Den.

Song Weiyang is picking up his son's video call.

Chen Xi should be in the barracks Internet café, still wearing a training uniform. He said happily: "Dad, this time we participated in the flood fighting and rescue, and our company was recorded as a collective second-class meritorious service. When the head of the regiment came to inspect me, he talked to me specifically and asked me if I wanted to stay in the unit after the completion of my service period. ”

"You did a good job this time, you are a good soldier, continue to work hard," Song Weiyang praised and said, "As for whether you want to stay in the army, what do you think?"

Chen Xi said with a smile: "I have been a soldier for less than a year and a half, and I am still early to become a non-commissioned officer." ”

Song Weiyang asked: "You must have a long-term plan in life, what do you plan to do after you leave the army?"

Chen Xi thought for a while and said, "I think it's quite interesting to be a soldier, and I want to stay in the army." But I don't want to be a conscript, I don't want to be a non-commissioned officer, my development prospects are limited, and I plan to go to a military school. I specifically asked the company commander, and he said that high school or equivalent is required to enter a military academy in the army, but I suspended my studies in my second year of high school and did not meet the criteria for applying for a military academy. ”

Song Weiyang said: "If you really want to develop in this area, then wait until you are discharged from the army and go to a military school through the national college entrance examination." ”

Chen Xi scratched his head and said: "Time is a little tight, through the college entrance examination to study in a military school, candidates must not be more than 20 years old." ”

In China, you can join the army at the age of 16, but you must be at least 17 years old by December 31 of the year you enlist in the army — just 16 years old at the time of enlistment are not eligible.

Chen Xi was a spring soldier, he was only 16 years old when he signed up, and his 17th birthday was spent in the recruit company. By the time he retires from the army next year, he will be about 19 years and 3 months old, and he has missed the college entrance examination. If you want to take the college entrance examination, you must wait until the year after tomorrow, that is, when you are 20 years and 1 month old, which is just beyond the age limit for new college entrance examination candidates to apply for military schools.

Song Weiyang calculated the time for a while, frowned, and said, "I don't know much about the specific regulations. You will probably be able to retire from the army around August next year, can you take the national general college entrance examination in the army more than a month in advance?"

Chen Xi said: "No, I have asked, active duty soldiers can only apply for military schools through the army. But I didn't have a high school diploma and couldn't take the military school exam in the army. ”

"That is, the two ways to get into the military academy have been blocked," Song Weiyang said, "Young people must pay for the wrong things they have done, do you understand this sentence now?"

Chen Xi smiled bitterly: "I understand it thoroughly." ”

Song Weiyang said: "I can help you apply for the military academy in many ways, but they are all illegal operations." You're already an internet celebrity, and you're my son, so it's easy to get caught. Even if you pass the exam, maybe one day in the future, someone will turn over the old accounts and talk about things. Do you need my help finding your way?"

"No, I'm not stupid, I'm still tying a time bomb to myself," Chen Xi said with some loss, "I don't have to take the military academy, I just take the ordinary college entrance examination after retiring from the army, and just study in a random university." Dad, I'm sorry, I used to be ignorant and made you worry a lot with your mother. ”

Song Weiyang said: "Who has never been young, it is normal to do something wrong, as long as it is corrected." You still have to be a soldier for more than half a year, work hard in the army, and after you leave the army, I will find a few good teachers to help you make up for your lessons. ”

Although the army is a melting pot, Song Weiyang didn't just throw his son into it. He entrusted a lot of relationships, so that Chen Xi was taken care of during the recruit company, with a red face and a white face at any time, someone was singing at any time, and then he cared for and talked after practicing to death, and someone helped this kid reshape his three views every day.

After Chen Xi's recruit training, he was specially assigned to a hero company, and he was surrounded by a top good soldier. Influenced by that collective atmosphere, now the whole person has been reborn, full of passionate blood, full of patriotism and love for the people, and a sense of honor and responsibility.

Ending the video call, Song Weiyang said into the air: "Open the door!"

The door opened automatically, and Song Jing walked in, playing with his mobile phone and asked, "Dad, did you approve that film and television project?"

Song Weiyang said: "I don't need to handle this kind of specific project at all. The fact that the project book can be sent to me shows that your plan is really outrageous, and it is not good for Excalibur Entertainment to refuse directly. Also, putting the phone down is very disrespectful. ”

"If it weren't outrageous, Hollywood studios would have done it a long time ago, and it would have been our turn to shoot?" said Song Jingxing with a smile.

Song Weiyang asked, "Do you know Shenjian Entertainment's evaluation of this project?"

"I don't know. Song Jingxing shook his head.

Song Weiyang said: "You said that the investment budget is 350 million US dollars, and according to the specific situation, the film will lose at least 200 million US dollars." This is still a situation where you are doing a good job of all kinds of promotions, and if the promotion is weak, you may lose even more. ”

Song Jingxing said: "I know this, but I can't just look at short-term profits, the losses during the market development period are too normal......"

Song Weiyang hurriedly interrupted: "Don't describe the prospects of the industry to me, I'm tired of hearing this kind of thing for a long time, and countless people talk nonsense to me every year." ”

Song Jingxing said: "That's it." If the project loses more than $50 million, you can do whatever you ask me to do in the future, and I won't mention any independent development. ”

Song Weiyang immediately smiled: "Yes." You go to Shenjian Entertainment to be the vice president, who is in charge of this project, and instantly serves as the producer of this movie. In order to prevent you from being fooled by others, I transferred Shen Xian to be your deputy. ”

Song Jingxing was speechless for an instant: "That old man is difficult to serve, you are causing trouble for me." ”

Shen Xian, who has long been a legendary employee, has worked in Shenzhou Technology, Xifeng Group, Taurus Capital, Shenjian Network, Sohu Sogou, and Excellence.com...... and other companies, all of them have worked as relatively grass-roots employees, and even lived in R&D and investment departments. In the assessment of each department, Shen Xian tends to be at the bottom, but he is always not eliminated at the end - if the old fritters are old, they can be mixed.

Gradually, Shen Xian began to be promoted to a grassroots manager, leading small teams from many companies and departments. The team he led was the same as himself, which also tended to be at the bottom, but it was within the tolerance range of the department leaders, and occasionally key projects could break out once or twice.

For more than ten years, Shen Xian's identity has long been exposed, and the leaders of various companies can't laugh or cry when they mention him.

Now Shen Xian has entered the senior management system, and it is particularly sought-after, and the CEOs of several companies want to hire him. Because this guy's resume is too plump, he has a clear understanding of all departments of the company from top to bottom, and has developed a pair of sharp eyes. Dealing with middle and low-level managers and ordinary employees is easy, and no tricks can fool him - these are all old routines he has used.

Of course, everyone only dares to let Shen Xian serve as the deputy of the department, and he is very special as the number one!

At present, Shen Xian's position is the vice president of the HR department of the headquarters of Shenzhou Technology, and he has helped complete the reform of the entire HR system. After the reform, cadres and ordinary employees at all levels have mixed feelings, feeling that the working environment is more relaxed, but at the same time, they have been blocked from exploiting loopholes and playing tricks - the assessment and rating standards are particularly fair and disgusting.

Even within the HR department, Shen Xian was disgusted, because after the reform, he did more things, but his specific rights were restricted.

Shen Xian, who is on the side of Shenzhou Technology, has become disgusted with dogs, and he must move his nest - not "killing" is not enough to make people angry.

As for Shen Si, he is now the CEO of Excellence.com.

Due to the continuous burning of money to cultivate the market very early, Excellence.com has always been a leader in the field of B2C e-commerce. Even if Alibaba has launched a B2C business, it has always been pressed and can only dominate the B2B and C2C fields. Jingdong and Pinduoduo are even more difficult, relying on the boom of e-commerce to the countryside to survive, these two have played a dog brain in the township market.

Song Jingxing didn't want to deal with Shen Xian, one of the reasons was also because of Shen Si. He is very familiar with Aunt Shen and has known each other since childhood, but one day when he was in elementary school, Aunt Shen suddenly stopped appearing, and his mother Lin Zhuoyun never mentioned Aunt Shen.

The reason behind it, guessing with your knees, you can also know that Song Jingxing is not very willing to get involved in the affairs between the elders. Because his father was too unobtrusive about women, Shen Si and Chen Tao didn't talk about it, and they actually ...... Ahem!

Song Jingxing soon went to Rongcheng and reported on his temporary position at Shenjian Entertainment Company.

The Western Science and Technology Park has been classified as a high-tech zone, and is the IT industry center of the Greater West, especially the online game industry, with various game studios and small companies everywhere, and even the nearby real estate industry has been driven.

In comparison, the Zhongguancun Software Park in Beijing is even more outrageous.

The landmark building on the side of the software park, the Ark Building, almost became a joke in the first few years of its completion. The office building with dozens of floors was designed by I.M. Pei, and the utilization rate was less than 30%, which became the focus of everyone ridiculing Song Weiyang back then.

Until around 2014, due to the widespread application of 4G technology, related industries showed a blowout trend. A large number of new companies were established in the Zhongguancun Software Park, and many large companies set up their headquarters in the capital, and Song Weiyang's Ark Building was quickly in short supply, and now that building alone can be sold for sky-high prices.

It is crowded during the day and brightly lit at night.

After 10 p.m., ride-hailing and taxis are piled up there, because overtime until 10 p.m. can be reimbursed. If you place your order a minute late, you may have to wait half an hour for a taxi, and the roadside is densely packed with people waiting for a taxi.

However, on weekends and holidays, the Ark Building and the surrounding area will become a "ghost town". Because the 996 employees have disappeared en masse, they don't want to have fun here, so that the various entertainment venues in the place also choose to close their doors on holidays. Of course, there are also those that are open on weekends, just like many offices are lit up on weekends, and there are always some crazy people who are keen to fight.

Song Jingxing met Shen Xian in Rongcheng, and they were relatively harmonious with each other, one was too lazy to care, and the other was particularly able to mix.

Soon the core team of the project was formed, and Song Jingxing was the general manager of the project, and the position he played in the film should be "producer". Shen Xian belongs to the "producer" or "project manager", but since he has never made a film, he found an "executive producer" (deputy producer) named Yang Changqing.

The Chinese director was also called, named Li Hong, and the four of them gathered there to discuss the shooting plan.

Shenjian Entertainment is a subsidiary of Shenjian Network, and has experience in VR production, and has also participated in the production of several VR games and VR promotional videos, and often engages in CG promotional videos for some games. Therefore, the technical team does not need to be invited, just use their own people, but the selection of the actor still needs to be considered.

Even if you pull investment, this kind of ironclad loss-making big project, Song Weiyang's face is not useful. can only Shenjian Entertainment invest by itself, and then pull the parent company Shenjian Network to throw money together, and after the shooting plan is announced, the company's stock price will most likely fall in response.

Yang Changqing is a senior producer, he said: "Song Gongzi ......"

Song Jingxing interrupted: "Don't call me Song Gongzi, just call me Xiao Song." ”

"You are now the vice president of the company, then I will call you Mr. Song," Yang Changqing said while smoking a cigarette, "Mr. Song, although I have always been engaged in filmmaking, I have never done the operation of the film. But after so many years, I also understand something, and the future of our film is worrying. From now on, you'll have to start promoting. Given the popularity of VR movies, you have to not only promote the film, but also promote the VR screening hall in the same way that Cameron promoted the 3D screening hall back then. ”

Song Jingxing is as good as flowing: "Manager Yang, please continue." ”

Yang Changqing continued: "Someone in the VR screening hall has done it, but it has all lost money, and now it is no longer available in the theater. But you can start with the AR Screening Room, or MR Screening Hall. We are very lucky, we just received the news that the MR version of "Spider-Man", a Hollywood remake, has received a strong response from the market!"

"Is there an MR version of the new version of "Spider-Man"?" said director Li Hong, who was busy perfecting the script for the past two months and didn't pay attention to the news in Hollywood.

Yang Changqing said: "My friend just watched the premiere in Los Angeles, and he told me the news, and it is estimated that there will be relevant reports in China soon." ”

VR is called virtual reality, while AR is called augmented reality.

MR stands for Mixed Reality, which is equivalent to a combination of VR and AR.

In addition, there is a more fantasy CR, which has been hyped for many years, but the technology has not completely broken through.

The ultimate version is XR, a collective term for the various R's, and the proposers wanted to combine all the technologies into one.

The once-popular game "Pokemon", as well as adding cat ears to people during recording, etc., all belong to the use of AR technology.

The MR Cinema Screening Hall only emerged this year. Not only does it use AR information projection technology, but it also integrates VR virtual technology, and the overall viewing effect is equivalent to a super enhanced version of the 3D projection hall, so that the entire viewing scene is integrated into the movie. Even with the so-called "4D technology", a bomb explodes in the film, and the audience can also experience the burning sensation.

The most interesting thing is the design of the MR Screening Room, which is a bit like the Colosseum in ancient Rome, or a modern stadium. The auditorium is circled, and in the middle is the viewing screen, and the audience from all directions can see the same content.

Although the new version of "Spider-Man" has an MR version, it is a pity that there are not many MR screening halls, and they are under construction at various speeds. The domestic copyright of this film has been booked by China Film in advance, and China Film will definitely not screen it immediately, but will first promote MR screening halls in China.

Yang Changqing probably doesn't understand technology, and the viewing glasses in the MR screening room can directly play VR films, and there is no need to bother with equipment promotion at all.

The times create heroes, and if you want to do a career, you must follow the trend.

Song Jingxing's luck is better, if he makes a VR movie two years in advance, it is estimated that it will be difficult to promote it to the cinema, and now he can just take a ride on the MR screening hall.

Moreover, since there are few AR, VR and MR movies, as long as a new film appears, the relevant screening halls will definitely rush to release it. Even in the absence of similar films, it is possible to broadcast them 24 hours a day, because the source of the film is too scarce - it has to be released first, and it will definitely blow out in another two years, and then MR movies will appear in a bunch.

"Manager Yang is really talented, this news is very important!" Song Jingxing praised casually.

Yang Changqing said modestly: "I just knew the news in advance, what kind of talent is it? After the MR blockbuster becomes popular in Europe and the United States, the large domestic film companies will definitely follow up." But the investment is a bit large, and it is estimated that no one dares to act rashly, so many companies can only sit together and invest together. I estimate that it is likely that at the end of next year, or the Spring Festival of the year after that, there will be an MR blockbuster released in China. MR blockbusters will be a popular trend in the coming years, just like previous 3D blockbusters. As for the VR movies we make now, it is estimated that they will remain niche for many years. ”

Song Jingxing said: "But MR movies are only an enhanced version of traditional movies, VR movies are the existence of a world change, and their immersive viewing experience is unique." As long as we do this film well, we may be able to lead the times, and we will not necessarily lose money. ”

"That's right. Yang Changqing smiled and didn't argue anything.

Shen Xian suddenly said: "Song Dashao, you should also hype it up." Our male protagonist is undecided, and the heroine is Song Ruoxi. Although Song Ruoxi is not famous, her box office appeal is limited. The genre of the film is niche, you have to add attention to the movie now, and it will be more convenient to promote it when the time comes. ”

Song Jingxing didn't bother to correct his title, and asked, "You mean, I'm using myself to hype?"

Shen Xun said: "The eldest son of the richest man, it is also convenient to stir up, why not use this kind of resource?"

Song Jingxing said: "The hype has to be set up, I don't know what kind of character to use." ”

Shen Xian said: "You have to find a professional to plan this." ”

Yang Changqing smiled: "Domineering president." ”

Song Jingxing thought for a while: "The stupid son of the landlord's family, the public must like it, he is very down-to-earth." ”

Half a month later, Yang Changqing, the head snake, invited everyone to sing at KTV in Rongcheng, and the invitees also had the set male and female protagonists - in order to enhance the immersive viewing experience and improve the audience's sense of substitution, after repeated discussions, Song Ruoxi decided not to act, and all the actors were not famous.

The male and female protagonists both graduated from the professional class and have made several movies, although their acting skills are passable, they have never used that.

Azgul can only play the second female lead, her acting skills still need to be improved, and it is impossible to directly let her take the lead, after all, this is a big project with an investment of 350 million US dollars.

As soon as everyone arrived at KTV, they were "secretly photographed" by reporters, the heroes and heroines were deliberately ignored, and the focus of the camera was Song Jingxing and director Li Hong. Tomorrow's news headline probably reads: The richest man meets with Hollywood returnee directors, and the producer of Excalibur Entertainment accompanies him throughout the process, and it is suspected that he will officially enter the entertainment industry!

Hype it first, and then speculate that Song Jingxing may be a star to make a movie, misleading the audience that the richest man will be the actor himself, won't this broken film smoothly enter the public eye?

Of course, it must be explained clearly before the official release, and you can't rely on this to trick people into the cinema.

In the KTV private room, the two selected actors flattered Song Jingxing all the way. It's a pity that Song Gongzi is lukewarm, and these two also have eyesight, so they ran to flatter the director and producer.

Song Jingxing listened to them sing while watching his old classmates play games live.

LOL has a long lifespan, constantly introducing new heroes and new ways to play, and actually survives until 2024. Song Weiyang didn't go to grab the business, it was still represented by Tencent, and it was still Tencent who bought the fist company.

As for Excalibur Network, it focuses on self-developed games and has long ceased to be a game agent.

For example, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" was developed by Excalibur Network. Song Weiyang personally proposed the plan, and the chicken-eating game he made was definitely less than the Korean Yankees' plug-ins, and there would be no magnificent scene full of fairies.

Even without plugins, the game went into decline around 2021, but recently regained its life with the launch of a VR version.

Many game streamers have started to play games like fools, jumping around the room, and occasionally crawling forward as old yinbi. Anyway, the game screen contrasts with the real picture of the anchor, which makes the audience envious while ridiculing, and even the VR equipment is on sale.

At present, the VR equipment that can support large-scale online games is about 10,000 yuan. With the increase of users and the increase in output, it is estimated that it is expected to drop below 8,000 yuan. Compared to the salary level at this time, it is much cheaper than buying a top-of-the-line smartphone.

Seeing that "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" showed signs of becoming popular, LOL also immediately launched a VR version, and at this time, Wu Yongxu was broadcasting the VR version of LOL that had just been listed.

Most of the barrage in the live broadcast room was mocking.

Because VR games are too different from 2D games, the operation mode is completely different. The players on both sides made various mistakes, and missing soldiers has become the norm, and in the end, everyone simply stopped replenishing the troops, and caught and fought each other throughout the whole process. And Wu Yongxu played the jungler position, and he actually got lost in the wild area, and finally waded through the water and collided with the opponent's jungler in the river.

On the small screen in the live broadcast room, Wu Yongxu was running on the floor of his house with VR equipment, saying as he ran: "I'll go, it's so cool, there is really water in the river." There's a river crab there, and I'll see if I can ride on it...... , blind monk, stop me, don't rob my river crab!"

"This funny anchor actually wandered around his wild area. ”

"Anchor, you discuss with the blind monk, don't kill the river crab first, ride it up and show everyone. ”

"Can you really ride a river crab?"

"Nonsense, just now the anchor also rode a stone man, but it seems that he can't attack when he rides it. ”

"It's a bug, isn't it?"

"I'm thinking, if the anchor rides Papa Smurf, when the other robot's robot hooks over, will it hook the anchor or Papa Smurf, or will the two hook it together?"

"Is this still a masturbation? Why do you think it's two different games? I really want to buy it and give it a try. ”

"I'll go, Super Rocket, 30 in a row!"

"This is Team Rocket!"

"Kneel down for the big guy. ”

"Maybe it's a rich woman. ”

"ID Song Xiaoliu, it seems that Song Jingxing's Weibo is called Song Xiaoliu!"

"The front row is a strong onlooker watching Ma Gongzi!"

“……”

Song Jingxing threw 30 super rockets and ran, turning the live broadcast room into a barrage. Then he entered the room of a female anchor, and saw that this girl seemed to be very innocent, and smashed out with 20 super rockets.

The female anchor thanked her again and again at first, but when she saw the rockets one after another, she was so excited that she couldn't speak: "Thank you, thank you...... Thank you, big guy, I'm so excited, this is the first time I've met super fire, thank you...... There is a barrage saying that it is Song Dashao who brushes the rocket, is it true......? I was flipped by Song Dashao!"

Anyway, I'm bored at KTV, and Song Jingxing's pocket money is quite a lot left, so I'll tease the boring child.

Nowadays, many users of VR equipment are also game enthusiasts. Accumulating popularity among these people is likely to increase the subsequent income of the movie, just like selling movies on Blu-ray DVDs, VR movies can also be bought home and watched repeatedly with the corresponding equipment.

Song Jingxing randomly selected the live broadcast room, and when he saw the pleasing anchor, he brushed the super rocket, and he didn't say a word from beginning to end, but he drove the entire live broadcast website crazy.

Looking up, Yishui'er's anchor changed the name of the live broadcast room: kneeling and begging Song Dashao to turn over the brand!

The character of the stupid son of the landlord's family can be easily erected.