"Simon, I would like to thank you again for taking the time to come and visit the class despite your busy schedule. I wonder if I would have the honor to treat you to a meal tonight?"
"What a pity, Chen. I have to fly to Beijing in the afternoon and my schedule is a bit tight."
"Oh, it doesn't matter. Next time, there will always be a chance in the future."
"Yeah, then, bye."
Suzhou, Qin Palace at the foot of Taiyang Mountain in the western suburbs.
Simon stopped briefly on the set of "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", and after bidding farewell to Director Chen, he headed to the next stop with his entourage.
This is Monday, October 13th.
Simon flew over from Hangzhou in the morning, and it was already afternoon. This time, he did not go on a cruise ship on Taihu Lake and get drunk like he did last time. Instead, he kept busy with various schedules.
When the motorcade started, Simon asked Chen Qing beside him: "When will this project be completed?"
Chen Qing looked up from a piece of Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport planning information, thought for a moment, and said: "After the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Director Chen conducted a second round of financing some time ago, which increased the shooting cycle and had to be postponed for at least one month. , until December at the end of the year." Chen Qing said, knowing what the boss was concerned about, and added: "It will not affect "Hero". The filming period planned by Director Zhang will be until January next year, and the scenes of the Qin Palace will be released. In the end, even if "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" is postponed again, the scenes of both parties can be staggered."
Simon nodded, glanced at the information on Chen Qing's lap, changed the topic and said: "The planning of Xiaoshan Airport is already very complete. You can pay more attention to the Suzhou-Hangzhou Expressway. My requirement for this project is that it must be Part of the state-owned assets will come in and be packaged into a Sino-foreign joint venture entity in the future. We will try to go public in five years. Within 10 years, we will completely cash out and exit."
Chen Qing was a little surprised: "Boss, the toll period for commercial expressways is only 30 years. According to your optimism about the domestic economy, the longer the holding period, the more beneficial it is to us. If we withdraw within 10 years, will we suffer a lot?" "
Simon said: "I will suffer a loss. If you didn't join forces to plot against my boss, I don't want to touch these projects, so the sooner I quit, the better. Suffering a loss is a blessing."
Even though he said that, how could he possibly suffer a loss
Counting now, 10 years from now it will be 2007. Not surprisingly, it will be another peak of the global economy. The Chinese economy will also reach a high point by then, including the stock market. When cashing out in the bull market, you can't lose money even if you want to.
Chen Qing was a little embarrassed. She sent the Xiaoshan Airport and Suzhou-Hangzhou Expressway projects to her boss through Soros, and she did provide some suggestions. Because she feels that mainly highways, according to her boss's expectations for the Chinese economy, will definitely be very profitable.
In that case, why not make money
Now that her boss has said this, and thinking of the discussion about 'distance' two days ago, Chen Qing reflected a little and felt that it would be best to follow her boss's wishes in the future.
As the two chatted, the motorcade quickly arrived at the Jiangnan Fenghua project site, which was the junction area between Jiangnan Fenghua and Taohuawu to be precise.
It’s considered two projects to watch together.
Compared with the 1,000-acre Qin Palace and the 1,500-acre Ming and Qing Palaces, the final planned area of Jiangnan Fenghua is 3,000 acres, which is larger than the combined area of the two major palaces. It is basically a building that is two kilometers long from east to west and 1 kilometer from north to south. small town, and this does not include the parking lots and other facilities that will be provided in the future.
The areas of the Qin Palace and the Ming and Qing Palaces are considered matching.
The reason for the distinction this time is mainly for approval.
3,000 acres is a marginal upper limit.
In addition, the area of Taohuawu, which is close to Jiangnan Fenghua, finally reached 500 acres. Although the various buildings have not yet broken ground, ornamental peach blossoms are already planted everywhere. They are not planted densely like a farm peach garden, but are planted according to the surrounding landscape. The terrain is arranged in an orderly manner like a Chinese landscape painting.
A huge stone about two feet high and two feet wide has been placed on the bank of an artificial lake in Taohuawu. When Taohuawu is completely completed, Simon's favorite eight characters will be engraved on it in the future.
Due to the high standard of this reception, Zhu Momo's mother Mo Yiling, who was mainly responsible for this area, could only follow the crowd and could not say a few words to a certain man during the whole process.
In fact, I don’t really want to contact him.
Mainly, Mo Yiling was a little upset when thinking about her daughter. Although the younger sister had been hiding it from her, how could Mo Yiling not notice all the clues
It's just that she has been too busy with work over the past year and can't spare any time to deal with this matter. What's more, since the daughter-in-law has no choice but to do it, she can't really capture her daughter and keep her by her side.
And, frankly speaking, even though he has a strong personality, Mo Yiling understands that this is never a world where you can do whatever you want. The current situation is that the entire Mo family has been transferred from Yunnan to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Although they have finally broken out of their shackles and are expected to jump into the sea, it actually means that someone has become the Mo family unknowingly. The biggest backer.
So it is inevitable to throw the rat into the trap.
Mo Yiling has always been a very ambitious woman. When she thinks about it occasionally, even if she doesn't want to admit it, she knows that deep down in her heart, she must have made a decision to sacrifice her daughter in exchange for the future of the entire family.
The crowd inspected according to the established route, and finally came to a gentle slope connecting with Taohuawu, where they could overlook the entire Jiangnan Fenghua scene. Further south, you can see the entire Taohuawu, which is the boundary.
I don't know how many times I've been here on weekdays, but now, probably because of a different mood, Mo Yiling looked at the two big projects on both sides that even though they were just prototypes, he could still imagine the future picture, and he was inevitably complacent, especially after being summoned to the center of the crowd. When giving some explanations to someone and leaders, I can't help but bring my wandering thoughts back to the topic.
After briefly introducing the various plans surrounding the entire Jinshu Film and Television City project, now that he had the opportunity, Mo Yiling said to a young foreign man: "Mr. Westeros, now each project has begun to take shape. But I found that the follow-up speed of the film and television projects promised by Jinshu seems not enough?"
This was actually something that the leaders around wanted to say but were too embarrassed to say out loud. It just so happened that Mo Yiling, a woman with an upright and strong personality, could speak out.
This woman has been very prosperous for the past year. Now that she has taken on the responsibility, you have to do what you are supposed to do.
Simon looked at the face of the woman in front of him who looked somewhat similar to Zhu Momo, and asked with a smile: "What do you think is not enough?"
Mo Yiling pretended not to feel someone's scrutiny, and her tone remained formal, saying: "I think "Dragon", which Jinshu cooperated with CCTV and Hong Kong Wireless, should be filmed here, but according to my understanding, "Dr. "Dragon" is currently undergoing location selection nationwide, and Suzhou is not the core."
Simon patiently explained: ""Dragon Movie" is still in the preparatory stage, and this project is too big. It's not that I'm unwilling to give it, but that Suzhou really can't afford it."
"In this case, it should be no problem to set up the project headquarters of "Dragon Babu" in Suzhou, right?"
After all, she is also a mother-in-law, and yet she is so 'aggressive', so Simon took it easy: "Okay," he said, looking at Chen Qing: "Go ahead and explain."
Chen Qing nodded with a crooked eyebrow, as if she was happy to see her boss defeated.
Mo Yiling frowned slightly, feeling familiar. When she had a video call with someone for the first time and talked about her daughter, her various aggressiveness seemed to be on cotton wool. Now, it was like this again, and it was the same feeling, which gave Mo Wuling no sense of accomplishment in winning after the struggle.
However, in this case, she was even more polite: "In addition, I also hope that Jinshu should invest in more costume film and television projects."
Simon nodded again: "Okay."
Mo Yiling simply broke the pot: "Not counting "Dragon Movie", I think there should be at least five projects next year. I mean, costume projects shot here in Jinshu Film and Television City."
"no problem."
The government officials watching around were overjoyed.
Just one "Dragon Movie" is said to have already invested over 100 million yuan, plus five projects. After Jinshu's repeated indoctrination that film and television investment is another form of investment promotion, everyone understands that it will be all in the future. Real political achievements.
In fact, no one had such expectations at first.
Now, except for the Qin Palace, which is still being improved and has not been completely completed, the others are all in prototype. Even if a young tycoon insists on delaying the development of film and television projects for another year, it is actually reasonable.
Now, including "Tian Long Ba Bu", the minimum guarantee is six projects. If other crews are attracted to join in the future, this place will soon prosper. The critical voice can also be much quieter.
Realizing that Mo Yiling was very daring to speak in front of someone, and that a certain big shot seemed to be very obedient, everyone at the scene regretted that they initially excluded Mo Yiling from the periphery, and then naturally let the other person accompany him throughout the whole process.
After seeing Jiangnan Fenghua and Taohuawu, I went to the palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The last stop was the Suzhou headquarters of Jinshu at the foot of Sun Mountain.
This time the main purpose is to check the preparation status of Jinshu Special Effects Company.
As for Jinshu Special Effects, Suzhou originally thought it was just a small company affiliated with Jinshu Department. Unexpectedly, when the number of employees recruited by Jinshu Special Effects exceeded 500 in the first half of the year, there was no intention to stop, so it was inevitable to inquire. Only then did we learn that the total recruitment scale of Jinshu special effects plan will reach 2,000 people.
A high-tech enterprise with 2,000 employees.
If it can really develop, I don’t know how much fame it will bring to Suzhou in the future. Of course, there will also be various taxes and other aspects.
As a result, it was quickly listed as a focus of support from the municipal government.
Jinshu wanted to build dormitories for its employees. No problem. It gave the green light and approved 50 acres of land. The price was almost free. After all, the development of technology industry is now the mainstream in the country. In addition, the large-scale rendering center planned to be built by Taihu Lake was given the green light even though no one knew what it would be used for.
As long as it can be done.
Entering Simon's favorite glass fiber reinforced plastic office building where Jinshu's special effects are located, he had a heated conversation with over a thousand employees. Finally, it was Mo Wuling who stepped in to inquire about Simon's specific arrangements for Jinshu's special effects.
If it were just the domestic film and television industry, a special effects company with 2,000 people would not be able to digest it at this stage.
Simon doesn’t hold back either.
Jinshu Special Effects’ main source of business in the future will be Hollywood. To put it bluntly, it is actually an OEM with a slightly higher technical level.
Simon had been planning this for a long time.
Even though it takes about half a year to a year to train college students who have just stepped out of school into skilled CG special effects artists in China due to lack of foundation, the annual salary of a special effects artist here is not even as much as that in the United States. The monthly income of a special effects artist here is much lower even compared with that in Australia.
Therefore, even if it takes a year to recruit a rookie here, as long as he can be trained, it will definitely be worth the money.
What's more, the 6 to 12 month training cycle is only relative to Hollywood movies.
If it were just the luminous special effects of various domestic biu~biu~biu~, many outstanding graduates would be able to start taking jobs in two or three months.
In addition, Daenerys Special Effects will directly cooperate with some universities to carry out targeted training, and start targeted training when students are still on campus, which can further shorten the training cycle.
Simon's accurate words on the spot made everyone at the scene feel refreshed again.
This is making money in foreign exchange!
In this way, he stayed at Jinshu's Suzhou headquarters under Sun Mountain until five o'clock. Simon set off to leave and flew to Beijing amidst the reluctant eyes of everyone seeing him off.
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Inside the cabin of a Boeing 767.
Watching the plane begin to glide on the runway through the porthole, Chen Qing checked the seat belt and then looked at the man next to her: "Boss, Jinshu Special Effects, aren't you afraid of teaching the disciples to starve to death?"
Simon was writing and drawing randomly on a notepad with a pencil. He didn't even raise his head when he heard the words, he just smiled and said: "I am a capitalist."
This answer is somewhat misleading.
However, Chen Qing just blinked and quickly understood that, indeed, with domestic salary levels, if all special effects orders from Hollywood could be transferred to China, a blockbuster movie focusing on special effects would save thousands of dollars. It is not impossible to spend tens of thousands of dollars.
From the perspective of the boss, this is of course the most beneficial to Daenerys Entertainment.
As for the possible unemployment of many special effects practitioners in the United States or Australia, as my boss said, he is a capitalist.
Feeling the vibrations coming from the fuselage as it rose, Chen Qing leaned slightly against the back of the chair and asked: "But, boss, even if this happens, what if, I mean, if there is a Chinese special effects movie in the future?" If it develops and affects the share of Hollywood movies here, what can we do?"
Simon didn't pour cold water on the girl next to him, he just said: "I'm already doing it now."
Chen Qing paused for a moment before realizing that she had asked a stupid question again.
Yes, wouldn't it be better if Rise directly participated in investment here, just like "Heroes". There are also Jinshu, Hairun, Huayi, Guangguang, Rongxinda, Huanzhu Film and Television, etc.
Well, the name of Huanzhu Film and Television is really inconsistent.
So he complained.
The name Balabala Ren Jingxi chose was so boring.
Simon just smiled and listened.
Speaking of which, "Huan Zhuge Ge" was successfully completed last week, a full three weeks ahead of schedule. As a newbie, Simon can imagine how much effort Ren Jingxi put into this, including the 6 million originally given by Simon. , even including the subsequent post-production, it is initially determined that there will be about 26 more episodes than planned, and it is expected to only cost about 4.5 million, saving a full 25% of the budget.
I have seen the samples in advance, and the quality is not bad in my memory.
Under this situation, Simon couldn't be more satisfied with the woman he had casually acquired.