"I've been watching one recently!" Spielberg said with a smile as he looked at Peng Yichen.

He was full of confidence in this young director, so he wanted him to direct a film project that he was very optimistic about.

Peng Yichen was a little puzzled, many of Spielberg's movies were adapted.

He couldn't guess which one Spielberg wanted to make now.

"This is the hottest one this year, and it swept the United States as soon as it came out. Spielberg said with a smile: "I also watched your "Country Teacher", so I felt that you were very suitable for this movie. And with your holographic projection equipment, shooting this movie should be very easy. ”

When Peng Yichen heard this, he had already guessed that this must be a science fiction.

After all, in the eyes of fans and filmmakers all over the world, Peng Yichen likes science fiction movies and is an out-and-out master of science fiction movies, which is a fact recognized by everyone.

Spielberg thinks that a movie that science fiction has changed should be shot by Peng Yichen, which is very normal.

Of course, if the ministry is not exciting enough, a director of Peng Yichen's level will not accept it.

Spielberg was so confident in his proposal that Peng Yichen would definitely take over.

It was because of this that a young special effects artist in his team recommended it to him.

The young man told Spielberg that as long as he was a young man under the age of 30, he could not resist the temptation of this film.

Because this film contains too many childhood memories and feelings of the 80s and 90s generation of young people.

After watching this film, although Spielberg is very old, he also feels the strong attraction and appeal of this science fiction to young people today with his sensitive touch to pop fashion culture.

"Steven, you know I'm usually busy making films, and I don't really know much about the book publishing market. Which one are you talking about?" asked Peng Yichen with some confusion.

Spielberg listened to Peng Yichen's question, and like an excited child, began to introduce him to the content of this book.

"The story of this book takes place in the year 2045, when the Earth has been made ugly by humans. There's only one place that brings actor Wade Watts to life: Oasis.

Oasis is a virtual universe where you can immerse yourself in it. The vast majority of humanity spends their time here. But suddenly one day, the creator of the oasis died. He left the world with a series of tricky puzzles, and the clues to solving them were hidden in the elements of pop culture decades ago.

The music, movies, and games of that era were the love of his life. The first person to solve these puzzles will become the heir to his vast fortune - the one who runs the oasis. The male protagonist Wade is the one who solves the first puzzle. In the blink of an eye, he became the target of pursuit by various forces.

The competition officially began from this moment. The only way to survive is to be a winner. ”

This old man, who is nearly 70 years old, still treasures when he talks about the pop culture of the 80s and 90s.

Spielberg deserves to be one of the greatest directors in the world.

Keeping a young heart is the key to his success.

"Are you talking about Ernst Klein's Player 1?" Peng Yichen suddenly understood.

"Have you seen this classic work too?" Spielberg looked surprised, after all, this one had just been published in the Star Flag Country not long ago.

Although this film is very popular in the tech industry and otaku circles, few people in the film industry pay attention to it.

In this life, of course Peng Yichen has not seen this one.

After all, he has been busy filming "Front Destination" recently, where does he have time to go.

But in his previous life, Spielberg's "Ready Player One" was famous in the film industry, and even though Peng Yichen was just an N-rate Chinese actor at the time, he also found this one and watched it once.

But in his previous life, Spielberg only began to prepare for the adaptation of this movie of the same name in 2015.

It wasn't until 2018 that the film was finally released.

It's only early 2012, so why did Spielberg start planning to make this movie?

"Yes, I've seen it. The content covers the popular culture of various young people in the world in the 80s, covering movies, games, music, animation, and science fiction. It is a work that fully imagines the future of VR network technology. It also has a very strong cyberpunk and dystopian style. Peng Yichen looked at Spielberg and smiled.

"It's great that you know the story, and I've now bought the rights to the film adaptation. My idea is to ask you to adapt this into a film script, and then be the director and star, and I will be the producer. The investment was handled by Warner Pictures and the newly formed DreamWorks. What do you think?" Spielberg briefly said of his cooperation plan.

He has always liked this kind of adventure treasure hunt movie,

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Jurassic Park" are all manifestations of his hobby.

Ready Player 1 even changed Spiegelberg's view of VR.

Previously, Spielberg was a staunch opponent of VR technology infiltration into the film industry.

But after watching this one, he became a staunch supporter of VR technology.

It can be seen that this one is excellent and wonderful.

So Spielberg couldn't wait to get the project off the ground.

"If this film is made into a movie, it is indeed very suitable for shooting with holographic projection technology!" Peng Yichen nodded back.

He very much agreed with Spielberg's idea of adapting the film into a movie.

I have to say that Spielberg is indeed a very good film director, and he sees the value of this film accurately and clearly.

In 2012, the explosive progress of smartphone technology and VR/AR technology made young people all over the world feel fascinated by these technologies that were once only seen in science fiction movies.

And "Player 1" is precisely built on the background of a future desolate world, with the most popular VR technology, showing the audience an incomparably magnificent, but familiar virtual world.

In this world, you can see shining celestial bodies, speeding warships, giant machine races, and cosmic battlefields......

All these are elements that can make the adrenal hormones of young people born in the 80s and 90s surge.

This story can be said to be a prominent and comprehensive display of the once niche "geek" subculture and otaku culture into mainstream culture.

While satisfying the feelings and fantasies of young people, there is a deep sense of apocalyptic crisis and worries about the uncontrolled development of future technology.

This film, if made, is by no means just a film for technomaniacs and game-freaks.

As long as the special effects technology can keep up, the film is enough to impress any movie fan and audience - and for the young people of the 80s and 90s, gamers and movie lovers, it is a fatal attraction.

"But to really make this movie well, you can't just do it. We also need to collect pop culture elements from all over the world, in the 80s and 90s, so that more audiences can experience the excitement and charm of the future VR virtual world. Peng Yichen suggested.

"That's what you say!" Spielberg and Peng Yichen looked at each other and smiled, and after a short conversation, they finally reached a cooperation intention on the "Ready Player One" film project.

"But there's another problem, and that is that in 2012, I announced that I was completely out of the picture. I won't be back in Hollywood until May 2013. And at that time, I had to make a small-budget feature film. That said, I probably didn't have time to direct the film until after August 2013. I don't know if there is any problem with the time?" Peng Yichen looked at Spielberg and said with some doubts.

"No problem, you just need to adapt the script during this time. Because in this movie, there must be a lot of games, music, anime, and other works from the 80s and 90s that are licensed. I expect that these licensing negotiations will not be completed until the second half of 2013 at the earliest. Then, we have to prepare for the formation of a huge crew. It is estimated that the official start will not be until October and November. Spielberg smiled and dispelled Peng Yichen's doubts.

Originally, the two had a lot of topics about this movie.

But at this time, the Oscars ceremony was about to officially begin, and they had to stop talking, and the four of them walked out of the box and returned to their respective seats under the stage.

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony was broadcast in more than 100 countries and regions.

Chen Guozhong's "Jinling Lost Woman", which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe Awards, stumbled at the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and did not even enter the nomination list.

The Chinese audience had no choice but to pay all their attention to Peng Yichen and "Country Teacher".

On the Huaxia network, all portals will broadcast the Oscar ceremony live in pictures and texts.

In the live chat room of Hailang Weibo, the host Dou Wentao, who is more familiar with Peng Yichen, was also invited to host the broadcast program of the Oscars this time.

The program team also invited Huang Bo and Sun Honglei as live broadcast guests to chat with the audience about Peng Yichen's interesting stories.

Amid thunderous applause, a huge LCD screen of more than 100 inches slowly descended on the stage of the Kodak Theater.

The voice of the live DJ then sounded: "Welcome to the live broadcast of the Kodak Theater and welcome to the 84th Academy Awards!"

Subsequently, the scene sounded the favorite background music of the large-scale awards party, which everyone on the earth knows, "Seven Dragons of Bravery" composed by Bernstein.

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony has officially begun.

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