Marvel Salted Fish Kryptonian

It can be said that the girlfriend of the new CEO of Stark Films does not seem to have received any help from her man. However, those who try to get the red sofa reception or want to propose unspoken rules cannot ignore her boyfriend's status.

As always, Stark Films has no power over how other companies make their films, and they have no influence over whether a film is a hit at the box office.

But it's easy for a company that controls most of Hollywood's equipment to mess up a project.

No one was sure if this young man would act like a mad dog if he touched his woman. Young people like this, who came from a lowly background and suddenly gained great wealth, were the most unstable.

Just like his boss Tony Stark, the playboy, he has become a headache in the industry.

Stark's previous dormancy seemed like an act of endurance in order to gain power and transform Stark Industries.

When the entire company was dealt with and Stark's crown was unbreakable, the young man immediately turned to a life of drunkenness and debauchery, indulging in flowers.

What's even more fucked up is that this guy doesn't shy away from reporters! And he doesn't choose women who have been screened and deemed safe! He also never suppresses the news.

In other words, if others try to use this kind of thing as leverage, he won't even bother to brush it off. Regarding nude photos and gossip, Tony only asks, "Are you handsome in the photos? If not, don't publish it. It's embarrassing!"

It may seem like his private life is messy, but for an unmarried man, as long as he doesn't involve minors, violence, or other illegal activities, no one can judge him from a legal perspective, and he can only be criticized from a moral perspective.

What's a big deal for a shameless young man?

But for a certain group, Tony Stark's transformation is a good thing. Stark Industries is no longer the aggressive one it once was, and business negotiations are under the control of Obadiah Stane, who knows the rules better.

Now that everyone can happily cooperate, unnecessary little actions can be put away. As everyone knows, a stable environment is the best environment for making money, and there's no need to plunge Stark Industries into turmoil again.

However, the fact that Stark Industries has become less aggressive doesn't mean the young heir has learned to be content. Many people don't understand why he chose to attack Stark Films.

After all, it's irrelevant to the bigger picture, so many people are sitting back and waiting for the results. However, one group is restless! These companies, led by Sony, are constantly digging deeper into the field of imaging technology.

It's like everyone is happily fighting with spears, while someone is studying the matchlock gun and creating a groundbreaking three-stage attack tactic, thinking that this will spread the military throughout the world.

Then someone popped up with an AK47 with unlimited ammunition, saying, "I'm going to kill people indiscriminately." How could I tolerate that?

However, none of the companies jumped out or took action to suppress Stark Films immediately because who knows if those rumors were just empty talk or not.

This kind of example of someone bragging and causing their opponent to panic, only to end up destroying themselves, has just happened: that was the US Star Wars program and the disintegration of the Red Empire.

Even if there is no strong causal relationship between the two, they are not completely unrelated.

However, Stark Films' announcement of film digitization and supercomputer construction plans is seen by some as a smokescreen with unclear purpose.

If anyone gets anxious or panics, then they have truly fallen into the trap.

Therefore, the bigwigs in the imaging field just made some sinister remarks, and no one believed that Stark Films could achieve a leapfrog development.

Everyone's still arguing about DVD specifications, and someone is about to fast-forward to the next generation? They just pay attention, but don't really care.

This phenomenon did not continue until the supercomputer codenamed "Hollywood Kid" was completed. Stark Films' film digitization process also immediately produced results.

The new camera wasn't going to replace 35mm film directly, nor was it trying to do so. Stark Films was simply introducing a movie camera that offered better picture quality than the tape-based digital cameras used by television stations.

The target customers are B-movie production companies that do not plan to release their films in theaters and go directly into the video market.

A key focus for this customer segment is cost control. Given limited sales, the lower the cost, the higher the profit margin.

Compared to traditional cameras, if a camera breaks down or there is a NG, the expensive 35mm film will be wasted and unusable.

Digital movie cameras that use hard drives as storage media not only allow you to view your filming results on the spot, but also allow you to directly delete unsatisfactory clips and reshoot.

You don't even need to do a detailed calculation to know that the cost difference between the two is huge.

Having used the digital editing studio rented by Stark Films, I can't say it's more convenient or easier to use than a traditional studio, but it's not unacceptably inferior either. You just have to learn how to use it.

In addition, during the promotion period of the new equipment, Stark Films provided a subsidy program, further reducing the production costs.

All these factors made the customers in the B-movie videotape market switch from traditional movie cameras to Stark Films' digital movie cameras without hesitation.

Chapter 337: Emerging New Technologies

In addition to the rapid dominance of the videotape-based, non-theater market, the new digital photography technology also quietly took over Stark Films' new equipment: the adult film producers in the San Fernando Valley.

This group also primarily used videotapes, and previously used tape-based television cameras as their filming tools. However, to promote the use of new digital cameras, which are subsidized and much cheaper to use than television cameras, it's only natural that these people wouldn't switch sides.

Moreover, using digital film transfer technology, it can also be transcribed into copy films that can be used in theater projectors.

For most ordinary audiences, the shooting effects of Stark Films' digital cameras on the big screen are not much different from those of traditional 35mm film cameras.

Even under the sharp eyes of professionals, the difference between the two can be seen.

However, after the results of this research and those from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts were published, they attracted many new filmmakers who were interested in the big screen but suffered from insufficient funds.

Not everyone can stick to expensive 35mm film just to improve the picture quality, and give up the photographic tools that can be continuously polished to produce better acting effects.

Not all of these people switched to Stark Films' new equipment, but if half of them did, the number would be considerable.

As a result, the new equipment launched by Stark Films has been in short supply in the rental business.

Henry didn't increase the number of digital movie cameras he rented out, as rentals were subsidized. This meant that Stark Films was losing money on every digital camera it rented out.

Brand new machines will only be manufactured and sold if someone plans to buy them.

His current approach is simply to cultivate the market rather than rushing into the traditional 35mm film market. So, he just needs to release a batch of machines first and let everyone get used to using them.

Henry focused most of his energy on guiding the digital image encoding team to develop the 4K, or UHD, specification.

The new equipment Stark Films was bringing out was actually old technology Henry had. The film studio's engineers had simply packaged this mature technology into something that could be used as a commodity, either for rent or for sale.

But Henry hasn't done 4K encoding yet, so now he has to watch it.

The reason I didn't do it myself was because with higher image quality, the storage medium, that is, the hard drive, also needs to have a larger capacity. Otherwise, even if the image quality is improved, a commercially available large-capacity hard drive can only record three minutes of video, which would be a joke.

The problem of hard drive capacity is being handled by Stark Industries. This is another letter of challenge from Henry to Tony Stark.

However, both of them tacitly agreed not to personally lead the research team to tackle the problem. Instead, after making a plan, they handed over the physical work to their subordinates and regularly monitored the progress.

The biggest reason for handing things over is, of course, that both of them are overwhelmed by extra trivial matters.

Tony Stark, the playboy, is busy dating models.

Supermodels who dream of becoming Tony Stark's official girlfriend, or even Mrs. Stark, line up one after another to see how compatible they are with Tony Stark in bed, as if they think that by doing so, they will have the opportunity to cross the social ladder.

The young master is enjoying this so much that it is hard to figure out who is collecting stamps.

As for Henry, after the digital movie camera rental business started, he was invited to more and more film circle banquets.

Occasionally, he would go to the campus and let this uneducated guy tout the future of digital imaging in front of a group of college students and professors.

The speech wasn't all about the rise of 35mm film. Henry always emphasized that digital film is still inferior to traditional film, attempting to mitigate the hostility of the traditional film camp.

Because Sony, led by those who have ambitions for digital imaging technology, are blatantly hostile to Stark Films, or rather, to Henry. They have launched an all-round attack from the legal, moral, and technical perspectives.

Even if the other party cannot stand up to the patent rights, Sony hopes to drag Stark Films into the quagmire of litigation. As long as the opponent is entangled in litigation and cannot extricate themselves, they will have time to prepare a counterattack.

If Henry had fought this whole thing alone, whether he appeared in court in person or hired a lawyer to represent him, he might not have gotten away with it against the legal team hired by the wealthy Sony.

In a legal battle, the other party doesn't seek to win, but only to drag it out. No matter how powerful a Kryptonian's fists are, they're just that powerful.

But Henry simply let Stark's legal team handle the situation, and those matters were no longer his business. The industry and the film industry employed the same people. Henry had finally experienced the comfort of leaning against a powerful tree for shade.

According to Tony Stark, they had to pay so much in legal fees every year anyway. If they weren't allowed to make a move or show their strength, wouldn't that be a waste of legal fees?

Secondly, if this person loses this lawsuit, which is impossible to lose, it means that he is useless and can be fired.

Another reason Tony didn't explicitly state was that this was an opportunity to train his troops, which was also what he wanted. I can't beat Boeing and Lockheed Martin, so how can I beat Sony?

As for the moral aspect, what could the other party criticize? It was just some fabricated news in the tabloids in an attempt to upset Henry.

If this guy was really an ordinary young man, he would probably run to Sony's US headquarters in New York to cause trouble in a fit of rage.

But Henry acted like nothing had happened, eating and drinking as usual, and living a comfortable life. Having lived through the era of keyboard warriors, how could he possibly be disturbed by such a small remark?

It's not like no one has considered taking action against Charlize Theron. But I wonder if these people are just judging others by their own standards, thinking that a mere girlfriend wouldn't make a big difference.

After trying one or two reports and still receiving no response from Henry, these people gave up this direction.

The most important thing is that they didn't have any black material, they just fabricated that there was a dirty deal between Henry and Charlize Theron, as well as some shameful tricks.

With the help of Henry and JJ Harris, Charlize's anger was finally suppressed.

Externally, they simply used the film company's PR team to file a formal defamation lawsuit. The news involving CEO Henry doesn't necessarily count as misusing public resources for his girlfriend.

This didn't hit the right spot, causing Charlize Theron, who had a real weakness, to go ballistic. Otherwise, Henry wouldn't know if he could persuade her.

On the other hand, there is really not much news value for this little actor who is not even a little star and basically just moves around between crews for auditions.

Even if the story was reported, readers would initially be skeptical, wondering who this girl was, and at most would praise her for being pretty.

The same applies to the CEO of Stark Films, who doesn't appear in public. Most people are more interested in gossip about celebrities, while those behind-the-scenes producers must have a masterpiece or be at the level of a major film studio.

In this era, not many people care about a small Hollywood company like Stark Films.

Chapter 338: Poisonous Tentacles

For Sony, the final tactic is to attack the technical level. In addition to increasing R&D efforts, a more direct approach is to poach key technical personnel from competitors!

It would be best if you could also bring some key technology content, and it would be even better if you could include technology that is still under research and has not yet been patented.

After exhaustive investigation, everyone had to admit one thing: the person leading the digitalization of Stark Films was not Tony Stark, as everyone had initially speculated, but the indifferent Henry Brown.

As a result, invitations to banquets for the CEO of Stark Films gradually increased, and the number of headhunting firms that approached him privately was even greater.

Henry initially had the nerve to deal with the latter. But eventually, the invitations from these headhunters became so numerous, it felt like they were just a way to delay and waste Henry's time. His patience ran out, and he simply turned them down.

Or was it because I rashly agreed to meet with these people, so they mistakenly thought that they had a chance to persuade me?

Henry, who is gradually adapting to the ecology of different circles, is slowly adjusting his attitude and coping methods.

As for the parties he invited himself to, they were different from the ones JJ Harris had arranged for Charlize Theron, which were aimed at expanding her network. The Hollywood undercurrent of human flesh feasts began to reveal itself to Henry, a newcomer.

Of course, the ones that appeared at the beginning didn't go straight to the final form. They were just some non-illegal activities, at most there were some banned drugs at the banquet to liven up the atmosphere.

Those young men and women who are displayed and bid at the auction house like live pigs before entering the slaughterhouse are completely unaware of their future fate, but instead fully display the value of their youth.

The host of the banquet even explicitly hinted that it didn't matter how things played, they would be there to back it up in the end.

If Henry hadn't promised Tony Stark that he would help him keep an eye on these scandals and record those people, he really didn't want to attend such a party.

Don't think that everyone invited to such a place can have fun without any worries.

Henry, relying on his super senses, observed that those secret camera and audio recording devices were everywhere. And judging by their precocious European and American appearance, some of the boys and girls looked a bit off in age.

It can be said that such a banquet is full of traps. And those hints and teasing, the deliberate friction and bumps, are nothing but temptations that push people into the abyss of hell.

Henry had reason to believe that if he got tricked here, no one would come to negotiate terms or compensation tomorrow. These negative information would be kept until it became particularly valuable one day, when it would be used as a bargaining chip.

Didn't everyone who came to play know about this? According to Henry's observation, not everyone was necessarily unaware of this.

So, excluding the party staff and the playmate girls, most of the people who came to attend could be divided into three types.

The first type is the young and ignorant person who really knows nothing and just enjoys himself, and is eventually used as a handle by others.

Second, they knew what was going on but deliberately cooperated, which was like offering their own loyalty.

Third, he knew what kind of party it was, but attended it for some reason without intending to leave any evidence to anyone.

The third type of people are usually older and have seen more of the world, so when they see the scene at the banquet, they know what's going on behind the scenes.

Some people who were more cautious and self-protective immediately regretted participating.

After all, if this matter were to be exposed later, how would he explain his innocence to others as long as he was on the list? Without any evidence to prove his innocence, he would be left to the imagination of unscrupulous journalists to make a fuss.

Henry was also among those who felt regretful, but he didn't show it on his face. He just chatted with people casually in an open setting, just like any other social gathering.

If a girl asked him to go to a more private place, Henry would coax her away but would not follow her foolishly. Instead, he would stay there and chat with some Hollywood insiders, regardless of sex.

In short, the principle is to just talk and don’t do anything unnecessary.

I'd previously dealt with the gangsters in South Los Angeles, and they were very adept at these kinds of tricks to frame people. And then there was the story of Lin Chong, armed with a sword, entering the White Tiger Hall in "Water Margin." Was he just going to get himself into trouble by just running around with someone?

Another reason for such restraint is the inconsistency of status.

The invited guests were all second- and third-tier, little-known directors and producers. There weren't any big-name directors or ace producers, and none of them were CEOs of film companies like him.

I wasn't the guest of honor, nor was there anyone to introduce me. Being invited here and left to fend for myself among this group of people was actually a form of contempt. In this situation, there was nothing wrong with just leaving.

There is also a small group of people who will ignore their fun and come to discuss projects with Henry, the CEO of Stark Films.

While Stark Films rarely engages in film production, it's only rarely, not completely. Every year, they still have a certain amount of funding to support excellent independent films. This is a consensus within the industry.

So some people will come forward to talk and see if there is any chance to get some support.

Henry took advantage of these people, pretending to be very popular and busy, and used this as an excuse to turn down the temptations of those girls. By the way, he used these people's mouths to reveal something.

At Tony Stark's behest, Stark Films, now run by him, actually has a bit more money available for film production each year. If you have a good project, feel free to contact him.