After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 388: Real Strike, Witch Killing Completed

"Good! Shishi did a great job. The witch crew is done. The others can stay."

Liu Shishi had been sleepy for a long time. When she heard that it was time to finish work, she immediately became listless. She leaned on her assistant, waved goodbye to Li Mingyang, and walked away with her head down.

The actors left.

Li Mingyang hasn't finished work yet.

Wu Zhikui took over Li Mingyang's position, and Li Mingyang put on a green leather suit and started punching the brick wall, shaking the floor with his feet, and kicking the iron door...

Rukawa Kaede's experience card makes his physique different from that of ordinary people. He wears brass knuckles inside the leather case and steel plates on the soles of his shoes.

Things that originally required computer special effects can now be done manually by him.

With a punch, the wall turned dusty and a deep pit appeared.

His feet plowed the wall, leaving a horrible deep hole in it.

In fact, destruction is not difficult, but what is difficult is to destroy the marginal reality.

If it is done with the current level of special effects, the edges of the broken objects are very neat and the fragments are very regular, but in reality, it should contain many layers, such as sand, debris, smoke and dust, etc.

Real hitting is the best material.

You can also save a lot of money.

Li Mingyang worked all night checking the storyboards and adjusting the shots. He finally finished typing all the materials. The rest was up to the special effects department to organize and integrate the materials.

"I'm going to sleep first, Lao Wu, wake me up at twelve o'clock."

"Are you sleeping in the company? There's construction going on outside during the day. I'll take you to the hotel."

"Just do the construction. It shouldn't wake me up."

Li Mingyang left the eighth floor and went to sleep on the ninth floor.

The others were also very tired, but since the boss was working so hard, they didn't feel comfortable taking a break right away. They still had to coordinate the materials with the people in the special effects department.

This connection took the whole morning, and special effects are extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive.

As soon as the connection was made, Old Wu called Guo Fan over.

"Old Guo, how is your adventure going?" Old Wu asked after taking a sip of black coffee.

"It's almost done. Can it be submitted for review next week?"

"so fast?"

Guo Fan was still worried about the funding for the movie’s special effects at the beginning of last month, but it’s almost done in less than a month!

“The concept design was actually completed a long time ago. In order to save money, I made an animation. Director Li was willing to support me, so it was completed very quickly.” Guo Fan said with a smile.

"Oh, the company has two projects, do you want to do them?"

"Those two projects are short of funds, so don't bother me. I was working with Li Xianji and ended up bankrupting my own company. After working with Li Xianji, I need to take a break for a while." Guo Fan waved his hands quickly.

Old Wu didn't force it. He chatted with Guo Fan for a while about the development of special effects software, then set an alarm and found a place to sleep.

Special effects companies can be said to be the most important, yet least valued, link in the film and television industry.

The asset-heavy operation model of special effects companies relies heavily on projects and subsidies.

The inaccuracy of early quotations, the delay in settlement of project funds, and the price-cutting and low-pricing in vicious competition have led to the continuous collapse of such companies.

The corresponding result is that staff are owed wages and laid off due to endless overtime.

This is a world problem.

There is a paradox in the quotations from special effects companies: 1. Special effects companies cannot afford downtime.

2. Special effects companies cannot take on unreliable projects.

3. Special effects companies should take on as many projects as possible. If they do not accept a project, refer to 1. If they do accept a project, refer to 2.

Back then, if Digital Domain didn't make a loss by taking on Titanic, it would have gone bankrupt.

R&H's taking on Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

When Ang Lee went to receive the Oscar, nearly 500 special effects production staff of R&H protested outside the Oscars ceremony against the company's sudden bankruptcy filing and layoffs.

……

On April 4th, at around 20 a.m., the filming of Witch was completed!
The wrap time was pretty hellish.

However, Li Mingyang still prepared a wrap-up banquet for everyone on the seventh floor.

Li Mingyang feels that he is quite something.

I didn’t expect Rong Xinda, Tangren and Yinghuang to be even better.

The three girls were having dinner when the company urged them to leave immediately. Li Xin and Bai Bin rushed to Shanghai, and Liu Shishi rushed to the crew of Startling by Each Step.

The crew of Startling by Each Step hasn’t finished work yet…

"They shouldn't rest during the day, right?" Xiao Ye said with a wry smile.

"It definitely won't stop..."

"Three cash cows."

"Celebrities' salaries are so high now, and they're still rising."

"There are so many crews working, but there are only so many famous people. There are too many wolves and too little meat, and prices are skyrocketing!"

"When can we get a salary increase..." someone whispered.

Li Mingyang listened to the discussion but did not mention the issue of salary increase.

Mingyang Entertainment’s salaries are already among the best in the domestic entertainment industry, and raising salaries will not solve the fundamental problem.

After finishing the wrap-up banquet, Li Mingyang returned to the office and sent WeChat messages to Wu Zhikui, Ye Xiangdong, Guo Fan, and Zhang Wei respectively.

Have them come to their office for meetings.

Ten minutes later.

Li Mingyang looked at the four people sitting in front of him and lit a cigarette.

"The company's model needs to be changed. Do you have any suggestions?" Xiao Ye was the first to shake his head.

Zhang Wei was the first to express her opinion. She adopted a centralized management model, similar to that of Alibaba.

This system is actually quite suitable for Mingyang Entertainment, but Li Mingyang does not have as big ambitions as Ali Ma, nor does he want to cross industries.

Taking this road would tire him to death.

Guo Fan proposed using Huawei’s guild shareholding system, which is a good idea.

"Focus on production. I feel the special effects department should lay off employees. There is no future for special effects, so it's better to outsource it," Wu Zhikui suggested.

"What do you think?"

"No matter how we do it, we have to outsource it. The special effects project is too big, and one or two companies simply can't handle it." Guo Fan pondered, "The biggest advantage of domestic special effects is that they are cheap, and our company doesn't seem to have anything to do with cheapness."

"I agree with Mr. Wu's opinion. Last month, the expenditure on employee salaries alone was more than three million, but the income was not much, which means the company is operating at a loss," said Zhang Wei.

"Xiao Ye, what about you?" Li Mingyang asked.

"I feel..." Xiao Ye scratched his head, "I feel that the company is getting bigger and bigger, but the people's hearts are getting more and more fragmented. I feel that the people you loaned out, boss, will hardly come back."

Ye Xiangdong's overall ability is average, but Li Mingyang promoted him mainly because he helped negotiate the copyright of One Punch Man.

However, as the company grew bigger, Li Mingyang discovered that this kid was very different. He could get along with anyone and had a very strong affinity.

"why?"

"Boss, you are well-known and have lifted us all to a level that doesn't belong to us. The temptations out there are too great. Everyone wants to climb up. No one is willing to stay behind the scenes all their lives. Everyone wants to be in the front..."

"I have never signed any non-compete agreement with you. If you want to venture out and try your luck, I support you."

"I never thought about leaving..."

Li Mingyang took a deep puff of his cigarette, "Yang Mi wants you to come over?"

Xiao Ye was embarrassed now.

I didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Those who want to leave can't stay, and those who don't want to leave will naturally come back. In fact, it's good to go out and walk around more and see more."

"Forget it... I'm fine with taking notes, but I feel guilty about being the director."

"Anyway, someone will pay for your losses." Li Mingyang thought for a moment and said, "In fact, the company will be disbanded by the end of the year."

"Although the building under construction is mine and I am also a major shareholder, the company does not belong to me alone. Many giants will invest in it."

"Old Wu, no matter what, I hope you can bring the special effects department as a whole over there and pay attention to it. I am not afraid of spending money. It is not just my money that is being spent. The more money is spent, the greater the sunk cost will be. No one can escape."

Old Wu smiled bitterly and shook his head. Even though others couldn't understand it, he did.

Li Mingyang hasn't changed!

But this time the pit is even bigger!

Those people in China who want to be a three-body character are thrown into the special effects industry, which has the least prospects.

"Regarding the future development of the company, I have a plan. With Huabu Video as the core, I will set up a studio. Yes, the competition system is similar to the one when the company started, but this time not all employees will be eliminated. I plan to divide it into five studios."

"Five studios, five producers, and the producers who don't meet the standards will be replaced."

“It feels similar to outsourcing?”

"Outsourcing doesn't have data support." Li Mingyang said with a smile: "I plan to set up a big data center to use data to analyze user preferences and do what users like."

"Isn't this the model of Croton Media?" Zhang Wei asked puzzledly.

"That's about right. Since you understand this model, I'll leave the big data center to you. Is there any problem?"

Zhang Wei hesitated for a few seconds, nodded heavily, and took on this important task.

"Boss, according to your idea, can I go to Jiaxing in advance to familiarize myself with it?"

"can."

……

The meeting ended and Zhang Wei, Ye Xiangdong and Guo Fan left.

Li Mingyang left Wu Zhikui alone.

Wu Zhikui leaned against the door stealthily and listened for a while. After making sure that the three had left, he made an OK gesture to Li Mingyang.

"The bad thing about newcomers is that they think they are good enough once they achieve some results."

Li Mingyang took out a large bag of peanuts from the drawer and sat on the sofa in the reception area. Old Wu opened the refrigerator and took out six cans of beer.

The two of them drank and talked about the current situation of the company, sighing and shaking their heads.

It’s hard to lead too many people.

Especially now everyone thinks that Li Mingyang has trained a group of extraordinary young talents, and they are all trying to poach them.

And these young talents also think they are very capable and can’t get too cocky…

It is too difficult to ask a group of young and energetic university elites in their twenties to serve as tools.

In Li Mingyang's opinion, a company with more than 500 people is actually not that big.

In the previous life, Mingyang Entertainment also had more than 500 people, but the average age of the company was over 30 years old, and most of them were migrant workers from Hengyang who were not doing well in their lives.

Although their abilities are quite average.

But he is hardworking and obedient.

"Old Wu, keep all those storyboard artists here, don't let them get poached," said Li Mingyang.

"I have transferred them out, Ah Huo is watching them."

"Do you think Xiaoye can do it?"

"If he can do it, I will be Zhang Yimou." Wu Zhikui shook his head.

(End of this chapter)