"Untie me, the most mysterious waiting, the stars are falling, the wind is blowing, and finally embraces you into my arms again, two hearts tremble"

"Tightly tied with me for a long time, this pair of ten-finger buckles, wait for the next life to rub shoulders and look back, and stay together again"

In the recording studio on the third floor of Concord, Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi each wore a large headset, looked at the lyrics in front of them attentively, and sang the theme song "Beautiful Myth" of "Myth" with the music. [Full text reading]

Xia Houmo stood in the studio and nervously paid attention to everything on the scene, and at the same time instructed the staff to adjust the recording equipment at any time, "Okay, that's it, it's good to slow down the accompaniment of the piano part, improve the mix, and go higher, right"

Don't look at Xiahou Mo's usual aunt and grandmother's style in Concord Company, when she is fully engaged in her work, it is like a different person, her natural intuition for music has made her grow up to be the head of the Concord sound department at a young age, and these subordinates who have been trained by her are also top and strong.

When Wang Xiaohu finished singing the lyrics of "Love is the only unchanging and beautiful myth in my heart", Xiahou Mo snapped his fingers and said, "OK! It works well. Then he smiled and pushed open the glass door and walked into the recording studio and said, "Brother Tiger, this song is so romantic!" ”

"Hehe, how was the recording just now?" Wang Xiaohu took a sip of water and asked.

Xiahou Mo frowned, crossed his hands on his chest and said, "It's okay, that's it"

"What's it?" Zhao Yazhi hurriedly asked, you must know that her lyrics are the most difficult to master, she has re-recorded no less than 5 times today, and the boring thing of recording is not lower than the intensity of filming, she would rather shoot for ten days on the set than stay in the recording studio for a day.

"Ahem." Xiahou Mo coughed lightly twice and said, "It's better if you were singing together, the two of you looked at each other and showed that feeling!" ”

"Dead girl, if you're going to get married, you're still tricking me!" When Zhao Yazhi heard this, she picked up the simple score and smashed it at Xiahou Mo, and said dissatisfiedly: "This is not a MV, what do you want to do with facial expressions, really, Ah Hu, I decided, when Xiaomo gets married, there will be fewer red envelopes." ”

"Oh, the boss lady doesn't want it!" Xiahou Mo hurriedly ran over and pulled Zhao Yazhi's arm and shook it, begging bitterly: "Boss, it's okay if I'm wrong, don't be so stingy." ”

Zhao Yazhi raised her head and smiled, and snorted, "Let's see if you dare to scare me in the future." ”

"Don't dare, never dare!" Xiahou Mo raised his hands in assurance.

Wang Xiaohu sighed when he saw this, walked to the studio with the lyrics, and asked the recording engineer to develop the song he had just recorded and take it to himself.

In the original version of "Myth", it may be in consideration of Kim Hee-sun's appeal at the Korean box office, so this "Beautiful Myth" (it seems to be also called "Endless Love", right?) The female voice is sung in Korean Chinese, although Wang Xiaohu feels that the Korean Chinese part sounds good, but he can't let Korean Chinese appear in the song.

He also considered using Sun Nan and Han Hong's version of the lyrics, but neither he nor Zhao Yazhi were the kind of soprano singers whose lung capacity was terrifying, and finally adopted the lyrics of the TV series "Myth", after all, the two are in the same vein, and the female part is much simpler and smoother than the Korean version of the lyrics.

"Ah Zhi, you talk to Xiaomo for a while, and I'll go and see Lucas and their post-production." Wang Xiaohu said to the two who were still bargaining, pushed open the door of the recording studio and walked to the fifth floor.

The office building of Concord Company has only six floors, the first floor is the reception and publicity department, the second floor is the screenwriting department and props department, the entire third floor is the recording studio and sound production department, the fourth floor is the staff canteen, the fifth floor is the editing room and special effects production department, Wang Xiaohu and his five major satellite companies permanent residence office space, conference room is arranged on the sixth floor.

The second, third and fifth floors have strict anti-theft measures, and the warehouse is located next to the main building of Concord, connected to the main building, where it used to be the old office building of Concord Company, and is now converted into a warehouse, storing many expensive photographic equipment, costumes and props of Concord, and there are also strict anti-theft measures, as well as careful security measures, which are arranged to prevent theft.

At the beginning, Wang Xiaohu did not plan to let these war scenes be processed by computer special effects, but after Lucas played him only ten seconds of composite pictures, Wang Xiaohu decided to use computer processing, even if the current computer special effects are not very mature, but the processed picture is still much better than the original visual effects.

Wang Xiaohu walked into the special effects room, saw Lucas and Grant were busy, leaned on the back of their chairs and asked, "George, how is the current progress?" ”

Lucas shrugged and said, "Boss, this is a very big project for us, I also talked to Grant just now, and when it comes to processing some of the footage, our computer is obviously not enough, and it is very slow to process. ”

Wang Xiaohu nodded, and then said with a smile: "Let me see what makes movie magicians worry." ”

Grant sighed three times in a row, pointed to the antique monitor and said, "See, this is it, this progress bar has been stopped for an hour." ”

"Uh, what does it stand for?" Wang Xiaohu asked.

"It's the big scenes you shot, God, the endless arrows flying in the sky, and the endless soldiers, who are like ants that occupy too much of the film." Lucas grabbed his head and said, "Our computer calculus is slow. ”

"That means the hardware can't be reached?" Wang Xiaohu concluded: "If the computer hardware is improved, will it be smoother to deal with? ”

"That's right." Grant nodded affirmatively and said, "Our computers are the most advanced equipment in the United States, and they still have this maddening processing speed, boss, they are already very desperate." ”

"I know, I know." Wang Xiaohu patted his forehead, it is really maddening to encounter such a thing, in simple terms, it is like running a 3D game with 386 machines and equipment, the picture must be dull, and if the hardware part of the equipment is not improved, it can only go on at a slow speed, this is a very fatal thing, and Wang Xiaohu has no way to do it.

"It seems that it is necessary to invest in a computer hardware company." Wang Xiaohu thought so, and then he patted Lucas and Grant on the shoulders and said, "Guys, you've worked hard, take your time, we still have plenty of time." ”

After returning to his office, Wang Xiaohu thought for a while, and then dialed Winterdur's phone: "Hi, old Wen, I'm sorry to disturb your dreams so late, oh no, it's not a publicity thing, in fact, we have encountered a little trouble and have to postpone the North American publicity plan." Here's the thing, after dawn I need your help to sort out the information of the most developed computer hardware manufacturers in the United States today, and send it to me in the fastest way, yes, it is best to write the contact information of the main person in charge of each company, so that it is convenient for me to contact them. Thank you and good night. ”

When he returned to the fifth floor again, Lucas complained to Wang Xiaohu: "Boss, why don't you reduce the extras as appropriate in this kind of war scene, I think, I think we can use computer special power to deal with it." ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled bitterly and said, "Do you have any good solutions?" ”

"Yes, when dealing with these special effects, I seriously considered whether it was possible to have a small number of actors on the scene, and then supplement them with computer special effects, or copy the footage of a few of them," Lucas frowned, obviously he was not very mature in this idea.

Wang Xiaohu said: "It doesn't seem to be a problem with the picture, but the source data, cloning technology?" ”

"Yes, clone, that's too straightforward to put it in that word, it's clone." Lucas's eyes lit up and he said, "Boss, how did you come up with that?" ”

"Actually, I also considered it before shooting, but I am not an expert in this area, and it is impossible to use dummies and props to shoot, sometimes live-action performances are much more real and beautiful than computer special effects, especially this kind of war scene." Wang Xiaohu took a deep breath and said, his tone did not hide the pride of using the military to shoot.

"George, when the work here is completed, you can organize the geniuses of ILM to study this cloning technology, of course, I will find a way to solve the problem of computer hardware." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile

In the gap when Lucas and others were desperately working for the special effects of "Myth", Wang Xiaohu was in full swing to arrange another big plan, which was mainly for the mainland.

Since the film is co-produced by Hong Kong and the mainland, it is bound to be released in theaters in the mainland, but just like Wang Xiaohu with computer special effects hardware, the number of theaters and hardware in the mainland are also very backward, which means that the visual feast they have carefully created may be affected by the backward mainland film industry.

This is something that Wang Xiaohu resolutely did not allow to happen, so on the one hand, he asked the editing department to make a set of corresponding copies according to the current projection equipment in the mainland, and at the same time, he also had several phone calls with Minister Huang Zhen of the Ministry of Culture, and the content of the call was mainly three points.

1. The Hong Kong Concord Company's application for the establishment of a cinema in a relatively developed city on the mainland is, of course, a state-owned joint venture with the mainland, and the Concord Company will provide the purchase of film equipment, and the price will be borne by both parties, and a large part of the Concord will certainly be borne by the two sides.

Second, Wang Xiaohu will go to the mainland again after the Spring Festival to discuss the box office sharing with the Ministry of Culture, after all, it is about money, and this matter has been delayed for three whole years, and if it is not resolved, I am afraid it will become a problem for Wang Xiaohu.

3. Invested by the Concord Company and implemented by the mainland, a large number of mobile screening teams will be established.

(To be continued)