Chapter 93 New TV Drama Project

The reason why he chose "Toy Story" as the second animation work of the film and television company is mainly to grab Jobs' achievements, avoid becoming famous because of it, and return to Apple.

In fact, Jobs left Apple, and the mix was not satisfactory. He did not succeed in anything before, until he acquired Pixar and produced the animated film "Toy Story", which achieved great success.

He also led Pixar to the public market, and his net worth reached 1 billion US dollars, which made him famous. At that time, Apple was dying, so he thought about whether he could invite Jobs to save Apple from danger.

If Jobs loses the opportunity to lead Pixar to glory, it is still unknown whether he will be invited back by Apple.

Because after Jobs was kicked out of Apple, he did not prove his own strength. Others just thought that the previous success was just luck, and the possibility of being invited to take charge of Apple again was much lower.

Because Apple was about to go bankrupt at that time, and its finances could only last for one quarter. Looking for someone to save it, we must find someone who has proven himself, not Jobs, who has been kicked out of Apple and has been in a bad mood.

While perfecting the automatic software detection system, he wrote the scripts of "Toy Story" and "Titanic" one after another.

Then I went to Phoenix Special Effects Company with the script of "Toy Story", and started to complete the preliminary animation image design work with my colleagues in the company's special effects department.

However, although the name is "Toy Story", the plot used in it is basically the same, but the toys inside are quite different, because some toys in the previous life used toys from other toy companies, and there were patent disputes.

So he added some toys of his own design in it to make the toys inside more attractive, and maybe children will love to watch it more.

It took one day to complete all the toy animation images and scene concept design in it, and the rest of the production, the colleagues in the special effects department can make it according to the script, which is very easy to get started.

Then, with the script of "Titanic", I went to Shengshi Film and Television Company, found Zhang Guoli, and asked him to prepare other props and scenes according to the script.

He was afraid that Zhang Guoli would really build and search for the venue according to the description of the scene in the script, so he deliberately explained how the scene was shot, and how to use special effects to make the scene.

After Zhang Guoli understood this, he was relieved. In order to salvage the sunken ship at the bottom of the sea, he really wanted to rent a salvage boat. It was all money!

According to him, such a scene can only be shot in a pool, at most, a platform can be built near the sea, which is considered a very extravagant.

There are still many such details. After he explained it clearly, Zhang Guoli could only be amazed. If he did this, the investment cost of the entire film would not exceed 10 million US dollars. This is still considering the relatively high cost of foreign actors.

After Zhang Guoli understood how the special effects of the scenes in the script were made, and how to set up the scenes in it to save money, Ye Zishu handed over the preparation work to Zhang Guoli.

Since Zhang Guoli himself had a lot of company work to do, he asked Zhang Guoli to find a few assistant directors to share some of the workload with him, instead of doing everything by himself.

The last important thing is to let Shengshi Film and Television Company set up an office in Hollywood, mainly to contact China and Hollywood, which is much more convenient.

It is more difficult to find actors for the filming of "Titanic" like now. If there is an office in Hollywood, things will be much easier, and you can also inquire about the news of Hollywood and understand the changes in the film market.

After talking about these things, Ye Zishu was about to leave, but Zhang Guoli stopped him and said, "President Wang came over a few days ago,

I want us to make more good-looking TV series. "

"Which Mr. Wang? Such a loud voice!" Ye Zishu asked curiously.

As an independent production company, besides he can say that, is there anyone else who can directly give orders to film and television work? He wanted to see who was so capable.

Seeing that Ye Zishu misunderstood, Zhang Guoli quickly said, "It's Wang Changtian, the general manager of Shengshi Advertising Company."

"Oh, what does he mean?" Ye Zishu asked.

"He said that "Legend of the New White Snake" was broadcast on CCTV recently, and the ratings were very high, which caused the cost of CCTV's prime-time advertising to skyrocket.

So we want us to produce more popular TV series, maintain the popularity of prime-time advertisements, and increase the value of CCTV prime-time advertisements. "Zhang Guoli said.

Hearing what Zhang Guoli said, he felt that this was the case. However, hit TV series can't be produced just because they want to. Before it airs, who knows if it's a hit.

"Didn't you ask you to hold a symposium for domestic directors? Are there any suitable TV dramas to invest in?" Ye Zishu asked.

He can't take the domestic market into consideration now. According to the maximization of interests, he must give priority to earning foreign money. At least his precious time is more valuable.

Therefore, in the domestic market, he hopes that Shengshi Film and Television Company will promote the development of the domestic TV drama market through investment, so that it only needs to pay for it and does not need to spend too much energy.

"It's held, but it's not ideal!" Zhang Guoli said.

"Oh, tell me!" Ye Zishu asked.

"Our company has produced "Legend of the White Snake", which is currently being screened, and "The Lion King", which is still being screened in North America, and many directors have given face to the invitation of this symposium.

But when we shared our film and television investment plan, not many people responded, and so far no director has approached us for investment. "Zhang Guoli said.

"They don't lack funds? Impossible!" Ye Zishu asked curiously.

"Funds are definitely lacking, but these directors are all working for the state, and generally work as directors in various TV stations, and they also produce TV dramas invested by the TV stations.

Movies are even more highly concentrated, basically they work in several major film studios in China, and they basically only start work when they are given tasks from above.

So they don't have such a strong sense of urgency, and they don't get much money from the films they propose, and it seems that the current field is not particularly open. "Zhang Guoli said.

Ye Zishu didn't expect such a situation to happen. He thought that now actors can take on jobs more freely outside. Even "Legend of the New White Snake" invited Yang Jie, a director from the national unit, to direct.

I thought that this country should be more liberal, but I didn't expect such a situation to appear. It seems that this road will not work for the time being, at least this year.

"Have you ever sought out the directing students from the Film Academy?" Ye Zishu asked.

"That's okay, their experience is too immature, and there is a high probability that investing in them will lose money." Zhang Guoli waved his hands repeatedly and said.

Although Zhang Guoli's words are correct, but this road will not work, we can only hope that the students of the director department of the film and television academy can produce some talents, and it is best to sign a contract with the company to train them.

But after thinking about it, he still gave up, don't look at the film and television company because "The Lion King" may make a lot of money, but most of the money will still be taken away by himself to support the development of the manufacturing industry.

So it is better to save some money, so he asked: "If we cast a TV series, it should be no problem to invite them to come and direct temporarily."

"If they are free, it should be fine. Didn't Director Yang Jie invite them earlier?" Zhang Guoli said.

"Well, after I go back, I will write another script called "The Years of Burning Passion", and then I will find Kang Honglei, who was seconded to the NMG TV drama production center as the director, to direct this drama." Ye Shu said.

After talking about this, Ye Zishu returned to Phoenix Software Company and began to write the script for this TV series, hoping that it will be popular even now.

While writing, he felt that it was too difficult for him.