Rebirth: I Want to Surf

Yao Yuan is suffering miserably,

But he succeeded!

Although the leader is a science fiction fan, he does not understand the specific film and television industry and production processes. For "The Three-Body Problem" to be made into a movie, it has to be on par with Hollywood and become China's business card... This is just like our plan to win the World Cup in 2026. .

It’s unrealistic!

Yao Yuanda vomited his bitterness, and the leader was also a reasonable person. His attention turned to "The Wandering Earth", and another discussion started.

To be honest, "Three-Body" exports concepts that are common around the world, and "The Wandering Earth" shows Chinese thinking. The West built Noah's Ark, but we took the earth to wander...

In line with the central government's current emphasis on "telling Chinese stories well," the leader naturally turned to affirmation and proactively asked: "What difficulties are there currently in creation?"

"There are two main points. We need theoretical support from scientists and equipment support from heavy industry groups!"

"Heavy Industry Group? Tell me more specifically."

The leader became interested.

“Science fiction is divided into soft science fiction and hard science fiction. The former is wrapped in a layer of science fiction and tells humanistic stories; the latter has a solid theoretical foundation and physical technological products, such as future cars, computers, robots, spaceships, various weapons, etc. wait.

These can be collectively referred to as [Mechanical Worship], which is one of the core elements of hard science fiction..."

Yao Yuan spoke eloquently, saying: "We missed the industrial revolution, and we lacked an industrial foundation, which led to the drying up of science fiction on the surface, but men's worship of machinery is engraved in their bones.

The simplest expression is a man's love for cars.

There are also the ancient cartoon "Transformers", Japan's Gundam, those robots, steel behemoths, spaceships and battleships, laser cannons...

Because we don’t have it ourselves, we can only like other people’s cultural products.

But please believe that this is just a hidden flame, but it lacks an opportunity to detonate it. Since we make hard science fiction, we have an obligation to put some powerful heavy machinery on the big screen.

For example, in "The Wandering Earth", can the audience see a super crane with giant arms that can lift hundreds of cars at a time, an excavator that can shovel hundreds of tons of materials with one bucket, and a spider-like intelligence that can walk on any terrain like a flat ground? There are rescue platforms, giant transport vehicles, and individual soldier exoskeletons...

It’s not that we need sci-fi-level products now, but it’s better to have real-life entities. We then perform artistic processing based on the entities and turn them into sci-fi-level products.

You can imagine the people eating dumplings during the Spring Festival in the underground city, the heavy machinery rumbling on the surface, and the human organization led by China, bringing our mother planet with us for the first time in 5 million years since the birth of mankind. The earth is sailing towards the vast universe and embarking on a new journey of civilization... What a romantic and great science fiction this is! "

oops!

Even an insensitive guy like Yu Jiajia felt excited when he heard this, and the leader couldn't help but be moved.

There is a tradition that senior executives like to watch movies.

There are two places dedicated to showing movies in Zhongnanhai. Movies have been shown regularly since the days of teachers. In the 1980s and 1990s, it was even more popular. Big bosses have publicly expressed their opinions on certain movies many times.

For example, the elders commented on "Titanic"...

Because movies are very special, no matter how strong their commercial attributes are, they are also a tool for exporting ideology. We are like this, and so is the United States. What Hollywood films are actually American-style.

Due to his position, this leader may put more energy into literary and artistic works, which are more resonant.

Of course, he didn't make a verbal promise. He just nodded frequently and said with a smile: "Comrade Yao Yuan is so eloquent. I can't wait to see what he said right away. The subject matter you chose is very good. I hope everything goes well for you!"

"Thank you for your encouragement!"

Unconsciously, the leader has been sitting for a long time and it is time to leave.

When parting, he was still reluctant and asked: "In your opinion, when is the best time to shoot "The Three-Body Problem"?"

"It is indeed difficult to make a movie, but it can be made into a TV series or animation. It can be done after two years of preparation."

"Okay, then I'll look forward to your work!"

The leader got into the car and flashed.

Yao Yuan watched the convoy go away, and Yu Jiajia came over and said, "Why do you want to find a job for yourself?"

"It won't work if I don't look for it. People come here for "The Three-Body Problem", so I have to give them something."

The two of them went upstairs again, entered the office, and began to summarize as soon as the door was closed.

"The Wandering Earth is settled. We don't have to worry about national support. The next step is to watch Guo Fan."

"What about the Three-Body Problem?"

"let me see……"

Yao Yuan fell into thinking.

In later generations, Bilibili and Yihua Kaitian jointly produced a "Three-Body" animation, with a total of three seasons, each season having 5 episodes.

Yi Hua Kaitian made "Spiritual Cage", which originally had a good reputation. However, "The Three-Body Problem" was criticized as shit when it came out. It scored 3.8 on Douban and was evaluated as: disrespecting the original work and not caring about the audience.

There is also the "Three-Body" TV series produced by Tencent, starring Zhang Luyi, Yu Hewei, Chen Jin, and Wang Ziwen, which is relatively okay.

Netflix has also made a TV series, which has not yet been released. It is said that a black man has been hired to play Luo Ji.

But the "Three-Body" work with the highest rating is "My Three-Body Problem" made by fans and performed by pixelated figures... What does this mean? It shows that if the creator doesn't really love it, he won't be able to make good things.

"Currently the most suitable one is animation, but the boss probably doesn't like to watch animation, so he needs to watch a TV series."

"TV dramas also need special effects. How much does it cost?"

"Let's shoot the first book first. It's relatively plain and has less special effects. It will take 2-3 years to finish it! Before "The Wandering Earth", it's just a warm-up for science fiction."

"Then it's decided? One animation and one TV series?"

"Well, let's take pictures. Sooner or later we have to take pictures."

"That's okay!"

Yu Jiajia shrugged and said, "I'll find someone to make preparations!"

…………

Late at night.

There is an ordinary small building outside the Fourth Ring Road of Beijing. This is Guo Fan's studio.

His screenwriting team has expanded to four people, but the large number of people has not improved efficiency. The original novel "The Wandering Earth" only has 23,000 words, which is not enough for some online writers to fill a chapter.

They want to reasonably adapt these 23,000 words into a story, refine the elements that may be hidden behind each word, and expand it into a complete world view.

There is a lot of room for play and the difficulty is even greater.

Guo Fan now regrets his initial rashness and feels that he overestimated himself. Science fiction is really not something that ordinary people can do.

At this moment, the four of them were having dinner and late-night snacks. They had just had a heated argument over a certain detail setting - one party felt that the other party's imagination was too outrageous and could not be photographed at all.

"Purrrrrrr!"

Guo Fan was eating the scrawled noodles and felt angry. Suddenly the phone rang and he picked it up casually.

"How's the progress?" Yu Jiajia's voice.

"I'm still working on the setting. I'm not giving up, but to be honest with Mr. Yu, I kind of regret taking this job. Science fiction is too difficult."

"It's not difficult and it's not your turn. People cherish their lives after success, but you, a fool, are not afraid of anything."

Yu Jiajia encouraged: "But since you accepted it, you have to stick to it, and we will do our best to provide help. A few days ago, the leader came to inspect. Mr. Yao mentioned "The Wandering Earth" and helped you get some from China National Nuclear Corporation and China State Construction Engineering Corporation. , China Aerospace and Heavy Industry Group’s support.

Don’t be afraid of imagination, science fiction is all about imagination, as long as your script is approved, the entire national team will be behind you! "

"Who hit him? Mr. Yu?"

"Um!"

"What did you say?"

"fine!"

"What exactly did you say?"

"It's okay, it's okay... snore, snore!"

After hanging up the phone, facing Gong Geer's questioning, Guo Fan just buried his head very low and ate the noodles with big mouthfuls.

(besides……)