In a small courtyard of Dushu Lakeside Manor, when Mo Wuling opened his eyes in the morning, his first thought was that Chen Qing must have arranged her and Ren Jingxi together on purpose.
Although...
Last night, I don’t know who took the initiative, and it was ridiculous again.
It won’t really be a lily, right
Thinking this, Mo Wuling turned around and saw that Ren Jingxi had already gotten up and was sitting in front of the desk and computer by the window, typing something.
After grabbing a moon-white silk nightgown and putting it on, Mo Wuling got out of bed with bare feet, came behind Ren Jingxi, and looked at the computer screen. His best friend was browsing some drawings, which was obviously the "Lotus Lamp".
Are you such a workaholic
So he stepped forward, leaned behind Ren Jingxi, put his head on her shoulder, cheek to cheek, and said half-jokingly: "Getting up so early to work, is this turning depression into strength?"
Ren Jingxi shook his body slightly, without shaking the girl behind him away, and stopped moving. He continued to browse the drawings, occasionally typing some notes, feeling that Mo Wuling was deliberately twisting and making trouble, and said with a smile: "Don't grind. Oh, you don’t have chest hair.”
Mo Wuling remembered what Ren Jingxi had said before about someone's chest hair being prickly, and coupled with some scenes last night, his face turned red and he retorted: "You have it?"
Ren Jingxi rolled his eyes at her and stopped talking. He turned to a set of shot design drawings for the final battle of "Lotus Lantern" and carefully reviewed each one.
The new version of "Lotus Lantern" follows the script structure of a standard commercial film and has a clear rhythm.
At the end, the climactic plan in which Chen Xiang cuts a mountain to save his mother is designed as a big melee, with Sun Wukong VS Erlang Shen, Chen Xiang's friends VS Huashan guards, Chen Xiang has to face the mountain god sent by Er Lang Shen, and so on.
When we were just discussing this plot, everyone felt that as long as it could be done well, this plot would definitely be outstanding and even become the highlight of the animated film, so it was also the top priority in the film's planning.
When Mo Wuling saw that Ren Jingxi was ignoring him and started typing on the keyboard again, he remembered an interesting thing he happened to see in a magazine and said, "Hey, did you know that Hemingway once almost had a duel with someone because of his chest hair."
Ren Jingxi actually didn't care much, but in order to avoid his best friend causing trouble, he still responded cooperatively: "Huh?"
Mo Wuling was very interested: "Probably, Western men think that chest hair is a symbol of masculinity. As we all know, Hemingway prides himself on being a tough guy, but he cares about this. However, a reporter wrote an article saying that his chest hair is fake. Hemingway was very angry because he had stuck it on himself. He went to the guy directly and demanded that he either apologize or fight. He also asked the reporter to pluck his chest hair with his own hands to prove it was true."
Ren Jingxi leisurely typed his own mark on a page of artwork. After listening to Mo Wuling's words, he smiled and said: "Hemingway is so boring, and you actually pay attention to such things, you are even more boring than him. "
"Hey, I just saw it by chance," Mo Wuling was dissatisfied: "Besides, you were obviously the first to talk about him... that one."
"Yeah, yeah, it's all my fault," Ren Jingxi took the initiative to admit his mistake. Feeling that it was too heavy behind him, he pushed against his best friend: "Go and wash up quickly. Let's go over for breakfast later. He will leave in the morning."
Mo Wuling hummed, but did not leave immediately. He asked again: "Hey, who do you think he was with last night?"
"You can ask him directly later."
"Think I don't dare."
Ren Jingxi tapped the keyboard again and said, "Ten thousand yuan, I bet you don't dare."
Mo Wuling: "..."
It's so bullying.
After washing up, the two of them left the courtyard and were led by the maid to a two-story house across the manor's artificial lake, which was more exquisite than the Maoer Hutong mansion. When they stepped into the restaurant on the second floor, they immediately understood a certain answer.
Ren Jingxi was surprised to see Yang Damei, who was famous for her peacock dance, sitting quietly next to a certain man. Mo Wuling was a little confused in his surprise. You must know that they were from Dali, Yunnan, and she and Yang Damei were fellow villagers. . Not only that, Yang Damei was also Mo Wuling's childhood idol, and she learned folk dance for a while when she was a child.
Um…
There seems to be a very important issue, childhood idols, childhood... idols!
Damn man.
Everyone was greeted and sat down at the dining table. Mo Wuling looked over quietly, probably hoping to see that some big bully was robbing civilian women and forcing weak women to submit. However, Mo Wuling could feel it with just a few glances. Seeing that Yang Damei, who was sitting next to Chen Qing on the left and right of him, not only showed no expression of resistance, but also had a very obvious affection for someone.
Flowery radish.
He muttered something fiercely in his mind, and it wasn't until the waitress put breakfast in front of him that Mo Wuling finally came to his senses and listened to their conversation.
In fact, if it weren't for the current situation, Mo Wuling would definitely have a friendship with Yang Damei, but now... he is not in the mood.
Yang Damei was obviously not a talkative person, she spoke very little, and he seemed to have tacitly agreed to talk a lot less. He only chatted occasionally in a gentle tone, about the food in front of him, the Chinese dance, and the music. Movies and the like, Mo Wuling quickly understood why Princess Peacock appeared here. It turned out that she came to Suzhou to audition for the role of Mei Chaofeng in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
Mei Chaofeng
Mo Wuling didn't know much about "The Condor". He had only watched a few episodes of the Hong Kong version of the TV series intermittently. He couldn't tell which version it was. He only roughly remembered that Mei Chaofeng was not a very good character. He seemed to be a big villain. Coming.
Beauty Yang is the goddess in the hearts of people across the country, how could she agree to take part in such a role
Can't figure it out.
The answer seemed to come on its own initiative again. While I was eating breakfast, a waitress brought me a CD, which she said was a song recorded overnight, a song about Mei Chaofeng.
Mo Wuling immediately cheered up.
Because it must have been written by him again. Just a little depressed again. I just met someone and started writing songs for them...big, radish, carrot!
Another waitress had installed the speakers, and she was confused and looking forward to it, and the singing soon started.
*…
*The left hand holds the earth and the right hand holds the sky.
*The palm prints cracked and lightning flashed from all directions.
*Convert time into years.
*For three thousand lifetimes, it is as if it has not been seen before.
* Holding a flower in his left hand and dancing a sword in his right hand.
*Ten thousand years of snow fell between my eyebrows.
*…
The first impression is that it sounds good, very good, with a dramatic soprano voice, and that strong penetrating power that quickly drags people into a strong and sad artistic conception.
Mo Wuling couldn't help but piece together fragmentary impressions about Mei Chaofeng.
A disciple of Dongxie, who fell in love with his senior brother but was not tolerated by his master, escaped from Peach Blossom Island and became known as the Black Wind Twin Evil. However, his lover was accidentally stabbed to death by young Guo Jing soon after, and he himself was blinded. In order to take revenge, he immersed himself in the darkness like a ghost and practiced hard for ten years.
This is a very sad woman.
The words "left hand" and "right hand" appear repeatedly in the lyrics. From Mo Wuling's point of view, it is easy to understand. Mei Chaofeng's unique skill is the Nine Yin White Bone Claw. Therefore, a pair of hands is both her weapon and a tool for perceiving the world. , like another pair of eyes.
When a song was coming to an end, Mo Wuling glanced at Yang Damei opposite her. She was obviously a very emotional woman. She had probably assumed the role of Mei Chaofeng, with a glint in her eyes.
So Mo Wuling immediately understood why last night, for the first time, the national goddess seemed to be very close to the man next to her.
The big liar who seduces women's hearts!
Liar!
After slandering someone again, Mo Wuling silently picked up the spoon and put a mouthful of red bean porridge into his mouth. He chewed slowly and hard a few times, as if he was chewing on someone. Mainly because the song was playing. Once, no more.
Haven't heard enough.
As the song ended, Ren Jingxi's generous voice came to his ears: "Simon, what's the name of this song?"
Then a man's voice: "Finger Moon on the Left Hand."
"Left Finger", of course not original to Simon, was once the theme song of a fantasy drama.
Simon saw Miss Yang last night, and then thought about Mei Chaofeng, whom she was about to play. For some reason, he thought of this song. He wrote it down and tried singing it live. Unfortunately, this song is very difficult. Yu Tingyu's team None of the girls could hold up, so Chen Qing sent her overnight to find a more professional female singer to record, and sent her over immediately.
When Mo Wuling heard this name, he felt critical in his heart: Why doesn't the right hand refer to the moon
All right.
In fact, I also noticed that there is a sentence in the lyrics, "Left hand points to the moon", and I probably remember that "pointing to the moon" is a Buddhist term, similar to "This is how I smell" in someone's song "Forgiveness", but the meaning is different. Too clear.
Anyway, the song was written for another woman at the scene, so it was difficult for Mo Wuling to be in a good mood.
Yesterday, Ren Jingxi realized that his mentality was not right, so he adjusted it in time. Plus last night, well, he was able to deal with it calmly. Unexpectedly, my best friend next to me was stimulated by a fellow countryman and fell into similar emotions. Ren Jingxi felt a little funny when he accidentally caught a glimpse of Mo Wuling's abnormality, and once again felt a little more angry towards a certain man.
Damn that guy!
However, I just thought about it in my mind.
A certain man was the kind of man that neither of them could catch even if it was reasonable, but they couldn't let themselves be distressed anymore, so they quickly adjusted again, and then frankly commented on the song just now, and even offered to use it as a song for the song that was being prepared. One of the theme songs of "Shooting the Condor" is the same as the song "Forgiveness" in "Dragon".
"Forgiveness" is written about A'Zhu, and "Left Finger Moon" is written about Mei Chaofeng. However, they are somewhat different but have the same purpose.
Of course, Ren Jingxi still felt a little envious of the beauty Yang. Some unreliable little thoughts also flashed across my mind. Otherwise, I would like to be an actor at some point. Maybe I can have a song of my own.
Simon liked the two theme songs of the CCTV version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Heaven and Earth Are in My Heart" and "True Love, True Beauty" very much, and will use them together this time. However, listening to what Ren Jingxi said, I do think it would be good to add another song, "Left Finger Moon".
As for how to use the three songs, it is up to the "Condor" team to handle it themselves.
Overall a very pleasant breakfast.
After it was over and he said goodbye to a group of women who were reluctant to leave, Simon set off for South Korea without stopping any longer.
Here in Asia, it is already April 16th.
Sunday.
In the study room in the front cabin of the Boeing 767, after the plane took off, Simon also got the preliminary feedback document for Tinker Beyer's spring conference, which opened at two o'clock local time on the west coast of the United States yesterday afternoon.
In addition to regular upgrades to major electronic products such as iPlayer and iCam, the biggest highlight of Tinco Bayer's press conference in the spring of 2000 was the Tinco Bayer game console iBox-10, which countless game fans have long awaited.
Compared with Sony PS2 released in March, iBox-10 has stronger processor performance, more efficient graphics card configuration, larger hard drive capacity... In short, all parameters are significantly ahead of PS2. Not only that, iBox-10 10 One thing that surpasses existing stand-alone game consoles is that it has networking capabilities.
However, the key pricing, the basic capacity version, iBox-10 is still equivalent to the PS2 at $299.
According to the assessment of the iBox project team, even based on the good estimate of shipping 5 million units a year, Tinkerber is still expected to lose $50 for every iBox-10 sold. If you want to further dilute costs and achieve breakeven by relying on shipment volume, the annual shipment volume of iBox needs to reach more than 10 million.
Therefore, within Tinkerber, everyone’s initial expected pricing was actually US$399, or even higher. In the end, Simon intervened and lowered the price to $299. Not only did he not intend to make money, but he sold it at a huge loss.
Simon's goal is to sell tens of millions of dollars a year.
Otherwise it is a failure.
This is not an unattainable goal, not to mention that the annual sales of Tinco Bayer's other flagship products exceed 100 million. Compared with its peers, Sony's first-generation PS also has annual sales of 10 million. Without iBox's sniping, the brand new PS2 would have been a huge hit in history.
What's more, Simon knows very well that the bulk of a game console has never been the hardware, but the software.
Just like Microsoft in the past, successive generations of Xbox, in terms of hardware alone, Microsoft has never made any money and has always been losing money. However, including the game software business, Microsoft's revenue suddenly became very rich, and the game business even accounted for an increasing proportion of Microsoft's total revenue. Even in the subsequent global game manufacturer rankings, the public impression should be Microsoft, an operating system company, has always been ranked quite high, to the surprise of many people.
Let’s talk about the release of iBox-10. To be conservative, Tinker Bayer will not directly promote it to multiple markets around the world like other products this time, but will first release it in North America.
This is not to save costs, but, after all, the first generation does not have the experience of Nintendo and Sony. Even if a large number of internal tests are conducted in advance, it is a completely new software and hardware system after all, and various problems are expected to occur. It will be inevitable, so, yes, of course, we will use American players as guinea pigs first, perfect them, and then roll them out globally.
According to another interesting theory, it can also be said that Tinker Bayer kept the best things for the Americans themselves first.
In addition to the iBox-10 itself, in terms of supporting equipment, at this conference, Tinker Bayer, Ygritte, Daenerys and other peripheral game manufacturers also released "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Conjuring: Blood Moon" , "Jurassic Park", "Dune 3D", "Spider-Man" and other 15 new games involving action, shooting, horror and other genres.
Just looking at a few names such as "Lord of the Rings" and "Spider-Man", you can imagine the level of market expectations. Moreover, for a long time to come, these games will be exclusive to the iBox platform.
In addition, the iBox Game Mall, which was opened simultaneously, also launched iBox versions of more than 200 classic games from previous years. Users can log in directly with the membership accounts of Tinker Bayer, Ygritte and Daenerys. Not only In this way, nearly half of the more than 200 games can be played unlimitedly with a monthly VIP membership without the need to purchase them separately.
This innovation in the game sales model is also a breakthrough in convention.
Furthermore, when one or two people play games, they will inevitably feel lonely and bored.
In order to strengthen the social nature of the iBox platform, Tinker Bayer has also established an official website and official forum. In addition to various discussions and interactions, users can upload their game results to various lists on the website as long as they are willing. It can not only arouse the user's competitive spirit, but also satisfy the user's desire to show off.
In short, compared to traditional game consoles, iBox lives up to its 'i' prefix. It is a complete subversion for traditional stand-alone game consoles.