Chapter 73: CGI Budget Adjustments
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So, the Unique FX studio suggested cutting corners - reducing rendering quality, tweaking certain shots, making compromises.
However, Regal immediately shut the idea down.
Instead, he provided a different suggestion.
He would forgo his own paycheck.
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During the discussions, Darren stared, completely dumbfounded. "Are you out of your damn mind?"
Simon, part of the conversation with Samantha, chooses quietly observing. By now, he had a pretty solid read on Darren, he was the more emotionally expressive one.
It had become clear while working together as line producers.
Regal knew it too. Hell, even Darren himself was aware of it. But was it really a shortcoming if he recognized it? In fact, at this moment, Simon finally understood why both of them had been chosen for this job.
Darren was raw emotion, unfiltered and direct.
He, on the other hand, weighed his choices carefully before acting - though he wasn't above a little favoritism when it suited him.