Chapter 288： This is inside information

Chapter 288 This is inside information

After a whole night of research and investigation, he finally found a clue in countless materials.

This time, Detroit Pictures abandoned several previous film and television special effects partners and signed a new cooperation agreement with a game company.

The specific content of this cooperation agreement cannot be disclosed, of course, but it still roughly explains that Detroit Pictures bought ten years of special effects software licenses in one go, as well as supporting recommended hardware systems.

This software is called Unreal Engine, and the game company that developed this engine is Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

Youxing Electronic Entertainment…

The name is so familiar.

Hunter frowned, then recalled it carefully.

Eventually he found the name in the memory deep in his mind.

That is the company that his old rival, Tukarev, announced a high-profile publicity and an in-depth strategic cooperation with this game.

It is very puzzling that a company that dominates the game industry suddenly wants to enter the film and television special effects industry. At that time, many people including Hunter expressed their disapproval of this cooperation.

Hunter also specifically expressed in an interview program that he is willing to acquire the other party after Tukarev's failure, and that he is willing to help Tukarev tide over the difficulties.

Later, Tukarev tried to force him directly through the media.

Both sides are the bosses of film and television companies, but there is no ambiguity in the tearing.

They quarreled for several days, and finally ended with a bet between the two sides.

If Tukarev's total box office revenue exceeds $300 million, Hunter and several other film and television company bosses apologized to Tukarev in person.

And if the box office of Xinghai Infinite does not reach 300 million US dollars, then Tukarev will voluntarily dissolve the company and never step into the film and television industry again.

Hunter didn't care much at the time.

was far lower than the average special effects level of sci-fi blockbusters at that time, and the company responsible for special effects production was still from a cross-border company. No matter how you look at this lineup, there is no possibility of failure.

But at this moment, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Isn't that guy from Tukarev really picking up the treasure?

This Yuxing Electronic Entertainment now looks like a fairly capable guy, not that kind of shit.

If this Unreal Engine is really developed by them, and then they can really help Detroit Pictures save a lot of special effects expenses, then he is really likely to overturn...

Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still.

Fortunately, Detroit Pictures had a good relationship with him in the past, and he quickly called an old acquaintance in Detroit Pictures.

He needs one final confirmation.

Then, he got the inside information that the cost was indeed 80 million US dollars, and the biggest contributor was indeed Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

Youxing Electronic Entertainment reduced the original special effects cost of at least 100 million US dollars by half, and the quality is still very good.

Under such cost control, the film will only need less than 200 million US dollars to recover the cost, and then make a wave of blood.

The old acquaintance from Detroit on the phone was very proud to show him off, and also suggested that Hunter also buy a set of Unreal Engine, which is definitely a money-saving tool!

After    hung up the phone, Hunter was silent for a long time.

He suddenly felt that there were uncertainties in the game with Tukarev.

But he still couldn't believe it.

But it doesn't matter whether he believes it or not.

A few days after the Detroit Pictures film was released, the film's reputation started to get better.

And there is also the Unreal Engine logo in the LOGO at the beginning of the movie.

The big U-shaped logo also entered the eyes of people in this world for the first time, and began to leave a place in people's hearts.

A few days later, it was invested by Dream Prius, the well-known director Xiao Green was in charge, and with the blessing of new special effects, the first movie trailer of Xinghai Infinite was officially announced.

This is a trailer of about one minute and thirty seconds.

In the trailer, a graceful spaceship breaks through a layer of nebula and enters people's sight with magnificent music.

The huge spaceship flies fast in front of the camera. When the spaceship is close to the camera, the faint rumbling sound of the engine is very cool.

Then, in the nebula behind, many small spaceships suddenly flew out, and at the same time, there were many artillery and ammunition frantically shooting the elegant spaceship in front.

This is a battle in the sea of ​​stars.

In one minute and thirty seconds, no main characters appeared, and some were just dazzling special effects scenes.

The main character just shouts something like: Fire! dodge! Turn left rudder... or something like that.

The atmosphere of the entire trailer is full, and the special effects are impeccable.

After the trailer ended, the U-shaped logo that had just appeared at the beginning of the Detroit superhero movie reappeared.

Unreal Engine, a new era in fantasy and reality.

The notice is over.

One minute and thirty seconds, almost no frame wasted, the magnificent battle in the sea of ​​​​stars was vividly reflected.

There may be more or less flaws in it, but it is enough to feast the eyes of ordinary audiences who are not picky.

Just this preview is enough for most audiences to prepare to enter the cinema to enjoy it once.

Unlike Detroit's superhero movies, this time there will be more special effects scenes.

After all, one of them just needs to show the special effects of superheroes, and it is good to emphasize rendering individual heroes.

And the movie Xinghai Infinite has special effects almost from beginning to end, and this cost has already indicated that it is not low.

And if the special effects of the whole film are as good as the one-minute preview, then this year's best special effects award will definitely belong to it.

In the future, we will save costs and invest more money in special effects. The actors in this film are all new actors who were just discovered by director Xiao Green. It is hard to say how the quality of the performance is, but even if the performance is not good, just watch it. The effects aren't bad either.

After this trailer was played, the Internet couldn't hold back, and heated discussions began.

Those netizens who said they were not optimistic before changed their tone. The Internet has no memory. They all chose to ignore what they said before and started touting the movie instead.

"I swear, this is the movie I am most looking forward to this year. If the finished film is really as exciting as this minute preview, I will give it full marks!"

"Me too! I'm a veteran sci-fi fan, and I can't resist the temptation of this special effect. I'm afraid the investment in this special effect is unprecedented, right? Do you think it has exceeded 200 million US dollars?"

"Hehe, the guy above, let me tell you a secret. The total cost of this movie is probably at most 100 million US dollars. Don't ask me how I know it, I'll tell you this is inside information."

(end of this chapter)