Where is the capital of Australia?

Perhaps 80% of people's first reaction is Sydney.

The simpler the question is, the easier it is to answer wrongly.

So, ten percent of the remaining people would hesitate a little and remember another city in Australia, Melbourne.

However, both answers are wrong. Australia's capital is Canberra, a city with a strong sense of existence in most people.

After returning from Mexico, Eric stayed in Los Angeles for a week before leaving for Australia in the southern hemisphere again.

"Titanic" is absent from the summer season, and the remaining two films "The Matrix" and "The Island of Deadly" are absolutely unmissable. "The Island of Deadly" is directed by John Wu, and the shooting location is also in San Francisco, not far from Los Angeles. It is very convenient for the company to follow up on this film, and there is no big problem.

However, "The Matrix" is different. Although I believe in the ability of the Wachowski brothers, the two are still new directors after all. What's more, the whole movie was filmed in Sydney, and the Australian branch in the digital field was fully responsible for the post-production special effects. The entire production process of the movie was far away from Los Angeles, so Eric decided to rush there in person to check the progress of the movie.

Compared to the mobilization of the trip to Mexico, Eric went to Sydney and took a lot of light car rides.

In addition to "The Matrix", Eric has some other things to deal with, and may have to stay in Australia for a week or two. As a single mother, Kelly is not suitable for her fellow travelers. Eric transferred two assistants from the assistant's office, plus four bodyguards, and a group of seven flew to Australia.

The filming of "The Matrix" was completed at the end of last year. The Wachowski brothers have produced three and a half hours of rough cuts, and the main post-production special effects work has also begun.

The Australian branch of the Digital Field is headquartered in Camperdon, central Sydney, and is close to the University of Sydney. With the full technical support of the US headquarters and the cooperation of News Corporation, the Australian branch has developed very rapidly. At this time, it already has more than 200 employees and is currently mainly responsible for the post-production special effects work of the Matrix.

Eric stayed in a hotel near the University of Sydney, less than one kilometer away from the Digital Field Branch, making it convenient for nearby work.

Although it was a private itinerary entirely due to work reasons, Eric had just got off the plane and was still greeted by a member of the Sydney City Council, and invited Eric to attend a charity party the next night. As the base camp of News Corp., Murdoch's eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch, who was in charge of some newspaper publishing business in Australia, also called Eric shortly after getting off the plane and invited him to a private party.

Because of the time difference, Eric failed to get into work for the next three days after the continuous social engagements.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, with a little hangover dizziness, the door of Eric Hotel was knocked.

Opening the door, Robert Cotter, the producer of "The Matrix", stood outside the door. Because he could not dig Joe Silvo to Fireflies to be responsible for the "The Matrix" project, the company finally chose Robert Cotter, a middle-aged man in his forties. He was originally a producer in the former Disney system and started working as a producer since the mid-1980s. He is also very experienced.

Looking at Eric with messy hair and tired face, Robert Cotter was surprised and hesitantly said: "Sorry, Eric, I don't know you're still resting."

Eric was only wearing a pair of trousers, naked, and even a little sloppy. Hearing this, he subconsciously raised his empty wrist, but found that there was no trace of a watch on his wrist. He didn't know where he threw it at him last night, so he had to ask Robert Cotter: "What time is it now?"

"Third nine," Robert Cotter replied, "You said you would go to the special effects company at nine o'clock today. After the time comes, I will come and take a look."

"Oh, sorry," Eric shook his head again and said, "I was drunk last night. You go there first, I, well, go there at half past ten."

"Okay," Robert Kotte nodded, and said, "Eric, do you need me to call room service for you?"

Eric refused, "No, I'll just take a shower and have some breakfast."

Robert Cotter nodded, said nothing, and said goodbye and left.

Eric closed the door, took off his clothes and entered the Yu room, put hot water, soaked himself in the bathtub, stretched out comfortably, and recalled some things that happened last night.

Last night he was invited to attend a party held by Lachlan Murdoch at the Murdoch Family Manor in Sydney.

Eric and Murdoch's two sons, Lachlan and James, have met several times. Perhaps Murdoch is too busy with work and neglect to discipline. These two can be said to be standard playboys. Last year, Lachlan Murdoch was placed by Murdoch to be responsible for the publishing business of News Corporation at the Australian base. However, at the press conference when he first appeared, Lachlan Murdoch was speechless by reporters and had no ability to deal with it. This is Australia, which is controlled by News Corporation by more than 70% of the media channels. No matter how tricky the reporter is, it is impossible for the prince of News Corporation to give face to the news Corporation. This shows how bad Lachlan Murdoch's performance is, and this incident also disappointed Old Murdoch.

In addition, Eric could clearly feel that these two guys did not like him. Because they were about the same age as him, and Old Murdoch still had great expectations for his two sons. This is also conceivable that a father who hoped to be successful would definitely use his peers to motivate his two lazy children. Eric was undoubtedly the best target to promote him. He often heard his old man talking about Eric, the "other people's child".

It was obviously a hospitality party held by Old Murdoch. However, last night, Lachlan Murdoch invited a large group of peers, at least on the surface, and both men and women seemed to be receiving special instructions to bring forward to toast Eric.

In the end, Eric only remembered that he was helped into the car by a bodyguard.

Recalling last night's situation, Eric shook his head with a smile, but was not too angry. After all, the less powerful Murdoch's two sons, Elizabeth's chance of inheriting the entire News Corp. In the future, Eric hoped that they would be more irritable.

After taking a shower, Eric put on his clothes and came to the restaurant downstairs, where he brought Peter Ritchie, one of Australia's two assistants.

Eric ordered a breakfast, and when the waiter left, Peter Rich came over and reported on his work for the past two days, saying, "Mr. Williams, I have contacted Cate Blanchett's agent, but I have not met her. Her agent said Miss Blanchett was filming a TV series in Brisbane."

Eric interrupted his assistant and asked in confusion: "Brisbane?"

Peter Rich understood and explained: "Brisbane is the capital of Queensland in northern Australia, second only to Sydney and Melbourne, and is about 700 kilometers away from Sydney."

Eric nodded and signaled Peter Rich to continue.

Peter Rich said: "Miss Blanchett's agent is very enthusiastic about our invitation. He said he would let Miss Blanchett come back as soon as possible and meet you in person."

Eric asked again: "Have you handed over those few pages of scripts to them?"

"It has been handed over to Miss Blanchett's agent."

Eric nodded and said, "You keep in touch with them. I don't have much time. If you can't see anyone within a week, then forget it."

Peter Rich said: "I understand, Mr. Williams, is there anything else?"

"No more, well, how is Sean going on?" Eric asked again, Sean was the name of another assistant he brought.

Peter Rich said: "He has contacted the Australian Federal Science and Industry Research Organization (CSIRO), but we just found out that the WIFI technology developed by CSIRO has not yet applied for a patent in North America, and perhaps we don't need to buy it from them."

Eric came to Australia. In addition to film affairs, another important thing was to buy the patent for WIFI technology that had just appeared in advance. This part of the patent was held by a technology research organization with a very long name in Australia.

In the original time and space, the Australian government only charges patent licensing fees to billions of electronic devices using WIFI technology around the world, and earns nearly $1 billion a year. However, at this time, the Internet has just emerged, and not many people will realize the true value of WIFI technology, which just gives Eric the opportunity to "find a bargain".

As long as he can obtain a WIFI technology patent, in addition to the huge patent licensing fees that can be predicted in the future, more importantly, he can also obtain initiative and priority in wireless network technology such as Cisco, Yahoo, and American Online.

Eric also understood what Peter Rich said just now. WIFI technology has no longer applied for patents in North America. Fireflies can spend a penny. As long as they get relevant technical information, they can apply for patents in North America in advance and take the technology for themselves. This method of seizing other people's technological achievements is common in all walks of life.

However, Eric shook his head without hesitation. It was not because of the sense of moral justice or something, but the future application of WIFI technology will definitely be around the world. Even if you seize the patent rights in North America in advance, you will definitely argue with CSIRO in court, let alone overseas.

"There is no need for this, and it won't cost much to buy the patent right of WIFI."

It will take at least ten years for WIFI technology to become popular. At present, except Eric, it is impossible for anyone to see the broad prospects of this technology. Now if you want to completely buy out this patented technology, you can't even use 10 million US dollars.

The waiter soon served Eric's breakfast. Eric sent Peter Rich away, and after breakfast, he left the hotel and took a bus to the headquarters of the Digital Field Australia branch.

Since the filming stage of "The Matrix", Eric has been closely following the shooting progress of the Wachowski brothers through email and other means. With the assistance of Robert Cotter, an experienced producer, the two brothers did not encounter much trouble in the entire shooting process.

In the next few days, Eric kept discussing the film's post-production and further editing work with several creators of The Matrix.

Although Eric's remote control guidance and Robert Cotter's close supervision, the Wachowski brothers tricked into the film.

The reason why the movies in the original time and space were successful was that in addition to the bold and novel concepts of reality and illusion, the profound philosophical thinking displayed by the Wachowski brothers through the movie also played the finishing touch. Therefore, Eric did not eliminate all the "private goods" stuffed into the film by the Wachowski brothers. He just appropriately deleted them based on the version in memory, and found an appropriate balance between the commercial elements and philosophical thinking of the movie.

After the first part of the film, the original "The Matrix" was stunning, and the subsequent two parts were completely addicted to their own shooting concept of making people foggy, and even made the film very obscure. This caused the film to be inferior to the other, and the box office also rose sharply in the second part, and failed in the most important finale.

When Eric was busy in the late stage of "The Matrix" in Sydney, Cate Blanchett had just completed a day of filming work and walked out of the set, her agent Ron Rather drove the car to her and signaled her to get in.

Cate Blanchett held the mute bag in his hand and subconsciously looked around, and even got into the car guiltily.

Neither of them spoke immediately, drove until two blocks away, stopped outside a cafe, got out, walked into the cafe, and sat down in the window seat until they ordered two cups of coffee, and sat down. Cate Blanchett suddenly couldn't help laughing: "Ron, why do I feel like we are planning to do something bad?"

Ron Russer couldn't help laughing. He still felt a little unreal. Three days ago, a young man who claimed to be Eric Williams' assistant suddenly found him and said that Eric Williams was interested in inviting Kate to play the role of 007 Bon Girl. Ron Russer's first reaction was that the other party was a liar.

After all, although he knew very well that the actress under his name had excellent acting skills, it was impossible to connect her to Eric Williams' new film in any case.

"I think it's incredible now, but this is definitely a good opportunity that everyone dreams of, right? By the way, Kate, you didn't tell anyone about this?"
Chapter completed!