Sheng Quan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry about Qin Guofu's act of selling his son.
After sitting in the reception room of the base, she had to explain again and again: "I want a full-time general manager, and Brother Qin is already busy with work and can't spare much time."
The old man then regretfully gave up promoting his son:
"Then Mr. Sheng, if you have any questions, you can ask him. He used to work on special effects, and when he was in college, he wanted to start a business with his classmates."
Sheng Quan was immediately in awe: "When did Brother Qin go to college... so early?"
Even though he was still a little confused, when this young girl who was obviously highly respected by her father looked at him with admiration, Brother Qin couldn't help but straighten his body a little: "Well, it was almost 20 years ago. At that time, it was just a small business and it didn't take off. But if you want to start a special effects company, special effects are not easy to make in China.
In recent years, many special effects companies have gone bankrupt. Even Mirage, the most famous company in China, declared bankruptcy two years ago. I suggest you consider it carefully.
It can be seen from these few sentences that he does have some understanding of the domestic special effects industry. Even though Sheng Quan has already checked the information and asked the company to give an evaluation, when he heard this, he immediately became attentive.
To sum up, with the globalization of entertainment, the importance of special effects companies should be gradually increasing, but the domestic environment for the development of special effects has been blocked in various ways.
“I have several friends working on special effects. In fact, their technology can reach a very sophisticated level, but it is often difficult to complete the task even if they work overtime within the time frame given by the client.”
Speaking of this, Brother Qin showed some helplessness on his face. It was obvious that he had heard many complaints from his friends: "Work that would take a year or two to complete has been compressed into three or even two months, and we have to take it. The domestic film industry emphasizes speed, and all films are like this. If we don't take it, we will have no food to eat."
“Without time to pursue details, the finished product will certainly not be as fine as if it were carved out bit by bit. But even if the work is completed on time, the client may still default on the balance.”
To sum up, "The establishment of a special effects company requires a large amount of funds to support equipment and labor. Whether at home or abroad, these companies are basically in a loss-making state before they become famous. In China, there are still many companies that are loss-making even after they have become famous."
This is similar to what Sheng Quan had found out before. She seldom paid attention to special effects companies in her previous life, but it should be similar. After all, the entertainment industry in her previous life was also about speed rather than quality.
Anyway, as long as there is the support of celebrities and it is not particularly bad, you can get very good feedback.
This is very unfriendly to special effects companies that focus on quality rather than speed. They have excellent technical skills, but they can only use 5 points in order to survive.
For them, who require a lot of equipment and manpower costs, if this negative cycle continues, the final outcome will be bankruptcy, unless they have a mine at home.
Although Sheng Quan said that she was mentally prepared for all this, Brother Qin was still not optimistic.
He doesn't pay much attention to entertainment news. His daily schedule is full. In his free time, he either calls friends and family, reads books, or has meals and tea with colleagues.
In fact, at just over 40, he doesn’t even have a Weibo account.
Therefore, he did not know Sheng Quan. When he was in his early twenties, Brother Qin, who was full of confidence in wanting to create a world-renowned special effects company, now believes that the domestic special effects industry is simply a money-eating desert.
Brother Qin has always been a person who doesn't meddle in other people's business, but considering that this is my father's boss, and they obviously have a good relationship, and my father likes her very much, even though Sheng Quan has not been persuaded to leave after hearing so much from him, he still insists on admonishing:
"Unless you are extremely wealthy, I really don't recommend you choose this line of business to invest in."
Mr. Qin, who was listening with great interest, took out his bank reminder text message:
"You asked me about my salary before, but I was too lazy to tell you. Come, let me show you how much I make every month."
Brother Qin: “…”
After taking back the phone, the old man said slowly, "I asked you to come over these few days because she went to country A some time ago and bought a manor there."
"Nine billion, RMB."
Brother Qin: “…”
Time seemed to have stopped.
Three seconds later, he slowly took out his phone and clicked into the address book: "Didn't you ask me to recommend some talents in this field before?"
"I know several friends...who may be interested in changing jobs."
*** "Is this true? Is the base salary really this high? Is the commission this high?"
Brother Qin's friends are not young anymore. They have families and many of them are still paying off mortgages. It is impossible for them to resign after hearing one or two phone calls.
They are not worried about fraud in basic salary, commission and welfare benefits. What they are worried about is that a company that maintains this status will become like various special effects companies in the country, leaving behind some amazing works and finally falling silently.
Until a few people heard a name: "Tan Hongguang from Mirage? What do you want to find him for?"
Brother Qin looked at the passionate "competition stage" in front of him and said, "Because the chairman of this new company hopes that the position of general manager can be left to him."
The three words "Tan Hongguang" are currently unknown. If you randomly ask a hundred passers-by on the street if they know Tan Hongguang, it would be good if one or two of them can answer.
But if you ask these passers-by about the special effects blockbusters "Red Carp" and "Stars Falling into the Sea" that were popular in recent years, there will definitely be many people who say that they have seen them.
The gorgeous and exquisite special effects presented to the public in these works were produced by Mirage Productions, which was run by Tan Hongguang. Strictly speaking, they deserve a lot of credit for the incredible box office.
Unfortunately, two years ago, while "Stars Falling into the Sea" was raking in the box office, "Mirage" went bankrupt silently.
In fact, Sheng Quan had been thinking about starting a special effects company for a long time.
It was so long that she was thinking about it when she parked her car in front of Yan Jiahui's snack stand.
I was also thinking about it while filming "The Cultivator".
I received a business card from a well-known special effects company in country A. I was still thinking about it when I heard the other party say with a smile, "You can come to me if you need special effects in the future."
After getting Tan Hongguang's contact information, Sheng Quan smiled and raised the teacup in his hand to Brother Qin.
That's why we say connections are so important. Sheng Quan had been looking for Tan Hongguang for so long but couldn't find him after his company went bankrupt. But Brother Qin found him in just two days.
In the process, he went through his friends, his old colleagues, and his old colleagues' classmates, and finally found Tan Hongguang's sister.
Just like the students in Star Security, as long as they are in this line of work, all kinds of gossip about this industry will definitely spread the fastest.
Sheng Quan dares to bet that the special effects artists working in this industry are definitely curious about "what happened to Tan Hongguang later."
And the answer is quite outrageous, he lived in seclusion.
Yes, in modern times, he lived in seclusion.
He found a remote mountain house that had long been uninhabited and lived there alone for two years. Of course, it was not the kind of life of a savage, otherwise Sheng Quan would not have been able to contact him through so many people.
Of course, this is not easy. The original text does mention that Tan Hongguang lived in seclusion, but where did he live? What was his phone number? Who were his family members? These are naturally not mentioned in the book.
"The difficulty for special effects companies is the high cost. It is difficult to find film and television works that are willing to let special effects teams take their time to produce. Even if the effect is good, it is unlikely to be chosen due to the speed."
The call with Tan Hongguang was not very long, it could even be called short:
"However, Xingmang Entertainment already has a mature film and television production team. It will continue to produce various works in the future. Whether these works use special effects and how much time to reserve for special effects are up to me."
This is what Sheng Quan does during the “conception” process.
Turn "inappropriate" into "appropriate".
She was not 100% sure that the system would change the rules at that time, but what was the saying? There is nothing wrong with preparation, and a lot of preparation was needed before borrowing arrows from a straw boat.
And now, it is time for the "east wind to blow".
Tan Hongguang on the other end of the phone was initially reluctant: "Mr. Sheng, from your voice, you sound quite young. Although you own a company, a special effects company is different from an ordinary company. You should probably learn more about this industry first."
After hanging up the phone, Sheng Quan got goosebumps from his own words: "That sounds so pretentious."
Then he became happy again: "But it's fun to pretend."
Jiang Lu next to him: "Just telling the truth."
It is indeed true. In just one year, Sheng Quan has become quite famous in China.
Tan Hongguang's sister and brother-in-law were waiting expectantly. When they saw their eldest brother hesitate for a few seconds after hanging up the phone, they began to get anxious:
"Brother, why are you hesitating? This is Shengquan."
"Sheng Quan..." Tan Hongguang, who had been without internet and electricity for two years and had not heard of the world, looked at his sister and brother-in-law: "Is she rich?"
Clearly, he had never even heard of this name two years ago.
"It's not just that he's rich, it's like he owns a mine at home."
Sister Tan directly searched Shengquan on Baidu and showed her brother the rows of results.
[How many celebrities and wealthy people gathered at the Starry Dinner hosted by Shengquan]
[A young female billionaire who spent 9 billion to buy Jones Manor in Country A]
[The investor of "The Cultivator" is Shengquan]
[Spending 100 million for charity, what happened at the concert of Sing With You]
[The new owner of Huaxia Building, she is only 23 years old]
Tan Hongguang: "...It seems that a lot has happened in the past two years."
He read the news one by one and finally settled on an interview.
That was an interview during the crew's promotion after the release of "The Cultivator". Generally speaking, investors would rarely appear in such interviews, but Sheng Quan, who could be considered a semi-public figure, was obviously not an ordinary investor.
On the screen, under the lights, a young girl who was so beautiful that she could be a star smiled and answered:
"Yes, the special effects of "The Cultivator" were outsourced to a foreign special effects company. This is a very regrettable fact. What's even more regrettable is that many special effects artists in that well-known company are Chinese."
Although she was expressing regret, she was smiling: "But I believe this situation won't last forever. Maybe in the future, there will be a world-famous special effects company around us."
Tan Hongguang almost watched it frame by frame, over and over again many times.
Sister Tan is a good sister who is very worried about her brother. She expressed her concern by telling her husband:
"It's over. Is my brother crazy? Should I take him to the psychiatric department?"
Brother-in-law Tan can understand Tan Hongguang very well, because he is also in the same line of work, and Tan Hongguang is even his idol.
The Mirage existed for a total of seven years, and these seven years could be described as a tough battle.
Tan Hongguang still has white hair on his temples. Just looking at his appearance, who would have thought that he is less than 40 years old this year. It is very difficult for a special effects company that wants to produce quality products to make a profit, because there is no production team willing to pay for them.
Even if they are excellent.
Mirage was able to survive because it had been outsourcing the special effects production for foreign films. When "Stars Falling into the Sea" approached the company, it was so sincere that the entire company turned down all outsourcing and worked hard for more than half a year to complete the production.
As a result, "Stars Falling into the Sea" was indeed a huge hit and raked in the box office, but the crew not only did not mention the mirage at all during interviews, they even shamelessly delayed the payment of the final payment.
It is indeed very common for domestic special effects companies to be owed final payments. Mirage has encountered this many times, but none of them was as disheartening as this time.
Everyone in the Mirage team can definitely be described as having a "dream", otherwise they could have continued to outsource, or directly joined a foreign special effects company like other peers.
But no matter how big the dreams are, people still need to eat, and no matter how passionate the heart is, it will eventually cool down completely after repeated chills in the heart.
When Mirage announced its disbandment, it was almost like declaring the bankruptcy of everyone's dreams.
But no one was angry. Everyone just packed up their things in silence and said goodbye one by one. After seven years, they still got nothing in the end.
Loser, these three big words are engraved in everyone's heart.
And now, just by looking at the news, one can tell that the very wealthy Sheng Quan has invited this loser to be the general manager.
Tan Hongguang didn't sleep that night.
In addition to watching the interview video over and over again, he also watched "The Road of Life" and "The Cultivator".
Sheng Quan invited him to be the general manager of the new company. Does he want to go?
The honest answer is, I want to go, I really want to go.
But the first thing that comes to my mind is doubt about myself: Why should others choose me?
Seven years of fatigue had already crushed this once favored child of heaven.
He himself didn't know if he could still stand up.
And precisely because of his own experience, Tan Hongguang is very sure that a new company is basically in a loss-making state in the first year after its establishment. The reason why they were able to survive at that time was because the company was not opened by him independently, but was a team of people with a dream.
But if normal wages are added, the company's financial preparation must be sufficient.
This will definitely require a huge upfront investment, but can he be a good steward of this company?
Magic City Sheng Quan was lying on the balcony lounge chair. From her angle, she could see the bodyguards patrolling the garden downstairs.
As expected of a special selected one, he feels extremely safe.
006 expressed doubts about the host's choice of Tan Hongguang. It was not about his character or ability, but about: [According to the system's speculation, Tan Hongguang is currently in a state of extreme inferiority, and he may not agree to the host.]
[He will agree.] Sheng Quan took out his tablet and prepared to read some comics: [Just like Yan Hui, who would travel thousands of miles by train to audition.]
[As long as Tan Hongguang comes, there will be people following him.]
There must be a reason why a person can be admired by so many people.
The reason why talents are talents is that they can put aside their inner pain and struggle and still live towards the sun regardless of everything in the current predicament.
In the original article, didn't he come back after three years of silence? Everything was getting better, if he hadn't died from overwork... So can she be blamed for insulting the rubbish author like that? ! Five hours later, Sheng Quan received a text message from Tan Hongguang: [Do you have time to talk in detail? ]
Mr. Sheng, who had just emerged from the ocean of knowledge, closed the obscure business book and smiled widely:
【Here comes the cornerstone of our business. 】
An excellent movie may not be able to be promoted globally quickly.
However, an excellent special effects production company will be valued by the global film and television industry.
(End of this chapter)