Rebirth of the Tech Madman

"I know that everything can't escape your eyes." James Cameron sighed in annoyance after being broken. "I consulted the engineers of company d, and their answers were very conservative. In the final analysis, it was still It depends on the performance that the computer can achieve."

At this point, James Cameron looked at Tang Huan hopefully, "This question, I think, no one is more authoritative than you to give an answer."

"Have you seen the special effects of "The Phantom of the Tomb: Rage of the Dragon Emperor"?" Tang Huan asked not to answer.

"I have watched a few clips, it is very exciting." James Cameron said, "Because of this, I am not reconciled to the design of the "Terminator" villain t-1000, blocked in special effects. Recently on TV and I have also visited the well-known -1 system in the movie circle. Its digital video and non-linear editing functions are amazing. From this point of view, the current computer performance should be considered very strong."

"It can be said to be strong, but it is just the beginning. It has not reached the universal point where the call is coming, the come can fight, and the battle must win."

Tang Huan patiently explained: "Including the recently completed "Phantom of the Tomb: Rage of the Dragon Emperor", the special effects of company d are tailor-made for a certain type of special effect. In other words, for those special effect types derived from the supported special effect types, the current computer system is powerful, and the brand new special effects required for the t-1000 you design need to be customized from scratch. Specifically, it will be in hardware performance. Or will it encounter a bottleneck in software implementation. I don't want to make a mistake.

"That's it. "Terminator" has no hope of filming next year." James Cameron was a little bit frustrated, and he plans to continue his efforts.

"The computer industry is developing very fast now. Waiting two more years is a good thing for the quality of movies." Tang Huan smiled and waved his hand. "Before you assisted in the development of special effects solutions from the demand side, and the results were very good. It’s better to make t-1000 as a new type of special effect requirement, you and d continue to cooperate to solve its realization. Anyway, there is also an underwater world special effects project, which can be considered as a full use of resources."

"It can only be n◇n◇n◇n◇, m.◎≯om." James Cameron said listlessly.

"Don't be discouraged. Take advantage of this gap. You can pick up other scripts. I believe that in no more than four years, "Terminator" can start shooting with the special effects you want."

Tang Huan encouraged James Cameron with a few words, and then pointed to the schedule: "Since you are here, then join me to see the samples of "The Phantom of the Tomb: Wrath of the Dragon Emperor"."

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The filming process of "The Phantom of the Tomb: Wrath of the Dragon Emperor", to describe it, hard work should be the most appropriate. Directors, actors and other people in front of and behind the scenes, without exception, felt tremendous pressure.

Ang Lee soon went to the crew of "The Phantom of the Tomb: The Wrath of the Dragon Emperor" after finishing the crew of "Hu Hua Qing Qing". Continue to be his executive director.

Next, follow the arrangements of DreamWorks. Ang Lee took over a script in Xiangjiang and started to direct a cost movie independently.

With the rapid economic development, Xiangjiang's social service work has also received more and more attention. DreamWorks has responded to this general situation and produced some works that care for the disadvantaged groups in society.

The script that Li Ang got was called "The Words You Can't Hear". It focused on the crime situation of deaf and mute young people in Xiangjiang. It embodies the social and cultural sentiments of DreamWorks, and the commercial box office is second.

Therefore, the cast of this movie is not strong. The most famous one is Ma Sichen who starred in the film "Death to the Angry Sea" invested by Xia Meng, and there is also a TV series "Senior Brother Xinzha" produced in DreamWorks. The up-and-coming Liu Qingyun in ", but this is the first time he has taken a movie.

Although works with various themes like "The Words Can’t Hear" can’t be compared with the major production projects "Hu Hua Qing Qing" and "The Phantom of the Tomb: The Wrath of the Dragon Emperor" that I have worked on before, Li An’s mentality is very positive. . After all, this is a rare opportunity to direct alone, and without the commercial pressure of the box office, it is just suitable for the director of his academy.

Ang Lee can see very clearly that DreamWorks is cultivating himself, which is never revealed by just plugging in a script. Therefore, he was very motivated to work, and he also learned about the living conditions of the bottom of Xiangjiang.

However, there are always some unsatisfactory things in reality. The shooting process is not as Ang Lee thought beforehand. As long as there is enthusiasm for work and hard work, it will be smooth sailing.

The behind-the-scenes team deployed by DreamWorks is basically from Shaw, belonging to a group of old dough sticks with good business skills but outdated style.

Because they foresaw that this movie will not have any box office performance, they will inevitably be contemptuous of it. In addition, Li An is silent at this time, and can only speak two common phrases in Cantonese, but he works in a harsh way in the United States. At a glance, there is no flexibility to speak, and the gap between the two sides inevitably grows. The bigger it got, the unspoken rules in the set finally appeared, and the old man partnered with the new director to give the new director a fight.

The location where the crew was filming that day was a five-person pickpocket gang headed by Fragrant Chicken played by Ma Sichen. The police found their hiding place. In desperation, they hid from the boat to an empty house on a desolate hillside.

Ang Lee was very satisfied with the scene of Ma Sichen performing sign language dance, which was filmed on the boat, with Lin Zixiang's "I Need You Every Minute". The effect made Li Ang very satisfied, so in the empty house, he continued to act in accordance with his own working style.

As a result, after the filming of the day’s scenes was finished, before the director announced the closing of work, the staff behind the scenes cut off the power. Ang Lee, who was checking the setting for the next day’s shooting, fell off the stairs and bumped. Boiled and swollen, embarrassed, and suffered a dumb loss.

Under the quiet reminders of several actors, Ang Lee reviewed his own working methods and started to get a little more sleek, finally making the movie come to an end. Handed over to DreamWorks.

Although Ang Lee did not go around publicizing his experience of being unspoken by the set. But Yu Zheng, Jiang Zhiqiang and other DreamWorks executives still know. Don't mention the irritation in my heart. Coupled with the recent period, because the film department helped Shaw Brothers revitalize its rigid operating mechanism, it has brought some confusion to its own personnel management and resource allocation, and a storm of rectification has quietly formed in their hearts.

Seeing this scene, Li Anlian didn't care about it. It was precisely this experience that allowed him to learn something rare and valuable.

"You are an elite selected by the boss, how can we pretend to be deaf." Jiang Zhiqiang waved his hands again and again. "Anyway, the filming work in Xiangjiang has come to an end. You and I will go to the United States to watch the samples of "The Phantom of the Tomb: The Wrath of the Dragon Emperor" and learn how to operate in Hollywood."

Ang Li is not stupid, guessing that the other party is going to use his embarrassing experience to provide further support to the boss. But he had no objection, so he had to follow to the United States, and he happened to have a meeting with his wife who hadn't seen him for many days.

After listening to the report, Tang Huan just said in an official tone noncommittal, "We still have to talk about unity."

After seeing Jiang Zhiqiang and others leaving Yunshan misty, Zhuang Menghua grinned. "You are so vague, you are not afraid that your subordinates will misunderstand what you mean. You messed up your work."

"They are smart." Tang Huan smiled. "Seeing that Shao's profit is getting harder and harder. Shao Yifu and Shao Renmei have been trying to shrink the company's business, but they cherish feathers and don't want to lose their reputation for being too mean to old courtiers. I took advantage of the opportunity of fully cooperating with DreamWorks to streamline the army and simplify the administration. I don't want to be a villain either, so naturally I have to share the burden."

"You bosses are really hypocritical." After an unceremonious sarcasm, Zhuang Menghua asked curiously: "I understand that you want to maintain a fighting and unbreakable situation. You can have the current strength of DreamWorks. There is no need. Save face for the former overlords of the Xiangjiang film industry, right?"

"Old people naturally have an irreplaceable role, especially for Hong Kong movies that want to travel between the two sides of the strait." After Tang Huan said inexplicably, he picked up the file on the table and shook it, "Like Stan. I won’t meet with the management of Marvel Comics like Li, so please do your best and make arrangements by the way."

"Your commission is really hard to get." Zhuang Menghua murmured dissatisfiedly.

This year, the girl-now a big girl, just graduated from Harvard Business School, and according to Tang Huan's suggestion, went directly to Goldman Sachs, who had been an intern, to engage in investment work.

Zhuang Menghua is no longer a novice in capital operations. Except for the cases where he participated in it, he alone operated the acquisition of Disney Records last year.

Therefore, Goldman Sachs, who knows the details of Zhuang Menghua, did not arrange her like ordinary new employees, but as a member to be able to use her in the future.

In 1968, the Cadence Industrial Company, which bought Marvel Comics, became more and more serious in its financial crisis. Creditors even began to force the founder of the company, Martin Ackerman, to liquidate and repay the debt.

Martin Ackerman, a lawyer, is well-known in the business world for asset mergers and acquisitions. Marvel Comics was originally operated in this way by him.

However, Marvel Comics was not as lucky as its old rival comics, and found Warner, a reliable owner.

Cadence Industries, a company whose business scope covers chemistry, medical treatment, and publishing, is getting more and more miserable, and the boss Martin Ackerman is not reconciled, and then becomes more and more tossing, in fact, he is already dying. .

Under this circumstance, Zhuang Menghua, who paid attention to Marvel Comics for Tang Huan, took the opportunity to make a move.

Seeing that there was an opportunity to cash out, the creditors hurriedly increased their pressure on Martin Ackerman. This person was also a little frustrated, so he passed the Marvel Comics to Tang Huan.

This kind of business can no longer attract the interest of the richest man. The investigation report on the operation of SITC Bank submitted by Zhuang Menghua attracted his attention.

This bank is currently held by HSBC with 51% of the shares. Due to the sovereign debt crisis in Latin America, its business losses in third world countries are disastrous, almost entirely relying on the blood transfusion of HSBC, the Hong Kong rich man.

"HSBC has lost a lot of this investment, but it continues to support SITC, which is contrary to its conservative and shrewd style." Zhuang Menghua said in a puzzled manner.

"It's very simple. Because HSBC wants to gain a foothold in the United States, it can only pinch its nose to recognize its current losses." Tang Huan snorted, "Continue to pay attention to the situation of Haifeng Bank in the United States. The biggest flaw in the bank."

Zhuang Menghua's face showed a stunned look, "It seems that this is also a test of patience."

"That's it!" Tang Huan stood up, "The time is almost up, let's go, let's take a look at the samples of "The Phantom of the Tomb: The Wrath of the Dragon Emperor"."

"Listen, in order to get the ideal special effects, several expensive computer systems were exhausted and collapsed." Zhuang Menghua followed closely and asked gossiping.

"It's true. Due to too much heat, several chips burned out." Tang Huan confirmed the rumor.

"I thought it was another gimmick made by your marketing department." Zhuang Menghua joked with a smile: "It seems that your big boss not only squeezes employees, but also does not let go of the machines."

"Others are so ugly." Tang Huan rolled his eyes. "The benefits I provide are already superior enough. In comparison, what are the requirements for overtime?"

It is also like Zhuang Menghua who has a special relationship ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to speak without taboos in front of Tang Huan.

The two chatted all the way, and soon got there. All the attendees, including James Cameron, who were purely sightseeing guys, were already there, fully demonstrating how much attention they paid to the upcoming sample.

"The Phantom of the Tomb: The Wrath of the Dragon Emperor" is not only a Hong Kong film with an investment of more than US$20 million, it also shows off how powerful the Fangyuan computer is in terms of special effects. More importantly, it has reached Tang Huan’s. The standard of own cultural connotation, the specific expression is the setting of the curious element of the five elements in the movie.

According to Western thinking, the Dragon Emperor played by Dillon in "The Phantom of the Tomb: Wrath of the Dragon Emperor" is a powerful shaman who masters the five powers of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

If it is further explained from the perspective of certain games in the original time and space, the Dragon Emperor is a world saint, whose talent is enhanced, and he can pour the power of the five elements into weapons and become a master with overwhelming strength.

The assassin played by Li Lianjie is a thief with a talent for fighting.

At the beginning of the movie, it was a close fight between the two. (To be continued.)