After talking about business, Spielberg chatted with Yin Jun about "Raiders of the Lost Ark" for a while, and then went home to prepare for tomorrow's trip. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

He and Lucas will take a copy of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" tomorrow to the northeast to meet with the group of movie theater owners, preparing to impress them and let "Raiders of the Lost Ark" get its first temporary theater of no small scale.

With this as a foundation, they were able to organize a larger theatrical alliance.

Although in terms of topography and size, it is not as good as the large theater alliance organized by Paramount, but at least this is also a way not to be controlled by others.

When Yin Jun helped them contact Lei Shidong, a theater owner with strong ambitions, all this was irreversible - Spielberg refused to let his works be dusted, Lucas did not want to lose his income, Yin Jun also intended to break Paramount's monopoly, and Lei Shidong also wanted to take the opportunity to get up, so they twisted into a rope would create a miracle together!

Yin Jun also did not talk to Spielberg about the release of "E.T." for the time being, and it is not too late to think about this issue when "E.T." is filmed and enters the final production stage.

The young man was not so proud, and felt that once Lei Shidong and they succeeded, he would be able to rely on the cinema alliance organized by Lei Shidong every time.

If Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and other companies were not so greedy and gave a reasonable share ratio, then Yin Jun would still give priority to them.

Otherwise, the North American box office of "E.T." is only 360 million US dollars, and the remaining box office of more than 430 million US dollars is all from overseas!

It's a pity to throw away such a big cake.

I believe that with this Lei Shidong and their troubles, the seven giants will definitely not dare to force their side so much.

This is the way this is the world, with competitors, then no one dares to be unscrupulous, and the market will not become their game because it is controlled by a few.

This is also the reason why Europe and the United States attach great importance to the "anti-monopoly law".

The elites are allowed to run the bull in the industry, but they are absolutely not allowed to live for ordinary people.

Any company, as long as it touches on this point, will be strictly required to break up, otherwise it will directly let you go out of business.

The Rockefeller family, which was so invincible at the beginning, was forced by the "anti-monopoly law" to be constantly broken up, and finally became obscure.

"E.T." was handed over to Spielberg, and Yin Jun would not completely let it go, Tang Shuxuan would replace himself and take the accounting company to audit the accounts from time to time and survey the crew-this may not necessarily play a substantive role, but it is an indispensable way for investment companies to exercise power.

"Jun Shao, why do you want to give the work of special effects to that person named Stan Winston?" Yin Jun pondered, Huo Jianning asked, "Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic Company is the number one in the industry! That Stan Winston is just a little famous at best, isn't it enough to put the special effects work of the $25 million investment movie on him?"

Huo Jianning, the script of "E.T.", has seen it, he knows what kind of story it is, and the special effects required are not simple, which is much more difficult than the "Jaws" he watched a few years ago.

"It's not the same. One is mainly to develop CG technology, and the other is to give priority to model technology. Yin Jun said, "George's industrial light and magic is indeed very good, but that is George's lifeblood." If we ask him to do special effects, we will only give him business. Stan Winston's special effects studio, which is currently model-based, is a perfect fit for E.T. The aliens, in particular, need their skillful hands even more. ”

Huo Jianning said puzzledly, "You say that, I'm a little confused, don't you look for Lucas, look for Stan? Winston's studio, don't you give him business? You don't seem to know him well, right?"

"I don't know it, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to buy his studio. Yin Jun stood up, "Let's go, Brother Ning, let's go and meet this special effects master!"

Huo Jianning was stunned at that time.

It wasn't until the taxi stopped in front of the small building with "Stan Winston Studio" and the abbreviation "SWS" below that Huo Jianning confirmed that Yin Jun had really come to Stan Winston.

"Jun Shao, do you really know him?" Huo Jianning asked as he walked.

"I don't know, I've only heard his name before. Yin Jun said.

"Then why did you come to him all of a sudden?" Huo Jianning said in horror, "Wouldn't it be too rude to do this?"

"Of course not, the Americans are much more atmospheric than you might think, especially if I can help him immensely. Yin Jun said with a smile and rang the doorbell by the way.

The door soon opened, and it was a middle-aged woman in her forties.

She looked at Yin Jun and asked, "What is the matter with your coming?"

"There is no appointment, but I hope Mr. Stan Winston will take the time to give me 10 minutes, I have a good business and want to talk to him. Yin Jun said.

Maybe it was Stan's Winston studio that wasn't so busy, or maybe it was Yin Jun's "good business" that moved her, and the middle-aged woman nodded, "Please wait a minute." ”

After five minutes, she opened the door again, "Please come in, Mr. Winston is waiting for you in the office." ”

"Thank you!"

Yin Jun and Huo Jianning walked in.

I saw that the area of this small building is larger than expected, the first floor is at least more than 200 square meters, it is a large open space, except for a few desks in the corner, there are all kinds of workbenches, models, and various equipment.

Seven or eight special effects artists were working there to make some of the needed models out of clay or other raw materials.

Walking up to the second floor, I found that there was also about 200 square meters of space belonging to the special effects artists, and five or six special effects artists were making a huge animal, with hideous claws, which looked a little scary.

On the left hand side of the stairs are two offices, one of which has its door open.

Yin Jun saw a bearded and glasses man in his thirties, hunched over and doing the work of modifying a model about half a meter high.

Looking at the model, it looked a bit like a griffin, but it had no wings.

"Bang bang!"

The middle-aged woman knocked on the door, "Mr. Winston, the guest has arrived." ”

Winston raised his head, looked at Yin Jun and them, and said after being slightly stunned, "Okay, please go and get us three cups of coffee!"

Then, he smiled and said to Yin Jun and the others, "Please sit down for a while, I'll be here right away!"

"Mr. Winston, you're busy, we're not in a hurry. Yin Jun smiled.

As he spoke, he really sat down on the sofa next to him with Huo Jianning.

But after sitting like this for more than ten minutes, Huo Jianning drank all the coffee, and Stan Winston finally finished the work at hand, stood up, looked around a few times, and then smiled with satisfaction.

When he turned around and saw Yin Jun and Huo Jianning sitting on the sofa, he was stunned for a few seconds before he remembered what had just happened, and unconsciously showed a look of ridicule on his face, "I'm sorry, you two have been waiting for a long time!"

"It's okay, it's rare to get up close and personal with the work of Hollywood's No. 1 model maker. Yin Jun smiled, stood up and stretched out his hand, "Hello, Mr. Winston, my name is Yin Jun, from Xiangjiang! This is my assistant, Huo Jianning." ”

"Oh, hello!" Winston shook hands with Yin Jun and Huo Jianning, sat back in his chair, and took a sip of coffee that had already been cold, "May I ask what business you have to talk to me about? Do you want to make prop models in the movie? I know your Xiangjiang movies, many of your movies are good, but the prop models are very average, and the effect will be much worse." ”

"Without a scientific and systematic concept and production method, it is natural that it will fall far behind. Yin Jun nodded and said, "In this regard, Hollywood is ten years ahead of Xiangjiang, and you and your team are twenty years ahead. ”

There is no one who does not like to hear good words.

Winston smiled, but was not proud.

"Although I am from Hong Kong, I don't just focus on Hong Kong, Hollywood has always been one of the centers of the film world, so I also come here to do some business-related to films. Yin Jun took out a stack of copies from his bag and placed them on Winston's desk, "George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg are my friends, and I invested $20 million in their Raiders of the Lost Ark." ”

Winston picked up the copy and looked at it, and nodded slightly, but this time his attitude towards Yin Jun was more solemn.

Those who can invest $20 million in movies with real money are generally big funders.

Even if Winston won't ask Yin Jun for anything in the future, it is not a good thing to offend a rich boss who is interested in Hollywood.

Yin Jun stood in front of his desk and took out the second document, "This is the second movie I have prepared, a movie about aliens written by me myself. Stephen Spielberg has agreed to be the director and producer of the film, and I'm going to invest $25 million in the film. ”

Winston picked up the document again, but this time it was not an investment agreement, but a drawing.

When he saw the portrait of the alien, his face changed, and after a moment of contemplation, he opened the second and third ones......

After watching the whole thing, Winston's face became solemn, "Mr. Yin, the business you just said is that you are going to hand over the special effects work of this movie to us?"

"Of course not. Yin Jun shook his head, "This special effects work is only incidental to you, what I really want to talk about is your future." ”

Winston was sad and then happy, then shocked.

Yin Jun's words were too turbulent, which made him feel really upset.

Originally, when Yin Jun said the first sentence, he was disappointed, a movie with an investment of 25 million, even if he takes 3 million to make special effects for himself, it is a big business.

Stan Winston's studio is not doing very well right now, usually Hollywood doesn't have that many movies that need special effects, and even if it works, it's just that their own film company has a simple special effects artist, just get a little bit and fool the audience.

He usually takes care of his friends and takes on two or three jobs a year, so that he can barely keep his capital in business.

But in the years since he founded Stan Winston's studio, he has not been able to flourish as he expected, which still makes him a little depressed.

Everyone knows that he Stan Winston is Hollywood's premier model special effects artist, but his skills are not used in many places in today's movies, which makes Stan Winston, who thinks highly of himself, a little hit.

Now someone suddenly came to the door and said that the business of 25 million yuan, why do you think he is unhappy?

Fortunately, it was Yin Jun who said it again in the second sentence, otherwise looking at a big business but not being able to take it, Winston would definitely not be able to help but scold his mother.

But the third sentence Yin Jun said shocked Winston again.

This kid wouldn't say anything scaring about it, would he?

Although Yin Jun didn't talk much, he had already mobilized Winston's mood well at this time and made him pay attention to it.

Yin Jun ignored his face, but said slowly: "I have investigated your special effects company, since you started Stan Winston Studio in 1972, the average annual operating income does not exceed 1.6 million US dollars, and with the rising costs now, you have already had a loss of 70,000 US dollars in 78 years, and last year, the loss was more than 100,000 yuan."

If it weren't for the fact that you had some connections, continued work, and some savings from the past, I'm afraid you would now have 15 employees in your studio...... Oh, including the lady just now, more than half of them will be gone, right? This is not only a question of remuneration, but also the confusion and pain of not seeing the future. I believe this, you also know it deeply. ”

Winston nodded.

Doing it alone and pulling a company to do it are two different concepts.

He makes model special effects for others by himself, which makes a lot of money, has a high reputation, and is relatively leisurely, so he doesn't have to worry about anything else.

But after opening the studio, Winston not only had to do his own work, but also had to work for the studio, and also had to manage some daily affairs, which greatly occupied his time and energy.

Sometimes he wonders if he should disband the studio and start on his own.

"However, I feel that your current predicament is only temporary. Yin Jun's words changed, "The world of movies is constantly developing, and from the development of Lucas's industrial light and magic using CG technology in the past two years, we can know that special effects are very important things for movies." Not only CG stunt effects, but also this model stunt is absolutely indispensable. Even before the development of computer technology, your model stunts were absolutely unique in the world. ”

"What about being unique? They don't need it. Winston sighed.

"No, it's just now, and in the future, when there are more types of movies, people need to see more realistic, more shocking special effects, and then better technology will be needed. Yin Jun said, "It's not that I look down on them, other people can't reach the height of Mr. Winston in terms of model special effects, so I came over." ”

"What do you mean?" said Winston, thoughtfully.

"I hope to work with you to develop Stan Winston Studios and make it the world's No. 1 model special effects company as soon as possible!" Yin Jun said with a straight face, "Not for money, but for honor! Future movies will be changed in our hands! With our active production of model special effects, the movies that people watch will definitely be incomparably magnificent and thrilling!"