replace Double, which has a tacit agreement. Jing does not have enough performance in the film, so Warner's use of resources is open to question.

Gan Jing didn't speak, but was just thinking, did Meyer's words mean that he already recognized the level of special effects?
"The previous content is the part of drifting at sea. The interaction between Forrest Gump and the tiger and the psychological changes are the obvious part. Now let's look at the later confirmation part." Li An said slowly.

Meyer and everyone did not object.

Xiao Yang understood, he had already communicated with director Ang Lee when he was downstairs just now, so he would know what time slot to adjust to.

The content of the video on the projection screen was adjusted, and soon, a middle-aged Forrest Gump appeared on it, with slightly curly hair and a dark complexion. The wrinkles on his face and the unique skin quality of middle-aged people were all normal.

This image is different from the image of the boy in the sea before, but compared to the real person, he has done a good job.

The middle-aged man in the film slowly narrates the second version of the story. The orangutan represents the mother, the hyena represents the chef, and the zebra represents the sailor... Soon, the middle-aged party sent the guests out after telling the story.

Standing in front of the door, he looked at the figure of the guest going away, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were completely different.

hiss!
For the first time, the blooming of Forrest Gump's perfect acting skills appeared in front of the audience!

Nolan was a little dazed and felt his scalp numb, while Meyer's throat moved and goosebumps appeared on his body.

The contrast between the eyes and the smile is too strong, and under the impact of the second story just narrated, his emotional color has been strengthened even more.

This is the end of the first cut film, and there is no opening title at the end of the film.

There was no sound in the conference room for a long time, and Li An was really a little nervous. This was the first time he showed the film to others. Although it was for special effects, he also had the idea of ​​a small-scale trial screening.

Is the effect so bad?
As soon as this idea came to Li An's mind, he heard sporadic applause, and then the applause was suddenly strong.

Mayer and Nolan took the lead in applauding, and the others followed suit.

It turned out that the effect was great!
Li An breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at A-Gump, meeting his gaze, both of them were quite excited.

Xiao Yang showed a big smile, squatted down and wanted to clean up the machine but was stopped by Gan Jing, maybe he could use it later.

"How about this movie?" With the applause, Gan Jing felt confident.

Nolan, who only asked one sentence throughout the whole process, said without waiting for Mayer: "Great, the last close-up is great, great, really great."

After all, you are also a great director, don't you just say it's great?

Gan Jing smiled.

"Forrest Gump, um, how did you perform this scene?" Nolan couldn't hide his excitement. This is the excitement of a director meeting uncut jade, no, meeting Meiyu Liangcai. It's extreme and strong, but there's also a kind of mellowness...well, yes, mellowness."

Nolan was as happy as a two-hundred-pound child for finding a suitable adjective for himself.

Gan Jing breathed out, closed his eyes slightly and then opened them again: "Do you know the Tai Chi in the East? At first I didn't think of it when I was looking for different extreme emotions, but two days before the performance, I suddenly thought of Tai Chi. One black and one white, but blending harmoniously, I don’t know if you know this kind of oriental philosophy.”

He shrugged and didn't continue to describe.

Nolan was thoughtful, and Meyer nodded approvingly.

After everyone digested for a while, Meyer said directly: "I think this level of special effects is in line with expectations. Since the budget can be reduced and the level is sufficient, there is no reason for us to choose the one with a higher price. I also believe that Huaxia Special Effects will Cherish this hard-won opportunity." He understands the meaning of this, or in other words, understands human nature very well.

"Then, let's end this meeting here." Meyer knocked on the table and stood up.

Gan Jing was a little taken aback, and asked, "What about Bain's character?"

"You took it down, young man." Meyer looked at A-Gump, and then at Andy who was sitting next to him and hadn't spoken.

Gan Jing was a little surprised, looked at Nolan, a little hesitant: "An audition?"

Nolan sighed: "I believe in your ability as a film star, not to mention that the shots of this Boy Pi's work are perfect, so there is no need for an audition."

With pearls and jade in front, why worry about the failure of the work.

(End of this chapter)