Chapter 570: Little bro, you need to show your face at this opening ceremony!

Hearing Jiang Wen Laoge say that, Lin Mo smiled and waved his hand.

Then he turned and introduced, "These are my team's core members, Director Chen Xing handles motion capture, Director Yang Sheng handles special effects rendering!"

Chen Xing and Yang Sheng saw the boss introduce himself, and the two hurried forward to shake hands; Wu Jing joked, "Boss, your animation base's setup is even more luxurious than Hollywood's!"

As mentioned before, Wu Jing is collaborating with Jason Stansen on a film, and the director is from Hollywood.

So Wu Jing has visited before.

"Alright, you keep an eye on things." Lin Mo gave a few instructions to those two assistant directors, then gestured to everyone, "Let's go, I'll give you a quick tour!"

During the tour, Wu Jing looked at the sensors on those motion-capture actors and clicked his tongue, "This gadget is way more advanced than what we used when filming The Wandering Earth!"

"It's the latest generation equipment." Lin Mo picked up a facial capture helmet, "It can precisely capture even micro-expressions."

Saying that, Lin Mo handed the helmet to Jiang Wen Laoge with a smile, "Brother, want to give it a try? I guarantee it'll make your face look twenty years younger!"

"Haha!"

Amidst the laughter, Lin Mo led them to the rendering farm.

Note, this rendering farm isn't what you might think; it's a professional term in the animation industry, referring to a distributed computing cluster made of hundreds or even thousands of high-performance computers, specifically used for processing 3D animation/VFX rendering tasks.

It's called a farm rather than a factory because it harvests computing resources like crops.

Duan Yihong looked at those previously humming servers and was directly stunned, "Director Lin, how many machines do you have?"

"Currently there are two thousand compute nodes." Lin Mo said casually, "We're expanding, preparing to add another three thousand."

"Good grief, the electricity bill alone could fund a whole movie!"

"Director Lin, you're the man, that's awesome!"

After finishing the round, everyone came to the office.

Jiang Wen had just sat down when he went straight to the point: "Little bro, the film festival set up a retrospective for you—how about showing your face?"

Lin Mo said, "Brother, you know I'm busy with the film's schedule..."

"Just show up at the opening ceremony!" Jiang Wen hurriedly added, "Luc Besson is coming especially for you, arriving tomorrow!"

Luc Besson.

He is also an internationally renowned director.

Though you might not recognize his name, mentioning his famous film everyone will immediately think of "This killer can't be cold."

Beside her, Gong Li also laughed and said, "Director Lin, if you don't go, the media might report that you and Jiang Wen are on bad terms."

"Exactly, I'm acting as the film festival's jury chair, and you're not showing your face..." Then Jiang Wen continued.

"Fine, fine, I'll go, okay?" Lin Mo laughed and agreed.

Hearing Jiang Wen Laoge say all that, how could Lin Mo not agree?

However.

He'll just show his face, make a quick round, then leave.

As for that, Jiang Wen said as long as he shows up, it's fine.

Their group didn't stay long, about an hour or so.

After all, Director Lin has to shoot a film.

Can't delay him.

Originally, Lin Mo had said he'd invite Jiang Wen Laoge over for dinner at his place tonight.

But Jiang Wen said today won't work; he needs to meet with the organizing committee to discuss things.

Lin Mo also expressed understanding.

As usual, it's five p. m., time to clock off.

Overtime to shoot night scenes at night?

That's Chen Xing and Yang Sheng's task.

Now, Lin Mo has started to slack off slowly.

After all, the film's production has gotten on track.

Here, Lin Mo opened the door and was greeted by a faint milky fragrance.

Re Ba was gently rocking Xiao Jiahuo in the living room; seeing him return, she smiled with curved eyes and said, "Welcome back?"

"Mm." Lin Mo tiptoed over; Nuan Nuan was sleeping sweetly, her little face puffy, her eyelashes like tiny fans.

He couldn't resist reaching out to lightly touch his daughter's small hand, "Did she cause any trouble today?"

Re Ba lowered her voice and laughed, "She was lively this afternoon, babbling nonstop, just fell asleep." She gestured for Wang Yi to watch the child, then pulled Lin Mo toward the dining room, "Wang Yi stewed the pork rib soup you love, and it's still hot."

At the table, Lin Mo sipped soup and said, "Today Jiang Wen Laoge brought Gong Li and them to tour the base."

Re Ba propped her chin, looking at him; hearing that, she blinked and said, "Ah, Jiang Ge is here?" Then she added, "If you don't bring Jiang Ge over, let's have dinner together tonight!"

Lin Mo gave a helpless smile, "He's actually the film festival's jury chair; tonight he still has a meeting with the jurors."

"Oh right~ I totally forgot!" Re Ba finally realized, she had completely forgotten.

Re Ba pursed her lips and smiled lightly, "How about inviting him over another day for a casual meal? It'd be a good chance for him to see Nuan Nuan." She glanced toward the nursery, "The last time we saw Nuan Nuan was when she was a month old."

"Sure, wait till he's done with the opening ceremony." Lin Mo took a sip of soup, then suddenly thought of something, "By the way, today Jiang Wen Laoge said he'd bring Nuan Nuan a little gift, mysterious—no idea what it is."

Just as he was speaking, the baby monitor transmitted a babbling sound.

Re Ba immediately stood up, "She's awake, definitely hungry."

Lin Mo followed her to the nursery door.

Nuan Nuan was already held in Wang Yi's arms, her big round eyes wide open as she looked around.

Seeing Mom and Dad, Xiao Jiahuo immediately opened his toothless mouth, his little hands and feet kicking happily.

"Oh dear, our Nuan Nuan sees Dad and gets this happy?" Re Ba took the daughter, gently tapped her nose, and Nuan Nuan immediately grabbed Mom's finger and shoved it into her mouth, drooling all over her hand.

Lin Mo's heart melted at the sight: "May I hold her for a bit?"

Re Ba handed her daughter over: "Be careful, she's just woken up and is a little fussy."

Nuan Nuan nestled in dad's arms, her little head rubbing around.

After holding him for a while, Xiao Jiahuo got hungry, and Re Ba, smiling, took the child, "You eat first, I'll feed her." She said as she walked toward the bedroom, teasing Nuan Nuan in her arms, "We're having dinner now, no crying, no crying~"