Top of the big era

In the 1960s and 1970s, Hollywood was sanctioned by antitrust laws, and the popularity of television caused the diversion of audiences. As well as the rise and impact of Italian neorealist films and French New Wave films, Hollywood fell into a long-term downturn.

Then, there is the famous hippie movement of rebellion, protest, counter-culture, and anti-tradition that advocates extreme individualism.

A large number of new "hippie" directors gradually emerged in the 1970s, including Coppola, Spielberg, George Lucas, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Eastwood. ... They have reflected on the past "socially shaped grand narrative" films from form to theme, and gradually transformed them into today's Hollywood.

The so-called social shaping of the grand narrative refers to the angle of focus when making a movie.

For example, when making a war movie, it is shot from the perspective of "social shaping of the grand narrative". It is a group of military strategists drinking tea, dancing and having a meeting in the rear area, discussing, analyzing and showing the military map. It shows that their decision-making was based on the far-sightedness of thousands of miles away and the heroic spirit of the people who were talking and laughing.

Then, they develop a strategic plan.

The war begins.

This process does not need to be photographed in too much detail, because the soldiers on the front line are all tools, pawns used by the military strategists in the rear to denounce Fang Qiu. As long as the rear military tactics are designed properly, the frontline battlefield can be successful.

Even the famous military biography "General Patton" was shot in this way.

Later, things changed. I started to pay attention to small people and became individualistic. In war movies, no one cares about the wise decisions of the big men at the rear anymore, but pays attention to the unknown little people who fought bloody battles on the front line. They are the biggest victims and the most famous ones who sacrificed their lives to win the war. His masterpiece is "Saving Private Ryan".

Decades have passed and times have changed.

Nowadays, the rising trends in Hollywood are feminism and blackism...Except for the "renegade" Spielberg, the older generation of directors have basically been marginalized.

That includes George Lucas.

He actually wants to make a sequel to "Star Wars". He has even written the outline of the script. It is an atomic world and a microscopic world. All the manifestations of the Force in the macroscopic world are controlled internally by the microscopic world.

In other words, in all the plots of the past six Star Wars movies, on the surface it seems that the protagonists are deciding whether to do something or not based on their personal will, but in fact it is all decided by the microscopic world long ago.

The microcosm controls the macrocosm, including the minds of the great Star Wars heroes.

Heroes are not heroes, they are all marionettes, victims of the most pitiful halo of honor in the world.

This will have profound cultural review and social reflection significance. It is a super rebellious spirit of counter-culture, anti-tradition, anti-heroism, and a typical hippie spirit.

However, this will completely drown out the beautiful story of "Star Wars" and seriously hurt the feelings of movie fans.

George Lucas has been operating for several years. He wants to finish filming his original "Star Wars" story while he is still not too old and still has the energy to work.

However, he can't do it!

Times have changed.

Today's Hollywood is becoming more and more politically correct and commercial.

When George Lucas couldn't make the movies he wanted to make, he had many thoughts of selling Lucasfilm completely.

However, it was not an easy decision.

In the past few months, MSI Universal has repeatedly stated that it wants to buy Lucasfilm. George Lucas was tempted, but never expressed his stance.

This time Boss Zhou came over in person, and even George Lucas was embarrassed to be too pretentious.

Fortunately, Zhou Buqi didn't embarrass him and only talked to him about movies.

When it comes to the sequel to "Star Wars", George Lucas is obviously full of expectations. But it was impossible for Zhou Buqi to agree to such a thing. He had no interest in helping this old Jewish man realize his dream of telling his Star Wars story to perfection.

In the final analysis, "Star Wars" is a brand, a big IP, and a tool for making money.

If it is an original story by Zhou Buqi, then he will definitely find a way to tell the story according to his own wishes. It doesn't matter whether others like it or whether it can make money. This is his story and this is his dream. He doesn't need to please anyone.

But "Star Wars" is different. This is not his story or his dream, nor is it the dream of people like Guo Pengfei, Chen Dong, Meng Houkun, Aunt Xue, Shi Jinglin, and Sun Wanran.

Wouldn't it be nice to abandon the philosophical and ideological nature of this story and honestly go to the market to make a lot of money?

The foundation of Hollywood is to make money, and on the basis of making money, pursue feelings.

Perhaps the news about Ziweixing Global's investment in the American TV series "Game of Thrones" has spread, making people in the industry think that Boss Zhou is a stupid capitalist who likes to pursue feelings and money, so that George Lucas has some kind of Unrealistic fantasy.

Zhou Buqi doesn't accept this.

They only make a fuss about technological reform.

Industrial Light \u0026 Magic's binocular 3D technology is very advanced, but this is not enough. If MSI Global acquires Lucasfilm, relying on a powerful industrial group, Lucasfilm can also make breakthroughs in structured light 3D technology and bring more advanced technical concepts to Hollywood!

George Lucas was also interested in this.

Shen Xiangyang even said that he would go to Israel in a few days to participate in the acquisition of a company that researches technological innovation and research and development in the field of 3D and computer vision.

George Lucas's understanding of technology was similar to Zhou Buqi's. He had no idea that Israel had such strong capabilities in this field, so he expressed his willingness to accompany him if possible.

In the evening, Zhou Buqi and his party returned to Los Angeles.

Before leaving, the talents of Ziweixing Global made their first offer to George Lucas in private: US$2.82 billion.

George Lucas smiled slightly, but still had no feedback.

On the way back, Zhou Buqi still shared a car with Shen Xiangyang and asked, "Going to Israel?"

Shen Xiangyang nodded, "Yes, I want to go."

Zhou Buqi said: "Didn't you say that there are two companies doing better in this field, the American one and the Israeli one?"

Shen Xiangyang said: "The American company is an optical component company and a hardware company, so it is too difficult to acquire. The Israeli company is researching systems and is a software company, so it is easier to acquire."

Zhou Buqi said "oh".

Shen Xiangyang continued: "Under the theoretical route of structured light, there will be many subdivided technical schools. The relevant system technologies of hardware companies are often matched with their own hardware, just like Sony's combination of software and hardware, external compatibility Not strong. Israeli companies do not consider hardware, but only study the systematic application of structured light, and will focus on the development of underlying patents of some technical schools."

Fingerprint unlocking is a relatively mature technology, and the threshold is not too high.

If Aster Mobile launches a mobile phone with fingerprint unlocking, other mobile phone manufacturers can quickly follow suit. There are too many fingerprint unlocking solutions around the world.

But face recognition is different.

This is a cutting-edge topic.

If Aster Mobile launches a face recognition mobile phone based on 3D structured light technology, other mobile phone manufacturers will not be able to follow suit. Because this technology is so new, no other solution can be found in the world that can be applied in the market.

If you want to buy it from Aster, the price will be ridiculously high and you won't be able to afford it.

Just like Apple in the previous life, it launched the face recognition mobile phone iPhoneX for the first time. Other mobile phones are completely unable to follow suit because Apple acquired PrimeSense, an Israeli company, and thus obtained their 3D speckle structured light technology and has a technology monopoly.

Other mobile phone manufacturers do not have enough technology, so they can only launch various low-end 2D and outdated face recognition unlocking solutions to ride on this wave of popularity.

It was not until many years later that domestic mobile phone manufacturers finally obtained a solution license for 3D coding structured light technology from Mantis Visual Effects, an emerging technology company in Israel.

Compared with the speckle structured light technology owned by Apple, the coded structured light technology is high in cost, immature, has poor accuracy, and has many shortcomings. But at least this is a real 3D structured light solution, and there is no need to fool consumers with fake face recognition anymore.

Coincidentally, the Israeli company that Shen Xiangyang was interested in happened to be PrimeSense, the Israeli company acquired by Apple in his previous life.

This is normal. 3D face recognition is very cutting-edge, and there are very few companies doing research on it. There are even fewer three-dimensional face recognition companies based on structured light. The current mainstream is ToF technology and the binocular technology introduced by "Avatar".

As long as the direction of structured light is determined, PrimeSense is almost the only commercial company in the world that has made certain research results in the field of 3D structured light.

Shen Xiangyang smiled and said, "I suggest you also go to Israel."

"I?"

"Didn't George Lucas say that he is also very interested in new 3D technology solutions, and he will go with our team. Just on the way, you talk to him about the acquisition of Lucasfilm. "

Zhou Buqi pondered for a moment, "Okay, then I'll go to Israel with you."

Shen Xiangyang asked: "Now there is a question, in the name of which company are we negotiating the acquisition?"

"What do you think?"

"It is best not to let domestic companies bear the responsibility. This is a very cutting-edge technology. Although it is not included in the U.S. export ban to China, the review process will definitely face a lot of pressure and the risk is too high. Let me say, in the end, It would be better to acquire it in the name of Ziweixing Global or Ziweixing Digital Media."

Zhou Buqi said: "It makes sense, let's go to MSI Universal. After the acquisition of Lucasfilm is completed, it will be a good match."

Owning technology is not the same as obtaining technology authorization.

It is easier for domestic companies to spend money to license technical solutions abroad. It is almost impossible to acquire a technology company abroad to obtain a monopoly on related technologies.

This is one of the reasons why it is difficult for domestic technology companies to become bigger and stronger.

No technology giant in the world has developed simply by relying on the scientific research strength of a certain country or region. It must develop a global layout and look for technical talents all over the world, and look for technologies that match its own technology. plans to complete technological complementation and technological upgrading.

3D structured light will mainly be used in Aster mobile phones in the future, but it is not appropriate to acquire it in the name of Aster Group. It is better to acquire the technology monopoly rights in the name of MSI Global, and then authorize it to be used on Aster mobile phones by the Aster Group.