This director lacks vision.

Chapter 310 Professional Research and Bold Hypothesis

Jiang Yifeng straightened Tian Qianwei in his arms, walked to Song Zuer's side, patted her little head, and said, "You can play a supporting role in Pacific Rim first, and keep up the good work. The Witch won't only be made into one movie, you still have a chance."

If you perform well, the company will film a second season of Witch, and you'll be the main villain, giving Oda a good beating.

Furthermore, the company has other productions, so as long as you're good enough, you won't lack roles.

Putting aside her character issues, among the young actresses, Song Zuer's looks and acting skills are top-tier.

Jiang Yifeng didn't have the prejudice he had against her from his previous life, and he devoted himself wholeheartedly to her upbringing.

Song Zuer lived up to expectations, not only exceeding the training targets but also achieving decent academic results.

Although not as good as my cousin Shu Chang, she can still maintain an above-average level.

The growth of teenagers is still influenced by their educational environment.

Under Jiang Yifeng's influence, Song Zuer did not go abroad to study, and her overall performance was indeed outstanding.

She's only 14 years old this year, and it's understandable that she's upset about losing the competition; she should be comforted.

Moreover, with Jiang Yifeng's comfort, Tian Qianwei didn't dare to be too cocky, which would at least make Song Zuer feel a little better.

Feeling Jiang Yifeng's gentle head pat, Song Zuer could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

She buried her head in Jiang Yifeng's chest and cried very sadly.

Jiang Yifeng understood Song Zuer's feelings.

She was not only sad because she had missed a valuable opportunity, but also because she felt ashamed of losing the competition and didn't want to face Tian Qianwei's face.

Jiang Yifeng thought for a moment, then gently picked up Song Zuer and carried her into the lounge.

Song Zuer felt herself being picked up, and a strange feeling welled up inside her. Her little face turned red, and she stopped crying, simply clinging tightly to Jiang Yifeng's waist.

Watching Jiang Yifeng carry Song Zuer away, Tian Qianwei pouted, feeling that the joy of victory was not quite complete.

Jiang Yifeng comforted Song Zu'er in the lounge, telling her that there's plenty of time in the future, and only left after Song Zu'er calmed down.

As soon as I came outside, I saw Guo Fan leading a middle-aged man on a tour of the photography studio, introducing the various equipment inside.

This person wore black-rimmed glasses, had a round face, and a somewhat simple and honest appearance when he smiled.

It is Liu Cixin, who has gradually gained some fame in the past two years.

The story behind the Pacific Rim prequel was adapted from the fan fiction "Survival of the Fittest" written by Liu Cixin, who was also one of the screenwriters of the film.

Upon seeing Liu Cixin, Jiang Yifeng said, "Professor Liu, you've come at the right time. I've arranged for an expert to come over for a visit and dinner tonight, and you can join us."

Liu Cixin quickly said, "Director Jiang, you're too kind. You can just call me Xiao Liu."

Visiting the Monster Studios today was truly eye-opening; I can't wait for our big movie to be released!

As a science fiction writer, Liu Cixin was also very excited when he saw the monster photography studio in front of him.

The Three-Body Problem didn't truly take off until it won the Hugo Award in 2015.

Liu Cixin is only somewhat famous now, far from being as famous as she will be in the future.

For him, it was a great honor to have the opportunity to participate in the screenwriting of the Pacific Rim movie.

Jiang Yifeng said, "I read the script for the big movie a couple of days ago, and I feel like it's missing something. What do you think, Professor Liu?"

Liu Cixin didn't expect Jiang Yifeng to be so direct.

He organized his thoughts and said, "The script was written by me and Teacher Wang and the others. The main difficulty was integrating the ideas."

After all, I'm writing a novel, and many of the settings are different from the Pacific Rim TV series, so I need to change them to make them more reasonable.

After revising it, I read it twice and felt there were no problems. The main storyline was tight, the characters' motivations were sufficient, and there were no logical flaws.

The teacher Wang that Liu Cixin mentioned is Wang Juan.

Since participating in the scriptwriting of Dark Glory, Wang Juan has joined Fengxing Media and is currently one of the core members of the company's scriptwriting team.

Wang Juan's screenwriting style is characterized by his skill in foreshadowing and extending storylines, resulting in logically rigorous narratives that are well-suited for suspense dramas.

But it falls short in terms of science fiction.

Jiang Yifeng shook his head and said, "Don't forget that our movie is called Survival of the Fittest."

Your script is indeed very meticulous, but it lacks emotional tension.

After the revisions, the sense of imminent crisis from the novel was lost, and the brutality of species competition was no longer apparent.

Liu Cixin's novels have an advantage in their grand narratives, telling the story of natural selection from a human perspective.

Whether it's the Dark Forest Theory of The Three-Body Problem or the Wandering Earth series, both focus on the existential crisis facing humanity.

The slightest misstep could lead to genocide.

The same applies to his fan fiction, "Survival of the Fittest."

This novel exaggerates the abilities of the snipe; the snipe has very strong defenses.

Humanity used many nuclear bombs to defeat the Snakehead, and most of Japan was destroyed by a single Snakehead.

The victory was extremely fierce!
Then, humans discovered a population of hundreds of snails inside a mysterious black hole deep in the Pacific Ocean.

If these snipes attack human cities together, there will only be one outcome—the extinction of humanity.

This led to the "survival of the fittest" plan.

Humans built electromagnetic shields to disrupt the homing ability of the scorpions and began producing the ultimate weapon of war—mechs—on the scorpion corpses.

The snails are also adapting to the new magnetic field changes.

This is a battle for the survival of our race; it's a contest of who has the greater ability to learn and adapt.

However, in order to align with the previous settings of Pacific Rim, Wang Juan and his team revised the script, adjusting the defensive capabilities of the Winnowing Fish back to normal and lowering the level of human technology.

This actually diminishes the sense of crisis and makes it less exciting.

Jiang Yifeng was about to discuss the script when a refined-looking scholar walked in.

He strode forward and said with a smile, "Welcome, Teacher Cui, for your guidance!"

"Hello, Mr. Jiang. I've long admired your name. Meeting you today, I can confirm your charisma."

"Haha, you're too kind, Teacher Cui." Jiang Yifeng joked when he saw that Cui Tiejun was very talkative: "I heard that when you meet outstanding juniors, you take the initiative to introduce them to potential partners. I obviously don't meet your standards."

"President Jiang, you are too outstanding. None of the younger generation I know are worthy of you. How could I dare to speak so casually?"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jiang Yifeng wanted to introduce himself to Liu Cixin.

Liu Cixin took the initiative to say, "Professor Cui, I know you are a top expert in the fields of electromagnetic metamaterials and computational electromagnetics in China."

I have read your article; although I didn't understand it, I was deeply moved!

Cui Tiejun is a leading figure in the field of electromagnetic research in China, a future academician, a professor at Southeast University, and also a visiting professor at Yenching University.

Jiang Yifeng used his connections to invite him over to provide guidance for the film's production.

In the movie Pacific Rim, after humans discovered the King's scorpions, they used the principle of electromagnetic interference to build a shielding magnetic field around the Pacific Ocean, causing the scorpions to lose their way and temporarily not be able to find their target.

How to depict this massive interference-shielding magnetic field in the movie is a crucial issue. It's not something you can simply do on a whim, building any signal tower and creating this shielding magnetic field.

That's too frivolous; it lacks both relatability and impact.

Liu Cixin is just a writer, and the novel does not describe any specific construction device; it is just a wild idea.

Jiang Yifeng, maintaining a rigorous and serious attitude, still wanted to ask experts for their opinions.

First, conduct professional research, then make bold assumptions—this is the attitude and ability a great director should have.

After touring the studio and listening to Jiang Yifeng's explanation, Cui Tiejun said, "The Earth's magnetic field in reality is mainly formed by the current system generated by the convection of liquid iron and nickel in the outer layer of the Earth's core."

To "disrupt" or "shield" the magnetic field of the entire Pacific Ocean, the device must be able to generate an opposing magnetic field strong enough to temporarily counteract or distort the local magnetic field.

The first thing that comes to my mind is superconducting technology.

Only superconducting coils can generate a sufficiently strong and sustainable magnetic field.

In addition, geomagnetic nodes need to be surveyed and node anchoring carried out.

The geological activity zone at the edge of the Pacific Plate may be a “weak point” or “node” in the geomagnetic field, where the device can inject energy to manipulate the magnetic field of the entire region.

Finally, the resonance effect should be demonstrated.

The device does not brute force the entire geomagnetic field, but rather sends specific electromagnetic pulses to the mantle and even the core through precise calculations to induce resonance, thereby amplifying its effect in a way that is "effortless".

The biggest problem is energy. Realizing this idea would require an enormous amount of energy, beyond the capabilities of current technology.

Cui Tiejun offered several suggestions in simple and easy-to-understand language.

After listening, Jiang Yifeng was immediately inspired.

His talent for visualization came into play, and images of the shielding device appeared in his mind.

Jiang Yifeng said, "As per your requirements, Professor Cui, the shielding device is not a single giant tower, but a distributed, networked system structure, so that it can cover the entire Pacific Ocean."

Let's call this device the "Dragon-Trapping Lock" for now.

The overall form of the Dragon-Trapping Lock should be a triple network structure of "space-sea surface-seabed".

The first layer is the space orbital energy station.

Humans launch multiple satellites carrying energy harvesting devices to collect solar energy and transmit it precisely to sea-level platforms via microwaves or laser beams.

The orbital power station is controlled by a central computer, thereby enabling the computer to control the entire "dragon lock".

The second layer is the sea surface platform, which also acts as a trigger for magnetic field signals.

Dozens or even hundreds of massive facilities, similar to offshore oil drilling platforms, are located in key strategic locations in the Pacific Ocean, such as the Mariana Trench, Hawaii Hotspot, and the Aleutian Trench.

This platform has a central tower with a ring or bipolar structure, and below it are neatly arranged energy receiving devices used to receive energy transmissions and signal commands from orbiting satellites.

The platform has a pulse generator at its bottom that extends deep into the seabed.

The entire function of the surface platform is to receive energy and commands, generate powerful electromagnetic pulses, and inject them into the ocean and the earth's crust.

The third layer is the network amplifier.

Millions of network amplifiers are launched from surface platforms and anchored to specific geological formations on the Pacific seabed.

From the air, they form a huge net-like pattern covering the entire bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

The amplifier can amplify the platform's pulse signals, which act like tiny magnetic poles, weaving together an invisible electromagnetic shielding network covering the entire Pacific Ocean floor.

When the amplifier is activated, current is conducted between the nodes through seawater, creating dazzling underwater lightning bolts—a truly stunning visual effect.

Cui Tiejun was surprised to hear Jiang Yifeng's description.

He hadn't expected Jiang Yifeng to have such strong imagination and execution skills, and to come up with a mature idea so quickly.

From space to the surface of the ocean and then to the seabed, it is indeed a very good idea.

Jiang Yifeng continued, "When the Dragon-Trapping Lock is activated, the superconducting rings of all the sea platforms will be instantly overloaded, bursting out with blue plasma arc light that illuminates the night sky, while emitting a highly penetrating buzzing sound."

The underwater network amplifier was activated, ionizing the seawater between nodes and forming a rapidly changing, giant lightning network that covered the entire screen, illuminating the dark deep sea.

Countless marine creatures fled in terror.

At the same time, aurora borealis will spread across the globe.

The aurora borealis, which originally only appeared in the North and South Poles, suddenly appeared in the skies across the entire Pacific Ocean and even the world.

Its colors are bizarre and colorful, as if the end of the world has arrived!

Global communications and navigation were completely disrupted, airplanes lost their way, power grids tripped, and cities were plunged into darkness.

Migratory birds and marine life that rely on the Earth's magnetic field for navigation, such as whales and sea turtles, can become disoriented, leading to mass strandings and deaths.

The massive energy injection triggered intense activity in the Ring of Fire, resulting in frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Humans paid such a huge price to finally trap the snails!

Humanity will build civilization under the new magnetic field and produce the ultimate battlefield weapon, the mech.

Meanwhile, the snipe is quickly adapting to the new magnetic field, finding its way out of the dragon's den, and destroying human civilization!

What follows is the brutal competition of survival of the fittest!

Let's see who adapts better!

There was silence.

Everyone was shocked by the scene described by Jiang Yifeng.

After a while, Cui Tiejun exclaimed, "President Jiang, you truly deserve to be called a top-notch director. Not only do you have a wealth of knowledge, but you also have a rich imagination."

Although you mentioned some aspects of the visuals that don't conform to real-world technology, I will definitely see Pacific Rim as soon as it's released.

Sci-fi blockbusters require imagination and grand scenes. If the scene Jiang Yifeng just described could be perfectly presented with movie special effects, it would definitely attract a large number of viewers to the cinema.

Liu Cixin was also very excited.

He felt that the scene Jiang Yifeng described was the same feeling he wanted to express in his novel.

Thinking of Wang Juan's script, Liu Cixin still asked, "President Jiang, if you film it this way, won't it conflict with the Pacific Rim TV series and comics?"

Jiang Yifeng said with a smile, "It's okay. Of course, the movie has to be different, otherwise the audience won't be surprised."

As for setting up conflicts, we can think of other ways; if all else fails, when in doubt, we can resort to quantum mechanics.

Guo Fan didn't understand, so he asked, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Yifeng explained, "Just learn from Marvel and create a multiverse."

Jiang Yifeng seized the opportunity to ask Cui Tiejun, who had come all this way, for a lot of professional knowledge.

After having dinner together that evening, we exchanged contact information.

If there are any doubts about future filming, Jiang Yifeng will consult this true expert again.

(End of this chapter)