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Chapter 566: Difficult R&D

Today is the day when Zhang Ran went to the hospital for a reexamination. Zhang Jing got up early in the first year of the Chu Dynasty, made breakfast, and prepared clothes for her to go out, and then helped him out.

When he arrived at the hospital, Zhang Ran took the film first, and then found the doctor to ask for the results. After the doctor carefully checked the film, he confirmed that Zhang Ran's bones had completely healed, so he helped him remove the cast on his legs.

After the plaster was removed, the exposed calf was obviously thinner. Zhang Jingchu was frightened and asked quickly: "Doctor, what's wrong with his legs? Why did he become so thin?"

The doctor explained: "Don't worry, because the gypsum is tied to the legs, the movement is limited, and the muscle and fat tissue are atrophy in disuse, and the legs become thinner. But this atrophy is reversible. After removing the gypsum, slowly move and increase the amount of activity, and you can recover. Zhang Ran's legs have only been wrapped in the gypsum for a month, and it recovers quickly, so don't worry."

Zhang Jingchu breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "Is there anything to pay attention to?"

The doctor said: "After removing the cast, you can perform rehabilitation exercises, such as swimming. It is best to insist on rehabilitation exercises for more than 4 weeks, wait until you no longer feel pain, and then transition from brisk walking to running step by step. Before this, avoid strenuous exercises, such as brisk walking, lifting heavy objects, and reducing sexual intercourse!"

After remembering the doctor's instructions, Zhang Ran stood up and tried to walk two steps, but now he couldn't walk steadily. He knew that walking had memory of his muscles, and it took a while to return to normal. He had to use a crutch for a while. However, after getting rid of the heavy and stupid plaster, Zhang Ran was still much more comfortable.

In the afternoon, accompanied by Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Ran came to Tiangong Chongcai to watch the special effects preparations for "Tangshan Earthquake".

When they walked into the company, led by Chen Ningyu's secretary, Zhang Ran and the others came to the post-production studio.

In the room, Chen Ningyu and Zhao Fei were discussing technical issues. Seeing Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu both stood up, they greeted with a smile, "Zhang Ran, Jingchu, you are here!" Then they got up, pulled two chairs over, and asked them to sit down.

Zhang Ran looked at the screen on the display and knew that he was testing the post-production screen of red-one. He asked: "This screen is really good, what software is used to handle it?"

Chen Ningyu smiled and introduced: "We have tried to directly use Da Vinci to transcoding, but the effect is not good. When we were having a headache, Red Company launched a special transcoding software, which has very good results. After transcoding, we used Kuantai's Pab1o color tone. The picture data is very flexible, and there will be no noise when improving the dark part or reducing the highlights."

Zhang Ran remembers that "Avatar" was processed with Kuantai Pab1o. He stared at the picture and looked at it carefully. It was indeed a good thing, and asked again: "How is the camera situation?"

Zhao Fei said: "Sometimes the picture will not focus when taken, which is more troublesome. But it is not a problem with the machine itself, but a problem with the software. Red company is already debugging the program, and they promise to completely solve this problem before September. There are some other small problems, just pay attention to it when shooting, and there is no big problem!"

Zhang Ran asked the relevant questions about the picture again, and the answer was that on the later platform, the skin tone of red is smoother and natural; in terms of tolerance, the redode encoding performance is also very good. Some highlight details that may be overexposed in the early stage can be easily retrieved in the later stage.

Zhang Ran was completely relieved. Since Tiangong Quancai could handle it, there was no need to go to Peter Jackson's post-production studio.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Ran got up and came to the special effects team responsible for "Tangshan Earthquake" and asked about the progress of the earthquake collapse plug-in. This plug-in was originally developed for the needs of filming, but recently Zhang Ran suddenly realized that if it could be developed, then this plug-in would be unique and no other company would have it, and it might become the signature of Tiangong Chongcai.

Sun Kewang, who is in charge of software research, briefly introduced the situation and then played the collapsed special effects made during the development process.

The picture played on the screen is relatively rough, which is a relatively rough 3D model. However, it can be seen that the buildings in the picture fall one after another, and you can see that there are all kinds of things in the collapsed buildings, such as benches, beds, wardrobes, and bowls and chopsticks...

This special effect looks pretty good at first glance, but the details cannot stand scrutiny and do not conform to physical reactions. It is like doing a scene of ten thousand people. If you have one thousand people in the same action, even the fluttering of your clothes is the same, it will seem very fake. Because the earthquake waves are shaking, shaking, and under different states, different materials and different objects have different reactions, and this detail still cannot be made.

However, it has been a great improvement to be able to achieve this level. Zhang Ran encouraged: "Don't worry, we have enough time to do research. Even if the movie of a major earthquake is not useful, we must develop it. Next, we will participate in many Hollywood projects. Relying on the current strength of Tiangong Chongcai, it is impossible to dominate the special effects of these major projects. We do not have our own strengths and no advantageous technology. The earthquake special effects we are doing now have never done Hollywood. If we do it, then we are the best in this area and have our own advantages. This will become our signature!"

Most Hollywood blockbusters are basically divided into different companies, and no movie is made from one company to the end. However, companies that can participate in these projects often have their own skills. For example, all the horses in the movie "Lord of the Rings" are made by a British company. They open horse-related software, which is their strength, and Vita has to invite them.

Now Tiangong Quancai is at its top level in China and even in Asia, but it is not possible to put it in the world. Many famous companies in the United States, Canada and Australia are generally above their strengths. The biggest problem is that they do not have their own technology.

Even if companies without technical advantages participate in major Hollywood projects, they often do small parts of the lens and very few simple lenses.

Sun Kewang knew about Zhang Ran and Fox’s cooperation, and also knew that it was an opportunity for Tiangong Chongcai. He said firmly: “We will not disappoint you, we will do it even if we try our best!”

Just this week, the movie "Dance of My Life" produced by Dingfeng Entertainment was officially released. Even though the media's evaluation was bad, the handsome beauty combination of Channing Tatum and Jenna Diwan, coupled with the enthusiastic music and the most popular street dance, still made "Dance of My Life" swept the streets and alleys. The movie opened with 2467 halls and achieved a box office of 2958, second only to "Laddgar Night", ranking second. The cost of "Dance of My Life" is only 120,000 yuan. Even if the box office in the future is zero, it is still a big profit.

In the second week, "Dance of My Life" achieved a box office of 14.65 million, ranking fourth. According to this trend, the final box office was more than 60,000, and Dingfeng Entertainment must have made a big profit. Although this movie was jointly invested by four companies, it was not owned by Dingfeng Entertainment, and it needed to share the profits with other companies. However, the copyright of "Dance of My Life" is in the hands of Dingfeng Entertainment. When launching a sequel, other companies can be ruled out to work alone.

After Zhang Ran acquired Dingfeng Entertainment, various experts and industry insiders believed that Zhang Ran spent 120 million to acquire Dingfeng Entertainment was out of reach. Dingfeng Entertainment was not worth the price at all, but now he was shocked. No one expected that "Dance Out My Life" would be so successful.

As long as two or three sequels of "Dance Out My Life", 120 million will be basically earned back. More importantly, when the sequel is released, Tingfeng Entertainment will be qualified to negotiate with theaters. If the next "Twilight" can be successful, Tingfeng Entertainment may move towards mainstream film companies.

It is Hollywood tradition to strike while the iron is hot after a work is successful, and Tingfeng Entertainment cannot be spared. After the box office was released in the second week, Tingfeng Entertainment immediately announced on its official website that it will launch a sequel to "Dance Out My Life" and will be launched in the summer of O8.

Zhang Ran did not ask about the sequel to "Dance My Life". He always believed that professional things should be left to professionals, and eO Freeman from Tingfeng Entertainment was professional enough that he didn't need to point fingers.

But even so, Zhang Ran is still very busy. He is completely impossible to throw these tasks to others at the creation of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the preparations for the Tangshan Earthquake, and the opening work of the Asian Film Academy. Especially the Asian Film Academy, this year is the first, and he, as the dean, cannot be the boss.

On September 1, at the gate of Beijing Electric School, various teaching buildings, and dormitories for boys and girls, banners of "Welcome freshmen" were hung, and some old students set up stalls to welcome freshmen at the gate.

Looking at the slightly immature new faces dragging their suitcases into the school gate and looking at them with curious eyes, the old students were all over the place and were very familiar with them and greeted them: "Are you a freshman in the performance department? You must be unfamiliar with the campus situation. I will take you here to report!"

The most asked questions from the freshmen were: "Senior Brother, do you know Teacher Zhang Ran?"

The answers received were almost the same: "Do you think there are any students at Beijing Electric who don't know Teacher Zhang Ran?"

At the entrance of the watch guide building, Yang Mi stretched her neck and kept looking around, complaining: "Why haven't Teacher Zhang come yet? Wasn't you an interview today? Why are you so procrastinating?"

Yuan Shanshan looked at the time and said, "Little fox, there is still half an hour!"

At this moment, Yang Mi saw a foreigner coming over and hurriedly greeted him: "Teacher Amaba!"

Alessandro Amaba recognized Yang Fan and the others and asked, "Hello, are you Zhang here?"

While leading Amaba to the watch guide building, Yang Mi said, "We will arrive soon. Teacher Amaba, please go here!"

In fact, Zhang Ran has been to the school for a while, but he is in the principal's office to report to Zhang Huijun about the preparations for the Asian Film Academy and the arrangements for the opening ceremony.

Today, the school has a simple interview with 12 students, mainly depending on whether there are cheating or not. Of course, this possibility is not great. Zhang Ran has heard of the names of most students and is capable. However, the process that should be followed still has to be followed. After passing the interview, students can register and officially become a member of the Asian Film Academy.

In addition, this year is the first year of the Asian Film Academy. The opening ceremony is also the founding ceremony of the college, which must be grand and warm. Zhang Ran invited many guests to the audience. He took out a list from his bag and handed it to Zhang Huijun, saying, "This is the list of guests present, please take a look at the dean."

Zhang Huijun took it lightly, but when he saw the names of the people on the list clearly, his face changed and he said in a deep voice: "Zhang Ran, will these people on the list come over?"

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "As long as there is no accident, I will come!"

Some of the people here are letters from the Beijing Municipal Government, and they may not be able to invite them! Zhang Huijun didn't know how Zhang Ran did it. He laughed and said, "Zhang Ran, you did a good job. When these people come, they will definitely attract extremely high attention. The Asian Film Academy's momentum has been played out!" 8
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