China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 449: Science fiction has already begun to involve quantum physics?

DreamWorks.

Wen Zhian walked out of the chairman's office feeling dizzy.

"Wen Dao... Wen Dao?"

"Ah, Assistant Zeng."

Wen Zhian came back to his senses and looked at Zeng Shunyang, assistant to the chairman of DreamWorks, who was chasing after him. He was about thirty years old and wearing glasses and looked elegant.

"Director Chen will attend the Shanghai Film Festival the day after tomorrow, so the script discussion meeting will have to be rescheduled to the 26th. Another one, "Once Upon a Time on Earth" has been approved. The chief producer is Mr. Liu Wenfang, but she is currently working on the third episode of "Pursuit".

The post-production of the second season should be back tomorrow, and then you can meet with Sister Wenfang to talk about the formation of the crew."

"Okay, okay, Sister Wenfang and I met when we were filming "Black Mirror"..."

The two of them walked to the elevator door while chatting.

"Assistant Zeng, there's no need to send it off. You can come back."

While the two were being polite to each other, Zeng Shunyang watched Wen Zhian get into the elevator and closed the elevator door.

Now I understand why Assistant Zeng is so polite. I can't believe that this is the second Tian Xinye.

Although he did not do well in the crew of his former company and had little savings, DreamWorks will distribute red envelopes to film and television drama projects that perform well.

Chen Jingxing also revealed this project to the outside world during interviews before, and the media and netizens also had a lot of speculation and discussion about it.

The five movies of "Black Mirror II" have been viewed more than 290 million times on Netflix, and the average number of episodes has exceeded 58 million. "Black Mirror II" is also played in the form of a movie on Netflix, which counts as five movies.

The collection of five episodes of the movie also ranked among the top ten most-watched original movies on Netflix in 2018.

""Once Upon a Time on Earth""

DreamWorks has a very mature professional team, including the motion capture special effects of the female robot, and has a professional process that does not require him to worry too much.

Moreover, ten days ago, the company added a TV series to its OA preparations, called "Once Upon a Time on Earth". What is eye-catching is that Chen Jingxing personally serves as the producer, but the other actors and directors have not yet been decided.

"Quantum effects?"

"Brother Zeng, Wen... what project has Director Wen taken on?"

"What is an excited state?"

"Macrofusion..."

“Elementary particles are curved spaces on a microscopic scale?”

This was actually completely beyond his expectation. His director's salary was only 300,000 yuan according to the agreement. As a newbie, he could see the top domestic film industry production processes and gain fame in return. Many people paid for this opportunity.

Everyone is willing to experience it.

Even though he had imagined that one day he would be responsible for a TV series or movie on his own, he did not expect this day to come so quickly.

The first script discussion will be held the day after tomorrow. As the producer, Chen Jingxing, the screenwriting team, the producer, and the director Wen Zhian will have direct conversations about the script. If there is anything unclear, they must raise it in time and communicate.

Hold a directing competition program, and then select five people to directly direct the sequel to the science fiction drama "Black Mirror"? Or is it a movie-level production model?

He is only 27 years old this year. At such an age, he is on his own. To be the director of a serious film and television project is extremely young. Of course, he cannot be compared with a monster like Chen Jingxing.

But he can't do it unless he understands these concepts in "Once Upon a Time on Earth". These concepts are even closely related to the plot, and he is the director. If he doesn't understand these, can he make the show come out?

Wen Zhi'an doubtfully searched the Internet for wave functions, observers, and quantum effects, and then the mouth grew bigger and bigger.

By the way, Tian Xinye's first project after joining DreamWorks was the TV series adaptation of the same name "The Signal" produced by Chen Jingxing, and Chen Jingxing was also the producer at the time.

"Once Upon a Time on Earth" is said to be a big project that Chen Jingxing is personally following up on. It is said that it will be developed into a series of IPs like "The Wandering Earth" being produced by director Guo Fan, but it is said that the first phase will start with a TV series.

But what quantum effects, uncertainty principle, wave function, collapse, what will happen if we observe it, what will happen if we don’t observe it, what are these things?!

Of course, the production cost is indeed very low. There are only four actors in "Prometheus". Luo Chen, the most famous actor, still stars for free. His main task is actually to design the storyboard and let the whole team put in what they want.

The camera captured it.

No, it's crazier than a dream.

This year has been like a dream to him.

Therefore, Wen Zhian had to read the script thoroughly in these two days and form his own opinions on the shooting.

"Black Mirror II" has more than 60 million effective views on Fantasy World, with an average episode exceeding 10 million, and the entire box office is close to 400 million. Currently, the five episodes of "Black Mirror II" are ranked among the top box office rankings on domestic websites.

Just ranked in the top five.

This experience was smoother, more professional, more relaxed, and more fulfilling than the shooting process he had experienced in previous companies and crews.

Even in hardcore films such as "The Martian", some special terms may seem unclear, but their functions are not difficult to understand.

At that time, when I participated in "The Birth of a Director", I actually didn't expect to win an award or be selected by Chen Jingxing to win the opportunity to direct "Black Mirror II".

But soon the amount of information in the script exceeded Wen Zhian's expectations. He is a standard liberal arts and art student, and many of DreamWorks' science fiction concepts such as time and space, time backtracking, or artificial intelligence are mentioned.

It's science fiction, but it's actually not difficult to understand.

I didn't expect that I would actually meet Bole to appreciate me, and actually be responsible for the filming of one of the stories in "Black Mirror II", which was the story of the last episode.

The script was not thick, and Wen Zhi'an read it very quickly, and he did not read it carefully. Time passed very quickly, and soon his expression changed from excitement and complacency to confusion and consternation.

Why did even the ghost come out in the end?

At the beginning of last year, he was selected by Chen Jingxing from "The Birth of a Director" and directed the last episode of "Black Mirror II", "Prometheus". Now he is responsible for directing a TV series that the big boss personally serves as the producer. It can be called a rocket.

Rise up and compete with the original Tian Xinye.

The company has also speculated on who will direct this project. Among the contracted directors, Guo Fan and Wu Jing are both filming. Tian Xinye, who has been the most popular recently, has already decided to be in charge of the film version of "Sky Eagle Warrior", but it is Ning Wei Qiangang.

After filming the second season of "Person of Interest", the schedule will be free. Otherwise, I will be looking for an outside director.

The director, producer and producer need to gain a unified understanding of the show, including what kind of tone and what kind of style. They need to reach a consensus on these before they can form a crew.

Zeng Shunyang smiled and only uttered four words, which made the other party suddenly realize it and immediately clicked his tongue in surprise.

"Ball lightning?"

In the underground parking lot, Wen Zhi'an sat in the car. The initial excitement and surprise had slowly faded away, replaced by a heavy sense of responsibility, a deep gratitude for being valued, and the absurdity of fate.

In fact, he, like many others, thought it might just be a gimmick.

In addition, Wen Zhi'an stayed in Chen Jingxing's office for several hours, which made people curious.

"Dr. Chen's courage is truly amazing."

After the popularity of "Black Mirror II" triggered discussions at home and abroad, he already felt a bit dreamy. The "Prometheus" he directed was praised by many viewers as the most exciting episode of "Black Mirror II".

"What is a wave function? What is collapse?"

Such outstanding data also led DreamWorks to generously distribute red envelopes. As the director of "Black Mirror II: Prometheus", Wen Zhi'an received more than 2 million yuan in salary plus red envelopes. Although he still cannot afford a house in Beijing,

But the car is still fine.

How does ball lightning connect to these things?

"Hong Electronics?"

This is so ridiculous. Even if the investment in "Black Mirror II" is not large, it is still a multi-million dollar project. How can it be treated like a child's play?

Maybe it's just to give a director's name, do a scene, hello, me, everyone, and that's it. After all, even having a name is good for the director himself. In the entertainment industry, regardless of whether it's in front of the stage or behind the scenes, fame is profit.

He has heard of ball lightning, and he also knows about electrons and protons. Adding a macro in front of it means larger electrons and protons.

"Macroproton?"

It's true, but it's mysterious.

Later, he joined the crew of "Inception" as an assistant director and experienced the filming of heavy industry blockbusters.

And Wen Zhi'an didn't think so far back at that time, and even felt a little bit broken. He regarded the variety show "Director" as his last attempt to persist in his ideals. If he couldn't make a name for himself this time, then

He just listened to his parents and changed careers like his college classmates from the Beijing Film Academy, giving up his dream of directing.

Usually the only people who get such courtesy from the assistants of big bosses are great directors like Guo Fan and Tian Xinye. Even popular first-line actors like Lei Jiayin and Luo Chen don't get this kind of treatment.

If you have a script that is excellent in itself, you don’t need to rack your brains to delete it. You just need to do your job well and you will get good results.

"What is an observer?"

Thinking of this, Wen Zhian didn't start the car again, but turned on the car lights, took out the script and couldn't wait to read it.

And it is not an ordinary project, it is a project supervised by Chen Jingxing. It is the birth of a large science fiction IP. According to his understanding, it is probably similar to "The Walking Dead", creating a magnificent world view.

But not many people could have imagined that this project would fall on Wen Zhian, who was just starting out.

The key point is that "Comet" talks about quantum decoherence. Whether you can understand it or not, it doesn't affect your understanding of the plot. You don't need to understand the process and principles, you just know that this is about parallel universes.

Wen Zhian himself is not a fan of science fiction. Even though he has learned more about science fiction over the past year or so, it is only limited to dreams, intelligent robots and the like. He has no experience in physics.

Could it be that these concepts are all made up by Chen Jingxing himself? They are so ridiculous that they make people dizzy, even more so than "The Night the Comet Came".

Good guys, science fiction has begun to involve quantum physics?

It's too hardcore.

This is too unfriendly to a liberal arts student like him.

When discussing the script the day after tomorrow, Director Chen will test himself on these concepts, right?

Originally, he thought that two days was more than enough time, but now Wen Zhi'an felt a strong sense of urgency, just like when he was in college and had only two weekends before the final exam.

(End of chapter)