686 VR + Movie

What Jiang Chen said didn't fall short of Nolan's expectations.

"Of course I'm interested, but we want to have some autonomy over the selection of the script and actors!"

"Umm… you're planning to invite Warner Brothers to film another documentary for you?" Nolan's expression looked awkward.

His hope was for Future Group to provide the channel and filming technology; he didn't plan on filming another "documentary." His company, Warner Brothers, definitely wouldn't agree unless Future Group offered enough to forget their dignity.

"You misinterpreted me." Jiang Chen smiled. "The autonomy I'm referring to isn't deciding on the script, but we should both make the decision. In the filming of the movie, we plan to use virtual reality technology. But since this is the first time virtual reality technology is going to be used in movie filming, the script has to be stricter in order to demonstrate the powerful effects of the technology. We can't use the special effects of Interstellar to film Village Love Story (1) right?"

[What's Village Love Story?]

Nolan took some time to process and understood what Jiang Chen meant before he nodded.

"I know what you mean. You can rest assured on this - Warner Brothers has a wealth of script resources. It's not difficult to select a quality sci-fi piece."

Jiang Chen nodded.

"I definitely trust your company's abilities, but while you work on the script, we'll provide some scripts for reference. The ultimate decision will be yours. You're the director after all, and I trust your abilities."

"It's my honor then," Nolan joked.

After the initial partnership was proposed, the details would be discussed by representatives sent from Warner Brothers.

After saying goodbye, Jiang Chen headed straight to Future Building to see Xia Shiyu. He asked a question the moment he saw her.

"How are our programmers-in-training doing?"

As early as the second round of internal testing for Godly Land, Future Technology hired a group of programmers and animation artists to receive training at Future Group's headquarters on virtual reality programming and model building. The programmers in the apocalypse were lacking and the modern world couldn't always rely on the apocalypse.

It was unpractical for less than one hundred programmers to provide services for billions of people.

They have to learn how to fly eventually.

"They mostly passed the technical training test. There are currently 31 people who are working in Future Technology and currently conducting maintenance for the virtual reality social media platform," Xia Shiyu replied.

"Excellent. Select 50 people from our talent reserves and form Virtual Image Animation Production company!"

"Animation production?" Xia Shiyu said, confused. "Are we trying to compete with Disney?"

"No, our competition is Industrial Light & Magic," said Jiang Chen with a smile. "Virtual Image's primary focus will be on VR film production, movie special effects, 3D animation, and game animation. The company will be a direct subsidiary of Future Group and the first project will be providing updates for Godly Land."

Xia Shiyu nodded.

Godly Land's updates had always been provided by the mysterious "scientific research institution." It had been two years and Xia Shiyu hadn't even had a glimpse of that mysterious institution. It was impossible for her not to worry.

Now that Future Group was rising internationally, if the mysterious "scientific research institution" suddenly stopped providing technical support for Future Group, the building would likely be on the brink of collapse.

Therefore, to master independent programming, scientific and technological research, and developmental capabilities were the top priorities for Future Technology. Even though Jiang Chen repeatedly promised Xia Shiyu there would be no problems, relying solely on an organization she had never seen before was too risky from any perspective!

After Xia Shiyu confirmed the focus of Virtual Image Animation Production Company, she immediately began working to establish the subsidiary.

Her execution abilities had always been impeccable!

On the second day, she finished drafting the operation plan and broke the subsidiary into five major functional departments making a total of 14 departments. She also selected the candidate for the CEO of the company.

The plan was uploaded to Jean's Office on the company server and was audited by Jiang Chen's artificial intelligence assistant. The details were adjusted based on references from the apocalypse. Finally, Jiang Chen finalized the plan!

Virtual Image, with 14 departments, didn't have just 50 people, but those 50 people made up the core technical team of the company! For the talents Future Group lacked, Jiang Chen used the simplest and most straightforward method.

He solved it with money.

They headhunted from Industrial Light & Magic and Pixar and acquired small to mid-sized CG production companies with potential. With Future Group's strong funding, Virtual Image quickly formed a 300-person team.

Their animation film with 100 million US dollars registered capital became a topic of interest in the industry.

The second day after Virtual Image completed its structure, Warner Brothers' representatives arrived at Coro and participated in negotiations with Future Technology.

This move certainly caught the attention of Hollywood reporters. The news of a potential partnership between Warner Brothers and Future Technology instantly made headlines across major news platforms and dominated both entertainment and business sections!

The announcement published on Warner Brothers' site confirmed the validity of the speculations.

The film was expected to use new VR film technology and would be led by famous director Christopher Nolan. People were all speculating about what kind of powerful film the partnership of a tech giant and entertainment conglomerate would bring to the movie addicts.

Inside a movie forum, a sci-fi fan posted:

"There's no need to guess - it must be a sci-fi! With Nolan's abilities combined with Future Technology's technology, it would be a waste not to film a sci-fi!"

But most action film fanatics didn't like that idea.

"That might not be the case. Since Hollywood's sci-fi only makes up a small portion of the market, perhaps Warner Bros will make Nolan do a DC movie. Batman Prequel X? Just the thought of it is amazing!"

"Okay, I agree that VR is great for action films, but won't it be even better in a sci-fi film?! I saw the player-created Godly Land film - the effects were phenomenal!"

"Are you sure you didn't mistake Nolan for Jackson?"

Just as the movie fanatics were arguing, a message on Future 1.0 ended all discussion.

It was a sci-fi film!