Shortly after Christmas, the award ceremony of the first "Fantasy" Cup Science Fiction Essay Contest was held in the No. 1 Conference Hall of Wanbao Headquarters.

Gu Miao finally met Da Liu!

As soon as he saw me, he asked Liu resentfully why he didn't reply to his email.

"that……"

Da Liu said with embarrassment: "I thought it was a liar, so I ignored it. How did I know that this email was actually true?"

Gu Miao laughed dumbly.

Think he's a liar? Okay! This is also consistent with Liu's usual style. After all, he doesn't even respond to emails from the White House, let alone emails from Gu Miao?

"Let's chat later?"

Gu Miao asked Da Liu not to leave in a hurry and invited him to have a private chat.

Although Da Liu didn't know what Gu Miao was talking about with him, he thought it would be fine if he waited, so he simply agreed.

This year's Fantasy Science Fiction Essay Contest has produced many high-quality science fiction novels. In addition to Da Liu, the short story gold medal winner, there is also a novella gold medal winner and a novel gold medal winner who are also worthy of Gu Miao's attention.

But take it seriously.

In Gu Miao's opinion, the works of these two people are still a bit lacking in meaning and are not as shocking as Liu's writing.

So in-depth communication is not necessary.

It's not that Gu Miao looks down on others, it's just that he wants to invite people to chat in private, so he has to treat them to a meal, right? With so many authors treating them to meals one by one, even with his worth, he feels distressed.

Just ask Da Liu!

In the evening, Gu Miao took Liu, who was visiting Jiangchuan for the first time, to his favorite private restaurant. After ordering a table of dishes, he subconsciously asked about his intention to adapt the work "Chao Wen Dao".

"I have no opinion."

Liu said that since he participated in the essay competition and won the gold medal, Wanbao Animation has the final say on how to adapt "Chao Wen Dao".

Gu Miao can adapt it however he likes, as long as it doesn't change beyond recognition, he doesn't have any objections.

However, Da Liu seemed a little surprised when Gu Miao proposed to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with him and book the animated adaptation of his future novels in advance.

Book in advance?

Ah, this...isn't necessary? He is just a newcomer who has just started writing science fiction, so he shouldn't deserve such attention, right?

“Worth it, very worth it!”

Gu Miao did not hesitate to praise: "Your talent has been demonstrated through the work "Chao Wen Dao". I think you will become a banner of Chinese science fiction literature sooner or later."

Gu Miao rarely did such things as complimenting others before. After all, others spent most of his time complimenting him. How could he be so free to compliment others?

But he was happy to praise Liu.

What's more, given Da Liu's level of science fiction, this can't be called flattery, it's just an expression of his expectations for Da Liu's future creations.

Liu was not used to this kind of flattery.

In other words, he has just finished writing his first science fiction work in his life, and he does not have particularly strong confidence yet, and he is not even sure whether he will continue on this path in the future.

So when faced with Gu Miao's praise, he seemed a little embarrassed and at a loss.

Am I that powerful?

He thought about it secretly and felt that this was probably a business compliment, just a casual compliment and should not be taken seriously.

"sure!"

Liu said that no writer would refuse the opportunity to be adapted into a film, TV series or animated comic, and he is the same.

It is a great thing to be able to see your work with your own eyes, from the form of words to vivid scenes.

If Wanbao Animation is interested, he doesn't mind selling the so-called animation adaptation rights to them.

Money matters are easy to talk about.

Liu himself doesn't know much about this kind of copyright transaction, and he is the type who is willing to sell as long as someone buys it.

It happened that Gu Miao was interested in this aspect, so it would be okay to leave it to him. Anyway, Wanbao is one of the top animation companies in the country, and I believe they can adapt it with satisfactory results.

"Writing science fiction is actually a very romantic thing. I have imagined many ideas before, but I have never been able to convert them into words."

After receiving Da Liu's personal commitment, Gu Miao happily talked about the future development potential of the science fiction genre.

He said that human beings have never stopped dreaming, and science fiction happens to be the most likely to be realized among many unrealistic fantasies, so this type of works will usher in spring sooner or later.

Da Liu deeply agrees with this.

Hollywood’s experience has proven that science fiction works can transcend cultural, language, and geographical restrictions and become popular all over the world.

There are two main factors why domestic science fiction has a difficult start.

First, there is a lack of good stories and no particularly eye-catching science fiction ideas, so it is difficult to produce great science fiction film and television animation works.

The second is the lack of a certain mass base.

Science fiction is a kind of exploration and imagination based on the frontiers of science. However, for those audiences who do not understand science and cannot keep up with their academic and cultural literacy, most science fiction works are incomprehensible to them.

If the audience can't understand it, it will be difficult for science fiction works to become popular no matter how excellent they are.

"That's right..."

Gu Miao nodded.

In the past, the number of top students in the country was too small. Illiteracy could be seen everywhere, and many people could not even write their own names.

In this environment, they don’t like to watch science fiction because they can’t understand or understand what they are discussing, so naturally they cannot appreciate the unique charm of science fiction works.

But this time and that time.

With the popularization of nine-year business education and the gradual increase in the number of college students, more and more people now like to read science fiction works.

The spring of science fiction has arrived!

Even if there is no Wandering Earth, driven by this general environment, excellent domestic science fiction blockbusters such as Wandering Moon and Wandering Mars will be born.

Ultimately, the market environment has changed.

Most of the young people who now provide the main force at the box office have received a good education, and their ability to accept science fiction works will be stronger than that of the older generation.

That's why Gu Miao cares so much about Da Liu, because if he catches him, he will be able to catch the future of domestic science fiction!

"We will adapt Chao Wen Dao's work into an animated film. The project is expected to start next year. Teacher Liu can look forward to it then."

"I will!"

Liu said with a smile: "At first I thought that my work would be the first to be adapted into a live-action film, but I didn't expect it to be an animated film."

I have to say, this is a wonderful experience.

Da Liu is actually from the older generation in terms of age, but he is an intellectual and has a better ability to accept new things than others.

He told Gu Miao.

He doesn't like to watch cartoons very much, and has even watched a handful of them. But he is very satisfied with the plan to adapt "Chao Wen Dao" into animation, because animation is indeed a more suitable carrier than live-action film and television dramas.

This is not business bragging!

It's not because Gu Miao wants to adapt an animation that he says such nice things. Even if Gu Miao wants to adapt a live-action movie, he will say that animation is better than real-life adaptations.

Because that's the truth.

For the same science fiction work, take Du Hao's "Fall of the Stars" as an example. So much money was spent on the live-action version, but the result was unsatisfactory.

What would happen if the same amount of money was spent to make "Starfall" into an animated movie?

The effect will definitely be better!

…

Gu Miao chatted with Da Liu for a long time.

From astronomy and geography to animation encyclopedia, the two chatted happily and did not want to leave until late at night.

"Wuhu, take off!"

Gu Miao was so excited when she got Liu's first autographed book of Time and Space. When she got home, she hugged the book cover of "Chao Wen Dao" and kissed her wildly, which even made her son look stupid.

"What are you having a seizure with?"

Coco walked in with a cup of sobering tea. When she saw her husband going crazy, she couldn't help but kicked him and said, "Drink this quickly, then go and take a shower. Your whole body smells like alcohol and sweat."

"Don't worry!"

After receiving the sobering tea, Gu Miao took a sip and said with a smile: "I'll wash up later. I'll call Seto first. He has something to do with me."

"Okay, don't talk too late, I'll wait for you in the room..."

Wait for me? Wait for me?

Smash it, slap it, Gu Miao was suddenly a little surprised, why does this hangover tea smell like wolfberry?

Suffer!

Isn't this woman poisoned?
To be continued...