Josel was not so easy to fool, "Kai, I looked up your software code, and I don't understand, what is this garbled stuff in the middle?" What is the philosophy behind which you created such a software? ”

Happy hesitated for a moment, but still explained slightly, and said: "This is a new computer writing language, different from C++, you can call it ...... G language, it's still a work in progress. See the name of the software? ”

"Smart?" Josel replied, then frowned, "What do you mean...... Are you writing a new computer language by yourself? NO, I can't believe it. ”

"That's right if you don't believe it. It's just the beginning, maybe it won't work, maybe I won't be able to finish it in my lifetime. But it does not hinder the function of the software, that is, intelligence. ”

The content of the statement is half-true, and Happy said unhurriedly: "I have been researching the possibility of artificial intelligence, but at the moment it is limited to program operation. For example, if you want to calculate 'Male + Female = Human?' Demon', you need to make A=male, B=female, and then calculate C=A+B, and finally 'C=human?' Demon as a result. My research is the G language. Maybe I should publish a few papers on artificial intelligence in international journals now, so that everyone can verify whether the direction is correct. ”

"I kind of understand, it's whimsical, I hope you can succeed." Josel was not optimistic about the study. C is a masterpiece that took many years of hard work to complete, and there may be all kinds of faults, but it is the most classic.

"What do you think of the company?" Happy asked.

"Your employees?" Josel scoffed and said, "No kidding. They are not yet worthy of the level of Pixar interns. ”

"Ahem, I'm also an intern."

“…… You're different. Josel stood up and walked over to an empty computer, "Look, it's a rock, are you sure it's not...... A piece of glowing rubber, know that the stone is also textured. But your employees don't even make the most basic observations. And the panda is the main character, oh my, the fur is so fake, the gap with Pixar is at least ten years. You know, Pixar wasn't famous ten years ago. ”

The discussion was so loud that not all of the employees around them did not understand English, and several of them listened with their ears sideways. Someone was not angry: "Is Pixar so good, I see that your "Toy Story" has no hair at all." See our company's intro? That's what we did. ”

"No, it wasn't you who did it, you did it alone." Josel shook his finger. "In fact, Pixar is such a great thing. I think your boss has the same attitude towards this. ”

Nodding happily and generously, a group of employees were speechless.

"Do you know what you're doing?" Josel asked suddenly.

"Doing animated films?" Someone tried to say.

"So do you know the specific process of character animation in animated films? Where are the most important steps in animated films, does anyone know? ”

"......" was dumbfounded.

"Well, it looks like Kai hasn't taught you yet." Josel was interested and said to Happy, "I need someone to translate for me." ”

Happy snapped his fingers: "Xiaobai." ”

Their discussion was so loud that a group of people had already stopped working and gathered around.

"Computer character animation is generally done through the following steps: story - script script - character modeling - modeling (including skeleton) - texture material - animation - lighting - rendering - post-compositing. If it was before, I would definitely say that the animation step is the hardest and most important. But when I see this software, I have to say, the most important thing is modeling. ”

"Modeling is not about accuracy, it's about artistry, like the dinosaur model in Jurassic Park. Material mapping, the texture of the material, is to give the model vivid surface characteristics, which are embodied in the color, transparency, reflectivity, reflective intensity, self-illumination and roughness of the object. The materials and textures of the model should match the properties of real-life objects. ”

He suddenly pointed to a picture being made on the computer, and said, "This plate of steamed buns is very good, the same as the one I have eaten, I think someone must point you out." ”

Mu Gao on the side said: "This is what I did, you are right, the boss instructed me to complete this plate of steamed buns." ”

"Bingo, I guessed right."

Josel smiled, "I'm sure you guys will think this plate of buns is very good." Why is it good, I think he must have eaten a lot of steamed buns and carefully observed every part of the steamed buns. Then the same is true of stones, sparkling stones, which do not appear by the river. That would be too fake, and the discerning viewer would surely be able to see that something was wrong at a glance. ”

He spread his hands, and that was the end of it.

"Then try it, Josel." Perhaps we can forge a different path from the East. Hollywood is already very narrow, what can you do when you go back. ”

Cartoons are very cumbersome, some 1 or 2 minutes will take several months, and the industry calculates the money for this kind of maya3D animation by second (2D is calculated by one card and one card), and the average employee in the United States who does this business does not have an annual salary of about 100,000 US dollars. It's more about making movies, you think about it, and there are big names to dub or something, which is time-consuming and laborious, of course, it costs money.

In short, the high difficulty and long cycle are the biggest factors for its high cost.

In the United States, you don't have enough money reserves, there is simply no room for manoeuvre.

Josel hesitated, "I have to say, your suggestion is fascinating. The cheap labor in the East gives you the best reliance on to display your ideals. I could have stayed for a while, but I always belonged to Hollywood. ”

It's a pity to be happy, after all, the attraction is too low. But still smiling, he hugged Josel, "Very welcome." ”

"Papapapa~~" A group of otaku who were impressed just now applauded warmly, they knew that there was a cow here, and it would definitely be of great help to the movie. (Actually, it's two, but it's a pity that there is that fat man who wants to be the most beautiful female colleague as soon as he comes, and they are automatically hostile to it.) ）

Bai Xiaoya took the time to catch the joy and said: "Boss, the number of employees in the company has exceeded two hundred, we have to change places, otherwise the next batch of employees will enter the company and there will be no place to sit." ”

Suddenly happy, no wonder I feel so crowded, "Change." In the future, when you have money, you can simply build your own house. ”

"Boss, can I give some advice?" Mu Gao suddenly smiled and said, "If you change places, can you expand the desk, I want a big table that is two meters long and one meter wide." He gestured to the desk, which was piled high with papers.

"Boss, can there be a football field near the new company? The World Cup is coming, and it's great to be able to play football together. "There are those who owe money, so they take the opportunity to make demands.

"Football field? You're demanding enough...... Yes, there can be. Happy waved his hand and said: "If there are any other requirements, as long as they are reasonable, try to meet them." ”

"Great, boss, can you upgrade the hard drive of your computer?" "Boss, the office is too narrow, there are no four square meters, and when you turn around, you will be crowded with people." "Boss, can I raise some flowers and plants in the office?" ”……

Happy suddenly had two heads, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Everyone writes a note and hands it over to Director Bai." ”

……

The thing in his busy company is that the box office of "Central Station" only collected 14.3 million in the third week, and in the fourth week, under the irrepressible impact of piracy, it instantly fell below 5.2 million, and the total domestic box office accumulated 49.8 million. The Hollywood blockbuster "Saving Private Ryan" was launched, and then the long-awaited "Titanic" hit hard, and the remaining box office was scarce.

Overall, the domestic box office of the movie broke through the 50 million mark. Without Feng Xiaogang this year, maybe he can still win a domestic box office champion.

In Hong Kong, the box office exceeded 7 million in two weeks after its release, which has scared many film companies. People have to marvel at the vision of Boss An Lejiang, how can he discover such a film in an environment where Hong Kong has no mainland film market at all. In the remaining month, despite the increasing scale of the release, it still insisted on being released for more than 50 days, and the box office in Hong Kong reached 11.2 million Hong Kong dollars, which is slightly higher than "The King of Killers". The Taiwan box office is 40 million, about 8 million yuan. Screenings will be launched in other places one after another.

Happy fire!

How hot is it? is so popular that a new director who has just entered the industry can't imagine that even some old-timers who have shot several movies and have worked hard in the film industry for more than ten years are jealous, not to mention those literary and artistic cafes who don't even have a place to screen.

So his next movie immediately attracted much attention.

Whether it is Anle or Beijing Film Studio, they are very interested. But he ran into trouble, and the script was called back in the first round of informal review.

All right...... This is also to be expected.

The three companies got together, mainly because Beijing Film Studio was working hard. As a Hong Kong-funded company, Anle has a lot of contacts in the mainland, and they are actively opening up relationships. Happy is responsible for revising the script and deleting some things that were deliberately added before.

In general, it is rare that even the script cannot be reviewed. Because the submitted review scripts are only about 1,000 words, what can be the content, anyway, it will be reviewed later. And Happy hasn't even passed the script, because the script he submitted this time is very detailed, and even made special notes at key points, for fear that the other party can't understand it.

He is mentally prepared and thinks that the more detailed the better, lest the script be fooled, but after the finished film comes out, it will not pass the review, and the loss will be greater.

The second round of submissions was still rejected.

In the review of domestic scripts, there is no concept of "banned films", and there are generally three results: "consent, revision, and agreement in principle". If you want to ask what is the difference between the first item and the third item, it is probably the third item that barely passed and was listed as a key audit object.

When you come out with a film, he's going to take it very seriously.

But you want to ask how the specific audit works? I believe many people want to know, and filmmakers all over China want to know.