The founder of Silicon Map is called James Clark.

Like many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, the young James Clark was a R&D person himself, with excellent patents and ideas, so after working for a few years, he had some savings and founded such a company.

What technology does James Clark have?

He invented a very interesting technique, the aforementioned "geometry generator", that is, the dynamic processing of images.

To put it simply, with this geometry generator, when you operate on the computer, you can transform the little changes in those images into a fast rhythm, so that you can look like a picture of continuous action.

In "Jurassic Park", the pictures of those dinosaurs running and chasing humans were made with this geometric figure generator, which is the first level of computer screen special effects production.

At the time, it was very shocking, but if you compare it with the fourth installment in the series, Jurassic World, then you can see how good the effect of the really advanced geometry generator special effects technology will be.

The whole machine that carries this geometry generator and adds some other special effects technology is called the SGI workbench.

In the future, various versions of the SGI workbench will sell well to special effects companies and studios around the world, generating tens of billions of dollars in turnover for the company.

The animation simulation scene of "Titanic" is that more than 300 SGI workstations were enabled in the digital field, and dozens of special effects artists worked for more than 500 days without interruption before it finally took shape, and presented it in front of the audience with that spectacular and tragic momentum.

Anyone who does special effects scenes, you don't use an SGI workbench, it looks like you're too amateurish.

SGI workbenches are also very sophisticated and specialized, with dozens of different types of models to choose from, and if you have the money, you can even get them to customize them – Avatar does just that.

Wumao special effects, I'm afraid it refers to the special effects in movies that don't need to be made by SGI workbenches and by making some dirt methods yourself.

It's only 1982, less than a month after the establishment of the silicon map company, James Clark didn't even make the first batch of graphics workstations, but he just had a patent to occupy a nest first, so in fact, this company is called a shell company, and there is no problem.

When Clark received Yin Jun's request for a meeting, he was stunned.

Yin Jun's business card is clearly written.

"Chairman of Kirin Group, Chairman of Disney Group, Chairman of United Arts Film Company, Chairman of Digital Field. ”

As an American, Clark certainly knew that Disney and United Arts Films had been bought by a Xiangjiang person.

And he is also a talent in film production, so he naturally knows better who Yin Jun is.

Clark also watched "Life and Death" directed by Yin Jun, in addition to the plot, he was more concerned about Yin Jun's large-scale special effects attempt, in his opinion, this is a great attempt.

Although the digital realm and his geometry generator are two different things, Clark likes to borrow from other people's good things to enrich his own knowledge, so as to make his research and development technology more directional and purposeful.

Like Yin Jun, who is not only a famous director, but also the chairman of a large group company, what is he looking for himself?

Clarke, of course, has his own considerations.

Entrepreneurs have a lot of enthusiasm, but Americans are not very naïve and stupid, just think of Edison, their researchers are not ashamed to talk about money.

Isn't there a good saying?

Greed is what drives humanity forward.

It is precisely this kind of motivation that has prompted their science and technology to completely leave behind the accumulation of 3,000 years in China in just over 200 years, and it is very hard to catch up.

So what Clark pondered, could it be that Yin Jun knew that he had some patents on special effects, so he wanted to come to the door to cooperate?

Or is it just collaboration?

With this in mind, Clark readily agreed, and arrived at the restaurant on time.

Silicon Valley is a place full of entrepreneurs, and of course there are a lot of business negotiations, so there are many restaurants around here.

Yin Jun didn't like the grand ceremony, but out of respect for the business negotiation opponent, he still chose an Italian restaurant, bought the whole restaurant at a high price, and waited for Clark to come.

With 30 minutes left before the agreed 7 p.m., Clark arrived early.

Looking at the young and excessively young Yin Jun, when shaking hands, Clark couldn't help but sigh a little, "Only when I see Mr. Yin, do I know what they mean by writing about a genius boy." Those who don't believe in God, come and see you, Mr. Yin, to know how much care God put into creation. ”

Clark is only 29 years old, not tall, wears glasses, and is slightly fat, typical of a researcher's appearance.

His words were also very polite, but Yin Jun did not despise him because of this.

It's like an honest uncle like Bill Gates and a handsome teenager like Mark Zuckerberg...... In the same way, when you meet a hero like them, if anyone judges people by their appearance, you will taste very miserable.

Among the Americans, there are countless people who pretend to be pigs and eat tigers.

For example, the one in front of you, if you know that he is a fierce man who has made the silicon map company achieve a turnover of 5 billion US dollars a year, can you still think that he is honest and reliable because he is honest?

"I'm just using some of my God's talents, and you engineers and inventors are just as good. Yin Jun sat down in his seat as he spoke, "At least I can't invent something like a geometric generator." Some time ago, a friend of mine came back to me after watching a tech conference on the West Coast, and I kept thinking about it, looking forward to meeting you James one day.

I think that such excellent technology, combined with some other patented technologies, to make a comprehensive technology platform, so that it can be used in the entire film industry, then our pursuit of special effects will be more full of light! At least it will not be as simple as "Star Wars", we will turn the brilliant imagination of human beings into the reality of light and shadow, and present it to the majority of movie lovers!"

As soon as he came up, Yin Jun used his title to shorten the distance between the two, which made Clark very comfortable.

There is no one who doesn't like to be patted on the back and listen to good words, the key is which one is the one who pats the sycophants and says good things.

Yin Jun, a super genius who is praised by the world, is very interested in and praises his inventions, which makes Clark very proud.

At least from what Yin Jun said, he knew that Yin Jun was a person who really understood the goods.

In fact, that's what Clark is going to work towards.

If you want to go in this direction, Yin Jun, who can understand the importance of special effects technology and is also a Hollywood giant, is the person he Clark hopes to win over the most.

"If you are interested, you can come to my company tomorrow and I can show you our latest technological achievements. Clark immediately decided, "I agree with you, if the special effects technology is done well, it will definitely become an epoch-making mark! Not only Hollywood, but the whole world will benefit from this." ”

"It's not just movies, TV series and variety shows, there is also a demand for this. Yin Jun smiled slightly, "All in all, its future is extremely bright!"

Yin Jun's praise so fiercely made Clarke's heart suddenly beat a drum again.

I thought that Yin Jun wouldn't just be polite on the surface, but he didn't actually have any ideas, right?

Otherwise, why does he keep saying good things? If you want to buy my technology, or cooperate, you should find shortcomings and slowly lower the price!

This suspicion persisted until the next morning, when Yin Jun visited the rudimentary SGI workbench that Clark had personally operated, and the two of them sat in his cramped office.

Because when Yin Jun watched him animate the image, he also praised it continuously and showed great interest.

After all, Clark is not a super giant after a few decades, and after making a cup of coffee for Yin Jun, he asked a little impatiently: "Mr. Yin, I haven't asked you yet, you are such a busy person, come to me in person, is it just to take a look at my patented technology?"

"Of course not. Yin Jun smiled and shook his head, "James, I actually want to ask you to help me do special effects." ”

"Really?" Clark perked up, "What kind of movie? Disney or United Arts Films? Or did you shoot it in Xiangjiang?

After opening the company, although there were not many employees, the salaries of such a dozen people, as well as the rent of office space, and the funds for research and development, were all a lot of expenses, and if they were piled up, Clark was under a lot of pressure.

He also had a lot of savings before, and he was well prepared, but if he did it now, it would be a year at most, and he would have to sit on his laurels.

The so-called rainy day, of course, he wants to find a list as soon as possible and start to have work for the company, so that everyone can be more motivated to do things and research and development, and it is easier to get everyone's recognition after the results, and further solidify the company's morale.

Originally, he was going to improve the workbench again, and then go to pick up some small orders to practice, and then try his luck with the Hollywood giants - if it was the Hollywood Big Seven, but he messed up, the silicon map company would never have a place to come out.

But I never thought that I hadn't gone to look for it yet, there were already Hollywood giants who came to the door, and the boss who could make decisions came to the door in person!

Happiness came so suddenly, Colaudi was so excited that she couldn't believe it.