Chen Muwu was still looking forward to making a lot of money on copyright fees, but the staff member who came to Lianmei didn't ask or care about whether Chen Muwu's pen name was Chandler York, and never mentioned the Chen George series.

"Dr. Chen, I rushed from London after receiving a telegram from the headquarters in the United States. Headquarters said on Telegram that Luen Mei Pictures wanted to hire you as a ......"

Hire?

What is a film company going to hire me for?

As a director? Being a screenwriter? Being a producer? None of these options are likely.

There is nothing between him and the movie, and the film company of Luen Mei has been rushing to make a lot of money since its establishment, and it is impossible to do this kind of loss-making business.

That's what to hire yourself for?

Could it be that I saw a photo of myself in the newspaper who was tall, chic, handsome, handsome, and suave, and wanted to hire myself to be the male lead in the movie?

It can only be said that there are still people with very good vision in the United States Film Company.

He understands this kindness, but the actor matter, forget it.

The brothers are now all focused on the Cavendish laboratory, and they must no longer be unscrupulous and unscrupulous.

Chen Muwu secretly did a psychological construction of the donkey's lips not the horse's mouth, but he was amorous this time.

“…… Hire you as a consultant for our film company. ”

Consultant?

What is a consultant?

This made Chen Muwu, who was still dreaming of being an actor and male number one movie star just now, suddenly have a bit of a psychological gap.

"You ...... Are you going to make a movie about physics? ”

Otherwise, why would the other party hire themselves as consultants? He just couldn't figure it out.

The only thing that early films had to do with physics was probably the design of special effects?

Chen Muwu saw some GIFs a long time ago, which included Chaplin in the filming of "Modern Times", several dangerous actions during the actual shooting.

For example, there is a scene in which Chaplin hangs in mid-air, his hands clinging to the hands of a large clock on the side wall of a skyscraper, trying not to fall into the busy main road below.

But in fact, this section is only used to shoot from a borrowed position, and the place where he is not a high-rise building, and there is no busy road with cars coming and going.

He himself is only about a meter above the ground, but the scenes, actors and cameras are cleverly placed to create the effect of hanging in mid-air.

There is another scene, where he and the heroine spend the night in a department store with a wide variety of goods, and the protagonist, who feels the taste of love, rollers skates in the hall of a certain floor, and then he gets carried away for a moment, forgetting that the railing behind him is being repaired and there is nothing to stop it.

Fortunately, under the reminder of the heroine's exclamation, Chaplin stopped in time, otherwise, he would probably fall from the air several stories high, and even if he did not die, he would fall into a high paraplegia.

Of course, such a dangerous scene cannot be actually filmed, and the principle behind it is still to create a visual difference, and the dangerous scene of a few stories high without railings is actually just a painting.

- It's the same as the artists in the later videos who painted on the road and painted a 3D-like pit to trick the drivers of passing cars.

Chen Muwu thinks that only this borrowing position to shoot something with poor vision is still a little bit related to the physics he is good at, but to be honest, this kind of skillful use of perspective principles should actually be more suitable for art students.

"No, Dr. Chen, the headquarters said in the telegram that Director Fan Punk wanted to make a film about aliens and hired you to be a consultant for the film."

This......

Fan Punk was one of the four partners of Luen Mei Film Company when it was first founded, and he and another of them, Ms. Bickfu, were husband and wife.

Because the films of these people were introduced to China as early as the Republic of China, their names were not completely transliterated when they were translated, but they all received a translation in the style of Chinese names.

Chaplin, strictly by the transliteration rules, should be translated as "Chaplin" instead of Chaplin.

Again, Fairbanks should be "Fairbanks" and not Van Punk.

His wife, Pickford, has the same surname as Pickford, the future Pickford.

In addition to being Chaplin's partner, Van Punk will also co-founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in California in May this year, and will serve as the first president of the academy.

The most famous thing about this academy in the future is that it is the host of the Academy Awards, which awards Oscars to the public every year.

Like Chaplin, Van Punk was also a famous American director in the silent film era, and he was also very good at directing and acting himself.

However, because of his toned physique, Van Punk's career as an actor is generally dominated by starring in action movies, and the representative roles are Zorro and Robin Han, both of whom are chivalrous and righteous characters.

As movies were sold to movie theaters around the world by America's powerful film industry system, people around the world saw him as a symbol of the American spirit of courage.

Chen Muwu is used to the kind of high-end movies in the future, but he is not very interested in this kind of early very simple feature films, and he occasionally walks into the cinema just to watch Chaplin's comedy to relax.

However, if Van Punk does not continue to make films of his personal heroism, why is he suddenly going to make aliens again?

It seems that there is no difference between a hundred years ago and a hundred years later.

In order to make money, everyone is on fire with something, and they immediately come to rub the heat of something.

"So, if I agree to be an advisor, what are my obligations and responsibilities?"

Chen Muwu asked tentatively.

If the other party proposes to involve himself in the writing of the script, he will definitely not do this kind of time-consuming and laborious thing.

The popularity of aliens has just risen, and this kind of movie is immediately launched, which is completely improvised, and there must be a lot of unreasonable things in the direction of the story.

With the consulting fee of the two jujubes and doing the work of a screenwriter, Chen Muwu is not stupid, so he will not be exploited and oppressed by this kind!

In order to escape the exploitation and oppression of the capitalists, a few of them established Luen Mei Pictures, how did they end up becoming capitalists?

Of course, if the price offered by Luen Mei is high enough, it is another matter.

If they can come up with 100,000 US dollars, Chen Muwu will be able to write them "Aliens. script.

The $100,000 consulting fee that Chen Muwu was thinking about was not his whim.

Griffiths, one of the founders of Luen Mei Film Company, spent more than $2 million on "The Party Fights Differences" in 1916 before the company was founded.

Note that the more than $2 million here is the dollar of 1916, and its purchasing power is much greater than that of the dollar a hundred years later, which translates to almost thirty dollars at about this time.

However, Griffith's film, which is full of personal understanding, also achieved completely unexpected results after its release.

The box office revenue was less than $200,000, which directly knocked Griffith off the altar, and he is no longer the genius director who spent $110,000 to shoot "The Birth of a Nation" and earned back 18 million at the box office.

The capitalists also realized because of this film that they could not let the directors do what they wanted, so since then, Hollywood studios have preferred the producer-centric film production model.

Chaplin and Van Punk started United Pictures in order to make more money.

But Griffith joined the company, presumably because he wanted more creative freedom and a part-time job to slowly pay off the debt he had been carrying for the rest of his life because of a movie.

Griffith is Griffith, and Van Punk is Van Punk.

Although they are both in the same film company, the fact that the former can spend so much money to make a movie does not mean that the latter is willing to spend $100,000 to hire Chen Muwu as a consultant.

Therefore, he was just thinking about it in his heart, and he didn't offer a jaw-dropping price to the staff in front of him.

"The director said that the position of this consultant is just a name, and it can play a promotional effect before the release of the film, and it does not require you to do any specific work."

"Then I don't need to go on a mirror or something?"

"There's no need for that, Dr. Chen."

"What about writing an article? Or be interviewed by journalists. ”

"You don't need to do anything yourself, I think when the movie is finally made, you just need to allow the company to use your name and publish an advertising slogan in the newspaper like 'Dr. Chen Muwu, an expert in alien research, said yes after reading it'."

I see.

It seems that he just wants to use his fame to make a cover for the promotion of future movies.

The fool didn't agree to the invitation, and if he didn't do anything, he would make a fortune for nothing.

It's just that Chen Muwu's desire to be on camera has failed, and he can't live the addiction of being a movie star once.

"I agree to this matter for the time being, but everything must be implemented on paper in black and white, and it is better to let your company draw up a contract."

"Well said, well said. Dr. Chen, please rest assured that as for the matter of consultant fees, the company will definitely not treat you badly. ”

Chen Muwu thought about it, but rejected the other party: "I like to watch Lianmei movies very much, so forget about the consulting fee."

"—but I have another request. I'm planning to get married next year, can you please send a team of photographers at that time, I want to document everything before and after the wedding. ”

In the era of smartphones, it was "commonplace" to open the camera software to take pictures.

But now, if you want to record images anytime and anywhere, you are "worried about the history of Jiangzhou".

When Oppenheimer bought himself a Leica camera in a department store in Berlin, Chen Muwu couldn't put it down.

He had to buy a portable camera that he could take with him, but he didn't have it in German department stores, and when he returned to England, Harrods in London didn't take advantage of it.

There was no way, Chen Muwu could only put his wish on hold for the time being, but he was not very desperate.

Because he remembers another thing, at the Fifth Solvay Conference held in 1927, that is, this year, there was actually a video that has been preserved for posterity.

In that video, the physicists at the meeting were basically all wearing suits and ties, and a fedora on their heads.

Older people carry a stinker in their hands, while those who are addicted to cigarettes and cigars are always tucked between the tips of their index and middle fingers.

In that video, Marie Curie appears by the window, excitedly spinning around like a child.

It was such a video that made Chen Muwu feel that he should now have a convenient device that can record images with him.

But now that I think about it, Ye Keng wanted to be able to better document the Solvay conference, and the organizer of the conference, the Solvay Foundation, specially invited photographers.

No matter what, Chen Muwu still wants to record his marriage well.

If you can make an image, it will not only be more commemorative, but also leave a precious historical material for future generations to do research.

The United States Film Company that was sent to the door, Chen Muwu felt that it was not in vain.

The money for the consultant fee is less for my own discomfort and more for ...... It is estimated that it is impossible for the United States to give too much money.

It's better to just push the boat with the flow, don't need the consulting fee, let them come to Europe to be a wedding photographer for themselves, it's a big deal to post some money, there is only one chance to get married, and there will be many big names from all walks of life at the wedding.

"This ......"

The staff member who came to Cambridge obviously didn't expect things to go in the other direction, and he hadn't made any plans in this regard before he came, so he didn't know how to respond to Chen Muwu's new request.

"Otherwise, wait for me to communicate with the United States and see how the headquarters decides, can you?"

"Listen to the good news and wait for the good news."

In the beginning, it was Capitsa who decided to get married this year.

Chen Muwu and Capitsa are good friends, both foreigners studying and working at Cambridge University, both practitioners in the physics industry, and both married a girl from France, and the two couples know each other.

With so many coincidences added together, Chen Muwu planned to simply hold a wedding with Kapitsa.

However, plans could not keep up, and at the end of last year, Rutherford suddenly returned to New Zealand, and he was appointed as interim director of the Cavendish laboratory.

Chen Muwu had promised to leave the UK at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year to attend two physics conferences in Italy and Belgium.

If he goes to France to get married again, with the pre-wedding preparations and the finishing touches after the marriage, he will basically leave the Cavendish laboratory every three or five times during the year, and this director, although temporary, is a little too incompetent.

Therefore, Chen Muwu's wedding date can only be postponed by one year, but he said to his family that he will get married this year, so that they will leave the sea according to the original plan.

Counting the days, it should not be a few days before the ship will be able to reach the Royal Victoria Dock in London.

(End of chapter)