"I am a student of Teacher Wang Lai, she told me that you are here, but she also told me that I must not take the initiative to disturb you, if you see it, there is fate, if you can't see it, there is no way, you can rest assured, no one else knows. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zhou Xingchi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, he finally found such a place where he could be an ordinary person, but he didn't want to lose it like this, and when he heard Liu Chen mention Wang Lai, his vigilance was lowered, and he asked: "Then what is the matter with you coming to me?"

Liu Chen hurriedly took out the three pictures he had prepared and introduced them to him one by one, Xing Ye saw the pictures and immediately lit up, "Kung Fu" had already been filmed, and it was a make-up shot some time ago, and it has been in post-production for half a year.

The special effects company still chose its old partner, Xintao Digital Stunt Company, which was once responsible for the post-production of "Shaolin Football", but several of the scenes were difficult to meet the requirements in his heart after repeated production, and Director Zhou also argued with the person in charge of Xintao Digital Stunt for this matter several times, which caused a little unpleasantness.

After watching it, Director Zhou stared at Liu Chen, his face was pale, and he didn't have any expression, and asked, "How do you know these scenes in "Kung Fu"?"

You must know that "Kung Fu" has always been kept secret from the outside world, Liu Chen has no reason to know these pictures and draw the pictures he thinks in advance, Liu Chen has already thought about this problem, and said unhurriedly: "I speculated on the plot of "Kung Fu" through the only few visits to the class and news reports on the Internet, and I only roughly knew that I might need these pictures. ”

Zhou Xingchi breathed a sigh of relief, the secrecy is so strict, no one should know, even Xintao Digital Stunt Company only knows the part of making stunts, and the others are strictly confidential.

"Please wait a minute, I'll make a call. When it comes to movie works, Zhou Xingchi's performance has changed immediately, it is completely different from the ordinary conversation just now, serious, stereotyped, serious, if Liu Chen didn't know in advance, he really couldn't adapt to this is the same person.

Zhou Xingchi called Wang Lai as he spoke, confirming Liu Chen's identity, since it was introduced by Wang Lai, he was still relieved, and his attitude softened, and his attitude was not discussed at all: "I'm sorry, the pre-special effects of this movie have started very early, and they have signed contracts, and now there is less than half a year before the release, and there is really no way for you to do it, although the pictures you painted are closest to the effect I want." ”

Liu Chen expected this result, but in order for the special effects company to open up the situation as soon as possible, he still had to try hard, "Director Zhou, I personally respect you very much, and I have a lot of respect for "Kung Fu" I'm looking forward to this work, I also know your meticulous pursuit of perfection in the work, if you don't have the confidence to achieve the best results, I won't come to you with a cheeky face, we are a young team, determined to be our local industrial light and magic in China, beyond Vita, this is our ambition, my only request is to do one of the pictures, don't take a penny, why not give us a chance? ”

Director Zhou looked at Liu Chen's sincere gaze, without a little impurity, he also listened to Wang Lai's evaluation of Liu Chen just now, and probably understood this young man's ambition, this kind of look is very familiar to him, when he was young, his pursuit of movies was also this kind of look, pure and enthusiastic.

Touching his chin with one hand and thinking, Liu Chen waited for an answer.

Zhou Xingchi raised his head, looked at Liu Chen and said, "I'm sorry, Liu Chen, I can't give you this opportunity." ”

Liu Chen sighed, suddenly saw the wood chips under his feet, he had an idea, picked it up, and learned Bruce Lee's movements to fly and kick in the air, in the surprise of his big mouth, Liu Chen said with a smile: "Actually, I am also a fan of martial arts, and I like Mr. Bruce Lee very much." ”

Director Zhou's face was full of surprise.

"Excuse me, although this cooperation will not work out, I think we will definitely have the opportunity to work together again in the future. With a farewell, Liu Chen turned around and was about to leave.

Director Zhou hurriedly shouted, "Wait." ”

Liu Chen knew that Director Zhou's obsession with Bruce Lee was extraordinary, and Chen Guokun just seemed to be very favoritous, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and he knew that it would be okay to just play with a nunchuck.

Liu Chen stopped, and Director Zhou came over to touch his leg and shouted: "It's so powerful just now, it's really like Bruce Lee's rebirth, much more powerful than me." Will there be anything else?"

"I'm a very good fighting technique. Liu Chen said confidently.

Zhou Xingchi was extremely excited, if there was anything in his heart that could surpass his love for movies, it was Bruce Lee, "Then let's have a competition, I have practiced martial arts." ”

The two of them fought each other, and Liu Chen knocked down his thin body very easily, he didn't care, and tried again and again.

Until he lay on the ground and couldn't get up, he opened his mouth wide and shouted: "Wow, it turns out that you really have to do it, unlike those martial arts instructors, you have real kung fu, if I knew you a year earlier." ”

"Opportunities are always given to those who are prepared, this picture of a snake biting its lip, I have not been satisfied with the effect done by Xintao Company, just this picture, I have people scan the film into the negative of the computer and send it to you, a week later, still here to see the effect. ”

Liu Chen hurriedly agreed.

After getting the negative of the scene in "Kung Fu", Liu Chen kept gathering the staff of the special effects company to work on it.

After arriving at the special effects company, everyone heard that the boss got the job of Director Zhou's new film "Kung Fu", and they were all excited.

Really started to do it, everyone understood that drawing a single picture and embedding special effects in the film, perfect are two different things, the latter has an amazing workload, although everyone is a master of programming, but the picture is processed, it needs to be analyzed and modeled, which takes time, and Liu Chen also understands why the computer of the special effects company needs to be very good, that is, Li Lin and others have the existing server to import the film and start making it is stuck, not smooth.

The VFX company has been working for two days straight, taking a few hours off in between, and rotating breaks to keep the servers up and running.

Even so, the effect of the sample film is very poor, and now Liu Chen understands that making movie special effects is really a scientific technology that cannot be scientific.

The whole special effects company is like a delicate instrument, slowly turning. At this moment, the entire company held its breath and vowed to complete the special effects of the movie "Kung Fu". However, as the production progressed, everyone encountered the first hurdle - special effects capture!

The special effects seen by ordinary people are extremely realistic, and can even be fake. But that kind of special effects is the whole special effects team, and it takes countless hours to make! The special effects company is only given the task of being bitten by a snake, but in this shot, the snake's movements, and the speed of the bite, etc., are not only made with computer simulation! This also involves more complex motion capture.

The special effects company is in charge of Li Lin, who is also proficient in computers, and Jiang Xiaoqi is also among them, mainly responsible for coordinating the team to assist things, after all, he is only a sophomore.

The person Jiang Xiaoqi envies the most now is Cao Rong, the two are in the same year, Cao Rong is now able to manage such a big company, took over such a mess at the beginning, kept it running well, and now it is gradually recovering.

She also wants to make the special effects company bigger and stronger and become a CEO.

After Li Lin led the team to produce it for two days, he finally reluctantly found Liu Chen and told him about the difficulties of the special effects!

"We all like Xing Ye's movies, and we also want to make this shot, but ......" Li Lin stopped talking, looked at Liu Chen's somewhat discolored face, and continued: "But Xing Ye gave us a week, in such a short period of time, even if our company's employees did not rest for two whole days, the effect was still unsatisfactory!"

As he spoke, Li Lin pointed to the latest special effects footage on the computer and showed it to Liu Chen. He also felt in his heart that they were a newly established special effects company, and I was afraid that they would not be able to complete the special effects lens of "Kung Fu", a big production!

Unexpectedly, Liu Chen slapped his desk and said angrily: "What are you afraid of if you have no experience, George Lucas was going to shoot Star Wars, and the technology of all Hollywood couldn't reach it! George Lucas encountered much greater difficulties than us! But if he gave up like you, I'm afraid there would be no world's No. 1 special effects company! Moreover, even the animation department that was separated from that company became Pixar. ”

As he spoke, Liu Chen pointed to the special effects lens on the computer, "This is indeed a bunch of stinky shit! Since you know that this effect is not good, why don't you improve it? Why don't you try to improve the effect?"

"In this world, there is nothing to do or can't do, only dare to do it, are you the best programmer, what are you afraid of? Do you do it with little devils, are you afraid? Do you do it with Americans, are you afraid? Why are you afraid of making a special effect for "Kung Fu"?"

Liu Chen only felt that there was a wave of anger in his heart, and he was not unhappy!

"New Zealand's Weta Effects was a small company before the Lord of the Rings, they couldn't compare to us, they could make The Lord of the Rings, why can't we even finish Kung Fu, a homegrown film with so few special effects shots? We're going to kill Vita, go beyond ILM, tell me? Who says no? We don't need to be cowards without self-confidence. ”

This was the first time Li Lin had seen Liu Chenfa so angry! His face was red and white.

That's right, we are no worse than the original Vitatt, why can't we make good special effects? Why can't we make a special effects blockbuster like "The Lord of the Rings"? Li Lin unconsciously clenched his fists, and reaffirmed his belief in making this special effects shot.

Liu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down the agitation in his heart a little, and then pointed to the special effects lens on the computer and said: "This special effects lens is really bad, let alone Director Zhou, even I can't watch it, how can we give someone an explanation for such a work?"

After a pause, Liu Chen asked again: "Let's talk about it, where is the specific reason, and why can't it do such a simple special effect." ”

Speaking of this special effects shot of being bitten by a snake, Li Lin was bitter. Not to mention that the current equipment of the special effects company is not good, it is difficult to make too sophisticated pictures, just the action of the snake biting in the shot, their employees are now confused and have no sense of direction.

After all, it is really difficult for some otaku who have never seen or experienced snake bites to design snake bites.

After listening to Li Lin's explanation, Liu Chen lowered his head and muttered for a while. Then he said: "I understand, the reason why this special effects shot is not done well is nothing more than that the snake has no sense of reality." So ......"

Liu Chen tapped his fingers on the table, thought about it for a while, and made a decisive decision.

"So, you call the company's special effects staff and go with me to the snake breeding base. Since we can't make the snake realistic, let's scan the real snake!"

Li Lin was stunned for a moment, and his face instantly turned pale. Just kidding, he was most afraid of snakes, and whether the snakes were poisonous or not, he didn't dare touch these mollusks.

"Huh? this ...... Liu Chen, this ......"

Liu Chen waved his hand and directly interrupted Li Lin, "What are you talking about, go!"

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Hearing the big boss speak, asking the company's employees to go to the snake breeding base, and those little things that are not cute to have a close contact, the company up and down immediately was a voice of complaint! However, grievances are grievances, and who dares not listen to the words explained by the boss.

After everyone assembled, Liu Chen took the lead and drove to the snake breeding base outside the city.

This is a snake breeding base called Snake King in the northern suburbs of Jianghai, and there are many types of snakes in it. However, most of them are non-venomous cauliflower snakes. The special effects staff not only came, but also brought some equipment. They plan to use motion capture technology to generate a model of a snake that can then be added to the special effects shot.

Motion capture technology was proposed as early as the nineties. The light and shadow industry is the first special effects company to apply this technology to films. Liu Chen knows that in the future, the application of this technology will become more and more extensive, and at that time, not only film and television, but even games will also commonly use motion capture technology.

The boss of the snake breeding base warmly received Liu Chen and the others, and heard that they were here to make a movie, and even patted his chest on the spot and said that he could borrow the snake from his own base, and there was no charge! Hearing the guarantee of the boss of the base, Liu Chen smiled bitterly, you know, Liu Chen's original words were that they were here to make special effects for the movie!

Of course, since the boss understands that it is making movies, Liu Chen doesn't need to explain anything, he can only regard this as an ordinary person's love for movies!

Yes, there is no shortage of ordinary people in Huaxia who love movies, and if you think about it, you will find it.

What is lacking is self-confidence in the bones, and if foreigners do it normally, we can't do it ourselves? The self-confidence that has been built up for thousands of years will be lost in a few decades.

Liu Chen is angry about this.