As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 235 Ancient Magic
A lot of TV series and movies about magic have been released in the past two years.

Warner Bros. themselves had previously released the final episode of the Fantastic Beasts series.

At the same time, in order to ensure the heat, where are the magical beasts and the first part of the archmage Merlin were filmed together.

Due to the existence of Merlin, Warner Bros. did not dare to do any zzzq in this movie, but honestly shot all white people.

Although they don't know whether Merlin is white, they must at least respect the image of Merlin in the original works and historical records.

In Hollywood zzzq is so important, so important that both mermaid and Snow White can be played by black or Latino.

But Merlin's existence would be life-threatening.

In case Merlin really lived from the Middle Ages to the present, conservative thinking sees a black man in a movie, and casts a curse on each of the executives of Warner Bros.

Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, Warner Bros. executives don't want to take this risk.

"Our negotiations with Goose Factory and Rice have reached a preliminary agreement. Both parties are willing to transfer 5.00% of Kechuang Future's shares to us at a valuation of RMB [-] trillion."

"But the premise is that they need to see a VR prototype equipped with a new generation of brain-computer connection technology."

After lengthy negotiations and thousands of rounds of negotiations, the three parties finally reached an agreement.

Because Goose Factory and Rice each gave up 5.00% of the shares, Kechuang Bio's shareholding in Kechuang Future rose to 50.00%.

Based on the relationship between Lei Jun and Zheng Li, if Lei Jun is not allowed to transfer another [-]% of the shares to Kechuang Future, then Kechuang Bio will obtain a controlling stake.

Therefore, it is very difficult for the goose factory to make concessions.

There are a lot of interests involved.

For the whole year of 2024 alone, futureverse's shipments will be around 3000 million units. Calculated at an average of 3000 RMB per unit, the annual revenue will be [-] billion RMB.

15.00% of the net profit, the net profit is 450 billion RMB.

This revenue, substantial monopoly and market prospects, if taken to Huaguo's secondary market, can give a valuation of [-] trillion yuan.

You must know that the net profit of CATL in 2021 is only 159 billion RMB.

The moat of the future of science and technology innovation is much deeper than that of Ningde era.

After long and difficult negotiations, Goose Factory and Dami finally made concessions.

But the premise is to see the prototype. You can’t just say that you have developed the next-generation brain-computer connection technology and you have really developed it.

Brother Ma even wanted Zheng Li to teach their magic coin team.

Until the middle of 2025, new magic coins will be discovered one after another in big countries, but the only companies holding magic coins are Apple and Kechuang Biotech.

The reason is simple. The planet where intelligent life exists is a mine. Everyone is mining. The big countries have more advanced observation equipment and higher levels of personnel, so they dig faster.

Sometimes when you finally find a planet with intelligent life, and then prepare to locate and determine the cosmic coordinate system, other countries may be a few days faster than you.

This can easily form a mechanism in which the strong will always be strong.

Not only Brother Xiao Ma is greedy, but Lei Jun is also greedy. When he came to Gusu for a meeting and met Zheng Li, his envy was beyond words.

The more successful people like them are, the more thirsty they are for superpowers.

Because I have been financially free for a long time, there is nothing to achieve a breakthrough in life at this age, and now a brand new track is in front of me.

Ordinary people will be tempted, and successful people will naturally desire more.

Zheng Li refused their request on the grounds that he had no time.

"Okay, if you think there is no problem with this price, execute it.

Samples of brain-computer connection VR will be given to them next month, and then the stock change and the second-generation brain-computer connection VR products will be promoted simultaneously. "

Li Miaomiao: "It is expected that the next generation of brain-computer connected VR will be launched by the end of this year."

Zheng Li nodded, and then prepared to go back to the laboratory. Gusu is mainly doing some genetic research.

Now that the clone has magic, it can do even more.

Many research contents that could not be carried out with the resources of science and innovation biology before can also be put on the agenda.

"Do you want to see a movie? Warner's latest Harry Potter series is released.

Just to feel the atmosphere of domestic movie theaters. "After the work report was over, Li Miaomiao pretended to ask casually.

Zheng Li said without hesitation: "Forget it, I still have a lot of things to deal with."

Li Miaomiao persuaded: "The work is endless. There are too many mysteries waiting for you to explore in the world. You still need a certain combination of work and rest."

"And this time the movie tells the story of Merlin. The protagonist jumps directly from the middle of the twentieth century to the Middle Ages BC."

Zheng Li was a little curious, he asked: "Merlin?"

"Harry Potter also has Merlin?"

Li Miaomiao nodded and said: "Yes, the author mentioned Mei Lin in the book."

"If I remember correctly, it's mentioned in the book that Merlin studied in Slytherin."

"The name of this Warner Bros. movie is Archmage Merlin: Son of Animals. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the growth experience of the mage Merlin."

"Before I saw the trailer and the movie reviews on the Internet, they all said it was very good."

This Warner Bros. movie will be able to grab the May 2025st file in 2020. If it is before [-], Hollywood blockbusters will not be able to enter the May [-]st file.

After experiencing heavy damage to the film market in 2020 and 2022, the sequelae will take time to repair.

Even in 2025, movie theaters are nowhere near their heyday in popularity.

Therefore, even in the traditional peak movie seasons like National Day and May [-]st, even if Hollywood movies were allowed to enter in the past, blockbuster movies of this level would not be allowed to compete head-on with domestic movies.

Now that the market needs to restore its popularity, the protection of domestic films will be released first, and Warner Bros.' Archmage Merlin has made a big announcement, and it has already made a menacing appearance overseas.

Many domestic films originally planned to be released on May [-] even chose to withdraw to make way.

In fact, overseas reviews have been mixed.

Part of the white audience applauded:

"Finally, I saw a movie in which Merlin's strength alone surpassed everyone else's."

"The most important thing is that there is finally no damn zzzq. I am going to be driven crazy by Disney's operation in the past few years. You must know that I was a loyal fan of Disney before."

"It's really cool magic. It even directly pays tribute to Merlin's classic scene in Stockholm two years ago, in which the protagonist's Crowstorm is basically restored at the pixel level."

Of course some people feel satisfied, and naturally some people feel dissatisfied.

There is nothing in the world that can be liked by everyone, even if it is money, some people claim that they don't like money at all.

"A pure popcorn movie, without any deep thinking, and without the changes caused by the collision between magic and human society."

"Why no blacks? This is the resurgence of White racism!"

For Chinese audiences, coolness is the most important thing.

Huaguo viewers, whose tastes have been made tricky by various web articles and short videos, are delighted to hear and see Wushuang Mowing the Grass.

The comments from foreign audiences made Huaguo audiences look forward to it even more.

The age of reflection and strangeness has long passed, and audiences in Huaguo no longer like to watch so-called thoughtful and in-depth movies.

After hearing this, Zheng Li became interested. He was very curious about how to film the role of Merlin.

Seeing that Zheng Li didn't speak, Li Miaomiao continued:

"You can use the eyes of a professional mage to see the difference between the mage in the movie and the mage in reality."

Li Miaomiao didn't know how demanding the running water spell that Zheng Li performed for him was so demanding. Currently, among the mages in the entire Blue Star, only Zheng Li could control the spell to such an exquisite level.

If Li Miaomiao told others, Zheng Li's suspicion would rise sharply, and Hua Guo officials would come to him the next day after they found out.

"You have stayed in Gusu for so long, but you have actually only been active in a small area. You have never experienced the customs and customs of Gusu."

"After watching the movie tomorrow, I will take you around."

"Gusu still has a lot of places to visit. Compared with the Lion City, it has a completely different feeling."

It is said that the city Zheng Li knows best should be Kuala Lumpur.

Regardless of whether it is Gusu or Lion City, he only stays in the R&D center most of the time, and has basically never been to entertainment venues, let alone wandering around to feel the city's appearance.

But as a security guard in Kuala Lumpur, I occasionally go to the streets and alleys.

Zheng Li nodded and said, "Okay."

It is worthy of being an ambitious work by Warner Bros. During the May Day period, the entire theater was full of audiences.

Although in Zheng Li's capacity, he can completely rent out the movie theater, and he doesn't need to be crowded with the audience.

But Li Miaomiao said that in order to feel the atmosphere, there is no point in watching a movie if it is reserved.

"The most important thing about watching a movie is the atmosphere, and it's a two-hour trip to another world with a group of strangers in the same place.

If it's just the two of us watching a movie in a private room, and then the security personnel sit around, there is no way to experience the real feeling.

There was no danger in the Universal Studios in the Lion City before, and now there is no need to worry about any danger in the movie theater in Gusu. "

That being said, the security personnel sent by Huaguo officials still dare not let the two of them go to the movies alone.

It's just that they hide around in a stealthy way.

The first part of the great master Merlin mainly talks about Merlin's youth spent with magical animals, as well as some difficulties encountered in the process of growing up.

In the movie, Merlin's magical attainments in his youth were already high enough to deal with black mages who were much older than him, and he was able to order magical creatures to fight for him.

In the movie, his enemies were so powerfully publicized, but in the end, Merlin killed three times, five divisions and two, and then came the next opponent.

Merlin in the first part is completely in the unparalleled mowing mode, giving the audience a strong visual effect and refreshing feeling.

After the movie ended, no one in the audience got up, and everyone's dedication can be clearly seen.

They are all waiting for eggs.

As a result, no easter eggs jumped out until the credits popped up.

"No wonder I checked Douban before I came here today, and there was a comment asking if the Warner Bros. script this time was written by an online novel writer from Huaguo."

"To fill up the suspense, and then solve it neatly, it is more crisp and sharp than Hollywood's traditional assembly line style."

"The magic link is much cooler than the previous Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find The Magical Beasts. The magic battle in Fantastic Beasts and Where is the laser beam."

"It's really worth the ticket price. This time Warner Bros. definitely made a fortune."

If it was Li Miaomiao in the past, he would only pay attention to whether the movie was good or not, and he could chat back and forth from the plot to the characters to the special effects.

Now her main focus is on the box office and how much money Warner Bros. can make from the movie.

"As the pioneering work of the Master Merlin series, the box office of Guanghua Kingdom is at least one billion RMB, and even better, it can exceed 20 billion RMB."

These years, Hollywood blockbusters have had a hard time in China, and neither has the Harry Potter series.

The box office of Dumbledore's Mystery barely exceeded 4 million yuan, and the [-]th movie that was filmed later barely broke through [-] million yuan in the Huaguo market thanks to the popularity of magic.

You must know that even the re-release of Harry Potter's first Philosopher's Stone had a box office of over [-] million in China.

The last few parts of the Fantastic Beasts series have completely defeated the reputation of the Harry Potter series.

Li Miaomiao continued: "It's been a long time since a Hollywood movie has been so powerful."

After Zheng Li finished watching, he was thinking about how he would put on another large-scale magic reality show.

With the strength of the Blue Star magicians, if they can't beat him, they will go to see God.

Most of them are old people in their 80s and [-]s, and the spells they master only stay at the level of flame spells.

The only way is to direct and act on your own, play the villain and fight yourself.

It's just how to let the Blue Stars find out, so that they have a certain sense of urgency.

And make them believe that the villain is real, not that he plays it.

While planning in his heart, Zheng Li replied:

"It's wonderful, but magic in reality is far from reaching this level."

Li Miaomiao asked, "Is it because this is the age of the Dharma?"

"I saw them discussing on Weibo, saying that the reason why there are very few magicians now is because it is the age of Dharma."

"Compared to the ancient mages, the current mages have the same mana power, and the power of casting spells is less than one percent of before."

Zheng Li replied: "I don't know the specific reason."

"The real time for magic to appear on Blue Star is too short, and there is a high probability that there was no magic in ancient times."

"Regardless of China and foreign countries, most of the so-called myths and strangeness of the ancients are just their fantasies."

"As for Merlin's true identity, there is still no conclusion."

"But as far as magic is concerned, it's not because of the Dharma-ending era, but because our understanding of magic is still very superficial."

"Movies don't need logic, but in reality, even if it is magic, logic must be respected."

What Zheng Li said was half true and half false, and there were security personnel around, he was sure that what he said would be heard by some people.

Zheng Li dared to say that because Academician Zhao told him about the chaos of digging up the history of ancient magic since the emergence of magic.

Academician Zhao once clearly stated that judging from the existing evidence, it is almost impossible for magicians to exist in ancient times.

It is not surprising that there are even specialized experts who make portraits of him.

Li Miaomiao asked curiously, "How do you speculate that there was no magic in ancient times?"

(End of this chapter)