The preparations for the World Science Fiction Conference went very smoothly. Lin Han and Yao Lingfeng had a brief conversation for a while and finally talked about the main business.

"Teacher Lin, we want to invite you to record a VCR to invite science fiction writers, science fiction critics and science fiction enthusiasts from all over the world to attend the conference held in June this year. We have discussed with several major Hollywood manufacturers and they will help them during the conference."

There is nothing strange about this. The name Lin Han is probably the only impression of foreigners on Chinese science fiction, and those Hollywood manufacturers will definitely not miss this opportunity to promote themselves.

China is already the second largest ticket warehouse in the world. It is currently getting smaller and smaller from the North American film market. Most science fiction movies can achieve good results here, and their potential has not even been fully developed.

Whether it is Paramount, Warner, Disney, and Universal hope to increase the influence of their movies as much as possible. The series of science fiction movies are the most profitable, and there is no reason not to show up.

It’s just that the journey is long and the air tickets are expensive, so there must be enough reasons.

Now Yao Lingfeng is asking Lin Han to give those science fiction writers a reason, and he is the best reason!

"No problem, what are you going to say?" Lin Han scratched his head. He was a little confused. What are the requirements for whether to speak official or speak directly?

"No requirement, you can do whatever you want, as long as you have that meaning, it's enough."

Lin Han looked around and asked, "Can you record here?"

Yao Lingfeng shook his head, "Of course not. We plan to go to the observatory to record, which has a more scientific atmosphere. Maybe it will look tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we will inform you in advance."

"Okay, it sounds pretty good. It's the observatory in Miyun Reservoir, right?"

"That's the one, the place in "The Three-Body Problem" where you can see the flashing of the universe besides the virtual Red Bank base."

"I happened to be there before. I can go and open my eyes. It would be great if I could go in and take a look." Lin Han looked at Yao Lingfeng. Since he had been going to that place to shoot VCR, wouldn't he go and visit it?

Seeing Lin Han's heartbeat, Yao Lingfeng smiled and said, "I greeted the leader over there. At that time, some unimportant places can be open to us. Maybe you can see many of your readers."

"Readers don't expect anything more, they just want to see the universe..."

For a science fiction enthusiast, it would be so happy to see those amazing observation tools in person!

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After leaving the preparation office, Lin Han went home with great anticipation. The originally reluctant VCR shooting trip suddenly became very interesting.

Recently, he can be said to be extremely free and easy. His new and old books have been translated into English, and the full text has been submitted. He doesn’t need to submit the serialization of the magazine later.

I have been busy during the Spring Festival until now, so I can finally have a good rest.

Lin Hanshu was lying comfortably on the sofa. The home theater was very good, and the Blu-ray disc was extremely clear. These unfamiliar movies were fascinated by watching them, which further strengthened his mind to continue learning.

Somehow, he suddenly thought of the crew of "Martian Rescue". It is said that the crew that started filming after the Spring Festival has uploaded the makeup photos to the Internet, with big IP + big director + movie hero + technical support from the Space Administration. This science fiction film is highly expected by audiences, film critics and industry insiders!

"I should also visit the set. I can't keep the title of screenwriter and not go to the crew to see it."

He muttered to himself, then took out his cell phone to send a message to the producers of the crew, communicated about the time and place before going over. His first novel adapted into a movie must be checked.

Lin Han is not particularly good at making movies, but with his learning and understanding in recent times, the original owner's memory is being fully absorbed, so it is necessary to go to the scene to see it.

However, the text message replied by the producer made Lin Han roll his eyes. In order to shoot the real Mars effect, the fiery red and boundless desert in China has no place to do it. The desert in the west and north cannot meet the requirements, so Chang'e Pictures simply moved directly to the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and used real shooting plus the effect of post-production CG to create a Mars scenery!

If he was in China, Lin Han could take the time to fly over and take a look, but he would go abroad to film, so he naturally had to hesitate.

It is said that this time the film shooting technology is very advanced and can be compared with Hollywood, with 11 3D real-life shooting machines, 15-to-do gopro, ar preview, 48-frame shooting, etc.

What color is Mars? No one knows this. Even the images provided by the China Space Administration and Nasa are not particularly clear. They basically say that they are consistent with the color of the earth. There are many photos of Mars, most of which are different.

At Lin Han's suggestion, the crew made a color balance of these real data images to make them agree, and then adjusted all the tones and white balances to be consistent with the actual scenic image of the desert.

Judging from the pictures obtained by the producer, this Wadi Rum Desert is indeed very suitable for the outdoor location of "Marls Rescue". It is as calm as the surface of the moon. The typical pure sand desert is endless. The weathered huge rocks are like castles, adding jumping changes to the gentle lines.

This is different from the color and images of the original "Martian Rescue" movie in Lin Han's memory, but the appearance is one that is Chinese and the other that is American.

In the eyes of Chinese people, this is a pure Chinese science fiction blockbuster. A real director who has won the best director of the Cannes Film Festival is in charge. It is definitely much more convincing than Lin Han’s first newcomer to shoot science fiction films.

Lin Han silently opened Weibo and searched for the official Weibo account of the movie "Martian Rescue", and then clicked to follow. It is necessary for him to understand the trends of these movies.

On Paramount, Spielberg is still in the process of intense preparations. The script of "Jurassic Park" written by Lin Han has been officially decided, and now they are making dinosaurs.

Even though they had high-end CG technology at this time, the special effects team on Paramount still did not give up the special effects props. They used manual methods to make dinosaur models and then let the computer control them. Every type of dinosaur will be born!

These simulation machine models are used in different scenarios and are synthesized with computer production to eliminate obvious bugs. This is probably the product of real-life special effects.

Use mechanical puppets to build a dinosaur that can interact with actors, start with foam plastic to create a model, and then the sculptor will define the model, such as carving out the dinosaur's muscles, skin folds and structures.

Of course, coloring is also very important. They refer to the images of animals with a large number of folds in the skin of rhinos and elephants. They use spray guns to paint the skin of dinosaur models on a large scale, and then use a sprayer for proper repair. Finally, the painter uses fine watercolor pens to make linkages.

Inside the dinosaur, it uses the principle of cable systems and mechanical connecting rods to make the dinosaur lively. Its moving muscles, blinking eyes, exhale nostrils, and swallowing their throats, becoming closer to reality!

It is precisely because there are so many processes that the shooting progress is very slow, but the subsequent effects will be more realistic and credible. Once these tasks are completed, there is actually no difficulty in shooting. The difficulty of science fiction films lies in the early concepts and later production!

These two science fiction blockbusters that are aiming at next summer's summer season have also announced their schedules. "Jurassic Park", which has not yet started filming, is scheduled to be released globally on June 12, while "Martian Rescue" avoids this summer season bomb and sets the time on July 1. It is believed that the impact will not be too great in half a month.

Two movies are on the market one after another, and Lin Han is looking forward to the arrival of this day!

...

Three days later, Lin Han drove away from Yanjing city under the leadership of Yao Lingfeng and his group, drove along the Jingcheng Expressway to the exit of the main urban area of ​​Miyun, and then followed the navigation towards the direction of Miyun Reservoir Heilongtan.

After continuing to walk a long winding mountain road, Lin Han saw the radio astronomy observation base of the National Astronomical Observation Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with a shocked look.

This is also the place where Luo Ji first came into contact with protons in the novel "Three-Body Problem". It really exists!

The twenty-eight parabolic antennas with a diameter of nine meters are lined up under the sunlight to form a radio array, like a row of spectacular steel plants. This is the early radio astronomy observation base in China, more than 100 kilometers away from the city, and there is currently the largest radio telescope with a spherical diameter of 50 meters in my country!

Unfortunately, these twenty-eight-sided antennas have been abandoned because of better observation techniques, but they are like monuments that record history, witnessing the progress of science under the sun, moon, wind and rain.

From afar, Lin Han was already impressed by this magnificent 50-meter antenna that looked like a giant in the sky. Currently, this high-power radio telescope is serving the lunar exploration project and shoulders the heavy responsibility of the ground receiving system of the lunar exploration project.

The weather was a little chilly in March. As the car got closer and closer, it came to the gate of the base. Because I had to stay for one night, the group took the lead in the hotel in the observation station to place their luggage.

There are many trees in the observation station, most of which have withered and it is not yet time to sprout. However, the vegetable garden on the right is quite interesting and seems to be self-sufficient.

"This 50-meter-diameter antenna is an important equipment for deep space exploration of radio astronomy. It was originally the boss, but now it is not. In Shanghai and Jiamusi each have a larger observation station. Jiamusi has a diameter of 66 meters, and Shanghai has a diameter of 65 meters. Our aerospace industry is developing very rapidly."

Lin Han sat on the orbital pedestal of this giant, looking up at the rare giant. Unfortunately, the radio antenna does not work during the day, and the kettle-shaped body is upward. Once the moon rises, the radio antenna follows the moon and rotates, and the kettle-shaped body is side-oriented.

"We will come here to receive information in the evening, and we can come and have a look at it." The tour guide knew that the purpose of everyone coming to the observatory would not be to see those in the wilderness.

Later, the tour guide introduced and answered questions along the way, led Lin Han, Yao Lingfeng and his group to visit the rest of the places, and then let them rest for a while.

A few hours later, night finally came, a full moon rose slowly, and dazzling lights suddenly flashed on the radio astronomy telescope, and the behemoth began to run along the orbit!

The receiving device on the top was autobiographically debugged. After a spiral movement, the antenna faced the sky to the east. After it was officially started, the radio signal from the Chang'e lunar probe was received.

Where you can choose to be an observatory must be avoided by light pollution, and the night sky is very bright.

Lin Han stood in the night breeze wrapped in a down jacket and looked up at the starry sky. The flashing stars looked familiar, but I didn’t know if there was another earth there!

"Teacher Lin, our staff all like your novels very much, especially "Marl Rescue". I heard that they dragged you to the Mars exploration project team?"

An astronomical staff member said nervously, as if he had seen his idol. The observation base, where few people usually came, suddenly became a meeting of Lin Han's book friends.

Lin Han shook hands with him and said with a smile: "I am a irresponsible non-staff member. I haven't cared about the progress there for several months."

The telescope that looked like a trumpet and a big pot turned every 5-10 minutes, frequently attracting Lin Han's attention.

In order to find a topic, the staff member pointed to the telescope next to the terrace and said with a smile: "The moonlight is good tonight. Teacher Lin can use this to watch the moon, which is quite clear."

Lin Han had fiddled with several astronomical telescopes himself, but it was far from comparable to the reversible astronomical telescope in front of him. He put his eyes close to the eyepiece, and the real moon came into his eyes.

The truly bright gray case is covered with traces of meteorite impact, forming landscapes such as Tycho, Crater, and Rainbow Bay. There is no Chang'e or osmanthus!

"If Teacher Lin doesn't dislike it, I can use my mobile phone to take a clear photo of the moon through this telescope to keep it as a souvenir for you."

The staff had a very good attitude towards Lin Han, which just hit Lin Han's mind. He replied: "It looks very good, but can this be taken well?"

"If someone who is not familiar with you comes, you will definitely encounter eyepieces and blur it. We often do this."

Lin Han took out his phone, turned on the camera function and stood aside, waiting for the staff to handle it.

After taking several photos in a row, the moon existed in Lin Han's mobile phone.

"Thank you, the photos are very good. I'll share them on Weibo."
Chapter completed!