"Mr. Xiao, we succeeded! We really made it! ”

When the conversation between Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling was tense, they didn't expect this person to rush in with such a sentence, which surprised the two of them. Xiao Ran looked at it calmly, and the person who came turned out to be Zhong Zhixing, the head of the special effects team under the command of the computer department.

A trip to the bell? Xiao Ran's mind quickly repeated this question. In an instant, he remembered. In his original history, Chung was the leader of Asia's largest computer special effects company, Xiantao Digital, and was praised as a pioneer of computer special effects in Hong Kong, and he once served as the visual effects supervisor of "Kung Fu".

Zhong Zhixing is an early member of the Phantom Computer Department, among this group of people, Zhong Zhixing's ability is not the best, but his popularity and leadership skills are the best. Therefore, he took the position of team leader. However, it can also be seen that Hong Kong films have lost many pioneer talents, which led to Zhong Zhixing being able to become the number one master of computer special effects in Hong Kong in the future.

Xiao Ran remembered even more that at the beginning of this year, he gave the idea of "Terminator 2" to the screenwriting team, and asked them to use it as a basis to write a script that met logic and conditions. At that time, in order to complete the script, the screenwriting team even selected four people to work together, and also invited famous professional professors and scientists to guide the part of the script about the growth of science and technology.

Although the script of "Terminator 2" was completed, the task assigned by Xiao Ran to the computer special effects department - to produce a realistic virtual human, which is the liquid metal man in it, has never succeeded.

And now Zhong Zhixing came here in such ecstasy, could it be...... Xiao Ran couldn't help but tremble with excitement, and even got goosebumps on his skin with excitement. Countless thoughts went through his mind, and if he really succeeded, it would mean that he had mastered computer special effects ahead of Hollywood. Mastering computer special effects means ......

At this moment, Xiao Ran's whole body became hot, and he only felt as if his whole body was burning. He reluctantly calmed his voice a little, but he was startled when he said it, and his voice was so dry: "Ah Xing, do you mean that the virtual person has been successfully made?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Xiao, it has been completely successful just now!" Zhong Zhixing was also very excited, but he was not blind, and he could see that Xiao Ran was ten times more excited than him: "Why don't you go up and take a look?" ”

The Phantom Computer Department is actually on the top of the headquarters floor, of course, the security here is extremely tight, all of them are retired soldiers from the mainland, or special soldiers, which shows how much Xiao Ran attaches importance to this.

Just kidding, don't take it seriously? In just two years since its establishment, the department has invested a full 3 billion Hong Kong dollars. Not only in Hong Kong, but also in the world, what company is willing to spend billions to toss this seemingly useless thing. Moreover, please note that the Phantom's assets at the beginning of this year were only seven or eight billion, which is worth playing.

Xiao Ran could still hold it, and pulled Wei Dongling to the computer department with Zhong Zhixing. When the company staff saw the boss and the boss, one looked excited, the other looked confused, and thought something was wrong, so they all stuck out their heads to observe. It only confused them even more, because they saw that these guys were almost running out.

Under normal circumstances, Xiao Ran must say hello to the security guards. But now that he was completely out of the mood, he just wanted to see that damn virtual person as soon as possible. When he came to the special effects department, Xiao Ran saw at a glance that there were countless large or small machines inside.

Strangely enough, there was not a single worker here, until they came to the door of a large room, and they saw that the room was full of people, all chattering and exclamation. When they saw Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling, they were all smiling and full of flowers to get out of the way.

Coming to the big screen, Xiao Ran finally saw the virtual person he dreamed of, under the influence of the staff, the virtual person on the screen was running or running, standing or lying. The staff fiddled with it again, and in a good mood, they "planted" the skin on the virtual person.

In silence, the virtual person immediately had a pair of facial features and a very complete skin, which looked extremely realistic, definitely not inferior to the liquid metal man in "Terminator 2". Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling were stunned, Wei Dongling was shocked, and Xiao Ran was happy and excited.

After a long time, Xiao Ran came back to his senses: "Try to transform him into the form of a liquid metal man!" The staff immediately got busy, and after a while, they soon saw this person transform into other shapes, which almost made Wei Dongling's eyes explode.

It really worked! Xiao Ran had a thought of ecstasy, he didn't even want to suppress his emotions, but excitedly shouted around: "We succeeded, everything we do today will definitely leave a heavy mark in the history of world cinema, because we have created a more advanced film technology!" ”

Wei Dongling still opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it until Xiao Ran hugged him deeply in ecstasy, and then hugged each other to celebrate the victory regardless of his identity and other staff members who were extremely excited by Xiao Ran's words.

When Wei Dongling came back to his senses, he found that Xiao Ran was hugging people frantically, and there were many beautiful female surnames among these dozens of staff members. Seeing this scene, he immediately threw himself into this unique way of celebrating.

This night, Xiao Ran not only issued a reward, but even held a party for them to invite these staff, including the animation department. In fact, there are a considerable number of foreigners, all of whom are masters invited by Phantom abroad, and they have played a very important role in this development. Locals and foreigners, who were originally at odds with each other, became much closer after this time.

At the party, everyone partyed to their heart's content to relax their tired bodies and minds. Everyone was drunk, except for the four team leaders of the animation team and the special effects team, who didn't drink much, and they wanted to take advantage of the victory.

This party was held at Xiao Ran's house, and it was originally intended to blackmail Wei Dongling, but Wei Dongling would rather die than give in, so Xiao Ran had no choice but to choose the place in his own house. However, fortunately, the whole family moved to the Taipan House after the reunion, which is also 11 Big Wave Bay Road, which is very spacious.

At the side of the swimming pool, which is divided into a warm pool and a cold pool, the four team leaders found Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling, as well as Lin Qingxia. After finding a place to sit down, Zhong Zhixing asked very simply and cheerfully: "Mr. Xiao, what should we do now?" ”

Xiao Ran smiled weirdly, he knew that "Terminator 2" had opened up a certain market for Western films in Hong Kong, so he deliberately took out this script. Of course, it's just a creative idea, and it's completely different in terms of specific plots.

Now that the liquid metal man in the film has been made, it's time to start filming this scene. After pondering for a while, Xiao Ran took a sip of water, and then said with a relaxed and happy smile: "I want to start this play, and when the time comes, you must allocate the best manpower to cooperate with the crew." However, I don't think that virtual person is very flexible in terms of movements and expressions, is there something wrong? ”

Zhong Zhixing scratched his head, this was some details, and told Xiao Ran with a dry smile: "Actually, this is not completely completed, but we all believe that we can make this virtual person complete within a month and become a realistic living person on the screen." ”

"That's fine, but it's not enough!" Xiao Ran smiled, he remembered that a special effects blockbuster like "The Day After Tomorrow", as long as it can achieve this level, it is really worth the extra money invested: "In the coming year, your task is to create a virtual environmental background and the production of disaster scenes. For example, if you are asked to make a prehistoric flood scene, you can make it realistic? ”

Zhong Zhixing opened his mouth wide, that kind of difficulty is definitely not small, it requires a very large database. After thinking about it, he didn't speak, but the deputy team leader, who was also a foreigner invited back from the United States, couldn't help but say: "This is very difficult, I think it will probably take a while!" ”

"No problem, I want money to give you money, I want equipment to give you equipment, when did I refuse the request of your special effects department!" Xiao Ran is telling the truth, he has never refused the equipment and financial aspects needed by the computer department when he applied.

The two team leaders of the animation team are a little embarrassed, and the special effects team has made results, but their progress has not been great. Xiao Ran didn't care much about this, after all, 3D animation only matured after "Toy Story", and it was still a long way away.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the animation team, Xiao Ran smiled heartily, Wei Dongling couldn't help but laugh and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiao has decided to start filming a cartoon to test your results." ”

Xiao Ran's play for the animation team is the classic "Beauty and the Beast", and what makes him difficult is not in animation production, he believes that the animation department can do it. His confidence is even more because the current cartoons are not very technical, and ordinary hand-drawn animations are as delicious as they are, and the key lies in the plot and theme.

What made Xiao Ran embarrassed for a long time was the screenwriter, he gave this script to the Phantom screenwriting team, but the effect was not at all like that kind of cartoon. Later, I still found a few relatively young screenwriters, plus the Phantom screenwriting team made slight changes to the theme and plot.

What's even more difficult is that in terms of directors, there are a number of directors in Hong Kong, but there is not even a director who is good at animation in history. This made Xiao Ran extremely embarrassed, and finally gave several young directors funds in the form of selection, allowing them to cooperate with the animation team, and only then did they select a talented young man in the animated short film of about ten minutes produced.

This is actually a very funny thing, there has never been a film company like Phantom, in order to cultivate talents, and specially spend money into the water to give young directors the opportunity to take the position. However, this is Xiao Ran's advantage, he does so many things and invests so much, for the sake of movies, otherwise with the stocks he bought, in ten years, at least he will be able to become the top ten richest people in the world.

There is no doubt that the current Phantom special effects team has gathered top masters from all over Asia and even the world, and under such circumstances, it is absolutely normal to be able to get ahead of Hollywood, which currently invests almost zero in special effects. Moreover, the only one who can compete in this area in the world is Industrial Light and Magic, and this is also the industry of Phantom. In Xiao Ran's expectations, it will be able to monopolize the special effects for at least ten years.

The animation is a little worse, although there is Pixar at present, but Pixar is obviously not strong enough at the moment, and it will take a few more years to mature. In terms of animation, the Phantom's biggest rivals are Disney and DreamWorks, and of course, it's a mystery whether DreamWorks will appear or not.

In terms of sound effects, the Phantom acquired Dolby Laboratories and then Skywalker Recordings. Mastering these two companies that set the industry standard means that sound and recording will be the world of phantoms in the future.

Now Xiao Ran really has a feeling of looking down on the world, and he has laid all the ambushes that challenge Hollywood and control world movies. As long as the Asian market is consolidated and the European market is developed, Hollywood will have the power to recover at that time, and I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Phantom, besides, the sinister and cunning Xiao Ran may not know what tricks he has hidden.

After they all left, Lin Qingxia also went to greet the others. Xiao Ran continued today's unfinished topic with Wei Dongling, and asked with a relaxed smile: "With today's encounter, do you think what I said in the morning is possible?" ”

Wei Dongling smiled bitterly, he didn't know how Xiao Ran expected it, but now he couldn't help but admit that this was indeed very likely to be successful: "However, I don't think this has anything to do with the impact on the North American market!" ”

Xiao Ran smiled slightly, now that this technology is in the hands of the phantom, it is needless to say what to apply for a patent. In the future, Hollywood's special effects production will be controlled by the Phantom, and on the surface, it seems that there is a good chance to beat Hollywood. However, movies are very particular cultural products, and they also need a strong market as support, which is enough to fight.

Since this matter has not evolved very seriously in the first year, it is necessary to enter the mainland market on a large scale after the chief's southern tour in 92. With the mainland market, it's never too late to compete with Hollywood, and both Debao and Tianluo still need time to grow.

Expansion is no longer the main theme of the Phantom at the moment, but the focus is on securing the Asian market and winning the European market. Although this statement is somewhat similar to that of the Chinese Football Association, the strategy is included.

At present, South Korea's policy restricts the cinema chain in South Korea, and it is difficult for the cinema chain to continue to release Phantom films, and other countries and regions may not do so in the future. The Southeast Asian market must be solved first, otherwise they will easily get into trouble now.

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