I didn't want to be an actor

"The Wandering Earth", "Earth Fire"...

It can be regarded as a masterpiece of domestic science fiction films!

And then...it was gone!

Liang Ge's screenwriter told him that after "Little Breaking Ball" became a hit, he was invited to several submission groups, mainly accepting science fiction-themed scripts and novels.

At the beginning, there were various directors, producers, and managers in the group, and the chat was lively...

And this group of people did receive a bunch of manuscripts, some of which were highly executed and fast. They even invited some of the main creators of Little Broken Ball and the special effects company to hold discussions with the screenwriters and authors and found...

I want to take the path of wandering around the earth...

It's really too expensive. Once the box office is slightly worse, it will lose all its money - at least 1.5 billion in box office is needed, and even 1 billion may not be able to protect capital.

Just when I was struggling, the much-anticipated "Shanghai Fortress" was released...

Then gradually no one spoke in these groups, and the people gradually disappeared...

At its peak, there were hundreds of people in the group...

When I showed it to Shen Liang, there were less than 20 people on the host!

From this perspective, "Shanghai Fortress" has indeed closed the door to Chinese science fiction.

"Fire" is, strictly speaking, a science fiction disaster film.

Not easy to copy!

There are also fewer people following the trend.

This kind of movie is not as easy to imitate as a campus youth drama, nor is it as easy to imitate as a palace puppet show or a fairy tale drama.

Shen Liang continued: "To be honest, I have no hope of finding excellent science fiction novels... because the changes in reality are too magical!"

"We are now in an era where the explosion of science and technology has brought about rapid changes in social relations. Any country that cannot adapt to rapid changes will be left behind in this round of changes. Floods occur every day on the social level, and long-term planning and rapid execution cannot be carried out The country can only drown.

Politically speaking, there is a big multi-polar reshuffle. Although we are not sure what the result of the reshuffle will be, we can probably figure it out;

In terms of technology, the application of virtual reality and electronic technology is booming, artificial intelligence is rising, and everyone is connected;

The explosion of aerospace technology, the establishment of lunar bases and the development of near-space resources, and a series of energy revolutions such as photovoltaics have made energy cheaper, ultimately promoting larger-scale industrialization;

The development of society will completely eliminate the skills of a group of people, and at the same time, there will be excess resources to provide minimum support for this group of people...

What plot is this? This is Verno Vinci's "Abyss", which is also the plot of "Ghost in the Shell" and "Space Cleaners"!

The future development is like this and can be foreseen...

Are there any new authors who can write something that surprises?

Sorry, I find it difficult!

The subject matter has been written badly, and all the possibilities that can be imagined have been arranged and combined. Countless science fiction writers have created too many mountains in the field of the near future and cannot write anything new.

The only thing that can bring a sense of experience is imagination novels. "

Then many brothers said, "You don't have to rely on adaptation, you can be original."

Shen Liang explained: “Science fiction movies do not necessarily come from adaptations. That is actually because Hollywood has formed a mature industrialization model, and a large number of professional talents have gained the trust of investors and can create movies without the original work.

Most of Hollywood's classic science fiction films relied on a large number of literary works to gradually mature and gradually undergo industrialization.

It is impossible for Chinese films to leapfrog this process in one step. This is not a problem for literary authors and filmmakers, but a problem for market investors.

As an investment, you either value IP or the production team. Simply looking at the subject matter is very risky! "

"Moreover, most science fiction novels cannot be overstated in terms of their novels and techniques. They are too obsessed with novelty, have no characters, no stories, no conflicts, and are difficult to adapt into movies."

"I recently read a book called "Death on Mars" and a book called "Titan No Voices". I thought the latter was a bit interesting. The Martian + Crusoe..."

As I was talking, I saw a brother recommending a book called "Indiscriminate Dressing Is a Disease"

"..."Indiscriminate dressing is a disease"? It feels so good... OK, OK, I'll search it."

"Indiscriminate Wearing is a Disease" has a very novel setting: a virus spreads around the world, and infected people can randomly exchange bodies, causing various social and criminal problems...

"This is interesting. The rich and poor cross each other, the elderly and children cross each other, and the resulting social changes... This is a penetration of the social landscape!"

"...But it doesn't end well...I'll talk to the team and buy the adaptation rights..."

"Any more?"

""Full Band Jamming"...I'm waiting for the right director..."

"Guo Fan is busy working on the "Wandering Earth" series... "The Wandering Earth 2: Lunar Crisis" will be released during the Spring Festival next year, and the next part "Sail" will be released during the Spring Festival in 2024!"

"We can't treat Guo Fan like a donkey. Brother Jing told me that during the filming of "The Wandering Earth 2", Guo Fan slept 4 or 5 hours a day, drank five large cups of iced coffee, and lost a full 20 pounds! Yes, I drank several cups of iced American style, stayed up late and got up early to exercise after working, and I felt very haggard!”

"The Chinese director I admire the most is Zhang Yi. He has been eating twice a day and sleeping four hours for decades. He is still energetic and has not aged..."

"Nolan?"

Shen Liang laughed loudly: "How can Guo Fan deserve to be compared with Nolan? Compared with Nolan, who is he?

No matter how well the film is made, how high its status in Chinese film history is, how much box office it gets, how brilliant the myth it creates, how big its pattern is, how many new fields it explores... Guo Fan still can't even compare to Nolan, and he is a complete failure in terms of being a person.

The simplest example: Nolan never takes China or any Chinese people seriously, but he is taken seriously by countless Chinese fans.

Can Guo Fan do this alone? What can he compare with? His head?

As a person, as a director, you have to achieve the same achievements as Nolan. I envy him. "

"Okay, I won't say anymore. I wish you all a happy new year! ”

…

We still have to make science fiction.

Even experimental films are fine…

But let’s find a script first…

His writing team recommended several foreign film adaptations, including “Moon” (the one directed by Duncan Jones), “Contact”, and “The Matrix”…

But Liang Ge felt it wasn’t hard enough!

Regarding the hardness and softness of science fiction, refer to Yoshiki Tanaka’s “Legend of the Galactic Heroes” and “Star Wars”…

You can try to strip away its science fiction background, turn the starship into a battleship, and turn the planet into a city. You will find that it does not damage the core of the story too much. You can even adapt it into A fictional historical story similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms...

This is a space opera, which tells a story of power, love or something else in the guise of science fiction. This kind of science fiction is soft science fiction.

For a story like "I, Robot", the core of the story is to describe how AI handles rigid rules (the Three Laws of Robotics) in complex situations.

No matter what the background is, it is a science fiction problem.

This is absolutely hard science fiction.

Brother Liang himself prefers hard science fiction...

No hurry, look for it slowly.

After the broadcast, Shen Liang was ready to rest, and then he received a text message from Rouba: "Is it convenient now?"

"...Okay..."

"Then come to me!"

"Um..."