I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

"Ok?"

The man was embarrassed. He pretended to look around at the scenery and pulled up a chair to sit down.

A little while later, another woman who looked older walked into the company.

"Who should I contact for onboarding?"

She looked at the two people sitting opposite each other.

"We're all here to start our jobs."

Bai Qiquan and the man immediately answered.

This scene repeated itself several times, and Bai Qiquan realized that he didn't recognize many of the people present, and he had never even heard of their names.

Those in their circle are not like ordinary viewers who only know directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers, post-production staff, etc.; those who are famous are very famous.

Based on the salary Lu Ban offered, Bai Qiquan felt he could easily have secured those famous post-production photography jobs, so it was strange that he didn't choose them.

Is there something special about these people?

Am I the hidden mastermind?

Bai Qiquan couldn't help but have wild thoughts.

Lu Ban arrived on time at 9:30.

He was holding a stack of documents, while Qin Tiantian stood beside him, empty-handed, as if she were there for a vacation.

"You can act as the receptionist for now; you can play games and watch videos."

Lu Ban pointed to the table at the front desk.

"Am I not the brand ambassador? How did I become the front desk staff?"

"Look, the first person people see when they enter the company is you. Isn't that what a brand ambassador is?"

Lu Ban was very serious.

"Nobody would believe you."

Although Qin Tiantian expressed her dissatisfaction, she still obediently sat down at the front desk.

"Wow, this computer has great specs, a 3090! I've decided, I'm the receptionist, and nobody can take this position from me."

After settling Qin Tiantian in, Lu Ban walked into the office, gave a brief greeting, and began distributing contracts.

"Director Lu does everything himself; it seems he values ​​us a lot."

Bai Qiquan thought to himself that even the labor contract in front of him seemed much more serious now.

He glanced through the contract and saw that it included additional personal accident insurance.

"Ok?"

Bai Qiquan initially thought it was just ordinary employee insurance provided by the company, including things like work-related injuries, but upon closer inspection, he realized something was wrong.

"...including but not limited to accidents such as fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, and meteorite impacts, as well as man-made accidents including car crashes, shipwrecks, plane crashes, and rocket crashes..."

The work injury clauses listed here are so numerous they're frightening, and in addition to common natural disasters and man-made calamities, they also cover situations that are practically unavoidable.

"What kind of injuries are caused by being eaten by wild animals or similar creatures? And what about schizophrenia caused by hallucinations... Is our work really that dangerous?"

Bai Qiquan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Looking at these insurance policies, he felt that he shouldn't be working in the film and television industry, but rather in a special forces team that saves the world.

Could it be that Lu Ban will pull out a strangely shaped stick and suddenly turn into light?

"These are all just in case. You know, although you mainly work on the later stages, you may inevitably come into contact with some unpleasant things, so the insurance must be written in detail, and your beneficiaries must be clearly listed to ensure that the other party can receive the money after something happens to you."

Lu Ban answered Bai Qiquan's question.

Why does it feel like something bad is already going to happen?

Bai Qiquan overheard the guy next door muttering something.

Since Lu Ban was paying for it anyway, no one said much and signed the papers. I'm just editing a video and doing post-production. What, am I going to get eaten by a monster from a movie?

In addition, there are some standard contracts such as confidentiality agreements.

After signing, Lu Ban put away all the agreements.

"Everyone, the reason I recruited you is because my next film requires a lot of post-production work. I expect the film to be released globally simultaneously between the second half of this year and the first half of next year. Therefore, we don't have much time."

Lu Ban then said, glancing at Qin Tiantian, who was already playing Apex Legends and had delivered two packages already.

"Wait a minute, with only six months, how could we possibly complete that level of special effects by ourselves?"

A man raised his hand to ask a question.

"Yes, Director Lu, your previous special effects were so amazing. We came here with a learning mindset. If we want to finish this in such a short time, we'll need to increase our manpower several times over."

A woman echoed this sentiment.

For a typical urban film, post-production takes about a few months. For period dramas with special effects, it takes longer, and for science fiction and fantasy films, it takes at least a year. As for the special effects that Lu Ban's previous films had, even if a top-notch team were fully committed, it would take at least a year or two to achieve the same level of quality.

Therefore, many domestic special effects studios were curious about Lu Ban's production process and where he got such a skilled special effects artist.

But now it seems... Lu Ban doesn't seem to have any special effects artists at all?

Or perhaps... he himself is a special effects artist?

"You don't need to worry about that. I've almost finished the core parts. You just need to handle some simple processing."

As Lu Ban spoke, he pointed to the screening room.

"Let's take a look at the original footage and the results first."

Chapter 284 Bringing Philanthropist Lu Ban

"Original footage???"

Several people had question marks appear above their heads.

When Lu Ban mentioned the original film, was he referring to the original film of the new movie?

Has he finished filming?

The movie "The Mouth of a Madman" has just finished its run, and the new film has already solved the most difficult part of the filming?

Is this really a speed that humans can achieve?

Compared to their previous doubts about their work and their anticipation of seeing clips from Lu Ban's new movie, this group of film and television professionals were more shocked.

Many of them originally thought that Lu Ban was just expanding his team, and that by joining Lu Ban, they could learn the most advanced post-production experience, meet some big shots, build connections, and provide assistance for their future work.

When they saw the brand-new office, they could only assume that Lu Ban was expanding his business and opening a new studio there.

But now it seems like I'm really just here to do post-production?

Why did Lu Ban spend so much money and go through that strange interview?

The group followed Lu Ban into the screening room.

Lu Ban didn't explain much, but played the sample footage that he had shown Qin Tiantian last night, and then selected some unprocessed clips to show these people.

"...This is the current progress. What you need to do is to process the original footage into a sample like this. I will give you some instructions on the specific details. Of course, I also hope that everyone will have some ideas to share. Everyone here is a leader in the industry, and I believe that you will definitely have unique insights."

Lu Ban turned on the lights in the screening room and explained.

"..."

The people sitting in the screening room looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Is this really the original footage?"

Bai Qiquan muttered something.

Originally, he thought that the original footage Lu Ban was referring to was the kind of footage shot by actors in front of a green screen, or the raw video shot with crude props and sets. Such videos not only need special effects but also post-production work, and the quality of the original footage is extremely rough.

However, the "original footage" that Lu Ban showed them was already finished, except for some filters, post-production color grading, depth of field processing and other minor work.

No, it's not just finished, it's been done perfectly.

The monster's movements, the motion of its fur, the effects of the snow, the particle effects of the bows and arrows and spells, and the handling of large-scale scenes and buildings—it's fair to say that you could watch this original film as if it were the main feature.

Even some experts in this field feel that even if they were given a year or two with unlimited funding to create these images, they might not be able to do any better.

These special effects are precisely the part of the biggest workload during post-production.

Good guy.

At first, they thought Lu Ban had asked them to work on the entire film, but later they found out they were only responsible for post-production. Now, the people sitting in the screening room realized that they had been called in by Lu Ban to be repairmen and complete the final cleanup work.

It's like Lu Ban has only two or three pieces left in a jigsaw puzzle with thousands of pieces, and then he paid several people to finish it. It's also like Lu Ban has already proven Goldbach's conjecture, but he's too lazy to copy it out himself, so he hired them to help him copy and print it.

My job doesn't actually require much technical skill; I can complete it smoothly as long as I work normally for a few years.

Lu Ban's salaries were mostly more than double what they had before they switched jobs.

Is Lu Ban doing charity work?

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment until Bai Qiquan raised his hand.

"Uh, Director Lu, your original film is already quite complete. Do you think we only need to do the odd jobs in post-production?"

"That's one way to understand it."

Lu Ban agreed without hesitation.

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Several people's worldviews were shattered.

Are rich people just this capricious?

Or is Lu Ban trying to humiliate us with money?

No, no, no, if they give that much money, they'd be happy to humiliate Lu Ban even more.

Wait a minute, thinking about it the other way around, wouldn't it be a waste of Lu Ban's precious creative time if he were to do these chores that don't require much skill?

So that's how it is. It's because Director Lu Ban had so much inspiration that he wanted to spend more time creating, so he entrusted these simple, repetitive tasks to us.

Some people have already started to imagine it themselves.