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Listening to Yang Chengye's description, Zhong Ming also roughly evaluated the prospect of this intelligent module.

Still pretty good.

If it is to make an intelligent module similar to other companies, then there is definitely nothing to do, and Zhong Ming can't find any interest. But Yang Chengye said that the miniature projection technology is equivalent to a killer of this holographic projection module, which is completely different from other intelligent modules.

The cost will inevitably increase, and the price will also increase, but as long as the effect is good, it can be sold to the local tyrants.

Regardless of whether it is a cost-effective line or a luxury line, as long as it can make a difference, there is something to do.

Zhong Ming asked: "Why did you want to use the image of Chanel?"

Yang Chengye smiled: "This is actually two points when talking about it."

"First, Chanel's image, I personally like it very much, and I think it suits our target group!"

"Smart modules are mainly used by young people. Older people are generally more resistant to smart devices. They basically do not buy smart modules. Even if their children buy them, they generally only buy the cheapest ones. That kind of, a small box of two or three hundred dollars, put it on the coffee table, it can play the simplest and most basic function of controlling all smart appliances. "

"Young people like games and virtual idols. For this group of people, Chanel makes them more like other virtual idols. Previously, Chanel was able to spread all over the network and attracted a large number of anchors. cos, and also won the first prize in the virtual idol competition, which can prove that this image is very popular with young people. "

"Moreover, around the image of Chanel, an Internet-addicted girl, we can also launch some new features, such as smart play ..."

"Second, the issue of cost-effectiveness. To be honest, our company's budget in this area is also limited. To cooperate with well-known virtual idols such as Su Bai and Dina, the asking price is too high, and the company will not approve it. "

"Of course, instead of looking down on you, we are more inclined to cooperate in a divided way. If the smart module can really succeed, then your income will definitely not be less!"

Yang Chengye's words are very careful, for fear of causing misunderstanding by Zhong Ming.

However, what he said is also the truth, those very famous virtual idols, the endorsement fee is too high.

It's not that Zhihuan Technology can't afford this money, mainly because it feels that the price / performance ratio is not appropriate, not to mention the risk is too great.

Can such an intelligent module be fired, even Yang Chengye himself has no idea and has not made any money. It is a bit too irrational to throw in tens of millions of endorsement fees.

In this world, the front-line stars in the Chinese circle are basically endorsement fees of 10 to 20 million. Those first-class virtual idols are cheaper than real people, but they are not cheaper.

After all, do n’t you just end up with a face and shoot a few ads? It ’s not too much effort. They also buy a face. There are also many fans of virtual idols, and their popularity is not low. Why do you want to cut the price when you win?

Yang Chengye wanted to spend less on endorsement at the initial stage and use the method of sharing to count money, but Xinghua Mutual Entertainment would never agree to such a large company.

Just kidding, you used Su Bai as the endorsement, but as a result, the intelligent module was not completed, and the subsequent income was not much. Isn't that equal to Bai Yi?

The bottom line of Xinghua Mutual Entertainment is to sign a gambling agreement. For example, if the sales volume does not reach xxx, Zhihuan Technology will have to compensate an additional endorsement fee, which Yang Chengye certainly cannot accept.

If the endorsement fee is not high enough, then you can only buy some relatively low-profile virtual idols, such as Shangguan Yun, but Yang Chengye does not like it.

Therefore, Yang Chengye also found Zhong Ming here, hoping to talk about cooperation with Chanel.

After talking for half an hour, both sides had a good impression on each other.

Of course, this matter mainly depends on Zhong Ming's attitude. After all, Chanel's image is here. Yang Chengye has nothing to be dissatisfied with. The key depends on Zhong Ming's willingness to cooperate.

"In this way, Mr. Zhong, I will take you to see our company's products first, and you have the bottom of your heart."

Yang Chengye first took Zhong Ming to take a look at the finished product of the intelligent module, and probably wanted to show the research and development strength of Zhihuan Technology.

"This is our smart module, which can be mounted on the ceiling or wall, like this."

Yang Chengye was holding a small black box in his hand, which looked like a square brick, boxy, about **** thick.

There are some other accessories for the smart module. After installation, the module will automatically scan the structure and layout of the room, perform intelligent analysis, imaging, and then project the image into the room.

Can be connected to audio, TV, game consoles and other equipment, also bring radio and audio equipment, you can communicate with the host without obstacles.

"Now because there is no corresponding virtual idol, only the most basic development version is used instead. Just take a look and it can be optimized in the future." Yang Chengye said.

The current intelligent module projects a female robot, which is a general material used during development. It looks a bit spicy, but has a high level of intelligence.

After all, Zhihuan Technology started as ai, and it is very good to do it casually.

"Play games with me." Yang Chengye said to the intelligent module.

"Okay, which game do you want to play?" War of the Gods "or" Dawn of Darkness? "

Yang Chengye said: "Dawn of Darkness, a two-player mode."

The game console in the room automatically turns on, launching a stand-alone game, "Dawn of Darkness", and the two-player mode is selected.

Yang Chengye picked up the handle and could play games with artificial intelligence directly.

During a two-player game, artificial intelligence looks like a real player, sometimes very reliable, and sometimes mistakes. If you make a mistake, you will be embarrassed and apologize.

"Play it today. Sweep the ground." Yang Chengye lowered the handle and said to the smart module.

The sweeping robot next to it automatically starts and starts sweeping.

Yang Chengye also demonstrated some other functions, such as turning on the TV regularly, reminding important things, and so on.

In fact, other intelligent modules also have these functions, and the difference between this intelligent module is that the virtual image generated by this holographic projection will always act like a real person in the living room.

For example, when playing a game, the virtual idol will find a position facing the TV and sit down, if there is no seat, or sit on the ground.

The host can also make some settings, such as the performance in the standby state, the avatar can disappear directly, or you can snooze in the room ~ www.readwn.com ~ These are adjustable.

Even more bizarre is that there is a special "nostalgia model".

In the "nostalgic mode", the host said "turn on the TV", the avatar would really go to the TV and press the button, then the TV turned on.

The owner said "sweeping the floor", the avatar would run to the sweeping robot and press the button, and then the sweeping robot would start.

Although the opening is automatically opened with permissions, but with such a dynamic display, it is as if there is really a housekeeper listening to your words in the living room.

"Quite interesting," Zhong Ming praised.

If it is a general intelligent module, there is really no need to make a virtual idol endorsement, it is useless.

However, this smart module is good because it has a holographic projection, which can make virtual idols really live in the living room!

It feels like a good benefit for some empty nest elderly or empty nest single dogs.

"Okay, let's talk about the contract in detail. In addition, after the contract is signed, we will prepare Chanel's motion capture and dubbing. The motion capture is good, mainly dubbing and expression capture. You need to cooperate with it. , Check it out. "

...

Electronic contract clauses, Yang Chengye sent a copy to Zhong Ming.

Zhong Ming couldn't see such a long article at the scene, so he had to take it home to study it carefully, so that he would not be pitted.

Zhong Ming was still thinking about it on the road. After recruiting people, he had to find a person responsible for legal affairs. The entire studio was legally blind and semi-legally blind, but it was not very easy.

At that time, this kind of more complicated contract clauses will be done by taking a glance at the legal affairs without having to worry about it yourself.

The contract is a more general endorsement contract, but the initial endorsement fee is not much, only 2 million. For each subsequent sale of an intelligent module, Weiguang Studio can get 30% of the revenue as a share.

According to Zhihuan Technology's pricing, the price of this new type of intelligent module is about 1,000 yuan, and it may sell for a price similar to 998. After deducting foundry costs, research and development costs, etc., an intelligent module earns about 150.

This price is not low, but it is not high, because the profit margin of the hardware is almost the same. Take a bracelet of about 1,000 yuan as an example. The low earns 50 ~ 80 and the high earns 100 ~ 150. After all, intelligent hardware is now competitive. Intense, there are still many manufacturers to take the cost-effective line, small profits but quick turnover, price butcher, profits will not be too high.

If one unit earns 150 yuan, then for each smart module sold by Zhihuan Technology, Weiguang Studio will be allocated about 40 yuan and sell 100,000 units, which is 4 million.

Obviously, this offer is definitely unacceptable to Xinghua Mutual Entertainment. Su Bai's virtual idols will cost tens of millions directly.

As for the sales volume? Not very realistic. After all, this is an intelligent module, not a bracelet.

Bracelets are considered a necessity, and most people have a greater need for replacement. The shipments of several major bracelet manufacturers are in units of billions.

But the intelligent module is not a necessity, and it is not even used by many people. Can I buy one million?

It's a bit difficult, Yang Chengye has no confidence himself.

However, Zhong Ming has confidence in Chanel, not to mention the million level, as long as 500,000 is sold, the low-light studio can be divided into 20 million, which is an income that cannot be ignored.

...

Three days later, the two parties formally signed the contract.

Yang Chengye packed Zhong Ming with a file, which contained two folders, "Expression Capture" and "Recording".

In the "Emoji Capture" folder, there are many videos. The left half is the real person's expression, and the right half is the processed Chanel's expression.

The principle of expression capture and motion capture is actually very simple. A tracker is installed on the face and body of a real person. When the real person makes expressions and movements, they can be transferred to the computer and applied to the virtual character.

This technology has been widely used, and it is basically necessary to make some 3a masterpieces or make virtual idols. Weak Studio has no equipment for the time being, just because it can't afford it. When it comes to large-scale games in the future, it must have its own motion capture studio.

This time, Zhihuan Technology wants to use Chanel's image, and it must also solve the problems of motion, expression and sound source.

Zhong Ming looked at the "Expression Capture" column.

The performances of these actors are very similar, and Zhong Ming has not seen any outstanding performance for the time being.

Listened to the recording again.

Many of the voice actors have recorded the sound according to Chanel's lines. Zhong Ming needs to pick the most suitable one as Chanel's sound source.

After selecting the sound source and recording, Chanel can speak like other virtual idols.

At the same time, this set of audio sources can also have some other uses, such as for some navigation software, radio software as audio sources, when the time comes to open the bracelet map: Chanel continues to navigate for you! It's pretty good.

The sound source can be said to be the second life of the virtual idol. The sound is not good and has no characteristics. The virtual idol is also half cold. You must be careful.

However, Zhong Ming opened the recording and listened to each one, which was not particularly satisfactory.

Both are a bit ... too mediocre.

Zhong Ming replied to Yang Chengye: "I will look at the expression capture. The sound source is not very good. It feels too ordinary and has no characteristics."

Yang Chengye: "Uh ... this is already an outstanding voice actor of Huaxia. It has been dubbed in movies and anime, and also played some games. What do you mean by" nothing special "?

Zhong Ming: "First of all, it's definitely not the same as the movie dubbing. It must have some cuteness and the feeling of secondary two, that is, two-dimensional, but also a little playful or even a prank.

"Uh ..." Yang Chengye hesitated for a moment, and replied, "These voice actors should already be trying to express what you said."

Zhong Ming shook her head: "Not good, at least I didn't hear it."

Yang Chengye: "Well, then I'll look for it, if you have any suitable candidate, you can also recommend it, after all, this virtual idol is designed by you, you have absolute right to speak."

Select the sound source carefully, and Yang Chengye clearly knows this too.

Since Zhong Ming is dissatisfied, he has to look for it.

...

At night ~ www.readwn.com ~ It's off.

Jiang Wanna and a few people from Zhou Sen worked for a little while, and Zhong Ming rushed home.

Project progress does not need to be rushed, anyway, it can be completed as scheduled.

After dinner, Zhong Ming suddenly remembered something.

Helping the dice is useless yet!

This thing can be used after helping others, and I have helped Fantasy Time Studio so much, how can it be regarded as helping others?

Although I paid a lot of money afterwards ...

Zhong Ming tried to remove the dice for help from the bracelet, but this time it was a success.

"Oh, I don't care about anything else, I just want to double my peach blossom luck. Can you satisfy me?"

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