June 1st, the scene of Huaying’s press conference.
The auditorium at Huaying's headquarters, which is specially used for press conferences, has been packed with people since the morning. Reporters from major media outlets have gathered here. In fact, this is the result of Huaying's prior screening of the media participating in the press conference.
More tabloid reporters were stopped outside the Huaying headquarters and were not allowed to line up outside the auditorium.
"The last time Huaying held a press conference was to announce the launch of the animation project of The Old Man and the Sea, right? Judging from the momentum, it seems to be no smaller than the last time."
"Could it be that there is another heavyweight animation project to be launched?"
"I don't think so. Didn't Muxuxing stay in the laboratory of Huaying Academy for the past six months? If it's a new animation, it should be in Huaying Animation, right? Aren't the equipment inside Huaying Animation more advanced? Huaying has done a great job of keeping it secret. We didn't even know anything beforehand..."
The reporters were talking about it.
Shen Nian did not join in.
She sat in the seat that Huaying arranged for her, belonging to Anime Online. The auditorium was noisy, but the press conference had not officially started yet, and Huaying did not ask the reporters to keep quiet. If she glanced around the auditorium, she could easily find that there was not a single Huaying executive in the auditorium at this moment.
Shen Nian unconsciously rubbed the armrest of the seat.
It was a very strange feeling.
Although Huaying did not reveal any details, as a media person, her heart could not stop beating wildly at this moment, as if her instinctive premonition was telling her that some news that would shake the entire Blue Star ACG circle would be revealed at the subsequent press conference.
At the same time, backstage at the venue.
"Awesome." Fang Lian wiped his face and said, "Apart from this word, there's nothing else I can say."
"To be honest, I don't agree with your decision." Mu Xingxue sighed and said, "You should know how much profit this software can bring to Huaying. With this patent fee, even if Huaying doesn't have another hit animation in the future, it will be enough to support all of Huaying's industries."
Muxuxing looked at him: "Sorry."
Mu Xingxue shook his head: "Why do you need to apologize? You haven't apologized to anyone." On the contrary, no one knows better than him, the president of Huaying, how much Mu Suxing has contributed to Huaying Animation and the animation products of the entire Blue Star over the years. At the same time, as a businessman, he does not agree with the other party's decision, but...
He looked at Mu Suxing who was apologizing but his expression did not waver at all.
If Muxuxing is not such a Muxuxing, then Huaying Animation would not be what it is today.
"Almost done." Mu Xingxue glanced at the pocket watch on his hand, then looked at the young man sitting on the chair doing the final adjustments. His expression was so focused that Mu Xingxue seemed to see the young man who stood in front of him many years ago and said he wanted to acquire Rose Animation.
He thought maybe time was also biased.
Therefore, some people grow old as dew and frost come and go in spring, while others remain young from dusk to dawn.
"Dream Maker?" Watching Mu Suxing stand up and walk to the front desk, Mu Xingxue rested his head on the back of the chair with his hands in his hands, muttering to himself: "... I think this name is more suitable to describe you."
When Mu Xuxing appeared in front of the main stage, the entire venue fell silent.
Countless flashes flickered at this moment, and reporters pressed their cameras one after another, fearing that they would miss any details. Although Li Lianggong and others who had been sitting behind the main stage were also big names in the industry, it was obvious that the reporters knew very well who was the one who could really bring them big news.
Without any polite words, Mu Suxing got straight to the point and said, "Let's not waste any more time. I believe you all don't want to hear any nonsense, so let's get straight to the point - please watch a video first."
As he spoke, he nodded slightly to the staff on the sidelines.
The staff who received the instructions quickly called up the projection screen, and a dark blue digital screen soon appeared in front of everyone. With the synchronous control in the background, the black screen also lit up.
"Is this... a follow-up trailer to the Harry Potter animated film?"
Shen Nian was a little surprised.
As we all know, the Harry Potter series of films produced by Huaying Animation are released during the Lunar New Year period every year. It is only June now, and there is still at least half a year before the New Year. Is it too early to release the trailer at this time? Besides, no matter how famous Harry Potter is, there is no need to hold a press conference for it.
It can't be that Harry Potter will end this year, right
While she was daydreaming, the short animation on the screen continued.
Compared with previous trailers, this animation trailer is quite concise, even a little confusing. The background of the animation is still Hogwarts, the Weasley twins and the professors of Hogwarts - it seems that a new female professor has an argument: "You will know what happens to those who do bad things in my school."
The Weasley brothers didn't care.
"We are too old to go to full-time education," they said, and waved their wands, calling for their broomsticks. Peeves, who had never obeyed a student's orders, bowed and saluted.
Then, amid the warm applause of all the students, the boys quickly rushed out of the gate of Hogwarts Castle and disappeared in the setting sun.
The trailer ended here, but the screen did not go dark, but returned to the beginning and continued playing. From this small screen, it is actually hard to tell what is special about the subsequent plot, but the reporters fell into a long silence because of the screen in front of them.
After a while, someone spoke with a complicated expression: "Has the real-time rendering technology of Huaying Animation actually developed to this point?"
“The real-time rendering details look exactly like the real world. It’s like a double-enhanced version of this year’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire… It’s only been less than half a year, and Huaying’s CG technology has developed so fast. How much money did it cost to achieve this result?”
"Could it be that Huaying has been researching this for the past six months?"
Just as everyone began to speculate how much Huaying Animation spent on this short clip, Mu Suxing behind the main stage spoke up: "Excluding the development costs of the production software and the negligible labor costs, the total cost of this Harry Potter animated film trailer is... fifty thousand."
Shen Nian blinked, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.
She instinctively turned her head to look at the other reporters at the venue. However, it was not just her. As soon as Mu Suxing finished speaking, everyone on the other side was in a state of confusion.
With this level of real-time rendering and the precision of the real-time scene calculation, fifty thousand
How is that possible? !
After a brief uproar, someone first noticed the special words used by Muxuxing, "the R&D cost of making software" and "negligible labor costs."
Huaying has developed a new CG production software
How is it possible to have "negligible labor costs"? Everyone knows that the most torturous part of CG production is calculating the polygon count budget, drawing times budget, manually editing LOD, normal map and other tedious operations.
In other words, how powerful is this new software to be able to directly save this kind of manual operation
Shen Nian also realized this.
"Your company has developed a new CG animation production software?"
"Yes." Facing countless pairs of expectant and incredulous eyes, Muxuxing calmly announced the big news that was destined to sweep the entire Blue Star ACG circle in the coming time: "This new CG animation production software, we named it 'Dream Maker', the specific functions..."
He looked at Li Lianggong on the sidelines and said, "Teacher, thank you for your help."
Li Lianggong nodded, and soon a staff member brought a new computer and placed it on the main platform. At the same time, the image on the computer was projected onto the big screen.
Even though it was not the first time that Dream Maker was demonstrated, Li Lianggong could not help but tremble slightly when his fingertips touched the mouse. As an animator who has been immersed in the field of 3D animation for nearly 20 years, no one understands the meaning of Dream Maker better than him.
Under everyone's gaze, Li Lianggong began to demonstrate the "Dream Maker".
"Like traditional animation, Dream Maker also has two versions: 2D and 3D. The ultimate 3D version can also be said to be CG animation. You have also seen the specific effects of Dream Maker in the trailer just now. Yes, it is exactly what you have seen."
"Using Dream Maker, animators can more easily create more dynamic and detailed scenes. It saves a lot of tedious and complicated operations in traditional CG animation production. While reducing production costs to the extreme, it can also ensure that there will be no loss in picture quality..."
Li Lianggong spoke eloquently.
As he explained and demonstrated, the venue was no longer silent. Everyone stared at the demonstration on the big screen intently. Gasps and exclamations came one after another. Everyone's mind was completely conquered and occupied by the scene before them.
Without a doubt, this is a truly epoch-making invention!
Mu Suxing did not pay attention to the reactions of the reporters below the stage.
When Li Lianggong began to explain the demonstration, Mu Suxing's eyes also fell on this software that had appeared in his dreams countless times.
In fact, Muxuxing had noticed this software from the future in the system mall a few years ago. However, due to insufficient achievement points, he was never able to redeem it. Later, with the release of "The Old Man and the Sea", he had enough achievement points, but he could not find the right time.
Until the establishment of the Academy of Painting and Film.
Inside the venue.
After the initial shock, some people quickly recovered. Shen Nian closed his eyes, hesitated, but raised his hand firmly: "I have a question."
Muxiuxing looked at her.
As if realizing what she was going to ask, the originally noisy conference hall fell silent again, and everyone's eyes fell on her, and on the young man who had disappeared for more than half a year and reappeared with works that were enough to change an era.
"What I want to ask is, how does Huaying Animation plan to deal with this new animation production software? Will it be sold to the public? What is the specific price?"