I have a Black Tech Ball

Previously Zhao Qiankun was only in charge of the special effects, but now that he was put in charge of the entire movie, he gradually discovered some problems, the biggest of which was the props!

It's not enough to make a movie if you just need special effects, you need props as well!

It's like the relationship between software and hardware... no matter how good the software is, it needs the hardware to support it... you can't have one without the other!

Filming a large fantasy movie like Star Change, Zhao Qiankun's rough calculation was that at least 30,000 props would be needed, and that was still the most conservative estimate!

And that's after using the perfect reproduction of the numbers provided by Zhang Zion, if someone else filmed it and wanted to get it right, they'd need at least 50,000 props!

"No, this is absolutely not going to work, how can a prop like this not even come close to what I want, is there a better company to do props for?"

Looking at a model prop placed on the ground, Zhao Qiankun shook his head straight, these did not fit the positioning in his heart at all, if these models were used as a basis for special effects processing, they would not reach the expected effect.

Liu Ke shook his head, "This is already provided by one of the best companies doing it in our country, if you're still not satisfied, we can only find foreign ones, but foreign ones you have to be mentally prepared ah, they're not asking for an ordinary high price."

"Ask first, if we make a movie with these props, don't say I can't deliver in front of my boss, even I can't watch it myself ah." Zhao Qiankun shook his head, since he had taken on this burden, he had to find a way to do his best!

"Alright." Ke Liu also knew that Zhao Qiankun was behind the Tech Ball Group, not bad for money, and after a friend's introduction, he quickly contacted an American prop company, the Statue of Liberty Prop Company.

This company was famous around the world and had many masterpieces, the most famous of which was the props used in the Avatar movie was their company contracted, the strength was not ordinary!

The Statue of Liberty Props Company took this matter very seriously, they knew that this movie was invested by the Tech Ball, not bad money, in their opinion this was a good opportunity to make money.

In order to seize this opportunity, the Statue of Liberty Props Company sent someone to the Techno Ball Company overnight and met with Zhao Qiankun and Liu Ke.

Zhao Qiankun gave Mr. Quark a detailed introduction of the plot of the movie he was going to shoot, as well as some of his own requirements for the props.

In order for Mr. Quark to better understand his needs, Zhao Qiankun also gave the other party a copy of the "Star Changes" novel, pointing out the plot of the film he was going to shoot.

After three hours of discussion, Mr. Quark had fully understood Zhao Qiankun's requirements and his mission.

"Mr. Zhao, your requirements for the props are too strict and too detailed, I can't give you an accurate answer right now, so when I go back and do some calculations, I'll give you an answer one day at the latest, is that okay?"

"Sure, no problem of course, we'll wait for your good news." Zhao Qiankun said.

After returning to the hotel where he was staying, Quark, along with the personnel he had brought with him, worked overtime and all night long, and by dawn the next day, he finally calculated how many model props he was going to make this time, and roughly estimated the price!

After resting on the bed for an hour, Quark found Zhao Qiankun without stopping, "Mr. Zhao, we've already calculated it based on your request, to film Star Change we need at least 40,000 model props, most likely more."

"And some of the props are very complicated, they can't have any flaws, and the technical requirements are very high, so the price is a bit more expensive, it'll cost about 200 million in total, and that's still a conservative estimate..."

"Two hundred million, why so much?" Zhao Qiankun said in surprise, but he had told Zhang Zion that he wanted 500 million to finish filming the first part of Star Change.

If 200 million was spent on props alone, it would greatly exceed the budget, and it was simply impossible to finish filming with 500 million.

"It's not much anymore, Mr. Zhao, after all, every penny counts, we're not asking for sky-high prices, if you want good quality, it has to be this price, if you want it cheap, you can do it, but I can't guarantee that it will achieve the effect you want..." said Mr. Quark explainingly.

"I know it's worth every penny, but this price... Mr. Quark has really worked hard for you, we'll think about it over here first, and let you know immediately if we hear anything." Zhao Qiankun said.

"Okay, I'll be waiting."

Mr. Quark went back, trying to get back to catch up on a good night's sleep, with a serious lack of sleep!

"What do you think?" After Mr. Quark had left, Zhao Qiankun asked towards Liu Ke.

"The price is indeed expensive, but Mr. Quark didn't lie to us, it's a reasonable price and a little bit lower, it's absolutely impossible for other world-famous prop companies to quote a price lower than this, from this point of view, Mr. Quark is still very sincere." Liu Ke said.

"Reasonable is reasonable, but this price is too scary, do you use those domestic props?" Zhao Qiankun shook his head, "Absolutely not, that's going the way of the 50-cent special effects ah."

If there were no good props as a base, the special effects would not be realistic no matter how good they were, but instead would be flawed in every way.

"We can leave some of the key props to the Statue of Liberty Prop Company, and have some simple props made by domestic people, so we can save costs as much as possible.

After hearing that Zhao Qiankun nodded, "That's one way to do it, I'd better find the boss, he's knowledgeable, maybe he has some good ideas."

Hearing Zhao Qiankun say that he wanted to find his boss, Liu Ke brightened up, he knew that the boss that Zhao Qiankun was talking about was Zhang Zi'ang.

In Liu Ke's eyes, Zhang Zi'ang's deeds could have been written into a book, and he had already made plans to interview Zhang Zi'ang after he finished making a movie, hoping to make a movie about Zhang Zi'ang's deeds.

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"Movie props... "Zhang Ziang's fingers tapped the table rhythmically, the Statue of Liberty prop company quoted two words, this money naturally was not put in Zhang Ziang's eyes.

But money is money, according to Zhang Zi Ang's philosophy that is a penny can be spent for two or even three pennies that is good.

"It is indeed a bit expensive, but the market is like this, do you have a good idea, Little Ball?" Zhang Zion communicated with the small ball inside his head.

"Master, the reason why the company on the water balloon is so costly in making props is because they still use some very primitive methods, such as machine tooling, which wastes time and increases costs, in fact, if 3D printing can be widely used, it can drastically reduce costs."