In the next two days, Chen Ping'an did not ask about Wu Yusen's casting work, and after sending Schwarzenegger away, he flew to Quebec to visit Zhong Chuhong, who was filming there.

Without prior notice, his arrival brought a lot of surprises to Zhong Chuhong.

Zhong Chuhong is in a hurry to film now, otherwise he wouldn't have stopped picking up his plane. Chen Ping'an flew to Quebec to see her, and the two only lingered in love for one night. In order not to disturb Zhong Chuhong's filming, he left the next day and flew to San Francisco to visit Lucas.

ILM is headquartered in San Francisco, and he visited Lucas this time to inquire about the progress of research on new technologies.

The filming of "Jurassic Park" has a technique that cannot be bypassed. Through digital technology, Zào creates characters that breathe with real skin, muscles and movements.

The development of Industrial Light and Magic has greatly accelerated compared with later generations, and his contribution is indispensable. Although he is not a technical nerd, he can point out the overall direction of research, which has reduced a lot of detours for Industrial Light and Magic.

This is also an important reason why he was able to win the friendship of Lucas and be able to shoot the team to study at ILM.

The results were not satisfactory to him, the technology was relatively advanced, and Industrial Light & Magic was still researched. He wasn't too upset about this, because in addition to ILM, there was another studio in the world doing the same thing - the Dark Horse Special Effects Studio.

The current dark horse special effects studio, in Hong Kong, is the top in the whole of Asia, and some film companies will increase their budgets when shooting movies, and hire dark horse special effects studios to produce film special effects.

In Hong Kong, when large film companies such as Golden Harvest, New Art City, and Debao shoot some films, they invite dark horse special effects studios to produce special effects, and most of the other small and medium-sized companies are reluctant to spend this extra money.

is like Yu Yunkang's "Elevator Horror", in which the special effects are produced by the Dark Horse Special Effects Studio.

So in Hong Kong, the studio's influence is not very great at the moment. But with the release of movies with excellent special effects and good reviews from the audience, some medium-sized film companies have gradually joined them, such as Wu Siyuan's Siyuan Pictures.

But in Japan, the influence of Dark Horse Special Effects Studios is beyond many people's imagination.

"Midnight Bell" completely illuminated the development path of Japanese horror films, and the development trend of huge and messy has found a breakthrough, and one after another Hong Kong-style thrillers came into being in Japan. The Dark Horse Special Effects Studio has played a huge role.

Now the dark horse special effects studio is going all out to study according to Chen Ping'an's requirements, hoping to research the characters created through guò digital technology as soon as possible - characters with real skin, muscles and movement textures that can breathe.

This is an indispensable technique for filming "Jurassic Park", otherwise you would think of the monster in "Godzilla" filmed in Japan two years ago, it is too rough.

Industrial Light & Magic didn't surprise him, but he found out through a conversation that Industrial Magic Light's research on this technology was far inferior to his dark horse special effects studio.

Come to think of it, the dark horse special effects studio is his, and he meticulously executes his orders. As for the industrial magic light, special effects are made for many films every year, and this is not the only new technology researched, so the progress made by dividing the energy too much is naturally insufficient.

Alas, hopefully by the end of the year, those little ones will surprise me.

Leaving San Francisco, Chen Ping'an rushed to Portridge City, California, where the Dark Horse Animation Studio is located.

Since Chen Ping'an asked Ye Zhiming to come forward the year before last and acquire this animation studio from Industrial Light and Magic, after coming to the United States to attend the Oscars last year, he has worked with the head of the studio, Ed . Catmoore had met and made things clear.

Ed. Catmoore was not surprised, he had already judged that Ye Zhiming was just a middleman, because Ye Zhiming not only did not know anything about animation production, but even knew nothing about the filming of the movie.

The conversation with Chen Ping'an was very pleasant, although Chen Ping'an's experience in animation production is very weak, but his knowledge is very far-reaching, just like in the face of industrial light and magic, Chen Ping'an has pointed out a broad development path for the studio from a macro perspective with the development of animated films in later generations.

This made Ed. Catmoore admired him, and Chen Ping'an's optimism about the prospects of film animation also gave him a sense of sympathy.

Chen Ping'an not only gave him support in terms of concept, but also gave him the trust he had never had, 10 dividends, and another 5 to him to be responsible for, rewarding technicians who have made outstanding contributions to the studio.

The financial support is also huge, not requiring him to be able to generate profits immediately, only requiring him to be worthy of every penny spent.

Why did Lucas sell their division in the first place? Don't you just think that their department can't create zào value?

So in the eyes of the studio members, in addition to being mysterious, Chen Ping'an has a generous reputation and a generous Oriental.

At present, the studio has only a few dozen members, and the scale is not large, and the combination of grace and power is one of the best management methods. Well, there is also Wei, and the ban on white actress Sharon Stone at the Oscars last year is enough to let people know that he is not easy to mess with.

I heard that Sharon Stone was broken later, and there were rumors that he instructed someone to do it, and that he was related to the Tang Society in Los Angeles, in short, he was a character who was not easy to mess with.

In this case, who in the studio would dare to hack his money?

The animation studio is doing well, with commercials for pure Connor juice called "Wake Up," "Dancing Cards" for the California Lottery and "Baby" for life insurance companies.

Chen Ping'an came this time, and Ed. Catmoore and several technical backbones, John Brown. Lasseter, Edwin. When Catum and the others were eating, the animation studio should not be limited to animated shorts, but should be bold and innovative and dare to experiment with animated feature films.

Again, funding is not an issue.

He's looking forward to the early release of Toy Story.

When I returned to Los Angeles, it was the evening of the third day. After coming out of the airport this time, he did not attract the attention of the media, and he did not want to be surrounded by reporters like last time, because few outsiders knew about his movements.

However, someone still knew that he appeared outside the airport and waited to pick him up.

"You, come and pick me up?"

Seeing Angelina Jolie holding up the sign to pick up the airport, Chen Ping'an walked over and looked at the little girl who was less than thirteen years old suspiciously.

Angelina put down the sign, tilted her head and asked, "Is it because my Chinese characters are not standard?" ”

The little girl's expression was eccentric, and her tone was a little rebellious. Because of her family, she is used to seeing big stars and directors, and her tone towards Chen Ping'an is also very casual.

Big Head and Gu Tianle slowed down, looked around and judged that there was no danger, and then began to make eye contact.

Big Head: Do you think something will happen between the boss and this little girl?

Gu Tianle: Don't guess, people are only twelve years old.

Big Head: What's wrong with being twelve? American girls are open, don't tell me you didn't see in San Francisco.

Tim Koo: The boss is not that kind of person.

Big Head: What kind of person? Aren't they all men? That little girl is not ugly, but her lips are a little thick.

"You two go pick up the car and wait for me in the parking lot."

Chen Ping'an's words interrupted the communication between the two, and after the two went to the parking lot together, he asked, "Okay, how do you know what flight I was on?" Or ran to the airport to pick me up? ”

Angelina didn't know about Chen Ping'an's flight, but only learned from Wu Yusen that Chen Ping'an returned to Los Angeles this evening. She came at four o'clock in the afternoon and has been waiting until now.

"So you've been waiting two hours?" Chen Ping'an touched her head, but Angelina avoided her, "Tell me, what are you waiting for me to do?" You won't tell me that you're going to sign a contract with me, right? ”

"Can you take me to dinner first? I am hungry. ”

What is this little girl going to do?

Chen Ping'an's puzzlement was quickly solved after eating.

In the past few days, Gu Tianle has adapted to the traffic rules in the United States, driving Chen Ping'an and Angelina Jolie to the restaurant for dinner. After eating, Angelina Jolie tasted the exquisite dessert after the meal and expressed her intention.

"Can you help me talk to the director and let me play Matilda?"

"So it's because of this." Chen Ping'an smiled, similar to what he guessed, "Why are you looking for me?" Do you think that you did not perform well in the second round of interviews? ”

The second round of interviews has ended, but there has been no result.

Chen Ping'an's return to Los Angeles so soon was also Wu Yusen's request. When it comes to the choice of the role of Matilda, he is still undecided.

If you care, you will be chaotic, and the more you care, the more you will be disturbed. Wu Yusen is in this situation now, a bit of a gain and loss, undecided, he doesn't know which girl to choose, because he can't afford to lose.

So he contacted Chen Ping'an, hoping that he could come back early and choose a role for the role of Matilda.

Chen Ping'an didn't ask Wu Yusen how Angelina's appearance was, he didn't want to interfere, but he didn't expect Angelina Jolie to take the initiative to find him and beg the heroine.

"No, I think I'm very good." Angelina's confidence is high, "But I'm not sure if there will be any other girl better than me." ”

"Haven't you always had a lot of confidence in yourself?"

"But I'm the youngest."

"I can't guarantee that. You should know that I'm just a screenwriter, not a director. The director has the final say on the choice of the heroine. ”

"Is it fulfilling to deceive a twelve-year-old girl?" Angelina looked at him angrily, "You are the boss and the investor of this play, and I can see that the director has great respect for you, and he will definitely listen to your advice." ”

"But why should I help you? Unless you are a contracted actor of our company, you have priority. ”

"I'm sorry." Angelina refused very simply, and the next moment her little hand was on the back of Chen Ping'an's hand, "Can't you change the trading conditions?" ”R1152