I’m in Hollywood Chapter 533: Will it be listed?

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Eric lightly tapped the table in his hand for a moment, and asked, "What is the ratio of model effects to CG Special Effects division among these people?"

Stan Winston froze for a while, and said: "This, I haven't made any statistics yet."

"Then count it immediately," Eric finished, watching Stan Winston turning his head and instructing his assistant to do this immediately, before looking to Ed Carmore: "What about you?"

Ed Carmore said: "My situation is okay, our opponents are not too interested in the team's ordinary programmers, mainly in contact with the team's middle and senior project leaders, although some of them have signed a prohibition on competition According to the agreement, if you forcefully quit, you can no longer engage in related work within a year, but I think the business prospects shown in "Jurassic Park" are enough for our opponents to challenge legal risks. "

After listening to Eric, he looked at John Lasseter again.

John Lasseter shrugged: "I think everyone on the scene has already seen the filming of" A Bug's Life ". This 3D animated film is not inferior to" Toy Story "two years ago, so I think there is a digital field Pixar should take precautionary measures to avoid a large number of employees leaving. "

After three people finished speaking, Eric looked at the executives present: "Is there anything else to add?"

Michael Lynn said: "Eric, Ritter collected some information, let him talk about it."

Eric nodded to a white man in his forties slightly chubby, and the man said, "Mr. Williams, according to some of the information we collected, a week ago. Michael Eisner of Universal Pictures, George Lucas of Lucas Film Industry and the famous drawing software The company Autodesk's Chairman of the Board and CEO Carol Bartz had a meeting in the city of San Rafael where Autodesk's Headquarters was located. Subsequently, Autodesk issued an announcement. Autodesk will cooperate with Industrial Light & Magic and Universal Pictures to enter the film and television special effects software market, but the announcement did not mention specific Details. In addition, several medium-scale special effects companies of Hollywood have recently received a large amount of capital injection and are recruiting heavily. "

After the executive named Ritter finished, the assistant who had just received the order from Stan Winston pushed the door again and walked into the meeting room, putting a collated data in front of Stan Winston.

"Eric, statistics are available. Of the 169 people who submitted resignation applications, 112 were model effects, 57 were CG Special Effects teachers," Stan Winston was relieved when the data was presented. Although he started by making model special effects, Stan Winston is definitely not an old-fashioned person. He heard Eric more than once, CG Special Effects is the mainstream special effects trend of Hollywood in the future, "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", "Twister" and "Jurassic Park" etc. The success of the CG Special Effects blockbuster film also proves this. Among the employees who left the company, model special effects engineers accounted for nearly two-thirds, while CG Special Effects engineers only one-third. In this case, things are not as bad as he thought.

Everyone present seemed relieved, Eric had already guessed this possibility. Now that the speculation is proven, the last trace of worry in his heart has also dissipated a lot. The reason why the CG Special Effects division in the digital field does not have a large outflow is mainly because the CG Special Effects division uses a special effect software combination developed by the digital field. At present, these software are not sold in the digital field, leaving the tool software in the digital field. These originally The highly skilled CG Special Effects teachers can only re-learn the immature third-rate special effects software on the market. If it were n’t for the dug-out companies that gave hard-to-reject salary packages, these people would never risk running away.

Side up the ideas that were conceived on London and the plane yesterday. Eric clapped his hands and caught everyone's attention. Tao: "Okay, now let's talk about how to solve such a thing. First of all, we considered developing Maya in cooperation with Autodesk, but that cooperation was unsuccessful. Since we did not want to join, now Autodesk is fancy. The cake of special effects software, want to join in and kick in, it is late. How he jumped in, we kicked it out. "

A few chuckles sounded in the meeting room, but nobody meant to despise Autodesk. Autodesk currently relies on the main ad industrial design series software, which has basically monopolized the industrial graphics software market, film and television special effects software and industrial graphics software. There are many similarities. It is not too difficult for Autodesk to develop the corresponding film and television special effects software. The cycle is also much shorter than the development of tools such as maya and other tools in the digital field. The original time and space, because of seizing the opportunity to advance in advance Field, Autodesk basically monopolized the special effects software for film and television.

At this time, if you want to prevent Autodesk from entering the film and television special effects software, it is not only for the benefit of software sales, but more importantly, it is necessary to ensure that the digital field is the leader in the film and television special effects industry. If any company only invests and does not generate profits, then it will not be able to escape this road sooner or later, this is the case with the technical team led by Ed Carmore, and the shortcomings cannot be seen under the rapid development of the digital field. In the era of mass strangulation, this huge unprofitable technical team will become a drag on the company.

After Eric's words, everyone in the meeting room began to put forward their own suggestions.

After three days of intensive meetings, the digital field held a press conference at Firefly Studio Headquarters.

At this time, the data of Box Office in the second week of "Jurassic Park" was released, and the Box Office of 7more than 1 million USD was obtained, and the total Box Office reached 1.8500 million USD. Although it is a press conference in the digital field, after learning that Eric will attend this conference, many reporters who have received invitations have prepared a lot of sequels about "Jurassic Park".

However, the information disclosed at this press conference did not disappoint the reporters present.

Ed Carmore, who originally held the position of chief technical officer of Pixar animation, announced to the outside world that Firefly will integrate the technical support team of Pixar and the digital field, and set up a separate Firefly software company. Firefly software mainly provides target customers with special effects software and related film and television special effects solutions.

After Ed Carmore finished speaking, more than a hundred reporters in the conference hall immediately discussed buzzingly. Some reporters who are not well-informed do not understand why the digital field is in full swing. Why should we make such a self-demolition of the fence, and some other reporters who are very keen on industry news realize that this is Firefly's A counterattack in the digging behavior experienced in the field of time figures.

At first glance, this may seem illogical, but even if the news of Autodesk ’s cooperation with Industrial Light & Magic and Universal is not revealed, some smart people can understand that this is actually equivalent to a disguised expansion of the digital field. Although the special effects software in the digital field has not yet been outflowed, the technical level shown in movies such as "Jurassic Park" has dumped a few streets of Hollywood small and medium-sized special effects companies. Therefore, once the tool software in the digital field starts to be sold, not only special effects engineers who leave the digital field will be given priority, but other special effects companies will also join the camp of software tool users in the digital field.

Moreover, there is a very important sentence in Ed Carmore's speech. In addition to special effects software, Firefly software company will also provide customers with specific film and television special effect solutions. This measure not only increases the profitability of Firefly software, but also passes in disguise. The solution authorization restricts the development of those special effects companies that are greedy for convenience. After all, if you can buy a set of special effects lens production solutions at a lower price, most people will no longer waste time and money to develop and accumulate technology. The solution provided by the Firefly software must rely on the Firefly's own software, which again limits the use of other special effects software by small and medium-sized special effects companies.

After Ed Carmore announced the news, the press conference entered free question time, and the audience raised a large arm in unison.

The host looked down the platform and randomly ordered a very elegant female reporter.

Unexpectedly, after getting the microphone, the female reporter turned directly to Eric who had not spoken just now: "Mr. Williams, I am a reporter of 《Los Angeles Times》." North America Box Office of "Jurassic Park" has accumulated 1.8500 million USD. Story, but your original novel did not disclose relevant information. Will Firefly develop a sequel? "

"First of all, I want to say, this lady, your question has nothing to do with this press conference. If anyone asks a similar question next, I will not answer it. But now I can tell you that the sequel is definitely There will be. "

Eric just about to hand out the microphone, the female reporter immediately said: "So, Mr. Williams, Firefly software will treat special effects companies outside the digital field differently?"

“I do n’t know what kind of differential treatment you are talking about. Firefly software company and the digital field have always been one. If it is technical support, the Firefly software will definitely spare no effort in the digital field, which is indisputable. Things. However, other aspects, such as the special effects software owned by Firefly software company, are treated equally internally and externally. However, after the completion of the spin-off, even if the digital field wants to use the latest software of Firefly software company, it needs to follow the process Pay the fee. "

The microphone under the stage quickly reached another reporter, and the other party ’s question was still directed at Eric: "Mr. Williams, I am a reporter of" San Francisco Chronicle ". Will the Firefly software company go public?"

"There is currently no listing plan, but it will definitely be in the future."

The reporter immediately hit the snake with a stick and asked the question that the entire Wall Street is very concerned about: "Will the Firefly Pictures be listed?" (To be continued)