You are a black technology boss, you didn't say it sooner!

From the bottom of his heart, Lou Qingyan really wanted to sprinkle salt for himself.

However, people who are heavily in debt are not qualified to pretend to be salted fish.

Even if he came out on vacation, he still had a mission.

One task is to take advantage of this time to finish writing the compiler program of the brain computer and bring it back to adapt to the new hardware that Yuanshen is developing.

Another task is to visit the movie market in Hollywood.

There are many profit-making industries in this world, and film and television investment is definitely one of the best.Lou Qingyan worked so hard to set up a company, toss about concerts, and hype the trend, but only cashed in 1000 million yuan, and the electronic soundtrack software only sold 600 million yuan.In contrast, stories of hundreds of millions of dollars being handed over to a movie abound, which is simply a money grab.

Lou Qingyan's mind is full of how to make money, so naturally he will not let go of the huge profits in this business.

The next day, Jiang Fu went to school early, Lou Qingyan got up and went downstairs, breakfast was already on the table, and he carefully turned several large bowls upside down.

Delicious as always.

After breakfast, Lou Qingyan didn't want to go out anymore, and she dawdled for an hour before stepping out of the house.

The first thing to do is to rent a car.The United States is a very inconvenient place to live in, especially since he lives in the suburbs, and he has to go to the other side of the suburbs, and it is difficult to move without a car.

After driving in the car, I headed to Hollywood to find a special effects studio I had previously booked.

With special effects plug-ins, he has to form a special effects team, and the easiest way is to buy ready-made ones.

However, it is hard to find a ready-made team, and there are only a few domestic ones that meet the requirements, and they will definitely not fall into his hands.The other teams are not saying that the technology is not good, but that they have been producing shoddy special effects for TV dramas, and it is difficult to reverse them in a short period of time.

In the end, I can only go abroad to pick up the leaks.

In Hollywood, there are also many small special effects studios that are struggling to survive. Some of them are not even counted as companies, but are affiliated with other companies.

The technical level of these small teams may not be very high, but they have an advantage that is not available in China. They have adapted to a set of excellent and mature industry rules.

There are great differences in the level of special effects at home and abroad, but only 20% of these differences are in objective technology.

Another 70% should be attributed to the industry, that is, the production concept, management system, industry atmosphere and other issues.

To give a few simple examples: Hollywood’s common visual effects supervision mechanism is still very unfamiliar in China; in Hollywood, the film budget gives priority to calculating the cost of special effects, while in China, it first considers which actors to hire; Hollywood has a mature industrial special effects production process, In China, it is often in a hurry and the efficiency is extremely low.

As for the last 10%, it lies in the underlying research of computer graphics. In layman's terms, it is the research and development of special effects tools.

Special effects production is not purely design work, sometimes accompanied by research and development.In order to produce a certain special effect, it is normal in a large company to write a deformer or model function.

No matter how high the technical level is, the domestic team has lost the ability to produce excellent special effects when immersed in this rotten industry.Industry problems cannot be reversed in a day or two. People cannot pretend to be pigs for too long, otherwise they will become a real pig.

That's why Lou Qingyan doesn't intend to just take over a domestic [-]-cent team.Or not for the time being,

The special effects studio he had set his eyes on in Hollywood was in poor condition and had no work to do. It was a small studio with only 30 people.Rao is so, and the valuation has reached 100 million US dollars.

If you buy it, the 1000 million yuan that you just got and haven't warmed up will be spent in a blink of an eye, and the remaining money is only enough to maintain the daily operation of deep space.

Lou Qingyan is still too poor, 1000 million may seem unattainable to others, but for him, a prodigal, it is too little, too little.

He has to make money, he has to, hurry up and make money.

In Hollywood, the survival mode of independent special effects studios is generally to temporarily attach to large companies to undertake work packages split from large-scale special effects work, such as making models or textures, etc.

This small studio is affiliated with Pitmoe, and even the office is in the building of Pitmoe.If Lou Qingyan doesn't plan to buy it, it is very likely that it will be swallowed by Pai Tuimeng and digested into a component of its special effects branch.

"Pituimeng proposed a price, but it didn't satisfy us." After talking with the boss for a few words, the other party began to explain, "Because we have been affiliated with Pituimeng for too long, it seems natural to merge in. But if there is an opportunity If it is transferred to a private person, who will have trouble with the US dollar?"

"I think everyone's mental outlook is pretty good. The studio is not at the point where there is nowhere to go. Why is it so eager to transfer out?"

"Oh, can I tell the reason to a potential buyer?... Well, it's actually very simple. Small studios have no research and development capabilities, and they can't undertake large-scale projects. They can only rely on big companies to eat other people's For leftover food, the low-threshold and low-cost advantages of the past have long been lost, and I think this model can no longer be carried out in this industry.”

The boss of the studio shrugged his shoulders, speaking very sincerely, and he was not afraid that his words would scare Lou Qingyan away.

As a result, after Lou Qingyan visited the small team, instead of scaring them away, he immediately said, "Let's sign the contract."

This was too straightforward, but the studio boss would never refuse, and the two actually signed the transfer contract on the spot.

After the contract was signed, the boss... the former boss led him out and said to the studio members: "Hey, everyone, come and meet your new boss."

member:"……?"

Anyone who is at work and suddenly hears that the boss has changed, will instantly freeze and don't know how to react.

Lou Qingyan didn't say much, just announced that the studio has since been renamed "Deep Space Gazing Films Co., Ltd."

For him, the American side is an outpost, a testing ground.

He needs to use Hollywood's advanced industry model to test whether the "assembly line production model" he conceived can work successfully.

If successful, this model will be moved back to China.The mainland market without the monopoly of the eight major film companies will become a fertile ground for its wild growth.When it is deeply rooted in that fertile soil, maybe there is a chance to try to turn back and attack Hollywood.

When he came out of the Pituimeng building and walked into the hall, Lou Qingyan ran into a farce.

I saw several strong security guards, carrying two young men in poor clothes, angrily walked out of the door, and pushed them outside at once.

One of the gray-haired young men immediately jumped up from the ground and shouted angrily: "You are so disrespectful, I will go to the trade union to sue you, sue you!"

The security guard shrugged, "Go ahead."

The gray-haired dodged his feet: "If you don't like my script, you can point out the shortcomings. Why do you want to humiliate people? Shit, you..."

"Tom, that's enough," the brown-haired boy next to him pulled him back, "at least keep our education."

"But……"

"Maybe our script wasn't good enough."

The brown-haired boy shrugged, picked up his things from the ground, and pulled him, "Let's go."

The two were walking on the road with their heads down, when suddenly a pair of black men's short boots appeared in their field of vision, blocking their way.

Their eyes moved upwards in a daze, and saw that the black ankle boots were spotless, and a pair of slender legs were wrapped under the crisp suit pants. The upper body was a white shirt and a black casual suit jacket, which outlined the straight waist of the owner The back and the thin and powerful chest and abdomen, the lower jaw is slightly retracted, the skin is as fragile and pale as thin porcelain, but the facial contour is Asian.The man was watching them both with interest.

"The one who wrote the script? Do you mind showing it to me?" Lou Qingyan said with a smile.

The brown hair pulled the gray hair back and asked vigilantly, "Who are you?"

"An independent film investor," Lou Qingyan made up, "recently looking for an animation film or a science fiction film script."

"Ouch," the gray-haired boy hiding behind slapped his thigh in surprise, "my movie just happens to be both animation and science fiction."

"Tom!" the brunette called.

"Would you mind letting me know your name?" Lou Qingyan found that the brown-haired boy was very deceitful, and asked him with a smile.

"Norton! I'm Tom Norton and this is my... Jerry! Jerry Anderson."

Jerry looked completely hopeless.

"Tom and Jerry?" Lou Qingyan looked at them, "I was brought back to my childhood by you."

"A lot of people say that, but in fact it's just a duplicate name. When I think of Tom in the cartoon becoming like him, I want to go back and smash my childhood TV." Jerry's real name dislikes it.

Lou Qingyan smiled and said, "You can call me Lou. Let's find a place to sit down and talk slowly."

Tom thought with all his heart that there was a possibility of selling the script, so he immediately followed up with excitement.

What else could Jerry do?follow along.

Lou Qingyan was originally just on a whim, but after reading the script of the two, he found that it was very good.No wonder they have the confidence to directly send and push Mengtou's book.

"It's a good story. I like it very much. It stands to reason that it should be accepted. Why was it kicked out?" he asked.

"Of course it's because the reviewers don't have the brains of yours!" Tom said loudly.

Jerry said with a headache, "Mr. Lou, this is an animated movie. You know, it's the kind of animated movie that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars and spent several years. trust."

Tom: "Let me tell you, we're in the wrong place. Why don't we try our luck at Didini?"

Jerry: "I already told you honey, Didini will only be more picky, they even only do their own projects."

Tom: "But..."

Jerry: "Are you going to fight?"

Tom: "..."

Jerry turned his head and said to Lou Qingyan: "There is one more fatal problem. Our great Master Norton plans to personally act as the director of this animation film."

"Hey, I don't quarrel with you, and you can't be so sarcastic about me." Master Tom Norton protested.

Lou Qingyan was noncommittal and asked, "Then, have you ever been a film director before?"

"Yes! We are both directors. After graduation, we directed a small-budget horror film together. It was selected by Humen Films and released. It was the box office of this film that gave us the confidence to embark on the road of animation production. .”

"And my quitting business, thank you." Jerry pointed out again.

"Uh, honey, I'm sorry..." Tom said, "Jerry isn't directing now, he's using his box office cuts to set up a motion capture studio. So you see, if you need to do motion capture animation, We will be very convenient."

Lou Qingyan asked: "Are you supporting him?"

Jerry: "...well. It's his dream to be an animation."

"What about you? You won't be a director anymore, so you have no dreams?"

"Me? A dream? It doesn't seem to be true."

Tom noticed that the atmosphere was stagnant, put his arms around Jerry's shoulders and said, "Hey, buddy, don't be so serious. Some people have dreams, and of course some don't. Are people without dreams allowed to exist?"

"Of course it's allowed, and I'm very welcome." Lou Qingyan nodded, "I can invest in your animation films."

Tom hadn't had time to be happy.

But Lou Qingyan said: "But, I have one condition."

His eyes moved between the two, and finally settled on Jerry. He said: "I can't promise Mr. Norton to be the director, but you can. Jerry Anderson."

The air suddenly froze.

Tom's whole body was cracked: "You, what are you talking about?"

"I'm sorry, this is my bottom line. If you regret that you can't be the director, you can let your partner do it... If I guessed correctly, you are in this relationship, right?"

"But why?" Tom wondered, "what's the difference between the two of us?"

"Because you wanted so much to make an animation yourself, the other gentleman didn't. That's the difference between you two."

Jerry said: "I don't understand, it's hard to understand, is persistence wrong?"

"It's not wrong, it's good, it's just out of time. I've met many people like Norton, and I appreciate them. But even if you have persistence, you still need to wait for an opportunity, right? My opportunity is not for those who have persistence."

"I'm sorry," Jerry stood up straight away, "We won't agree."

"Wait." Tom took his hand. "We promise."

"Tom Norton?"

"Jerry, you know, you're right, and I've always understood that you're right, we fledgling rookies can't be trusted, and we're not even good enough to be trusted... I'm talking nonsense, my Meaning, it’s better than nothing, it’s better to have you direct than not to be able to make it at all, right?”

Tom actually understood, he understood what Jerry said to him, but he always refused to give up.

He is faced with a dilemma, either give up this opportunity and continue searching, or seize the opportunity and entrust it to Jerry.

"Fortunately, this person is you. If it was someone else, I would definitely refuse." He said.

Jerry suddenly realized that he found that Lou Qingyan made a request that neither of them could refuse.

Tom would not refuse, because he knew that there would be no such store in this village, and the choice of director would satisfy him.

Jerry will not refuse even more, because it is his lover who wants to make this animation.

So Lou Qingyan accepted the book and successfully rejected Tom's request to be the director.

The only thing Jerry couldn't figure out was why Lou Qingyan did this.Why can't Tom be the director?

"Leave a contact information, we will hold a project establishment meeting tomorrow and sign the contract by the way." Lou Qingyan said before leaving.

He walked to the door, pushed it open, stopped again, turned around and said with a smile, "Will you give up?"

"what?"

Tom belatedly realized that the words were asking him, "Of course not?"

"You will encounter a lot of things like today, I hope you can always keep the answer you gave today." Lou Qingyan said, "Young man, don't worry."

After he walked out, Tom said to Jerry, "Look, it's like he's not a young man."

Jerry was thoughtful: "Did we forget to ask the specific investment amount?"

Tom: "..."

After returning home at night, Lou Qingyan shut himself in the room, turned on the computer, contemplated for a long time, and began typing.

Investing in film and television is of course very good, as long as the vision is accurate, it can be profitable, but it is not something that can be paid back in a short time. Some money is invested, and it will take at least several years to see the splash.He can't wait that long.

Therefore, he needs to speed up the film production process, improve the efficiency of the team, and turn a film that should have been completed in two or three years into two or three months.

is it possible?Of course it won't work if it's a live-action movie, but cartoons might give it a try.

The AI ​​system can help shorten the production process of cartoons, and it can also help a lot in the specific shooting of movies.

The latter is what Lou Qingyan is currently completing - the AI ​​pull-up system.

The two words "pull film" are what they seem to mean - pull film.Pull a movie from beginning to end, analyze the picture scene by scene, even frame by frame.

Some people analyze the plot, some analyze the language of the shots, and some analyze the dialogue design... In short, after a movie is finished, the audience can fully understand a certain type of information in the movie that they want to know.

This is a commonly used learning and analysis method.

So, if the AI ​​system can automatically pull movies and automatically analyze the semantics of each frame pulled, can this AI system also learn to shoot movies?

It may be difficult to shoot a movie, but it can at least do a complete analysis of a movie, and then give corresponding references or suggestions based on massive data comparisons.

For example, the user enters a movie and asks "which scene in the movie will make the audience feel bored". After the AI ​​system automatically pulls the movie, it can conduct data analysis based on the massive data stored in the past to answer this question.

The above is just the smallest application of AI pull sheet.If an AI system pulls enough films, memorizes enough data, and has a supercomputer to store its knowledge graph, at this time, giving it automatic modeling software and animation software may really make it Synthesize a movie yourself-this has long been realized in Interstellar.

Of course, this is difficult.Even the most basic AI drawing is difficult. If you want to do it, you must first overcome the problem of natural language processing.

Lou Qingyan once reached a cooperation with Echo Technology to help them develop a speech synthesis software, which is the project that Tang Xiaoyu is now leading. It is an application of natural language processing technology.

The so-called natural language processing, to put it bluntly, is to let machines understand human language.

If Tang Xiaoyu and the others can do this, Lou Qingyan can naturally do it too, and do it faster and better.If he had gone to battle in person, the synthetic voice would have been developed long ago.The reason why employees are asked to do it is to exercise their abilities, which will come in handy in the future.Lou Qingyan is very skilled, but a lone wolf can't accomplish anything.

Of course, he didn't do nothing.In fact, he started writing the AI ​​filming system when he had the idea of ​​entering film and television.Tang Xiaoyu and the others didn't know that the technology they had worked so hard for so long had actually been realized by Lou Qingyan.

This system has never been completed, because it has been in the process of data training.Lou Qingyan is very troubled by a problem, that is, foreign online video sites do not have bullet screens, and it is difficult to collect the audience's real-time reaction to each frame of the film - bullet screens are really a good thing, AI systems need them!

Lou Qingyan looked at the prototype of the half-finished AI pull-up software, and thought, can this be used to make a deal with a video website and let them launch the barrage function...?

The current AI puller is a semi-finished product, but Lou Qingyan has been feeding it animation data, so it is an expert in the animation field.

After writing about the AI ​​slideshow, Lou Qingyan opened a new page of ppt, and entered: "Pipeline animation" on it.