Industrial Light and Magic was acquired by Shengtang, and Liu Lang finally felt at ease. As long as it continues to develop step by step, Industrial Light and Magic will truly transform into a special effects company that will shock the world in the future.
According to the development of the previous life, this time point was the release of Toy Story five years later. This 3D animation completely completed by computer special effects heralded the official arrival of the era of computer special effects. After that, Industrial Light and Magic continued to produce one film per year.
Animated films continue to consolidate their dominance in special effects.
But this life is different. Industrial Light & Magic is no longer called Pixar. As for what to name Liu Lang is thinking about, of course it must have Chinese characteristics.
In addition, there is no need to wait until five years later. Once Wanhe makes the chip, the computer will be used in Industrial Light and Magic immediately. Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Cars will all come out to me.
Not only these movies that originally belonged to Industrial Light and Magic, but also popular movies such as Ice Age, The Croods, etc. also belong to Industrial Light and Magic. Anyway, every detail of these movies is played in Liu Lang's mind.
As long as the technology is mature, it will be produced.
In short, according to Liu Lang's plan, Shengtang Culture will occupy at least 60% of the 3D animated film market in the future. As for the money issue, the stock market crash that swept the United States in June will happen, and the Dow Jones Index will
Losing 500 points in one day, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is enough to turn his one million US dollars into tens of millions of US dollars. With this money as the basis, all problems will be solved easily.
The addition of Shengtang gave people like Industrial Light and Magic new impetus. Everyone put down their original work and started making Transformers cartoons. You must know that there are no computers now, and all cartoons are done manually.
Draw them one by one, each one is mostly the same but slightly different depending on the design action inside, and then take pictures one by one, 24 pictures per second, and connect them to make a video.
Therefore, one minute of cartoon requires 1,440 drawings, and the workload for one episode is very staggering. If we follow the traditional method, one person can only draw 20 drawings in one day at best. Fortunately, Industrial Light and Magic has more advanced
Technology, many pictures with repeated parts can be directly extracted
, there is no need to repeat drawings, but even so, one person can only draw about a hundred pictures a day. There are ten people in the animation department, and even at the fastest, they can only draw about one minute of animation plot or one episode of animation every day.
It takes twenty minutes and three months to draw five episodes, which is pretty good.
After handling the matters at Industrial Light and Magic, Liu Lang took Sun Mingren and Sun Hu on the plane and went straight to Harvard University.
Liu Lang went to Harvard University not to inspect the school, but to find Professor Wilson, an economics expert at Harvard Business School and a researcher on U.S. economic policy, who can be regarded as half of the cabinet.
Los Angeles is located on the west coast of the United States, while Harvard University is located in the Boston area on the east coast. The two places are located in the southwest and northeast corners of the United States respectively. They are 5,000 kilometers apart. The plane slowly landed after flying for nearly six hours.
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It was already warm in Los Angeles in March, but there was still a cold wind blowing in Boston, which was similar to the temperature in Northeast China. Liu Lang and others walked off the plane wearing sweaters, and when they arrived at the door of the terminal, they saw a person not far away.
He held a sign high with the word Liu Lang written on it.
"Professor Wilson was thoughtful and sent someone to pick him up at the airport!"
Liu Lang walked over with two people.
The other party was a Chinese man in his mid-twenties. He was looking around when he saw a child and two adults approaching and immediately greeted him. Then he asked in very jerky Mandarin: "Are you Liu Lang?
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"Yes, I am the one you are waiting for!"
Liu Lang answered in English, but the other person's Mandarin was too awkward and sounded very laborious.
"Hello, hello, my name is Louis Wang, a student of Professor Wilson. I came to pick you up according to the professor's instructions!"
When the other party heard Liu Lang speaking fluent English, he immediately responded in English.
"Okay, let's go!"
Louis immediately helped several people put their luggage on a jeep, and then drove to Harvard University himself.
Along the way, Liu Lang chatted with this young man and learned that his ancestral home was in Sichuan Province. His parents came to the United States when they were in their twenties and taught at an American university. He himself had excelled in studies since childhood and was admitted to Harvard.
The University School of Economics is also considered a student of Professor Wilson. Now he has graduated from the university and works in an economic research institute affiliated to the Harvard University School of Economics. Because he is the only Chinese at the Harvard University School of Economics, he was selected by Professor Wilson to pick up Liu.
Lang.
During the chat, Liu Lang also learned some information about Professor Wilson. Each college in an American university has its own industry and can independently provide business services to the society. For example, under the Harvard School of Economics, there is the National Institute of Economic Policy.
There are several institutions such as the Institute of Market Economics. In addition, Professor Wilson also owns a company, an economic book publishing company and a research center that provides economic situation trends for large companies. Liu Lang’s book The Wave of the Third Industry is owned by Professor Wilson.
Publishing companies plan and distribute.
"This Professor Wilson is still an entrepreneur! I'm afraid he is also a millionaire!"
Liu Lang asked with a smile.
"Haha, the professor is more than a millionaire. He is an expert in providing economic policies for the country. Every year, many large companies come to him to provide consulting services for their industrial situation. The price of each consulting report is hundreds of thousands.
US dollars, he has already become a multi-millionaire!"
The other party replied with a smile.
Liu Lang nodded. In fact, this method will also be very common in Chinese universities a few decades later. For example, if a company wants to prepare a feasibility report or development plan, it needs to find relevant professionals. If you want to make it cheaper, you can
Go to a social qualification institution for preparation, but if you want to be more professional, you need to find a qualification institution from the Business Card University.
For example, the construction company where Liu Lang worked wanted to develop a good project. The boss hoped that the project would become a local landmark building. Such an architectural design could not be completed by ordinary design institutes. In the end, after much searching, he found Huaxia
The university's School of Architecture spent millions of dollars to come up with a very beautiful design plan. Although in the end the project was not implemented due to cost issues, Huaxia University's plan is still worthy of praise.
Of course, this kind of work cannot be done by just any university. At least you must have excellent talents and teams, plus obtain qualifications, so that you can gain recognition from society. Otherwise, even if you create a company, no one will find you.
It will be in vain if you do it.
As a well-known economist in the United States, Professor Wilson certainly has unique conditions. His knowledge is his greatest capital. In addition, he has many capable people under his command, so he can easily accept any work he receives.