Chapter 1159 Is the Order Coming?

The founder of Silicon Graphics is James Clark.

Like many entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, the young James Clark was a researcher himself and had excellent patents and ideas. So after working for a few years and having some savings, he established a company like this.

What skills does James Clark have?

He invented a very interesting technology, which is the "geometry generator" mentioned before, which is the dynamic change processing of images.

To put it simply, through this geometric pattern generator, when operating on the computer, the little changes in those images are converted into a fast rhythm, so that you can see a continuous action picture.

In "Jurassic Park", the scenes of dinosaurs running and chasing humans were created using this geometric pattern generator. This is the earliest level of computer graphics special effects production.

It was very shocking at the time, but if you compare it with the fourth film in the series, "Jurassic World," you will see how outstanding the effects of truly advanced geometry generator special effects technology can be. .

The entire machine that carries this geometric pattern generator and adds some other special effects technology is called the SGI workbench.

In the future, various versions of this SGI workbench will be sold well to special effects companies and studios of all sizes around the world, creating tens of billions of dollars in revenue for Silicon Graphics.

The animation simulation scene of "Titanic" used more than 300 SGI workstations in the digital field, allowing dozens of special effects artists to work non-stop for more than 500 days before it finally took shape and was presented with that spectacular and tragic momentum. In front of the audience.

Anyone who does special effects scenes will look too amateur if you don’t use an SGI workbench.

The SGI workbench is also very sophisticated and professional, with dozens of different types of models for people to choose from. If you have deep pockets, you can even ask them to customize some specially - this is what "Avatar" does.

Fifty-cent special effects probably refers to the special effects in movies that do not use an SGI workbench and are produced by one's own methods.

It's only 1982, and Silicon Graphics has just been established less than a month ago. James Clark hasn't even built the first batch of graphics workstations. He just has a patent and wants to build a nest first. So in fact, this company is called an empty shell. The company has no problem.

When Clark received Yin Jun's request for a meeting, he was completely confused.

It was clearly written on Yin Jun's business card.

"Chairman of Kirin Group, Chairman of Disney Group, Chairman of United Arts Film Company, Chairman of Digital Field Company."

As an American, Clark certainly knew that Disney and United Artists Films were acquired by a Hong Kong man.

Moreover, he is also a talented person in film production, so he naturally knows better who Yin Jun is.

Clark also watched "Speed" directed by Yin Jun. In addition to the plot, he was more concerned about Yin Jun's large-scale special effects experiment. In his opinion, this was a great attempt.

Although the digital field and his geometric pattern generator are two different things, Clark likes to learn from other people's good things to enrich his knowledge and make his research and development technology more directional and purposeful. sex.

What is the purpose of someone like Yin Jun, who is both a famous director and the chairman of a large group company, coming to see him?

Clark certainly has his own considerations.

Entrepreneurs have a lot of enthusiasm, but Americans are not very naive or stupid. Just think of Edison. Their researchers are not ashamed to talk about money.

Isn’t there a saying that goes well?

Greed is the driving force for human progress.

It was this kind of motivation that made their technology completely fall behind China's three thousand years of accumulation in just over two hundred years, making it very difficult to catch up.

So Clark was wondering, could it be that Yin Jun knew that he had some patents in special effects, so he wanted to come to cooperate?

Or is it more than just collaboration?

With this idea in mind, Clark readily agreed and arrived at the restaurant on time.

Silicon Valley is a place full of entrepreneurs, and of course there are many business negotiations, so there are many restaurants around here.

Yin Jun didn't like grand ceremonies, but out of respect for his business negotiation opponents, he chose an Italian restaurant and booked the entire restaurant at a high price, waiting for Clark to come over.

There were still 30 minutes left before the agreed 7 p.m., and Clark came early.

Looking at the young and excessive Yin Jun, while shaking hands, Clark couldn't help sighing, "Only when I see Mr. Yin, I know what they mean by the genius boy. Those who don't believe in God, come and see Mr. Yin You will know how thoughtful God was when he created creation.”

Clark is only 29 years old. He is not tall, wears glasses, is slightly fat, and has the appearance of a typical researcher.

His words were also very polite, but Yin Jun did not despise him because of this.

Just like honest uncles like Bill Gates and handsome young men like Mark Zuckerberg... when you meet a tycoon like them, if you judge people by their appearance, you will experience a very painful experience.

Among Americans, there are countless people who pretend to be pigs and eat tigers.

For example, if you know that the person in front of you is a powerful person who has made Silicon Graphics a company with a turnover of US$5 billion a year, would you still think that he is honest and reliable just because he looks honest?

"I just used more of the talents given by God. You engineers and inventors are equally good." Yin Jun sat down in his seat while talking to him, "At least I can't invent a geometric pattern generator like this Some time ago, a friend of mine came back and told me about it after watching a technology conference on the West Coast. I have been thinking about it, hoping to meet you James one day.

I think that with such excellent technology, combined with some other patented technologies, to create a comprehensive technology platform and use it in the entire film industry, our pursuit of special effects will be even brighter! At least it will no longer be as crude as "Star Wars". We will turn mankind's brilliant imagination into a reality of light and shadow, and present it to the majority of movie lovers! "

As soon as Yin Jun came up, he used titles to close the distance between the two, which made Clark feel very comfortable.

No one doesn't like to be flattered and heard good things. The key lies in who is flattering or saying good things.

Yin Jun, a super genius praised by everyone, is very interested in and praises his invention, which makes Clark very proud.

At least from what Yin Jun said, he knew that Yin Jun was a truly knowledgeable person.

In fact, this is also the direction Clark is prepared to work towards.

If he wants to go in this direction, Yin Jun, a man who understands the importance of special effects technology and is also a Hollywood giant, is the person Clark hopes to win over the most.

"If you are interested, you can go to my company tomorrow and I can show you our latest technological achievements." Clark immediately made a decision, "I agree with you very much. If the special effects technology is done well, If it does, it will definitely become an epoch-making mark! Not only Hollywood, but also movies all over the world will benefit from this."

"It's not just movies, TV series and variety shows, there is also demand in this area." Yin Jun smiled slightly, "All in all, its future is extremely bright!"

Yin Jun praised him so fiercely that Clark's heart suddenly started beating again.

I thought that Yin Jun was just being polite on the surface, but actually didn’t have any thoughts, right?

Why else would he keep saying nice things? If you want to buy my technology or cooperate with me, you should look for the shortcomings and slowly lower the price!

Such doubts still existed until the next morning, when Yin Jun visited the simple SGI workbench operated by Clark himself, and the two of them sat in his small office again.

Because when Yin Jun watched him animate the image, he also praised him repeatedly and showed great interest.

After all, Clark is not yet the super giant that he will be decades later. After making a cup of coffee for Yin Jun, he asked a little unbearably: "Mr. Yin, I haven't even asked you yet. For a busy person like you, why don't you come in person?" Am I here just to take a look at my patented technology?"

"Of course not." Yin Jun smiled and shook his head, "James, I actually want to ask you to help me do special effects."

"Really?" Clark perked up, "What kind of movie is it? It's from Disney or United Artists? Or did you film it in Xiangjiang? It's fine with us!"

After opening the company, although there were not many employees, the salaries of more than a dozen people, the rent of office space, and the funds for research and development were all a lot of expenses. When they piled up, Clark was under a lot of pressure. .

He had a lot of savings before and was fully prepared, but according to the current situation, it would only take a year at most and he would have nothing to lose.

The so-called plan for a rainy day, of course he wants to find orders early and start having work for the company, so that everyone will be more motivated to do things and develop research, and it will be easier to gain everyone's recognition after achieving results, and further solidify the company. morale.

Originally, he was going to improve the workbench, then take on some small orders to practice, and then try his luck with the Hollywood giants - if he messed up the top seven Hollywood giants at first, Silicon Graphics would never be the best company. It's time to get ahead.

But I never expected that before I even looked for it, a Hollywood giant would already come to my door, and the boss who could make the decision would come in person!

Happiness came so suddenly, Colauti was so excited that he couldn't believe it.