Chapter 363: Hangfa and Director
"So, you haven't said why you are interested in aviation?" After chatting for a long time, from music to awards, Senior Brother Yuzhuo brought the topic back to his question.
This question is not only asked by him, Director Jiang and the professors of Shuimu are also very interested in this question.
Although Wang Xu does things quite randomly, it is not completely unreliable, but people still have a glimmer of hope to see if they can sort out Wang Xu's wild ideas.
Therefore, from time to time, relatives and friends will ask Wang Xu about his original purpose, and they often exchange opinions with each other to see what Wang Xu's ideas are.
However, everything before can basically be said to revolve around the field of entertainment, but recently Wang Xu has come up with some rather strange research, such as the micro turbojet engine, and even the drawings have been drawn. It is said that it is for making jet aircraft models and simulating fighter planes.
This is fine. A few years ago, it was said that a certain university in the United States had developed a turbojet engine with a diameter of four inches, but I haven't heard of anyone using this thing to make aircraft models, at least not in China.
The other one is simply science fiction. It is called a rotating detonation engine. Except for people in the field of aviation engines, no one else has even heard of it.
Wang Xu has certainly heard of it. Later, a small one was made in China, and it is said that it was even experimentally flown. The size of that aircraft is the size of a large aircraft model.
The principle of this thing was proposed quite early. It seems that the ugly Chinese had conducted research in this area in the 1950s. The principle roughly means that existing engines use the combustion of fuel to produce expanding air. Then the air is compressed by the compressor, and then it is expanded and ejected out to form a supersonic jet flow.
In fact, when the fuel and oxygen are mixed to produce an explosion instead of combustion, the speed of its detonation wave is originally supersonic, which is much higher than the slow shock wave produced by general combustion.
By the way, the violent knocking sound when the gasoline car explodes is that the combustion turns into an explosion to form a detonation wave, which is very powerful and can quickly damage the engine cylinder.
Therefore, if the detonation wave can be fully utilized, the engine capacity will be released very quickly, and the power will naturally be very large. It can be said that this is the next round of research direction after the modern aviation turbofan engine reaches a bottleneck.
Many people wonder why no one has been able to make an industrial product of this thing, even though its principle and structure are not complicated. The reason is very simple: the airflow inside is too complicated.
Because detonation usually only occurs in a small closed space. You can see that all kinds of bombs are sealed, and when making firecrackers, the gunpowder needs to be tightly wrapped with paper.
Moreover, the power of detonation is huge. If it cannot be effectively channeled, it is easy to destroy the sealed structure, and then it will really become a bomb.
So, it is necessary to make it explode, guide the energy in one direction, and then keep exploding. Think about it, how difficult it would be to combine so many contradictory things.
But Wang Xu really has this thing in his skills, that is, his universal white maintenance skill, which has experience in repairing this kind of engine.
The biggest difficulty of this thing is actually in design, not manufacturing. The difficulty lies in how to control the complex and chaotic airflow. You must use a special structure to form a small local space, then form a detonation, and then use the structure to conduct the shock wave of the explosion backwards to form thrust.
The same is true for maintenance. If you want to repair this thing, you must be familiar with all the engine's shape structure and index parameters, otherwise there is no possibility of repair.
However, why such a niche thing appears in that white skill is not something Wang Xu can understand. This thing doesn't look like a gadget that an entertainment system should carry, right? Who needs to use hypersonic speed to make a movie?
Do they shoot movies in space? It's not impossible, but the cost? Forget it, anyway, this is not what Wang Xu needs to care about.
When Wang Xu found this thing in his mind, he was really surprised. The maintenance basis of this thing is a bunch of papers, and papers are simply omnipotent. After engineering, it can be used both inside and outside the atmosphere.
Well, so Wang Xu set up such a sci-fi thing. In the early stage, it was mostly various principles, and there was also a drawing that Wang Xu imagined, and he planned to make it and try it out.
Therefore, in the field of aviation, Wang Xu has already made a quadcopter, a turbojet, and a rotary-wing air tricycle. This time, he has made a detonation bomb that even the Ugly Country does not have. With such intensive research projects in the field of aviation, it is no wonder that they think too much.
"It's nothing special. This field is really a hobby. You know I like military affairs. The best-looking weapons are airplanes. Look at those military magazines. Although our ground weapons are backward, they are still good-looking.
But airplanes, they really don't even qualify for the color pages of magazines. Sixth Master, Seventh Master, Eighth Master, what era are they?
As for warships, I can't help much, but airplanes seem to be worth thinking about. If I can't play with the big ones, can't I play with the small ones?
Just think of it as some hobbies after you have money." Wang Xu complained, which was also his own explanation. Rich people will have some hobbies that burn money, otherwise they are rich in vain.
Some people like famous cars, some like famous watches, and some like beautiful women. Wang Xu's love for airplanes is not too much, not to mention that he is playing with them himself, and no one can say anything.
"Your hobby is really different from that of ordinary people." Senior Brother Yuzhuo really believed it. Apart from other things, just based on the various aircraft models that Wang Xu collected from time to time, Li Yuzhuo knew that this kid really liked airplanes.
"There's nothing different. You are now feverish and playing with various equipment all day long. When you have money, you will always find some hobbies that burn money. Everyone is the same." Wang Xu did not intend to explain too much about the aerospace engine.
This kind of thing, the more you say, the more mistakes you make. It sneaks into the village without shooting guns. After some papers come out, people who know the business will naturally pay attention to it, and Wang Xu doesn't have to worry about it at all.
In fact, Wang Xu was a little worried. After all, he wrote about the research of aerospace engines, and it was written by him. The higher-ups had already paid attention to it, but they were all the same, quietly carrying it out.
Shuimu's original intention of inquiring about Wang Xu from many sources was also because Shuimu planned to organize the forces of automation, precision instruments, engineering materials, machinery and other departments to rebuild Shuimu's aerospace major.
This was an advanced move that had never happened in the previous life. After all, it was still painful to watch Wang Xu take out things all day long without knowing how to participate.
In the previous life, it was almost ten years later that Shuimu's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics was re-established. In fact, Shuimu's School of Aeronautics has developed well, and it is still Shuimu's style. The research direction is mainly various basic research.
In the past twenty years, it has won a first prize in the National Science and Technology Progress Award and more than a dozen second prizes in various countries, including basic research on turbulent combustion. This thing is related to various combustion and detonation, which is a very basic research. Well, I guess Wang Xu has to advance him, which is embarrassing.
(A few days ago, the "People's Daily" specifically characterized the various rumors about Tsinghua and Peking University as part of the color revolution. If you want to know more, you can go and have a look)
After breakfast, the three of them enjoyed a while of chatting and went to the audio-visual hall, where they will receive the inspection team of Xinxian today.
They arrived in the imperial capital yesterday, and Wang Xu hadn't seen them yet. Only Wang Jinghua came out to greet them. After arranging accommodation, it was today's meeting.
The meeting started with the sample film. Today's preparations are more thorough than the last reception of Jiahe. The film has been approved, and it will continue regardless of whether Xinxian participates or not.
Therefore, this meeting was very easy for the three parties that had already participated, Wang Chao, Diying and Jiahe, especially for Diying and Jiahe, who arranged a lot of people to come here to participate in the name of participation, but in fact to learn from them.
Wang Xu was of course happy to see it happen, these people are future customers, and after learning these, they will need software and hardware, and you will have to buy them from Wang Xu.
So, there are a lot of people coming today. After Xu Ke finished the post-production of Green Snake, he also planned to stay here for a while, mainly to study the use of movie special effects.
Similarly, Lao Mouzi, who has nothing to do with him, came again. He has been here a lot recently, and it can even be said that he comes more frequently than Wang Fei, especially after his "To Live" was finished, this old man didn't care about his movie's awards and reviews, and he went to Wang Xu all at once.
Wang Jinghua was trying to trick Lao Mouzi into setting up a director's studio, and Wang Xu felt that he seemed a little tempted. In fact, he was not good at business operations, and was later cheated by that partner.
Wang Xu thought that it might be much better if he set up his own studio and let Wang Jinghua take care of some things for him. At least, Wang Xu's place would not make him unable to handle even an extra birth. At most, he would have to pay a fine, not to the point of being embarrassed.
But Zhang Yimou is the leading director in China after all, and it is impossible for him to agree so easily. Wang Jinghua can slowly grind and Wang Xu can slowly seduce her. There is no need to rush.
Many people came to the Imperial Film Studio this time. In addition to some young people from the Imperial Film Studio, more of them are students from the directing class of the Film Academy. They are future directors, and it is also good to come here to gain some experience.
"Director Zhang, Director Xu, Director Jiang, oh, Director Feng is here too." When Wang Xu entered the audio-visual hall, there were already many people inside, but no one was sitting, forming small circles to chat with each other.
The guests from the new line have not arrived yet. They should arrive on time at ten o'clock. They live in the Great Wall Hotel, which is a bit far from here.
As for the others, the notification was 9:30. Everyone came early to see if there was anything they could help with. These people all regarded themselves as the host, which was actually right. New Line had not yet joined in, so they were really guests.
"Director Wang." Several directors gathered in a circle with smiles, including Feng Kuzi. He is not a big name now. This year, he co-directed "The Capital People in New York" with Zheng Xiaolong, starring Jiang Wen. Although it was just a TV series, he was at least a director.
Feng Kuzi's life is actually quite inspiring. He really climbed up all the way, from a marginal person to a core, from stage design to a director. Wang Xu really admired this director. He was not a professional, but he did better than many professional people.
He is particularly good at expressing the emotions of ordinary people. The language of the film is plain and natural, with a strong sense of fireworks. In fact, he is a very outstanding genre film director.
At this moment, he is somewhat humble. After all, he was born in poverty, and later he squeezed into the capital circle, and for this reason, he often followed people from this circle and that circle.
Wang Shuo and the others looked down on him, and he seemed a little timid. When facing Wang Xu, a person whom even Wang Shuo couldn't afford to offend, he couldn't help but appear a little humble.
But Wang Xu really wouldn't be like that. His family knows his own business. He is just a commoner. Although his father has some rank, he is an engineer and has no real power. His mother is still an actress.
He is far away from those circles. To be honest, he should be considered to be from the folk art circle. Wang Xu can be where he is today, all thanks to cheats, no, all thanks to his own efforts.
Jiang Wen was born in a real compound and has a domineering aura. It is a special product of a special era created by his family background and growth environment.
He became a director purely because of his desire for control. He is the kind of person who has his own ideas and can't stand others raising objections.
Zhang Yimou is a wandering director. He really relies on his own strength to reach his current position. Whether it is photography or directing, his level is remarkable, especially his aesthetics is really rare in China.
So, even if the plots of the films he shot later were all lame and the logic was confusing, the lens, color and aesthetics never went wrong.
Many people say that Zhang Yimou is just lacking a good screenwriter, but in Wang Xu's opinion, what Zhang Yimou is actually lacking is a good producer. That is, his partner who can help him grasp the direction of the film itself.
In fact, there is no big problem with the logic of his film. Hollywood films with worse logic than his are also popular. Commercial films don't pay much attention to logic. His problem is that he always wants to please both sides, but the result is often not pleasing both sides.
This is also an important reason why Wang Xu secretly hopes to keep this great director. He always has a feeling that the most ideal director of the "Matrix" series is actually Zhang Yimou.
For this kind of story, as long as the story is smooth, the background is clear, and the logic is smooth, the rest depends on the director's color and special effects. To shoot a pure Hollywood popcorn movie, Wang Xu thinks Zhang Yimou should be competent enough.
Therefore, he also openly and secretly urged Zhang Yimou to be a director or consultant in his film, so that he can understand the shooting method of real special effects movies.
As for Xu Ke, that is the style of Hong Kong directors. Several of his films are very popular in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. He is now at the peak of his career. He was quite satisfied with the Green Snake he just shot.
On the contrary, after watching Wang Xu's clips, he became a little unconfident. This time he followed to see if there are any new changes. He also planned to stay for a while to see Wang Xu's methods and methods.
Wang Xu didn't feel anything when the four directors gathered together, but the other staff members felt inexplicably shocked.
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(See you another day. It's not that I won't write anymore. It's just that I've been busy recently, so it seems a bit Schrodinger)