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Chapter 411: Money Burning Movie

Romano nodded: "Yes, sir. In recent years, the technology industry has made major breakthroughs. The growth of computer processor performance has completely defeated Moore's Law. Artificial intelligence and robots have frequently entered people's attention. This is a great science fiction subject."

An Feng is clear that it is not a rare thing for GP companies to develop intelligence. It has started a few years ago and has not released much information so far, but anonymous people revealed that they have made great progress - which has also caused some excessive brain-making and concerns about artificial intelligence.

Using this as the theme, designing exciting plots or leaving the audience with enough space to think is the trend of science fiction movies in recent years. In addition, robots are also popular. The first generation of bionics of robot companies are very shocking, while the second generation of bionics is known as the all-round assistant in life.

"If there is such a type of subject, I will be very interested." An Feng said, "I can even provide some real props, such as robots, exoskeletons or other high-tech to make the movie look more realistic. What do you think?"

Romano nodded: "The technology can be very simulated now, but using real ones will be impeccable."

"There is also a lot of room for expansion in holographic technology..." When talking about the subjects An Feng likes, he really talked more.

Romano was also talking along his hobbies.

Entertainment tycoons and investors chat here, and celebrities became foils of discussion. Joanna was bored while sitting and was taken to meet the stars she was interested in. Speaking of which, she watched a romance movie a while ago and secretly wiped her tears. Now she meets the heroine.

Miranda is very famous in the circle. She is now the owner of three fashion magazines. One of them is very famous in the West. Both ordinary people and celebrities like it. Ordinary people buy it to see what celebrities are doing. Celebrities buy it to see what others report on what they do.

So she is also a person like Boss. Although she is not as good as the tycoons of film companies, her husband is capable, has a large family, and has a wide circle of friends. No one dares to underestimate her. On the other hand, if she can please her, she will be on entertainment news tomorrow and magazine covers the day after tomorrow, and will be in one step.

Although big names don’t need such exposure, they still have to have a good relationship with the media. Miranda brings a dame to them and no one dares to neglect them. The acting skills are used to make chatting like an old friend who has known each other for more than ten years. There are frequent laughter from each other.

Joanna knew that their purpose of pleasing herself was not so simple, but in the entertainment industry or elsewhere, many people needed to wear masks. She could adapt indifferently after seeing her... She was a little disappointed, and she put the roles in the movie into the actors.

This is a kind of loss after longing.

An Feng had a happy chat with Romano, and met many gold medal screenwriters and big-name directors. They all said that next time there is a good script, they can accept his investment and reduce the burden on the film company. The company's investment is guaranteed, and An Feng likes it.

The reason for investing in movies with this kind of theme is that An Feng likes it. Once he likes it, he doesn't mind other issues. At most, he will spend tens of millions of dollars. Just to watch a movie he likes. Now there are not many good movies, he can still afford it, and he may not lose money in large productions.

...

This Hollywood party that is so popular that there are thousands of people, and it is very lively. Everyone is surrounded by big names and tycoons. The latter is like An Feng, and their decisions can change the future of newcomers who are looking forward to making a breakthrough or big names who are eager to break through.

An Feng saw many blatant power-for-life transactions, actresses gained popularity, big names show off, and top parties in the entertainment industry brought their entertainment nature to the extreme. What’s even more fun is that this party prepared countless exquisite food, but very few people would really touch it.

This is definitely not not hungry. Starting from five o'clock in the afternoon, you must not eat a lot before walking on the red carpet. Beware of accidents. Then there is the award ceremony that lasts until ten o'clock. Then, you will be transferred to the hotel to attend a more grand party. Do you think you are hungry? But from beginning to end, you are surrounded by the media and dare not eat a lot. If you are really hungry, you will taste a little bit, and you still have to be careful not to be photographed ugly.

An Feng didn't have much scruples. He ate what he should eat. But Joanna, like others, ignored the food on the table and drank a little champagne. But the difference was that they had been hungry for a night, and she had just eaten snacks in the car, so she was really not hungry.

Looking at those hungry faces, An Feng could imagine that after the midnight party, the star's assistants ran to the roadside to come to the hamburger and returned to the luxury car to drink the stars with mineral water. He had heard of such face-saving cases before, so he brought snacks.

...

After successfully starving the stars until one or two o'clock, the party finally ended, but at one o'clock, An Feng had already taken his wife to retreat and got the results he wanted. It was boring to stay for people to visit. Hollywood is the show for celebrities, not theirs.

An Feng is currently interested in three scripts, two of which are exploring artificial intelligence. There is no standard for judging good or bad. Of course, he doesn't like to deny artificial intelligence all, otherwise it will be a slap in the face. In addition, there is a robot script that also involves a little intelligence. The process is a bit like Asimov's "robot series". Will there be loopholes under the rigorous laws formulated by humans?

The three scripts are all from gold medal screenwriters, aimed at large productions and are in line with the current trend. If An Feng provides some technical support, the shooting scenes will be more realistic. Even the "company" in a science fiction script is based on San Jose Robot Company.

An Feng provided the company's robots to participate in the shooting, with the company logo printed on it. After entering the movie, it was an invisible implantation advertisement... With all kinds of strange ideas, he flew to the robot company to see what stage of recent research and development has reached.

The companies founded by Anfeng have very close cooperation. An Industry, Robot Company, GP Company and Research Center all overlap and have many cooperations with each other. This is also in line with his requirements to improve his technical foundation from all aspects, and now he is developing well.

The first generation of bionic machines has come to an end and has not been put into the market. The company has invested money to work on the second generation of bionic robots. According to Anfeng's idea that no military involves, the second generation is completely inclined to the field of life. Although they are smarter, their body structure is not suitable for military industry.

Hoffman introduced: "We have completed 95% of the content, conquered core technology, and the rest is some beautification work."

"This is our sample." Hoffman pointed to the bionic machine in front of him.

The second-generation robot has a large number of synthetic environmentally friendly materials. For example, the first-generation lightweight alloy, exoskeleton and various defense equipment are not used. The second-generation appearance plus bionic skin is smooth, and the purpose of research and development is to dream and serve humans.

Hoffman said: "The second generation focuses on intelligence. GP's artificial intelligence has not made breakthroughs, but more flexible smart chips are already available. When used on robots, their thinking performance is better. The first generation is the flexibility of the body, and the second generation is the flexibility of the head."

"Well done!" An Feng encouraged, "After the product is released, you will become the pioneers of intelligent robots!"

After seeing this generation of bionic machines, he had other ideas. The robot research was completed and announced to be over. It will no longer be developed by humans. The second generation seems fragile and mainly serves families. But in fact, An Feng is interested in flexible structures and smart chips.

The strength of the body can be changed, which may take some thought. But for caution, there is no need to let more people get in touch with the upcoming robot legion. Currently, they are all covered with the shell of civilian bionic machines. As for the launch of it to the market, Anfeng does not have much sincerity - it is priced very high.

The bionic research of Hoffman's group is almost over, and Anfeng will no longer provide technology in this area. But good materials cannot be wasted. Bionic is just a small category of robots. There are more large-scale robots with more flexible structures than humans. It is collectively called the machine industry.

"Will there be conflicts in the execution of the command?" An Feng asked a question about what both reality and movies are concerned about.

"We used three major laws to give the basis of robot programs," Hoffman said.

"Asimov's?" An Feng said.

"That's right." They nodded.

Three major laws of robots

The first law: Robots must not hurt people, nor should they stand by and watch when they are hurt;

The second law: Robots should obey all human commands, but must not violate the first law;

The third law: Robots should protect their own safety, but must not violate the first and second laws.

After receiving the affirmative reply, An Feng smiled and said, "It's so interesting, maybe it's also a good movie theme!"

"Make a movie?" Hoffman asked.

An Feng nodded. He was very interested in the robot script. There were many movies filming robots in Hollywood, but only a few movies were in line with his taste. Doomsday fantasies such as Terminator are just enjoyable, while he was more interested in "Artificial Intelligence" and "I, Robot".

With this idea in mind, he contacted Romano and discussed some details on the phone.

The script is a strong production team, and Warner plans to shoot such subjects, and hires famous directors, James Cameron and others to join. They are positioned as large-scale productions with an investment of 100 to 200 million yuan, but at present, they lack funds and investors.

Hollywood film companies have changed a lot. In the past, they monopolized all the money-making blockbusters, did not accept investment, or used other methods to borrow money, and only used small costs to shoot them. However, when a company was in financial difficulties, they could only accept investment.

It is obvious that An Feng is not short of this money, and he is interested.

Afterwards, he would support the movie, in the form of investment and loans. Warner was also very smart in this regard and was unwilling to accept too much investment, so he talked to him about slightly higher interest loans... He didn't care about these tricks, he just wanted to watch movies.
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