Chapter 132: Image engine

Chapter 132 Image Engine
"Brother, isn't it the best director? I believe you can get it"
On the other side of the phone, Natalie resolutely said, Wang Yang laughed, and continued to walk on this tree-lined road, but couldn't help but smiled and said: "Thank you, but ... don't believe me. (Read novels) Really do n’t, haha ​​I ca n’t do it. I just now know that Oscar for so many years, only three people have been nominated for best director for science fiction, but I want to make a science fiction movie hell
He likes to study movies, but he is not very attentive to these historical details of Oscar. He then laughed and said, "Who are those three? Stanley Kubrick, wow," 2001 Space Walk ", you know that movie, its spaceship, computer ... what to say? It ’s unbelievable, unbelievable and then George Lucas, oh "Star Wars", Her Majesty Queen Padme is unbelievable, unbelievable, I was actually on the phone with Her Majesty ... "
"Hah" Natalie also laughed suddenly, pretending to be serious and said: "But you are not bad, you are the magical Yang Padme told you that the brave Naboo will not say 'I can't'," Never "
Wang Yang shrugged and smiled at the phone: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I'm just an ordinary earthman." Both laughed a few times, and he slowly calmed down, smiling: "Well, everyone They are encouraging me, so no matter how he eats this box of chocolates, I eat, and I eat, there will always be one of the best directors. "
"That's right. Come on anyway. It doesn't matter if you take the Oscar or not. Well, I mean your realm, not mine." Natalie's voice smiled wickedly, and then said seriously: "Yang Do n’t give yourself too much psychological pressure, you know?
Wang Yang yelled, just wanted to say thank you, and heard her say again:
Psychological pressure will make you aging early and make you ugly, even It's 'really not working'. "
Really not? Wang Yang kept walking, frowning puzzledly. Natalie over there continued: "I would have hoped that you would become like that, and then abandoned by Jesse. Me? I don't care about the appearance, 8 abdominal muscles are very good, but 1 does not matter; is not necessary, Perhaps it saves a lot of trouble. "
Wang Yang understood her meaning, rolled her eyes, and laughed: "You know why I would treat you as a friend?" He paused and said aloud: "That's why" Natalie laughed carelessly. , And said: "Brother, your current voice makes me very happy, I'm going to use that sentence" Wang Yang smiled and said: "OK, happy birthday grows up to one year old, be obedient"
Natalie blew a frivolous whistle and said with excitement: "After another year and a year, I can go to the nightclub to drink, I drink, I drink, I drink ... those child"
"Your Majesty, please pay attention to the image" Wang Yang laughed hurriedly and shook his head again. What should she say? He laughed: "Don't talk, I have to go to work, thank you for your crappy encouragement," said Natalie over there: "Well, bye, come to New York to play." Wang Yang smiled and refused: "No , I was imprisoned in New York for a month this year, which is enough. Let ’s go to prison in September. My friend, bye bye. "
Although the external directors have commented on the best directors, Wang Yang still has that attitude. Doing his own job is the most important thing. Now the urgent work is still the acquisition of special effects companies. He dialed a number with his mobile phone, and suddenly frowned, and saw a paparazzi holding a telephoto camera not far away in front of him, taking pictures of him.
"Hi Mark, are they here?" Wang Yang stared blankly at the paparazzi, listening to the words of Mark Srant in his cell phone, and after a while, he nodded: "Well, okay, here I am Come."
Looking for a special effects company suitable for acquisition of capital injection is a focus of the recent Flame Films, including the release of words in the industry to attract people to come to the door, the initiative to contact themselves, etc., and then through Wang Yang, Mark Srant and the president of Blue Sky Studio The selection and investigation of Chris Wake and others finally set the goal on a Canadian company called "Image Engine (Image-ne)".
In 1995, Greg Holmes and partner Christopher established an image engine in Vancouver. The current scale is not large, mainly for some TV special visual effects; and in terms of film and television, its work is only the TV series "Stargate" SG-1 ". However, "Star Gate" has been broadcast since 1997 and it has received rave reviews. Its special effects are also praised by fans. The work of the image engine has a part of post-synthesis, modeling and so on.
Its main synthetic software is Nuke in the digital field. Naturally, it is the right to use it. It may not be used as well in the digital field, but its redevelopment and use of Nuke is absolutely commendable. In terms of modeling, the image engine also has experience that should not be underestimated.
But in general, it is now a very small company. Although it is called "Image Engine", it lacks a powerful 3D visual engine and no generation technology such as hair and bones ... It has no ability to act as the special effect of "Ninth District" jobs.
But this is normal. If you directly buy a capable special effects company, the price will inevitably double, and others may not be willing to sell. The reason why they like the image engine company is because of its development potential. Its current employees come from all over the world, Canada, the United States, New Zealand, China ... There are more than a dozen countries with very diverse backgrounds, and they keep recruiting With the talents from all over, it shows that this company has the courage to innovate and explore.
The company's founder Greg Holmes is not a technical maniac, but a man who is very good at business. After many years of work, he has a wide network of contacts, including many rising stars in the industry, such as the senior of "The Matrix". Technical director Horn-Walsh and Peter Wools, director of computer graphics research and development at Motion Image, and others, said in his words: "I can spend a month recruiting a mature enough to cope with a A visual effects team for film work; there is also a top technology R & D department. But I need funds. "
The flame film can provide funding; Blue Sky Studio can also share the technology of 3D engine, hair bone generation, etc., and the connections of Chris Wake, the two companies can complement each other and jointly develop a super 3D special effects animation technology research and development department.
So Wang Yang decided to acquire the image engine company, then inject capital into it, recruit and form top teams, purchase existing software technology, and expand into a vigorous emerging special effects company.
Greg Holmes is naturally very happy about this, as long as he has the funds, he can carry out his long-planned development plan. Originally in his plan, the image engine now needs at least another five years of steady accumulation before it has a chance to develop slowly. But now that Flame Movies is well-funded and has ambitious acquisitions, it directly advances the image engine by five years, or even ten years.
He also brought the company's team from Vancouver to Los Angeles to discuss specific acquisition and capital injection plans. In fact, there is no need to talk about capital injection. When Flame Movie becomes the largest shareholder of the image engine, it is impossible to ignore it and violate its own acquisition purpose; the key is the details of the acquisition, including the proportion of equity and the purchase price, whether the office location Transfer, future salary and benefits, and whether there will be adjustments for layoffs, etc.
The scheme given by Flame Movies is that after the acquisition, the image engine will be an independent subsidiary, which will operate autonomously, salary and welfare will be improved accordingly, and there will be no layoffs; as for the office location, it is still in Vancouver, anyway. The studio just started was built in this cold city, where there are also a lot of post-production studios for post-editing, soundtracks, etc., plus the special effects production of the image engine, just do not have to run on both ends.
However, the technology research and development department, or a new joint venture (Blue Sky and Image Engine), will be established in New York.
Greg Holmes and others are very satisfied with this plan, so the focus of the negotiating table is the issue of the purchase price. The goal of Flame Movies is to obtain 85% of the shares within 6 million, and also undertake the partnership shares diluted when recruiting talent, but it will not exceed 25%; 6 million does not seem to be much, but it is already fair for the current image engine And, the real place to spend money is the expansion of capital injection after the acquisition. The stocks of the shareholders of the original image engine will naturally be more valuable.
Although the price is fair, it still takes time to complete the entire negotiation. It is not possible to get it done in a day or two. First, it is because the contract details need to be finalized slowly. Second, it is because of a normal performance: "preservation."
"Hi, Robert" study, Wang Yang stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass and looked at the dark night outside. The microphone in his opponent smiled and said: "How are you thinking? I'm talking to a company 'Image Engine' about the acquisition now Are you interested in joining? We need a big man to sit in. "It was Robert Zemigis on the other side of the phone, who once again recruited the best director to join the special effects company.
"Haha" Robert Zemigis smiled heartily, and said: "Yang, I have considered it seriously, but I can't think of it anymore." Wang Yang suddenly let out a disappointment, and Robert said with a smile: " My life is very good now, and people do n’t want to change when they are old. Haha boy, you know I want to take a good rest for a while, to spend time with my family and think about the next movie plan. "
Speaking of which, his tone became a little excited: "As I told you, I am going to make a 3D film made with IMAX film all the way; now I have a new idea to use motion expression capture technology to go Filming the performance of the actors, and then completely using animation technology to transform into 3D animation live performances, but it is animation ... kid "he sighed, before laughing:" This is very cool "
Wang Yang nodded in agreement: "Well, obviously it is." The first full-length IMAX film + 3D animation captured by real people is really cool. This is the so-called "playing technology". Robert no longer needs to prove anything to the world now, he just needs to enjoy the fun of the movie.
Robert Zemigis over there smiled and said, "I have spoken with the Warner Brothers these days, they are very interested in my plan and are willing to invest within 200 million. But I don't know if I should shoot What story? He laughed for a while, then said: "I think it should be a children's story? But don't worry, I have to enjoy my vacation now. If your special effects company needs it, I can introduce some people to you, Are all authorities in this industry. "
"Of course that's great." Wang Yang couldn't help but smile with gratitude. If Robert joined the company, there are obviously many benefits, and his network will directly benefit the company; now it is an introduction, the effect will naturally be different, but still A great help. He smiled: "My company needs too many things, especially talents in motion expression capture ..."
The two chatted for a while before ending the call. Wang Yang checked the special effects data in the computer for a while. When it was not early, he left the study and went to the living room. The hall was playing rhythmic hip-hop music. I saw Jessica practicing seriously with the music. Street dance, hot weather combined with sports, so she was dressed very cool at this time, the white top with exposed navel and checkered shorts looked very sexy.
"Hey, Jessie" Wang Yang smiled and greeted ~ EbookFREE.me ~ clapped his hands a few times, said: "Just jumped" Jessica turned to smile at him and continued to follow the rhythm of the music , Shake her hair, and twist the curvy waist. Wang Yang stopped and looked at it with a smile, his heart suddenly moved, remembering Natalie's words in the morning, okay? How can it be
He rolled his eyes and walked to the night, pretending to say deeply: "Beauty, in my view as a dance king, you can dance better with these movements, stop first, let me teach you. "
"When are you the king of dancing?" Jessica stopped breathing slightly, and looked at him suspiciously. With a shocked expression on his face, Wang Yang shook his body a few times at random, and said, "Isn't it always you don't know? I have a title of 'Prom Prince' in high school", and he walked behind her and hugged , Jessica suddenly understood the real idea in his heart, and slapped his hand on his waist.
She glanced back at him and smiled, "Go away and don't disturb me. I'll practice for another half hour today and walk away. Don't hurt me to lose to Scarlett. We have a game tomorrow."
Seeing that she was serious, Wang Yang gritted his teeth helplessly, kissed her fiercely, and backed back to the study, pointed at her, and smiled: "You wait for me, half an hour later "I'll be back" Jessica gave him a kiss and smiled and waved her hand: "Bye", she continued to dance.