Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 30 Must co-sign

Michael Clayton was silent for a long time. Fang Mingyuan's evaluation of him could be said to be on point, which made him feel happy that he had met a close friend in the world. Moreover, Fang Mingyuan had clearly stated that he hoped to give up this subject to Michael Clayton. He had to admit that he found it difficult to refuse the reason given to him.

"Fang, let's do this. You tell me your story first. If I'm really interested, then we might as well count it as co-authors!" Michael Clayton finally made up his mind.

"Yeah!" Fang Mingyuan shouted in his heart. After walking in such a big circle and racking his brains to say so many words, his final destination was not just this. In fact, he had already thought about it before coming here. It doesn't matter if you can't co-author it, as long as you get the rights to adapt it for film and television. When the time comes, American film companies will naturally come to you. This is a money tree, and you can get not only huge profits from it, but also A rare opportunity to expand your presence in the United States.

Moreover, after repeatedly watching the three "Jurassic Park" movies in his previous life and having the writing experience in this life, he has considerable confidence that it will be of some help to Michael Crichton's writing. In this case, it is not It was completely taken advantage of him.

"I think your suggestion is unnecessary. If you really decide to use this theme, as long as you mention my contribution in the preface, I will be satisfied." Fang Mingyuan smiled calmly and said ""I believe you should be concerned about cloning technology. Have you ever thought about using it as a subject to write a novel?" Cloning can be said to be the most cutting-edge research project in the scientific community in the early 1990s. This technology refers to the asexual reproduction of organisms through somatic cells, and a population composed of offspring individuals with identical genotypes formed by asexual reproduction. Biotechnology is usually used to produce offspring with the same genetic tissue as the original individual through asexual reproduction. process.

Michael Clayton's eyes immediately lit up, but he did not say much. Instead, he nodded slightly and motioned for Fang Mingyuan to continue. Fang Mingyuan already understood in his heart that it seemed that he was not too late. Michael Clayton Dun may have started writing, but it seems that it will take quite a while before it is completed.

Fang Mingyuan also accidentally remembered when he was in Hong Kong. When the influence of Western movies officially invaded the Hong Kong film market, people in later generations had different opinions and held different opinions. However, one of the more recognized opinions was that "Jura" "Jurassic Park" landed in the Hong Kong film market, making Hong Kong residents realize what big scenes and big productions are. After the visual shock caused by the performance of "Jurassic Park", Hong Kong citizens have become more interested in Hong Kong local movies. The company lost interest in those small-scale movies. The emergence of "Jurassic Park" can be said to have sounded the first clarion call for the decline of Hong Kong movies.

How true this statement is is not what Fang Mingyuan cares about, but he suddenly realizes how he could have forgotten this event that left such a deep impression on him in his previous life. And he still remembers, "Dwarfs" The novel of the same name "Logie Park", which is also the source of the script adaptation, was released for sale in the United States this year. If it were other writers, Fang Mingyuan would not be too picky - although it was published in 1990, but before the author Who knows how many years he has been saving in his hands? But as a well-known best-selling author in the United States, Michael Clayton can be said that American booksellers are paying attention to him like flies that have seen smelly meat. There is so much trouble here. Maybe Michael Crichton just finished the book yesterday, but today a bookseller will come to your door waving a check.

Now that it was just the beginning of the year, he paid special attention to the book market in the United States and found that there was no news about (Jurassic Park), so he decided to give it a try. If it succeeds, then what he can gain

The benefits are simply too many.

"That's what I think. From some information, I have a very preliminary understanding of cloning technology. There may be something wrong in it. Please don't laugh at me." Fang Mingyuan's heart that was hanging in his throat has already disappeared.

I put down most of it.

"Cloning technology, I think, can also be called asexual reproduction. It does not require male and female mating, or the combination of sperm and eggs. It only needs to extract a single cell from an animal, cultivate it into an embryo artificially, and then

The embryo is implanted into a female animal to give birth to a new individual. This cloned animal cultured from single cells has exactly the same characteristics as the single-cell donor. The success of cloning technology is called "historic"

event, scientific pioneering work'. If cloning technology is applied to animal husbandry production, it will bring about fundamental changes in the cultivation and reproduction of fine livestock breeds. If cloning technology is used in gene therapy research, it is very likely to overcome those

Cancer, AIDS and other stubborn diseases that endanger human life and health. Some people even think that cloning technology can be compared with the advent of the atomic bomb. I hold the same view on this point. It can indeed be compared with the emergence of the atomic bomb because they may both be

Pandora's box has been opened!" Fang Mingyuan said firmly.

Michael Clayton listened carefully and nodded from time to time. Regarding Fang Mingyuan, he felt that he needed to treat him as a peer and a friend who communicated on an equal footing, and could not be confused by his age. Cloning technology,

It is really rare that a young man from an ancient and closed eastern country can understand this cutting-edge technology of world scientific research so thoroughly.

"Once the cloning technology is abused, the harm caused will be extremely shocking, such as human cloning." Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "But the subject of human cloning is something that all knowledgeable people can think of, and the consequences it will bring

Everyone is aware of the consequences, and the impact on the audience is relatively limited. So I think we might as well think about this problem from another angle. For example, cloning the ancient Deinosuchus, Prussiansuchus, or even the ancient Deinosuchus

Dinosaurs! Let them cause a scene in the movie."

Michael Clayton knew the Deinosuchus and Prussiansuchus mentioned by Fang Mingyuan. Deinosuchus is an extinct large crocodile, belonging to the superfamily Alligator, which lived on the eastern coast of North America in the late Cretaceous. Deinosuchus

It is one of the largest crocodiles that has ever appeared in history, and may have fed on dinosaurs. At least scientists have discovered many hadrosaur bone fossils near the Deinosuchus fossils, with tooth marks of Deinosuchus still remaining on them.

You must know that the herbivorous hadrosaurs could reach more than 9 meters in height and were estimated to weigh up to 12 tons, which was twice as much as Deinosuchus. However, 75 million years ago, when these huge hadrosaurs came to the swamp shore

When looking for water to drink, he was bitten to the ground and eaten alive by a much smaller Deinosuchus!

The Prussian crocodile can be called the "King of Defeat" among crocodiles. It has a violent temper and infinite power. According to scientists' calculations, its length can reach 15 meters, its width is 2.7 meters, and its weight can reach 18 tons. It is almost

It is three times the weight of Deinosuchus. No other predator can match it. Their opponents are their own kind.

Fang Mingyuan guessed well. Michael Crichton was indeed still writing "Jurassic Park" and had already written about 100,000 words. And the reason why he knew so much about Deinosuchus and Prunussuchus was because he had also

I have considered whether to use crocodiles as the protagonist. Although these two giant crocodiles from ancient times are not the ancestors of modern crocodiles, but can only be said to be their close relatives, they can be compared with ancient dinosaurs.

The giant crocodile seems to be easier for the audience to imagine.

"But after repeated consideration, I feel that it seems that the main character is an ancient dinosaur, which seems to attract everyone's attention. Moreover, there are many kinds of dinosaurs in ancient times, and there will be more room for choice in the novel. Of course, I personally think

, many people must have been to the Museum of Paleontology when they were children, and the dinosaur fossils in it, especially the Tyrannosaurus rex, must have given them an unforgettable impression. They will be more interested in novels in which these creatures are the protagonists. And I

I also think that from the perspective of future movies, the chase on land will definitely be more intense and dangerous than in the water, and it will definitely be more attractive. So I decided to clone the dinosaur!"

The surprise in Michael Clayton's heart at this time can be said to be simply indescribable. If he hadn't been an old man who had experienced many hardships and was about to be over fifty, he would have screamed out in surprise. What Fang Mingyuan said

The analysis can be said to coincide with his original thoughts. The reason why he chose dinosaurs instead of ancient giant crocodiles can be said to be based on these reasons.

"Could it be that he has read my outline?" Michael Clayton thought to himself. But he immediately rejected this idea. Regarding the new book, he has not mentioned it to anyone, neither the outline nor the written one.

He has not let anyone read more than 100,000 words. Fang Mingyuan, a young man from China, is even less likely to do this.

"So Fang, can you tell me how you plan for the characters in the book to obtain dinosaur cells?" Michael Crichton asked seriously. This is the key point in the book. If it cannot be done reasonably and reasonably,

If the reader accepts this reason, then the rationality of the whole story will undoubtedly be inferior.

Fang Mingyuan shrugged and said: "Science is omnipotent. Isn't this a theory that many people have been promoting? Maybe those scientists can extract it from dinosaur fossils? However, I have thought of a reason. In ancient times,

, the surface of the earth is covered with large areas of forests, and many of these trees will flow resin when exposed to the bright sun in midsummer, and in these resins, some small creatures from that time can often be found. We call this kind of thing amber

.I just thought that if there are blood-sucking creatures like mosquitoes in the world today, then there should be similar creatures, or mosquitoes, in ancient times. We can imagine such a scene. In the ancient hot summer season, at noon

The hot sunshine made the dinosaurs lurk in the shade of trees and water sources, waiting for the most difficult time of the day to pass. A sharp-mouthed mosquito just flew from the nose of a dinosaur, where it just

After a hearty meal, the mosquito flew around randomly, and finally chose a grassy area under a big tree as its resting place. Unfortunately, just when it had just settled down, a drop of resin fell from the air, killing it.

It was wrapped in it. It struggled desperately, but before it could get out, several more drops of resin fell, completely wrapping it in it. And finally fell to the ground. As time passed, earth-shaking changes took place here, and the sea changed.

It turned into a mulberry field, and it lay quietly underground until one day, it was discovered by chance. Do you think the blood in its stomach that has not yet had time to be digested can be extracted from the blood needed to clone the dinosaur?

cells?”

As Fang Mingyuan described vividly, Michael Clayton opened his mouth in surprise. If Fang Mingyuan stood in front of him at this time, he would definitely be able to see his back molars. This scene is roughly the same as what he thought

, and more detailed, just like the plot in a movie. He suddenly remembered that among the things he just watched, there seemed to be three movie scripts that had a good box office in Hong Kong that were written by him. Obviously,

This person probably described this process with the plot of the movie in his mind.

Fang Mingyuan continued to talk. The more Michael Clayton listened, the more surprised he became. The two people's ideas were generally consistent. This was of course certain. In his previous life, Fang Mingyuan not only watched the movie, but also read "Jurassic Park"

The translation. However, Fang Mingyuan is different from him in the handling of details, and there is an obvious tendency to move closer to the movie script. The most important point is that the story Fang Mingyuan told is longer than his outline. Michael

Clayton made a rough estimate and found that there would be two more copies.

Fang Mingyuan, who was talking endlessly, finally finished speaking "his" thoughts, and the study became quiet.

Michael Clayton held his head and rested his arms on the desk, lost in thought. Fang Mingyuan didn't bother him, he just waited quietly. When things got to this point, he had already used all his cards. What would be the outcome?

, then it depends on Michael Clayton’s choice.

After a long time, Michael Clayton raised his head, looked directly into Fang Mingyuan's eyes and said: "I don't know why you gave up writing this story yourself. Judging from your previous works, I think you are capable enough to write this story."

It’s written. But if you insist that I write this story, then you must co-sign the book! Otherwise, there is no need to discuss it! I would rather give up this work completely!”