Reborn Bao Guowei, I really didn’t want to be a great writer!

Chapter 392: The Great "Rural Teacher"! Quantum Mechanics Entanglement?

"So touching!"

Inside the cabin, Zhang Nianyue watched "Rural Teacher" over and over again several times.

But even though she had memorized all the contents of the story in her head, every time she read it, she was still amazed by the greatness of the "teacher" and the chemical reactions produced by the largest and smallest elements.

Bao Guowei looked at his fiancée who was somewhat overreacting, thinking that it was just an article "Rural Teacher" that made her react like that.

If I were to write "Titanic", I wonder what the reaction would be?
The love story between Jack Bao and Rousi Zhang?

Just as he was thinking about all sorts of things, a wailing sound suddenly came from the room.

"Ah~ The teacher is so great, he is a candle that can illuminate every corner of darkness~ Master~"

The one who expressed such a rough yet deliberately literary sentiment must be Cao Yanhai.

At this moment, he was also holding a manuscript of "Rural Teachers" in his hand. After hearing Zhang Nianyue's sigh, the expression on his face was extremely exaggerated.

Hearing the other party's wailing, Bao Guowei almost laughed out of anger. He picked up the slippers in the corner and threw them over immediately.

With a "pop", the slipper hit Cao Yanhai in the face. He didn't dodge, but took the slipper off his face, leaving a red mark.

Cao Yanhai felt a little aggrieved and said sullenly, "Master, I am not crying for your death. I am just remembering the time when I was a child learning martial arts in Kunlun Mountain. My master was also very strict when teaching me. I didn't understand it at that time, but now I know that the martial arts that my master forced me to learn will be of great benefit to me in the future and may even save my life!"

After hearing the other party's description, Bao Guowei's expression eased a little. This did make some sense.

But can the "Rural Teacher" I wrote really be so charming?

To be honest, when Bao Guowei himself first saw this work, he was also amazed by this wonderful dual-line conception.

The dual narrative finally achieves a chemical reaction by combining two completely unrelated story lines in an ingenious way.

In fact, this idea is not new. Not only some science fiction writers, but even some literature lovers often have this idea.

But it is too difficult to write it down and eliminate the abruptness between the words.

Everyone knows that dual-line narratives can produce a strong sense of contrast, and if handled well, the chemical reaction formed can be extremely impressive.

But when the details are perfectly combined, it doesn't feel abrupt to people, as if two stories were simply forced together.

It is really difficult to achieve such an effect.

But in later generations, Liu Cixin achieved it in a solid way.

Such a story is presented in a natural way.

Perhaps it is because of the later film and television works, there are so many related stories. When Bao Guowei first watched it, he thought it was very clever, but it is hard to say that he was moved.

After Bao Guowei's own adaptation of "Rural Teachers", the core of the work may still follow the original work, but the writing style has taken on his own characteristics.

Is there an even stronger effect?

At this time, a foreigner in the room also couldn't sit still anymore.

Arnold was very excited. He picked up the manuscript, looked at Bao Guowei and said, "Bao, I didn't expect that you actually did research on science fiction. It's no exaggeration to say that this is one of the best science fiction novels I've ever read!"

In order to better appreciate the feelings in the novel, Arnold, an expert on China, simply chose to read the Chinese version.

For him, reading Chinese is still a little difficult, but it is all worth it.

For stories originating from China, using local language obviously helps to better appreciate the charm of the original works.

This can be seen in any work in the world.

Bao Guowei was still very interested in Mr. Arnold's evaluation. He was a historian and he must have read a lot of related books.

In this era, the West is still the largest audience group for science fiction works. In a sense, Bao Guowei wrote this novel in order to seize this market.

However, the evaluation of Williamson, an American science fiction writer, may be biased.

Then Arnold's evaluation is very important.

"Mr. Arnold, you may raise any opinions you have."

Bao Guowei said very sincerely.

In fact, Arnold is also his guide for this trip to Europe, and his help will most likely be needed for subsequent submissions.

This gentleman seems to be his own "suck-up", but in fact he is just admiring the work.

After spending these days together, Bao Guowei could feel that this gentleman, who studied classical literature in college, still had a very upright attitude in his professional judgment.

Therefore, Bao Guowei hopes to get a more objective evaluation from the other party.

Arnold nodded, looked at the manuscript in his hand again, pondered for a while, as if thinking, and finally spoke slowly.

“Honestly speaking, from a logical point of view, this work has many loopholes in its settings. If you look closely, you will find that there are many unreasonable places.

Also, this work has a strong local flavor, but this is also a disadvantage. If you want to submit it in Europe, I am worried that many readers will not understand the meaning of it. "

First criticizing and then praising, Arnold carefully raised several issues that he had identified.

"Hey~ you big nose!"

When Cao Yanhai heard someone criticizing his favorite work, he immediately became restless.

Apart from martial arts novels, this work is Cao Yanhai's favorite. He may seldom read science fiction, but he can understand salvation and the traditional Chinese concept of teachers and students expressed in the work. This is what resonates with him.

"Lao Cao, calm down."

Bao Guowei restrained himself and prevented the impatient Cao Yanhai from causing trouble.

"Mr. Arnold, please continue."

For him, blind praise is meaningless, even the best works have problems.

No matter in which era, as a writer, a very important rule is.

See your own abilities clearly and put yourself in the right position.

Otherwise, it would be easy to become a "folk scientist" or "public intellectual".

"Another point is that there may be too much build-up at the beginning, which can create a sense of contrast, but it will also put off many Western readers."

Arnold had a sarcastic smile on his face.

"After all, for those gentlemen who are not working, a story about a rural oriental village really can't arouse much interest."

"These points do make sense." Bao Guowei nodded slightly. These are unavoidable shortcomings. If you want to avoid them, you will inevitably lose some of the flavor of the work.

If you want to achieve the desired effect, you have to do this.

To be honest, the original work is already perfect. If we really want to find out the problem, we can only start from here.

After saying this, Arnold smiled and said, "However, apart from these shortcomings, I think even the most demanding Western readers will be impressed by the story after reading the content of the work."

He nodded and narrowed his deep eyes.

“Honestly speaking, this is a clichéd story, but you used completely unconventional processing techniques to praise the greatness of human teachers and civilization inheritance from an interstellar perspective. Whether it is a long-evolving civilization or a fleeting individual, they all appeared in my eyes one by one.

I am like a devout believer in heaven, who can glimpse the dust of reality falling from heaven. All I can do is worship! "

You know, Mr. Arnold was later called "the greatest historian in modern times."

In the blink of an eye, most of the journey had already passed.

The cruise ship followed the route and arrived in Djibouti, which is now called "French Somaliland".

Djibouti is located on the west coast of the Gulf of Aden in Africa. It is the throat where the Red Sea enters the Indian Ocean. From here, heading north through the Suez Canal, at the speed of this cruise ship, it will reach London in less than a week.

At the beginning, the fatigue of sea voyage had disappeared, and Bao Guowei's days on the cruise ship became fulfilling.

During the day, he, Arnold and Wu Mi discussed major historical and literary studies on the deck.

It's not that in-depth, just communication and passing time.

During the discussion, the topic of the demise of the Ming Dynasty came up. Bao Guowei took some content from the later book "The 15th Year of Wanli" and shared it with the two historians.

When Arnold heard this, he immediately expressed his interest.

"Mr. Bao, you are a person who can bring miracles. I really hope to see this book as soon as possible."

In response to Arnold's expectations, Bao Guowei laughed it off and did not give a clear answer.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to write, but after these few creations, Bao Guowei is really tired.

Indeed, his writing speed exceeds that of ordinary writers.

But after his level further improved, Bao Guowei also had higher requirements for his own work.

This is a natural thing when the outside world gradually deifies you.

Even Bao Guowei cannot create works as he pleases.

The quality of the produced work must be guaranteed.

Precisely because of this, every creation of Bao Guowei requires tremendous energy, which cannot be compensated by typing speed.

Besides, he has a devilish urger like Zhang Nianyue to update the novels, so it is necessary for him to write some "The Return of the Condor Heroes" from time to time to satisfy his fiancée's desire for more updates.

However, compared to all these, what Bao Guowei is most looking forward to is the discussion with Williamson on current science fiction literature.

As time went by, their discussions were no longer limited to science fiction, but extended to current cutting-edge technologies.

"Bao, you know, for us science fiction writers, if we want to create better works, it is very necessary to get inspiration from cutting-edge technology. However, those complicated mathematical formulas and abstract theories are still very difficult to read."

This is Williamson's trouble. As a high school graduate, he finds it difficult to understand concepts such as "quantum mechanics", "microscopic particles" and "matrix mechanics".

Being able to understand some of the concepts in "The Rural Teacher" is the result of Williamson's hard work.

Bao Guowei was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said.

"Mr. Williamson is taking this issue a little too seriously."

"Real?"

"Yes." Bao Guowei nodded and said, "We are creating science fiction, not really studying science. A certain degree of rigor can improve the quality of the work, but you have to understand that as a creator, everything we do is for the sake of the story.

Only a complete story with rigor makes sense, otherwise what is the difference between it and a research paper?
Why don’t readers read the paper?”

"This..." Williamson was stunned for a moment, looking as if he understood but didn't. "Wait a minute, I'll write it down!"

He immediately opened his notebook to a new page and wrote down everything Bao Guowei had written in a flamboyant manner.

Bao Guowei cleared his throat unnaturally. No one expected that he would unknowingly begin to teach the future science fiction master.

Before long, the two people's topic came to the hottest issues in the scientific community today.

"Twenty-five years ago, Mr. Einstein proposed the light quantum hypothesis and successfully explained the photoelectric effect. Later, Mr. Bohr proposed the quantized model of atomic structure, and then Heisenberg's matrix mechanics and Schrödinger's wave mechanics.
There are exciting developments in quantum mechanics.”

Williamson spoke of the development of quantum mechanics in great detail, and he must have done a lot of research.

But he still frowned and said.

“But as a literary creator, I still don’t understand what the fierce debate between Einstein and Bohr and other scientists about the nature of quantum mechanics started ten years ago.
Bao, you know, the relevant issues are extremely abstract, I think you might have different ideas. "

Quantum mechanics?

This reminded Bao Guowei of a very famous book in later generations: "Does God Play Dice?"

This book presents to readers the stories of academic research among scientists during the golden age of quantum mechanics in a very popular way.

It can be said that this is an excellent popular science book on quantum physics.

But after a quick thought, Bao Guowei gave up the idea of ​​moving it to this era.

Many of the scientists presented in the book are still alive today, and if you are not careful, you will inevitably offend these great scientists.

However, Bao Guowei can quote some of the explanations in it to answer Williamson's questions.

After thinking about it, Bao Guowei explained.

“I briefly researched the entanglements between these great scientists and found it to be a very suitable subject for science fiction.

Especially the fantasies about the future derived from quantum mechanics, I think they are worth writing about!"

He first affirmed the practicality of "quantum mechanics" in the field of science fiction.

Bao Guowei continued.

"As for the real reason for this dispute, I think I can explain it to Mr. Williamson in a popular form!"

This is the benefit of having a century of experience!

(End of this chapter)