Super Copy of Great Power Technology

Everyone held their breath and waited for Director Guo to review the footage and decide whether the one they had just shot was acceptable. A minute later, Director Guo finally nodded and said, "Very good, this one passed. Everyone return to your seats and wait for the return flight."

Hearing that the shot was finally completed, more than a dozen people in the crew breathed a sigh of relief and immediately took action to pack up their equipment and return to their seats. Two cameramen adjusted the position and shooting angle of the camera and aimed the lens outside the porthole to record the scene seen by the passengers when the space shuttle returned.

Director Guo Fan put away the storage hard drive, took the initiative to sit in a seat near Qiao Ruida, and said, "Mr. Qiao, can you let our filming team take a few more aerospace planes? We still have some space shots to shoot?"

"What's wrong? The filming is not going well. Two hours is not enough?" Qiao Ruida also saw their filming situation just now and asked.

Director Guo did not hide anything and nodded and admitted directly: "Yes, we seriously underestimated the difficulty of shooting in a weightless environment. In addition, our actors, cameramen, production staff and other personnel were not used to the weightless environment and made mistakes one after another. Of the originally planned five shots, we only completed one shot in the two hours on orbit. I estimate that we need to shoot in the space environment for at least eight hours to complete all the shooting tasks."

"Eight hours in orbit? That's not too long. In the next half month, the Great White Shark space plane will conduct test flights almost every day until the day the plane is finalized and mass-produced. I'll say hello to you later. As long as your crew members are not afraid of hard work, you can take the Great White Shark into space every day to shoot movies."

A total of three passenger version of the space plane verification aircraft were produced, one of which was used for ground static tests, and the remaining two were used for flight tests. After a week of test flights, the verification aircraft performed well in terms of safety, convenience, and ride comfort. Next, in order to speed up the testing progress of the passenger version of the space plane and finalize mass production as soon as possible, intensive test flights will be carried out, with at least two round trips between the earth and the sky per day. During the test, the cabin was supposed to carry sandbags or dummies for full-load tests. There was no problem in replacing part of the load with members of the "The Wandering Earth" crew.

"That's great. In this way, many shots can be replaced with real scenes in space. After watching the video footage just shot, I found that the effect of real space shooting is much better than shooting on the ground with a green screen and then cutting out and synthesizing it. The actors' performances are more natural, and the background images are more real, far better than special effects synthesized images. Moreover, the real space shooting can also be used as part of the film promotion. Before "The Wandering Earth", no crew was willing to shoot a movie in this way. As long as this news is released, it will definitely attract a lot of attention from netizens."

Director Guo is usually a man of few words, but when he starts talking about movies, he changes completely. He starts gesticulating, talking eloquently, and incessantly. During the entire return flight of the space shuttle, all we could hear was him describing the world of his movie "The Wandering Earth."

The Great White Shark space shuttle took off in the afternoon and left the Ruida Space City. The entire flight time was about three hours. It took about half an hour to fly from the ground into space and return from space to the ground. It stayed in low-Earth orbit for two hours and flew around the earth twice. It was already evening when the Great White Shark returned to Ruida Space City and landed at the space airport. When everyone walked down the gangway, their steps were a little staggering. This is because humans have been in the weightless environment of space for a long time, and the cerebellum has initially adapted to the weightless state. After returning to the ground, gravity returns to normal, and the human body cannot react for a while, so they will feel weak in their legs and feet, and their heads are heavy and their feet are light. A stagehand who was carrying equipment had an unsteady step and almost dropped the expensive holographic camera. Fortunately, Qiao Ruida, who was walking next to him, was quick and reached out to help, so as to avoid a tragedy.

With their feet back on the ground, looking at the sunset in the sky and the familiar space city, Qiao Ruida, Du Qingqing and others all let out a long sigh. The earth is the cradle of life and the home of mankind. The sunshine, air, gravity, wind, frost, rain and dew here have long been engraved into our genes. Only when humans live on the earth can they be in the most comfortable state. This is the most profound feeling of those who have just entered space.

"After a trip to space, I finally understood why the Human Alliance in the novel 'The Wandering Earth' was so persistent in taking the Earth with them on their journey. It turns out that only the Earth can provide the most comfortable living environment for mankind." Director Guo said with emotion, looking up at the setting sun that was about to disappear.

"Yes, only the Earth is the foundation of mankind and its true home. No matter how advanced the space technology becomes in the future and how convenient it becomes to colonize other planets, the Earth, our home, cannot be abandoned." Qiao Ruida nodded in approval, and then the two grown men smiled at each other tacitly, and everything was said without words.

After the Great White Shark aerospace plane successfully landed, ground crew drove over with trailers and maintenance vehicles. Dozens of mechanics and engineers were busy around the plane, collecting flight data, checking the aircraft's onboard equipment, replenishing energy and inert gas, and preparing for the next test flight. Then two battery shuttles drove over, picked up Qiao Ruida and other passengers, and left the airport.

When Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing walked into the shuttle bus hand in hand, they unexpectedly saw their parents in the car. After walking up and communicating with each other, they learned that they had been in space for more than three hours on the aerospace plane. Both parents were really worried, so they did not go back to the villa to rest, but went to the flight control center to watch the entire process of their flight in orbit through the camera in the cabin. Until the Great White Shark successfully returned and landed at the aerospace airport, both parents hurriedly took the shuttle bus to greet them. Only when you see your son (daughter) standing in front of them safely, can you be completely relieved as a parent. It is really pitiful for the hearts of parents in the world. In this world, only your parents' love for you and their dedication to you are completely unrequited. So when you have time, call your parents more often, go home more often, and spend more time with them. This is the best reward for them.

In the evening, after dinner, the two families gathered in the living room of the villa, turned on the holographic projector, checked the wedding photos taken along the way, and conducted a preliminary screening.

"The wedding photos taken in the past few days, including today, are all here, with a total of 328 photos. These are all original pictures that have not been retouched. Everyone can take a look and filter out some photos with problems and flaws. The ones that are left can then be used for fine-tuning." Qiao Ruida inserted a memory card into a laptop computer and projected the photos stored in it with a holographic projector.

"It's only been a few days, and I've taken over 300 photos. That's too many."

"This is the result after initially filtering out some out-of-focus, overexposed, and duplicate photos. The original number was more than three times this."

Since the camera entered the digital age, there is no longer the cost of film. Photographers are more and more accustomed to taking multiple photos of the same scene, the same person, and the same action, or simply taking continuous photos, and then picking out the most perfect one as the final film. Correspondingly, selecting the best one from a bunch of similar photos and then retouching it later has become a necessary skill for every photographer. Of course, for big customers like Qiao Ruida, providing a batch of alternative photos for customers to choose from is also a routine process. After all, taking wedding photos is to retain the youngest and most beautiful moment in life, and only the customers themselves know which photo they are most satisfied with and most worth keeping.

"This one won't work. Qingqing's smile doesn't look natural at all. Let's change to the next one."

"This is a good photo. My brother and sister-in-law's movements and expressions are very accurate, especially their eyes, which are so vivid, just short of emitting the spark of love." "Well, the performance of these two people in the photo is almost perfect, but the movement of the horse in the back is a bit strange. Isn't it too much of a show?"

"It does steal the show a bit, but it's not a big problem. In post-production, I can use photo editing software to remove the horse and replace it with a prairie, and then it won't steal the show."

"This photo of me wearing a cheongsam was taken in space, right? The composition is great, but the lighting is a little off. I wonder if I can adjust it back using software."

"I still think the one in the space suit looks the best. It gives off a sci-fi, futuristic vibe."

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The two families looked at the photos, picking and choosing, and criticizing them. Whenever they found a flaw, they would discuss it. After two hours of selection, more than 64 photos were eliminated, and only 64 photos were retained. These photos will be sent back to the wedding photography team for fine-tuning, printing, sealing, and binding into books for preservation. Some of the best photos will be enlarged, framed, and hung in the new wedding house. The remaining photos that have been screened out may appear in wedding commemorative VCDs, personal memoirs, etc. in addition to being archived and backed up.

After looking at the photos, it was time for small talk. Qiao Jingkang asked, "We have almost finished taking wedding photos. How will we arrange the rest of the trip? Xiaoda, are you going to follow the motorcade back to Decheng City?"

Qiao Ruida shook his head and said, "I have a lot of work to do here in the Space City, so I won't go back. By the way, a Star Rocket rocket will be launched tomorrow morning to transport a deep space probe into space. Do you want to watch the rocket launch before leaving for home?"

To be launched tomorrow is the No. 2 Xiaofeigun exploration spacecraft. However, the relevant information about the Xiaofeigun asteroid has not been announced to the public yet, and the exploration spacecraft can only be called the general name of a deep space probe.

"The Star-Arrow rocket, is it the one with the largest carrying capacity in the world developed by your company?" Qiao Ruixue was also familiar with the relevant news about Ruida Space City, including the Star-Arrow super-heavy carrier rocket.

"Yes, that's it. But whether it has the best carrying capacity in the world is still to be determined. Last century, the Saturn V launch vehicle used by the Ugly country to transport the lunar spacecraft into space had a similar carrying capacity to the Star Rocket."

"Now NASA itself can't even replicate the Saturn V rocket. It's said that the blueprints were lost. It's no wonder that your rockets from Rayda Aerospace are the most powerful in the world."

"Since we have such a good opportunity to watch the launch of a rocket and a star, we should stay in the Space City for half a day and watch the launch before sending it back to Decheng City."

"We've seen the launch and recovery of the heavy Suzaku rocket, and the takeoff and landing of the space shuttle. The only missing piece of the Ruida Aerospace Trio is the Star Rocket. It's not easy to come to Ruida Aerospace City, so let's watch the Star Rocket launch before leaving. It will be worth the trip in the future."

"Xiao Da, I saw on the Internet that your company, Ruida Aerospace, is going to carry out a manned moon landing. Is that true?"

"Well, about right. Our researchers are currently building a lunar space plane, which will probably be ready next month. After a period of test flights, if everything goes well, the manned lunar landing program will be launched by the end of this year or early next year."

"Some netizens analyzed that the United States spent at least $250 billion to implement the Apollo moon landing program in the last century. Now that Rayda Aerospace wants to independently complete the manned moon landing program, the cost will only be more than $250 billion. Is this true?"

"It's pure nonsense. The market value of the entire company, Ruida Aerospace, is only a few hundred billion US dollars. How could they possibly come up with more than 20 billion to carry out manned lunar landing? It's too late. The Apollo moon landing program of the United States took place in the 1960s. The technology of that era was too backward. Many projects involved in the moon landing had to be developed from scratch, which is why so much money was spent. Now, half a century has passed since the last human landing on the moon. Science and technology are developing rapidly. Many aerospace technologies that were still high-precision and cutting-edge in those days have now become civilian technologies and even eliminated by the times. For example, the various metal materials, composite materials, sensors, and electronic components we use in the lunar version of the aerospace plane are all finished products purchased from the market. The overall R&D cost is much lower than that of the Apollo series of spacecraft. I estimate that the overall R&D cost of the lunar version of the aerospace plane is about 5 billion yuan, and the production cost of one is about 1 billion yuan. Moreover, the more production is produced, the further the cost can be compressed. It is not as exaggerated as what is said on the Internet."

"Phew, that's good. I thought you had bet all your fortune on a manned moon landing, but it turns out it was all a rumor." (End of this chapter)