Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 892 Do You Dare To Be Stubborn When The Cloned Sheep Is Born?
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"The Matrix" will of course be made into a movie!You know, this science fiction story is subtly reminding that once the Internet loses its freedom, the consequences that will follow will be very terrible.

After Tang Huan gave an affirmative answer, he added: "As for when to start filming and what form it will be operated in, it is up to professionals in the film industry to decide."

This time the reporters obviously prepared a lot of questions, and immediately followed the trend of the conversation and asked: "Tang, I heard that the filming process of "Titanic" with an unprecedented investment scale is always troublesome-do you really trust me?" Current film professionals?"

"Of course." Tang Huan laughed heartily, "Although I don't do much specific work now, after all, I come from the grassroots level, and I know that setbacks in work are inevitable."

In this way, the reporter, who was full of bad things, tried to create a gimmick, and was once again easily "immunized" by the richest man.

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In fact, after the COMDEX Las Vegas Autumn Exhibition, while Tang Huan was secretly planning to check and balance the Internet, he had already noticed that "Titanic", the most expensive film project, was a bit of a long-term success.When he came out of San Francisco this time, he planned to go to see it.

The crew of "Titanic" has been very sadly reminded recently that they were secretly drugged with "sweat medicine"-the collective was brought down.

The specific situation is: James Cameron's violent temper, and I don't know who offended him. As a result, during the filming of the modern scene, the other party secretly mixed a drug called "phencyclidine" into the soup. "The central nervous system hallucinogen, and more than 50 members of the filming team, including James Cameron, were tossed and rolled around on the spot by this second-level drug, entered a hallucinatory state, and had to hurry Send to a doctor for emergency treatment.

There is even more embarrassing place - the perpetrator was not caught.

Seeing James Cameron's embarrassment, the richest man said dumbfoundedly: "I didn't want to ask about the specifics of the filming, but you are so confused that you are drugged and still ignorant! Otherwise, I will send someone to investigate Well, it's revenge for you."

"Since it's already like this, let's forget it-now the shooting progress is the top priority." James Cameron calmed down.

Tang Huan also just said casually, as an expression of concern, since the other party chose to swallow his anger, he had no choice but to give up.After all, no one can fully predict the consequences of extra problems.

In fact, James Cameron's psychological activities are not difficult to understand.

The movie "Titanic" is too pretentious-not to mention the 12 dives to the depth of 4000 meters in the Atlantic Ocean last year, and to shoot the wreckage of the Titanic on the spot, let's take the restoration of the background of the era more than 80 years ago. From the big boat to the dishes, it is so meticulous that it even hired a full-time etiquette coach to teach the actors about the etiquette of the high society in 1912.

In this case, it is conceivable how much money is spent on expenditure.

As a result, James Cameron, while enjoying the glory of double reuse and the joy of showing his strengths, is also under unprecedented pressure.

You know, it is no exaggeration to say that Tang Daheng has been successful since he entered Hollywood; if James Cameron screwed up "Titanic" and turned it into an unprecedented "box office bomb", then his career may be in danger. It has since been ruined.

Just in the past 1995, people saw a real "box office bomb" - "Cutthroat Island", which had a filming budget of nearly 1 million US dollars, and the box office revenue was less than 1000 million US dollars, directly leaving the producer - Independence~ Established a film company, Carlock Films, and advanced to the point of no return.

James Cameron didn't want to be nailed to the pillar of shame, so naturally he didn't dare to add unnecessary variables to the filming process of "Titanic".

In essence, "Titanic" is equivalent to a large-scale project involving tens of thousands of people, involving complex large-scale logistics and security, and James Cameron is a project manager, in order to achieve safe and orderly In terms of construction, there must be a fairly strict method of implementation, such as the militarized management that has attracted investigations by the Screen Actors Union of America-on this point, the richest man agrees with James Cameron in his heart.

Seeing that the other party's work status was not affected, Tang Huan nodded and said: "Okay, your territory is up to you! I just want to emphasize that I am your reliable backing, and "Titanic" is not only your ideal, but also my dream. ideal."

Just as the so-called scholar dies for his confidant, James Cameron has nothing to say when he is wooed by the richest man in Tang Dynasty.

Standing up, Tang Huan paced back and forth, meditating: "James, commercial factors cannot be ignored, and I have to remind you again that "Titanic" should be released in 1997, which is next year's summer vacation! "

"I'm confident about the progress." James Cameron said this with hesitation on his face, "It's just about funding. Can we increase it some more?"

The richest man stared at James Cameron's bloodshot eyes, and asked slowly, "How much more do you need?"

James Cameron bit the bullet and replied, "It would be best to add $5000 million at one time."

After thinking for a while with his hands behind his back, Tang Huan smiled slightly, "No problem—it's not bad to make up the whole."

While James Cameron was delighted to get what he wanted cleanly, of course, he could also taste the subtext of the big boss' last sentence "it's not bad to make up the whole"-the filming budget of "Titanic" It has reached 2 million U.S. dollars, and there is no turning back.

"I will do my best." James Cameron recited the sentence he had repeated many times—besides, he really didn't know how to express his stance.

The richest man nodded, his eyes fell on the drawing board inadvertently, so he walked over at a leisurely pace.

When money is mentioned, the atmosphere is always tense——James Cameron hurriedly followed, took the opportunity to change the topic, and introduced: "There is a link in the movie, the male protagonist Jack draws a portrait of the female protagonist Rose, So I did it for me. It’s just that I’m left-handed, so I have to deal with it when the time comes.”

Glancing at the still photo of Kate Winslet, Tang Huan couldn't help but picked up the pen casually.

James Cameron hurriedly and interestingly helped him - he knew that the richest man was a master of drawing, and the beauty pictures were quite famous in the "circle".

Master Tang really lived up to his reputation. Even if Kate Winslet in the photo is wearing clothes, he can "decode" the paintings vividly.

James Cameron secretly swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said to himself—this painting is probably going to be worth a lot of money!
You know, there are standards for reference.

According to reliable sources, Madonna, the queen of pop in the world today, has the authentic work of Mr. Richest Man, which even became the trigger for her divorce with Sean Penn. When she invited professionals to make an appraisal, the result was as high as 1000 Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

Of course, there may be an added effect of the identities of the parties involved, but if the movie "Titanic" is a big success, its weight will be comparable to that of Madonna.

Tang Huan looked at his work and nodded with satisfaction——"brain supplement" is not only a skill, but also an achievement.

James Cameron looked at the fine details in the painting, and couldn't help muttering inwardly—is it true that the boss has reached the pinnacle of painting, or has he "visited and inspected" in the field?Logically speaking, no, I remember he was too busy to have time to ask about the casting process.

When the interest came, he couldn't hold back anymore——Tang Huan grinned and said with a smile: "One more picture!"

James Cameron grinned slightly when he heard this, and said to himself——your painting is indeed of a high standard, and it will definitely be used at that time, but it is so vivid, I am afraid that everyone will feel embarrassed when they see it.

Fortunately, this time the richest man did not draw a picture of a beauty, but a scene where Rose opened his arms, Jack hugged her waist, and the two stood together on the bow of the Titanic.

Tang Huan put down his pen and praised: "You have done a good job in restoring the costumes of that era - the small waists of the British aristocratic ladies at that time are very pleasing to the eye even from the perspective of oriental aesthetics."

James Cameron looked at the painting with glowing eyes, and there seemed to be a sense of enlightenment in his head.

He slapped his thigh hard, and said excitedly: "I've decided, this painting will be used as a promotional poster!"

The richest man laughed loudly, "I just doodled as I pleased, don't let me mislead you."

"How could it be?" James Cameron complimented sincerely: "With Tang's paintings, I don't have to make a fool of myself."

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In Hollywood, some information always travels quickly - the news that the filming budget of the movie "Titanic" has increased to 2 million US dollars spread like wildfire.

As the saying goes, even if a tree is as good as in the forest, the wind will destroy it. Based on subtle psychology, the outside world is obviously no longer optimistic about the prospects of "Titanic", and even compared it with the "Egypt" in the 1960s that almost bankrupted [-]th Century Fox. "Cleopatra" for comparison.

The infamously epic film was originally budgeted at just $200 million, but ended up costing $4400 million — enough to rival the current Titanic when inflation is factored in. .

In short, although everyone didn't say it too clearly, they all had the same meaning-Tang Daheng has been crushed invincibly in Hollywood these years, and when luck always runs out, he should be unlucky now, even Waterloo was defeated.

People's hearts are nothing more than this-Tang Huan, who is like a mirror in his heart, maintains his usual indifference.There are countless people and forces who have been expecting him to go downhill these years, but in fact, as long as he does not die, it is enough to rely on the Matthew Effect to make the strong stronger and the rich richer.

Then the "Titanic", which is now looked down upon by many people, did Daheng Tang kill himself?
No matter how much saliva is wasted, it is meaningless-the answer will only be clear at a glance when the movie is released a year later.

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After Tang Huan returned to San Francisco, he found a document from a biotechnology company on his desk, which reported: After publishing the research results of the genetic rooster, it is time to announce that the experiment of cloning sheep was also successful—then Only the sheep named "Dolly" has survived for more than half a year, and all the signs are normal, which is enough to support this conclusion.

Tang Huan was immediately aroused and asked the project leader, Keith Campbell, to take him to visit the laboratory.

Keith Campbell said: "Dolly had three mothers: one provided the DNA, one provided the eggs and one was a surrogate."

"First, take out the mammary gland cells from a pregnant 1-year-old white-faced Fendos ewe, and then supply the cells with low nutrition, so that they are in a state of lack of nutrition, so that after a week, the cell division stops and enters Stationary state."

"Then, the nucleus of the unfertilized ~egg~cell of the black-faced Scottish sheep was removed. The nucleus of the previously treated mammary gland cell was implanted into the egg~cell, and stimulated by electric current to carry out cell fusion to form a eggs~cells containing new genetic material,"

"The egg cell divides continuously in the test tube to form an embryo. When it grows to a certain extent, it is implanted into the surrogate mother's uterus and develops in the uterus until the final successful delivery."

Looking at Dolly, who looked no different from an ordinary sheep on the surface, Tang Huan asked curiously: "Although you described the process as very simple, I'm afraid the actual situation is infinitely more complicated."

"It's really not easy." Keith Campbell, who was refreshed because of the success, said sweetly: "It is undeniable that this technical solution is not perfect - just implant the nucleus of breast cells into the enucleated In the egg cells, there were 277 repetitions; and these fused egg cells cultured in vitro, only about one-tenth, more precisely, 29, developed into embryos; these 29 immature embryos were implanted into 13 embryos respectively In the body of the surrogate ewe, only one sheep gave birth to a lamb, which is the 'Dolly' you see now."

"Then enjoy the honor that belongs to you." Tang Huan patted the shoulder of Keith Campbell, who was about the same age as him, and added, "Don't forget to find me for the mad cow disease." face."

There is politics in the scientific world, too—Keith Campbell beamed at the prospect of being the first signee of a scientific endeavor that was sure enough.

He immediately expressed his understanding: "I will never forget - the strength and honor of our whole body will never be allowed to be despised."

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Dolly the sheep, who proved that "a specifically differentiated cell of a mammal can develop into a complete organism", caused a sensation in the world once it was declared successful.

At the same time, it is accompanied by a rather entertaining topic.

Keith Campbell specifically said at the press conference, "Facts have proved that our entire research organization is not only capable of developing Viagra, but also giving a report on the status of mad cow disease."

This statement was immediately interpreted by the media as that Tang’s richest man would settle accounts with Britain, which was debating endlessly over mad cow disease—I dare say that my biotechnology research and development strength can only produce boosting drugs, so well, now the strength lies here, Do you still dare to speak hard?
(End of this chapter)