Rebirth of the Tech Madman

In fact, James Cameron happened to pick up an omission. The original director Rdrake was replaced by the project leader.

This is a horror movie called Piranha 2: Breeding.

Most of its underwater scenes were shot on Grand Cayman in the Caribbean, another exterior location was in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and the interior scenes were shot on stage in Rome, Italy.

Since the investment brought in is not much, it is not surprising that there are constant conflicts during the operation of the project after such consumption.

For example, when James Cameron was in Rome, almost all the crew members were Italians, and it was very inconvenient to communicate.

What makes James Cameron even more mad is that the person in charge has reservations about his trust. Its performance is that you can shoot each shot according to the requirements. As for the effect of going to the editing room to see what effect, there is no need .

The grievance in James Cameron's heart can be imagined, this is too bullying for newcomers.

After hearing James Cameron's complaint, Tang Huan shook his head again and again, What are you talking about? I'm really impatient. I control two Hollywood companies. It's low-level, but you can still wait for a suitable directing opportunity, so why bother to accept this useless air.

I really don't have enough patience, so now I'm back to obey and work hard. James Cameron smiled awkwardly.

actually. It is precisely because of the friendship established by chance and coincidence before. As a result, he got the special treatment of being able to communicate directly with Tang Huan. At the same time, Tang Huan also appreciated him, and James Cameron wanted to prove himself quickly so that he could pass the minimum qualification threshold and enjoy the career opportunities promised by the big boss earlier as soon as possible.

It's a pity that now that Piranha 2: Breeding has made him return in a feather, James Cameron has no choice but to succumb to reality and come back to experience his qualifications.

However, James Cameron is still not reconciled. I have been in contact with Tang Huan for so long. He knows that the other party likes active thinking during the conversation, even if the topic is not popular, he is extremely tolerant.

So, James Cameron first sighed with a bitter face, I was so angry that I fell ill, and even had a terrible dream. There was a metal torso of a robot that survived the explosion, holding a kitchen knife crawled towards me.

Speaking of this, James Cameron immediately changed his face, took out a few pages of manuscripts and handed them over. Not without excitement, he said: However. This also triggered my inspiration and wrote a simple script. You can see if it is worthwhile.

hear this,

Tang Huan's heart moved, and he took the manuscript and read it.

There is not much content, the general idea is that the story surrounding the two robots sent back to the past from the future is only in the initial stage, but the ideas in it are already very clear.

Tang Huan nodded slightly, as expected, this is the first two parts of the movie Terminator.

James Cameron has been paying attention to Tang Huan's expression, as long as the other party is interested, he can ask for funds to operate.

After all, relying on relationships to let friends eat and eat is not the same as relying on ability to initiate projects on their own. People who can achieve success are often unavoidable.

How? James Cameron asked tentatively.

Although the setting is still vague, it's quite interesting. Tang Huan nodded, clearly gave his affirmation, and then suddenly laughed, which made Monk James Cameron Zhang Er confused for a while .

He naturally didn't know that Tang Huan laughed because he suddenly thought of something interesting from Terminator.

In the original time and space, James Cameron's idea of ​​Terminator was not well received, and even his agent was disgusted, so the two fell out and parted ways.

During the operation of the project, galeannehurd-Galeannehurd became interested, so James Cameron sold the copyright of Terminator to the other party for $1.

But there is one condition, that is, the film must be directed by James Cameron himself.

I have to say that James Cameron still had a deep obsession in the initial stage of his career.

Gail Anne Hurd is a well-qualified Hollywood professional woman. She used to be the assistant to the president of New World Pictures, Roger Corman, and through working in various positions, she has mastered the business of film operate.

By 1982, Gail Anne Hurd established her own film production company, Westpac Productions.

In the second year after Terminator was released and became a big success, in 1985, Gail Anne Hurd married James Cameron, became his second wife, and maintained four marriages.

In this way, James Cameron sold the copyright of Terminator for $1, which seems to be not a bad loss.

Linda Hamilton, who played the heroine of Terminator, later became James Cameron's fourth wife, but only two years later, they ended in divorce.

You know, at that time, with the movie Titanic that swept the world, James Cameron can be said to have gained both fame and fortune.

In other words, the net worth earned by this great director was often diluted by divorce.

Gail Anne Hurd and James Cameron contacted Orion Films through their friends, and the other party agreed that as long as James Cameron can attract investment from other places. It will provide distribution network.

later. -- John Daly of Handel Films. Also expressed interest in the script of Terminator and participated in it.

With the financial support of these parties, James Cameron can finally create his first film in the true sense, but the initial budget was only 4 million US dollars, and then it was raised to more than 6 million US dollars.

Hollywood's dislike of this novice director can be seen from this.

Now, James Cameron is taking the idea of ​​Terminator. When the treasure was presented in front of him, Tang Huan definitely didn't mind throwing out millions of dollars for support and investment.

But the question is, there is no need to compromise to find financial support for the project, and the cast of the movie may also change. Will the two marriages of James Cameron still happen? Will this great director's net worth go up to another level?

It's rare for Tang Huan to laugh at something funny, but it's not easy to publicize this kind of fun, so he can only enjoy it by himself.

We are old friends. I might as well leave some details to you. Tang Huan explained openly, I have always admired your ability. And this idea is unique, so I naturally want to invest.

Speaking of this, Tang Huan changed the subject, In addition, I have other considerations. This movie obviously needs some special effects, and I hope it can be done on a personal computer. George Lucas, in order to shoot Star Wars , built an industrial light and magic, and I wanted to provide a more powerful and broader special effects platform.”

Tang Huan stared at James Cameron, In other words, I need clearer and higher-end market demand to point out the direction of industry development, so as to motivate my engineers to develop more powerful products. And you, in the process of preparing to shoot this movie, need to make a temporary guest appearance to accuse the system requirements analyst.

A system requirements analyst? What exactly do you do? James Cameron pointed to his nose, and his forehead began to sweat. I don't know anything about the high technology of Silicon Valley.

I'll take you to the R\u0026D center for a visit, and you'll understand what's going on through on-site observation. Tang Huan smiled slightly and stood up.

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Now, what exactly is the highest hardware configuration of the second-generation Fangyuan computer? The answer can be found in the second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra.

In terms of cpu, naturally there are two 32-bit ones.

Its external address bus is 24 bits, and the physical memory addressing space has reached 1mb, while for the 16-bit intel8086, the external address bus is 20 bits, and the physical memory addressing space is only 1mb.

With such support, the memory configuration of the second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra is 4mb, which is already at the level of a minicomputer.

After Seagate launched the 525-inch hard drive st-506 with a capacity of 5mb last year, it has come up with an upgraded version this year-the st-412 with 10mb.

The second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra adopts a dual-hard disk configuration, and two st-412s are installed.

A dedicated display core, audio core, Ethernet card, and floppy disk drive are also essential components of the second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra.

Naturally, the performance of a computer cannot be distinguished simply by adding or subtracting parts.

The excellent performance of the second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra benefits from two points:

First of all, the isa bus plays an important role as a bridge.

Secondly, the special version of the operating system fr, frtra, played the role of marshal in command of the three armies.

In addition, for better heat dissipation, the main chassis of the second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra did not simply increase in size, but carefully designed it, and even applied for related patents.

This is also a manifestation of the gap between other computers and Fangyuan Computer, they will not work hard on such an inconspicuous place.

The configuration of the second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra is so luxurious that almost all engineers want to slander it.

Even those Motorola engineers who are in charge of communicating technical issues, after seeing this kind of enthusiast product, stay here and do not return to their own companies, in order to continue to get opportunities to experience the machine.

However, there are also many people who have doubts. Apart from symbolic meaning, is there any other effect to simply pile up hardware configuration and improve performance indicators?

That is to say, what can customers do to buy such a high-end second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra at an expensive price? It's a bit of a test of imagination.

...

When James Cameron and Tang Huan came to an area of ​​the R\u0026D center, they saw several personal computers connected by cables, and a group of engineers pointing at the screen.

After carefully observing the image content on the monitor, James Cameron found that it seemed to be a toy car. What's even more amazing is that, in addition to being able to be disassembled and assembled at will, it can also drive vividly on the screen.

This is a toy design plan for Hasbro. Tang Huan explained, Three kinds of professional software are used in it, one that provides vector graphics processing functions, one that provides bitmap processing functions, and one that provides computer-aided design functions. aut but in the end this software has not yet been released to the market.”

Only from the results I have seen so far, I can conclude that these personal computers can indeed provide strong support for the visual effects of movies. James Cameron stared at the second-generation Fangyuan computer ultra with his eyes shining.

Now, what is the system requirements analyst referring to? Tang Huan smiled slightly, Just like the Hasbro toys that are being displayed, put forward the special effects of movies and those that are commonly used first, so that My engineers are going to solve it. Through this kind of actual combat, the objective market demand will be transformed into intimate and powerful functions.”

Tang Huan patted James Cameron on the shoulder, At that time, it will be a matter of course to set up a computer special effects company that will be operated independently. So, your burden is still quite heavy. To take into account, at least have to lead the establishment of a special effects team.

James Cameron nodded suddenly, he suddenly felt a kind of pressure, Tang Huan's arrangement obviously exceeded his expectations.

But having said that, if you really have your own computer special effects team, then the quality that Terminator can achieve is very worth looking forward to.

Thinking of this, James Cameron's heartbeat accelerated a bit. (to be continued...)

Chapter 0299 ​​Terminator and computer special effects:

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