China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 652: Adaptation of the script background and the special effects strength of Starry Sky Digital
ps: Sorry, I have night shift tonight and don't have time to correct typos. I will proofread again tomorrow. The following is the text:
"In 2020, the Tiangong space station, independently researched and built by China, was officially launched and realized autonomous operation, starting its days as China's national space laboratory."

"But because of the blockade of our aviation technology by overseas countries, Tiangong had to fully adopt various high-tech technologies independently developed by my country."

"It was the first time to operate in a space environment, which put unprecedented tests on various instruments and equipment. One of the key observation equipment had a problem and could not perform self-checks, so it had to be repaired manually outside the cabin."

"And because the technical difficulty of the relevant equipment is very high, the astronauts cannot learn and master it in a short period of time. Therefore, Dr. An, the youngest member of the equipment's R&D team, was ordered to join the Chinese Space Team and began her space mission."

"I thought it was just a simple maintenance mission and the difficulty should be the space environment, but I didn't expect that while the space team was carrying out the maintenance mission, a certain country overseas was launching a deep space missile to destroy its own dilapidated spy satellite."

"However, due to a data calculation error, the debris from the satellite explosion did not fly into space, but instead entered the orbit of Earth's spacecraft."

"These fragments were like asteroids, sweeping across the Earth's orbit, destroying countless satellites, and even the Tiangong space station was not spared."

"This sudden disaster caused heavy losses to the Chinese Space Team. All members died except for Dr. An, who was going into space for the first time, and the team leader."

"Next, the two will begin a thrilling journey home amidst a rain of satellite debris that orbits the Earth every 90 minutes."

In the temporary meeting room of the Starry Sky Special Effects Studio, Sun Yi briefly introduced the script outline of "Gravity" to several people.

The most important of these is the story background he adapted based on China.

The three of them were severely shocked.

Liu Yifei was still dressed in the gentle "Jinghua" style. After Sun Yi finished speaking, she immediately handed him a cup of coffee, and then looked at Sun Yi with a little admiration in her beautiful eyes.

Brother is so awesome!
This kind of script is exciting just to listen to.

Just think about it, a young newcomer who has just entered the space, and an experienced veteran, facing a disaster that will happen every 90 minutes, in the isolated and helpless place of space, what kind of thrilling story will happen on their journey home.

Will they succeed?
What situations did you encounter during the process?
What price did the two pay?

These suspenseful questions attracted Liu Yifei like a magnet, and she couldn't wait to know the next story.

Even she, a veteran actress, is like this, let alone ordinary movie fans.

This is bound to be another high-quality script.

I just don't know if I will be allowed to star in it.
hmm~
I can play Dr. Liu and let my brother play the captain of the space team. The two of them support and rely on each other during the return to Earth, and then a thrilling love story happens.
That's it!

Hehe, perfect~
In just a few seconds, Liu Yifei had already sketched out her and Sun Yi's version of "The Center of the Earth" in her mind and was looking forward to it.

However, if she knew that in her brother's mind, the initial casting arrangement did not take her into consideration at all, would she be so arrogant and promise to punish Sun Yi by not letting him go to bed for a week?

"This, this is a pure space theme, right?"

Li Ming widened his eyes and looked at Han Sanping and Sun Yi in disbelief.

Sun Yi took the coffee handed to him by the girl, took a sip, and then looked at Big Dog with a puzzled look.

What's the problem?

I have said long ago that the next industrial film will be a space science fiction theme.

Li Ming understood Sun Yi's eyes, and his gaze involuntarily turned to Han Sanping standing beside him.

Mr. Han, didn’t you say this at the beginning?

Unexpectedly, Han Sanping calmly picked up the teacup in front of him and gently blew away the tea leaves, as if the topic at the moment had nothing to do with him.

“Ah, ha, ha~”

Li Ming laughed awkwardly twice, then said:

"Well, Brother Sun, I thought the space theme you mentioned before was just a passing reference."

"Well, it was just for show. I didn't expect it to be a serious space movie. Ha. Ha. It's really a big production. Ha~"

As Li Ming spoke, his eyes were still subconsciously glancing towards Han Sanping.

Sun Yi smiled knowingly and understood instantly.

I’m afraid Mr. Han thinks so too.

I feel that the industrialized film I want to make is just borrowing the theme of space science fiction, just like hard science fiction and soft science fiction both belong to the category of science fiction.

You know, space science fiction is the most difficult type of film among science fiction films.

Because you can't shoot a lot of things on location.

Moreover, the physical rules in space are different from those on Earth. Just shooting in a weightless state is enough to stump most crews.

It’s not that it can’t be filmed, but if you do film it, it has to look seamless and not embarrassing for the audience, and they have to feel like they are in real space.

If we count the development of Chinese film and television over the years, there are few science fiction films, but there are still a few. However, there are almost no science fiction films with space themes.

Except for cartoons, of course.

Old-style cartoons were relatively simple and did not require any scenes. All that was needed was for the artist to have sufficient painting skills and relevant imagination.

But such movies cannot promote the industrialization of the film industry.

Sun Yi glanced at Han Sanping who was leisurely sipping tea, but he did not expect the old man to blush and look a little embarrassed.

Sure enough, what I thought was right.

Mr. Han also thinks so.

But think about it, although Sun Yi’s previous "Pacific Rim" is a very awesome 3D special effects blockbuster, after all, there were actual scenes during the filming, including the mecha, which also had an independent cockpit built.

This time, there was no place to shoot the space science fiction theme.

In the inherent impression of Mr. Han and Li Ming, special effects cannot completely replace movies. Without a place to shoot, it is impossible to make a movie.

Sun Yi sighed and decided not to keep them in suspense any longer. He should let the two see Xingkong's current film-making capabilities. He simply stood up and generously invited the two:

"Director Han, Brother Big Dog, the headquarters of Starry Sky Digital is right next to us. Since we are here today, why don't we take a look together? After seeing it, you won't have this question anymore."

The two looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Several people then stood up and set off.

Starry Sky Digital, as an independent special effects production company from Starry Sky Image, has been operating fully for more than a year, and has produced many excellent film works such as "Wings in the Sky" and "Pacific Rim".

Recently, he starred in Xu Ke's "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate".

By the way, after Liu Yifei expressed no interest, the heroine of this movie was finally found in the original owner, Zhou Xun, the nominal number one star of Starry Sky.

The film is still produced according to the original rules, the only difference is that the entire 3D special effects shooting part did not spend a lot of money to find a Hollywood production company, but was instead taken over by Star Digital.

Michael, the head of Star Digital, was right here. When he heard that the big boss Sun Yi was coming to visit with relevant leaders, he immediately came out to greet them and greeted Han Sanping in his poor Chinese.

"Hello, Leader~"

"Haha, hello, hello."

After a few pleasantries, everyone, led by Michael, came to the core of Starry Sky Digital: the special effects production center. In the hall, there were rows of computers of various types, with an average of three computers per workstation, and most of them were in full automatic rendering.

Rows of busbars and integrated server cabinets, plus the central air-conditioning overhead emitting bursts of cool air, the scene at hand is already sci-fi enough.

Liu Yifei stared at all the new things in front of her with her eyes wide open.

She seldom comes to Starry Sky Digital, and today is her first time. However, at first glance, she feels that it is quite impressive and looks very high-end.

Sun Yi led the crowd as they walked and talked.

"The movie Gravity is roughly divided into two parts. The first part is the scenes inside the space station. This is relatively simple and can be simulated and built in our special effects studio."

"And the most important space scenes need to be produced using computer CG technology."

"There are many kinds of special effects in movies, and Gravity requires the use of CG special effects technology, which is to synthesize CG space images into the movie."

"This technology is quite different from the motion capture and 3D modeling of monsters in Pacific Rim. It's hard to say which is easier or harder."

"CG technology is used in a wider range of fields. For example, a large number of computer games in Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States use a lot of CG images in promotional videos and even in games."

“But in movies, to achieve perfect realism, a certain level of technology is still required.”

Sun Yi tried his best to introduce the things, but seeing that the two people, one big and one small, were listening with confused faces, he felt helpless.

I am unlearned and incompetent~
Fortunately, although Liu Yifei was confused, there was still a little admiration in her eyes, which made Sun Yi feel a little comforted.

Forget it. There’s no point in explaining it to you in so much detail. Let’s just see the results first.

"Mike, show the company's latest work to the guests."

"Got it, boss."

Michael looked eager to try and couldn't wait any longer.

After hearing Sun Yi's order, he excitedly led everyone to the effect display area in the inner room, while introducing:

"Star Digital was established not long ago, and the initial technology licenses all came from the digital field of Hollywood, but our technicians learn very quickly. Now we can not only complete the special effects production of the film independently, but we are even working on developing our own special effects engine."

"Some time ago, we just received a subcontract project for a Hollywood movie from Digital Domain. Now I would like to show you my special effects results."

Michael signaled to the staff member on the side, who nodded and immediately turned on the big screen.

In the blue sky, a US military C130 Hercules transport plane roared past. Suddenly, two missiles launched by drones flew past at high speed and hit the plane in an instant, causing a huge explosion in the sky.

The plane disintegrated on the spot.

The next moment, a tank dropped from the aftermath of the explosion with a parachute.

The drones attacked again.

Next, there is a high-energy scene of a tank shooting down an airplane in the sky.

"This, this tank can fly in the sky?"

Liu Yifei looked at the scene where several protagonists used the recoil of the tanks to move the tanks in the sky to achieve the purpose of flying. She was surprised.

That’s right, what Michael played for the few people was the action movie “Dragon Force” which was released in Hollywood some time ago.

The air combat special effects scenes in this movie are all synthesized using CG technology, and all of this was produced by Star Digital using a special effects engine licensed from Hollywood Digital Domain.

The film was released in North America two months ago and grossed $1.9 million.

This result is neither good nor bad, and it was probably like this in my previous life.

However, unlike the previous one, this time the movie did not lose money.

Thanks to Star Digital's cost advantage, this time's "Dragon Force" reduced its investment in special effects by 2000 million US dollars, but the effect of the film was not compromised at all, allowing them to inexplicably break even and even make a small profit.

The film cost $9000 million to invest in the previous life, and the box office was about $1.9 million. In this life, the appearance of Sun Yi changed their fate.

Back to this.

A scene of an air battle between tanks and planes, which could never happen in reality, appeared in front of Han Sanping and Li Ming.

There is no sense of incongruity in the picture, it looks just like the real thing.

It really opened their eyes.

Looking at Sun Yi, who was in high spirits before the New Year, and everything he saw along the way.

Han Sanping couldn't help but sigh sincerely that he was really old.

When leaving Star Digital, Han Sanping deliberately walked beside Sun Yi and talked as they walked.

"The release date for New World has been announced. It will be released at the beginning of the Lunar New Year holiday in November. As for the movies released during the same period... Hey, I guess you care too much about this."

"Director Han..."

Sun Yi opened his mouth and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Han Sanping raising his hand.

"For this movie Gravity, let's follow your plan. As for investment and cooperation, China Film has given us the green light. If there's anything else you need help with, just ask."

"But I think there's nothing that a big director like you can talk about right now."

Han Sanping laughed at himself, feeling somewhat nostalgic about the passage of time.

I haven't even retired yet, why am I feeling sentimental?

"Boss Han, please don't tell me, I really have something to trouble you with."

"Oh? Tell me."

"Well, I'll have to trouble you to contact the comrades at the Space Administration for me. Since we're going to shoot it, let's do it thoroughly. I'm going to send the actors over to participate in astronaut training."

Han Sanping was also surprised when he heard this, but he reacted instantly. Now Starry Sky either doesn't make a move, or if it does, it must be a big and shocking production.

"Okay, I'll help you make the contact."

……

After seeing off Han Sanping and Li Ming, Sun Yi took the excited Liu Yifei and completed today's shooting plan in just one afternoon.

At this point, there are only two outdoor scenes left in the entire film "Only You".

Liu Yifei ran to Sun Yi excitedly, with a flattering look on her face, and was about to speak.

"Don't ask. I won't tell you even if you ask. Wait until we finish filming this movie."

"Stingy~"

(End of this chapter)