Destined Entwining: Capturing My Devoted Beau-Chapter 611 - 328: No Comparison, No Harm (First Update)

Chapter 611: Chapter 328: No Comparison, No Harm (First Update)

The producer coughed softly and gave a look to the technical director who was playing the sample.

The technical director understood and first brought up Company C.

This was the company with the worst special effects of the three, with no other strengths except for its very low price.

As soon as the big screen started playing, Lawrence Winters was stunned.

What a coincidence, the original sample from Company C’s post-production was exactly the scene where the male and female leads officially confessed to each other!

But as soon as the image of the Snowy Mountain appeared, the corners of Lawrence Winters’ eyes twitched involuntarily, and he couldn’t help but say: "...Wait, where is this supposed to be?"

The technical director awkwardly lowered his head halfway, not looking at the big screen, and said with a sheepish smile, "This is the Snowy Mountain."

"This is the Snowy Mountain?! If you hadn’t told me, I would have thought it was a plastic ski slope!" Lawrence Winters was at a loss between laughter and tears.

The director and producer chuckled along.

The director said with a sardonic smile: "...The company’s budget is limited, so we have to cast a wide net. This is actually not bad compared to those in the bidding who couldn’t even manage this."

"Oh, really?" Lawrence Winters chuckled, "I must be ignorant, then. Continue."

Then the camera turned to a big tree beside the male and female leads.

No matter how Lawrence Winters looked at it, it didn’t seem like a tree; it looked more like a large black bear...

And when this "bear" really moved later, shooting some kind of black, fist-sized object at the male lead’s chest, even Edward Foster couldn’t hold back.

He raised his hand and said, "Stop, what on earth is this?"

With Edward Foster asking, the technical director dared not brush it off and quickly said obsequiously, "This is a big stone, a Demon Stone. It plants the Demon Seed into the male lead’s body. The male lead will become possessed afterward."

Edward Foster stared at him, "You mean to tell me a big black stone just shoots into the male lead’s chest like that, and both the male and female leads are blind and can’t see anything???"

"Uh, the setting is that it’s a Demon Seed, so the male and female leads can’t see it," the technical director said with forced courage.

"But we can see it! The audience will see it in the future too!" Edward Foster frowned, "Who do you think you’re fooling?"

The producer smiled apologetically: "Mr. Foster, here’s the thing, we and the audience have a god’s perspective, so we can see it. The characters in the show don’t have a god’s perspective, so they can’t see it."

Edward Foster curled his lip: "You might as well say you’re force-feeding the audience crap and then forcing them to say they’re the only ones who can eat it!"

Pfft—!

Lawrence Winters couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

The director, producer, and technical director all blushed.

They certainly hadn’t considered the issue from the audience’s perspective; otherwise, they wouldn’t have presented such rough footage.

Edward Foster tapped his finger on the conference table and said, "No need to look at this anymore, pass, next one."

Thus Company C was eliminated.

The director and technical director anxiously glanced at the producer.

But the producer didn’t mind.

After all, this company was just brought in to make up the numbers.

Edward Foster himself dismissed it.

In the end, only the company they favored was left, which ironically made more money.

She calmly gestured to the technical director: "Play the second company."

The second company was Company B, which had a bit of a reputation in the industry and was considered an up-and-comer.

But its technology was still immature and could only assist others, doing coloring and similar artistic tasks.

When the technical director played the sample on the big screen, Lawrence Winters was already numb.

It was the same sample of the male and female leads’ confession scene again.

If he wasn’t mistaken, the producer and director had the same idea, right?

First, show two bad ones, then when the third one comes out, it becomes the best. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Because without comparison, there is no harm, and only then can a five-point appearance be highlighted as an eight-point beauty.

This sample’s Snowy Mountain looked decent, you could even see varying shades of white, like shadows under sunlight.

The color of the sky was also quite nice, a pleasing blue.

But it could only look good from a distance; once zoomed in, it didn’t work.

It looked like the kind of graphics when 3D games first came out, you could even see the rigid boundary line where the Snowy Mountain met the ground.

Where the male and female leads were standing was even more laughable.

The ground was also a sheet of white, yet the male and female leads seemed to be floating on the snow!

This was like a poorly done Photoshop edit!

The big tree beside the male and female leads is indeed a tree, not a big rock, but the resolution is unusually low, and the perspective is problematic.

From the angle of looking at the lead couple from the top of the tree, you can actually see the tree branches "growing" onto them!

Lawrence Winters rubbed his temples and said, "...This section is one of the climaxes of the entire play. Are you going to keep a long shot all the way, without any close-ups?"

Because the long shot still looks acceptable, but once you zoom in, whether it’s the image clarity or the perspective angle, it’s all a mess.

Lawrence doesn’t understand, if Kenneth Osborne were here, he would know clearly that the code’s logic isn’t coherent and concise enough, so during execution, it forcibly compromised between precision and smoothness, only ensuring the smooth flow of the image without considering the image quality.

It’s like an old computer running a new generation 3D online game; if you don’t lower the image quality, you can’t even leave the newbie village because the computer runs too slow and the player gets hammered to death by level one Demon Creatures before they can even move.

Edward Foster said coldly, "Such an exciting plot, why only show it in long shots? — Director Ai, don’t you agree?"

"Yes, yes, yes! This is not acceptable, pass, pass!" The director kept signaling to the producer.

The producer smiled and nodded, "Since young Mr. Foster doesn’t like it, let’s move on to the next one."

Lawrence Winters smiled slightly, "Producer Zhou, it’s not that young Mr. Foster doesn’t like it, it’s that the quality of this product is too poor, unqualified, which is why it’s a pass."

The producer raised an eyebrow and mocked, "Miss Winters seems to be in public relations? Do you also understand products?"

Such a contemptuous tone indicated how frustrated she was today, to the extent that she needed to vent regardless.

Edward Foster wanted to speak for Lawrence Winters. Lawrence didn’t wait for him to open his mouth, quickly saying, "Producer Zhou, I am the spokesperson for the public relations department and also Lucas Harlow’s agent. I proposed this drama for Lucas Harlow. If I didn’t understand it, how could I be his agent?"

"Heh... is that so?" Producer Zhou always thought there must be some unspeakable "behind-the-scenes deal" for Lawrence to be Lucas Harlow’s agent, but she didn’t dare say it in front of Edward Foster.

"If Producer Zhou thinks not, then let’s put the samples from these two companies you favor on our company’s official blog, and let the fans and the public score them, okay? Neither I nor young Mr. Foster will say a word, we’ll see how everyone reacts?"

The director’s face turned green immediately.

How can this be allowed?

If Lucas Harlow’s fans found out about their lack of diligence, they would probably want to tear their hearts out!

Although they are not stars, many celebrities try to curry favor with them, yet they know too well the power of fandoms.

Besides, they indeed have no good reason here. If Lucas Harlow’s fans found out, they would really become "famous"...

The director certainly didn’t want that, and immediately said, "Miss Winters is right, indeed the products from the first two companies are too poor, we certainly won’t accept them, pass, pass."

He looked up at the technical director and said, "Play the third company."

"This company is the most famous in the industry, often collaborating with companies abroad, and they have produced works like..."

Lawrence Winters listened to these names and curiously said, "These are all foreign movies..."

"Yes, you see how amazing they are, collaborating with all these international films and companies." The producer tried to adjust her tone, appearing calm and composed, without the earlier sarcasm.

Lawrence nodded, "Collaborating, have they ever independently produced post-production effects for any works?"

"Well, that is temporarily unclear." The producer said politely, "Can we start?"

Lawrence’s heart stirred, then she asked, "You’re not clear? Aren’t you supposed to do technical analysis comparisons? This company seems to be in your technical analysis comparison report, right?"

Lawrence said, pulling out the 30-plus page report, browsing through the index.

"Hmm, here is Company A’s resume." Lawrence smiled and waved the report at the producer, "Look, all their works are listed here, all are collaborative, none have solo project experience, and their qualifications are very shallow, only two years."

"I think we shouldn’t only look at qualifications; we should look at the quality of the work." The producer said methodically, "As long as they have the technology and the work is of quality, what does it matter if it’s a new company? We’re assessing their capability, not their seniority, right?"

"Well said." Lawrence nodded, "So, were your earlier comments part of your selection criteria for bidding works?"

"Well..." The producer hesitated, they actually don’t have written bidding rules.

After all, having everything in black and white, it limits the ’flexibility’ they have...

Edward Foster smiled and said, "Then Producer Zhou, please get the bidding rules ready, the formal bidding is at seven tonight. We can’t possibly not have any rules ready?"

It was already nearly six o’clock, meaning Producer Zhou had at most one hour to get the bidding rules ready.

At this point, with the big boss speaking, even if she didn’t want to write, she had to.

The director and technical director didn’t mind; anyway, rules are dead, people are alive. As long as young Mr. Foster saw Company A’s sample, he would surely be impressed.

They were still quite pleased with the quality of that sample.

Of course, they also knew clearly that the quality of the sample might be the peak of the entire film’s post-production...

Seeing that neither the director nor the technical director opposed, Producer Zhou had to stand up and say, "Then I’ll get to work."

"Hmm, before seven, you must have specific rules ready, otherwise, if people say we’re unfair and doing behind-the-scenes deals, it wouldn’t be good." Edward Foster said indifferently.

The director, producer, and technical director all had cold sweat trickling down their backs.

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This is the first update, the second update is at 7:30 pm.

Group kisses!