A week later, in mid-September, Zhao Donghuai had just arrived on the floor where the main office of Zhao Films was located, when he saw Zhu Jiaxin, the head of the special effects department, hurriedly got up and walked over, "Boss, I'm back!"

Seeing the smile on his face, Zhao Donghuai also smiled and walked forward, "How was the harvest?"

Zhu Jiaxin nodded excitedly, "Yes, I have been immersed in the Hollywood special effects circle for the past two months. I have not been able to break into Industrial Light and Magic, but I spent some money and learned about the most advanced special effects technology."

"A mechanical device invented by Lucas in the 1970s can easily synchronize real-shot images and post-production synthetic images, improving the efficiency of recording methods that can only rely on manual hard-coating of film by dozens of times. We paid patent fees to buy the machine.

Done."

"I also bought the source sequence computer processing method invented there the year before last."

"Including a lot of rendering software that is specially used for computer processing of film post-production, we can also buy it, but it is not a one-time sale, but a fee every year. Every computer has to pay. The fee is very expensive. I

I suggest that the boss hire someone to develop similar software himself."

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While Zhu Jiaxin was explaining eloquently, Zhao Donghuai nodded repeatedly and entered the big office. He was still talking happily...

Don't be afraid that Zhao Donghuai won't understand. He gained master-level special effects movie shooting experience from the simulator when he only had intermediate simulation.

It's like the master-level physical skills of handheld photography were originally developed.

Without this kind of worry, Director Zhao had to practice photography for a year or two when he wanted to shoot Hurricane Rescue 1.

To sum up, Zhu Jiaxin has been here for two months and has almost everything that should be bought. At the end of the conversation, after taking a sip of tea, Zhu Jiaxin solemnly said, "Boss, I also heard some news that Hollywood wants to buy a supercomputer.

Establish a supercomputing center to serve as a special effects processor."

"We talked about it several times, but it didn't work out. Supercomputing represents the world's top technology. It doesn't mean you can buy it if you have money. They are also afraid of technology leakage, but if supercomputing can really be introduced."

"But we don't have it here..."

Zhao Donghuai was silent. He knew that the blockbuster films of the 1990s, such as Jurassic Park and Titanic, were able to make such exaggerated and realistic special effects that shocked the world and swept the world. It was the result of supercomputing.

But it’s unclear which blockbuster movie they started using super computing.

If this kind of hardware thing widens the gap...

After being silent for a few seconds, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "I have good news for you. There is also a supercomputer in the mainland. The Galaxy 1 can calculate hundreds of millions of operations per second. We should also be eligible to use it."

"This news came from experts invited from northern Qing Dynasty."

In the past, even before time travel, Zhao Donghuai never paid attention to the field of supercomputing or supercomputers, but recently he has been making big moves, no matter recruiting movie special effects talents from northern Qing Dynasty.

In order to develop Octopus, we built our own large-scale LAN network group across Hong Kong and hired many professionals.

There were not only graduates from northern Qing Dynasty, but also some professors.

It was also from those people that he learned about supercomputers like Galaxy 1. Supercomputers are widely used in various important fields such as oil exploration, weather forecasting, and engineering physics research. The mainland did not have its own supercomputer before the 1980s.

.

When I use it, I can only spend a lot of money to go abroad, and I am stuck.

The big bosses were uncomfortable and launched a big push. Last year in 1983, Galaxy 1 was successfully developed and was at the leading international level.

Moreover, the manufacturing cost is very low, and the circuit boards are all hand-soldered by eighth-level workers.

I heard that after it was completed, it helped many units or departments and did a lot of calculation tasks.

Zhu Jiaxin was overjoyed when she heard this, "Really? We can also use supercomputers? That would be a promising future."

Zhao Donghuai handed over a cigar and said, "After much thought, the special effects base is no longer on Hong Kong Island. I plan to spend money to build a special effects base in Pengcheng and build my own special effects building. If there is a chance, it is best to ask the mainland to build another one.

Send one or several Galaxy 1 supercomputers into our building, or even hand them over to experts assigned by the authorities to help us use them."

"As long as it can be used exclusively for us to do special effects, it's worth whatever money you spend!"

"I finished the script for my next film on August 20. I plan to try out a science fiction blockbuster, practice my skills, and hone my team by the way. It's now mid-September, more than 20 days later."

"Just come back. I will take a few minutes of sample footage later, and combine it with the fake skin created by the modelers and the other models. After filming, you will lead a team to create a sample special effect for me."

"As for the development of our special effects rendering software, we can just pay Qingbei to do it."

In March, Zhao Qiang was put in charge of the waste paper business. He made two trips a month and earned 10 million to 20 million yuan. This was already September.

RMB income exceeded 100 million.

The crew of Journey to the West and Dream of Red Mansions spent about 30 million, and the Shanghai Film Studio spent 25 million. There is still a lot left over.

Even if you go to Pengcheng to build a twenty-story special effects base building, you won't spend much money these days.

After all, a 20-storey commercial building in Pengcheng is far from the 30-storey Carnegie Building in Central, Hong Kong Island, which is worth 1 billion.

The remaining money is to hire experts like supercomputer and Qingbei to help develop software. If it is not enough, we can continue to buy and sell waste paper, including the car glass business.

How to develop it? Hollywood has related software for commercial use... imitate it?

If supercomputing can really do things, then it seems that the cosmic nebula lens that was not possible in the original plan and the Jurassic dinosaur lens that I wanted to omit can be tried.

There are two types of special effects: there are supercomputers that can be used and those that can’t be used!

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after an hour.

On the special effects team floor of Zhao Films, when Monica Bellucci hurried over and saw Zhao Donghuai, she hugged his left arm excitedly, "Boss, the shooting of the new movie is finally going to start? I've been waiting for a long time!"

She joined the Zhao family on August 1st, which is almost 50 days ago.

Even if I have been studying acting, singing, etc., including learning Mandarin, my life is very fulfilling. Food, clothing, housing, and transportation are all free. I can use and exchange all kinds of luxuries as I want, and they are also free.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The most indispensable thing among major movie crews is investment by advertisers and promotional samples.

But when will she be able to launch her first movie? She will be the main heroine. There are almost no blockbusters with male protagonists. Monica has been very excited and looking forward to it.

Zhao Donghuai smiled and clapped his hands, "Okay, now we are shooting samples."

"What you need to perform later is that when you wake up, you will find that your right hand is turning into nothingness, as if it is broken, and all kinds of superficial skin are flying like dust. When you gently touch the skin of your right hand with your left hand, it will be exposed

Blood layer.”

"Can the kind of shock, panic, and fear be played well?"

Monica, "..."

She thought for dozens of seconds before nodding, "I will work hard to meet your requirements."

After a while, the stylist, makeup artist...well, this is just a sample, it is not edited into the movie, there are no changes in makeup and styling.

In front of a green screen vacated in the special effects office, Monica sat on a chair, first filming her falling asleep and waking up, and then shouting "click".

The modeler handed over a piece of fake leather clothing that was almost the same shape as her hand, making it look just like the real thing.

The seventh- and eighth-level workers led a team of apprentices to work for more than 20 days to make hand-made fake leather clothes? This is too simple.

Put on the fake leather suit, find the previous state and movements and continue acting along.

Continue clicking and change to the next layer of fake leather clothing.

The actions of waking up, looking at your hands, raising your hands, and wiping your left hand with your right hand, if displayed on a big screen, would only take a few seconds or ten seconds, all connected together.

But when it came to filming, it was just clicking in front of the green screen, constantly changing props, models, and fake leather suits, while waiting for the special effects shot where Monica went to the bathroom and saw her face distorted and collapsed.

A group of seventh- and eighth-level engineering masters came up with three or four different models that were the same size as Monica's head, with either a collapsed left eye, a collapsed nose, or a split mouth.

These models are all lifelike and 70% similar to Monica herself.

After shooting a short two-three-minute shot, when Zhao Donghuai shouted to call it a day, Monica came out with a look of doubt on her life, "Boss, is this a special effects movie? It feels... it feels..."

The shooting felt really low.

The performance experience was extremely poor.

Zhao Donghuai handed the camera to his assistant to handle the subsequent development and editing, and then went to the outside and said, "Don't worry, this is a shooting that requires special effects. When it comes to other scenes, it will be the same as normal shooting."

Monica then breathed a sigh of relief, "How long will it take to make this sample?"

Director Zhao was also a little helpless, "Based on 24 frames per second, it takes a mature Hollywood team half an hour to render one frame, but our new team takes an hour? One second of footage requires the team to work day and night."

"A one-minute shot takes almost two months..."

Monica sprayed water directly, "Isn't this too exaggerated?"

Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "Don't worry, what we are pursuing now is not to make this sample film reach the level of theatrical special effects blockbusters, but to hone the team!"

"They all learn from scratch. It will be very slow in the beginning. But if they reach the standard of producing special effects for theaters, they won't have to continue doing it later. There is no need to make all these useless shots to theater standards.

."

"When they are almost done practicing, we will officially start the group and start filming!"

A special effects shot that lasts for more than two minutes really requires a novice team to render and post in one hour per frame. This two minutes will take four to five months of busy work.

Even if you practice well in the middle and later stages, upgrade to Hollywood's experienced mode and double the efficiency, it will still take more than three months?

That's really unnecessary! The two-minute scene will not be cut into the super body. When the super body is officially shot, it will be shot on a green screen combined with the flight.

"Let's see their progress. If the progress is satisfactory, Super Body will be launched at the end of the month or early next month. How about your acting skills?"

Monica said in surprise, "I will definitely work hard!"

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To be continued...