Chapter 286: The Three-Body Problem Becomes Popular Around the World

The movie "The King's Avatar" is known as "science fiction military" and naturally there are many scenes related to military equipment in the film.

Such as flying helicopters, armored vehicles traveling on the road, well-set up field military camps, and individual firearms that look very advanced.

The helicopter cannot be filmed in real time and needs to be simulated completely with special effects.

Firstly, it is impossible for the most advanced helicopters in the country to be used by the crew for filming. Secondly, the timeline of the film is in the distant future, and current helicopters cannot meet the filming requirements.

Armored vehicles are relatively easier to make. The crew can just follow the blueprints drawn by Jiang Heng and modify some prototypes. It is not like they will actually use these equipment in actual combat.

The advanced-looking individual firearms and the black armor worn by the soldiers were all made by the props team, and they look quite realistic.

As for the aircraft carrier that appears in the film, it is a combination of special effects and props.

Add to that the various special effects action fights, which involve many scene changes, and it can be quite troublesome to shoot.

Fortunately, a lot of staff from the Naval Political Department Television Art Center came to help, relieving Jiang Heng of a lot of pressure.

Time flies and it is November now. The first part of "The Three-Body Problem" is about to be released.

In China, the film’s promotion mainly relies on its reputation as a special effects blockbuster directed by Jiang Heng, and it has considerable appeal.

After all, the series of films directed by Jiang Heng since he started his career are all high-quality works.

Even the film with the lowest reputation, "100 Million BC", shocked the audience when it was released.

Overseas, Jiang Heng's works are still well known.

But the influence of the original novel is growing day by day.

To put it simply, "The Three-Body Problem" has become popular in the Western world!
The fire was rave reviews!

The work initially became widely known thanks to gimmicks such as "strongly recommended by director Jiang Heng" and "the original novel of the movie "The Three-Body Problem". However, as the first batch of readers shared their thoughts on social media sites after reading the work, it attracted more readers and the novel "The Three-Body Problem" became more and more popular.

In the first month of its publication, the novel was listed among the "Top 2007 Books in the United States in ". To date, the sales of the English version of "The Three-Body Problem" have exceeded copies, while the sales of other Chinese novels in the United States rarely exceed copies.

When the news spread back to China, Liu Cixin and many of his domestic colleagues were shocked. This achievement was truly too dazzling.

What is even more surprising is that many famous European and American business tycoons recommended the English version of "The Three-Body Problem" on their personal social media accounts, which shows that its influence is quite great.

It is rare for many European and American media to give positive reviews to this novel.

As Trajectory magazine believes, The Three-Body Problem is the first (Chinese) hard science fiction novel in the modern sense.

Publishers Weekly believes that fans of hard science fiction will revel in the imaginative technological utopia of The Three-Body Problem.

An article published in The New Yorker titled "China's Arthur C. Clarke" compared Liu Cixin to China's Clarke, and believed that his works were "an allegory of human progress - full of concrete details yet transcending abstraction."

On websites that reflect the reviews of ordinary American readers, the overall score of "The Three-Body Problem" is higher than 4 points (out of 5).

Many readers said that they were initially attracted to the work because of that special period of history, but after reading it in depth, they were more attracted by the technical propositions such as mathematics and physics involved.

Some Western readers also gave Liu Cixin a high evaluation, believing that he was a pioneer in cosmic sociology and thought about the dialectical proposition of human nature and survival. Thanks to the popularity of the original novel, the "Three-Body" movie is highly anticipated in the North American market, and some media even believe that this film is expected to compete for the annual box office champion in the North American market this year.

On the one hand, I believe that the consistent standard of Jiang Heng's works is the reason, but also because the box office performance of the Hollywood blockbusters that have been released this year has been mediocre.

Currently ranked first in the annual box office is "Spider-Man 3" released in May, with a total box office of only 3.3 million US dollars in North America, not even over million.

It should be noted that the box office champions in 06 and 04 both grossed over million US dollars.

The top of the list in 05, "Star Wars Episode 3", also had a box office revenue of 3.8 million US dollars.

In comparison, the box office performance of 3.3 million is a bit poor.

Of course, the media believes that Spider-Man 3 is not qualified to win the championship, also because there are too many blockbuster movies scheduled to be released in November and February.

For example, "Shrek the Third" is scheduled for November 3, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is scheduled for December , and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is scheduled for December . The competition is quite fierce.

The science fiction blockbuster "The Three-Body Problem" directed by Jiang Heng was also identified as a strong contender for the annual box office champion.

Columbia Company has developed a series of publicity and promotion activities for this purpose. There are two special requirements. One is that Jiang Hengde must come to North America to participate in the publicity and promotion activities, and the other is that Liu Cixin must come to North America for a signing session and then attend the film promotion.

Fortunately, Jiang Heng was well prepared and asked Liu Cixin to apply for a passport and visa early on, otherwise it would have been troublesome.

China Film Digital Base, the set of "The King's Avatar", the director's rest area.

Jiang Heng and Liu Cixin sat opposite each other. The latter was still a little reserved. He took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "I never thought that I would be able to hold a book signing in the United States!"

In China, writing science fiction novels has little presence. If Jiang Heng hadn't bought the film and television adaptation rights for his novels, it's unclear when he would have become famous.

As Jiang Heng started filming "The Three-Body Problem", after the original novel was published in China, he also enjoyed the feeling of "signing books".

But he never expected that he would be able to go to the United States for a signing. He is still a little confused.

Jiang Heng said with a smile: "What's the big deal? You write so well, maybe one day the American president will become a fan of your books!"

Liu Ci Xin was stunned and said with a wry smile, "How is that possible?" as if he didn't even dare to think about it.

"Why is this impossible? The Dark Forest Law you proposed is very consistent with the Western mass civilization concept. If you look at Western history, the spread of the Black Death and the extreme risks of colonization and development during the Age of Exploration all reflect the strong competitive mentality of Western civilization.

They sincerely agree with the value of the survival of the strong and the elimination of the weak, not to mention the colonization of America, which is a perfect match! "

Liu Cixin smiled when he heard this. He was able to write the "Dark Forest" law, so naturally he had considered these contents. He felt a little proud when Jiang Heng said this.

He was still modest, "Yeah, that's true. I just hope this book can sell more over there, and Director Jiang's movie can do better at the box office over there!"

Then he added, "I'm sorry to bother Director Jiang by coming here so early this time and staying in Beijing for a while!"

Jiang Heng smiled: "Hey, we are friends, so it's just polite to say this!"

Liu Cixin felt warm at heart when he heard this. He had never dared to think of him as a friend before because their wealth difference was so huge!

(End of this chapter)