~： 479 - I recommend stopping losses as soon as possible.

As the weather in New York begins to gradually turn colder, the filming progress of the crew is also accelerating. Whether it is the actors standing in front of the stage or the staff serving behind the scenes, most of them live in Los Angeles, which is warm all year round, and the weather changes suddenly. , It seems that everyone has improved their focus at work, and they all want to leave this uncomfortable place as soon as possible.

The time has entered December, and the crew has been running smoothly. Wayne watched the filming progress ahead of the plan every day. After careful calculation, if there are no major surprises, he is confident that everything will be completed before Christmas. The footage in New York, and then led the team back to Los Angeles ahead of schedule.

In fact, Wayne did not block all the news from the outside world. When he was concentrating on filming, Nina would receive calls from his agent Jimmy, from Los Angeles, from time to time, reporting dynamic news to them at any time.

The crew of "The Matrix" has traveled to Australia for preparations in mid-November. The latest news is that Zack Snyder has just started filming. The film has a sufficient budget, and the main cast has not changed much. For the time being, it seems that there are no problems that Zach Snyder can't handle.

This film, Wayne's studio accounted for half of the investment. Even if the overseas pre-sale has been opened in advance, the tax rebate in Australia is quite high. Even so, Greenberg Studio will spend close to 6,000 in real money. Ten thousand dollars, so he is very concerned about this film even when he is busy at work.

In addition to Jimmy's side and Warner Bros.'s side paying attention to the dynamics of the crew, Hector Henry, who is far away in the Australian "Matrix" crew, will also call at a fixed time every week to report the specific preparation and shooting progress.

"Boss, I want to remind you that there are less than forty million dollars left in Greenberg Studios account!"

After a day's work, Wayne just came out of the pulling room with exhaustion. Before he could enjoy a hot bath, Nina, who was sitting on the sofa, pushed on her glasses, holding her work notebook in her hand, with a blank face. With an expression, he said a message that made him frown.

"what?"

Walking to the bathroom for a while, Wayne turned to sit opposite the assistant, tilting his head and looking at him with a puzzled expression. "Are you kidding me? I remember that in my living expenses, there is basically no major consumption. The revenue and share of the first "The Matrix", and my first salary share on "The Departed", no Are they all credited to the studio account this year? No money?"

Since achieving the so-called financial freedom, he has hardly cared much about the composition of his assets, and almost everything is left to the assistant lady to take care of. But he still knew the general figures. He didn't have any big investments, and he didn't have any large debts. The cash flow on hand should be amazingly abundant.

"Of course." Nina shrugged and glanced down at the numbers in the book. "The studio account has just transferred the third and final investment of 30 million US dollars to the third-party guarantee account of Hacker Studio. Blue Sky Studio has recently updated the computer animation system, and in the second half of this year, it will continue to About $40 million was transferred."

Speaking of which, she deliberately paused, and on the figure of 40 million US dollars, she emphasized her tone. The level of money-burning in animation studios is just beginning to emerge. You must know that there is no official feature film project in the studio, and it is still in the stage of accumulating technology.

It is basically impossible to make any profit by relying on the studio to occasionally pick up some small rendering jobs from Hollywood, and it is almost in the blood of sucking Wayne's cash flow, in the stage of slow development, and there is no hope for the time being. What will the future be like.

"Specifically, about Blue Sky Studio."

Taking out a cigarette and lighting one, Wayne leaned on the sofa, and some began to doubt whether there was an uncontrollable mistake in his decision.

Computer-animated feature films are the big trend in the future, and he is very sure of this, and Blue Sky Studio, despite being inconspicuous now, wants to come in and share the bonuses of computer-animated feature films, the last chance.

He is not like the top programming expert in the world like Gang Master Qiao. As an ordinary person, his understanding of computer animation is limited to watching. It is impossible to lead a group of people by himself and create a second Pixar. Then there is only one way to acquire and develop while Lantian Studio is still in its infancy.

Nina nodded, took out another document from the briefcase beside her, glanced at him, and said, "The leader in computer animation is Pixar, and the latecomers, including DreamWorks Animation Studio and our For the latecomers, all related software and systems must be purchased from Pixar, and some need to be authorized.

Just like the already successful Toy Story, Pixar is based on the independently developed computer-aided production system CAPS, which won the Academy Award for Science and Engineering in the first two years. No way, if we want to use the same computer-assisted system, we have to pay a lot of money from Pixar, and a series of related licenses.

It's a pity that now we and DreamWorks Animation Studios have spent a lot of money to get things that are most likely Pixar's technology in the first two years, but as long as we want to keep up with the pace of computer animation, these big money must be spent, according to me Analysis, this is just the beginning, and future expenses in this regard cannot be avoided. "

Perhaps before 1995, studios, big and small, might still be dismissive of these, but since "Toy Story" set a box office record for animated feature films in North America with $192 million, and $360 million at the global box office for animated feature films After the record, no ambitious animation studio dared not follow in the footsteps of Pixar.

"Toy Corps Yuan" is like an animation bomb, allowing fans and related people to see the power of computer animation feature films for the first time, and at the same time awakening many insiders, more and more people are beginning to be optimistic Computer animation has also begun to believe that the future of animated feature films is computer animation, and the decline of hand-drawn animation is inevitable. No one could have imagined that after the decline of Disney's hand-drawn animation, it immediately became a publisher of Pixar, continuing its monopoly in the animation industry. Everyone knows that computer animation is a new big cake, and no one knows how much capital is staring in the dark.

And the head of the Pixar animation studio, Joe Gang, also used the brilliant achievements of "Toy Story" in 1995, and his net worth jumped to more than one billion US dollars. Therefore, he was once again invited back by the fruit company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. , presided over the overall situation.

The earliest dividends have already been eaten, and some ambitious animation studios certainly don’t want to miss the new round of computer animation feature films. If you want to follow the success of Pixar and replicate the success of Pixar, it is inevitable to pay tuition to the other party.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Wayne actually thought of this result from the beginning, but in the face of the big money-burning pit of computer animation studio, he still felt that his thinking was too simple. "A profitable project in the hands of Blue Sky Studio..."

"In fact, Blue Sky Studio has never been short of things to do." Nina seemed to know what he was going to ask, interrupted his question and said directly: "Since the injection of funds from Greenberg Studio, their The living environment is much better. This year, I produced nine advertising projects, and I also participated in the production of IBM's corporate logo. Unfortunately, these meager incomes are compared with large expenditures..."

Although the assistant was shaking her head unconsciously when she said these words, the same words came into Wayne's ears, and it was exactly the opposite view.

Obviously, he relaxed his tense upper body and slowly leaned back into the sofa. "As long as you always have a project in hand and keep exploring and making progress, Nina, that's a good thing."

"boss."

The assistant lady stuffed the relevant documents about Blue Sky Studio back into her bag, without any change in expression on her face, she said her carefully thought-out suggestion seriously.

"Because of the great success of "Toy Story", there is a lot of capital willing to enter the market now. I suggest to stop the loss as soon as possible. It is too difficult to rely on personal funds to support a big hole like a computer animation studio that needs to burn money."

After receiving the financial statements about Blue Sky Studio, Nina carefully investigated the relevant news. The success of Pixar Animation Studio is based on nearly ten years of hard work and hard work. At this time, Pixar has countless top computer animation talents As long as you think of Blue Sky Studio, you must continue After lying on them for many years to **** blood and grow, Nina felt that the gains outweighed the losses. The same capital investment, whether it is invested in the stock market or in the film project of your own boss, will yield more obvious benefits than burning it to animation studios.

Wayne shook his head amusingly and waved at the assistant lady. "Let's do this first. Blue Sky Studio will gradually get better. Do we have other big expenses?"

As long as it is not in a stagnant situation, he will never let go of this animation studio easily. Even if he wants to let go, it is definitely not at this time, it is still too early.

"Have."

With a sigh, Nina is in charge of his life and finances on the surface. In fact, when he needs to make a decision about funds, he can only give advice after careful analysis. How to implement it depends on his boss. decision.

"Jimmy successively transferred nearly 20 million US dollars from Greenberg Studios, but the funds are only marked for the acquisition of film and television copyrights. And..."

"and many more."

Wayne put the cigarette out in the ashtray. "I know this part of the funds, you don't need to track them. Tell me directly, will the remaining money on the books affect the normal operation?"

"Not for now."

Nina knows the speed at which her boss makes money. The main purpose of her report today is Blue Sky Studio. After thinking about it, I added another sentence. "There is no place to spend money in the near future, but I want to remind you, boss, whether it's "The Lord of the Rings" or "King Kong", the money you need to spend is not a decimal."

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