Chapter 55 The Gospel of International Students
After chatting with Li Wenyuan, Lin Han returned home. He did not choose to write "Martian Rescue" as soon as possible, but began to search on the Internet. There were the most scientific magazines in the place, and he felt that he needed to recharge.
Since there are certain differences between the earth and the world's culture, Lin Han is not sure whether the technologies needed in the novel will appear here, or whether the names have changed.
These details are the key to attracting readers. The more detailed the more realistic the more it is, the more it makes people feel unconscious. If a book is full of bugs, what else does it seem?
Although science fiction novels are not as rigorous as real popular science articles, they cannot make too outrageous mistakes. At least they cannot make mistakes on how to establish the connection between Mars and Earth, and how to use fuel to obtain water resources.
After some inquiry, Lin Han was surprised to find that, as one of the major powers in this world, China has also launched a Mars rover to Mars, which made him very happy.
Because in the novel, the protagonist found the Explorer launched in 1997 through the Mars rover. Mark Watney dug out the Explorer, then turned on the power supply, and contacted the earth through a static camera.
Finally, under the guidance of the geoengineer, the communication equipment of the shelter was repaired, and finally, it was possible to use a computer and a keyboard to communicate with the earth.
Of course, this was just the first time that the situation was lost, and both parties successfully solved it. However, the movie version did not shoot the second time that the situation was lost in the novel. After the protagonist lost contact with NASA for the second time, he could only use the method of dragging and dragging text to briefly report his condition to the earth.
In order to ensure that the satellites above Mars can clearly read the information that Mark Watney wants to convey, the width he drags out is from half a meter to one meter, and the size of each text is more than 5 meters.
Lin Han even considered whether to let the protagonist drag out the Morse code, which is easier, and only needs dots and lines of different lengths. It is obviously too difficult to write a large version of Chinese on the ground.
With the original novel as a reference, Lin Han would be much more relaxed when he found information, and would not bump around like a headless fly.
"I went to the National Library the day after tomorrow to check it out. There are more books there. I wrote this out earlier. I don't know if anyone bought the copyright of the movie."
Lin Han thinks that this novel is very graphic when read, and it is natural to shoot it into a movie, but it depends on whether the domestic investors have the confidence to shoot another hard science fiction movie.
Domestic science fiction movies have always declined. After the original owner messed up "Breaking Out of the Solar System", the life of science fiction movies was even worse. They could only endure Hollywood science fiction movies plundered box office and reputation in the film market.
Now, "Martian Rescue" modified by Lin Han also has excellent qualities. If any investors see it, it will be better. If it is attracted by Hollywood, how to shoot it is still a problem.
But now is not a time to worry too much. Let’s talk about whether you can shoot it. Anyway, let’s talk about this so-called big IP first. The filming of "Martian Rescue" into a Hollywood blockbuster is just an aspect of its huge influence.
It has gone beyond the scope of a book or a movie, but a phenomenon, behind it is a group of loyal fans. In the words of Internet companies, this book is undoubtedly a good IP, and can be explored from all aspects of movies, novels, and games.
Such a novel requires careful crafting and cannot be produced in just a few days or half a month.
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The next day, the sky in Yanjing City was clear and the long-lost sunshine fell on both sides of the street. The cold wind curled the dead leaves from the treetops, and then stopped on the road after floating for a while.
Lin Han followed the navigation and found the store that Zheng Yuxia mentioned before. When he pushed the door open, he found that there were already a small group of people sitting around. The youthful faces looked very energetic. Most of the people attending the reading club were boys, and only a few girls sat in it, like rare treasures.
Today, in order to disguise himself, Lin Han wore a pair of black frames without lenses, pretended to be Xiao Wenyi, and also wore a baseball cap on his head, disguising himself completely, and could not be recognized.
If you are recognized, it means that a science fiction writer will attend a reading party organized by his fans anonymously, and people will be laughed to death if they say it out.
After seeing Lin Han, Zheng Yuxiao and Xiaoliu hesitated for a moment. They could hardly remember Lin Han's appearance. Now they were just like netizens, "Xing Cen?"
"It's me, you are the old monster and Xiao Liu, I still remember you."
"Oh, come here and sit down. After you have finished reading the novel "I, Robot", we are about to start discussing it."
Lin Han walked over with a smile, then sat in his seat, and he whispered: "What's going on with a few foreigners over there? Can they understand Chinese science fiction?"
Zheng Yuxiao shrugged and explained, "They are international students in our school. They all like science fiction novels. They discussed it with us before. Chinese chat is okay, but they can't read a lot. There was a person with good English before that had already oralized the plot of the novel for them."
“…”
This is what I really like science fiction novels. It doesn’t matter if I don’t understand the text. I’m looking for someone to translate and read the book “I, Robot”. What a great spirit.
So Lin Han thought about it and said, "It's actually not necessary. The English version of "I, Robot" has been launched on Amazon. The price is quite cheap. They can try it."
"Really or not?" Zheng Yuxiao looked surprised. He knew that the Chinese version of this book had only been sold for less than a month, so why did it have an English version?
Lin Han nodded with confidence, "I saw it when I went to Amazon to download e-books. Isn't there WIFI now? Let them try it."
Zheng Yu nodded, he raised his head and said to the two handsome white guys over there: "Jesse, my friend said that Amazon can buy the English version of "Me, Robot" now. Do you want to try it?"
The white man named Jesse suddenly widened his eyes, then looked at Lin Han and said in fluent English: "Really? I didn't even see it the day before yesterday. When will it be released?"
"I had it yesterday, but now there are not many people who buy and download it. If it looks good, you can recommend it to your friends." Lin Han is simply a benefit for foreign students, so that they can't understand these Chinese square characters.
Several foreigners who took out their phones quickly logged into Amazon and cheered happily.
"It really is! "I, Robot", author Han-Lin, priced at RMB 4.99! Yes, yes, buy and download!"
"Shit, my card cannot be used in China. You need to rebind a bank card in China. Wait-for-me!"
"Praise God, there is finally an English version. Lucy, you no longer have to interpret it for me. Thanks to the author, I will give a very good review."
"Damn, there are only three purchase records. Don't these people read the English version? It's obviously a classic. I have to recommend it to my friends and tell them that I found a good book!"
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You can see that the results of this book are actually not very good, so the author Jun urges all book friends to support this book so that the book can go further and more friends can see it.
Chapter completed!