Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 635 Computer Principles in Blockbuster Movies

Being able to integrate his own cultural elements into commercial blockbusters and strive to be widely accepted by audiences around the world is the driving force for Tang Huan to pay attention to movies.And the adventure series "Phantom of the Tomb", which is placed under the DreamWorks operating system, is the most likely model to be copied, because it does not have the rare assistance of the richest man himself to fight like "Hu Hua Qing Qing".

In order to please as many audiences as possible, compared with the previous "Phantom of the Tomb: Wrath of the Dragon Emperor", "Phantom of the Tomb: Eight Arrays" carefully expanded the scope of actor selection. , Taiwan, Japan, and the United States are all included.

However, given the current tense relationship between Taiwan and the mainland, not all artists can participate in it.It's like Guan Zhilin has been asking for a second heroine, but considering her commercial value, she was not approved.

Tang Huan can turn a blind eye to Baodao, but he has to be careful not to make it too obvious, leaving behind reasons that cannot be refuted or dismissed.

This also makes the "Phantom of the Tomb" series of movies a cradle for training some newcomers, and at the same time pays more attention to the work itself.

Xiangjiang is the headquarters of DreamWorks. As the first stop for the film's release, all the actors have to go on stage to participate in the promotion. When they go to Taiwan, Japan, and the United States, they will have their own focus.

Under such circumstances, one can imagine the excitement, and the entertainment reporters present were dazzled.

Tang Huan looked at the inevitably messy scene in front of him with some amusement, and noticed that Cha Xiaoxin was using the last time to interview a young white actor, and this person was Tom Cruise, who was not yet famous. I don't know if the practice of "foreign monks like to chant scriptures" is at work.

"Brother Cruise", the original cash cow in time and space, was cut off from Paramount by United Artists. After a period of time, it was quite pleasant, and was sent to the promotional film "TopGun" co-produced by Tang Huan and the US military. "——Actor in the crew of "Top Gun".

In addition, Tom Cruise also played a relatively important supporting role in "Phantom of the Tomb: Eight Arrays"-Tom, a member of the American expedition and a mathematician.

"In the original time and space, this person is a good and bad person. Do you want to spend some energy to reform it?" Tang Huan glanced at Tom Cruise, and turned this idea in his mind.

"DreamWorks is really good at making money, and the level of development of movie peripherals is comparable to that of the United States." Cheng Long snatched a souvenir regardless of his status as "big brother", and returned to his seat with a smile, "Little Overlord The game produced by the game console adapted from "Phantom of the Tomb: Wrath of the Dragon Emperor" is quite fun. There is a lot of money for drinking, and there is no need to worry about causing trouble in a very boring way."

"Playing video games can also cultivate one's self-cultivation, not bad." Tang Huan joked with a smile.

Cheng Long raised the gossip puzzle toy and shook it, "It is estimated that the new game will absorb this idea."

"That's natural. Many things are integrated, and only together can they produce the effect that one plus one is greater than two." Tang Huan nodded in confirmation.

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Soon, the interactive part of the premiere ended. After the host briefly summed up a few words, the lights dimmed, and "Phantom of the Tomb: Eight Arrays" officially began to be screened publicly.

The flagship store of Sunbeam Cinema is equipped with the most advanced equipment in the world, so the audio-visual effects of "Phantom of the Tomb: Eight Diagrams", which is full of technical content, are vividly displayed.

Like the previous "Tomb Phantom: Wrath of the Dragon Emperor", "Tomb Phantom: Eight Arrays" begins with an ancient scene. Accompanied by the magnificent background music "Dawn of Heroes", it tells the story of the Three Kingdoms period in China. The legendary Zhuge Liang's deeds from three visits to Maolulong to defeating Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi.

Zhuge Liang in the movie is played by Leslie Cheung, who just performed the image of the feather fan and scarf with both form and spirit.

This story line quickly advances according to the clues of time until the alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei breaks down. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei among the Taoyuan triads are killed one after another. Under the support of Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, they were able to retreat to Baidi City.

All the family property that was finally saved was lost, and with the death of the two sworn brothers, Liu Bei suffered a heavy blow, his health was directly crushed, and he was on his deathbed as soon as he entered Baidi City, and immediately Tuogu came here in a hurry Zhuge Liang.

Di Lung, who once again played the role of the emperor, said with all his heart: "You are ten times as talented as Cao Pi, and you will be able to stabilize the country and make great decisions in the end. If your heir can help you, help him; if he is not talented, you can take it yourself."

Zhuge Liang wept and said: "I dare to exhaust my strength and serve the festival of loyalty and chastity, and then die!"

The monarchs and ministers looked at each other in tears for a moment, and Liu Bei passed away with regrets that his great cause had not been accomplished.

The movie here uses a dramatic approach to focus on showing the contradictions.Here Liu Bei died in a fit of anger, while the governor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, Lu Xun, chased after him aggressively, planning to take advantage of the disastrous defeat in Western Shu and the shortage of major generals to launch a battle to destroy the country.

But in the dangerous place of Yufupu, the army of Soochow encountered Zhuge Liang's pre-arranged eight formations. Immediately, the fog filled the air and the murderous aura was soaring.

The camera is pulled up from the war-torn land, with a panoramic view of the mountains and mountains; while the time is endless, the movie takes the audience to 1700 years later, the beast of war is still raging, but the cold weapons have been replaced with modern firearms.

Amidst the loud gunshots and the rumbling of cannons, the two warlords, Marshal Liu and Marshal Wu, were fighting fiercely.The former was defeated and retreated in a row. The two sides were almost entangled in hand-to-hand combat, and finally entered the area of ​​​​the eight formations in history.
Suddenly, the sky was covered with fog, and people's faces could not be seen clearly a few steps away. The soldiers could not find the general, and the general could not find the soldiers. The radio communication was also cut off miraculously, and the contact with the outside world was lost.

In the chaos, the legend of the Eight Diagrams was first mentioned by someone, and then spread uncontrollably, and soon reached the ears of Marshal Wu who was about to win.

"Even if the Eight Diagrams is not a legend, it is not a magic spell. At best, it is a strategy." Marshal Wu ruthlessly pulled out his pistol and ordered loudly: "Anyone who dares to disturb the morale of the army will be shot immediately!"

As soon as the words fell, there was thunder and thunder in the air, and the heavy rain poured down. Whether it was a commander or a soldier, they were soaked in water all of a sudden, and the anger that wanted to put the other party to death was also extinguished. The thick fog Started to dissipate slowly.

"It turns out that the heavy fog in the Eight Arrays was really caused by murderous intent. Now that everyone has no fighting spirit, the fog has disappeared, and the way out can be seen clearly." The exhausted soldiers immediately ignored it. Disregarding and discussing with joy.

Dashuai Wu kept his face sullen and said nothing, picked up the binoculars to look around, and soon found his old rival Liu Dashuai retreating in panic from another direction with the remnants of his defeated soldiers. .

Seeing that he couldn't catch up, Marshal Wu snorted coldly, waved his hand, and ordered his subordinates to rectify the army and withdraw from this place where the gods are talking.

When he was about to leave the mountain pass, the adjutant pointed to a pile of strange stones and told Marshal Wu that this might be a hub of the eight formations.

Marshal Wu walked a certain distance with a blank face, then waved his hand suddenly, stopped the army, and then ordered artillery to be called in to blast down the pile of rocks he saw just now.

After the sound of the cannon, the thick fog on the side of the mountain came out at a speed visible to the naked eye, and began to outflank Marshal Wu and his group. Suddenly they were so frightened that they cried and howled. They threw away all the cumbersome things and ran away.

Under the protection of the guards, Marshal Wu also became one of the people who fled hastily for his life.The adjutant who accompanied him was panting and asked, "Commander, this time you believe that the Eight Formation Diagram is indeed true."

As a result, he received a noncommittal order from his superior, "When you go back, collect information about the Eight Arrays for me. If I can have Zhuge Liang's skills, why not unify the world."

The same wishful thinking was also beaten up by Marshal Liu, who had escaped, "If I have the ability of the eight formations, then no one can take my territory away. I want to be a tyrant, Do whatever you want."

In this way, an operation centered on exploring the secrets of the Eight Formation Maps began under the impetus of the two warlords with different ideas.

Marshal Wu acted very quickly. First, he "invited" a descendant of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Qingyun, who taught ancient culture at Yenching University, by means of thunder, and asked him to deduce the secret of the eight formations for himself.

Because Marshal Wu's way of "inviting" Zhuge Qingyun was not very kind, the pair of crazy heroes played by Mi Xue and Liu Songren were drawn out and became Zhuge Qingyun's bodyguards.

Then, Marshal Wu spent a lot of money to network an American expedition team with advanced equipment, and went to explore the Bazhentu area where his army was once trapped.

Among them, Tom Cruise, played by Tom, is the nephew of the captain of the American expedition. Because of his high mathematical talent, he also serves as an accountant.

For this reason, Tom did not follow his uncle's expedition team, but stayed with great interest to learn the principles of "Book of Changes" and gossip from Zhuge Qingyun.

Watching Zhuge Qingyun list out the gossip combinations with matches on the table, Tom said in surprise: "It is said that Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, one of the inventors of calculus, wrote in the manuscript "1 and 0, "The Magical Origin of All Numbers" expounds binary, inspired by the Chinese "Book of Changes" and gossip, it seems really reasonable."

"Bagua is the Chinese version of binary. The 'yin' and 'yang' in the gossip represent binary '0' and '1' respectively." Professor Zhuge Qingyun replied proudly, "If binary is universal, The most perfect logical language, then the gossip in the "Book of Changes" can represent the dynamic and static state of all natural phenomena."

"However, numbers can be calculated by addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but how about gossip?" Tom asked curiously.

"Didn't you see the so-called 'finger counting' by those bluffers at the small stall outside?" Zhuge Qingyun stretched out his hand while talking, "The real meaning here is the calculation of gossip, but it The rules are not simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but more advanced and generalized principles, just like the formulas used when combining polynomials in Western algebra."

As Zhuge Qingyun moved his fingers, a special effect virtual image appeared in the camera—thousands of gears composed of gossip, which carried out a large amount of transmission and meshing in an instant, and countless information was processed in the rapid rotation like star clusters...

Zhuge Qingyun withdrew his hands profusely in sweat, then scrambled the flames on the table, shook his head very tiredly and said: "This combination is wrong."

"Professor, why are you so tired all of a sudden?" Tom, puzzled, quickly handed over a glass of water.

"Can a horse pull a train with the same effect as a steam engine? The intensity of calculations in a short period of time consumes a lot of brain power. My ancestor Zhuge Liang died at the age of only 54. It may have something to do with this kind of hard work." Zhuge Qingyun sighed. After taking a breath, he looked at the couple hiding in the distance, "They have strong martial arts skills and outstanding physical fitness. They are very good engines. They are capable of such high-intensity work."

Upon hearing this, Michelle quickly waved her hands and declined, "Mr. Zhuge, don't make things difficult for me. I would rather be a female celebrity than do this kind of arithmetic."

Liu Songren also nodded in agreement, "Yes, I would rather be a female celebrity than do this kind of arithmetic."

Tom took the opportunity to recommend himself, "Professor, let me help you. Maybe I can come up with an idea to invent a computer based on the principle of binary to help."

While they were deducing the eight formations, the American expedition team and the Japanese expedition team hired by Marshal Liu met in that valley, and fought for the stone slabs with special patterns from several hubs, and finally returned with half of them. own base camp.

The incomplete patterns spliced ​​together by incomplete stone slabs naturally cannot give effective information. Even Liu Dashuai took it for granted that people always look forward to enjoying the glory and wealth of their lives after death. Zhuge Liang is no exception. All secrets should be can be found in his tomb.

Zhuge Qingyun was very angry at the attempts of these careerists to disturb his ancestors, "The ancestors once stated in the memorial that they have no extra property. The family property is 800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of land, even if the son is self-sufficient; Even before he died, he was told that only one hole should be dug for burial, and that the coffin can be put in. In addition, no other funerary objects are needed, and he can wear ordinary clothes. Under such circumstances, how could it be possible to hide the eight formations? The secret of the picture."

However, Marshal Wu's attitude was no better than Marshal Liu's, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe the two of them as raccoons of the same feather.

In the end, the duo decided to go to Liu Dashuai to steal the other half of the stone slab, but the other party "let the water" with ulterior motives and returned.

When all the slabs are combined, an encrypted piece of information is spelled out, which needs to be decrypted according to the rules of gossip.

Tom, who is very talented in mathematics, is already familiar with it. He assisted a lot on the sidelines and even showed off how he thought of a computing machine based on the principles of binary and gossip to help do those repetitive and boring tasks.

(End of this chapter)