The Birth of the Best Director

Chapter 100: The rich woman who throws money around is very beautiful, but she can’t compete with the charm of the robot
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The movie "Inner Maze" was a huge success.

The company is going to hold another celebration party!

However, this time it was just a celebration party held within the crew.

Don't invite outsiders to join in the fun.

Most of the core members of the "Heart Labyrinth" crew have filmed the MV of the song "Possible" with Lu Zhiyuan.

After the training of the theater movie "Maze", he followed Lu Zhiyuan to shoot the Hollywood blockbuster "Upgrade".

Everyone sees a bright future.

Don’t say anything else.

After filming Hollywood blockbusters, they can jump ship and find other crews, and they can definitely become small leaders.

I boasted in the crew that I had worked with the great director Lu Zhiyuan in a Hollywood movie... I guess those girls in the makeup team would overshadow me!

"Sister Tiantian..."

Xin Yukun came over on behalf of the entire crew and toasted Jing Tian with a glass of wine.

No other reason.

For this celebration banquet, Xin Yukun originally wanted to find a three-star hotel and not make the food or anything else too exaggerated.

I don’t want Australian lobster, Argentinian king crab, or anything like that.

Prepare some more affordable meals and give everyone more bonuses.

Who would have thought that after Miss Jing Tian learned about this, she upgraded them without saying a word and booked a five-star hotel for them.

Australian lobster, Argentinian king crab, don’t save on anything, give me all!
As for the extra budget, Miss Jing Tian did not make things difficult for Xin Yukun. She signed directly and put it into her account.

"Brother Kun, stop calling me Sister Tiantian. Aren't you shortening my life?"

Jing Tian gave Xin Yukun a displeased look.

Originally, Jing Tian could accept Xin Yukun with peace of mind and call her "Sister Tiantian".

But now, she is Lu Zhiyuan's girlfriend, so naturally she has to give Xin Yukun some face.

Lu Zhiyuan calls her Brother Kun, and Brother Kun calls her Sister Tiantian... So, if you convert the names like this, how should Lu Zhiyuan call her?
In private, call her aunt?

Hehe, although it’s not impossible, I don’t know why, but it feels quite good.

However, this can only be played privately.

In public, you still have to be respectful.

"Brother and sister!"

Xin Yukun was very smart and immediately changed the name.

"Hey, that's right."

Jing Tian immediately smiled and called out to others loudly, asking them to eat more and drink more, like a warm, cheerful, friendly and generous proprietress.

After three rounds of drinks, the party became very lively.

Xin Yukun picked up the microphone and shouted, "The boss lady said everyone's bonus will be doubled! After you finish eating, line up to get your money!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone cheered.

Say anything.

Basically, it is praised that Miss Jing Tian is beautiful and kind-hearted, and she is a perfect match for Lu Zhiyuan. She is particularly gentle, considerate and understanding.

Some people also shouted "Have a baby soon".

Anyway, it was a noisy scene, like a vegetable market.

But Jingtian was particularly happy.

Unconsciously, she had gained favors and a lot of goodwill among the crew members.

Next time, if there is a woman of questionable character who goes to the crew to look for Lu Zhiyuan, there will always be loyal people who stand up and tip him off among those who have accepted benefits from her.

If they had a different boss lady, they might not receive this kind of treatment.

"In my opinion, the girlfriend should be someone like Miss Jing!"

"I used to worry that the company might go bankrupt. After all, when our director Lu was shooting, he would make the entire crew wait for a whole day just to get the right light and color. It was too expensive."

"Now it's all good... With Miss Jing's support, Director Lu can shoot whatever he wants. As long as it can be filmed, with Director Lu's aesthetic and ability, the film will definitely be good. Starlight Canlan will handle all the promotion and distribution. As for the theater chain, we also have Wanda's support!"

"Sure enough, behind every successful man, there is a good wife!"

"Director Lu, you are truly a model of a successful man!"

I don’t know whether the crew members were sincere or not, but they said these words very loudly, especially when Jing Tian passed by.

This made Jing Tian particularly happy, and he laughed secretly several times.

……

"Ayuan, did you see that? The public's eyes are sharp! They all say that we are a perfect match!"

Jing Tian held Lu Zhiyuan's arm and walked around the venue affectionately.

Like a queen patrolling her territory.

At this moment, Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi all disappeared into thin air.

No matter where Jing Tian went, the staff were particularly enthusiastic towards him, making him feel relaxed and happy.

"Ayuan, when you go to Hollywood to make a movie, will you spend more time in New York or Los Angeles?"

Today, Jing Tian drank a little wine, her cheeks were a little red, and she looked even more beautiful.

At this moment, she leaned on Lu Zhiyuan and asked in a low voice.

"I don't know either. Why do you ask?"

Although many Hollywood film and television companies are headquartered in Los Angeles, they also shoot a lot in New York.

After all, New York is the capital of the world.

After the filming of "Upgrade", Lu Zhiyuan has not yet scheduled plans for his next film.

He estimated that the investment in "Real Steel" was at least 5000 million US dollars!
This is even if all the special effects were done by their own company, saving at least 3000 million US dollars, and then hiring a less famous actor.

If the film is shot according to the original version and Wolverine is invited to shoot it, the salary alone is estimated to be 2000 million US dollars.

The entire budget is probably around 100 million US dollars!
No need!
For a robot movie, which big names should we invite?
It would be enough to invite an old actor who was once somewhat famous but is now a flop, like Keanu Reeves.

They can also do what Marvel did and use flops like Robert Downey Jr. and newcomers like Tom Hiddleston.

Then, they made those people super stars.

In superhero movies, or robot special effects movies, the focus is not on the actors, but on the special effects and the grand scenes.

Actors, just don't be too distracted.

But here comes the problem!
After the filming of the movie "Upgrade" was completed, it took three months just to work on the special effects.

It's already June.

The earliest it will be released will be during the New Year's Day period.

After the film is released, it will take some time for the box office revenue to be recovered.

In other words, it would take at least until March next year for him to get the money and start filming "Real Steel"... a full six months, how could he wait that long?

It seems that I have to find someone to fool again!
"Brother Kun, please help me find out...are there any companies in the market, especially in China, that make robots?"

Yushu Technology, a well-known domestic robotics company, seems to have been established in 2016.

In this era, the most famous robotics company in the world is undoubtedly Boston Dynamics.

When Yushu Technology was established, its first product was the quadruped robot [X-Dog], which was also aimed at providing a low-cost alternative to Boston Dynamics.

Lu Zhiyuan remembered very clearly that the company Yushu Technology seemed to have used a pure electric motor solution to replace Boston Dynamics' hydraulic solution, which saved a lot of costs.

This opened the scene.

After achieving commercial success, Yushu Technology's subsequent products had R&D funds, and were constantly polished and upgraded. The products gradually moved towards high-end and eventually became a global unicorn-level company.

The example is readily available and is not difficult to implement.

Lu Zhiyuan has to trick someone into rushing into the robot track!
"Brother, long before you were planning to make a robot movie, I had already helped you collect all the information available on the market."

"Let's go talk next door."

The celebration banquet is almost over, and the next step is to distribute bonuses.

Miss Jingtian is most passionate about this kind of thing.

As the saying goes, you listen to whoever pays you.

She had to show off her presence as the boss lady in this scene. "Ayuan, you haven't answered me yet. Who spent more time in Los Angeles or New York?"

Jing Tian chased for a few steps, insisting on knowing the answer.

Lu Zhiyuan gently pinched her chin, smiled and shook his head and said, "I appreciate your kindness. But don't think about buying a house in New York or Los Angeles. Staying in a hotel is fine."

Whenever the rich young woman is unhappy, she wants to buy a house abroad and doesn't want her boyfriend to suffer.

Lu Zhiyuan understood.

However, no matter how rich Jingtian's family is, they can't do this!

After all, he spent less than a month in the United States throughout the year.

"How do you know what I want to ask?"

Jing Tian chuckled.

I just like this kind of feeling of being in tune with each other.

The running-in period is super short.

Less than a month had passed and they felt like they were in perfect sync. They didn't even need to say many words; Lu Zhiyuan understood with just a glance.

"Go give the employees their bonuses first. I'm going to chat with Brother Kun outside."

Lu Zhiyuan patted Jing Tian's shoulder gently, leaving her the opportunity to win people's hearts.

"You're laughing at me."

Jing Tian felt that all her little thoughts had been discovered by Lu Zhiyuan, but Lu Zhiyuan tacitly agreed to this matter, which made her very happy.

……

Come outside the hall.

Xin Yukun looked at Lu Zhiyuan with great admiration.

"Brother, you are truly my idol. Miss Jing Tian, ​​when we first met her, she was such a fairy who was not concerned with worldly matters."

"Now, she has become particularly scheming, rushing to help you with work and win people's hearts."

"This is all because of you."

Xin Yukun was filled with emotion.

The price of liking someone is really too high.

Can change a person's personality.

When Miss Jing Tian was working at the Starry Company, she basically had no desires and didn't care about anything.

She doesn't care how much money the company wastes.

it's good now……

Their small crew only had a few dozen people, so she had to distribute the bonuses herself and not let anyone take advantage of her.

A housekeeper indeed.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and tell me about robots!"

Brother Kun, a man who only knows how to drink tea, talks to himself about this every day.

He envied himself for one thing at a time, then for another, and then he said that he was a wanderer, that the world was his home and he didn't need a home.

Lu Zhiyuan was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.

“These are two robots from Boston Dynamics.”

Xin Yukun took out a stack of papers from her bag and handed it to Lu Zhiyuan.

These papers contain the parameters of two robots.

One robot is called [Pet Man], which is a bipedal robot.

The performance is very poor, walking is very slow, only 2 kilometers per hour, and it is easy to fall.

It looks like a semi-finished product.

Another quadruped robot is more powerful and is called [Big Dog].

This quadruped robot was first released in 2005.

After several upgrades, this quadruped robot can now carry 154 kilograms of objects and is suitable for various complex terrains.

You can climb a 35-degree slope at will.

This year, Boston Dynamics just released a brand new version on the Internet, which immediately caused heated discussions. Netizens called this thing a "mechanical battle pet."

If it weren't for the high price, many people would want to buy a robot and take it home to play with.

"Both of these Boston Dynamics robots are hydraulically powered, right?"

After reading the materials, Lu Zhiyuan asked Xin Yukun a question.

Xin Yukun spread his hands and stared at him with innocent eyes: "Brother, how should I know? I'm a poor student who didn't even finish high school, and you ask me this?"

Ok!

I asked the wrong person!

Lu Zhiyuan apologized and said, "The hydraulic power solution is too expensive. We should use a pure electric drive. By sacrificing some performance, the cost can be reduced to a fraction of the original cost."

"In the future, when pure electric power is developed, this performance shortcoming can be made up."

At this stage, hydraulic power is certainly right.

The problem is that no one knows that in the next decade or so, pure electric drive will develop terrifyingly.

Almost a leap forward!
Boston Dynamics has gone in the wrong direction, but it may be valuable in scientific research.

But in business, it will fail miserably.

"Brother, I understand what you mean... Not only do you want to make a robot movie, you also want to build robots!"

"You are such a madman!"

Xin Yukun couldn't help but hold his head with both hands, feeling a little numb on his scalp.

Lu Zhiyuan must have studied it!

Otherwise, how would he know that these two robots are hydraulically driven?
As a film director, how could he know whether the robot is hydraulically driven or motor driven?

is this necessary?

Lu Zhiyuan could even say that Boston Dynamics' hydraulic solution was wrong!
Pure electric drive is the future!
He spoke so decisively that I almost believed him.

"Brother Kun, building a robot is not as simple as you think, but it's not that difficult either."

"At this stage, we only need to buy the two robots from Boston Dynamics, reverse engineer them, and find someone to convert them into a pure electric motor drive mode. This is a brand new business model."

"There are some relevant details here that we, as outsiders, certainly don't understand, but we can cooperate with universities."

"For robots to succeed, the most important thing is to balance performance and cost-effectiveness for mass production."

Boston Dynamics' robots may be of better quality, but they are more than ten times more expensive and have no commercial value at all.

If the products cannot be promoted and no money can be made, the products will certainly not be updated.

Only with enough money can we continuously iterate our products!
Lu Zhiyuan proposed this, of course not because he wanted to make robots himself, but because he wanted to boost the domestic robotics industry by making movies.

This thing has great prospects.

"AI chips, combined with intelligent robots, this is what the future world will look like!"

"Brother Kun, you don't think that this kind of scene only happens in movies, do you?"

"Just imagine... if our [Qin Palace Guards] could walk, raise their bronze swords and run and fight, even if it was just for show, how many people would they attract?"

"The whole world will be boiling!"

After hearing what Lu Zhiyuan said, Xin Yukun wanted to turn around and run to the hospital to see a psychiatrist.

Because he discovered a secret that went against science.

Mental illness really is contagious.

Just now, when Lu Zhiyuan was describing this scene to him... a similar scene appeared in his mind.

A stunning robot, holding an ancient bronze sword, slowly began a sword dance in the square outside the Terracotta Army...

The ancient and solemn sword dance, the epoch-making robot technology, and the desolate music of chimes, step on the heavy land of the Qin Dynasty!
He is very excited!

I was so excited that I couldn't help myself and couldn't wait to see this scene!

Finished!

I'm poisoned too!
I was infected by this guy Ayuan!
Pay for my medical expenses!
(End of this chapter)