The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 395 Mount Olympus

Beijing National Film International Cinema.

Wu Heng looked at the hall full of audiences and media reporters, and the most crowded booth built by BYD - there were film creators being interviewed.

Full of deja vu.

More than a year ago, the same theater showed "Gravity", that dazzling night, the space movie that created the history of special effects movies of Huaguo Heavy Industry.

There are movie posters and promotional posters for... byd everywhere.

"Tsk tsk, I think Byd almost brought the car with him."

A mocking voice came from the side.

It was his friend Ding Wei who was also a sci-fi fan who came with him.

Wu Heng, as one of the most popular film and television commentary up hosts at Station C, has many fans, and Ding Wei is his fan, and then he became his netizen and even his friend.

Wu Heng suspected that this guy approached him on purpose just to get tickets to the movie premiere.

But for the sake of this "big fan" charging himself generously, he will not pursue whether he has "ulterior motives".

And the two of them do have a common language, both like science fiction, and similar types of film and television works, but it's a pity that this fan netizen is of the wrong gender.

"What does a car seller sponsor the premiere of The Martian?"

Wu Heng pushed his way from the crowd to the theater where they were, and replied casually: "Didn't it mean that BYD had any cooperation with some launch vehicle researcher before? And he also invested in a private aerospace company? And didn't he sponsor the "Matrix" before?" Ⅱ"? It is said that Chen Jingxing made a movie and built a highway, destroyed hundreds of cars, and has a good relationship with DreamWorks."

Ding Wei sneered at this: "byd is engaged in spaceflight?"

"In the front, the eighth row, this time the seat is good." Wu Heng and Ding Wei took the seat in the middle of the IMAX theater happily: "Who knows? Maybe it's for the brand image?"

Since "Gravity", coupled with the launch of Huaguo's Tiangong-[-] experimental space station, and the bundled promotion of the Mars exploration program in "The Martian", Huaguo has set off a wave of space fever.

Not only has the official aerospace industry gained greater exposure, but some private enterprises under the banner of aerospace are also quite active, and many companies, including Internet companies, have also invested.

Whether it is true or not, in short, it looks like everything is competing.

However, Wu Heng himself is not very optimistic about this. In his opinion, BYD's investment in aerospace is nothing more than to take advantage of the aerospace boom and improve its brand image.

To be honest, although this car company is considered good among domestic car companies, its brand image is indeed weak, and this kind of thing cannot be established overnight.

Doesn't it look taller if it has something to do with aerospace?

And although he felt that BYD's sponsorship of "Matrix II" would lower the style of the movie, but if the cars that appeared in "Matrix II" were all BYD's logo...well, it would really improve the brand image.

With its unique aesthetic style and epoch-making high-concept, "Matrix" has a very high image among audiences and movie fans. Otherwise, there would not be so many companies, especially car companies who heard that Chen Jingxing used cars to film. Run up to sponsor.

It’s not that being well-known doesn’t mean you don’t need to advertise. The invisible image improvement that “Matrix” can bring to the brand is beyond the reach of ordinary advertisements.

This time, the premiere of "The Martian" was divided into three IMAX halls, and entertainers in the entertainment industry, industry insiders, film critics, media, and fans were separated.

That's why Wu Heng and Ding Wei have such a good position this time. You must know that the people who participated in the premiere this time, whether they are celebrities, industry leaders or audience fans, all surpassed "Gravity".

"Mars" is not as good as last year's "Center of the Earth" in terms of publicity and distribution, and it did not engage in trailer marketing that DreamWorks is good at, but its influence and film schedule are higher than "Center of the Earth".

The reason is also very simple. In everyone's eyes, "Mars" is the sequel to "The Center of the Earth".

Just like "Tang Detective II" is to "Tang Detective", the influence and reputation accumulated by the previous work will extend or even amplify the momentum of the sequel.

Although Chen Jingxing and DreamWorks have been saying that "Mars" and "The Center of the Earth" are not the same story, everyone knows that Chen Jingxing will make a space trilogy, and Lei Jiayin and Wu Yue continue to play the leading roles in "Mars". "Mars" naturally catches up with the popularity of "The Center of the Earth".

Undoubtedly, Chen Jingxing's space trilogy will be regarded as a series of movies.

Not long after Wu Heng and Ding Wei were seated, the premiere officially began.

The animation logos of DreamWorks and China Film and Television will soon pass away.

The cold setting sun casts a bluish glow on the distant horizon.

Let the withered yellow ground show a strange color.

A feeling of another world came over me.

Then the camera slowly rotated nearly 180 degrees, and the sound of exclamation spread to Wu Heng's ears from all around.

"Damn it..." Ding Wei, who was sitting next to him, supported the 3D glasses, unconsciously leaned back, and looked up at the big screen in shock.

A wall suddenly appeared in the picture.

Not mountains, but gables!

It rises from the ground, goes up to cover half of the sky, and is infinitely far from left to right.

Under the IMAX+3D technology, it presses the audience with a majestic sense of oppression.

"Mount Olympus!" Ding Wei exclaimed in surprise after being shocked.

Mount Olympus?
Wu Heng and the audience who heard this sentence were a little confused.

Ding Wei is indeed a hard-core sci-fi fan, but he doesn't have the energy to explain to Wu Heng in detail: "The highest mountain on Mars!"

Mount Olympus is not only the highest mountain in the solar system, with an altitude of more than 2 meters, and the highest point is 5000 meters above sea level, which is nearly three times that of Mount Everest.

Mount Olympus is a shield volcano, like a shield. The slope above the mountainside is very gentle, like a gradually rising plateau, while the foot of the mountain is relatively steep.

And the steepness of the foot of the mountain is rarely matched in the solar system, even better than the straight wall of the moon's sea of ​​clouds.

Of course, there must be a certain distance, just like looking at Mount Everest from a long distance, otherwise you will be "only in this mountain".

Whether it's the bluish light of the setting sun under the thin atmosphere of Mars, or the abruptly rising gables, they are all strong and strange visual spectacle, as if the movie is a warning to the audience.

Dust and stones were shaken up by two feet falling from the sky, which appeared in the picture.

"Porous rocks are still easy to drill, and I think we should be able to drill saline aquifers here."

"Easy, if you harm the Martian microorganisms that may exist inside the porous rock, you will bear the sin of alien life..."

"It's the machine that's drilling. If a certain Martian life is killed, it's not my fault, it's the machine's fault..."

"I think we should descend to Olympus Mons. Didn't the satellite observe that there will be liquid water flowing down the crater in summer?"

"You have complained about this sentence many times. It may be the mission of Yinghuo IV. It has nothing to do with us. There are more than 20 days left in the mission. You can admire Mount Olympus to your heart's content. You will never have the opportunity to climb the volcano in your life. Mouth."

"Why do you say such cruel things?"

"Can you stop the music? Lin Zihan, it's hard to imagine that you are a post-[-]s generation. Your music aesthetics are a disgrace to our post-[-]s generation..."

"This is called retro style..."

There was a burst of laughter in the theater, because the vaguely visible music in the astronaut's mask was the very popular divine song when a short video platform was first launched last year.

Coupled with the alien style of Mars, the visual spectacle, and the relaxed dialogue between the astronauts, there is a strange and understandable humor.

Especially the "shame of our post-[-]s" said from Lei Jiayin's mouth.

"The style is very different from "Gravity." Ding Wei chatted softly with Wu Heng.

Wu Heng nodded: "Indeed, the tone seems to be more relaxed."

At the beginning of "Gravity", there are also dialogues between the astronauts and the astronauts and the ground, but it feels more serious, closer to the current style of Huaguo Aerospace, and with the shocking shots of space and the earth, the style is very poetic and quiet , There is a kind of space-like depth.

This is also a manifestation of its acclaimed artistry.

Although "The Martian" still has a shocking visual spectacle, it seems that its style has changed a lot compared with "The Center of the Earth". era.

Wu Heng speculated: "The post-40s...should be at least [-] years later, right?"

"Almost, Yinghuo four...Then their trip should be Yinghuo three, there must be two lying ahead, flying to Mars is much farther and more difficult than the moon, and we have to wait for the right time. Four or five years, at least after 2040." Ding Wei is worthy of being a sci-fi fan, and obviously has a lot of knowledge about space knowledge, which is much more hard-core than Wu Heng, a movie fan who just likes to watch movies and TV works.

The relaxed atmosphere didn't last long. The sudden arrival of a storm not only created a new audio-visual spectacle, but also made the audience in the theater tense.

For Wu Heng and Ding Wei, the development of the plot was not unexpected. "The Martian" is completely different from "The Matrix", and more similar to "The Center of the Earth".

But from the perspective of the plot, there is no fog. It can be seen from the name of the movie, the Martian version of "Gravity", and this stalk was used in the promotion:

"Gravity" is Lei Jiayin saving Wu Yue, and "The Martian" Lei Jiayin is the protagonist, and has become the one who is rescued.

The sudden Martian storm not only interrupted their ongoing mission, but forced them to return to the habitat.

The metallic luster and even sparking storm outside made the audience feel frightened for the astronauts who had taken refuge in the habitat module.

What made the situation even worse was that the huge Mars launch vehicle rocket began to fail to maintain its posture under the storm exceeding 175kph and began to topple over.

Even if the thrusters to adjust the attitude are launched, it cannot last for a long time.

And there are many sophisticated instruments on it. Once the applause occurs, all astronauts will be lost on Mars.

The commander played by Wu Yue decisively issued the order to evacuate Mars.

The mission was supposed to last a month, and they've only been on Mars for six days.

The astronauts left the habitat, braved the storm of sparks and lightning, and walked to the launch vehicle.

Except Lei Jiayin.

In the darkness, the main comm dish was scraped off its base, caught in the storm, and crashed into the receiving antenna array.

Although it is not as shocking as the space station being destroyed by satellite debris in "Gravity", it also makes the audience hold their breath. Destruction and destruction have always been a visual spectacle that can mobilize adrenaline.

Then a long and thin antenna knocked Lei Jiayin into the air.

Among the other astronauts, Lei Jiayin's vital signs changed suddenly, the air pressure dropped to zero, and then the biochemical signal was interrupted.

No matter how Commander Ren shouted inside the mask, there was no response.

In the worst case scenario, Lei Jiayin has no hope of surviving in the eyes of everyone, except of course audiences like Wu Heng.

"It's ready!"

"Commander!...Do you want to lift off!"

"……ignition!"

Amidst the chaos, the stubby Mars launch vehicle rocket burst into flames, then rose from the ground.

(End of this chapter)