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Chapter 351: New achievements in digital technology!

Burn incense and kowtow!

The yellow paper and gold ingots burned slowly, and the wisps of green smoke were dissipated by the breeze.

Xiao Xiulin knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times, mumbling something.

Chen Shiping leaned over to listen.

"Please bless me so that I don't have to go to school and watch TV at home every day"

Chen Shiping twitched his lips, he really didn't know what to say. Other people kowtowed to pray for safety, to get into college and to make a fortune, but when it came to her, she was just giving away her money.

Ancestors are not wish-making machines, nor will they bless you to be lazy every day!
Let’s beat him up later.

Chen Shiping looked at the green wheat fields. Many people in the fields were carrying yellow paper and bringing their families to sweep the graves.

Soon, a lot of green smoke came out of the green wheat fields.

Looking at little Xiulin who was still kowtowing, Chen Shiping truly felt that traditional culture has penetrated into the bones of every Chinese.

This tradition must be preserved.

It’s actually nonsense to say that burning paper pollutes the environment. How much can one burn? It can be offset by the smoke emissions of chemical plants in one hour.

But why is this rebellious son still kowtowing? How many wishes do you want your ancestors to help you fulfill?

"The fat guy stole my eraser. Well, there's also a pencil. May his front teeth never fall out."

Chen Shiping was speechless. He directly picked her up and looked at her with a frown on her forehead. He couldn't help but lecture her:
"If someone steals your eraser, why don't you tell the teacher? It's no better than making a wish to your ancestors!"

Xiao Xiulin immediately pursed her lips and stopped talking, her big eyes rolling around.

"Did you hit someone so you don't dare tell the teacher?" Chen Shiping stared at her and asked.

"no!"

Little Xiulin immediately fluttered to the ground, facing the direction of the grave and shouted, "Grandpa, my father wronged me! Please bless my baby."

Tao's father and mother were laughing beside them, thinking that their precious granddaughter was so smart.

Chen Shiping had a headache. How could his daughter become like this when she had been hanging out in his study since she was a child?

What a waste of those books that were wet with her pee!
Book: I knew it was a crappy printing factory!

Chen Shiping sighed and left his daughter to Tao Huimin. It was not appropriate to beat the child today during the ancestor worship ceremony.

Tao Huimin tapped Xiao Xiulin's forehead a few times and wiped her big painted face with a handkerchief.

After burning paper and kowtowing, Chen Shiping tidied up the area around the grave, and then the whole family left.

No one knows where Chen Shiping is buried. I wonder if Xiao Xiulin will bring her baby to kowtow to him and make a wish for him in the future.

After the tomb sweeping, Chen Shiping followed Tao's father and mother to their relatives' home in their hometown to eat and drink.

But he eats and drinks for free, so people just want to take advantage of his halo.

A cousin who was not sure whether he was from my uncle's family or my aunt's family smiled and handed Chen Shiping a cigarette and asked:

"Brother-in-law must be very busy in Beijing. I saw you on the news the other day."

Chen Shiping nodded and lowered his head to light the cigarette handed to him.

"Want to go out and try your luck?" Chen Shiping asked, taking a puff of his cigarette.

My cousin immediately smiled and said, "Yes, when I was a kid, I watched my sister sing opera and I wanted to follow her and perform on stage."

Chen Shiping looked at him for a few times and thought that his appearance was acceptable and suitable for being an actor.

"Okay, keep your sister's phone number and call her in advance whenever you want to go."

"Really? Thank you, brother-in-law!"

This word of thanks immediately attracted several relatives who had been listening attentively nearby to come over.

Chen Shiping sat there smoking a cigarette, listening to them talking about this and that, without any impatience, just listening with a smile.

Tao Huimin secretly winked at him, but he pretended not to see it.

In the end, Chen Shiping gave each of them a business card.

Ask them to call him when they arrive in Beijing.

Although this kind of thing is troublesome, he is quite happy to do it. As an orphan, this is all he can do.

It’s not a big deal anyway. If it’s really troublesome, just send him away.

Anyway, when we get to Beijing, we have Tao Dad, a big idler, to keep an eye on.

Didn’t you see that when Dad Tao was bragging to others, he held his hands high and acted like an old leader.

Chen Shiping also went over and chatted with them with a smile.

The Qingming Festival holiday was not long, so Chen Shiping still took extra leave and left after only a few days.

After returning to the capital, Chen Shiping lay in bed and didn't want to move.

Driving is exhausting.

Driving was tiring and riding in the car was not relaxing either, so the whole family went to sleep after arriving home.

After a good sleep, Chen Shiping woke up the next day to hear Xiao Xiulin singing in the yard.

Suddenly I remembered that I was still one step away from being beaten.

But after running out and seeing her standing under the ginkgo tree, shaking her head and singing to her grandfather, I no longer had the urge to hit her.

What a good girl.

Tao Huimin brushed her teeth and looked at him with contempt. She said that he was just teaching the girl a lesson. When the girl grows up a little, it won't be certain who will teach whom.

"Chen Xiulin! Have you brushed your teeth?" Tao Huimin shouted towards the yard.

Little Xiulin immediately shrank her neck and hid behind Tao's father.

Chen Shiping gave her a helpless look, then smiled and went to brush his teeth and wash his face.

I have to go to work today, and there is still a lot of work to do.

After finishing breakfast and going to work, Chen Shiping began to deal with the backlog of work in the past few days.

There aren't many things, but they are all quite troublesome.

Documents must be reviewed one by one and approval projects cannot be sloppy.

After a busy morning, Chen Shiping rubbed his neck, dropped the pen in his hand, and went to the cafeteria to eat.

After lunch, he went to Peking University.

The post-production of Uncharted 2 is complete.

The second part will be released during the summer vacation, and this time Chen Shiping did not choose the Lunar New Year vacation period.

If it is just for the domestic market, the Lunar New Year period is a good choice, but for the entire Asian market, the summer period is a good choice.

In Peking University's digital special effects laboratory, Chen Shiping sat in a chair waiting for the movie to start.

Zhang Yimou sat next to him and looked very confident.

Chen Shiping turned his head and looked at him and asked, "How do you feel?"

"It's really good! It's totally beyond my expectation!" Zhang Yimou said excitedly, "I thought it would be the kind of poor special effects seen in Hong Kong movies, but I didn't expect it to be so good!"

Chen Shiping asked curiously, "Didn't you watch the first one? The special effects in the first one were great."

"It's different!" Zhang Yimou said seriously, "The special effects in the first film still had a lot of distortion, but this time the improvement is huge!" Chen Shiping laughed and said, "It's been almost two years, so there must be improvement. I'm looking forward to it now that you said that."

"I will definitely give you a surprise!" Zhang Yimou said again.

"Wait and see."

Soon the second part began to air.

The plot of the second part is much simpler, and Zhang Yimou did not change the plot.

The Celestial Empire’s fleet is chasing pirates. Let’s have a visual feast of naval battle!

What follows is a story about the pirates who, after failing to steal the golden apple from the princess, discovered the protagonist's special identity and used it as a threat. The protagonist helped them and finally faced the former captain, the black octopus, with the princess and took away the second treasure.

There are big battles, there are battles of wits, there’s a smattering of puzzles, and there’s also quite a few battles involving fantastical creatures.

The overall rhythm is very tight, with no shortage of action scenes and special effects scenes.

The biggest difference between Uncharted and current domestic movies is that there are no obvious localized elements.

It is a great fusion of the cultures of the entire Asian region and has the hard power to make a breakthrough in the international arena.

The second one might be even more popular than the first!

If you look closely at the structure of Uncharted, it is actually somewhat similar to The Lord of the Rings.

The first part lays the groundwork, the second part has a climax battle, and the third part goes straight to the climax of the siege battle to defeat the devil.

It’s just that the first Uncharted movie seemed a bit rough to many people.

The second part won’t give them this feeling. With the foreshadowing of the first part, there’s no need to say so much nonsense in the second part, and the fighting can start directly!
Chen Shiping looked at the scene on the screen where a giant octopus overturned a pirate ship and couldn't help but nodded.

This special effect does look more realistic, much better than it was two years ago!
Zhang Yimou couldn't help but say at this time: "The people in the research team had a brilliant idea and caught an octopus for motion capture."

Chen Shiping: “???” Are these scientists crazy?

No wonder the octopus's movements in the movie are so natural, smooth and realistic.

It is very difficult to do motion capture on animals, because the key is that animals will not obey.

It was not until many years later that real motion capture of animals became possible, and it was first done by some game companies.

Later, it gradually led to the film and television industry to start experimenting.

The film and television industry prefers to use humans to simulate animals for motion capture.

Because it is obedient and has lower cost, it is a very good choice.

It's just a little troublesome to do later.

Chen Shiping didn't expect those experts to capture the animals. He guessed that they were doing experiments.

He was watching the movie while thinking about this question. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind and he discovered a very serious problem.

How many light spots are needed to capture motion on a mollusk like an octopus? How complicated would motion capture be?
Why are the experts doing this experiment for no reason!
A breakthrough in motion capture?!

Chen Shiping suddenly became a little restless. This was a big deal!

The movie has been filmed anyway, so it doesn’t matter whether you watch it or not!

Chen Shiping's heart was burning with anger, but after turning his head to look at Zhang Yimou, he endured it and continued watching the movie.

Let’s watch the movie first and talk about it later!
Chen Shiping patted his legs lightly and couldn't help but smile.

Technological breakthroughs are the happiest things!
Zhang Yimou turned his head to look at him and found that he was smiling, and he immediately felt relieved.

The original director approved it! Our sequel was not ruined!
The pressure in my heart has been relieved by half!
The remaining half will depend on the box office after the movie is released. If the box office performance is not bad, then this sequel will be a complete success!
More than half an hour later, the movie was over and Chen Shiping couldn't help but applaud.

The second part is much more complete than the first one, and the special effects are also more exciting. Even if it cannot surpass the first part, it can be on par with it.

The lights in the screening room came on, and Chen Shiping said happily: "Today is really a double happiness!"

Zhang Yimou asked curiously, "What did Shuangxi say?"

"Haha, I'm not sure yet. I just guessed." Chen Shiping patted his shoulder and said, "Lao Zhang, you made a good movie. I didn't make a mistake in choosing you!"

Zhang Yimou felt strange, but he really admired Chen Shiping's broad-mindedness.

At the beginning, because Gong Li was close to him, I even ridiculed him in the movie Shake It, but he didn't care at all.

It is definitely not true to say that Chen Shiping is guilty.

Zhang Yimou himself knew that his breakup with Gong Li had nothing to do with Chen Shiping.

That's why he admires Chen Shiping even more now. He is really open-minded!
After Chen Shiping chatted with Zhang Yimou for a few more sentences, they decided on the release date.

June 25th! Released simultaneously across Asia!
Once the date is set, the promotion and publicity will officially begin, and all kinds of marketing hype will be arranged.

Zhang Yimou also has to go out and accept various interviews and brag everywhere.

Times have changed, and promotion and publicity must also be diversified.

[The handover of China's most powerful director: Uncharted! ]

[Who is the most powerful director in China, Zhang Yimou or Chen Shiping? ]

[Uncharted 2's cast is better than the first film in every aspect, and the visual effects are fully upgraded. A visual feast is about to begin! ]

Promotion and marketing must be controversial. Let the fans of Chen Shiping and Zhang Yimou argue with each other!

Chen Shiping didn't care about these things. He wouldn't be a director anyway, so these false names would not be of much use to him.

He is now busy tinkering with the motion capture system with experts from the digital research group.

In the laboratory, Chen Shiping put on motion capture clothes, with light spots all over his body. He wanted to try out the results of the motion capture system himself!
Chen Shiping can't perform much, but he can still walk and jump.

Surrounded by cameras, Chen Shiping jumped around and deliberately made some funny movements, trying to see if the camera could capture them perfectly.

More than an hour later, Chen Shiping was very surprised when he looked at the little man made up of red and blue light spots on the computer.

The effect is very good!

The motion capture is perfect, except for the slightest movements.

This technology is really much better than the first generation of motion capture bought from the British.

I guess we can catch up with their second generation.

The British are really good at motion capture. The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter both used their motion capture systems. In the future, their motion capture will also be the best in the global film and television industry.

It is quite remarkable that China can produce such results now.

Chen Shiping spent so much money, and it was not wasted.

He turned to look at the expert who was fiddling with the computer and asked, "Are you sure you can capture the facial features?"

"Of course you can, but you can only let the actors perform close to the camera, and it must be a fixed camera position."

Chen Shiping was not surprised, after all, there were no wearable cameras at that time.

Motion capture cameras are too big to be worn.

Chen Shiping curiously stuck some light spots on himself and stood in front of the camera and made several different expressions.

Several researchers in the lab were trying to hold back their laughter as they watched Chen Shiping making faces in front of the camera.

I didn’t expect you to be such a Mr. Chen!

After a while, Chen Shiping saw the results. Although the captured light spots were not perfect after forming digital information, some obvious expressions could still be seen!
Chen Shiping was really excited at this. The development of the motion capture system will make it easier to shoot special effects blockbusters in the future, and there will be more room for operation!

The most important thing is that Chen Shiping's Princess Project can finally be made into a 3D movie!
Damn, finally the hard times have paid off!
How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, and various animal princesses can all be arranged!
At least three animated films will be released next year!
Let those people in Shanghai see it, let Disney see it, China also has its own IP!

(End of this chapter)