I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 453, The Three-Body Problem

At this moment, Zhang Jingchu felt that Liang Jiahui's statement was a bit crazy about the composition of a circle.

It's not that simple.

But when Tony Leung listed these factors, Zhang Jingchu was speechless.

Because, judging solely from the statement itself, it actually makes some sense.

One. It seems there's little room for argument, because the elements are indeed all there.

A group of people who have come together because of certain principles.

The actor's talent.

The director's talent.

The talent of screenwriting.

When these elements come together, they are enough to form a circle, a place where people gather.

Back then, wasn't it precisely because of these factors that the Beijing elite circle came together?

Many circles originated from these elements.

At this point, why can't Li Yun exist as a distinct circle?

Why can't we?

"Your influence is truly impressive."

Jiang Wen looked at Li Yun, and his eyes couldn't help but show a bit more shock.

Looking at the assembled force before him, he realized it was a ragtag army rallied purely by the charisma of one man.

Generic brand?

No, they were once the regular army, they were once the top people in their respective circles.

Tony Leung Ka-fai is basically a pillar of the industry, and such pillars are highly sought after when the industry declines, even though he has many opportunities to go.

People in Beijing's elite circles have actually been eyeing him for a long time.

But now, he has actually chosen to openly oppose the Beijing elite circle.

Let alone whether you covet this talent or not.

In this circle where saving face is valued more than many other things, how can I possibly continue to get along peacefully with you after you openly humiliated me like this?

Impossible, it can't be done.

But he still made that choice.

Isn't it a bit foolish and ridiculous not to think about one's own long-term interests?

However, in Jiang Wen's view, such appeal has the potential to form a circle.

A group centered around Li Yun.

The circle that gathers here.

"Hmm, so now that you're coming here every day, what do people in Beijing's social circle think of you?" Jiang Chenggang patted Jiang Wen's shoulder in response to his question.

Worth.

Jiang Wen suddenly realized that he had been visiting Li Yun far more often than he had gone drinking with Li Yun's cronies in Beijing during this period.

According to the Beijing elite circle, loyalty that is not absolute is absolutely disloyal.

To others, Jiang Wen is now seen as someone with unwavering loyalty.

It's not impossible to stay in this circle, but it's impossible to stay in the core circle any longer.

Even if Jiang Wen's family background is clean and he is indeed a member of a high-ranking family, he should stop thinking about the inner circle.

This is also something that seems somewhat unbelievable.

Even Jiang Wen himself found it somewhat unbelievable, because he had just been thinking about something for a moment.

It seems that, as it is now, coming to this circle and staying in this place is not a bad thing.

Because there was something about Li Yun that attracted him—his exceptional screenwriting talent, which also carried an extreme allure.

When filming "Hidden Man Prevails".

He knew he needed more scripts from Li Yun.

I need so much more. It seems I can no longer live without Li Yun's talent!

At this very moment, Li Yun is making final preparations to complete the script.

Since that day, Li Yun has never dreamed of Luo Ji again.

Maybe it really was just a dream.

Perhaps it's just Li Yun's special feeling towards the character Luo Ji.

When I was reading The Three-Body Problem, I was deeply impressed by many characters, including Zhang Beihai and Luo Ji.

One is rational to the point of being cold-blooded, while the other still retains a sense of trust in humanity.

The two of them possess a unique charm.

This seems to be the essence of the Three-Body Problem.

Location.

At least that's how Li Yun perceived it.

Of course, they are far from coming out that soon. Back in the Three-Body Problem 1, it was still the story of Ye Wenjie and Wang Miao.

A holographic game called The Three-Body Problem.

Use a roundabout approach to tell them the rules between civilizations in the universe.

The rules of survival told them what was about to happen.

"Without a great original work, how can you even make a science fiction film? I don't think you have a high level of education, and you don't seem like the type to be able to create a science fiction film. You don't seem very reliable at all."

The director's persona next to me was chattering away.

From the director's perspective, it seems that Li Yun was simply going along with what everyone else was doing, conforming to mainstream ideas, and getting a subsidy so that everyone would be happy.

The script for a science fiction story is very important.

As the saying goes, how can someone who doesn't even understand science understand science fiction?

The director's personality kept chattering away, but Li Yun only felt a series of ringing in his ears.

I was just reminiscing about the novel *The Three-Body Problem*.

My consciousness began to wander, and I started to have a hallucinatory and hazy feeling.

It is this feeling.

The Three-Body Problem novel.

This is absolutely a fantastic sci-fi masterpiece, giving you the feeling of lingering in a world of fantasy.

Universe, macroscopic.

These things are all elements of The Three-Body Problem.

The Trisolarans seem to be a civilization that isn't much more advanced than Earth's.

If extraterrestrial visitors, who aren't much taller, were truly powerful, they wouldn't need to resort to such sinister tactics as blocking out physics to attack Earth.

Li Yun really liked the novel "The Three-Body Problem," and he could even understand the charm of everyone except Cheng Xin.

Aside from the character Cheng Xin, I genuinely can't understand her.

No matter how many times I read The Three-Body Problem, I still can't understand this character. She's a pure saint, a saint who caused the extinction of the universe.

All I can say is that the Holy Mother is truly amazing.

Of course, the character Cheng Xin did not appear in this filming of The Three-Body Problem, nor did the characters Yun Tianming or the charismatic Zhang Beihai.

They do not exist here yet.

The most controversial character in the first film.

It's probably Ye Wenjie. Even Peng Yuyan, who is the main character, is not as important as Zhang Jingchu's Ye Wenjie.

Liu Qianqian plays Shen Yufei, an equally important character.

Everyone has their own place.

Li Yun is also searching for his place and anchor point within the Three-Body Problem universe.

As Li Yun pondered the script, he gradually drifted into a dream.

Anyone can write a script, and anyone can adapt it into a film, but even with a script, one may not be able to bring it to life on screen. That's a very simple principle.

Li Yun also knew the scripts of many Hollywood blockbusters.

For example, Flipped is considered a legendary work in the genre of romance films, far superior to some of today's artificially sweetened films.

This is the strength of the script.

However, Li Yun never quite grasped the core feeling of romance films.

The final conclusion is probably that I'm not suited for it.

It's not suitable, and the feeling isn't understood. Even if you know the script, you can only paint the surface without capturing the essence; it only has the appearance but not the substance.

Because they don't understand, no matter how much they try to explain, they can't make sense of it.

You must understand and comprehend it.

You have to experience it for yourself.

Become a part of it, a blade of grass, a person, or even an object, and feel the warmth of the script from their perspective.

Only then can one fully understand the script itself.

A complete understanding, immersion, and connection with the script.

沉沦

Only then can the flesh and blood of the real world be presented.

Flesh and blood, bones and muscles, and pulsating skin.

Everything, everything, constitutes the foundation of a world, the cornerstone of a world.

Li Yun felt that he should be able to view the Three-Body world from a certain perspective.

It shouldn't be Shi Qiang.

This guy is so shallow it's a bit of a headache. He has the courage of a fool, but nothing else.

Could it be Ye Wenjie?

It seems there really is such a possibility: viewing the Three-Body world from Ye Wenjie's perspective.

Steve? Wang Miao?

It seems like either is possible.

One is a fanatical Adventist, and the other is a physicist who invented the polymer vibrating knife. They both have their own unique skills and extraordinary abilities, and they are both very impressive.

Anything is possible.

Who else?

Who else could I be?

Regarding the work "The Three-Body Problem".

Li Yun's idea was simple: to bring out all of Liu Cixin's advanced science fiction concepts in this work, which could be called the ultimate science fiction work.

If it can be filmed, it will absolutely be a masterpiece.

It can be called a great work.

If the Three-Body Problem can be adapted well, I might actually be able to create my own niche.

It has become a place that can gather the best talents in the industry.

The behavior of the Beijing elite circle.

The actions of Zhang Mouzi and Lü Haishi.

This made Li Yun realize how intoxicating it was to have such a status within a circle; a single word could deprive a less capable person of any resources or assistance.

Even if you possess extraordinary talent, if that talent arouses jealousy or fear in a powerful figure, they will surely nip you in the bud.

I will strangle you, I will destroy you.

We'll crush you, oppress you.

It feels like being able to take away tiny lives with a snap of the fingers.

That feeling of being in control.

Absolutely wonderful.

He's played strong characters before, like Lu Bu, and he's quite adept at portraying them.

He himself is the most Lu Bu-like Lu Bu.

I've experienced that powerful, intoxicating feeling myself before.

But it's still not like it is today.

Like an innocent child.

Being able to crush an ant with a flick of the wrist, without any other reason, and finding it amusing is enough to be both a motivation and a justification.

That kind of unreasonable power.

That's enough to make you feel like you're being pursued.

I think I should be able to.

Back then, the Beijing film circle, with its talent and connections, became the largest circle in the Chinese film and television industry.

Why can't I?

I am talented.

There are so many psychopathic personalities that help me.

I'm not fighting alone.

I can become many people by myself!

I must use my talent to go further, to reach the level of Zhang Yimou, to reach the level of Lü Haishi, to reach their level of understanding.

Step on their shoulders.

Become powerful!

Snow-covered landscape.

Li Yun felt a bone-chilling cold all over his body, a feeling that froze him to the bone marrow, as if his very bones were frozen stiff.

Blood has long become a concept, because at this temperature, blood cannot flow.

It can only freeze coldly inside the body.

Is this the Red Coast Base? Have I become Ye Wenjie? A scientist searching for extraterrestrial civilizations in the Arctic Circle.

Ok.

It doesn't seem strange that she became Ye Wenjie; her perspective is also quite good for the entire Three-Body Problem.

Li Yun felt that his consciousness still existed and had not yet been invaded or immersed by Ye Wenjie's consciousness.

"In the Three-Body world, there would be no Three-Body story without Ye Wenjie; she is the beginning of everything."

At this moment, Li Yun was actually a little surprised that he wasn't being dominated by the character's perspective and memories.

The Arctic Circle is quite cold.

Is the Arctic Circle really that cold?

Is the Red Coast Base in the Arctic Circle? I remember it shouldn't be like this now, with no way forward and heavy snow so thick you can't even see your own body.

That's really strange.

Which way should I go?

Li Yun had no idea what he was supposed to do, and could only instinctively drive his legs forward.

Ye Wenjie's health is so good! Even on such cold ground, she can still walk on foot. She must be used to hardship. You are truly worthy of your reputation, Ye Wenjie.

At this moment, Li Yun had no time to think about why he, a warm-blooded animal, could not lose his body temperature in such a cold environment.

The coldness had indeed begun to erode Li Yun's ability to think.

There's no way I can think about it anymore.

Only one instinct remained in my mind, an instinct called survival, an instinct to live.

An emotion that is reduced to a strong will to survive.

survive.

The continuation of life.

The principle of survival.

However, at this very moment, just when Li Yun thought the cold would continue, it suddenly began to warm up. A warm feeling filled her whole body, enveloping her limbs and bones, and she was enveloped in a strange warmth.

Of course, the warmth only lasted for a moment.

In an instant, that warmth turned into extreme heat.

It's so hot.

Li Yun looked up and was slightly taken aback by the strange weather.

But they discovered that three suns hung high in the sky, turning the world into a giant furnace.

These three suns, which are clearly the three sources of life, now seem like things that destroy everything.

As the source of life.

If three suns appear, then he will immediately become something that destroys all majesty.

Where would three suns appear?

At least not on Earth.

Li Yun felt his entire body beginning to dehydrate. His internal organs, skin, flesh, bones, and all the fluids inside were drying up due to the instinct to dehydrate. His body's organs were leaving the source of life—but miraculously, he did not die as a result.

This is even the ability to survive.

Now Li Yun knows what he has become.

Damn it, I've become a Trisolaran.

(End of this chapter)