Chapter 456: Chapter 450: Changing an Industry
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“A special server?” Finn Lewis raised an eyebrow.
“Yes, a special server specifically prepared for filming movies. We have the right to adjust all the scenes inside, block out so terrain, environnt, etc. Additionally, I hope Mr. Lewis could afford for so ga characters to automatically lip-sync when they speak within this server.” Tel began.
“I need to make a call about that,” Finn paused for a mont. He wasn’t clear if such a feature was feasible or not, so he needed to make an inquiry.
In front of Tel, Finn imdiately picked up his phone and dialed Olivia Thatcher, “Hey, Olivia, I want to ask if this technology can be implented.” Finn recited Tel’s requirents to Olivia.
“It’s feasible. It’s not difficult, but it would require an increase in server maintenance cost, and I would need to allocate so of my computing resources. As you have not provided with a higher-power server, the value of these computing resources is substantial. Let them know they can use it, but the daily usage cost would be one million federal coins.” Olivia stated curtly.
“Isn’t that a little pricey?” Finn hesitated to ask. While many special effects scenes from popular movies cost a lot, they were the price for the whole movie’s special effects, not per day. How much could be done in a day? Shooting a movie in Floral Village always took lots of ti.
“You get what you pay for.” Olivia responded curtly.
“Ok,” with so thought, Finn agreed.
“Master, don’t worry. HQ can use it for free for a week; this will help them familiarize themselves with the system. Also, within this server, they’ll have an auxiliary program to help them design so environnts using the computing power I’ve allocated,” Olivia assured Finn.
“Okay, then.” Finn nodded and hung up the call. Tel had no idea who Finn had just called, but it was clear that it should be the technical staff of Finn’s company, from how Finn was asking them if the tech he requested could be implented. Tel had indeed vetted those requests thoroughly.
He wasn’t expecting Finn to fulfill all the requirents. For instance, real-ti lip-syncing of the ga characters, which may seem simple, was actually very difficult. Ga characters weren’t real people. If they could lip-sync, it ant that the voiceover first needed to be entered, then analyzed before being expressed by the ga character.
This has totally different from the ga engine concept. The ga engine was only responsible for rendering the environnt, but this required massive computing power. Yes, their servers were powerful, but servers and necessary computing power were entirely different concepts. For example, ga servers are designed to accommodate more players, needing larger storage space and multitasking, etc.
However, such calculations required extrely concentrated computing power, similar to super-computers—two different concepts.
To Tel’s surprise, after hanging up the call, Finn looked at him and said, “We can fully et the requirents for the server. However, this server needs to be customized and requires massive computing power”, even though Finn didn’t understand how much computing power these technologies required.
But as Olivia had ntioned, implenting one such technology ant giving up part of her computing power. How terrifying was Olivia’s computing power? A simple calculation could tell them, and so, Finn imdiately put forward his conditions.
“Oh, is it a cost issue?” asked Tel. Servers need maintenance; therefore, they will indeed require computing resources.
“Yes, it’s a cost issue, and our offer is one million federal coins per day.” Finn told him the price.
“One million?!” Tel almost jumped up from the sofa. Yes, special effects were expensive, but those were the prices for an entire movie, who knew you’d charge daily?! One million a day! The special effects for an entire movie couldn’t possibly be completed in just a few days, right?
“Yes, one million federal coins per day. Of course, once the server is built, you can use it free for a week, as our gift, and to allow you to familiarize yourself with this special server. Trust , it’s worth every penny.” Finn shrugged.
“Alright,” after so consideration, Tel didn’t reject the offer. Since they were providing a free week trial and Finn was confident that the daily output would surpass what Floral Village special effects companies could achieve with a million federal coins, then they must have confidence in this server. Even though foreigners may not be familiar with the proverb ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’, the logic was universal.
Why not give it a try? The free week would be enough for them to explore its potential value.
“I think if Mr. Lewis’s server does indeed exceed our expectations, I believe there would be many companies from Floral Village willing to use Mr. Lewis’s server. Of course, that includes other countries too. However, Mr. Lewis, you might need to be prepared for sothing,” Tel stated with a smile.
“What?”
“You’re going to piss off a lot of people.” Tel said with a strange look on his face.
“Uh, I am prepared for that.” Finn shrugged. How could it not anger people? First off, the special effects companies would certainly face enormous pressure. Unless they can lower their prices, with their current speed, they simply had no way of competing with Olivia’s services. This was no longer just a matter of the cost of special effects but also a matter of speed.
In movies, the special effects were usually made shot by shot, and making such scenes was incredibly complex. Sotis a few seconds of footage we saw in a movie could take several days, or even over ten days to produce; depending on how complex the special effects were. But here with Olivia? Finn believed that it would probably take a few minutes to a dozen minutes to generate anything instantaneously.
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