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Spielberg and Lucas walked into Thunder Labs.

"Hello, sir, how can I help you?"

The service lady in Qianlu is very polite.

"I heard that there is also an experimental machine for the Galaxy Supercomputer here?"

"Excuse me, can I ask your names?"

"My name is George Lucas."

"I'm Steven Spielberg."

The two of them said their names, and at this moment, the other person suddenly raised his head in surprise: "I would like to ask, are you the director who shot "Survivor"?"

"Survivor" is very famous.

It tells about people's life after the disaster. The plot of the nuclear war in the first film greatly touched the Americans at that time.

"Yes, that's us." Lucas smiled.

"Oh, okay, I'll contact you immediately..."

After learning the identities of the two people, the front desk moved quickly, and soon Seymour Clay came out in person.

"First, you are asking about the Galaxy Computer?"

Strictly speaking, the other party also belonged to the Ark Group. When Seymour Clay saw them, he asked about it.

"Yes. We want to find a computer that can produce special effects." Lucas answered immediately.

"Special effects?" Clay seemed to understand: "~You said computer special effects?" Lucas nodded sharply: "Yes, we want to use current computer special effects technology, but we feel that the current film is limited to the visual effects.

"It's very crude, so we urgently need a perfect way to show special effects." "Well... I think we should go in and talk." We can't block the guests at the door.

Bar?

The two then followed Clay to the interior of the laboratory.

Lucas always wanted to do special effects.

But Lukes felt that Catherine's method of burning money was a bit unreliable.

Although you can create endless possibilities through hand-drawn patterns, it would cost too much money.

Each frame of image requires hundreds or even thousands of dollars to complete, and that’s not how money is spent!

Catherine doesn't have to worry about Hollywood, so she can spend her money unscrupulously.

In fact, no Hollywood company has dared to pursue the idea of ​​​​Catherine's DreamWorks.

Go play with Catherine!

Today's Hollywood has long understood that "the total profit of the assets owned by Catherine is already higher than the total profit of the entire Hollywood, and the other party can spend a lot of money to shoot blockbusters." But Hollywood must live with dollars. This is the gap. Of course,

If it were the "Hollywood of the future", that would not necessarily be the case. At that time, Hollywood had already developed, and the major companies were also very wealthy, spending two to three hundred million to make movies without blinking an eye.

So Lucas, who was keen on doing special effects, decided to find a way to do special effects on his own. He also knew very well that compared with them, Catherine was not an order of magnitude higher.

Catherine can spend one or two billion to make movies without any burden, regardless of box office. This kind of money is beyond the reach of Hollywood.

And the method he thought of was to do it through a computer.

In fact, the first film in history to use computer special effects was produced by Lucas Industrial Light and Magic.

"Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" used industrial light and magic's computer special effects.

The animation department of Industrial Light and Magic was responsible for the production of some of the light effects such as the aurora in the film. The images of the starship were shot against a pure color background and synthesized into the image through keying technology. The damaged engine room of the Reliance was

The image is painted on the footage of the model separating and exploding.

Now, perhaps because of his age, Lucas has not yet thought of setting up an "Industrial Light and Magic" company, but Lucas's obsession with special effects is already very deep.

And Spielberg, who is beside him, is also very concerned about special effects and so on.

So when Lucas told Spielberg that he could use computer CG technology to do special effects, they were very happy to come to the Thunder Lab.

Lucas couldn't afford the Galaxy Supercomputer. As for the cloud computing business launched by Catherine, Lucas had no idea what it was. At this time, Lucas heard that there was another company in Xunlei Lab.

There is a prototype machine, so it would be great if I could borrow this machine for use.

"…………, Lou Nao special effects?"

Seymour Cray has never thought that computers can be used to do special effects. In fact, the computer problems that Seymour Cray thinks about are much narrower than those of Catherine. But this does not mean that Seymour Cray,

Lei is no longer able to accept it.

"What are you going to do?" "Using cutout and synthesis is the easiest way. I think this situation only requires a small computer."

It can be realized with a model machine." Even so, for now, Catherine's synthesis method is more advanced. After all, the effects of today's computers are limited. Of course, Catherine's method is also more expensive.

At this time, Spielberg said: "So we plan to use 3D synthesis effects. We can use special 3D technology."

"If it's 3D modeling, NASA has a precedent for using this product." Clay murmured, and then seemed to be talking to himself: "The performance of the Galaxy supercomputer is very outstanding, ordinary 3D

The effect can be easily achieved, if it is a complex environment

It's not impossible... This is not a problem at all..." In fact, simple 3D effects can be easily produced. As far as the current situation is concerned, the small computer developed by Orange Company is capable of it, but if you want to say

If you can create realistic special effects, it's a bit impossible.

Lucas and Spielberg now needed a special effects tool as they prepared for a blockbuster movie.

"Star Wars" would be the launch of Lucas and Spielberg's careers.

"Although it is a prototype, we still use it for experiments."

"I understand this, we will pay the rent.," Lucas said hurriedly after hearing what the other party said.

Lucas loved special effects very much, and he also made a huge contribution to the advancement of computers.

In 1982, Light and Magic invented a computer processing method called "Source Sequence" and applied it to the science fiction film "Interstellar: The Wrath of Khan", which was the first film in the history of the film to be completely produced by computers.

scene.

In 1985, Light & Magic produced the first computer-generated character in film history, the "Stained Glass Man" in the movie "Young Sherlock Holmes."

In 1989, Light & Magic produced the first computer 3D character in film history for the science fiction classic "The Abyss".

And "Terminator" T1000 in 1991 and "Jurassic Park" in 1994, these"

It can be said that they are all milestones one after another in history.

Although it is 1970 now, the Galaxy Super Computer has far more powerful performance than the computer used by Lucas in the 1980s in the original world, so it is very easy to use the Galaxy Super Computer for image processing.

and convenience.

"Actually, I'm interested in your plan, but I can't make the decision alone."

I think I should take you to meet some people." Seymour Clay's words surprised both of them...

Bruce Lee took a deep breath, and then looked at the group of "Japanese ronin" in front of him with fierce eyes.

Bruce Lee is currently filming Fist of Fury.

After filming this film, Bruce Lee will temporarily return to the United States.

Recently, Lucas and Spielberg, the best partners, are inviting Bruce Lee to film.

Bruce Lee in this life is different from the one in history. Because he got along quite smoothly in the United States, he did not have to go to Hong Kong to get along as he did in history. Bruce Lee is now in Hong Kong and only occasionally shoots a few movies.

The box office of Hong Kong movies is now almost ignored by Bruce Lee. There are so-called excellent film production companies like Shaw Brothers, but their structure is still too small.

The films shot in Hong Kong are all "short, fast". The shooting time of a film can be as short as more than 0 days, and the cost is only one or two million Hong Kong dollars. In terms of US dollars, it is even more expensive.

Less than $1 million.

Moreover, the box office in Hong Kong is only 10 to 20 million Hong Kong dollars, which is the highest. For Bruce Lee, who is used to seeing box office with tens of millions and 100 million, such a box office cannot be accepted by himself. And Bruce Lee has seen it.

Investments are all measured in US dollars. For now, Bruce Lee's biggest market is not Hong Kong or the United States, but Japan.

DreamWorks' reputation in Japan is still very good.

Although the "Letter from Iwo Jima" film back then was suspected of being flattering, the flattery hit the mark. [Japan] I have a tolerant attitude toward DreamWorks, not like other manufacturers.

There is no place to stand on [Sun].

And Bruce Lee took advantage of DreamWorks to land in Japan.

Just like in history, as soon as Bruce Lee entered [Japan], he was envied and worshiped by [Japanese] people who like strong men, and then evolved into a Bruce Lee culture. Although Bruce Lee himself did not know much about this area, but

Catherine knew this very well.

And the whirlwind caused by Bruce Lee took the entire world by storm.

"It's amazing..."

Next to him, a 16-year-old young man named Chen Yuanlong was looking at Bruce Lee's majestic appearance and secretly admired him. This young man with a big nose admired Bruce Lee very much. At this time, he also imagined that he could become

Of course Bruce Lee killed everyone like that, but he also knew that he was not qualified.

However, he still envied the other party. At this time, Chen Yuanlong still didn't know that he would have his own path in the future...

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