After the visit, Zhao Gongzi and the board of directors of the group arranged a grand luncheon to entertain the guests in the grand ballroom of the west courtyard.

Once the 2,000 guests were seated, the interns served tea and hot cotton towels, and the maids began to serve the food.

While the guests were sipping fragrant tea and casually chatting and waiting for the food to be served, they suddenly saw several large floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides of the hall, and at the same time, the gray-black curtains were slowly lowered.

Those curtains block out most of the daylight, but they don't interfere with everyone's vision, and they can still faintly reveal the scenery outside the window. I saw the bamboo forest swaying outside the window, sparse and moderate, the wind passed through the sound, through the gently flickering curtain, inadvertently became a flowing and timeless picture, which is unforgettable.

The melodious sound of the piano and Xiao sounded one after another, and a beautiful song "Remembering Jiangnan" was played in the banquet hall.

Everyone thought there would be some singing and dancing performance, but they found that the snow-white wall on the north side of the banquet hall suddenly lit up.

Then a picture of the Suzhou garden in light ink appeared in front of everyone.

In the midst of a burst of whispers, the guests discovered that a bright pillar of light was projected on the wall, creating the image.

What's even more incredible is still behind, someone suddenly got up and exclaimed: "It's moving! ”

People opened their eyes wide, and sure enough, they saw the geese in the picture, waving their wings and flying westward, as if they were alive!

"Mother!" Panicked cries came one after another, some guests were so frightened that they wanted to get under the table, and some people tried to break through the door and flee.

At this time, Hua Bozhen's voice, amplified by a spring amplifier, became more and more magnetic in the hall.

"Don't be alarmed, this is the 'optical movie machine' jointly invented by two disciples of Childe. We have carefully created this five-minute animated short film as a fun show for all guests, so please enjoy this epoch-making magical light and shadow with peace of mind......"

The guests quieted down for the first time, and when they were brave enough to look at the bright picture, they saw that the wild geese had flown to Wuxi's Yuantouzhu.

The melodious music and beautiful ink animation made the well-informed guests all silent, and they were quickly immersed in this never-before-seen visual impact.

They seem to have become a member of the wild goose array, spreading their wings and flying high, enjoying the beautiful rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River.

They saw Maoshan Mountain in Changzhou, the three mountains in Zhenjiang, the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, the scenery of Qinhuai, and the shining Dabao'en Temple Tower.

Then the wild goose array went all the way south along the Yangtze River, and took them to appreciate the Taibai Tomb of Xie Gong Ancestral Hall in Dangtu, and the fine willow golden pagoda of Jinghu in Wuhu.

Then the geese turned east and flew to the Nanshan Bamboo Sea in Liyang? Yixing's willow embankment spring dawn? Huzhou's Hidden Dragon Waterfalls? Hangzhou's three pools reflecting the moon? Jiaxing's Nanhu Yanyu Building......

In the end, the wild goose flew to Wusongkou in Haohao Tangtang? I saw a fleet of countless sailboats, sailing away!

The wild geese flew through the fleet, went straight to the sky, and finally turned into two poems:

'But dyed Wu Xuan's near-Ying? Qianli Jiangnan is like this! ’

The picture freezes and the music stops? But none of the guests spoke? No one even moved, apparently still basking in the unprecedented magnificence......

~~

Where did that pillar of light come from? Xu Yuanchun stopped shaking the handle of the animation disk, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief? and Xu Weizhi, who was in charge of the lamp on the side, gave him a light high-five. There was a slight sparkle in the eyes of both of them, which were tears of joy.

And they finally succeeded!

At this time, two dead houses away? Oh no, two great two-dimensional creation gods? It's been 18 months since I decided to make an animation.

For a year and a half, they are livers that are not white or black, and they spend a lot of money on krypton, and they don't know how many failures and detours they have taken before they came up with this 'optical movie machine'.

It's really not easy......

If the two of them knew that this thing was so difficult, they probably wouldn't even have the courage to apprentice.

In fact, before apprenticing, Xu Yuanchun only relied on a simple trick experiment on "Physics Knowledge" to concoct the world's first animation book; The first three-dimensional trick disc 'horse walking plate', the first trick disc projector, and successfully projected the animation of the horse race on the wall.

At that time, he had already mastered all the technical principles needed to build an optical movie machine.

So after the two apprenticed, they were full of confidence, and they felt that they would be able to show cartoons to everyone in ten days and half a month at most.

The two poor babies don't know that the research process from the discovery of theory to practical application is often long and painful.

They have been tinkering with it for months, but nothing has been done. But if you want to give up at this time, the sunk cost will be too high, and won't a few months be wasted?

The two had to be patient and make up lessons from scratch, and under the guidance of the senior brothers, they finished "Elementary Mathematics" and "Elementary Physics", and then used the knowledge they learned to overcome difficulties little by little.

This time, on the basis of 'trickery' and 'horse walking', the two of them designed a table lamp-style movable mirror. Above it is a candle lamp that provides illumination, and below it is made up of two concentric rollers that can be turned. The outer wall of the inner drum is surrounded by twelve small mirrors, and the inner wall of the outer drum is an animated pattern.

This makes the animation no longer dim, and it can be reflected through the mirror, which can make the viewing angle clearer.

Later, on the basis of the movable mirror, the two developed the 'Movable Mirror Shadow Play', that is, the device that Zhao Hao showed cartoons to the little fat man Zhu Yijun.

But that's just a transitional product, and the two of them have completely entered the state, how can they stop improving?

Finally, last month, they completed a crucial step towards animated films. On the basis of the 'moving mirror play', they added a slide installation - the two of them removed the external roller, placed a light source outside the roller, let the light pass through the picture tape, illuminated the mirror of the inner cylinder, and then reflected it to the projection device, projecting the pattern onto the wall.

This is a simple step, but how do you set up the projection device using optical principles? And even how to get a bright and stable enough light source? It's all nerve-wracking.

In the end, they found that whale oil imported from overseas was injected into a glass lamp with the brightest light and the least flavor. Then add a lampshade lined with lenses to reflect the light, which can significantly improve the brightness of the lamp, so that the projected picture becomes clearer.

Although it still doesn't reflect the delicate fine brushwork, the projection freehand painting is no problem at all, and it is unexpectedly more bright and hazy......

"Well done." Zhao Hao gently patted the shoulders of the two and said approvingly: "I look forward to the release of your next masterpiece." ”

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"Yes, Master." Tears welled up in the eyes of the two, and they finally got the approval of the master like the senior brothers.

It's so hard. They still thought that they would be disgusted by the master for the rest of their lives......

As everyone knows, they are now in Zhao Hao's eyes, which is the source of entertainment in the second half of their lives, as well as the top propaganda machine. Zhao Gongzi still wants to set up an animation company for the two of them, how can he dislike them?

All you have to do is be a useful person.

~~

Until the gray-black curtain slowly rises, and the afternoon sun enters the banquet hall. The guests couldn't help but squint their eyes, and then they reluctantly walked out of the fantasy world.

Quite a few people have tears on their faces. But they themselves can't tell whether they were moved by the picture scroll of thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River, or shocked by animation technology.

Maybe it's both.

At this time, Zhao Gongzi appeared on the stage and toasted everyone aloud:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the little apprentice is ugly, but the hundreds of beautiful scenery in the south of my thousand miles are genuine!"

"It's not an ugly offering, we've never seen such a wonderful movie in our lives!"

"That's it, it's a hundred times more powerful than shadow puppetry!"

"It's so beautiful, can you invite the two of you to come back?" The guests shouted.

"Hehe, I invite you to enjoy a new film when you have a chance." In fact, it is just as shocking to play it again, but Zhao Gongzi is used to whetting people's appetites, and only if they leave regrets will they never forget it. After satisfying them, they were not so impressed.

And watching the animation screening for the first time, the impact on the guests is too great, if they do it again, they have to be fascinated, how can they pay attention to Zhao Gongzi's noise?

"Alas......" the guests sneered with regret, "we are not satisfied." ”

"Let this movie hook, I want to start spring next year, and go through all the places I just saw." Sure enough, only when they temporarily stopped thinking about it, they would turn their attention back to Zhao Hao's words.

"Yes, let's go, let's go! Enjoy the beautiful rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River. Everyone was aroused by the idea of travel again. If you have money, you will be willful, and if you want to come out, you will come out.

Zhao Hao raised his hand, and the hall gradually quieted down.

"This beautiful Jiangnan is our home. That's why we established Jiangnan Group, we want to build her, protect her, and make her better! ”

"Good!" The crowd cheered loudly. "Childe said it well, so Jiangnan, why don't you love it?"

"So how do we make our hometown better?" Zhao Hao changed his words and said: "I foolishly think that I want to eliminate those unbeautiful things." ”

"Yes." Everyone nodded.

"What's not nice about that?" Zhao Hao raised his voice and said: "I foolishly think that the biggest bad thing is 'poverty', if there are too many poor people in our hometown, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it will not be good, and it will not become a state of etiquette and righteousness pursued by all adults!" ”

In fact, the biggest unhappiness is injustice, but the audience of Zhao Gongzi's speech is obviously the party who gives injustice to others, and talking to them about eliminating injustice is tantamount to talking about chickens and ducks.

"......" Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and they were busy listening to him continue.

"The so-called 'Cang Liao is solid and knows etiquette, food and clothing are sufficient and knows honor and disgrace', only by eliminating poverty, so that the old have the end, the strong have use, the young have growth, the widows, widows, loneliness, and diseases are all supported, so that the people of Jiangnan 'are willing to eat, beautiful clothes, live in peace, and enjoy their customs', our hometown will become a beautiful world. This is the ideal of Jiangnan Group! ”

As he spoke, he raised his glass and shouted to everyone: "I believe that with your support, we will be able to do it!" Cheers! ”

"Cheers!" The guests stood up and toasted.