Chapter 55: The Gospel for International Students
After chatting with Li Wenyuan, Lin Han returned home, he did not choose to write "The Martian" for the first time, but began to search on the Internet, where there are the most scientific magazines, he felt that he needed to recharge. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Due to the cultural differences between the earth and this world, Lin Han is not sure whether the technologies needed in the novel will appear here, or whether the name has changed.
These details are the key to attracting readers, the more detailed and realistic they are, the more they make people feel incomprehensibly attractive, if a book is full of bugs, then what does it seem to be meaningful?
Although science fiction is not as demanding as real popular science literature, it must not be too outrageously wrong, at least how to establish the connection between Mars and Earth, and how to use fuel to obtain water resources.
After some inquiry, Lin Han was surprised to find that in this world, China, as one of the big countries, has also launched a Mars probe to Mars, which made him very happy.
Because in the novel, the protagonist finds the Explorer launched in 1997 through the Mars rover, and Mark Watney digs up the Explorer, then turns it on and connects with the Earth through a static camera.
Eventually, under the guidance of Earth engineers, the Vault's communication equipment was repaired, and it was finally possible to use a computer and keyboard to communicate with Earth.
Of course, this is only the first time that contact has been lost, and it has been successfully resolved by both parties. However, the movie version does not film the situation of the second loss of contact in the novel, and after the protagonist loses contact with NASA for the second time, he can only use the method of dragging words to unilaterally report his situation to the earth.
In order to ensure that the satellites over Mars can clearly read the information that Mark Watney wants to transmit, he dragged out a trajectory with a width of half a meter to one meter, and the size of each text is more than 5 meters.
Even Lin Han was thinking about whether to let the protagonist drag out the Morse code, which was simpler, only needed dots and lines of different lengths, and it was obviously too difficult to write a super-large version of Chinese on the ground.
With the original novel as a reference, Lin Han will find information much easier, and he will not run around like a headless fly.
"The day after tomorrow, I went to the National Library to take a look, there are more books over there, write this out early, and I don't know if anyone has bought the movie rights."
Lin Han feels that this novel is very graphic just by reading, and it is a matter of course to make a movie, but it depends on whether the domestic investor has the confidence to shoot a hard science fiction movie.
Domestic science fiction movies have always been very declining, and after the original owner messed up "Out of the Solar System", the life of science fiction films was even worse, and they could only endure Hollywood science fiction films to scavenge the box office and word of mouth in the film market.
Now "The Martian", which has been modified by Lin Han, also has excellent quality, and it is better if there is an investor who sees it, but if it is favored by Hollywood, how to shoot it is still a problem.
But now is not the time for people to worry, whether it can be filmed when the time comes, anyway, let's get this so-called big IP out first, "The Martian" being made into a Hollywood blockbuster is just one aspect of the huge influence.
It has gone beyond the realm of a book, or a movie, but is a phenomenon, behind which is a group of loyal fans, in the words of the Internet company, this book is undoubtedly a good IP, from movies, novels, games can be mined in all aspects.
Such a novel needs to be carefully crafted, and it cannot be produced in a hurry in a few days and half a month.
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The next day, the sky was clear in Yanjing City, the long-lost sun sprinkled on both sides of the street, and the cold wind swept the dead leaves down from the treetops, fluttering for a while and then staying on the road.
Lin Han followed the navigation to find the store that Zheng Yuqi said before, when he pushed the door in, he found that there was already a small group of people sitting inside, all of them looked very energetic, most of the people who participated in the reading club were boys, and only a few girls sat in it, like a rare treasure.
Today, in order to disguise himself, Lin Han wore a pair of black-framed glassless eyes, pretended to be a little literary art, and also wore a peaked cap on his head, which disguised himself completely, but he could not be recognized.
If it is recognized, it is a science fiction writer who anonymously participates in a book club held by his fans, and people will laugh to death if he says it.
After seeing Lin Han, Zheng Yutan and Xiao Liu hesitated at first, they almost couldn't remember Lin Han's appearance, and now they are meeting netizens like they are, "Xingcen? β
"It's me, you're the old monster and Xiaoliu, I still remember you."
"Oh oh oh, come and sit here, you've finished reading the novel "I, Robot", we're going to start talking about it soon."
Lin Han walked over with a smile, then sat in his seat, and he whispered: "What's going on with a few foreigners over there, can they understand Chinese science fiction?" β
Zheng Yutan shrugged his shoulders and explained: "They are international students in our school, and they all like science fiction, and they discussed it with us before okay. Chinese chat is okay, but reading is not good, and a person with better English has dictated the plot of the novel to them before. β
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This is what a real liking of science fiction, it doesn't matter if you don't understand the text, find someone to translate the book "I, Robot", what a great spirit.
So Lin Han thought about it, and he said: "It's not practical, the English version of "I, Robot" has been listed on Amazon, and the price is quite cheap, they can try it." β
"Really?" Zheng Yutao had a surprised expression, he knew that the book had only been on sale in Chinese for less than a month, so how could the English version be released.
Lin Han nodded very firmly, "I saw it when I went to Amazon to download the e-book before, isn't there wifi now, let them try it." β
Zheng Yutan nodded, he raised his head, and said to the two handsome white guys over there: "Jesse, my friend said that now Amazon can buy the English version of "I, Robot", do you want to try it?" β
The white man named Jesse's eyes widened suddenly, then he looked at Lin Han and said in fluent English, "Really? I didn't see it the day before yesterday, when was it on the shelves? β
"I had it yesterday, but now there aren't many people buying downloads, so if it's good, you can recommend it to your friends." Lin Han This is simply a benefit for foreign students, saving them from not being able to understand these Chinese square words.
Several foreigners who took out their mobile phones quickly logged on to Amazon, and then cheered happily one by one.
"There really is! "i, robot", by Han-Lin, priced at 4.99 RMB! yes, yes, buy and download! β
"shit, my card can't be used in China, and I need to rebind a bank card in China. wait-for-meοΌ β
"Praise be to God, finally there is an English version. Lucy, you don't have to help me interpret anymore, thanks to the author, I'll go and give a very good review. β
"damn, there are only 3 purchase records, don't these people read the English version? It's a classic, so I'm going to have to recommend it to my friends and tell them I've found a good book! β
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