The preparations for the World Science Fiction Convention went very smoothly, and Lin Han and Yao Lingfeng finally got down to business after a brief conversation for a while. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Mr. Lin, we would like to invite you to record a VCR to invite science fiction writers, science fiction critics and science fiction enthusiasts from all over the world to attend the conference in June this year. At present, we have discussed with several major Hollywood manufacturers, and they will help during the conference. ”

This is not surprising, the name Lin Han is probably the only impression foreigners have of Chinese science fiction, and those Hollywood manufacturers will definitely not miss this opportunity to promote themselves.

China is already the world's second-largest box office, and it is getting smaller and smaller from the North American film market, where most science fiction movies can do well, and the potential has not even been fully developed.

Whether it is Paramount, Warner, Disney, and Universal, they all hope to increase the influence of their films as much as possible, and the series of sci-fi movies is the most profitable, and there is no reason not to show up.

It's just that the distance is long and the ticket is expensive, and there must be a good reason to come.

Now Yao Lingfeng is asking Lin Han to give those science fiction writers a reason, and he is the best reason!

"No problem, what do you want to say?" Lin Han scratched his head, he was a little confused, whether to say it in an official tone or directly, what would be the requirements.

"There's no requirement, whatever you want, as long as you have that meaning, it's enough. ”

Lin Han looked around, and he asked, "Is it recording here?"

Yao Lingfeng shook his head, "Of course not. We plan to go to the observatory to record, it has a more scientific atmosphere, probably the day after tomorrow, and we will let you know in advance. ”

"Okay, that sounds pretty good, it's the observatory over there in the Miyun Reservoir, right?"

"That's it, it's the place in "The Three-Body Problem" where you can see the universe flickering outside of the virtual Red Bank base. ”

"I haven't been there before, so I can open my eyes and see if I can go in and have a look. Lin Han looked at Yao Lingfeng, since they all went to that place to shoot VCR, why don't you go to visit?

Seeing Lin Han's heartbeat, Yao Lingfeng said with a smile: "I said hello to the leader over there, and some unimportant places can be opened to us at that time." You might even meet many of your readers. ”

"Readers don't have extravagant expectations, they just want to see the universe ......"

For a science fiction enthusiast, what a blessing it would be to see for yourself those amazing observation tools!

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After coming out of the preparatory office, Lin Han went home full of anticipation, and the VCR shooting trip, which was originally a little reluctant, suddenly became full of fun.

Recently, he can be said to be extremely chic, new books and old books have been translated into English, and the full text has been delivered, and the serialization of the magazine does not need to be submitted by himself.

I've been busy since the Spring Festival, and I can finally take a good rest.

Lin Han was lying comfortably on the sofa, the home theater effect was very good, the Blu-ray disc was unusually clear, and he was fascinated by watching these strange movies, which strengthened his mind to continue learning.

I don't know what's going on, he suddenly thought of the crew of "The Martian", it is said that the crew that started filming after the Spring Festival has uploaded the makeup photos to the Internet, big IP + big director + actor + technical support from the Space Agency, this sci-fi film is highly expected by the audience, film critics and industry insiders!

"I should also visit the class, I can't always hang the title of screenwriter and not go to the crew to see it. ”

He muttered to himself, then took out his mobile phone and prepared to send a message to the producers of the crew, communicating the time and place before passing, his first novel adapted into a movie had to be checked.

Lin Han is not particularly good at making movies, but with the recent period of learning and understanding, the memory of the original owner of the body is being fully absorbed, and it is necessary to go to the scene to see it.

However, the text message replied by the producer made Lin Han can't help but roll his eyes, in order to shoot the real Martian effect of "The Martian", there is no place in the country where the fiery and red endless desert can be, and the desert in the west and north cannot meet the requirements, so Chang'e Pictures simply moved directly to the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and used real shooting plus post-CG effects to produce the Martian scenery!

If it was in China, Lin Han could take the time to fly over to take a look, but the result was to go abroad to shoot the scene, so he naturally had to hesitate.

It is said that this time's film shooting technology is very advanced, which can be compared with Hollywood, 11 3D real cameras, 15 too GoPro, AR preview, 48 frames shooting, etc.

What is the color of Mars? No one knows this, even the images provided by the China Space Agency and NASA are not particularly clear, basically they all say that they are the same color as the Earth, and there are many photos of Mars, most of which are different.

At Lin Han's suggestion, the crew did a color balance of these real profile pictures, made them agree, and then adjusted all the color tones and white balance to match the actual scenic image of the desert.

Judging from the pictures obtained by the producers, the Wadi Rum desert is indeed a perfect location for "The Martian", which is as calm as the surface of the moon, with a typical pure sand desert as far as the eye can see, and the huge weathered rocks like castles, adding jumping changes to the gentle lines.

This is consistent with the tone and image of the original "Martian" movie in Lin Han's memory, but in terms of appearance, one is Chinese and the other is American.

In the eyes of the Chinese people, this is a pure Chinese sci-fi blockbuster, and having a real director who won the Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival is definitely much more convincing than Lin Han's original newcomer shooting sci-fi films.

Lin Han silently opened Weibo and searched for the official Weibo of the "The Martian" movie, and then clicked on it, it is necessary for him to understand the trends of these movies.

On Paramount's side, Spielberg is still in intense preparations, and the script for "Jurassic Park" written by Lin Han has been officially decided, and now they are making dinosaurs.

Even with high-end CG technology at this time, Paramount's special effects team still did not give up special effects props, they made dinosaur models by hand, and then let the computer control them, and every type of dinosaur will be born!

These simulated machine models were used in different scenes, and after being composited with the computer, the obvious bugs were eliminated, which was probably the product of being used as real effects.

Using a mechanical puppet, build a dinosaur that can interact with the actors, start with styrofoam to make a model, and then the sculptor will concretize the model, such as carving the dinosaur's muscles, skin folds, and structure.

Of course, coloring is also very important, they refer to the rhinoceros, elephants and other animals with a lot of wrinkles in the skin, using airbrushes to paint the skin of the dinosaur model on a large scale, then using a sprayer to do proper repairs, and finally the painter uses a thin watercolor pen to do the linkage.

Inside the dinosaur, it uses a cable system and the principle of mechanical connecting rods to make this dinosaur come alive, with moving muscles, blinking eyes, nostrils exhaling, and throat being able to swallow saliva, which is closer to reality!

It is precisely because there are so many processes that the shooting progress is very slow, but the later effects will be more realistic and credible, once these tasks are completed, the shooting is actually not difficult, and the science fiction film is difficult in the early concept and post-production!

"Jurassic Park", which has not yet started filming, is scheduled to be released worldwide on June 12, while "The Martian" has avoided this summer bomb and set the time on July 1, presumably the impact will not be too big after half a month.

Two movies have been released one after another, and Lin Han is very much looking forward to this day!

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Three days later, Lin Han drove away from Yanjing City under the leadership of Yao Lingfeng and his party, drove all the way along the Jingcheng Expressway to the exit of the main urban area of Miyun, and then followed the navigation to the Black Dragon Pond in the direction of Miyun Reservoir.

After continuing to walk a winding mountain road, Lin Han saw the radio astronomy observation base of the National Astronomical Observation Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with a shocked face.

This is also the place where Luo Ji first came into contact with protons in the novel "The Three-Body Problem", it is real!

Twenty-eight parabolic antennas, nine meters in diameter, are lined up in the sunlight to form a radio array, like a row of spectacular steel plants. This is the earliest radio astronomy observation base in China, which is more than 100 kilometers away from the urban area, and has the largest radio telescope with a spherical diameter of 50 meters in China!

It is a pity that these 28 antennas have been abandoned because of better observation technology, but they are like a monument to history, witnessing the progress of science under the wind and rain.

Far away, Lin Han has been impressed by this magnificent, like a giant-like 50-meter antenna, and this high-power radio telescope is currently serving the lunar exploration project, and is responsible for the ground receiving system of the lunar exploration project.

The weather in March was still a little chilly, and as the car got closer and closer, it came to the gate of the base. Because they were going to stay for one night, the group took the lead to the hotel inside the observatory to put their luggage.

There are many trees in the observatory, most of which have withered and have not yet reached the time of germination, but the vegetable garden on the right has a very farmhouse charm and seems to be self-sufficient.

"This 50-meter aperture antenna is an important equipment for deep space exploration of radio astronomy. There is a larger observatory in Shanghai and Jiamusi, Jiamu Si has a diameter of 66 meters, and Shanghai has a diameter of 65 meters, and our aerospace industry is developing rapidly. ”

Lin Han sat on the orbital pedestal of this behemoth, looking up at the rare giant, but unfortunately the radio antenna did not work during the day, and the kettle was tilted upward, once the moon rose, the radio antenna followed the moon and rotated, and the kettle was tilted sideways.

"We'll come back in the evening to get information and come and see when the time comes. "The docent knows that the purpose of coming to the observatory is not to see the wilderness.

Later, the narrator introduced and answered questions all the way, led Lin Han and Yao Lingfeng to visit the rest of the places, and then let them rest for a while.

A few hours later, night finally fell, a full moon rose, and the radio astronomy telescope suddenly flashed dazzling lights, and the behemoth began to orbit along its track!

After a spiral movement, the antenna is facing the eastern sky, and after the official activation, the radio signal from the Chang'e lunar probe is received.

The place chosen as an observatory must have avoided light pollution, and the night sky was very bright.

Lin Han stood in the night breeze and looked up at the starry sky wrapped in a down jacket, those twinkling stars looked familiar, but I didn't know if there was another earth over there!

"Mr. Lin, the staff on our side like your novels very much, especially "The Martian", I heard that they all dragged you to the Mars exploration project team?"

An astronomical staff member said a little nervously, as if he had seen his idol, and the observation base, which usually did not have many people coming, suddenly became Lin Han's book friend meeting.

Lin Han shook his hand and said with a smile: "I'm a non-responsible supernumerary, and I haven't cared about the progress over there for months. ”

Not far away, the telescope that looked like a horn and a cauldron rotated every 5-10 minutes, frequently attracting Lin Han's attention.

In order to find a topic, the staff member pointed to the telescope next to the terrace and said with a smile: "The moonlight is good tonight, Mr. Lin can use this to enjoy the moon, it is quite clear." ”

Lin Han had fiddled with several astronomical telescopes by himself, but they were far from being comparable to the reenting astronomical telescope in front of him, and he put his eyes close to the eyepieces, and the real moon came into view.

The real bright gray case is covered with traces of meteorite impacts, forming landscapes such as Tycho, Crater, and Hongwan, and there is no Chang'e and no laurel tree!

"If Mr. Lin doesn't dislike it, I can use my mobile phone to take a clear picture of the moon through this telescope for you to keep as a souvenir. ”

The staff's attitude towards Lin Han was very good, which just said what Lin Han was thinking, and he replied: "It looks very good, but can this be filmed well?"

"If someone you don't know about it, you're going to bump into the eyepiece and get blurred, which we do a lot. ”

Lin Han took out his mobile phone, turned on the camera function, and then stood aside, waiting for the staff to deal with it.

took several photos in a row, and the moon was stored in Lin Han's mobile phone.

"Thank you, it's a good shot, I'll share it with you on Weibo. ”

After that, he used the 4G signal to board Weibo, put the photos taken during the day and the photos taken at night at the same time, and said: "How do you look at the Tianxian of this radio telescope is like a giant broadcast horn, it points to the vast universe in the sky, I really want to press a button to transmit to the universe through the sun, I hope that the three-body people can hear the ......" (to be continued.) )