Heads Up Hollywood

"I have been to the president's offices of Universal, Warner, and Fox. To be honest, there is no office that can compare with this." Tang En's tone was not without ridicule.

Tosca Musk did his part, "What about Pixar? Have you been there?"

Tang En couldn't help but startled.

Tosca Musk twitched the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "Animation studios, especially computer animation studios, are new products of the new era, completely different from traditional Hollywood studios! For example, Pixar, how dare you Say Pixar is a Hollywood company? Not necessarily?"

Indeed, Pixar and Hollywood are at odds.

It is true that Pixar produces movies, but Pixar's business philosophy and mode of operation all adopt the rules of Silicon Valley. Even in terms of film production, it is quite different from traditional Hollywood.

Hollywood is a producer-responsibility system, while Pixar animation is a director-responsibility system!

It is precisely for this reason that each of Pixar's cartoons has a wonderful plot, deep warmth, and regardless of the production cost and time cost, it works slowly and meticulously. This has also caused the disadvantages of high cost and long production cycle.

In contrast, DreamWorks Animation, another animation giant, is completely different.

DreamWorks Animation adopts the traditional Hollywood producer-responsibility system, so the production cycle of DreamWorks Animation is very short, the film effect is good and bad, and the quality, content, and box office are very unstable.

This year, Pixar also moved into a new office building.

The entire office area is created like a world in a fairy tale, with bright colors, crisp and crisp, and a beautiful layout. It has the Japanese minimalist aesthetic style of Jobs.

As for Dreamworks Animation... still sticking to the tradition of Hollywood, living in a small office building.

Tang En frowned, and suddenly waved his hands, "I'm not here to argue with you, and I'm not focusing on this topic."

"Because of...animated movie?" Tosca Musk mused.

"What do you think?" Tang En looked at her with a sneer.

Tosca Musk laughed at himself and shook his head, "It seems that you still don't believe me."

Tang En pondered for a while, and said lightly: "This is Hollywood, not like Silicon Valley, where you can satisfy the appetite of investors with just a word of mouth and a single idea."

Tosca Musk sat on the sofa, looked at Tang En seriously, and said slowly: "Because movies are the only possibility for Sillywood animation to survive."

Tang En laughed back angrily, "Tosca, don't you think your words are ridiculous? In order to make Sillywood animation develop smoothly, I gave up the copyright of "Fantastic Four" for free, but what about you? You What did it bring me?"

"I am very grateful for your generosity, but according to my calculations, "Fantastic Four" is not enough to maintain the expenses of Sillywood Animation." Tosca Musk shook his head and said solemnly.

Tang En gritted his teeth and said, "As long as the animation of "Fantastic Four" is produced, it will not be a problem at all to generate an annual income of four to five million US dollars through the sales revenue of various channels, as well as the promotional influence of Tang En Pictures."

Tosca Musk bit his lips, hesitated for a moment, and then sighed slightly, "The income of five million dollars is really not enough to cover the expenses of Sillywood animation."

"What?" Tang En sat up straight and opened his eyes wide. "How many employees did you employ? Didn't the information say 18 people?"

"It's 18 employees, but... 11 of them are the best computer engineers I have found from Silicon Valley!" Tosca Musk's face was slightly bitter.

"Huh?" Tang En raised his eyebrows, "I need an explanation."

Tosca Musk said: "I can guarantee that the 11 computer engineers I hired are the best animation special effects artists in the world! Some of them have worked for Blizzard, some have worked for Microsoft, and some have worked for Sun. The artist. This R\u0026D team is no worse than Pixar! Moreover, they have indeed produced results."

"continue."

"We are developing three softwares for animation production, and we will apply for patents for them. For example, it is very good to have an idea. Cartoons will be screened around the world, and each country will have different dubbing languages, and the mouth shapes will be different. .Using this software, animation characters can change into corresponding mouth shapes when they speak different languages, which will greatly improve the viewing experience."

The annoyance on Tang En's face gradually faded, revealing a bit of surprise, "If it's just cartoons, there's no need for such advanced technology."

Tosca Musk nodded, "That's true. Kesi Liwu animation needs the future, doesn't it? The annual salary of this research and development team will cost five million dollars. So the cartoons shown on TV basically satisfy Without Sillywood animation, only animated films have a chance."

Tang En sighed and shook his head again and again, "Tosca, you are too impatient!"

"I know, but I want to prove myself!" Tosca Musk blushed, "There are many friends around me who say that it was a mistake for me to leave Silicon Valley and start a business in Hollywood. I want to prove it to them, even if I am a Woman, I can do it too!"

"This has nothing to do with gender, and in my opinion, you are no worse than any man!" Tang En waved his hands, lost in thought.

"Thanks."

After a long time, Tang En said slowly: "Tosca, it is a good thing to have high ambitions, but animated movies are a quagmire, especially computer animation. Even the animation department of DreamWorks has to deal with computer animation. Be careful."

A bit of disdain flashed across Tosca Musk's face, "That's because DreamWorks lacks enough senior computer engineers!"

Tang En couldn't help laughing, "Don't forget, the majority shareholder of DreamWorks is Alan Paul, and he is the founder of Microsoft!"

"So what?" Tosca Musk didn't take it seriously at all. "Mr. Paul can understand the thinking of programmers, but it doesn't mean that Mr. Katzenberg can too. And I have an inherent advantage."

"If you want to make an animated film, I'm afraid it's not enough to rely on the amount of money in Siliwood's animation books." Tang En looked at her deeply.

"I know." Tosca Musk paused, showing a confident smile, "So I didn't give up on the production of the "Fantastic Four" cartoon. I believe that after watching this cartoon, my Investors... will be able to agree with my animation film concept."

Tang En smiled, "Tosca, you are very confident."

"The Musk family has always been so confident."

What he said made Tang En slightly taken aback.

Yeah, not to mention Tosca Musk, her brother Elon Musk, isn't that kind of person?

To fantasize about going to Mars, the first step is to make cheaper reusable rockets.

In the end, he really succeeded!

Could it be... Siliwood animation also has a lot of room to take off?

Looking at Tosca Musk's sincere and confident smile, Tang En seemed to have some hallucinations in front of him.

Perhaps in the future of Hollywood, besides the three great animation gods Jeffrey Katzenberg, John Last, and Chris Meledandri, there will really be a fourth person tied for it, and It's a woman - Tosca Musk!

She has the same dedication and spirit as her brother Elon Musk!

Tang En took a deep breath, nodded slightly, and his tone was many times gentler than at the beginning, "Tosca, show me your animation studio, okay?"

"Of course! However, "Fantastic Four" is still in production, and you can only see some sporadic shots."

"Enough. By the way, Fantastic Four isn't going to be a computer-generated movie, is it?"

"That's right, it's made by computer!"

Tosca Musk's answer almost made Tang En's eyeballs pop out.

This woman is such a lunatic!

"Fantastic Four" is only for children's animation on the Nickelodeon channel. According to the practice of this era, crude production and witty story content are enough, and there is no need for exquisite production at all.

Especially in this day and age, computer animation only exists in the big Pixar movies!

But I didn't expect that Tosca Musk, a crazy woman, made such a bold decision and thought about making a computer animation. How much would it cost?

For traditional hand-drawn cartoons, the production budget of 2 million US dollars is enough, but to change to computer production, the budget is at least ten times that!

Tang En couldn't laugh or cry.

This cartoon, let alone making money, is lucky not to lose money!

And let him get into the copyright of "Fantastic Four"!

I hope... she can really accumulate enough experience in computer production through the production of "Fantastic Four", so as to lay a solid foundation for future animated films.

Tang En now has no choice.

In other words, he is willing to trust Tosca Musk again.

Maybe she will really perform miracles like her brother?