"The special effects of "Terminator" are made of this thing?" Kang Jianfei picked up a robot model that was more than a ruler on the table and asked. He was not very familiar with the original special effects technology, because after decades, he basically used computer CG technology to make special effects, and he thought how cool and advanced the Hollywood special effects were at this time.

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

The speaker is the future Hollywood special effects master Stan Winston. He used to be a makeup artist at Disney Company. He formed Winston Studio (SWS) 11 years ago. For example, the future Alien 2, Terminator series, Jurassic Park series, Iron Man series and other movies, the special effects in them are all from Winston Studio (Industrial Light and Magic also have cooperation, such as the liquid robot in "Terminator 2" is made by Industrial Light and Magic, while "Jurassic Park" is composed by Winston Studio, and Industrial Light and Magic is responsible for digital technology).

Although Stan Winston won the Emmy Award a few years ago, compared with the famous regular army industrial light and magic, Winston Studio was still at the guerrilla level at this time.

Winston Studio's reputation became a pair of good friends since then because of the "Terminator" he collaborated with Cameron.

Kang Jianfei, Xu Ke and Zeng Bolin knew nothing about special effects technology. When Cameron started shooting, he could only stand beside him and observe silently.

The scene I am shooting is about the injury of a robot played by Schwarzenegger. The special effect technology used is to freeze shooting of miniature models, which is commonly known as rock animation.

This is not a trendy technology. There was rock animation decades ago, but the filming of "Terminator" was made with a robot model.

Winston discussed with Cameron, and then the two discussed with the photographer for a while, and then began to operate the robot model by Winston. Basically, if you do an action, you will stop and shoot again. Just like a puppet show in China, Winston used metal wire to pull the robot to do some simple movements, and kept changing the model during the shooting.

The rock cartoons that were filmed for children were rough and the frame loss was very serious, but the filming of "Terminator" could not cut corners like this. The picture had to be smooth so that the audience could not see the flaws.

So, Cameron had to spend several days shooting the shots in just over ten seconds in the movie, and I don’t know how many robot models were used.

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

"How are you talking to Industrial Light and Magic?" Kang Jianfei asked Xu Ke casually while looking at Winston's control model.

Xu Ke carried a bag with him, took out a few pieces of paper and handed it to Kang Jianfei and said, "The design drawings are ready."

Kang Jianfei took it over and saw a conceptual design of various monsters and magic weapons on it. He asked with a smile: "You have only made these out for more than a month after you came to Hollywood?"

Xu Ke nodded and said, "It's all made by Industrial Light and Magic people. After returning to Hong Kong, you can make the design drawings into real objects."

While taking advantage of the filming break, Kang Jianfei carefully learned about the Hollywood special effects production with Winston, and then he realized that he was a bit too optimistic about setting up a special effects department at DreamWorks.

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 that it is difficult to survive by spending too much money.

For example, the famous Industrial Light and Magic is the most famous and powerful special effects company in Hollywood today, but this company is losing money almost every year, and Lucas has to make money by making movies to support Industrial Light and Magic.

As for Stan Winston's special effects studio, he was even more miserable. He could hold on for more than ten years without closing the door. It can only be said that Winston is a persistent person.

The development environment of Hong Kong's special effects companies is even worse. After all, few investors are willing to spend money on special effects. They would rather invite more big stars to attract box office. If DreamWorks set up a special effects department, the most likely situation is that they will not receive a single order in 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 very interested in your studio and want to invest in it." Kang Jianfei explained.

"That... that's great!" Stan Winston said in disbelief. His current studio can only be barely maintained. Sometimes he has to do other jobs to make money to subsidize. There is a kid... Oh no, there is a funder who can invest money in, which is as exciting as winning a lottery.

If Kang Jianfei uses money to buy Industrial Light and Magic, Lucas will definitely not sell it, but it is easy to inject capital into Winston Studio, which is not yet developed. Not to mention anything else, just after the Terminator is popular, Winston Studio will definitely become famous. If Kang Jianfei doesn't want to play it 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 and Anne Hurd to a nearby bar to have a drink, and talked about the progress of "Terminator".

James Cameron said: "It will take at least one month to finish the filming, and it will take about a month later."

Kang Jianfei felt relieved: "That is to say, I just rushed to be released on Christmas time?"

"Time is a bit too tight, I'm afraid I can't get much canvas." James Cameron said with some concern.

Anne Hurd smiled and said, "As far as I know, there are no good movies in the second half of the year in 20th Century Fox. As long as they are optimistic about "Terminator", then there will definitely be no problem with the release of Christmas."

Kang Jianfei raised his glass and said, "Then I wish the Terminator a big box office success!"

"Hao!" Anne Hurd shouted in broken Chinese.

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The cooperation between Kang Jianfei and Stan Winston went smoothly. The result of the two discussions was that Winston Studio (SWS) was renamed Kang-Winston Company (KWC), and Kang Jianfei injected $800,000 in one lump sum into KWC and obtained 80 shares of the company.

Winston's studio was changed to a company, and with the redistribution of equity, these things cannot be handled in one or two days. Kang Jianfei had no time to waste it on it, so he hired a professional lawyer to be fully responsible for the matter. He only needed to sign the contract sent by the lawyer.

When leaving Los Angeles, not only did Xu Kejie and several special effects engineers from Industrial Light and Magic go along, but Guan Zhilin also returned to Hong Kong.

What makes people laugh and cry is that more than a dozen reporters at the airport had just interviewed Zhen Ni who was flying to Taiwan, blocking Kang Jianfei and his group.

Now that the paparazzi in Hong Kong has not really emerged, the reason why Jenny Jen attracted so many reporters was a big news two months ago.

Zhen Ni's husband is Chang Cheh's official actor, and the famous Shaw Brothers movie star Fu Sheng. Fu Sheng died in a car accident two months ago. This news was headlined by major newspapers for two consecutive weeks.

After dealing with her husband's funeral, Zhen Ni closed the Golden Note Record Company, which she opened with her husband, and was preparing to go to Taiwan alone to relax. Unexpectedly, her behavior of closing the record company became "Teen Ni decided to withdraw from the music scene because of her loss of her husband's grief". The news of Zhen Ni's withdrawal from the music scene these days is causing a lot of controversy. She was chased by reporters to the airport as soon as she left the house today.

Zhen Ni just died her husband, so she was in no mood to talk nonsense to the reporter and got on the plane without saying a word.

These reporters were about to return in disappointment, but they didn't expect to run into Kang Jianfei, and Xu Ke, Guan Zhilin and a few foreigners were accompanied.

The reporters' firepower was immediately directed at Kang Jianfei and asked: "Mr. Kang, are you going to make a new film with Director Xu Ke?"

"Mr. Kang, I heard that the film you worked with Jiahe is about to start. Is Miss Guan the second heroine in the film?"

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

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

“…”

Kang Jianfei felt more than ten flies flying around in his ears. With his thief-free personality, he naturally could not miss the opportunity to promote the movie when encountering these reporters. He immediately pushed Xu Ke forward and said, "If you have any questions, please 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 be filmed, which is adapted from the “Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan” by the owner of Huanzhu Lou. Thanks to Mr. Kang’s trust and care, the budget investment of “New Swordsman of Shushan” is HK$35 million. These are special effects masters I invited from Hollywood. They are also the special effects team of “Star Wars”.”

“35 million!”

"Star Wars special effects team!"

More than a dozen reporters at the airport did not expect to ask such big news. They were like going out to beat a rabbit. The rabbit ran away and hit a fat sheep!

You know, so far, there is no Hong Kong film with a cost of more than 20 million yuan. Now Kang Jianfei is going to invest 35 million yuan for Xu Ke to make a new film.

The reporters immediately went crazy and hurriedly chased Xu Ke: "Director Xu, who is the male and female protagonist of "New Shushan"?"

Xu Ke glanced at Kang Jianfei, and saw Kang Jianfei nodding slightly, he said, "The male lead is tentatively appointed Zheng Shaoqiu."

"The male lead is Qiu Guan. Did Sir Shao agree to release him?" The reporters were even more excited. The news that Zheng Shaoqiu starred in the new Dream Factory film was no less explosive than Kang Jianfei's investment of 35 million to make a blockbuster.
Chapter completed!