December 28th.
Shi Xiao Tao made a trip to Shang Hai City with another piece of good news.
The animation movie "Wa-wah Robot: A Brilliant and Brave Rescue" had been completed. The movie was 90% complete.
Only a small amount of work, such as post-production editing and the theme song, were left to be completed.
"To speed up the progress, we have doubled the manpower and often worked overtime.
In addition, I have cut some content. The entire movie is only 92 minutes long, but the level of excitement remains the same and the plot is more compact.
We have used animation production techniques to improve efficiency and purchased a high-speed rendering software, which has increased our work efficiency by 30%.
"Therefore, we are the only ones who can produce a complete animation movie within eight months or so."
Shi Xiao Tao said proudly. Of course, she did not deny that the materials Chen Jin gave her had shortened the production cycle by at least two to three months.
After all, everything was difficult at the beginning.
Chen Jin nodded. His gaze was fixed on the laptop, watching the movie.
Slowly, he furrowed his brows.
It was not that the movie was bad. At least, he felt that the first 30 minutes were very good. The graphics were exquisite, the plot was smooth, and there were many laughs. The quality was very high.
But in the middle and later stages, there were some signs of the picture collapsing.
It was not as exquisite as before. Many of the details were very rough.
The quality had dropped a lot. The rhythm was also a little messy. There were obvious signs of rushing.
After Chen Jin pointed out these problems, Shi Xiao Tao looked helpless and embarrassed.
"I didn't expect you to see through it. We were indeed rushing a little during the post-production. But I don't think it's a big problem. At least there are no problems with the plot. The details are missing and the picture collapsing. This is the inherent flaw of the high-speed rendering software that we used. It guarantees speed, but it cannot guarantee quality. We can only use it as it is.
But I don't think that the audience will care too much about those details. It will not affect the box office. "
Chen Jin shook his head. "You are right. The average audience will not care too much about those details. But the professional audience, the professional film critics who write reviews, they will hold a magnifying glass and pay attention to every detail of the movie.
"The average audience will laugh and get over it. But the professional audience and professional film critics will definitely find the flaws and not let go of some details. They will make some negative comments. Because the right to speak is in their hands, once they start a large-scale roasting, it will drag down the reputation of the movie. In the end, the box office will definitely be affected.
"I know!"
Shi Xiaotao said, "What you said makes sense, but this movie needs to be released during the Lunar New Year period, so the schedule is very tight. We still have to do the theme song, look for cinema partners, and do publicity. We are very busy with all sorts of things, so we don't have the time to refine the movie. We can only edit it slightly."
"I can't do anything about it if my reputation is affected by the criticism of professionals. After all, this is only my first work, a newcomer's work! I hope they will show some mercy and be a little more lenient. "
"In terms of the box office, I don't think it will affect the box office too much. This is just a family movie that doesn't have much substance. What the audience wants is to be happy and relaxed. If they can do that, they will basically succeed."
Therefore, she did not intend to make any major adjustments or changes to the finished film.
"Then … how about this, you leave a sample here, and I'll find someone to help optimize it."
Chen Jin suddenly said.
Shi Xiaotao's face was full of question marks. "You found someone to optimize it for me? How?"
"Do you remember the promotional video for 'Wa-wah Robot' that my company hired someone to do? The team I know has the ability to help you optimize the details of the movie, and it won't take too long. It should be done in a week. "
"That's really great! Chief Chen, please ask them for help. Thank you, thank you so much! "
Shi Xiaotao was overjoyed. She had seen the promotional video for "Wa-wah Robot." The quality of the graphics was the best in the world. With the help of such a strong technical team, the quality of the graphics in her movie, "Wa-wah Robot: A Brave and Intelligent Rescue," would definitely be improved.
She asked Chen Jin again, how much should he pay the team for their help? One million? Or five million?
"We'll talk about this after the effects are out."
Chen Jin asked her to leave a sample of the movie and said that he would give her the optimized finished film in about a week.
That night.
Haierfa, Base of Operations.
Chen Jin uploaded the movie "Wa-wah Robot: A Brave and Intelligent Rescue" that was stored in his laptop to the server and asked Alice to optimize it.
"It's done, master."
After about three seconds, Alice indicated that the optimization was complete.
"Damn, is this light speed optimization?"
Chen Jin shook his head. He asked Alice to turn on the projector and played the optimized movie.
The effects of the optimization shocked him!
The hair strands of the characters in the movie were so detailed that even the slightest hair could be seen.
The lines of the bricks and stones on the ground were like a complicated picture.
The expressions of the characters were extremely vivid and realistic.
The smoothness of the picture was optimized to an extreme level of 240 frames per second.
The slightly broken pictures and the missing details were all perfected and restored.
Perfect.
Chen Jin only wanted to use the word "perfect" to describe the entire movie.
"Just based on the performance of this picture, the audience will honestly fork out money to buy the tickets, right?"
"In this era, looks are king, and eyeballs are the economy. Just based on this picture, even if it's a terrible movie, it can rake in at least 2 billion in the box office."
"Moreover, its plot is not terrible, it's full of laughs, and the ending is heartwarming … It's not too much to ask for 3 billion in the box office."
…
One week later.
Chen Jin sent the "optimized" sample of the movie to Shi Xiao Tao in Hang Hu City via a long-distance link.
After receiving it, before he could finish watching the optimized movie, Shi Xiao Tao's phone call came. Her scream exceeded 100 decibels.
"How did you do it? How did you guys do it? "
"What kind of technology did you use? How could you achieve this level?"
"It's too awesome! It's too awesome, it's simply god-like technology. President Chen, I want to make friends with the gurus in that team of yours! "
Amidst the screams from the other side, she fired off a series of questions. Then, she said with absolute certainty, "5 billion! I'm confident that the box office of this movie can break through 5 billion! "
What the f * ck!
Chen Jin was taken aback. Five billion? Don't scare me, okay? At present, there was only one movie that had a box office of more than five billion in the country, and that was "Battle Dragons 2," directed and starring Wu Jin. It was said that on average, every citizen had watched it once.
Shi Xiao Tao's animated movie was indeed exquisite after the optimization, but the plot was a little old-fashioned. There were no intense and explosive action scenes. It was already not bad to get 3 billion in the box office. 5 billion … She was really delusional.
However, Chen Jin did not open his mouth to attack her … He was vaguely afraid of being slapped in the face.
Of course, that guru's team was usually very busy with work. They did not want to be disturbed and did not like to make friends.
"Alright, when I become an internationally renowned director, maybe I can meet those gurus."
She asked again, how much "hard work" should she give that guru's team? Was 10 million enough?
If it was more than 10 million, she could not afford it. For this movie, almost all of her family's liquid assets had been taken out. Almost all of her net worth had been bet on this movie. This was a high-risk gamble. She could only win. She could not lose!
"How about 1% of the total box office profit? Send it to my company's account together … That shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Based on the box office earnings of 3 billion, 1% of the total box office profit would be 30 million. It was a friendly price.
Speaking of which, why did he not let Alice directly produce a movie to earn more income?
Actually, this had been explained before. A movie with no director, no dubbing actors, and no production team could be shown in cinemas, raking in billions of box office earnings and attracting the attention and discussion of countless people. The risk was at least 10,000 times higher than selling gold.
She could find a proper film production team to work with. No matter how exaggerated Alice's optimization of the scenes was, she could still explain it … Of course, the profit would be less.
"Sure, no problem at all!"
Shi Xiao Tao agreed readily.
…
20X0, a magical year.
January 8th, a good day.
8 PM.
Workers' Stadium, Shanghai City.
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