I'm conquering Hong Kong entertainment with two billion US dollars.

Chapter 74 You bitch, you just wait until tonight!

When Zhou Huiming knocked on the door and came in, Lin Dong was looking through the project progress summary left by Chen Xinjian.

"President Lin, Mr. Huang from Tengda Illusion has arrived."

Lin Dong looked up and closed the file. "Let him in."

Huang Hongda pushed open the door and came in, carrying a black briefcase. He walked to the desk and bowed slightly. "Mr. Lin."

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"Sit down." Lin Dong gestured to the chair opposite him.

Huang Hongda sat down, took out a bound report from his briefcase, and handed it over with both hands.

The cover features the Tengda Fantasy logo, with a title below: "Summary of the First Phase of the Shushan Legend Special Effects Project".

Lin Dong opened the report, and Huang Hongda's voice rang out simultaneously.

"As of yesterday, all forty trainees have completed the first phase of basic process training. Industrial Light & Magic is responsible for modeling, texturing, and lighting, while Digital Domain is responsible for animation, rigging, and compositing. They work separately on their respective sides, rotating every Friday."

He spoke at a moderate pace, but fluently, clearly having prepared his remarks beforehand. "The first two weeks were mainly spent observing. Watching how Hollywood people break down layers, arrange nodes, and run low-poly tests before rendering."

"We're just getting started—each person is assigned a support role, acting as an assistant to their main supervisor."

"Are they willing to teach?" Lin Dong asked.

"It depends on the person." Huang Hongda didn't hide anything. "Some foreigners are good-tempered and teach in detail, explaining as they do, even breaking down the shortcuts. Some are less patient and just let you assist without saying a word."

But no matter which method you choose, if you stand on the sidelines and watch, the process is impossible to hide—how the camera is disassembled, how the materials are sorted, how the lighting is set up. Following it from beginning to end, you'll always learn something.

He turned to page five of the report, his finger pointing to several sets of data comparisons. "When we did special effects at Xiantao before, a shot of medium difficulty would take an average of one and a half months from modeling to compositing."

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) can produce a shot of similar difficulty in three weeks. The difference lies mainly in three areas.

"First, node-based. They break down all processes into standard nodes, and once the model is completed, it can be directly connected and bound. Once the binding is complete, it can be directly connected to the animation without any rework in between."

We are still using a serial process; if we change one parameter at the beginning, we have to start all the subsequent steps over.

Second, the material library. They have accumulated a material library over more than ten years. All materials, including metal, skin, cloth, and water, can be called from the library for fine-tuning, without having to create them from scratch.

Third, the rendering farm. We both have 600 cores, but they have 2,000 on-site, while we can't even gather 1,000 across the entire Hong Kong region.

Lin Dong nodded. From Huang Hongda's tone, he could tell that they had learned a lot this time.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "You should already know what equipment Illusion Company needs, right?"

Upon hearing Lin Dong's question, Huang Hongda immediately pulled a list from his briefcase and placed it in front of Lin Dong.

SGI Octane (12 CPUs) × 10

SGIOny2 (8 CPUs) ×2

Render farm: SunUltra 60×40

Film scanning and recording: Arriscan + CelcoFilmRecorder

Official software licenses: Maya 1.0-2, Softimage|3D/Softimage|DS, Flame/Inferno.

RenderMan Commercial Version.

"These devices and software licenses are what Tenda Illusion currently needs. In terms of budget, hardware procurement will require US$1.5 million in the short term. Software licenses will cost US$500,000 per year."

After Huang Hongda finished reciting the numbers, he paused for a moment, as if considering his words. "Although this kind of thing is considered second-tier in Hollywood, it is already the undisputed number one in the entire Asia."

Lin Dong tapped his finger lightly twice on the list. "Can't we buy better equipment?"

Huang Hongda paused for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile. "No. Ony2 and above models, the custom nodes used in the render farm, and their own internal plugins are all on the export control list. Forget about selling them, they won't even show us the technical documentation."

Lin Dong nodded slightly, without asking any further questions. He knew it wasn't a problem that money could solve, and there was no need to expose his lack of knowledge about this field to Huang Hongda.

"Three and a half million US dollars." He pushed the list back to Huang Hongda. "One million for hardware, one million for a two-year software license, and the rest for staff expansion and salaries. It will be transferred to Illusion's account next week."

Huang Hongda stood up and bowed.

He didn't say thank you, nor did he make any promises. After all, Lin Dong had made it very clear to him in this office last time that he would produce results in two years, and if he didn't, he would have to move to another position.

He simply put the equipment list back into his briefcase and said, "Mr. Lin, once the equipment arrives, I'll have everyone run a test run of the Legend of Shushan. I'll bring the finished product for you to review then."

"OK."

Huang Hongda turned and left.

As soon as the door closed, Li Jiaxin stood up from the sofa in the reception area, walked around behind Lin Dong, wrapped her arms around his neck, and rested her chin on his shoulder.

"I didn't expect it to cost this much. But it's worth it to get the top spot in Asia for $350 million."

She said this in a nonchalant tone, without even blinking.

But this wasn't an act; she genuinely had the financial backing. Amazon closed at 105.63 last night, and her account's total unrealized profit had already firmly exceeded one hundred million US dollars.

Although most of it was held on behalf of Lin Dong, her own share alone was already over twenty million. Three and a half million US dollars? No big deal.

"This is just the initial investment." Lin Dong leaned back in his chair. "The equipment needs to be continuously updated, generation after generation, to catch up."

And buying the equipment isn't the end of the story—someone has to know how to use it.

"Then smash it." Li Jiaxin waved her hand, her ample bosom swaying slightly. "It's just a little money, what's there to be afraid of?"

Lin Dong turned his head to look at her, a mischievous smirk playing on his lips. "Take your money?"

Li Jiaxin's eyes darted around, and she whispered in his ear, "Then give me some shares and I'll invest some too. Being a shareholder of Asia's number one special effects company carries a lot more weight than being an actor."

Lin Dong smiled. This woman's mind always works a step faster than anyone else's.

She didn't really care about the special effects company's profits—she wanted a title, a position that would allow her to stand more firmly in Lin Dong's business empire.

"Okay. You can have the money. I'll give you 20% of Tengda Illusion's shares."

"It's a deal." Li Jiaxin agreed readily without haggling or hesitation. She didn't know if she would lose money, but she had never made a mistake following Lin Dong.

Zhang Baizhi sat on the sofa in the reception area, holding a teacup in his hand, without saying a word, but his heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat.

Li Jiaxin casually pulled out millions of US dollars, as easily as pulling a hundred-dollar bill from her bag.

She couldn't even come up with 200,000 Hong Kong dollars.

But she won't stay like this forever.

How much can actors earn? Even if they become famous and earn millions in salary for a single film, after deducting the company's cut and taxes, how much do they actually take?

Li Jiaxin's current position is built on money, which is something she can't compare to, but she also has things that Li Jiaxin doesn't have.

young.

Furthermore, she can have children for Dong Ge. Dong Ge's vast fortune needs someone to inherit it.

As long as someone gets pregnant before Li Jiaxin, then ——————

Li Jiaxin lifted her face from Lin Dong's shoulder and gently poked his chest with her finger. "Let's go back to Banshan tonight. I've had some soup made."

Zhang Baizhi immediately put down his teacup and interjected in a sweet voice, "Brother Dong, I also made some soup—five-finger peach chicken soup. It's been simmering since noon, and I've asked someone to watch the fire for me."

Li Jiaxin turned her head and stared at her face.

Zhang Baizhi seemed completely oblivious to the gaze he was receiving, and continued smiling as he said, "Michele, you're joining us too. You must be craving soup since you just got back from Beijing, right? I made a big pot of it."

Michele, you're always so busy, how can you possibly take care of Dong-ge's stomach? It's okay, I'm here for you.

Li Jiaxin's face darkened. "Have I been too nice to you? Making you take advantage of me?"

She stood up, her high heels clicking heavily on the carpet, and walked straight toward Zhang Baizhi.

Zhang Baizhi shrank back, still saying, "Michele, don't misunderstand," but the glint in his eyes clearly said, "Come on then."

Lin Dong reached out and pulled Li Jiaxin back around the waist. Her fist slammed into his shoulder, muffled, but he ignored it.

"Alright. If you want to fight, go back to Happy Valley. What kind of behavior is this, standing in the company?" He released the man, straightened his shirt cuffs, and said, "Let's go to Happy Valley tonight. Jiaxin is coming too."

Li Jiaxin struggled twice but couldn't break free. She took a deep breath, stared at Zhang Baizhi's smiling face, and squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth: "You bitch, you just wait tonight."

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