Volume 1, 1st Pot of Gold, Chapter 687 "Iron Curtain of Time and Space"

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I have to sigh at the appeal of Future People Technology, and a total of 17o281 manuscripts were received within a week, which is almost equivalent to the amount of classified libraries of some stations.

Of course, this may not be the appeal of Miraiman's technology, but the credit of the million-dollar prize.

With such a horrible amount of text, it is of course absolutely impossible to complete a manual review in two weeks. At this time, Jiang Chen's "secretary" can only come out.

For Jane, there is no essential difference between 17o281 and 1.7281, and based on the computing power of quantum computers, scanning these tens of billions of words of text is only a moment's work for her.

The only trouble is that she is only a mid-level artificial intelligence, and although she can think, she does not possess human feelings.

Without emotion, she naturally can't read the beauty of words, and she can't get her to give a score to these works anyway. All she could do was to screen these works like a filter according to the settings given by Jiang Chen.

Works with less than 10,000 words are passed, and the short adaptation is too difficult, and the content is insufficient to support a film of nearly three hours.

Works with more than 1oo0,000 words are also passed, and Jiang Chen plans to shoot not a TV series, but a movie.

Then take into account many filtering factors such as grammatical errors 5o times, large contradictions in logic, and bugs that cannot be ignored, and in the end, there are only a few thousand works left. It is inevitable that some gold will be eliminated together in the sand, but among the thousands of works left, the gold content must be much higher.

The first round of selection took only 5 seconds, and the second round of selection took a full two weeks!

Led by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. staff conducted manual jury reviews of entries in English. The works in Chinese language are selected by the Future People Group.

In order to ensure a fair and open selection, Warner Bros. also invited the World Science Fiction Association, the organizer of the Hugo Awards, to participate in the selection process. Of course, the opinions of the Hugo Award judges are only for reference and do not have a direct impact on the results of the selection.

After two weeks of judging.

Finally, under the watchful eye, Futureman Technology and Warner Bros. jointly announced the list of winners on the official website. All winners will be reimbursed by Futureren Technology for air tickets, go to Koro Island to attend the grand award ceremony, and sign a contract with Futureren Technology on the spot.

After the award ceremony, Jiang Chen found Christopher.

A total of 1o works were selected, and they had to exchange views on which one to use.

The whole event cost 150,000 US dollars, just to determine the script of the movie. Such a big move by Future People Technology can't help but make Mr. Nolan feel a lot of pressure. So as soon as they met, he spoke.

"If it's just to build momentum, isn't our investment too big?"

"But in terms of results, our harvest is gratifying, isn't it?" Jiang Chen said with a smile.

Christopher made a helpless expression, "I can't object to this alone." ”

Among all the submissions harvested by Futureman Technology, there are not only the achievements of some emerging writers, but also some that have been popular for a long time and have always had a high demand for adaptation. Obviously, not only fans of science fiction films, but also authors in the science fiction industry are also enthusiastic about this open call for papers.

The discussion started at the top of the list, and Jiang Chen chose to exchange views with Christopher one by one.

"What about Ian M. Banks' Civilization, the most famous space operatic sci-fi of the '80s. ”

"It's too difficult to adapt the series. Christopher unceremoniously shook his head and vetoed.

"And what about The Dust in God's Eyes? The description of the first contact between humans and extraterrestrial intelligent beings is very interesting, and the expedition of the scientific expedition composed of naval officers, businessmen and scientists is also very interesting. 'If you encounter a non-human sapient being, you must assume that the other person is hostile', which is also interesting in the article. ”

"This is on the shortlist. Christopher laughed.

"Haha, can you tell me about the lucky ones on your shortlist?"

"In addition to this one, there is also Fire in the Abyss. My brother Jonathan and I had discussed the possibility of changing this sci-fi masterpiece, but in the end, we couldn't make it. ”

"Can't make it?"

"That's right. Because the scale of the universe in the book is too large. Three worlds, countless races, even if you invite the light and magic industry, it is difficult to restore the essence of this work. As he spoke, Christopher looked at Jiang Chen and asked with some expectation, "Can you do it with the VR image technology of the virtual image company?"

Hearing Christopher's question, the corners of Jiang Chen's mouth twitched.

"Theoretically, it's okay to do it, but three worlds...... I'm afraid this period will be quite long. ”

Christopher also appeared, and his own mention was a little difficult for a strong man, so he couldn't help but sigh and said.

"That's a shame......"

But when his gaze followed the list, an unfamiliar name appeared.

"Iron Curtain, what is this?"

"Oh, well, I'm about to recommend this to you. Jiang Chen said with a smile.

Author...... Li Ming?" Christopher frowned slightly, he had never heard of this name.

Although the selection of works is not limited to the author's pen name, he still instinctively puts on colored glasses for this author who has never even heard of it.

However, Jiang Chen didn't care, and opened his mouth to introduce the plot of the book.

"This book is a little young in terms of my shortlist and characterization, but the depth of thought is surprisingly at the level of a master, and some of the ideas in the text are also very interesting. In terms of plot, the main story is 2o7o years, the world is semi-warm, and the earth's climate is no longer suitable for human survival. The International Astronautical Organization (IAA) launched a colony ship called the Frontier into space, sowing the seeds of civilization to Kepler-22b, 6oo light-years away. ”

"Because of the clock-slow effect of light travel, by the time the Frontier arrived at Kepleur-22b, tens of thousands of years had passed. And just as they set foot on this strange land, aliens and the remains of Earth civilization appeared on this planet. All kinds of evidence suggest that sometime after 2o7o, the International Space Organization launched a second colony ship. It's just that I don't know why, they were ahead of the curve on the scale of time, and now long gone. ”

And it is not known whether the alien civilization on this planet that is still in its embryonic stage is the aboriginal creatures who have been enlightened by the ruins of the earth's civilization, or those compatriots from the earth's civilization themselves. What's more interesting is the story behind, the conflict and suspense are very well designed, I still don't spoil it, it's better for you to see it yourself. ”

"Just listening to your paraphrasing, this book is really interesting. But how did you choose this one from so many works?" said Christopher Khan.

"It wasn't chosen by me, but recommended to me by my secretary. Jiang Chen replied.

This is also where Jiang Chen is most confused.

What kind of logic did Jane, who had no concept of emotion and aesthetics, use to recommend this work to him? Jiang Chen once asked Jane, but Jane herself could not answer this question. She just responded to her master's question in a very vague and humane way, "Because, it's funny?"

Although the subject matter is eye-catching, it is not very outstanding. The idea of time is not a new concept in the science fiction world, and although it has been raised to the level of civilization, it alone does not add much to him.

And after reading this work, Jiang Chen had to admit that Jane didn't lie to him, this work is really interesting.

"It's too early to make a decision, I'll go back and read this book first, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow. With that, Christopher stood up, looked at Jiang Chen and said.

"I look forward to your good news. Jiang Chen smiled.

Christopher raised an eyebrow and teased.

"I've always been picky about scripts. ”

"Trust me, you're going to love it. (To be continued.) )8