Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Hearing what his old friends said, Yu Dongqing simply put the fishing rod aside and explained: "Well, there is really no need to make yourself so tired. Besides, I have also made a few movies, and the box office is pretty good. , I won an award again, I’ve had enough fun, I’ll just write a script from now on.”

"Hey, Dongqing, how do you adapt the sequel to "The Wandering Earth"? Is it like this?" Zhang Yang suddenly became interested.

"how?"

"Then in the upper part, the earth continues to move towards Sagittarius through the gravitational slingshot effect of Saturn. According to the plot in the novel, humans began to suspect that the solar flash was a hoax, and they launched a rebellion around the world. They also captured many engines and prepared to shut them down. Part of the engine.

As a last resort, the coalition government finally compromised and the rebels handed over the command of the earth. Just like what is said in the novel, they were forced to take to the ice of the Pacific Ocean. All government personnel were forced to take off their protective clothing and instantly turned into ice. There are thousands of ice sculptures looking up at the stars.

But at this time, a solar flash occurred, and Jupiter was torn apart by the sun and destroyed instantly.

Humanity started the earth engine again, avoiding the debris of Jupiter and accelerating away from the scope of the Terror. The Sun Terror exploded. The remaining humans finally escaped after paying a huge price and continued to implement the Wandering Earth Plan. "

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, but before Yu Dongqing could speak, Du Hui shook his head after hearing this. "No, I won't write about this plot in the novel."

"Why? Because the core of this plot is too dark. In fact, the confrontation between the elite and the so-called mob - the elite won. It is probably not easy to pass the review if it is written like this." Du Hui said with a faint smile.

"Just skip this paragraph right now." Zhang Yang continued to use his imagination: "Then write about humans leaving the solar system and heading towards Centauri. Encountering an alien fleet on the way, they want to seize the earth, humans and aliens. The story of the Great War.”

Damn it

He actually wrote about aliens.

Yu Dongqing suddenly thought of a joke on a space-time website, and couldn't help but laugh: "How about writing it like this? In fact, the Proxima Centauri that humans want to go to is also a galaxy with an extremely harsh living environment, and there are also alien humans called Trisolarans."

"Because the Trisolarans felt that the living conditions in this galaxy were too poor, they decided to find a new place, so they set their sights on the solar system 430 million light-years away. So a large number of Trisolarans set off in a mighty fleet and headed straight for the solar system. As a result, I met the people on Earth in the universe.”

Trisolaran: "Where are you going?"

Earthlings: "Where are you going?"

Trisolaran: "The environment of the three stars in Centauri is too harsh to survive. We are going to the solar system."

Earthling: "The sun is over, we are going to the three stars of Centauri."

Trisolaran: "Fuck!"

Earthling: "Fuck!"

The three of them were dumbfounded and suddenly laughed again.

"Damn it! Holly, I didn't expect you to be quite humorous and interesting."

"Just a joke." Yu Dongqing also laughed.

In fact, when he saw this imaginative gag linking "The Three-Body Problem" and "The Wandering Earth" in the original time and space, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Actually, the second part I want to write is a prequel to the first one."

"Prequel?"

"It tells the story of a doomsday disaster and the dual challenges of life survival that humanity will face when the solar crisis strikes."

Since he agreed to Li Wan, he would first write the script and give it to Du Xuefeng, and he would ignore the rest for the time being.

In the original time and space, the plot of "The Wandering Earth 2" has been greatly changed from the original work. It is even said that it has separated from the original work and is an original work for the team.

Even Liu Cixin admitted this.

But Yu Dongqing doesn't intend to do this. He is a fan of the original work, which makes it uncomfortable to watch.

In the original time and space, "The Wandering Earth 2" had a larger investment than the first part, and the special effects were more sophisticated, but the box office was not as good as the first part. A very important reason is that the setting of the second part is too complicated.

There are four self-rescue plans for mankind: the Mountain-Moving Plan, the Ark Plan, the Moon-by-Moon Plan, and the Digital Life Plan. They are too complicated, resulting in a cumbersome and confusing plot. It would be better to have only two in the original work: the Earth Faction (equivalent to the Mountain-Moving Plan). , Spaceship Faction (equivalent to the Ark Project), the struggle revolves around the two, and the plot line is clear.

Just do it and stay true to the original.

However, the Moss quantum computer in the movie is a good idea and should be kept. This is actually a tribute to the computer HAL 9000 in "A Space Odyssey".

There is no rush, Yu Dongqing writes slowly every day.

It's early April, and "The Wandering Earth", which has been in theaters for more than two months, is finally released. The mainland box office is set at 7.55 billion yuan, setting a box office record for mainland movies.

The overseas box office also reached 350 million yuan, which also created an overseas box office record for mainland Chinese movies.

Many investors, including Yu Dongqing, made a lot of money.

Today is Friday, Yu Dongqing got up in the morning to exercise and had breakfast. Instead of drinking tea in the tea room and then walking to Qianhai to watch the old man play chess, as usual, he drove to his studio.

I made an appointment to meet Du Xuefeng today.

By the time Yu Dongqing arrived at his studio, Du Xuefeng had already arrived, along with Li Wan.

Yu Dongqing greeted them with a smile and invited the two of them into his office.

"This is the script." Yu Dongqing took out two documents from his briefcase and handed them to the two of them respectively. He then took out a USB flash drive and said, "The electronic version is in the USB flash drive."

"Thank you, thank you." Du Xuefeng was a little excited.

He didn't expect that Yu Dongqing would recommend him to direct "The Wandering Earth 2", which made him both happy and extremely stressed.

What should I do if the photo doesn’t go well?

It failed Director Yu's trust, fans' hopes, and more importantly, hundreds of millions of investments.

The investment in "The Wandering Earth 2" can only be more than that of the first film, not less.

Looking at Du Xuefeng's appearance, Yu Dongqing smiled and said: "I'm deceiving myself when I say I don't have any pressure. It's normal to have pressure, but you can't overwhelm yourself. Just do your best."

"Don't worry, Director Yu, I will definitely make an epic blockbuster with even more shocking special effects!" Du Xuefeng said quickly.

"Xue Feng, you are wrong." Unexpectedly, Yu Dongqing shook his head: "Special effects serve the plot. Don't go to the other extreme - special effects for the sake of special effects. The touching story is more important!"

"I understand, do you have any other instructions?"

"No instructions." Yu Dongqing laughed. "You are the director, you have the final say."

"Well, after I read the script, I will ask for your opinion on the selection of actors." Du Xuefeng said.

"No, as I said, you are the director. It is your right to choose actors and assemble your director team. Of course, during the filming process, I will put forward my personal opinions for your reference."

In the end, Du Xuefeng left with great ambition, leaving Li Wan and Yu Dongqing behind.

"Holly, are you really going to let it go?"

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