Chapter 167: The Era of No Longer Superstars
After A Yuan took a shower, Zhuang Zhou was fiddling with the laptop.
There is a little Taoist priest inside.
As early as the two met, he had pinched this virtual image and named it Chen Yingning. For so long, he had been put on the computer and covered it tightly.
The little Taoist priest still looked like that, with blue sermon robe, white socks and cloud shoes, tied hair and bun, and a wooden hairpin. His face was slender, thin and not exposed, and his neck was as tall as lotus leaf stalks.
Between the eyebrows and eyes, they looked at each other and were both pure and energetic.
Zhuang Zhou looked at her as if it was the most perfect work of art.
It is indeed a work of art. This is the best virtual technology in the world, with high intelligence performance training, which can compare to any actor.
There are two modes, one is manual and the other is AI.
Manually, similar to the current virtual anchor, the real person wears a set of equipment, like acting as a double act. The scientific name is: real-time dynamic capture of virtual image technology.
The real world existed several years ago.
Zhuang Zhou changed the Taoist priests to dress up, and sometimes dressed in Huayan, and sometimes played as a fairy as a fairy. He had to do live broadcasts, become an internet celebrity, and rockets were flying all over the sky, creating a new generation of Taoist genius celebrities!
Fo Yuan and others are so weak!
A Yuan walked over, leaned against his shoulder, and asked, "Are you finally going to push it out?"
"A little push."
"Um?"
"When everyone is obsessed with it, and when everyone discovers the truth later, I look forward to their reaction."
Zhuang Zhou hugged A Yuan's waist, kissed him again and again, and said, "I have to stay here for a while this time and spend time with you."
"Come on, you are working hard and accompany me by the way!"
A Yuan saw through this man.
Sure enough, Zhuang Zhou then checked the Blue Star Company account in Diolou. With the output of Earth's cultural works, the funds were already extremely sufficient.
Before, he asked A Yuan to pay attention to the outdated technology of the VR industry. This time, not only VR, but also naked-eye 3D, holographic projection, special effects software, etc., all of them are needed!
Because virtual idols are a single industry, if you want to maximize your advantages and master the most fierce trump card, you need a series of supporting facilities.
Similarly, are these things in reality?
Of course, there are naked eye 3D, holographic projection and other things. Every technical exhibition will be unveiled. In terms of effect, it is actually good, but the cost is too high.
Zhuang Zhou continued to retreat and painted cakes.
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Singapore, Netflix Asia Pacific headquarters.
After Sun Maoxian came back, he advised President Byles with Song Lean. Sun Maoxian also brought a video of "Zhuang Zhou showing AI technology" filmed.
Byles did not question the effect of face swapping because he had also watched "The Black Tide" and specially found Li Qihong's information to confirm that he was an outdated old actor in his 50s.
At present, an executive meeting in the Asia-Pacific region has been convened.
As a front-line employee, Sun Maoxian talked about this in-depth cooperation project. Everyone was shocked after listening to it, and then inexplicably excited, except for Kim Min-young.
"I don't agree!"
"Although Netflix pursues a localization strategy, it has always based its works, striving to exchange quality for members and reputation for market.
We have done a very good job over the years, with representative works from South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and other places one after another, and the members of each district are also increasing. There is no need to destroy our own signatures, and play despicable tricks that will definitely be attacked by public opinion!”
Hirota Sakamoto, who is in charge of Japan, said: "But the growth of membership has become slower and slower. Compared with the population in the Asia-Pacific region, it can even be said to be stagnant. Our market development has encountered a bottleneck."
"That's because it's not good enough!"
Kim Min-young was excited and said in a nearly quarreling tone: "The quality of the work will always be the first priority, and everyone, including me, must review it!"
“…”
Several people rolled their eyes and said it was so high-sounding, wasn’t they just because they were afraid that the Chinese would steal the business?
Song Lean was calm and said: "The quality of the work is important, but for us, cost is the top priority. We have spent more than $10 billion in original funds for several consecutive years, and the results can be not obvious.
Netflix is not like Disney. It is a Hollywood manufacturer, with the Marvel Universe and a strong global distribution channel.
We do not have a theater foundation, but rely entirely on streaming media platforms. It can reference China's new technology, which can not only reduce costs but also create new profit growth points. Why not do it?"
Netflix was boycotted in the United States.
Their movie will be online one week after it is released in theaters, which has caused dissatisfaction with theater companies and refused to release Netflix's movies.
Disney has also started, such as "Black Widow", which was released simultaneously online and offline.
In addition to the lawsuit filed by Sister Widow, disgusting and theaters around the world are disgusting, and Disney has to compromise, promising that some works will have a 45-day release schedule before they will be posted online.
Netflix is not as strong as Disney and is in a severe period of transformation and is already considering acquiring theaters.
In addition, this matter has been said many times, but every time someone asks, I would like to emphasize again: the platform loses money, and the money of members and shareholders is lost, but its market value is high and shareholders make money.
What should I do if I spend a huge amount of money? I rely on issuing bonds, financing, and financing one round, spend one round, and then financing it after spending it.
Netflix is here every year. It is not a long-term method after all. It always requires new and change.
President Byles listened carefully, and after the executives finished discussing, he asked: "Your country is your country. Who is the most popular star? Sakamoto?"
"Well……"
Hirota Sakamoto frowned and thought hard: "Haruka Ayase, Saimi Ishihara, Kento Yamazaki, Masaki Suda, Yui Aragaki? Oh, she has retired from the circle.
Sorry, there seem to be a lot of them.”
"Who is the most popular one in the past ten years, twenty years, thirty years?"
"Yamaguchi Momoe, Matsuda Holyko, Nakamori famous dish, Oda Yuji, Kimura Takuya..."
"It seems there are many, too?" Bailes asked.
"No, different."
Hirota Sakamoto was energetic and said, "The people who like Ayase, they will make people feel that, oh, it is indeed very popular. But if it is the most popular, it is not yet discussed.
What about those people like Kimura Takuya? At least at a certain stage, when people mention him, wow, it is really the most popular!"
“There is a sense of dominance?”
"Yes, it's dominance!"
"Yes, there are no big stars in Malaysia, we all watch Hong Kong movies. At that time, I thought Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat were really superstars, the stars among the stars.
But I don’t know when it will start, no one will give me this feeling again.”
Song Lean agreed.
“The same goes for Hollywood.”
Byles looked at several people and said, "In an era when the entertainment industry was relatively scarce and the technology was relatively backward, it was easy to produce superstars. From Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Hepburn, to Michael Jackson, Malone Brando, and Tom Cruise, all of them were.
Nowadays, the entertainment industry is becoming more and more diversified, and the value of celebrities is diluted by those low-quality actors, superhero platters, Internet celebrities, and anchors who are blown away.
This is an era where there are no more superstars.
Netflix is inherently deficient, there are no theaters, no traditional media channels, and no superhero IP. We are leading in streaming media and lagging behind in other aspects, but this time I think it is a turning point, occupying the portrait IP market first!
Sakamoto, do you think Japanese audiences will like it?”
"When Kanna Hashimoto, Honda Yuki, Jun Muramura, Sakimi Ishihara, Keiko Kitagawa, Kyoko Fukada, Yui Aragaki appear in a movie, the Japanese can tolerate everything!"
"Kim, do you think Koreans will be exceptional?"
"I……"
Kim Min-young secretly hated the president's attitude, so he had to ask: "Are you going to rebuild a superstar?"
"Superstar? NO!"
Byles's answer was unexpected, saying, "I just said that this is an era where there are no more superstars. Even if those faces are reappeared, they may not have any dominance.
However, this is an era of entertainment until death.
Chapter completed!