Tim Berners Lee is not only the creator of the World Wide Web, but also the inventor of the world's first web server, and if he is willing to set up a company and commercialize his research results, he will become a billionaire. However, as an idealist, Tim Berners Lee gave up his low-hanging wealth and chose to publish his research results to the outside world for free, such a person must be respected.

Eric and Tim Berners Lee chatted all day, and although they had a very pleasant conversation and admired each other, Tim Berners Lee was never willing to give up his insistence on sharing for free.

Eric couldn't have completely set up IE and develop a graphical browser without Tim Berners Lee, but in doing so, he would have lost the opportunity to be directly involved in the development of Internet Protocol rules.

By the end of the evening, the two people sitting across from each other had fallen silent, and Chris was silently watching the sunset over the sea, and Tim Berners Lee picked up his coffee cup again, crossed his legs and followed Chris to the burning sunset outside the glass curtain wall, knowing that Eric was about to make a final decision.

After a long time, Eric said, "Mr. Li, I can agree that Internet Explorer is free. ”

Tim Berners Lee smiled, and Chris looked at Eric unexpectedly, among the three projects, Chris has always felt that IE is the most commercially promising, and if Eric chooses to even choose this project for free, it will not be a star. However, Chris did not object on the spot.

The free strategy is almost an inevitable trend in the development of software. Eric doesn't know much about the browser software industry, though. But he also knows that software sales revenue is often only the most inconspicuous part of the income of many Internet companies, and the most important thing is users, as long as the number of users is large enough, then the implementation of value-added services on its own platform is the majority of Internet companies' profits.

"There are a few more conditions, though," Eric continued.

Tim Berners Lee made a gesture of please.

Eric said, "First of all, Mr. Li. I would like you to serve as a Senior Technical Advisor to IE. ”

"I can promise you that," Tim Berners Lee nodded cheerfully.

Eric continued: "The second condition is that the World Wide Web Consortium needs to be somewhat inclined to the technical standards of Internet Explorer when developing the Internet Protocol, and in return, IE can donate an annual R&D fund to the World Wide Web Foundation, and at the same time, although IE is free and open to the public, we still have the right to apply for technology patents. ”

Tim Berners Lee gave up patent applications for web servers and World Wide Web technology, as well as the chance to become a billionaire. However, Eric did not have the consciousness of being such a great good person. His philosophy is that I have self-funded and developed software, which can be used by you for free, but mine is still mine, you can use it, but don't try to keep it for yourself.

Tim Berners Lee knew that Eric still had no idea of giving up the monopoly, but it seemed to be the best solution, and he was not willing to commercialize his own technology, but he could not ask others to do so according to his own standards.

"Personally, I'm sorry for your second condition, but I'll need to negotiate this with the rest of the group. ”

"Of course," Eric nodded, knowing that Tim Berners Lee had a high reputation in the World Wide Web League, and since he had agreed to it, there would be little more surprises.

Tim Berners-Lee returned to MIT the next day, and although the Los Angeles riots continued, the situation had stabilized. After a new week, people are back to work, and Eric continues to be busy preparing for Jurassic Park.

The most important dinosaur models needed for the movie have all been decided, and CG special effects artists in the digital field have begun to develop dinosaur special effects technology.

As the producer of "Jurassic Park", Jerry Bruckheimer has also been in contact with the filming location of "Jurassic Park" during this time, and the main location of Kauai, Hawaii, has been determined, and Jerry Bruckheimer has been looking for the amber mine scene needed for the beginning of the movie in several island countries in Central America during the Los Angeles riots.

Eric, on the other hand, was involved in the film's all-important casting work.

Perhaps because the memory in his mind was too clear, Eric didn't like any of the many audition actor materials submitted, and finally asked people to contact Sam Neal.

Sam Neill has entered the film and television industry in the 70s, although his acting skills are good, but he has never become popular, except for occasional supporting roles in some mainstream commercial films, the rest of the time has been mixed in the circle of small-budget independent films.

Receiving Firefly's invitation to "Jurassic Park", Sam Neill was of course overjoyed, and without seeing the script at all, he personally called and agreed to the matter.

But then there was another trouble, before receiving the invitation to "Jurassic Park", Sam Neill had signed the second male lead in Warner's sci-fi film "Invisible Wall Piercing", which is said to have invested $40 million, but Eric had no impression, thinking that he must have hit the street.

Although "Invisible Piercing the Wall" is barely a big production, the second male lead in this movie cannot be compared with the male lead in "Jurassic Park".

Sam Neill immediately chose to terminate his contract with Warner, even during the filming of a movie, it is very common to change roles, but after learning the reason for Sam Neil's termination, the shrewd Warner was unwilling. Warners has always had controversy about the project "Invisible Piercing Man", so although the film has an investment of up to $40 million, the cast is very simple, and among all the actors, only Daryl Hannah, who has participated in famous films such as "Wall Street", "Magnolia" and "Blade Runner", is somewhat famous, and the actor Chevy Chase is a middle-aged actor of Sam Neil's age. And it's the same situation as Sam Neal. It's been tepid.

Warner realized it was a very good opportunity. After all, Eric's movies can often make some less famous actors famous in one fell swoop, so Warner directly sat on the ground on the grounds of the actor contract in his hand, and put forward the condition that if Eric wants Sam Neil, he must be named executive producer on the film "Invisible Piercing Man", and the films in which Eric is the producer have not failed, Warner obviously wants to use Eric's personal box office appeal. Not only that, Warner also promoted Sam Neill to the role of male number one.

There is such a thing as an actor contract. If you don't take it seriously, the contract will often be terminated, and everyone will get together and disperse, after all, the investment in a movie is tens of millions at every turn, and no one has time to fight each other.

However, if it is more serious, it will be a lot of trouble, and it is not unheard of to have a lawsuit for several years.

Eric certainly couldn't be named executive producer on a film he hadn't heard of at all, and he was even more reluctant to ask Warner for a script that he had read other than an invisible gimmick. There isn't much new, and the plot is a bit scattered.

But. Warner has invested a lot of preliminary work in this project, and the money has spent millions, and it is definitely not possible to cancel the film project, so you can only grit your teeth and hold on.

After a week of negotiations, the two sides finally barely reached an agreement, and Eric's executive producer in another Warner film, Sam Neal, was re-signed as the male lead in "Invisible Wall Piercing", and continued to shoot the film after the filming of "Jurassic Park" was completed.

After some picking, Eric finally chose a movie being shot by Warner, and the actor happened to be Kevin Costner, who won Best Director and Best Actor for "Dances with Wolves" this year, and the name of the movie is "Bodyguard".

The position of executive producer is very broad, you can manage anything or nothing, and the most famous executive producer in Hollywood is Spielberg, who will be named executive producer on at least five films a year on average.

While arguing with Warner over Sam Neil's contract, Eric was also busy with the heroine and other supporting roles, the two small protagonists, Eric chose a little boy in Spielberg's "Captain Hawke", and the other little girl character was recommended by Jerry Bruckheimer, and Eric happily sold Jerry Bruckheimer this face.

However, Eric did not tell Jerry that this little girl will become the most unpopular character in "Jurassic Park", Eric remembers that in the original time and space, "Jurassic Park" was popular all over the world, and the surrounding sales were also in full swing, but because of a series of pig teammates behavior of John Hudmon's granddaughter in the movie, she became the most disgusting character in "Jurassic Park", so the producer simply canceled the little girl's live-action doll production.

During the audition for the heroine, Nicole, who was nervously filming "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", took Pie Kingsley to find Eric in person and recommended to him an actress recently signed by Pin Kingsley, after Pin Kinsley terminated the contract with Tom Cruise, he quickly signed some actors with good potential, and originally sent Kinsley to get "Jurassic Park" after getting Nicole's reminder The position of the actor and the information have been handed to Eric, but Eric already has the best candidate in his heart, and Pie Kinsley can only retreat and hit the idea on the heroine.

Coincidentally, Eric was also very surprised to see the actress recommended by Pie Kingsley, this actress was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, tall, with small eyes, but she made people feel very comfortable laughing, and most importantly, this actress named Helen Hunt happened to be the heroine of "Tornado" in the original time and space.

From P. Kingsley, Eric knew that Helen Hunter's career in the film industry had not improved, and he had planned to act in a TV series, but under the persuasion of Pis Kingsley, he quickly decided to give it a go, transferred his contract to Pis Kingsley, and actively fought for the opportunity to play the heroine of "Jurassic Park".

Although he understands Nicole's careful thoughts, Eric doesn't care very much, in the past few years, Eric has deeply understood that Hollywood is actually a small circle of love, although the rules for selecting actors according to the standard audition process have been carried out, but more often, it is often the actor and the director or producer who chat casually, eat a few meals, and the role is decided. So Eric is not against Nicole running her own coterie either.

Moreover, Helen Hunter also won the Oscar for Best Actress with "Perfect" in the original time and space, which means that this woman must have no problem with her acting skills, and Eric was even more satisfied after the audition, so he quickly signed a contract with the other party.

May passed day by day, the summer of 1992 was approaching, and the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots gradually dissipated, although in the process of the riots, some blacks saved whites by the media, which played a certain role in buffering racial conflicts, but in fact, many things still did not change, not only that, because of the impact of the riots, the discrimination was more intense, in Los Angeles, there were many owners who fired black employees, because they felt that black employees were a very unstable factor。

In addition, the Los Angeles County government has also told the public that it will reopen the Rodney King case, and Eric knows that this case will only have one outcome, and that is "guilty." Moreover, the trigger of the riots, Mr. Rodney King, a parole co-nvict who was imprisoned for robbery and drunk and racing, also duly sued the Los Angeles County Government for huge personal damages, and the information published in the media showed that Mr. Rodney King demanded $54 million in compensation from the Los Angeles County Government at a 'price' of $1 million per stick (in that police violence video, Rodney King was beaten a total of 54 sticks).

After Eric saw these news, he could only sneer, and he was destined to be unable to change anything, although the huge compensation of $54 million was impossible for the Los Angeles County Government to pay, but the final compensation amount would definitely reach millions of dollars, and the money would also come from taxpayers, but this time, Eric thought that the taxpayers who were devastated by the riots would definitely not be making unfair statements. (To be continued......)