MTL - This Star is Legal But Sick

Chapter 475 This armor is so handsome!

  Linghai Special Effects Company, whose full name is Linghai Technology Co., Ltd., is a medium-to-lower company in the film and television special effects industry.

Today, Linghai’s technical director Wang Zhibo is waiting anxiously in the office.

 A few months ago, the company's business situation was already not very good. In addition to receiving fewer and fewer orders, employees continued to leave.

These employees who resigned were either poached by their peers or by game companies.

Nowadays, the game industry is booming, and people are poaching people at high prices, and the salaries offered are much higher than those in the film and television special effects industry.

At that time, Wang Zhibo felt something was wrong. It was not until the company's senior management held a meeting a few days ago that Wang Zhibo realized that the company's situation was worse than he imagined.

 Wang Zhibo is in his thirties and has been working in the film and television industry for many years. He is full of emotions about this industry and does not just regard it as a tool to make a living.

 So in the end he did not choose to leave, but was prepared to stick with the company until the end.

 This company has too much of his hard work.

 But this is not just a hardware problem, but a technical problem.

He has basically watched many foreign tokusatsu dramas.

 There are too many ways to do it, and it takes actual combat to hone the skills.

　　It’s just that this man was wearing a hood with only his eyes and mouth exposed.

　　How shrewd this man must be.

 He planned to pack these things away after Xu Ye came to the company for a meeting today.

 In foreign tokusatsu dramas, the armors worn by the characters are special effects props.

In Wang Zhibo's view, Xu Ye has only one purpose in acquiring companies, and that is to make money by relying on the contacts he has accumulated.

 Once some celebrities have money, they will participate in all aspects of film and television production and use their connections to make money.

These props include monster holsters, hero holsters for fighting monsters, weapons, etc.

Not long after, the elevator beeped.

In addition, domestic film and television companies would rather invest all their investment in actors' remuneration, leaving only a little bit for the special effects companies, and the special effects companies cannot use the money to practice technology.

I saw two young girls in charge of reception in the company standing in the elevator, as well as an unknown man, and another man with a very muscular figure.

Wang Zhibo has only two leaders who have not resigned yet, and the three of them are waiting here together.

 As for computer special effects, it’s just as the name suggests.

Wang Zhibo has a room in the company, which contains some special effects props that he fiddles with when he has nothing to do.

Xu Ye is a top figure in the entertainment industry, and it’s hard not to recognize him.

If his wife hadn’t said it herself, Wang Zhibo would never have imagined that these two songs were actually composed by the same person.

 Tokusatsu dramas require a lot of special effects, both physical and computer special effects.

At this moment, the company administrator called him and told him that Xu Ye was already going upstairs.

This kind of thing is also very common in the entertainment industry.

Wang Zhibo felt a little regretful.

 Physical special effects also have a wide range of applications.

This is outrageous enough.

This made Wang Zhibo’s first reaction was that something had happened!

Wang Zhibo immediately adjusted the collar of his shirt and went to wait at the elevator entrance.

 Physical special effects means shooting in reality without computer synthesis, which requires the use of various props.

 A few days ago, Xu Ye was very popular on the Internet.

 Fortunately, Linghai Special Effects Company is also in Anseong, so there is no need to worry about the trouble of moving.

 This is a problem for the entire industry.

Wang Zhibo has a pursuit in his heart. He really wants to put these things on the screen, but it is a pity that this is not possible.

“It’s a pity, Mr. Xu will definitely not let me waste my time on these things anymore.”

The former boss turned a blind eye to what he did. After all, Wang Zhibo did all these things when he was off work. He also bought these materials himself and borrowed some of the company's venues and tools.

　　The wife at home plays "Qili Xiang", and my daughter comes home from kindergarten in the afternoon and has to practice the "Listen to Me Say Thank You" dance she just learned during the day in front of the mirror.

 He was quite curious about Xu Ye.

In addition, Wang Zhibo himself also has a small hobby. He likes to watch tokusatsu dramas.

 He already knows that the company has been acquired by Xu Ye, and is going through the formalities these days.

Even people like him who don’t listen to music often are forced to listen to music at home.

As the elevator door slowly opened, Wang Zhibo stepped forward to greet him with a smile on his face, but he was startled when he saw the situation in the elevator.

With Xu Ye’s current influence in the film and television drama industry, he will definitely have no worries about orders.

Wang Zhibo also has the idea of ​​doing something big, such as making special effects comparable to those of foreign countries.

 There are robbers in the office building!

 In an instant, Wang Zhibo had countless thoughts in his mind.

Should you call the police or call security, it is better to stabilize the robber first and ensure the safety of the hostages.

Even Wang Zhibo fantasized about using a transformer to transform into a hero, subduing the robbers, and having two administrative girls look at him with admiration.

 In short, if today's matters are taken care of, he will become famous in one battle.

However, at this moment, the two administrative girls stepped out of the elevator. One reached out to block the elevator door, and the other whispered: "Mr. Xu, go this way."

After the words fell, the man wearing a hood walked out of the elevator.

Wang Zhibo was stunned.

Mr. Xu?

This guy is **** Xu Ye?

 There’s something **** wrong with you, you’re wearing a hood.

Wang Zhibo’s dream was shattered.

 At this time, Xu Ye took off the hood on his head, revealing a handsome face.

Wang Zhibo hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Hello, Mr. Xu."

Xu Ye smiled and shook hands with everyone.

 A few days ago, he had signed an acquisition contract with Linghai, and the studio's employees also inspected the company, and there were no problems.

 The reason why the company was sold was indeed because the company ran out of money.

The system prompt cards are quite reliable.

Xu Ye came to the company today mainly to understand the specific situation of the company and arrange the follow-up tasks.

 Under the leadership of the administrator, Xu Ye walked towards the company.

Wang Zhibo took the time to ask an administrative girl: "Why does Mr. Xu wear a hood?"

The little girl said: "He is a big star. If he is recognized while walking, it will easily cause trouble."

 Hearing this reason, Wang Zhibo felt that it made sense for a while.

 Wearing sunglasses or a mask will both be detected, but wearing a headgear will definitely not lead to detection.

 But you can easily cause misunderstandings, okay?

 Wouldn’t this draw everyone’s attention even more!

Wang Zhibo couldn't understand Xu Ye's brain circuit for a while.

 Hey guys, what is said on the Internet is really not a lie.

 Xu Ye immediately caused a commotion when he arrived at the company.

He is a big star after all, and everyone knows him, but these employees did not act rashly.

 Xu Ye will be their future boss after all.

Wang Zhibo, as the company’s technical director, took Xu Ye to visit several of the company’s production rooms.

 There are equipment here worth tens of thousands to millions.

When he reached the door of a small room, Wang Zhibo did not dare to introduce him.

 Because the things placed in this room are all the special effects props he made.

If Xu Ye asked what these were for, he wouldn't be able to explain.

 It cannot be said that the technical director is not doing his job in the company all day long.

“Director Wang, what is this room for?” Xu Ye asked.

Wang Zhibo felt nervous and said bravely: "These are all special effects props."

Xu Ye said: "Open it and take a look."

Now Wang Zhibo really had no choice but to open the door and take Xu Ye in for a visit.

 Xu Ye's eyes swept over the things placed in the room, and his eyes gradually brightened.

The special effects props in this house are actually only used in tokusatsu dramas.

 “Who made this?” Xu Ye asked.

Wang Zhibo swallowed his saliva and said: "Mr. Xu, this... I made this myself. Although these things are useless, I promise that making these things will not delay my normal work. I will clean them up today." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt Xu Ye's fiery gaze.

 “You said you did all this yourself?” Xu Ye asked curiously.

Wang Zhibo nodded. He already felt that Mr. Xu was about to get angry.

 But he didn't expect that after seeing him nod, Xu Ye smiled and said, "Well done."

He really didn't expect that he would meet a talent who loves tokusatsu dramas here. Just looking at the props placed in this room, the level of detail is already very good.

 And judging from the traces of these things, they should have been rubbed by hand.

 This is unusual.

You should know that if you want to make the armor in "Armor Warrior", you can only make it by hand.

  The props team has to find suitable materials according to the drawings and make the parts one by one.

Although the power of science and technology can be used to shorten the time, all the necessary steps are indispensable.

 This thing needs to be taken out for on-site shooting, and it has requirements for various performances, so it cannot be made casually.

Although Xu Ye has this skill, he doesn't have time to do these things.

 It is okay to hand it over to other companies, but it is not as reliable as your own company.

He is now different from the team that filmed "Armor Warrior" on Earth. There are too many eyes focused on him.

 Xu Ye doesn’t want to let the audience know about “Armor Warrior” right now. He wants to give the audience a surprise.

This matter can just be left to Wang Zhibo.

 After looking at the entire company, Xu Ye was basically satisfied.

 He already knew the specific situation of the company before and had no doubts about it.

 In the conference room, Xu Ye called all the company's senior executives together for a meeting and talked about the follow-up work.

Xu Yeshun took a look at everyone's character using the character check post, and found that those who insisted on staying in the company had no problems with their character.

Xu Ye naturally couldn't handle the company's affairs personally, so he directly handed over the company's affairs to Wang Zhibo.

 In the past, he was basically handling everything in the company.

 After the meeting ended, Xu Ye left Wang Zhibo alone in the conference room.

Wang Zhibo was still muttering in his heart. He really didn't know what Xu Ye was planning to do.

At this moment, Xu Ye stood up and turned on the projector in the conference room. Wang Zhibo's eyes were a little confused.

After the projector started up, Xu Ye connected his mobile phone to the projector and chose to cast the screen.

 A picture appeared on the huge projected screen.

 There is a line of text written above the picture.

 “Conceptual design plan of light and shadow warrior.”

 Below this line of words, there are hand-drawn images of five armored warriors.

 Under each armored warrior, their name and the shape of their badge are also written.

The moment he saw this picture, Wang Zhibo opened his mouth wide and his eyes were filled with stars.

Even, one of the simplest words in China, "fuck", appeared directly in his mouth.

These five light and shadow warriors are so **** handsome, right?

As for the name, it also has Chinese characteristics.

 The most important thing is these five armors, which correspond to the five elements of China.

For example, the armor of fire is called Yanlongxia, and the shape of the armor is mainly red.

 This is because in the five elements, fire corresponds to red.

There is also the water armor Black Rhinoceros. Among the five elements, the color corresponding to the water element is black.

As a senior tokusatsu drama lover, Wang Zhibo reacted immediately.

This is definitely not a character in an anime, but a character in a tokusatsu drama!

 This is the design of the leather case!

Wang Zhibo looked at Xu Ye suddenly, his voice trembling.

“Mr. Xu, what is this?”

Xu Ye smiled and said: "This is a character in a special photography drama that my studio will shoot later. How about it? It's not bad, right?"

Wang Zhibo’s eyes widened.

 He remembered three words in his mind, tokusatsu drama!

Xu Ye is really going to film a special filming drama!

He is a big star in the entertainment industry. Instead of doing money-making work, he wants to work in tokusatsu dramas.

You should know that as of now, there is only one tokusatsu drama in the whole of China.

This special photo drama was filmed more than ten years ago and did not cause much splash.

 The entire tokusatsu drama market is firmly dominated by foreign countries.

 There are no projects in the country, let alone investment, in tokusatsu dramas.

Although Wang Zhibo himself is interested in tokusatsu dramas, he also understands that it is impossible to find someone to invest in a tokusatsu drama.

 It’s a thankless task to make a big investment but still not make money, and to compete with foreign tokusatsu dramas.

Wang Zhibo hurriedly asked: "Really?"

“Why are you lying to me? You just happened to have made those leather cases, so I guess they can still be used.” Xu Ye said with a smile.

At this time, Wang Zhibo was completely surprised. At this moment, he felt that he was so close to his dream.

Xu Ye said: "Keep reading, I will tell you about the design ideas of these armors."

Wang Zhibo nodded and began to listen attentively. He even opened the notebook, took the pen in his hand and started taking notes.

 He was so excited.

 This is armor like he has never seen before!

 Chinese style armor!

 Xu Ye began to introduce Wang Zhibo.

After briefly talking about the five armors, Xu Ye turned the picture to the next page.

This page is a detailed design drawing of Yanlongxia, including the front and back of Yanlongxia, as well as pictures of various details such as belts and weapons.

Wang Zhibo became more and more surprised as he listened.

 Because he also wanted to make something like this, but his imagination was limited and he couldn't imagine it being so detailed.

“As expected of Xu Ye, he is so thoughtful even when designing these things.”

 After the introduction of the Five Elements Armor, Wang Zhibo thought that was the end of it.

 But when Xu Ye turned another page, a golden armor appeared on the screen.

This set of armor has a simple name—Emperor Knight.

 In an instant, Wang Zhibo's attention was attracted by this armor.

When he saw the introductions of the armors just now, he compared them and found that he liked the style of the Flame Dragon Man better.

But once Emperor Xia came out, there was no need for Flame Dragon Xia. Emperor Xia was the most handsome!

This set of armor is very unique in shape. The belt, weapons, and even the mount are completely different from other armors.

Wang Zhibo has already imagined what he would look like wearing this armor.

He really wants to make this set of armor, and he will wear it on his body at night!

Emperor Xia’s armor was originally named Five Elements Xia internally, but later it was changed to Emperor Xia.

When ranking the appearance of the Armor Warrior series armors on various major platforms, the appearance of Emperor Man is the undisputed number one.

 Xu Ye also watched the movie Emperor Man. In the movie, Emperor Man's appearance was cooler, which left a deep impression on him.

It’s just that although that big movie had a lot of special effects thrown in, and it can be said that the budget was burning, the final result was not satisfactory. The box office was only 3.4 million yuan, which was the worst box office among the armor warrior movies.

  Leaving aside the reasons for the box office failure, the special effects in the movie were already very good for that era.

 After listening to Xu Ye’s introduction to Emperor Xia, Wang Zhibo felt that his heart was already on fire.

He now wants to make these armors quickly and see how they look on his body.

However, Wang Zhibo still had a question in his mind. He asked: "Mr. Xu, how much money do you plan to invest in this drama?"

If you only invest a few million, the amount spent on special effects will definitely not be much. At that time, you will have to resort to money-free methods, but the effect will definitely be poor.

 Wang Zhibo estimated that Xu Ye would just give it a try in making a special photo series, and he probably wouldn’t invest too much money, and it would only cost 10 million if it lasted.

 At present, in the market, even for foreign large-production special series, the production budget for each one is only about 30 million.

 The filming of tokusatsu dramas is completely different from that of TV dramas and movies. Basically, the filming of tokusatsu dramas is based on the same province and province, and most of the actors are new actors, in order to save the salary.

 Spending 10 million to produce a special photo drama in China is definitely a big investment.

 Investing 10 million into a project that you don’t know whether it will succeed is already very risky.

There is no precedent for successful tokusatsu dramas in China.

“Even if it’s 10 million, it’s still great. It’s better than nothing before. There’s still 10 million ways to spend it.” Wang Zhibo said in his heart.

 He has already begun to think about how to save money on special effects.

 However, Xu Ye's voice rang out.

“Let’s invest 50 million first. If it’s not enough, I’ll add more.”

Hearing this sentence, Wang Zhibo's eyes widened, thinking that he heard it wrong.

 This is 50 million, which is based on international front-line funds!

Even in the world, a tokusatsu drama project with an investment of 50 million is definitely a big project!

 (End of this chapter)