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Li Wei arrived at San Francisco International Airport at noon, accompanied by seven or eight people, this is a business trip, Li Wei is also going to visit Miss Lai after work.

The time has come to December 1991, and the crew of "The End of the World" has been prepared, and the personnel of each department are basically in place, and they have now moved to Chicago, Illinois, and can start filming after the special effects department is established.

The special effects of this movie are very important, especially the train crash scene at the beginning, which requires the hiring of a large number of technicians, special effects personnel, and the insurance company to participate in the whole process, and at the same time to transfer to Dilsboro, North Carolina to shoot, this scene alone will cost you Li Wei a month or more.

Li Wei came to San Francisco today to get the special effects team done, and he was going to visit Industrial Light & Magic, a famous special effects production company in North America.

After leaving the airport, Li Wei got into a Bentley car, and the driver, Martin, was taken over by him to take over the driving work, and only the agent Tracy and the lawyer Richie were in the car. Holler, the rest of the crew was placed in another car.

"Which hotel would you like to stay in?" Tracy behaved like a nanny, responsible for Li Wei's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

"You contact Daniel. Zhong, he opened a new restaurant in San Francisco, I'll go to him! Li Wei's mind was on Lai Girl, "Is Leni at home?" ”

Tracy nodded and said, "She has just recovered, and she was originally going to participate in the promotion of "New Father-in-law", knowing that you were coming to San Francisco, she was waiting for you at home, but her mother watched very strictly, and you should be ready to be expelled again!" ”

Li Wei no longer asked, Richie. Holler continued: "Will, as your lawyer, I don't have the right to make a choice for you, I only offer advice to Jon. The risk of Voith's cooperation is relatively large, in case he hacks your money, I am not sure to win the lawsuit! ”

"I know!" Li Wei a few days ago with Jon. Voight reached an intention to cooperate, he was determined to participate in Su Lian's investment, "I have a recording of his enemy's family, don't worry about him for the time being, in addition, my investment this time, is just to ask for directions, my purpose is to enter his circle, otherwise I can't find a better partner, in the next few years, Su Lian's side is an unguarded diamond mine, I have asked my private investigator to start investigating Jon. As a partner of Voight, I always find a win-win opportunity! ”

The car drove all the way into the suburb of the city's Pusidi Park, an artsy garden area with a hill inside where you can see the sign of Industrial Light and Magic, where the headquarters is located.

In front of the gate, stands a statue of Star Wars Jedi Master Yoda, and behind the statue is a row of office buildings with simple shapes that are connected internally.

These buildings are the greenhouses that gave birth to Hollywood's special effects masterpieces, and the laboratories that explore the future of special effects technology.

When Li Wei came out of the parking lot, the high-level of Industrial Light & Magic was already waiting for him.

Creative Director Dennis. Mullen was the first to reach out and said with a smile: "Welcome, Lee, it's our honor to be part of your film!" ”

Li Wei immediately responded to him: "I am also honored to work with you!" ”

Dennis. Mullen is not an ordinary person, he does visual effects for "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, is currently the number one master in the field of CG special effects, and is a frequent visitor to the Oscar technical awards, and the liquid robot of "Terminator 2" was led by him.

Dennis. There were three other people standing beside Mullen, and he introduced them one by one:

"His name is Ben. Snow is our VFX Supervisor! ”

"He's John. De Costella, is our Chief Creative Tube! ”

"He's John. Knoll is my personal creative assistant! ”

The first two people Li Wei was not familiar with, and the last one he knew a little, John. Knoll just invented Photoshop software last year and is a computer genius.

The headquarters of ILM is not large, with no more than 100 employees, but Li Wei knows that this is the most profitable film company in North America, and it will be acquired by Disney in 20 years, and the transaction price is as high as 4 billion US dollars.

It's a pity that this is the planet Emperor George. Lucas's base camp, Li Wei can't insert his feet in for the time being.

After the group visited the office area, Li Wei was introduced to the conference room.

Dennis. Mullen began to speak officially, "Technology is not our focus, film is, film is more important than technology, our company only serves the director, uses technology to meet the requirements of the director, to achieve the effect that the director wants, the meaning of our company's existence is to help the director make the most perfect movie!" ”

"I love your service!" Li Wei then said: "You have the best makeup artists, model artists, special effects artists, I need them all, I hope you can set up a team to serve my films!" ”

"What is the task of a makeup artist? I want to pick the most suitable colleague according to your requirements! ”

Li Wei said: "I want to become a middle-aged man about forty years old in the movie, with wrinkles, beard, and skin, all of which have to be hidden from the audience!" ”

"What about models, people, buildings, what exactly are the models?"

"There is a train crash in my movie, and I need a real crash, and in the meantime, I need to use a dummy in the car, and I believe you can solve this problem for me!"

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The special effects of "The End of the World" are actually only the part where the train crashes, and it doesn't even need too much CG production, but it's a bit difficult, this kind of scene is the most costly, and it must be passed at one time, Li Wei doesn't want to do it several times in a row, otherwise he will have to make additional investment.

Li Wei stayed in the conference room for a long time, signed a contract with Industrial Light and Magic, the workload is not a lot, compared with the movies in the previous life that often had thousands of CG special effects shots, "The End of the World" is not even a blockbuster, and this movie did not receive the Best Special Effects Award nomination at the Oscar in the previous life.

But the first cooperation between the two sides has established a good relationship, action movies have always been the VIP customers of special effects companies, with Li Wei's fame, the cost of movies is gradually increasing, and in the future, it will definitely have to deal with Industrial Light and Magic for a long time, this is the consensus of the high-level people, Dennis. Mullen even directly led the special effects team and gave Li Wei the green light that they would serve "The Outlaw" first.

It was six o'clock in the afternoon when ILM came out, Dennis. Mu Lun held a dinner party for Li Wei, and Li Wei couldn't refuse, so he could only participate in the entertainment.

After the dinner, Li Wei was already drunk, and he couldn't see Miss Lai today.

Martin drove directly to Daniel's restaurant, located in the garden corner square in the center of San Francisco's Chinatown, a very prosperous area, next to the same newly opened luxury movie theater, belonging to REG Emperor Entertainment Group's Regal Cinema Line, this company was founded only two years ago, and is currently not conspicuous in North America, but will develop into a major leader in the movie chain in the future.

When he arrived at the parking lot of the restaurant, Li Wei saw Daniel waiting for him, the restaurant had just opened, Daniel had stayed here for the past month, the old man had run the catering business prosperously, in this process, Li Wei provided him with great help, the huge photo of the restaurant in Los Angeles was simply a celebrity endorsement, which made him a lot of money, otherwise he couldn't afford to open this two-star restaurant.

Old friends met with a burst of greetings, Li Wei did not change his true colors, laughed and joked with Daniel, "I heard that you soaked a nineteen-year-old girl, remember to take care of your body, Daniel!" ”

Daniel's face flushed, and he said stupidly, "I don't need to take health pills, really, Will!" Please, I've got hairy crabs for you! ”

Li Wei patted his stomach and said with a smile: "Although I have drunk enough, I still have to taste this crab!" ”

It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and there were relatively few guests, but Li Wei still attracted the attention of a middle-aged white man nearby, who looked very sven, and hurriedly moved over and greeted Li Wei, "Hi, you are Will. Plum? I can't believe you'll stay in a hotel like this! ”

Before he could get closer, the middle-aged white man had been stopped by the driver Martin, Li Wei thought he was a movie fan, so he said politely: "The food here is unique, and the service is even more thoughtful, I like it very much!" ”

"Lee, I'm Mike. Campbell, just built a movie theater next door, and I'm here to enjoy the food! The middle-aged white man stretched out his hand from afar, "It's an honor to meet you!" ”

Li Wei had vaguely heard the name, like a big man, and he motioned for Martin to step back and hold Mike. Campbell's hand, laughing, said, "If you don't mind, we can have dinner together, I'm in for a treat!" ”

"Li, you are so generous, I am honored!" Mike. Campbell has seen many celebrities and is not at all excited, but Li Wei has left a good impression on him, and the image of this popular star is obviously not the same as the media reports.