Chapter 68: Bombshell
As the last subtitles fade out of the screen, the music finally stops. The debut novel "Cretaceous" is finally completed.
He exhaled and leaned back in his chair. Stretch your arms outstretched. But the melodious background music seemed to continue to echo in his mind for a long time.
Graphite reached out and turned off the computer. Then I picked up the mobile phone on the table and took a look, it was already half past two in the morning.
The Star Spirit sleeps in the next room.
When it comes to sleeping, the Star Spirit has developed a certain habit more and more like a normal person. She usually goes to bed around 11 p.m. and then wakes up at 6 a.m. the next morning. Ever since the two of them began to live together, the Star Spirit has consciously arranged their lives in an orderly manner. She would go downstairs every day to buy breakfast, and the morning aunt downstairs seemed to be very familiar, once when Graphite walked with her, Graphite found that there were several aunts in the community and even greeted her, none of these people Graphite knew, although he had lived here for two months. Graphite even doubted that it wouldn't be long before the aunts would take the star spirits to square dance, and this possibility still existed.
Graphite walked to the window, and although the street lights were still bright, it was quiet, with the occasional car or two speeding by.
Star Spirit will also go grocery shopping and cook their own food. They all follow the recipes strictly, and he believes that there will never be a woman in this world who knows more recipes than her. The Star Spirit could be made without repeating it for a week, and if it weren't for the limitations of the ingredients, Graphite didn't know what strange things she would make.
Her food is not amazing, but it is by no means unpalatable, and it can even be said to be quite delicious. After all, the recipes on the Internet already state a few grams of salt, a few grams of chicken bouillon, a little pepper, etc. Speaking of a little, she did ask graphite, how much is a little? She abhorred the ambiguity of the description, and finally she defined a little as 1 gram, no more, no less than 1 gram.
A gentle smile appeared on his face, and he extended his perception to the next room.
She slept like a Persian cat, her body facing inward, her hair scattered around the pillow. Her breathing was even, and she barely heard any sound. At first, she would come over and hold Graphite's shoulder and tell him to do it again tomorrow, but when she realized that she couldn't extinguish Graphite's enthusiasm for work, she stopped insisting on it. Often in the middle of the night, when Graphite went to bed, she would close her eyes, arch into his arms like a cat, or wrap her hands and feet around him. I'm not sure if she's asleep or awake, she's usually quiet and never wakes up in the middle of the night.
After standing for a while, he left the study and crept back to the bedroom, creeping into the bed in the softest voice possible.
Although I didn't feel sleepy at all, it was really warm and comfortable in the bed. The star spirit moved slightly, made a slight nasal "hmm", and began to burrow into his arms again.
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The next day, Monday morning in the second week of December.
All major domestic film companies and all directors have received an email with a text message from their mobile phone: you have an important email arrived. Of course, some people scoffed, some people were indifferent, and some people were curious to open and take a look. The sender of the email is a company called "NSD".
The email was like a pebble thrown into the calm surface of a lake, and ripples began to ripple in circles on the surface of the lake.
Beijing. Warner Studios headquarters.
Ding Bo habitually glanced through his mailbox as usual.
"Cretaceous"? Movie special effects company? NSD? Haven't heard of it. Still, as a filmmaker, he opened the email with interest. Downloaded the video attachment "Cretaceous" of the mail. The company produces three to five films a year, and one or two of them are commercial blockbusters that definitely need to be treated with special effects, and the more post-production companies there are, the more fierce the competition, the more advantageous it is for the film company as a customer.
The other party also earnestly attached a letter:
Dear filmmakers,
"The company has today's first-class technology and team, and is committed to promoting the cause of Chinese film special effects and helping Chinese films create more realistic, beautiful and majestic film works. The company's independently produced full-effect video work 'Cretaceous' is now provided for reference, if there is any need and cooperation intention. You can write to us and call us. --- Naxing Technology (NSD). ”
It's interesting to dare to be so ashamed. The corners of Ding Bo's mouth curled up and he shook his head slightly.
After downloading the attachment, Ding Bo casually clicked on the video "Cretaceous".
As soon as the video opens, the background music plays melodiously in the spacious office, and then cuts into the picture, a picture of the Earth from the Cretaceous period 60 million years ago slowly unfolds on the computer screen: magnificent, beautiful and atmospheric......
"Shhh ……”
He took a breath and sat up straight unconsciously, staring at the screen like a wolf: "This is a special effect?!" Is this really a special effect? In less than a second, his body and mind were immediately attracted by the scenery and realistic dinosaurs in the picture, at least the ultra-clear picture above 4K, without any traces of computer synthesis, this does not seem to be a special effect at all, this is completely realistic shooting, the style and style of painting are like a BBC documentary.
But! He felt his scalp tingle.
This picture shows the natural beauty of the Cretaceous Earth! It's a dinosaur that has gone extinct on earth!
There could be no such place on Earth, let alone real dinosaurs.
Moreover, the tracking of this long lens ...... It can only be made by computers!
Ding Bo took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled it, and he felt like his heart was going to jump out of his chest. This picture is not just real, these Cretaceous earth scenery he has never seen before, what kind of mind does it take to imagine the earth 60 million years ago?!
Talented! It's absolutely genius!!
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Thirty minutes later.
He picked up the phone on the table: "Eric, immediately ask Director Zhang to come to my office." In addition, immediately organize cadres at the middle level and above to hold a meeting in the conference room, and everyone will go. I'll be in the conference room in ten minutes and let you know right away. He put down the phone, took another deep breath, and returned his gaze to the computer screen.
NSD? Never heard of it, from Summerport?
"Mr. Ding, are you looking for me?" The door was pushed open. A middle-aged man of about 45 years old walked in. A khaki trench coat sets off him mature and casual, but the hair on his head is all silver-white, and when he comes in, he casually closes the door, and it can be seen that he has a great relationship with Ding Boding.
"Yaowen, come and take a look, look at this video, it's absolutely shocking!" Ding Bo beckoned to Zhang Yaowen, the director of the court.
Zhang Yaowen looked suspicious and said with a smile: "What video?" Makes you so excited? ”
"Come and see this picture, and you'll know." Dingbo gestured to the screen.
So mysterious? Zhang Yaowen was intrigued, walked around behind Ding Bo's desk in a few steps, and stood behind him and looked curiously at the computer screen on the table.
"Wait, I'll play it again, you see."
Then, the office played the beautiful background music again......
"How?" Ding Bo asked back.
"Don't talk."
Zhang Yaowen blurted out softly to stop it. He leaned forward slightly, one hand on the table, and the eyes under the thick eyebrows seemed to bulge out, and he couldn't take his eyes off the computer screen.
A smile appeared on the corner of Ding Bo's mouth, and he turned his head to continue staring at the screen, even if he watched it for the second time, this "Cretaceous" still brought him an unparalleled visual impact.
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"Knock Knock"
Someone knocked at the door: "Mr. Ding, the conference room is ready." It was Eric's voice.
"Yaowen, let's go to the conference room and watch it, this video is thirty minutes long." Ding Bo said.
Zhang Yaowen was still immersed in the video content and couldn't extricate himself, and responded casually in ignorance, "Oh, ah? He paused before reacting, and asked, "Mr. Ding, where did you get this video?" ”
"E-mail, people took the initiative to send me an e-mail, and this video is in the e-mail. Naxing Technology, Yaowen, have you heard of this company? In the south, the port of Summer. ”
"Mail?"
Zhang Yaowen suddenly remembered that he seemed to have received a text message in the morning, he immediately opened his mobile phone and looked at it, and immediately saw the brief text message prompt, at that time he thought it was some spam text message, so he ignored it. That's when he realized that he should have the same email in his mailbox.
Zhang Yaowen showed his mobile phone to Ding Bo and said, "I also have this email, I thought it was a spam advertisement." ”
The two looked at each other and immediately understood what the company was doing.
The other party is pushing this email and video to all filmmakers in the market. The problem is, I haven't heard of this Naxing company before, it seems that such a company suddenly appeared out of thin air, and the key is that the special effects are made by others, which is too good. They both know very well what the current level of computer special effects technology in China is, and even Hollywood may not be able to produce such realistic and realistic special effects pictures.
"Naxing Technology, Xia Gang," Zhang Yaowen muttered, "Mr. Ding, is our film that hasn't been released yet ......" He looked at Ding Bo with a blazing gaze.
Ding Bo looked at him and nodded with a smile, "That's right. I have the same idea as you, if the other party is really so, our film will come back to the furnace! During the Spring Festival, we will take the lead in launching a real visual feast! ”
They looked at each other and laughed together.
"So," Ding Bo said, "I'm going to have a meeting with the middle level now, and I'm going to take this out and discuss it, and I feel that this is a real technological revolution, and we have to get ahead of the curve and have a deep cooperation with each other." You go back and take a good look at it again, and then you immediately try to contact the other party, and after the meeting, we will meet again to discuss. ”
"Hmm." Zhang Yaowen nodded, "I'll go right away." ”
The same thing is happening in several other well-known film companies in China.
Some keen people immediately realized the revolutionary implications of this, others developed rich associations with their own work, and some bold commercial blockbusters began to brew in their minds. Chinese films were bombshelled on Monday morning by the Naxing technology company in the south.
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