"That's what Terminator's special effects were made of?" Kang Jianfei picked up a robot model on the table that was more than a foot long and asked, he was not very familiar with the original special effects techniques, because decades later, they basically used computer CG techniques to make special effects, and he thought that the Hollywood special effects at this time were so cool and advanced.

After Zeng Bolin translated Kang Jianfei's words, a white man wearing glasses next to him said: "If Mr. Kang invests a few more millions, maybe I can make a full-scale robot." ”

This man is none other than Stan, the future Hollywood special effects master? Winston, who was formerly a makeup artist at The Disney Company, formed Studio Winston (SWS) 11 years ago. Like the future "Alien 2", "Terminator" series, "Jurassic Park" series, "Iron Man" series and other movies, the special effects in them are all from Winston Studios (Industrial Light & Magic also cooperates, for example, the liquid robot in "Terminator 2" is made by Industrial Light & Magic, and "Jurassic Park" is modeled by Winston Studio, and Industrial Light & Magic is responsible for digital technology).

Stan? Although Winston won an Emmy Award a few years ago, compared to the famous regular military industry Light & Magic, Winston Studios at this time was still at the guerrilla level.

Winston Studio's fame is due to his collaboration with Cameron on "The Terminator", and the two have become a pair of good friends since then.

Kang Jianfei, Xu Ke and Zeng Bolin didn't know anything about special effects, so when Cameron started filming, they could only stand by and observe silently.

The current scene is the plot of the injured robot played by Schwarzenegger, and the special effects technique used is a miniature stop-motion shooting, which is commonly known as rock animation.

It's not a trendy technique, rock animation has been around for decades, but "Terminator" was filmed with a robot model.

I saw Winston and Cameron discussing. The two then discussed with the photographer for a while, and then Winston began to operate the robot model, basically stopping and reshooting after making a movement. Like a Chinese puppet show, Winston uses metal wires to pull the robot to do simple movements, and constantly changes models during the filming.

The rock cartoon for children is crudely made, and the frame loss is very serious, but the filming of "The Terminator" can't cut corners like this, and the picture has to be smooth so that the audience can't see the flaws.

As a result, Cameron had to spend several days shooting the short more than ten seconds of footage in the movie. I don't know how much of the various robot models are used.

Xu Ke shook his head and sighed: "This kind of special effects can also be done in Hong Kong, but not many investors are willing to waste money like this, and our model is not as refined as Hollywood." ”

"How's the talk with ILM?" Kang Jianfei asked Xu Ke casually while looking at the Winston control model.

Xu Ke carried a satchel with him, took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Kang Jianfei and said, "The design drawings have been made." ”

Kang Jianfei took it and took a look. I saw the concept design drawings of various monsters and magic weapons painted on it, and asked with a smile: "You have been in Hollywood for more than a month." That's all there is to it? ”

Xu Ke nodded and said, "It's all made by the people of Industrial Light and Magic." When I return to Hong Kong, I will be able to make the design drawings into real things. ”

Taking advantage of the break in filming, Kang Jianfei took a closer look at Winston about the situation of Hollywood special effects production, only to find that he was a little too optimistic about setting up a special effects department in DreamWorks.

Nowadays, the biggest bottleneck in the growth and development of Hollywood special effects companies or studios is not that science and technology are not developed enough, but that it is too expensive to survive.

For example, the well-known Industrial Light & Magic is the most famous and powerful special effects company in Hollywood today. But the company was losing money almost every year, and Lucas had to make money from making movies to support ILM.

As for Stan? Winston's special effects studio, which is even more miserable, has not closed its doors for more than ten years. It can only be said that Winston is persistent enough.

The development environment of special effects companies in Hong Kong is even worse, after all, few investors are willing to burn money on special effects, and they would rather hire a few more big stars to attract the box office. If DreamWorks sets up a special effects department, the most likely scenario is that it won't get a single order for two or three years......

Kang Jianfei glanced at the pile of robot models on the ground, and suddenly asked, "Mr. Winston, does your studio need funds?" ”

"What?" Stan? Winston didn't know what Kang Jianfei meant.

"I mean, I'm interested in your studio and want to invest in it." Kang Jianfei explained.

"That'...... That's great! "Stan? Winston incredulously said that his current studio could barely make ends meet, and sometimes he had to do other jobs to earn money to subsidize it, and there was a Kaizi...... Oh no, there's a financier who can throw money in, and it's just as exciting as winning the lottery.

If Kang Jianfei took the money to buy Industrial Light & Magic, Lucas would definitely not sell it, but it was very easy to inject capital into Winston Studio, which was not really developed. Not to mention anything else, just wait for "Terminator" to be released, Winston Studios will definitely become famous because of this, and if Kang Jianfei doesn't want to play anymore, he can make a small profit by selling it.

The crew got off work on time in the evening, Kang Jianfei invited James? Cameron, Anne? Hurd went to a nearby bar for a drink and chatted about the progress of Terminator by the way.

James? Cameron said: "It will take at least a month to finish, and it will take almost a month to finish in the later stage. ”

Kang Jianfei put his mind at ease: "In other words, just in time for the release of the Christmas file?" ”

"Time is a little too tight, I'm afraid I won't be able to get many canvases." James? Cameron said with some concern.

Annie? Hurd laughed: "As far as I know, 20th Century Fox doesn't have any good films in the second half of the year, as long as they are optimistic about "The Terminator", then the Christmas release will definitely be fine." ”

Kang Jianfei raised his glass and said: "Then I wish "Terminator" a box office hit!" ”

"Bah!" Annie? Hurd shouted in broken Chinese.

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Kang Jianfei and Stan? The cooperation between Winston went well, and the result of the discussion between the two was that Winston Studio (SWS) was renamed Kang-Winston Company (KWC), and Kang Jianfei injected a one-time capital of $800,000 into KWC to obtain 80% of the company's shares.

Winston's conversion of his studio into a corporation, coupled with the redistribution of shares, is not something that can be done in a day or two. Kang Jianfei didn't have time to waste on it, so he hired a professional lawyer to take full charge of the matter, and he only needed to sign the contract sent by the lawyer.

When he left Los Angeles, not only Xu Ke and several special effects artists from Industrial Light & Magic were with him, but Guan Zhilin also returned to Hong Kong with him.

What makes people laugh and cry is that more than a dozen reporters in the airport just interviewed Zhen Ni, who flew to Taiwan, and blocked Kang Jianfei and his party.

Now that the paparazzi in Hong Kong have not really taken off, the reason why Jenny has attracted so many reporters is because of a big news story two months ago.

Zhen Ni's husband is Zhang Che's queen actor and famous Shaw Brothers movie star Fu Sheng, Fu Sheng died in a car accident two months ago, and this news was the headline of major newspapers for two consecutive weeks.

After dealing with her husband's funeral, Zhenni closed the Golden Note Record Company that she opened with her husband and prepared to go to Taiwan alone to relax. Unexpectedly, her behavior of closing the record company became "Zhenni decided to quit the music scene due to the grief of losing her husband" to the media, and the news of Zhenni's withdrawal from the music industry in the past few days is in a uproar, and she was chased all the way to the airport by reporters as soon as she went out today.

Zhenni just died of her husband, where was she in the mood to talk nonsense with reporters, and got on the plane without saying a word.

These reporters were about to return in a huff, but they didn't expect to bump into Kang Jianfei, and they were accompanied by Xu Ke, Guan Zhilin and a few gringos.

The reporters' firepower was aimed at Kang Jianfei for the first time, and asked, "Mr. Kang, are you and Director Xu Ke going to make a new film again?" ”

"Mr. Kang, I heard that the drama you collaborated with Golden Harvest is about to start filming, is Miss Guan the second heroine in the film?"

"Mr. Kang, the recently released "Doctor Lamb", I heard that you are not only the producer of the film, but also participated in the screenwriting, don't you think this movie is too bloody?"

"Mr. Kang, may I ask who are these foreign friends around you?"

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Kang Jianfei only felt that more than a dozen flies were flying in his ears, with his character of being a thief, he naturally couldn't let go of the good opportunity to promote the movie when he accidentally met these reporters, and pushed Xu Ke to the front at the moment, saying: "If you have any questions, you can ask Xu Ke, he is the protagonist today." ”

Xu Ke's eloquence was not very good, he coughed and said: "I do have a new film to shoot, which is adapted from "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" by the owner of Huanzhu Mansion. Thanks to Mr. Kang's trust and care, the budget investment of "Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" is 35 million Hong Kong dollars, and these special effects artists I hired from Hollywood, they are also the special effects team of "Star Wars". ”

"35 million!"

"The special effects team of Star Wars!"

More than a dozen reporters at the airport didn't expect to ask about this kind of big news, it was like going out to hunt rabbits, and the rabbits ran away and hit a fat sheep!

You must know that so far there has not been a Hong Kong film with a cost of more than 20 million, and now Kang Jianfei actually wants to invest 35 million for Xu Ke to make a new film.

The reporters immediately went crazy and hurriedly chased after Xu Ke: "Director Xu, who are the heroes and heroines of "New Shu Mountain"?" ”

Xu Ke glanced at Kang Jianfei, and when he saw Kang Jianfei nodding slightly, he said, "The actor is tentatively Zheng Shaoqiu." ”

"The actor is actually Qiu Guan, does Sir Shao agree to release him?" The reporters were even more excited, the news of Zheng Shaoqiu's new film starring in DreamWorks was no less explosive than Kang Jianfei's investment of 35 million to make a blockbuster.

Kang Jianfei laughed out loud at the right time: "Qiu Guan's contract with Wireless Station is about to expire, and he has decided to sign with Oriental Entertainment Company, and Miss Zhao Yazhi is also transferred. By the way, Miss Zhao is also one of the heroines of "Xinshu Mountain". (To be continued......)