The Creator of the Second Dimension

The box office miracle created by "Country Teacher" did not make Xu Rui feel too much excitement and surprise.

It's like a top student, will he be happy with a perfect score in the exam?

It doesn't.

Sit down, this is just the basics.

He summed up the main points of the success of "Country Teacher".

In addition to the actors' natural performances and magnificent special effects, the uniqueness of the plot is also an indispensable factor for the success of the film.

If the script of "Country Teacher" is read by a professional screenwriter, it will definitely be considered nonsense.

There are neither clear conflicts nor thrilling and exciting plots, the protagonist is not tall, and there is no dazzling villain.

Maybe if a professional screenwriter changes it, it will become an ordinary circus monkey man. One day he picked up an alien who fell from the sky, and the story of the alien and foreign agents as a monkey.

With the story conflict and the comedy effect, it can make everyone feel good.

But the core of the story is lost.

Xu Rui believes that the story of "Country Teacher" is a story of civilization inheritance.

Whether it is the teacher's plot or the carbon-based federation's plot, they are all for the inheritance of civilization.

This kind of grand emotion is difficult to express in works that ordinary people come into contact with.

If it is not handled well, it will be very vague and difficult for people to resonate with.

"Rural Teacher" embodies this kind of grand emotion in the experience of a small rural teacher. Through personal life, the audience can see the picture of civilization in the universe.

If the story is just one of the lines, the shock it brings will definitely not be as strong as it is now.

With such creative experience, Xu Rui has a direction in the creation of "Once Upon a Time on Earth".

Although he has the whole story of "The Three-Body Problem", it is very difficult to visualize it.

There are many characters in "Three-Body" with intricate relationships. During the period, for the sake of storytelling, there are also time spans caused by multiple hibernations. Some civilizations can only be narrated by others.

These details constitute the complete background and foreshadowing of the work, both of which are indispensable, but it is really difficult to express.

For example, during the Great Depression, such as the plot where humans are driven to Australia by the Trisolarans, or the plot where Shi Qiang helps Luo Ji find the lover of his dreams.

For Xu Rui, the plot of the first part is the simplest.

Because apart from the three-body game, the other plots are very coherent and suspenseful, so he drew the early plots very quickly.

In the second part, the emergence of the Wallfacer Project made Xu Rui have a lot more things to consider.

But he still draws very quickly.

In October, he worked overtime and completed the storyboarding of all fifty-two episodes of "Once Upon a Time on Earth".

Xu Rui, who was able to free up time, took his family to travel for a week. After returning home, he watched the progress of the DLC of "Monster Hunter".

Due to the many monsters added by DLC, it is almost equivalent to re-developing a sequel, so the progress is not so fast.

Back then, "Breath of the Wild" was released in the first half of the year, and excellent DLC was released in the second half of the year.

Based on the current situation, Xu Rui estimates that the DLC ice field of "Monster Hunter" will not be available until the first half of next year.

In terms of games, "Monster Hunter" almost swept all the nominations of this year's Game Awards, and from all angles, it should be the game of the year that deserves its name this year.

However, the game circle has not been silent because of "Monster Hunter".

In November, a new game came into people's eyes.

Qin Shanshan looked at the screen a little bored.

She's not live.

I can't find any motivation to play games recently.

"Monster Hunter" is already platinum, and the process of earning big and small golds made her both painful and happy.

It was a kind of excitement that, after brushing hundreds of the same monsters and almost turning the hunting into a process, suddenly, when the mission was settled, a golden cup symbol appeared.

It is no exaggeration to say that Qin Shanshan can solo the unicorn with her eyes closed now, and Qin Shanshan knows where the thunder will fall as soon as it lifts its legs.

As for the gold cups of environmental creatures, Qin Shanshan couldn't stop.

Who would have thought that the hunter who was originally fighting against the ancient dragon turned a blind eye to the monster after entering the mission, and only focused on catching various small animals.

Fishing, net worms, squatting rabbits.

At the beginning, Qin Shanshan had a memory of playing happily in her hometown when she was a child.

But later, Qin Shanshan became numb.

She is an emotionless bug-catching machine, born only to catch small animals, and can be called a small animal killer.

Looking at the game time, Qin Shanshan's "Monster Hunter" has more than 700 hours of game time.

And the game has only been out for less than half a year.

in other words.

Qin Shanshan plays games for more than five hours a day.

This is just a game.

It's true love.

However, although already platinum, Qin Shanshan feels that "Monster Hunter" still has a lot to play.

With more than 700 hours of game time, she has only mastered the use of four or five weapons, and the remaining half is just playing casually, and there are still many things that can be studied.

Not to mention the new monsters that will be updated soon.

But Qin Shanshan did play for too long.

She wants to change the game.

Hanging around on the steam platform, Qin Shanshan glanced over. Some games are indeed selling well, but it is not enough to place an order immediately.

At this moment, a message popped up in the group.

[Qin Miaomiao's Licking Dog]: Have you played that new game from Hardcore Software?

[Shame]: What game?

[Don't touch the Kobold]: Oh, I seem to have heard of it, is it a game similar to "Monster Hunter"?

[Qin Miaomiao's dog licking]: Yes, it's on sale today, I don't know if it smells good or not.

【ruaruarua】: What's the name?

[17-year-old Baisi JK]: It seems to be called Soul Hunting Road or something.

[Qin Miaomiao's White Silk]: Why does this name sound like a cottage.

Qin Shanshan was a little curious, so she searched for it.

But before he could figure it out, Wei Tian sent a message.

[Wei Tian]: Shanshan, someone from my side gave me some activation codes for "Road to Hunting Souls", do you want to play?

Wei Tian doesn't know why, her popularity in live broadcasting is average, but she has a good relationship with many game manufacturers, probably born to do business.

[Qin Shanshan]: Well, I happen to be watching this game.

Qin Shanshan soon received the activation code from Wei Tian, ​​opened the black box, entered the activation code, and started to download the game. During this period, she glanced at the game promotion called "Road to Hunting Souls".

It says "created by the original team of "Monster Hunter"", "a masterpiece of hunting games in the next era", "a game experience beyond "Monster Hunter"" and so on. The slogans are dazzling, and "Monster Hunter" has been used as a comparison object , Qin Shanshan counted casually, it seems that "Monster Hunter" was mentioned more times than her own name.

But looking at the screen, it seems to be pretty good.

Qin Shanshan waited for the game to finish, and immediately posted a message on Weibo.

【Qin】: It's full. Let's watch "The Road to Hunting Soul" today.