Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Although "Science Fiction World" announced that the next issue will begin to serialize "Gravity", but this issue has only been on the shelves for a few days, so there is still nearly a month before the next issue, readers can only wait patiently .

While the readers were anxiously waiting, a month finally passed, and on the second day of the second lunar month, the first batch of bookstores were able to see the new issue of "World of Science Fiction".

After the first batch of readers read the first issue of "Gravity", the enthusiasm for this novel on the Internet has weakened a bit, because the novel's excitement has not met the expectations of many readers, at least in the first issue of serialization. Among the 1 words, there is nothing particularly amazing.

For a while, two voices appeared on the Internet. Some readers only gave this novel a passing grade. They thought that although this novel was good, because it was written by Yu Dong, the standard should be higher. Barely scored a passing grade.

But the reaction of another group of readers was completely opposite. They didn’t find the plot of "Gravity" particularly amazing, but because it was written by Yu Dong, they liked it very much because of the literary heritage reflected in every word. , with this bonus, a novel that was originally only seven or eight points can score more than nine points.

Of course, in addition to some ordinary readers, the former also has some sunspots of unknown composition.

It is not difficult to distinguish ordinary readers from these sunspots. Although ordinary readers are disappointed with the novel, they can also express their understanding. Although this novel is not as good as Yu Dong's other novels, it is still better than most science fiction novels, and Everyone's comments basically have their own arguments.

But Heizi’s comments are different. Their comments are highly homogeneous, and their goals are very obvious. They are basically bad-mouthing Yudong, and many of the comments mentioned an idiom, that is, “Jianglang’s talent is exhausted”.

The sunspots have organized a statement that Yu Dong has exhausted his talent, and "Gravity" is the proof of his exhaustion. He has been unable to write amazing science fiction novels, and he has been living on his laurels ever since.

In fact, these sunspots were monitored by the Deep Space Company as soon as they emerged, and they all came from the navy company called Wenyi Baichuang.

Previously, because of the investigation into the tribal pig "showing you the world" to smear "The Martian", Deep Space Company followed the clues to find out this company called Wenyi Baichuang, but they did not touch this company, but chose to monitor them.

This time Hundred Creations of Literature and Art reappeared, and Deep Space Company did not take any action, but quietly lowered the heat of their creation.

In fact, during this period of time, apart from attacking Deep Space Company, Wenyi Baichuang still received a lot of business, and sometimes they would eat at both ends, star A hired them to discredit star B, and star B in turn hired them to discredit star A , and everything they do is under the supervision of Deep Space Corporation.

On the third day after the serialization of "Gravity", the English version of the book and the script annotations were released, and Jimmy personally brought the manuscript to James Cameron.

When Jimmy didn't contact James Cameron, Cameron already knew the novel "Gravity".

Although "Gravity" has not been published in English, this novel is very popular among the deep space tribes. In other words, it is precisely because there is no English version that this book has attracted more attention in Europe and America than in China.

Many European and American readers on Deep Space Tribe are calling for Deep Space Company to quickly produce the English version of "Gravity", so that they can't be too far behind China. The key is that there are a bunch of readers on Deep Space Tribe. Chinese readers are funny everywhere.

When James Cameron read the novel with Yu Dong's annotations, his evaluation was completely different from that of Yang Xiao. He firmly believed that it was a work full of experiments.

As a director, but also a well-known director, what he sees is of course not only the text itself, but also the pictures displayed by the text, and it can be seen that Yu Dong also knows this, so the things he did for the novel The annotations are all related to filming.

For some picture descriptions that are not easy to show in the novel, Yu Dong will make some more straightforward comments beside it. It is these comments that make James Cameron think that this is an experimental work.

To make this movie well, not only the director's directing skills are needed, but also advanced shooting techniques.

James Cameron himself is a technology enthusiast, so he is naturally very interested in this movie, but his schedule is a bit unlucky. Recently, he is cooperating with Discovery Channel to launch a documentary "Return to the Battleship Bismarck".

In fact, the filming of this documentary will not start until the first half of next year, but the preparation time required for filming such a documentary is also very long. James Cameron has already started to do it during this time, and the next one For more than a year, he has to do the preparation work for this movie.

In this case, if you still want to shoot "Gravity", you must either delay "Return to the Battleship Bismarck" or delay the shooting of "Gravity".

James Cameron told Jimmy about his situation, and then asked if he could wait until he finished shooting "Return to the Battleship Bismarck" before making "Gravity."

"Under normal circumstances, you want to shoot "Gravity". After finishing the preparatory work, the actual filming will have to wait until the second half of the year. Maybe you can postpone it a bit later and polish the script until after July next year. Start again, "Return to the Battleship Bismarck" will be over by then."

Jimmy shook his head, "No way, James, our plan has already been made. We hope that the movie will start shooting in June and will be released by the end of the year. It will be made into IMAX format and entered in major IMAX theaters."

"I can guess what you are thinking, but this is too rushed, and our time cannot be staggered. If I want to take your movie, "Return to Bismarck" will be postponed for at least a year, and we are going to be on the Bismarck battleship. It starts on the anniversary of the sinking, and if you miss the anniversary next year, you will be postponed to the anniversary of the following year."

"It's okay to postpone this kind of documentary for a year, right?" Jimmy said.

James Cameron shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "It's not easy. If you can't wait for me, you can only find someone else. Of course, I hope you can wait and see."

"We can't wait either." Jimmy shook his head, and then laughed again, "Since you can't, I won't force you, but can you recommend me a suitable director?"

"I think both Steven and Ridley are better fits."

"Steven can't. He has been very busy recently and has several movies on hand. Ridley is a good choice."

Cameron said with a smile, "He probably can't do it either, because he's been busy filming "Black Hawk Down" recently, and it's estimated that the filming will take until June and July.

Jimmy nodded. In this case, Ridley must be dead.

In fact, Ridley is really a good choice. When it comes to Ridley, movies such as "Alien" and "Blade Runner" will definitely come to mind immediately in the minds of fans. He is very good at shooting science fiction movies.

Moreover, Ridley is not a person who sticks to the rules. He is good at using some technical tools and can always keep pace with the times and constantly innovate film art. From this point of view, he is more suitable for shooting "Gravity".

These two candidates are not good, and Cameron has no one to choose. "I can't think of anyone else who is suitable for this movie."

Jimmy pondered for a while, then suddenly asked, "Do you know anything about Alfonso Cuaron?"

Cameron held his chin and thought for a while, then said, "He is a very talented movie, whether it is "When Love Is Hysterical" or "Little Princess" can prove his talent, and he is also a very courageous filmmaker. Director, but judging from his past experience, if you invite him to shoot "Gravity", you need to take a little risk, after all, he has never made this kind of movie before, why do you think of him?"

Jimmy laughed, "YU spoke highly of this director, and mentioned that he could be your candidate. In fact, I agree with you. Cuaron has no similar shooting experience. Giving him some risk."

Hearing that it was recommended by Yu Dong, James Cameron raised his eyebrows, "I have contacted Cameron several times, and he is a very versatile director."

"Almighty?"

James Cameron nodded, "That's right, he is omnipotent. To make a movie, he can do every process from beginning to end, and they are all professional. Screenwriting, photography, editing, dubbing...he even You can go up and act by yourself, and most directors can’t do this. A director like him can express his ideas to the crew very accurately when shooting.”

"It seems that you think highly of him."

James Cameron laughed, "He must be a good director, I just can't decide whether he is suitable for shooting "Gravity". If it is other movies, I would suggest you try him, but this movie is What you use to help IMAX open up the market cannot be easily trial and error."

"Do you have his contact information?"

"Then I have to look for it. I haven't contacted him for a long time."

While talking, James Cameron stood up and went to find Alfonso Cuaron's contact information for Jimmy.

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Jimmy got Alfonso Cuaron's contact information from James Cameron, but he couldn't get in touch. In the end, Jimmy was so anxious that he privately messaged Alfonso Cuaron on the Deep Space Tribal Network.

At this time, Alfonso Cuarón was in Mexico City. His fifth feature film had already been filmed and was going to be released in Mexico in June. Recently, he was busy promoting the film.

James Cameron's phone is still Alfonso Cuaron's residence in New York, so no matter how Jimmy calls, he can't get through.

The most pitiful thing is that Alfonso Cuaron's agent is also a very unknown agent in Mexico, and he is not in frequent contact with Alfonso Cuaron, otherwise, Jimmy can contact him through his agent immediately Alfonso Cuaron.

On the third day after Jimmy sent the private message, Alfonso Cuaron logged into his Deep Space Tribe account, and then saw Jimmy's private message.

Jimmy didn't use his privileges to pin his private messages to the top or make them stand out, but Alfonso Cuarón has relatively few fans, and no one usually sends him private messages, so he can see Jimmy's private messages at a glance.

Seeing Jimmy's private message, Alfonso Cuarón didn't quite believe it. He read Jimmy's message back and forth several times, but found nothing special.

However, the authenticity of this news is easy to verify, because Jimmy also left a contact number in the private message, so he can call directly.

Without hesitation, Alfonso Cuaron called directly according to the phone number left in the private message.

The phone rang four times and was connected.

A woman's voice sounded, "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Jimmy James."

"What's your name, do you have an appointment?"

"My name is Alfonso Cuaron. I don't know if I have an appointment."

Soon, he said with a smile on the other side, "I have found your information here, and now I will help you connect to Line [-]."

The call was quickly transferred, and then Alfonso Cuaron heard Jimmy's voice, "It's Mr. Cuaron, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Alfonso had heard Jimmy's voice before, and he could probably hear it. The credibility on the other end of the phone was greatly increased.

"Hello, Mr. James, I have been in Mexico recently, so I didn't receive your call. I only knew you were looking for me when I logged in to the Deep Space Tribe today and saw your news. May I ask what you can do for me?"

Jimmy smiled, "Mr. Caron, do you have any time recently?"

"Mr. James, what can you do?"

"We hope to invite you to direct our company's new movie "Gravity". If you have time, I wonder if you can come to our company recently to talk about this matter."

Alfonso Cuarón raised his brows, "Is it YU's new novel "Gravity" recently?"

As an "old sci-fi fan", Alfonso Cuarón usually pays attention to the news of the sci-fi world, and naturally knows about "Gravity". Like most European and American readers, he feels a pity.

But what Alfonso didn't expect was that he hadn't even read the novel yet, and the novel was about to be adapted into a movie, and they were going to ask him to direct it.

Alfonso thought about his resume many times in his mind, and he really couldn't think of the reason why Deep Space Company came to him to shoot "Gravity".

There are so many directors who are good at shooting sci-fi movies, Spielberg, James Cameron, Romero, Ridley... Alfonso has no confidence that he can compare with any of these directors, at least from sci-fi From this point of view it is like this.