Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 645 Lightning Lamp

Chapter 645 Lightning Lamp

Ronald came to the studio of the film studio. Xiaoyan's father was the lighting engineer of the crew of "The Female Director's Boyfriend".He was standing next to a large trailer with several wires running from the trailer to the lights on the scene.

"The Female Director's Boyfriend" is the sequel to another blockbuster movie "Post Fate" two years ago. The leading actor is Guo Kaimin, an actor who has played "Love in Lushan".He's speaking his lines to the camera.

Ronald noticed that the crew here did not have a microphone for live recording.He was wondering, only to hear a man with a director's hat askew to stop the rehearsal.

It was a senior director of the film studio, surnamed Sang.After he went up to talk to the actors about the play, he gestured for the camera to start filming.The shooting habits here are very different. Perhaps in order to save film, the actors have to rehearse many times before going to the camera for actual shooting.

"Om..." The scene was still filled with a kind of moderate noise.It was also the first time for Ronald to see the crew filmed like this.

"Will you Hollywood also make sequels to successful movies?" Since Assistant Director Huang knew that Ronald could speak a little Chinese, he pestered him with questions, and was very interested in Hollywood's advanced concepts and technologies.

There was no radio at the scene, and there was still noise, so Ronald was not afraid to disturb the shooting, and explained to Deputy Director Huang from a distance.

"There are many situations like this in Hollywood. It is very natural to make a sequel with a blockbuster movie. The audience is familiar with the plot and characters, which can greatly reduce marketing costs. The main creator does not have to bother to explore the plot and whether it is liked by the audience."

"Stop!" Director Sang called to stop another rehearsal, "Very good, in this state, we will officially shoot later."

"Dad!" Xiaoyan ran over, greeted his father, then pointed to Ronald, and told Director Sang about Ronald's visit.

"Ah, it turned out to be a foreign friend. Let Lao Yan go. His apprentice will be able to become a teacher long ago. It will be fine if he is here."

"Hello, Mr. Yan," Ronald said hello to Xiaoyan's father very politely.

His name is Yan Zhongfang, he is a lighting engineer and engineer in a film studio, and he has invented many practical new lighting equipment.

"Om... Kah"

The noise stopped after Yan Zhongfang turned off a switch on the car.

"Hello." Yan Zhongfang wiped her hands with a towel, and came up to shake hands with Ronald, wondering why the foreigner wanted him.

"I would like to ask, what is this? Why do you put a noise source here, isn't it very convenient to listen to the scene?" Ronald is very interested in different shooting methods.

"This is a DC power supply car for lighting. Unlike Hollywood, we have advanced dysprosium lamps. The dysprosium-holmium lamps we designed and manufactured are used in conjunction with direct current. It happens that our crew does not use live radio, so direct current Converter noise is not a big deal."

"Is there anything you want from me?" Yan Zhongfang asked Ronald.

"I'm here to buy advanced lamps from you. I hope you can sell or rent them out. The price is negotiable." Ronald expressed his idea of ​​buying the lamps invented by Yan Zhongfang.

"Aren't you a guest from Hollywood? Why would you want to buy our lamps? Your lamps are more advanced than ours?"

Yan Zhongfang showed surprise on his face. He didn't understand that his invention was based on the introduction of advertisements in overseas magazines, and from the performance descriptions in a few words, the lamps were reverse-designed and manufactured. Buy from yourself?
"No, yours is more advanced than ours." Ronald said affirmatively.

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"Oh, what you're looking at is the lightning lamp." Yan Zhongfang listened to his son's explanation for a while, and brought Ronald to the warehouse of the film studio.

Pulling off the cloth that was covering it carefully, one of Yan Zhongfang's inventions, a boxy lighting device, lay quietly on the ground below.

"That's the thing, we don't have a lot of movies with lightning shots, there's not a lot of use for it, so it's in storage."

Yan Zhongfang turned on another DC power supply, connected it to the lighting power supply, flipped a note on the back of the lamp, set the switch, and then flipped the switch lightly, and a burst of strong light was emitted on the scene.

"Wow, this is it!" Ronald was excited.

The lights excited by the [-]-volt high voltage, like lightning, brighten the warehouse very brightly.The light from the boxy lamp illuminated the entire ground regardless of the brightness of the original incandescent lamps in the warehouse.

The lightning lamp flashed three times, each lasted for more than a second, and then calmed down.

"How did you do this? No one in Hollywood can make such a realistic lightning effect like you. Mr. Yan Zhongfang, you are going to get rich." Ronald also wanted to step forward and operate it himself.

"The lightning lamp needs to rest for a period of time, and can only be started again after the heat from the explosion dissipates." Yan Zhongfang felt the temperature with his hand near the lamp, and then asked Ronald to set the time by himself, and another lightning came.

"This lightning can also accurately set the time!" Ronald liked it more and more.

"The scientific name of this is high-power high-voltage DC long-arc xenon lightning lamp." Yan Zhongfang proudly introduced his invention.

"The color rendering of the xenon lamp is very good, the brightness is enough, and the flash time can be precisely controlled, which can simulate the brightness of lightning at any night. It's just that the lamp used is a long-arc xenon lamp, which we use to illuminate large stadiums And public places, so the cost is relatively expensive. We can’t use it indiscriminately. Now there are some film studios across the country, and those who want to shoot lightning movies come to borrow.”

Ronald and the inventor Yan Zhongfang chat very speculatively.

Yan Zhongfang not only invented the lightning lamp, but also imitated and created the same studio lighting lamp as Alai in Germany.

Movies have evolved into the color era, and the carbon arc lamps of the black and white era cannot be used.Later, someone invented the dysprosium lamp, and added the rare element dysprosium into the lamp, so that various colors can be reproduced more accurately on color film.

However, the film studio could not find a matching high-power AC power supply, so they had to bypass the AC-DC converter and made a lamp using DC power, adding two unique rare elements, dysprosium and holmium, to overcome stroboscopic flicker. question.

The price of DC power supply is that there is low noise on the scene. Fortunately, film studios are now dubbing in post-production, so this shortcoming has not been magnified.

"How did you think of increasing the brightness of the lightning lamp by increasing the voltage? The high-voltage performance of the long-arc xenon lamp is actually so good." Ronald touched the lamp and looked at it like a baby.

"I also once connected the wrong power supply to the 380-volt industrial electricity on the set, and found that the light bulb was much brighter than the 220-volt one before it blew up, so I came up with the idea of ​​​​inventing the lightning lighting.

Finally, in the journals of the Sowell Union, the performance advantages of the long-arc xenon lamp were found, and the lightning lamp was invented.However, our factory manager said that I was not doing my job properly, and he was not very supportive of my continued experimentation. "

"Why? With your intelligence, you should be engaged in specialized product research and development, instead of condescending to be a lighting engineer in the crew." Ronald began to poach people.

"My inventions and creations all use the equipment in the factory. The long-arc xenon lamp is also dispatched by the factory to the higher-ups. Without the support of the factory manager, I would not have invented the lightning lamp. Let me go, I will not I'm willing." Yan Zhongfang's family is here, so he is a bit reluctant to go to America.

"Then I will buy two sets of lightning lamp equipment, and you can set a price."

"I can't make a price, it's the property of the factory."

"I'll buy you a complete set of patents and production processes, pay in US dollars, and you set a price." Ronald keenly felt that this kind of lightning has an extraordinary effect. As long as it is introduced to Hollywood, all movies related to lightning will be If you want to rent your own lamps, then it is a unique business.

"This belongs to the unit, and private individuals have no right to sell it, but I can report it to the factory manager."

"You want to buy our lightning lamp?" Director Xu of the film studio was very surprised when he saw Ronald bring Xiaoyan and his son to express his willingness to buy.

"Yeah, it's a really nice light, and we don't have that kind of equipment in Hollywood."

"But our film studio doesn't produce this kind of lamps, does it? These two lightning lamps are prototype lamps made by master Yan Zhongfang when he was inventing and creating."

"Huh?" Ronald thought, why don't you understand the value of this lamp?

"But they don't seem to understand that with such a small amount of filming every year, there are not many lightning shots. It's not like all the shoddy Hollywood romance films, horror films, and even Broadway stage plays, all have some lightning effects." Luo Nader understands that Yan Zhongfang's invention is just a toy here, and it can only become a business in America, where the film and television market is huge.

"How about I write you a letter of introduction, and you go to the state-owned electronic lighting factory in Minhang to purchase, and I can give you the drawings of Master Yan Zhongfang, as long as..."

"I can bid for your patent."

Director Xu has also traveled to Japan and the South, and knows the meaning of capitalist patents, but what they need is not these.

"Our country's scientific and technological strength is still relatively backward. Only at certain points can it break through the world's advanced level of science and technology..."

Ronald didn't know how to answer this.

Xiaoyan translated what Director Xu said, and then said to Ronald, "We rely on ratings for everything here. My dad has invented so many new equipment, but he has not yet been rated as a senior engineer. As long as you can give us a proof, This invention has reached the international advanced level in the 70s, whether it is my father or Director Xu, it is a great achievement."

"Oh, don't be humble. You are not at the international advanced level in the 70s, but have achieved an international breakthrough. Now your lightning special effects are the first in the world, and the whole Hollywood is not as good as you."

"Is what this foreigner said true? Is it really so good?" Director Xu was a little worried, and asked the translator Xiaoyan quietly.

"I can ask the American Film Association and the American Academy of Film Technology and Art to give you an evaluation report. I will also purchase a large number of bulbs for your lightning lights. As long as you can sign an exclusive supply agreement with me .”

Ronald stated his conditions.

"The Academy of Film Technology and Art of America is the organizer of the Oscar awards." Assistant Director Huang also knew a little English, and immediately reported to Director Xu.

The technological breakthrough of this film studio was broken by Ronald in this way, from the lamps that no one cares about in the warehouse, to the most important technological breakthrough on the literary and artistic front.

People from the Municipal Science and Technology Commission also came and communicated with Ronald for a long time. Finally, the mayor personally approved the exclusive sale of the light tube of the movie lightning lamp and the control device invented by Yan Zhongfang to Ronald's "Daydream Production Company". .

After signing the agreement, Ronald also entertained the leaders of the film studio and famous actors and directors according to the Chinese rules.

Yan Zhongfang has already explained to Ronald, "This kind of long-arc xenon lamp is only manufactured in the Eastern camp. You in the West have already switched to metal halide lamps with lower cost and better luminous efficiency as lighting equipment for large stadiums." up.

It's just that the color rendering effect of metal halide lamps is not good, and the film is yellowish when shot, so it can't be used in movie shooting. "

Only a state-owned electronic lamp factory in Minhang is still producing this kind of lamp.The products produced by this factory are also supplied to the whole country.

First purchased a large number of lamps and paid the bill in US dollars.Then purchased the control equipment of the lightning lamp and the manufacturing blueprint from the film factory.And got the exclusive purchase right of America, and the right to apply for a patent in America.

Ronald was very happy, knowing that he picked up a good thing this time.Not only can it be used as a monopoly business, but it can also be used to enter many Hollywood crews.

Director Xu and the leaders are also very happy. Not only are they about to receive two national science and technology progress awards, but also there is one more senior engineer in the factory. The mayor has already agreed to give Yan Zhongfang a special allowance from the city government.

This kind of talent is even rarer than an eighth-level fitter. If the film factory has one, it can compare the rubber factory next to it with the university.

Yan Zhongfang was also very happy, not only solved the senior engineer, but also got the allowance.The future of the younger son was also resolved together.

Ronald privately stated that although Yan Zhongfang, as an employee of the film studio, cannot personally invest in the lightning lamp production and sales company that Ronald plans to establish, but his son Xiaoyan has learned English well, and he will go to America for further study in the future. After the completion of the work unit, Director Ronald will take care of it for him.

Xiaoyan is also very happy. Not only can he learn photography in an aboveboard manner, but he also has the opportunity to study abroad in America. This is the treatment only a few popular female stars in the film studio can get.

I was very happy that Ronald, who accidentally drank too much rice wine, pulled Xiaoyan aside and gave him his Nikon SLR camera.

"You study photography and English well, and when you come to America, whether it's New York or Los Angeles, I'll take care of it for you."

Associate Director Huang who was accompanying her was also very envious. She had just graduated from Director Xie's assistant and hadn't directed a movie on her own yet. Xiao Yan had such good conditions that made her very envious.

"Deputy Director Huang, I can see that you really like movies. If you like movies, the most important thing is to make them. In the future, I will send you the latest Hollywood movie videos and the latest Hollywood movie science You can see the latest theories and trends in the periodicals of the Academy of Art."

Ronald was also moved by these people's enthusiasm for movies. Rice wine has a strong stamina. He patted his chest as a guarantee to give young people more opportunities to get in touch with Hollywood.

"Director Ronald, I offer you a toast." Deputy Director Huang didn't expect to have something good to do, so he immediately stood up and toasted him.

"I can't drink any more. Your wine started out mediocre, but the aftertaste is too strong." Ronald felt a little drunk.

"Ah, I'll make some goji berries for you to hangover." Assistant Director Huang hurriedly went to get some goji berries, brewed a cup with black tea, and handed it to Ronald.

"Well, this tastes good, sweet."

"Director Luo likes it, let the factory office prepare some for him to take home." Director Xu immediately ordered.

"It tastes really good." Ronald was sitting on the return plane, drinking black tea made from wolfberry, and this trip was really fruitful.

Ronald locked a lightning lamp sample, accessories of dozens of long-arc xenon lamp tubes, as well as design drawings, and materials used for patent applications, into a large one made by the film factory props. Equipment box, personally bring on the plane.

Going back this time, I happened to find someone to modify it, and try out the effect in the typhoon and storm scenes of the new movie "Longwei Boy 2".

 The author has something to do today, only one update.

In addition, it is true that Yan Zhongfang invented the lightning lamp. He was taken by a Hollywood lighting engineer and opened a medium-sized lighting rental company.

Yan Zhongfang also won an Academy Award for technology with this lightning lamp.

 
(End of this chapter)

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