What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 199 Optimal Solution

When describing Trisolaran’s envy of earth art, Liu said: “Although the flowers are delicate, they are extremely gorgeous.”

These words are quite appropriate to describe the adaptation of "The Three-Body Problem". This work is profound and magnificent, but it is really difficult to change it.

After Da Liu sold the adaptation rights, he made it clear that he would not participate in the production of the "Three-Body Problem" movie. He said he didn't know how to make this movie.

However, he is a talkative person, just like he sold the adaptation rights to Zhang Fanfan after a happy meal. Later, when Director Zhang finally planned to approve the project after several years of preparation, he still persuaded him to participate in the script creation.

Da Liu also said that he could participate in the planning of the script, but he didn't know how to plan the script, so he got stuck with the second screenwriter.

It's a pity that the film was not made in the end. These are all reported by the media. It seems that Liu is really not optimistic about the film and television adaptation of "The Three-Body Problem", and he always refuses it.

However, Yang Shu thinks that these are superficial phenomena, and after in-depth analysis, they are actually sad and helpless.

"The Three-Body Problem" was born at an untimely time. Although it was published more than ten years ago, it really attracted a lot of attention after Liu Yukun, a Chinese-American science fiction writer, translated the work into English and won the Hugo Award. That was only three years ago.

It is precisely because of winning foreign awards that the first film and television adaptation has been rapidly advanced.

Compared with other accomplished writers before that, Liu was impoverished, his work unit was transformed and layoffs, and he couldn’t even afford a house. "Sold in a hurry.

Da Liu is an indifferent universe-level observer, a cold moral judge, and an extremely calm thinker. His eyes can see the world of the Three-Body Problem through light years, but he can't see the market conditions in front of him clearly. Sell ​​the adaptation rights when you are happy?
As a creator, also as a grassroots riser who once fell deep into the bottom, Yang Shu can imagine and understand his situation at that time.

Da Liu should be able to predict that with the completion of the country's industrialization, science fiction is likely to usher in the spring in the next ten years. At that time, the value of "Three-Body" will not only be worth 10.

But he can't wait that long, he is eager to cash in for his life, and there are not many people who really know the goods and are willing to ask for a price. Zhang Fanfan is the highest bidder, how else can he choose?
In Liu's works, he described the helpless choice of a lonely and weak life in the grand world more than once, which may reflect his inner world at that time from another angle.

As for not being optimistic about the filming of "The Three-Body Problem" in the future, it was just a matter of time and time. With his intelligence, he can certainly see the ability of the operator, and some things seem unreliable.

Both director Zhang Fanfan and his wife have limited creative abilities, and no one is optimistic about a project like "The Three-Body Problem".

As for the co-invested Youzu, it is a web game company, well-known in the game industry, and there is no shortage of money.

But he has no experience in film and television development. The 2015 version of "Three-Body Problem" was invested by Kong Sangou, the CEO of Youzu Films at the time. It created the trend of underworld novels, known as "Underworld Novel No. 30". The greatest achievement in film and television was once mixed with "Three-Body Problem".

Such a team worked on "The Three-Body Problem", and if Yang Shu was replaced by Da Liu, he could only say that he didn't know how to make a movie.

This time when I was filming "Three-Body Problem", I didn't see him pushing three obstacles and four obstacles, but instead asked for the highest authority to take care of everything, so I didn't get confused at all.

"The Three-Body Problem" will be adapted into six films. Where does the first film start? Yang Shu and Da Liu have made several plans.

After several rounds of screening, the final focus was on two selections.

One is to explain the cause like the adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings", and then start telling the story from the beginning.

The second is to start from the most critical story in the middle like "Star Wars", and then look back at the origin of the past.

Many people may not have read the novel "Three-Body Problem", but they should basically understand the plot of the story.

It roughly talks about the information exchange, life and death struggle between the human civilization on Earth and the Trisolaran civilization, and the rise and fall of the two civilizations in the universe.

In the turbulent years of the 60s, astronomer Ye Wenjie participated in the military's top-secret project "Red Shore Project" after experiencing a huge catastrophe.

Desperate Ye Wenjie used the sun as an antenna to send a signal to the universe, but unexpectedly made a breakthrough in the search for alien civilization.

The Trisolaran civilization, which is four light-years away, is dominated by three irregularly orbiting stars. It has experienced more than a hundred times of destruction and rebirth, and is being forced to flee from its parent star.

And at this moment, they received a message from Ye Wenjie on Earth.

Out of pity for life on Earth, the Trisolaran who received the signal sent a message, reminding people on Earth not to reveal their location, and warned: "Don't answer! Don't answer! Don't answer!"

However, at this time, Ye Wenjie was once again hurt by bad human nature. After being completely disappointed, she revealed the coordinates of the earth to the Trisolarans, completely changing the destiny of mankind.

In order to obtain a stable living world, the Trisolarans decided to invade the earth. After using super technology to lock down the basic science of the earthlings, the huge Trisolaran fleet began to march towards the earth, and the end of mankind came quietly.

If you choose the second adaptation plan, you have to start from the Trisolaran Fleet, face the crisis, build an equally huge space fleet, and use the fatal flaw of the Trisolarans' transparent thinking to formulate the "Wall Facing Plan" to start shooting.

The choice of the plan is very important, and Yang Shu and Da Liu discussed it over and over again for more than half a month before finally making a decision.

"When you created "The Three-Body Problem", you have already planned the optimal story framework. Although the film language is different from literature, they are essentially trying to tell stories in the most attractive way."

From Liu's eyes, it can be seen that his favorite is still the first plan, and the movie will be told in the order of the original work.

"Director Yang means that if you don't adjust it, just change it according to the novel?"

"The story of the Red Shore Base is also thrilling enough. I don't have to show my talent and adjust your narrative order. If I have to change it, it may cause the original book party to look down on it, and ordinary audiences will not understand it."

Adapting the original work is actually a technical job, but many directors insist on making it a creative work, and it is not fun to change it in one go. In fact, including Yang Shu himself, he changed a lot of content in "Heavenly Love Letter".

But it had to be changed to adapt to the changing values ​​of the times, not to show that he is better than the original author. After all, "Love Letter" did not exist in this world.

I remember chatting with Sister Tao one night before about her "Dragon and Babu" back then. Both of them agreed that the production of that work may not be much better than other Jin Yong films in mainland China, but it has the highest reputation among the audience. It is a big one. The reason is to be faithful to the original work, and basically follow the original story without changing too much.

In this case, after discussing for half a month, I finally gave up all the eagerness to move, and returned to the original point to start honestly.

"If you don't adjust the plot, the work of screenwriting is relatively easy. The first script should be available within three months."

"Okay, I will immediately organize a team to assist you in your work, and the related art design work will also start. I plan to collect the art design of "Three-Body Problem" nationwide and choose the best plan."

　There seems to be a problem with the message function in the past two days, and all the posts have been automatically deleted. I don’t know if it is the same for other books.

　　
　
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