Chapter 607: Improving Recording Equipment
There was no kick-off ceremony, but after dinner that morning, the brothers and sisters walked through the motions according to the previous rehearsal positions and took some shots of the onlookers.
The script written by Fei Nan is very simple, just a basic three-act structure, from Huo Yuanjia to learn martial arts at a young age, create the Jingwu Sports Association, and then defeat the foreigner Hercules, the Chinese people are excited, and are regarded as a thorn in the side of the neon military department, plotting to frame him, and finally being asked to fight by the Hongkou Dojo, and beat the opponent to the ground in the decisive battle, but in the end, because of the poison, he fell to the ground tragically, and the length is relatively short, about 60 minutes.
But to shoot these 60 minutes, it takes a lot of energy and time.
The first batch of film that Zheng Zhengqiu helped to buy is already on the way, but it will take two or three days to arrive, and they can only shoot with the existing inventory in hand.
In order to save film, Zhang Shichuan had to let the live actors rehearse many times before filming before officially starting shooting.
Feinan was not on the set, he was in Xujiahui, working with EMI technicians to improve the phonograph recording equipment.
The founder of EMI is a Frenchman, whose name is Lehamasheng in Chinese.
He started by setting up stalls along the street to play records in Shanghai, and later opened a foreign store and got the agent of the French company EMI, specializing in selling all kinds of gramophones, records, film machinery and films produced by EMI in Shanghai.
In order to expand the scale of his business, Le Bangsheng was preparing to carry out record recording activities, so he specially bought recording equipment from France and hired a professional technician named Freddy to come to Shanghai.
This technician was Fernan's target.
Today's movies are all silent films, which are actually limited by technological equipment.
At present, the use of optical recording film has not yet been invented, and vinyl records can only record a maximum of five minutes of sound on one side due to the problem of engraving technology and rotation speed, and the use of feature films is stretched.
Therefore, Feinan spent 10,000 extraordinary energy points in exchange for the production principle and related materials of the 33-rpm 12-inch LP record to the system, and prepared to modify several phonographs for use in films.
Rakuhama attaches great importance to Fernan, especially the new technology that he talks about that can greatly extend the recording time.
You know, most of the cost of a record is concentrated in the record itself.
The same record can only record one song, but if you can record five songs at once, it is equivalent to reducing the cost to one-fifth of the original!
This is a huge technological innovation!
Therefore, he told Freddie that he must cooperate with Fernan to make this kind of machine.
With detailed information and technology, and the assistance of professional technicians, Feinan quickly transformed a 33-rpm LP recording equipment to successfully achieve an ultra-long recording of 20 minutes on one side.
Lehamun is excited because Freddie says he has mastered how to retrofit this kind of equipment.
Excited, Le Bingsheng directly gave Fei Nan a hard discount and sold the equipment to him at cost price.
Fei Nan was not polite, and directly asked for ten units, emptied the inventory of Baidai in one fell swoop, and transformed all of them into 33-rpm LP recording equipment.
On the day of delivery, Fei Nan called the brothers of Jingwumen to come over and transport all the equipment back to the set with a board car.
After paying the money, Fei Nan said that he wanted to express his gratitude to Freddie Technician alone, and Le Bingsheng, who was immersed in the dream of making a fortune, did not care and readily agreed.
went to the warehouse workshop, and Fei Nan soon came out and said goodbye to Le Bangsheng and left.
After he left, Le Bangsheng couldn't wait to close the door of the store, ran to the warehouse workshop, and excitedly pulled Freddy, took out the only remaining hidden piece of equipment, and began to renovate.
However, Freddie, who was also excited, took the tool and took the device apart, but fell into confusion.
He had completely forgotten how the equipment had been modified, and he had no memory left.
Feinan, who returned to the set with the equipment, directly handed over the equipment to Dan Du Yu, who also served as the recording engineer of the crew.
When shooting, it is up to him to decide where to place the recording equipment, so as to get the best recording effect without letting the equipment appear in the frame and become a goof.
While they were busy, Long Si, who was far away in Fengtianfu, finally left Fengtianfu and stepped on the train to the south.
"Mr. Long, I'll send you here. ”
The person who spoke was the captain of Commander Zhang's personal army, he looked at Long Si levelly, and said, "Sending you here, my responsibility has been completed, but I want to remind you that the commander doesn't want you to come back here." ”
Long Si was dressed in a long shirt and a white silk scarf, and his figure was tall.
He heard the admonition of the captain of the pro-soldier and smiled lightly: "Don't worry, I'm not interested in you here." ”
"Goodbye then. ”
The captain of the pro-soldier nodded, and ordered a few people behind him: "Let's go!"
Ryusi watched them get off the train before turning around and looking at the fellow passengers in the carriage.
Looking around, he couldn't help but be surprised, the people in this carriage, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, just at a glance, he saw several characters that were not simple.
Whether it was a coincidence or someone deliberately arranged it, he didn't know, but he just stepped forward and said, "Everyone, I'm sorry to delay everyone." ”
Because they wanted to escort him to the car, the soldiers contacted the stationmaster and delayed the departure of the car for five minutes.
In the carriage, everyone heard the words, but as if they hadn't heard them, no one answered.
Long Si doesn't care, he has fulfilled the number of courtesies he should do, and whether he accepts his affection or not is someone else's business, and he doesn't care.
Walking to the bunk near the carriage door, Ryusi sat down and slowly smoked his cigarette.
The whistle sounded, the train started, and looking at the scenery outside the window, Long Si's cuffs shook, and a brand-new silver dollar suddenly appeared in his palm.
Different from ordinary silver dollars, the front of this silver dollar is impressively engraved with the words "Made in the Ming Kingdom of China in the Ten Years".
The train soon left Fengtianfu, and the wilderness outside the window became desolate, and as far as the eye could see, there was a snowy field.
Bang dang!
The door at the junction of the carriages was suddenly pushed open, and a conductor walked in with a half-grown boy and threw him to the ground.
"You stinky boy, don't die!"
The boy was covered in snowflakes, and his hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes were covered in white frost, and his face was blue and shivering.
Long Si was closest to the carriage door, and when he saw this, he got up and stepped forward to ask, "What's wrong with him?"
When the conductor heard his inquiry, he couldn't help but complain: "This stinky boy doesn't want to die! He actually dares to pick up the train and hide on the roof of the carriage, if I don't find out, he will freeze to death on it!"
Long Si was stunned for a moment, squatted down, stretched out his hand to help the boy wipe the frost and snow from his face, and asked softly, "What's your name?"
The boy shivered with cold, his lips trembled, and he muttered in a trembling voice, "I'm going to Shanghai...... I'm looking for Uncle Fairy......"