The Tony Stark Everyone Wanted

That's a really big hat.

The equipment department manager practically said, "Come on, Tony Stark, come to the company and use your brilliant but unreliable mind to upgrade the company's products."

This is the biggest problem Tony Stark has been facing recently.

In order to boost the transformed Stark Industries and maintain investor and consumer confidence and loyalty, he did achieve success in commercializing products in many areas.

While not necessarily leading for generations, Stark Industries ' products are consistently of superior quality compared to other companies in the same field, reflecting its long-standing reputation.

In this respect, Stark Jr. and his father Howard Stark were evenly matched. Both father and son were undeniable geniuses and knew how to achieve both fame and profit in the business world.

The difference is that Howard Stark was interested in almost everything and did everything, while Tony Stark focused only on core military projects, without considering things like home juicers or automatic pencil sharpeners for students.

Stark Industries' current business scope isn't entirely focused on weapons; some of their equipment, even scraps, can be used in civilian applications. However, weapons projects are the most important and profitable.

However, it is undeniable that Tony Stark was like a magician. The products he handled were not only more effective and of higher quality than those from other companies in the same category, but their unique design style also garnered a group of people who inexplicably praised them.

Especially the gold and red color scheme, that flamboyant red and gold combination, it's not something that only shone brightly in the Iron Man era, but rather it existed in this period as well.

Military weapons all need to have a certain degree of camouflage; otherwise, Stark Industries would have produced some red and gold Apocalypse Tank, or flashy gold and red sniper rifles, as if they were afraid the enemy wouldn't be able to see them.

Everyone bullies him because he's young.

It was only then that Henry realized his Earth age was the same as Tony Stark's! Both born in 1970. Luckily, their registered birthdays were different... otherwise, how embarrassing it would be if someone brought it up.

Everyone wanted to fleece that genius brain and make him work for free.

Henry certainly couldn't support such a thing, at least not within the realm of film, which had been entrusted to him. Henry couldn't possibly ask Tony Stark for help. Most importantly, he was too ashamed to bring it up.

They're all veterans from Howard Stark's era, so they can bully Tony, a junior, by virtue of their seniority. If I were to bring up something similar, I'd be torn to shreds by Tony Stark's sharp tongue.

However, it's not impossible to take advantage of Stark Industries, but it requires skill.

For example, Stark Industries doesn't need to develop its own products in the same field, creating internal competition. Therefore, it's only natural for Stark Industries to provide technical support in this situation.

Moreover, putting aside his hidden motives for joining Stark Studios, he obviously needs to achieve something on the surface. Otherwise, he'll just be a white-collar worker who does nothing but collect a salary.

If that's the kind of thinking you should have, you might as well be a consultant, offering advice without asking any questions, and just collecting a consulting fee. There's no need to become a CEO.

So after deciding to take over Stark Studios, Henry Cavill knew exactly what he wanted to do. It wasn't about making a few low-budget blockbuster movies, or pouring all his resources into Charlize Theron to make her an Oscar winner.

What I can truly achieve is based on my Super Brain and my pre-time travel knowledge of future trends, namely, advancements in film technology and equipment. The key is the development of digitalization.

Film technology has arguably reached its pinnacle. Building upon 35mm film, there was already the superior 65mm film technology, commonly known as IMAX.

This technology, which began development in the 1970s and was first developed by IMAX Corporation of Canada, encompasses a system for film production, conversion, and projection. Even cinemas have specific requirements for achieving the best results.

The reason why this full-color gamut system, with its higher resolution, brightness, and greater contrast, failed to replace the old 35mm film system is primarily due to the exorbitant cost of phase-out, making it unacceptable to the market.

If Henry wants to develop in this area, he can only follow in others' footsteps, watching them reap the rewards while he only gets the scraps – that's certainly not what Henry wants. Furthermore, IMAX has proven that the 35mm film system and market are not so easily replaced.

The digitization of storage media for cameras actually started quite early. Led by Japan companies, Sony and others had already established a significant presence in this field. However, they used magnetic tape.

As a result, many television companies no longer use traditional film for program production, but instead use more convenient magnetic tape. Furthermore, they have dedicated equipment for the entire system, from pre-production to post-production. This is also a developed area.

Henry's goal was to leverage the digitization process of computer systems and elevate image encoding and decoding to a level approaching that of 35mm film, or nearly 4K UHD quality.

Our own equipment is already 1080p HD. Bringing it to Stark Studios, expecting them to take it to the next level shouldn't be difficult.

Actually, this year was only the beginning of 1995. The mainstream CPU for commercially available personal computers was the Intel CPU codenamed Pentium, with a frequency of 75~100MHz.

In an era when CPUs didn't differentiate between basic, standard, and server-grade versions, high-end commercial computers could be equipped with two CPUs to enhance performance.

But frankly, such computer performance is still insufficient to support digital film production technology, especially post-production tasks such as editing and color grading, not to mention computer-generated special effects rendering.

However, once computer performance reaches a certain level, it also means the development barrier will be lower, and anyone with the will can get involved. By the time the so-called "technology matures," the market will likely be saturated...

What use would Kryptonian like myself have back then?

Henry only felt it was worthwhile to get involved in everything if he could predict the future ahead of others, accumulate technology, and then set standards.

It's often said that third-rate companies sell products, second-rate companies sell designs, and first-rate companies set standards. But this doesn't mean that creating something groundbreaking or having some innovative specifications makes one a first-rate company.

Most importantly, it ensures that everyone must adhere to its established standards, and that there are no legal disputes; anyone who wants to use it simply has to pay. Only top-tier companies have the capability to achieve this.

Henry wanted to see if Stark Studios, backed by Stark Industries, could achieve this.