As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 191 Virtual Image (4000)

As the successor to the Harry Potter worldview, Warner Bros. undoubtedly has high expectations for the Fantastic Beasts series.

You have to know that as long as you use the world view of "Harry Potter", you have to pay Rowling a considerable fee.

Although the name contains the word "Fantastic Beasts", except for the first part, the second part onwards mainly tells the story of the wizarding world during the Grindelwald period.

Among them, the emotional drama between Grindelwald and Dumbledore has become a magic weapon to attract female audiences.

This is also England's forte, and the British are not just talking.

In the third part, Grindelwald even told Dumbledore: Who else would love you except me?

This became a rare highlight of the film.

But for those who are disgusted by such incidents, it is obviously unacceptable.

Not to mention the "Fantastic Beasts" series, Zheng Li has not even seen the "Harry Potter" series of movies.

When the love scene between Grindelwald and Dumbledore appeared in Universal Studios, there were screams and exclamations all around.

Zheng Li didn't find this strange, as there was no shortage of such people in the Mage Alliance.

But Zheng Li couldn’t understand why everyone was so excited to see such a scene.

He turned and looked at Li Miaomiao. Li Miaomiao didn't laugh out loud, but just smiled.

Li Miaomiao saw Zheng Li looking at her, so she turned her head and asked in a low voice: "What?"

“Do you feel it’s exciting?”

Zheng Li also replied in a low voice: "No."

“I just think everyone’s reaction is a bit over the top.”

Li Miaomiao: "It's normal. This is official sweet talk. I'll tell you later."

After the movie ended, Zheng Li and Li Miaomiao waited until the staff announced the end of the show before walking out of the cinema.

It was too crowded when it just ended.

"How is it?" Li Miaomiao asked.

This was a completely new experience for Zheng Li. It was also his first time to experience this kind of entertainment method used by the Blue Star people.

The League of Mages has achieved virtual reality, and the realism and immersion of virtual reality far exceed those of movies.

Therefore, movies are a form of entertainment that has never existed in the League of Mages.

But Zheng Li didn't feel surprised because it was just a long video moved to a bigger screen.

"It's a bit strange, but the magical animals inside are quite interesting."

"But the magic inside always feels like it's just light shooting back and forth."

“Except for the final Phoenix battle, the lighting effects are nice.”

"And one more thing, shouldn't mastering magic give you an advantage over ordinary people, that is, Muggles?"

"Why is it that in movies, wizards' technology is more backward than that of ordinary people?"

Li Miaomiao smiled and said, "After all, this is a film and television work aimed at teenagers, so the setting won't and doesn't need to be too perfect."

"How can a wizarding society with only 30 to 50,000 wizards develop faster in technology than England, which has a population of over 50 million?"

"Fantastic Beasts is a sham by Warner Bros."

"It's called Fantastic Beasts, but it might as well be called The Feud between Dumbledore and Grindelwald."

As a senior Harry Potter fan, Li Miaomiao can easily talk about the contents of the book:

“And the Fantastic Beasts series has already taken into account a certain rationality.”

"The author felt that he couldn't make up more magic, so he simply didn't write any more. Mana determines everything, and at most he added Apparition."

"You think magic is transformed into different forms by wizards over time."

Zheng Li agreed with this, saying that magic, like technology, will change over time.

It is not necessarily evolution, it could also be degeneration, but it will obviously not remain unchanged.

Li Miaomiao continued: "There is a 50-year gap between the Harry Potter series and the Fantastic Beasts series."

"So obviously there will be a lot of changes in magic. The screenwriter felt that he couldn't apply the magic in Harry Potter to the wizarding world 50 years ago, and he couldn't make up a more reasonable magic."

"So let's just have the most basic magic competition."

"The final battle scene between the Expecto Wardens is an obvious tribute to Merlin."

At the end of Fantastic Beasts 4, when Grindelwald and Dumbledore were fighting, both of them used a move similar to Expecto Patronus to summon a group of phoenixes to fight.

The silver group of phoenixes and the green group of phoenixes collided wildly between the two, scattering into countless silver spots in the air.

The movie contains Grindelwald's memories, in which he obtained Merlin's heritage and then shared the heritage with Dumbledore.

Merlin felt that this magic was too powerful, so he simplified it into the Patronus Charm of later generations.

The original Patronus Charm created by Merlin is both offensive and defensive.

Merlin also makes a brief appearance in the movie.

Since Warner Brothers knew that Merlin was only using William's body at the time, William was just a puppet on the stage.

Therefore, when casting, Warner Bros. specifically instructed not to choose an actor who looked like William, and instead chose an actor who looked like a traditional DND wizard to play Merlin.

The main thing is that we don’t even know Merlin’s gender, race, or age.

Warner was also very distressed and could only follow the principle of not making mistakes in this regard.

In addition, Merlin mainly exists in the oral narration of Grindelwald and Dumbledore in Mysterious Beasts 4.

Zheng Li: "It's normal actually. I watched the video of Merlin's performance and he just waved his hand and the enemies fell to the ground."

Looking at the crowd around her and the brightly lit environment, and then looking at Zheng Li beside her, Li Miaomiao felt sincerely happy.

"Warner Bros. is clearly trying to please Merlin, praising him in every way."

"I'm afraid that the real Merlin will see the movie and be dissatisfied, so I'll give each of them a beating."

After listening to this, Zheng Li realized how much of a deterrent his previous actions had caused to Blue Star.

Moreover, the feeling of personally participating in the game is like playing a virtual reality game in the League of Mages, and the sense of immersion is almost the same.

But the advantage of acting in reality is that the subsequent reaction of the world cannot be simulated by virtual reality games.

Zheng Li felt that when he was bored, it was a good pastime to play role-playing games with a few more aliases.

If Zheng Li was an imperial wizard, he would even create a black magician's guise to stir up trouble on Blue Star.

It would be best if there were a good guy and a bad guy, actually both of them are Zheng Li, who started a magical battle on the Big Ben in London and sank the bridge under Big Ben.

As a lawful mage, Zheng Li's style of doing things is much gentler.

"Before Merlin came along, people thought magic was a power found in fantasy works."

"Now everyone knows that magic is real. The magic Merlin performed is pretty close to what I imagined."

"When I was in high school, I liked to imagine myself as a wizard, and I could make the teacher forget everything after assigning homework."

"This way I don't have to do homework. Then I'll go home and cast a forgetfulness spell on my dad, so that he'll forget that he's already given me pocket money for this month and he'll have to give me another one."

“The carefree years are over.”

"If I knew magic now, I would probably just store it in my memory, and occasionally when I'm alone, I would take it out and perform it for myself to make myself happy." After Li Miaomiao finished speaking, her eyes sparkled in the night when the lights were just coming on. She turned around and asked:

"What about you?"

Zheng Li pretended to think, "Probably studying how to make the magic brain."

"Then we can mass-produce magic brains so that more people can possess magic."

Li Miaomiao said helplessly: "Your mentality seems to be older than mine."

"Or maybe your interests are different from those of ordinary people."

Zheng Li explained: "Everyone has different interests."

"To be honest, after watching it, I felt that it was a bit of a waste of time to come to the cinema and not be able to watch it at double speed."

Li Miaomiao felt a little angry after hearing this, but then she thought about Zheng Li's usual style and found it understandable.

This is in line with Zheng Li's personality:
"The enjoyment of watching a movie is to spend two hours with a group of strangers and enter the same adventure together."

“This is a feeling that I can’t experience at home.”

"And the meaning of life is not to make use of every minute and every second, but to give you more life experiences."

"Your idea is a bit extreme. This is a bit like Tencent's style of charging for everything."

Zheng Li changed the subject and asked, "What happened to Tencent?"

"Geely has updated the brain-computer VR QQ, and they have created a living room function."

"Users can meet in the living room, but everyone only has a basic image, and the basic image only differs by gender and race."

"If you want to create a different personal image, you have to pay extra."

"To put it bluntly, it's a 3D version of QQ Show."

"But thanks to advances in algorithms, their paid avatars are extremely sophisticated."

“So much so that almost everyone will buy at least one avatar. Tencent even combines the avatar in VR with the blockchain.”

"The avatar you set up can only be used by you. If someone else wants to buy it, the payment will be shared between you and Tencent."

"Geely will also release its own virtual images, and even limited edition virtual images."

"The first virtual personal image jointly developed by Tencent and Hermes is limited to 9999 pieces and priced at yuan."

"Everyone originally thought that no one would buy it because it was so expensive, but it was sold out in less than half an hour after it was launched."

The cross-border cooperation between Tencent and Hermès shocked the fashion circle.

Just by producing a design blueprint, he raised 50 million yuan.

This money came too easily.

Brands such as LV, Burberry, and Balenciaga have come to us seeking cooperation.

In fact, this kind of operation has been played out in the currency circle, and the concept of NFT became popular as early as 2021.

But no one is as wealthy as Tencent, and the starting price is 10,000 yuan.

After listening to this, Zheng Li couldn't help but be impressed by Tencent's business thinking:

“It sounds good. Virtual image makers can also benefit, and there will be more cross-border cooperation, and the VR ecosystem will flourish more vigorously.”

Li Miaomiao pulled his head and said: "Yes, I know it's very good, and Tencent will develop QQ Farm in brain-computer connection VR in the future."

“The VR version has a more realistic farm. They said that players will need to interact in a certain way to steal vegetables.”

"Geely does make money, and the executives of Sinovation Biotech all highly praised it."

"Because Tencent's production needs to go through the brain-computer interface VR system, Kechuang Future gets a 30% commission."

"For example, in the cross-border cooperation between Tencent and Hermes, Kechuang Future took 30 million yuan in commission, and Kechuang Biotechnology also received 12 million yuan."

"Products like VR personal images and the upcoming QQ Farm will bring us huge profits."

"But now the target audience of brain-computer connection VR is the middle and high-income groups, who can afford this kind of consumption, or even higher."

"But brain-computer VR and even subsequent virtual reality will eventually be open to everyone. We don't make low-priced products."

"We will also open up our technology to other companies, allowing them to make low-priced products, but they must use our system."

“But once Tencent’s gameplay becomes a habit, what will the poor do? Will they still be wearing the original image in VR?”

"That way, your class divisions in the virtual world will be even more clear."

"In the future, children will receive distance education in the virtual world, and they will naturally be divided into different levels."

"From the current perspective, there is nothing wrong with Tencent's approach, but in the long run, Tencent's behavior and the unspoken industry rules formed behind it are actually very bad."

Li Miaomiao's years of experience as a senior executive at Ke Chuang Bio have paid off.

She takes a longer-term view than others.

And since she has not been in a high position for too long, she is still able to consider the future situation of the lower-class people.

After listening to this, Zheng Li looked at him with a new eye: "What you said makes a lot of sense."

"But we cannot interfere with Tencent's operations."

“There’s only so much we can do.”

Li Miaomiao nodded: "Yes, it's not like you can do whatever you want just because you are in a high position."

"I want Tencent not to do this, but not only Tencent will not agree, but also the executives of Sinovation Bio will not agree."

"Perhaps only a god like you who is not concerned with worldly matters would think that my idea is correct."

"But even you can't interfere with Tencent's operations."

"It's OK now, because the price of brain-computer connection VR is there."

"Only the future can tell what will happen in the future."

"At least we can't let distance education get into the skin game."

"But as long as we mention it, Tencent will not dare to do this in the field of education."

Tencent has always invested a lot of energy in the field of distance education, and one of the main businesses of Tencent Cloud is education.

After brain-computer connected VR was launched on the market, Tencent specifically experimented with remote education functions.

Compared with video and traditional VR, the advantages of brain-computer connection VR are obviously huge.

The teacher can directly have a virtual image in the classroom space, and can walk around, point at the blackboard, or write.

When you write in the air with the handle, the content will be automatically recognized and converted into images in VR.

Tencent is already developing a distance education system based on brain-computer connection VR.

After learning about this, Li Miaomiao specifically confirmed with Tencent executives that they would not profit from virtual images in the education system.

Tencent’s distance education system’s original target customers were schools rather than individuals.

Zheng Li nodded: "In the future of virtual reality, we can open up more permissions to users."

"We can even build social software into the system. The VR version of QQ will only exist for now. When virtual reality is realized, QQ and WeChat will not be needed."

(End of this chapter)