The hard-core science fiction work Rong Guang selected was the later famous one - "The Martian". It also had some interesting aliases: "Growing Potatoes on Mars", "I Start a Farm on Mars", "I Really Don't Want to Do This"

Use shit"...

Andy Weir, the original author of "The Martian", is a very standard programmer. He is not sociable. He likes to stay at home and is particularly fond of all kinds of science and technology. He once worked at AOL and Baofeng Entertainment. As for some

Never liked two-dimensional paper figures? Then I really don’t know. (laughing and crying)

In order to write this book "The Martian", Andy Weir once taught himself orbital dynamics, botany, the history of aerospace development, and an overview of Mars...

With so much spare time, the probability of the Paper Man’s wife skyrocketing to over 80%!

In addition, Andy Weir also likes to publish novels on his own website (the website has no ads, all are free), and he published his first novel at the age of 20. It can be seen that the probability of the Paper Man’s wife has risen to 95

%above.

Okay! Let’s not talk about the paper man’s wife for now.

But it’s a pity that Andy Weir must have been reincarnated in the wrong country. If he were placed in mainland China, he would have become a platinum god on the platform, right?

Fortunately, in 2009, Andy Weir's online serialized novel "The Martian" attracted a lot of attention. In response to strong requests from readers, the author converted the Internet to Ebook format for downloading, but some people still sent emails to the author, hoping

A more convenient reading experience.

Finally, in 2012, "The Martian" was released as a kindle electronic version on Amazon Publishing. The pre-sale price of the work was only $0.99. It received a lot of praise and hit the top spot on Amazon. It aroused the interest of the publisher and the book rights were bought out. And soon

It has sold nearly one million physical books in the United States. Overseas, its works have been translated into more than 30 languages.

The story of "The Martian" is quite hardcore: it tells the story of an astronaut who lost contact with the earth during a mission to Mars, and relied on the knowledge he learned to help himself and was rescued. The story is humorous and the language is witty.

This is actually very similar to Mingyue's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" back then. A free serialized essay on the Internet suddenly became a phenomenon-level work that became popular all over the country.

As the original work sold well around the world, Fox Pictures purchased the film rights and then put it on the big screen. It also received excellent reputation and became even more popular.

And this work, which invested 108 million U.S. dollars, ended up with a North American box office of about 300 million U.S. dollars and a global total of 587 million U.S. dollars. It also received a series of nominations including Oscars.

It is particularly worth mentioning that "The Martian" is not only an exciting work. It also rekindled mankind's passion for exploring space and inspired the development of the aerospace industry.

Human beings' strong yearning for the vast universe cannot be overstated!

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However, the filming of "The Martian" was not without its problems:

The first is the return on investment. Let’s talk about investment first. Later, “The Martian” filmed by Hollywood should be considered a “small cost” among hardcore space science fiction films.

Since the starring role is the famous Hollywood superstar Matt Damon, he is definitely a member of the 20 million club. Adding in other salary and shooting costs, the final special effects cost will be around US$50 million at most. Considering the amount of money spent by the Hollywood crew

Sex, in fact, $40 million is enough.

But now, more than ten years in advance, the money is still quite valuable. However, the cost of computer special effects is higher, and the software and hardware technology is not up to par, so a large number of sets have to be used. Just imagine, find a place to build a space station

, but also to build the terrain of Mars, which must be a huge expense.

In addition, Rongguang is also planning to add many space station shots, including some weightless shots and spacewalk shots. The money will be burned at a "whoosh" rate...

It can be seen that the cost of filming this science fiction film will be much higher than that of the original "The Martian".

Let’s go back to the box office returns. Now in the mainland market, the top box office is 300 million, which is a box office share of just over 100 million. If we add the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, the maximum revenue will be 20 million US dollars?

Since the filming cost is 120 million US dollars, if a little more is used for domestic promotion, there will be a big hole of 100 million US dollars, and we can only look forward to the overseas market.

However, the overseas market is not so easy to get. This is not Hollywood. They have very complete global distribution channels. Plus the Chinese aerospace theme? You can imagine the embarrassment of overseas film companies. They release some art films but not action films.

What does it matter, but you Chinese still want to enter the special effects blockbuster market?

Obviously, the overseas box office is not optimistic!

It's no wonder that Koizumi was scared to death. After all, he would lose up to 100 million U.S. dollars! Who can bear it?

The second is the plot aspect.

In the original "The Martian", it was basically Matt Damon's one-man show. Although his acting skills are indeed great, the plot is too monotonous. Maybe in the novel, due to the large amount of popular science knowledge, readers can

It was enjoyable to watch. But in the movie shot, there was only Matt Damon’s face? And the fancy potatoes? It was easy for the audience to get tired of watching it.

This is like "Interstellar" at about the same time. "Interstellar" directed by Nolan is a space adventure full of surrealism and fantasy. In "Interstellar", it is also exploring the relationship between humans.

While being intimate and emotional, it also tells about thoughts about the universe, which is very fascinating.

Overall, the original version of "The Martian" was very pleasing to the audience, and although the jokes were a bit clichéd, they were quite cute. It's just that the subject matter was a little interesting, but when it was filmed, it turned into a running story interspersed with jokes, and no consideration was given to exploring deeper themes.

But no matter what, the film is very relaxing and the audience still likes it.

However, Rong Guang was not satisfied with this monotony. In order to enrich the plot, he recalled a science fiction online novel he had read before being reborn - "Death on Mars". So he thought of combining the two works together

, and also added a heroine trapped on a space station. Through the interaction between the male and female protagonists, there will be more dramatic effects.

Of course, Koizumi is also a very important factor. To be honest, since their debut, the two men and women have not cooperated in a serious way. In "Add a Long Shot", the heroine Yuanquan was replaced midway? And in

In "Juno", the male protagonist Rong Guang is a vase?
Chapter completed!