In the last century, in order to resist the foreign DVD patent stick, China came up with the EVD standard, but at this time, there are three new generation of DVD standards, the Blu-ray standard led by Sony, the HDDVD standard of Toshiba and the HD-DVD standard made by Taiwan. EVD has no advantage at all when faced with these three standards.

In the new generation of standards war, the key to the victory or defeat is not Sony and Toshiba, but the seven major Hollywood studios, which they decide to adopt, then which standard will ultimately win. Sony and Toshiba are desperately throwing money at Hollywood in order to fight the standards war, after 2000. Each of Hollywood's seven major movies has earned hundreds of millions of dollars in net income as a result. Sony's Columbia Pictures itself is one of the seven Hollywood majors, plus it must burn money, and even spend a lot of money to acquire MGM, and finally became the winner of the standard war, and the Blu-ray standard dominates the world.

Many people can think that Xu Wangqiu is worrying about the sky, after the VCD was developed in China in the last life, foreign manufacturers did not strangle domestic VCD companies, but only when they were engaged in DVD, they began to jointly strangle. Xu Wangqiu will definitely do the same with VCD, he will not be strangled together when he is in VCD, and he will not make a move until he engages in DVD.

People who think so are mistaken, in fact, VCD is only popular in China and Southeast Asia, and there is not much market in Europe and the United States, and even Dongying. Because video recorders in Europe and the United States had long been popularized at that time, the video tape rental business was very popular, and genuine video tapes, both sound quality and picture quality surpassed VCD. Therefore, in Europe and the United States, there is basically no market for VCD, and there is no impact on the European and American videotape markets. Moreover, when China was engaged in VCD, Europe and the United States had already developed DVD standards and DVD prototypes. In the eyes of European and American manufacturers, VCDs will soon be replaced by DVDs, and it is not worth spending effort to strangle them. In fact, VCDs were only popular for a few years and were soon replaced by DVDs.

If Xu Wangqiu had made the VCD a few years in advance, the situation would have been completely different. The VCD standard was released at the end of 1992, and if Xu Wangqiu had come up with a VCD a few years in advance, they would definitely have to make their own standards, and this is something that giants such as Sony and Philips will never tolerate.

If the standards formulated by Xu Wangqiu and them become international standards, then Sony and other companies must pay patent fees to Xu Wangqiu and them for the production of VCDs. What's even more terrifying is that if the VCD standard gains a foothold in the international market, then it is entirely possible that in the future they will introduce a higher definition standard to replace the video recorder. At that time, the position of Sony and Philips will be replaced, which they will never allow.

As long as Xu Wangqiu and the others publish VCD standards and make VCDs, they will definitely face the joint strangulation of Sony and other companies.

In the last Sino-US sweater war, ZTE could only bow its head and admit defeat in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the United States, while Huawei stood firm in the encirclement and suppression of the United States, and the fundamental reason was that Huawei had sufficient patents and technical reserves. When the Americans ran out of goods for Huawei, Huawei turned all the spare tires it had cultivated over the years into regular to ensure that Huawei could continue to produce.

Xu Wangqiu and they made a VCD, and after the VCD standard was released, the situation they faced was probably not much better than that of Huawei, and they would face the joint encirclement and suppression of Sony and other companies and Hollywood film companies. If you want to survive, you must control the technology of the entire industrial chain from optical discs, bald heads, decoding chips, to audio-visual technology, to VCD film sources. Even if you use foreign technology, you must have a spare tire in your hands and a technology that can be used to replace it.

Otherwise, if the other party gets stuck in any link, it is possible that Xu Wangqiu and them will be stuck. For example, the price of a CD-ROM for exporting a CD is 10 cents, but Sony charges $2 for the CD-ROM patent, so how can they play it? Domestic piracy is rampant, so that there is no need to worry about the disc to ask him, but in this case, the overseas market will be strangled to death, and what Xu Wangqiu and the others have come up with will not be able to become popular in the international community, and will eventually be replaced by the standards that Sony has developed.

Only if you do most of the things yourself from beginning to end, will this plan be successful. This is undoubtedly a huge project, and it is impossible for any company to do it alone.

In Xu Wangqiu's concept, the whole project will be led by the Ministry of Culture, the export company will be responsible for the public relations of audio-visual technology, and after the VCD is built, it will cooperate with various film studios and companies such as Jiahe in Xiangjiang to provide the source of the VCD; Sugon will be responsible for the research and development of the decoding chip; and the rest will be completed by other domestic enterprises, scientific research institutes and universities.

Of course, this is just Xu Wangqiu's idea, and it is difficult to say whether this plan can be carried out and to what extent. But he had no other choice, and he couldn't stop the avalanche of Chinese films in the 90s without VCD and DVD in his hands.

After meeting Huo Yingdong, Xu Wangqiu did not rush to establish Shuguang Xiangjiang, but continued to make his own movies. The time soon entered the end of November, and at this time, the filming of the film was gradually coming to an end.

On this day, a scene of Zheng Yi killing Huang Shilang was filmed, and the filming location was a rented villa in Mid-Levels. At six o'clock in the morning, Xu Wangqiu and the crew came to the filming site, but Zou Wenhuai, who played Huang Shilang, did not arrive, and the processes of moving and speaking could not be carried out. After moving the machine to the site, everyone was chatting on the spot.

Looking at the splendid villa in front of them, everyone was a little envious, jealous and hateful. Zhang Yimou scolded capitalism for its decay and degeneration, while the Xiangjiang staff scolded the real estate developers led by Li Cucumber and called them vampires.

When Zou Wenhuai came to the scene, it was already past eight o'clock, which was quite early for ordinary people, but for the crew, it was a bit late. Because of the set of procedures of positioning, acting, and makeup, it will take at least one or two hours before filming can officially start. I came here at eight o'clock, and it was almost ten o'clock before the shooting started.

After Zou Wenhuai came over, he saw that everyone was waiting at the scene, and he looked a little embarrassed: "Xu Sheng, I'm really sorry, I'm late, so I've made everyone wait for a long time." ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and waved his hand: "What's the matter, Mr. Zou can come to make a cameo, so he will help us a lot." ”

Zou Wenhuai is an old man in the film industry, and he knows that time is precious, so he said directly: "Then let's start directly." ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded: "Then let's go first." He looked up again and said, "Let's move, let's take a seat first." ”

It was almost ten o'clock, and all the preparations for the shoot were done. The lighting, photography, and recording were all in place, and the actors were ready for the show. Assistant director Yan Hao came over to tell Xu Wangqiu that it was officially filmed.

After Xu Wangqiu shouted the password of "start", the shooting officially began. However, he quickly shouted "stop", and David Jiang was in the wrong state. At this time, Zheng Yi had already killed several people, and he came to kill Huang Shilang's family. Xu Wangqiu hoped to feel a strong killing intent in the character, and the whole person should bring murderous aura, but he couldn't feel the murderous aura on Jiang David.

Xu Wangqiu called David Jiang over and analyzed the role for him again: "Huang Shilang is the culprit of everything, he killed your parents and caused you to lose your home since you were a child; Because of his series of actions, many families were responsible, and eventually betrayed and committed suicide. For such a person, you only have an unforgettable hatred for him, and you only have one thought in your heart, which is to kill him. When you face him, you must show a tough killing intent, and you must have a strong murderous aura all over your body. ”

David Jiang nodded slightly and said, "I know, director." ”

The filming started soon, but Xu Wangqiu quickly called "stop" again, it was still that problem, and he didn't feel the murderous intent and murderous aura in David Jiang. Xu Wangqiu called David Jiang to him again, told him the script, analyzed the characters for him, and then the filming restarted

Filming until almost twelve o'clock, David Jiang still didn't find his state, and he didn't shoot a single shot well all morning. Xu Wangqiu's expression was a little dignified, and the expressions of the crew were also a little dignified.

Director Fu Yan Hao walked over and patted Xu Wangqiu on the shoulder: "Director, it's almost 12 o'clock, let's eat first." ”

Xu Wangqiu looked at the time, looked at the crew again, and exhaled softly. David Jiang couldn't find the state, and it was useless to continue filming. So he smiled: "That's all for this morning's shooting, let's continue in the afternoon." Now put the meal. ”

The crew and staff breathed a sigh of relief, today's shooting was not smooth, not a single shot was shot well all morning, I hope the next shooting will go smoothly. They put down their equipment, went to the dining car, and lined up to receive a boxed lunch.

After lunch, the shooting continued, and then David Jiang's problem was still not solved, and he couldn't find the state and couldn't play the feeling Xu Wang wanted. David Jiang is very helpless about this, he has no problem playing the psychological state of the character and the physiological state of the character. But this murderous thing, you can't see or touch it, it's just a feeling, how can you play this?

Xu Wangqiu also knows that this is difficult, murderous is a feeling, a state, and it is indeed very difficult for an actor to perform, but if there is no such thing, it always feels almost meaningless. If it was an ordinary director, it might be okay, but Xu Wangqiu still wanted to try again.

David Jiang is an actor, not a killer, and it is indeed too sleepy to perform murderous. I didn't shoot until four o'clock in the afternoon, and I still didn't have a shot.

Xu Wangqiu felt that it was not possible to shoot like this, David Jiang's biggest problem was the lack of experience, there was no corresponding experience, and it was too difficult to perform in this state. He suddenly remembered that when Ning Hao filmed "No Man's Land" in his previous life, he asked Huang Bo, who played the killer, to be really full of murderous energy. This was also very difficult for Huang Bo, in order to meet Ning Hao's requirements and make himself full of murderous energy, Huang Bo went to the slaughterhouse. Huang Bo carried the knife from more than four o'clock in the morning to noon, but he didn't dare to really do anything to the pig, but through observation and experience, he found the feeling of a killer when he performed, and he was full of murderous energy.

Now David Jiang is also this problem, and he needs to be full of murderous energy, but he has never been able to play the desired effect.

In that case, then why not let him go to the slaughterhouse and really kill two pigs?

Xu Wangqiu felt that this was the only way he could think of, and called Jiang David over: "Have you ever killed a chicken?"

David Jiang shook his head and said, "No." When I buy chickens at home, I buy them and kill them. ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded slightly: "If you are asked to kill chickens, do you dare to kill them?"

David Jiang said nonchalantly: "What's not to dare about this, don't you just kill the chicken!"

Xu Wangqiu said noncommittally: "What about killing pigs? Do you dare to kill pigs?"

David Jiang hesitated a little, after all, killing chickens is completely different from killing pigs: "This, I haven't killed it, it should be okay." ”

Xu Wangqiu groaned: "This scene needs the characters to be full of murderous energy, but the state of your performance has never met the requirements." The main reason is that you don't have the corresponding experience and can't find that feeling. We can't let you really kill two people, but we can arrange for you to go to the slaughterhouse, go to the slaughterhouse to kill the pigs. ”

Jiang Dawei was dumbfounded when he heard this, I haven't killed any chickens, let me go to the slaughterhouse to kill pigs!

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "When I go back in a while, I will call Zhuying Factory and ask them to help us contact the slaughterhouse in Yangcheng." You prepare a little, and we will soon arrange for you to go to the slaughterhouse to experience life. ”