episode_0041

Pintree Entertainment CEO’s office.

Dark room.

Four men are looking at a wall screen projector screen.

In a little while, the Na○ki CF will be released simultaneously to the entire world.

Management Business Division Director Gong Tae-sik opened his mouth to Team 3 Leader Jo Woon-seok.

“Team Leader Cho, so that guy, Manager Cha, will continue to be the agent for 30THC’s domestic sales?”

“Yes, the official document has arrived.”

“Isn’t that the extent of your close friend working at your company?”

Team leader Park Se-jin also listened from the side.

“If I found out that Director Cha was a founding member of 30THC, things would have been really interesting.”

“Oh, no.

Jo Woon-seok shook his head and smiled calmly.

“If that’s the case, why would you join our company as an administrative staff member?”

“I’m so shocked that such a great fortune has come rolling in.”

“When you see the storyboards drawn by the head of the car, don’t you get the feeling that he is in charge of the storyboards at 30THC?”

“I thought about that too. It seems like 30THC trusts the CEO to a strange degree and gives him full authority, and he definitely has influence.”

“Stop.”

The heavy voice of CEO Im Hae-jin interrupted the conversation between the three men.

“The plain fact is that an art school dropout who is very close to a top-tier CG technology company is working as a key talent at our company. Isn’t that right?”

“That’s right.”

“Whether or not the CEO got a job at our company because he wanted to learn how the entertainment industry works from the bottom up, does that really matter?”

Representative Im Hae-jin continued speaking while bluntly tapping the conference table.

“If it weren’t for the CEO, the Sports Emperor wouldn’t have entrusted a 300 million dollar project to our company. The fact is.”

The head of the headquarters and the two team leaders nodded quietly at the representative’s straightforward explanation.

“We just have to make the most of this opportunity. Instead of wondering what’s inside the golden goose’s stomach.”

“Yes, sir.”

“It seems to be starting.”

Finally, the screen changed.

A CF with the theme of “The Beautiful Mermaid and Sports Shoes” is played out magnificently.

A beauty who discovered a pair of shiny sneakers on the seabed.

A mermaid tail revealed while being chased by a giant deep-sea fish.

The sight of someone escaping onto land, regaining their legs, putting on sneakers and jogging vigorously.

Every single frame is overwhelming.

The deep sea was full of beautiful scenery like a coral reef coast.

The various schools of fish swimming around were as vivid as if they were actually filmed underwater, right down to each tail scale.

The highlight is the ocean waterfall at the end of the world.

A woman who was going down a cliff by the ocean waterfall on a surfboard powerfully skydives toward a huge lake spread out below the waterfall.

The spectacular view of the ocean waterfall and the large lake, illuminated by appropriately changing the composition.

A beautiful grandeur that seems like it could actually exist on another planet, not CG.

A woman who jumped into a lake comes out onto land and puts sandals on her bare feet.

Behind the woman leaving the lake without any regrets, a beautiful lake and sea waterfall are reflected like a painting.

The logo on the surfboard is highlighted and the screen goes dark.

“… .”

“… .”

At this moment, all four men forgot their words for a moment.

It was CG, but it wasn’t CG.

In the real ocean, on the waves of the sea.

In a horizon waterfall that exists somewhere, in a huge lake where all the sea water gathers.

It was so vivid that it seemed like it was a direct capture of an actual scene.

“Wow, this isn’t real CG. It really looks like they went to a place like a star in the water and filmed it.”

“I felt that way too.”

“This is CG? What the heck is Hollywood… .”

The head of the headquarters and the two team leaders continued to praise him without stopping.

I couldn’t hold my breath and burst into awe like someone who was watching a black-and-white film for the first time.

Representative Lim Hae-jin, who had been silent for a long time, finally opened his mouth.

“You know I like Hollywood movies and dramas.”

“Do you like domestic works too?”

“Isn’t it hard to find something you don’t like?”

It is said that CEO Im Hae-jin originally wanted to start a studio production company.

He joined a planning company to raise capital and build a network of actors, but when he came to his senses, he had become independent and the owner of a large entertainment company.

Although it is a rumor that has not been confirmed, it is true that the CEO has consistently had an interest in drama and film production since a long time ago.

“So I know a bit about the development of filming technology and VFX.

I’ve never heard of this kind of CG being completed in less than a month at a low cost of 50 million won per second.”

“… .”

“Quality? If you leave it to West Digital, they’ll make it similar to mine. They’ll give you 2-3 times the price per second and give you an unlimited period of time. If you tell them to do it within a month, they’ll tell you to get lost, right?”

“… When I hear that, I get the sense of what a ridiculous company 30THC is.”

“Right? I’ve watched the animations that came up there so many times, but I still can’t figure out how they made this.”

The representative let out a hollow laugh.

“No, if such a great anime was made, there would have been rumors in the industry already. I’m saying that no one knows anything about it? Does that make sense?”

“… That doesn’t make sense.”

The representative turned his eyes to the screen.

I touched the laptop and played the video from the beginning.

The more I look at it, the more I see the details of how much meticulous attention was put into it.

30THC wasn’t just about creating scenery.

It made the viewer believe that this utopia really existed.

“This is the first time I feel like watching a CF properly in a theater.”

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└I thought it was a natural landscape shot somewhere on Earth, but it was all CG.

└The Earth is not flat. It is round.

└I really held my breath from the beginning to the end

└The giant abyss that tried to steal my sneakers looks so realistic that it looks like it’s living somewhere in the ocean.

└Chae Seo-yoon is pretty. I wish she would act as a mermaid character once.

└I’m a current CG worker, and when I heard that CG was made on the 30THC channel, I couldn’t breatheㅠㅠ

The CEO is urging me to outsource the work, but how much should I write down as the unit price and propose it?

└It’s not really 21st century CG, but at least 22nd century CG.

└Why don’t other companies make CFs like Na○ki?

└Because you don’t have money?

└They say that the CG unit price is over 5,000 per second

└It wasn’t long before ‘That Movie’ burned over 200 million won per second.

The CF response is very hot.

Most of the light fans enjoyed it lightly, saying that Na○ki realized amazing visual beauty.

Those who know a little bit have noticed the extreme potential contained in CG. Thankfully.

└The craziest thing is the working period.

Even prestigious CG companies like West Digital can roughly imitate this if given enough time and budget.

└It’s crazy that you made it in less than a month

└I think 30THC developed an AI tool that creates a video by clicking a few lines of prompts.

└Otherwise, this work time is not explained

└But AI has a fatal weakness in that developers don’t even know what it will create.

The reaction is so hot that it’s on the level of a Yellowstone eruption.

I kept flipping through my phone to check people’s reactions.

I think I know why Hyejin surfs.

This is so addictive.

It feels like taking out your brain and burying it in a sack of pine nuts all the way to your spine.

‘Premium cut, record all of this too.’

【All information is being automatically saved.】

‘But how much capacity does it have?’

【Just think about it as infinitely. Don’t waste calories on unnecessary questions, and just focus on creating video content.】

“Doyoung oppa, the CG here is really amazing. It really feels like it exists somewhere on Earth.”

“Hyejin-ah. The Earth is not flat.”

“It feels so similar to the Gangnam intersection explosion scene in our drama.”

The child seems to have become slightly depressed.

I tried to pat his shoulder, but quickly took my hand back.

That’s right. She was an actress, not a child.

“That explosion scene also took just as much effort and sincerity as the ○○ki CF.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. That’s where nature is and this is a forest of concrete buildings, so it feels that way because of the difference in scale.”

The future app basically creates image quality that is indistinguishable to the human eye.

Even if experts dissect it pixel by pixel, it is impossible to tell whether it is a real photo or CG.

“You felt it too. That collapsing building really looks like it’s at the Gangnam intersection.”

“That’s right. It wasn’t there originally, but I was surprised when they said it was made with CG.”

“Will viewers later misunderstand that a building collapsed in Gangnam due to a real gas explosion?”

“I guess so?”

“I guarantee that if the drama airs, there will be people who will just cut out the scene of the explosion and say that a major accident actually happened in Gangnam.”

“To avoid being scammed, you have to tell people around you to watch the drama.”

This raised the morale of our new actress, who was slightly depressed.

“I was really excited because the CF director of that company said he was my fan? But after watching the Nike CF, I felt like my precious fan was stolen by senior Chae Seo-yoon… .”

Hyejin… .

The director is currently filming a vlog.

“Anyway, the drama will be aired soon, so let’s get our act together and finish it without getting carried away.”

“Don’t worry, Doyoung oppa. I’m confident in your stamina.”

“I’m worried if I can hold out because I’m tall and skinny.”

“I will show you properly so that I can be cast in a good next work. How far can actress Hwang Hye-jin go?”

“… .”

It seems like the burden is growing on Aega as she is cast as the lead in her first production.

I’m already worried about the next work.

He is worried, saying, ‘If I fail from the first work, it will take a long time to get back to the next work.’

Team Leader Jo Woon-seok’s words came to mind.

-Let’s keep the casting for Hyejin’s next work a secret. Right now, she’s focusing on Winter Castle.

It’s the company’s decision.

So that you can forget about everything else and focus solely on the drama you are currently starring in.

If you find out later that the casting for your next drama has been confirmed, even before the debut drama airs.

Isn’t it going to flip over?

I’m really looking forward to it. I’m already feeling satisfied.

“Brother, what’s that briefcase? It’s not leather, it’s metal? ”

“This? It’s not a briefcase, it’s a laptop? ”

“That’s a laptop?”

Hyejin’s eyes cause an earthquake.

That reaction is understandable.

It must feel like all your common sense is crumbling.

This is the first time I learned that there are laptops that weigh over 10kg.

This should be considered a ‘portable all-in-one desktop’ rather than a laptop.

“Huh? There’s a signature on the notebook? Chae… Seo… Chae Seo-yoon senior? Why is your signature here? ”

“Ah, because it was a gift from Chae Seo-yoon. I asked her to sign it for me. I wanted to show it off here and there. ”

“… Why did you give me a present, senior?”

“I guess I was frustrated because my laptop was so slow at the CF filming site that the rough CG footage stuttered.”

“I see. That was frustrating.”

“Ah, Byungwook hyung. Please stop the car. I’ll get off here.”

“Doyoung oppa? Why are you coming down? What’s here?”

“I have a meeting with an outside company nearby. I heard it’s on location tomorrow, so I’ll rest well at home today.”

“That got postponed.”

“Oh, really? I didn’t know.”

“What if my camera director doesn’t even know that?”

“I’m so busy editing the photos I took that I’m out of my mind. ”

The van took off.

I looked up at the hotel standing tall in front of me.

The NetPrince Korea investment manager will be there soon.

Team leader Jo Woon-seok called.

-Have you arrived?

“Yes, what about the team leader?”

-I just got here 30 minutes ago. Ugh, I’m shaking.

“It’ll be okay. It’s nothing compared to me○ki.”

-But Na○ki is a sports goods manufacturer, and Net Prince is an OTT platform, so they are different. As long as we are in this field, it is a platform that will be entangled in noise.

Is it like the feeling of a conglomerate chairman living in a different neighborhood and a mid-sized company president living right next door?

“They must have become a bit more humble since they saw the mermaid sneakers commercial.”

-I guess so. That’s how it should be.

I walked slowly towards the hotel.

The backpack containing my camera equipment and laptop is especially light today.