Chapter 563: Three Body 2 Premiere

After the interview, Jiang Heng and Zhang Ruoxi walked into the venue together.

At the moment of stepping down the red carpet, the little girl couldn't help asking, "Are you really waiting for me?"

"Hmm, I just have a feeling that someone suitable will appear!"

"Is that the waiting?"

"What do you think?"

"I think so!"

Zhang Ruoxi smiled like a flower, overjoyed.

She had previously felt vaguely that Jiang Heng showed her some special favor, but she wasn't quite sure.

And his remarks just now on the red carpet confirmed her guess.

For a girl under twenty, this plot is comparable to "Overbearing CEO Falls in Love with Me"!

As a result, she felt dazed for a good while, having a sense of not knowing what year it was! Jiang Heng's performance, by contrast, was relatively plain.

After entering the venue, he warmly greeted all the guests present, and sometimes had to remind the distracted Zhang Ruoxi.

Although the guests didn't know what happened on the red carpet, Jiang Heng's "doting" on Zhang Ruoxi was evident; everyone was very polite, praising her youthful beauty and bright future. Afterwards, host and guest took their seats, and the premiere ceremony soon began.

The beautiful host of CCTV Channel 6 took the stage, first reviewing the huge influence of the novel Three Body, then inviting the original author Liu Cixin to give his remarks.

Da Liu first mentioned how Jiang Heng's people contacted him to buy the novel's rights, and then talked about Jiang Heng inviting him to serve as screenwriter, participating in script creation.

He then remarked with feeling, Jiang Heng is the most generous boss he's ever seen; actually, this screenwriter hasn't made much contribution, more often just collecting a screenwriter's salary, vacationing in Jingcheng, living more comfortably than when he was "slacking off" at the Niangzi Pass Power Station.

Because Da Liu has now become a famous sci-fi writer, his past amusing incidents are well known, especially his "slacking off" experience at the Niangzi Pass Power Station.

At this moment, hearing him say that his days as a screenwriter are more relaxing, everyone smiled knowingly, with a touch of envy.

All along, the benefits of Faction: Outstanding Rising Film Company have been top-notch in the entire Chinese-language entertainment industry.

As for vacations, almost all production crews would rather work nonstop, staying busy from startup until the whole crew wraps.

But the crew directed by Jiang Heng takes a break every week or ten days.

Not to mention policies like "equity incentives", "employee‑price housing", and "ultra‑high standard salaries" that are unfavorable to young people's struggle, making countless people want to join Faction: Outstanding Rising Film Company to "retire there".

Now hearing that the screenwriters of Faction: Outstanding Rising Film Company are so well‑off, it's truly enviable in every way!

Liu Cixin, in his closing remarks, naturally thanked Jiang Heng and simultaneously invited him onto the stage.

Jiang Heng went on stage, saying he wanted to thank Liu Cixin, because with such a great sci‑fi literary work he could make a great sci‑fi blockbuster.

He also said this should be the best sci‑fi blockbuster of his life, because thereafter there will be no sci‑fi work able to rival Three Body...

His words left Liu Cixin excited, and the guests nodded repeatedly.

The excellence of Three Body is beyond doubt; even Da Liu himself fears he couldn't write a work to match it, let alone foreign sci‑fi literature and film! Because the logic of Hollywood sci‑fi films is that, no matter how top‑tier the alien civilization, once on Earth their fighting method remains guns and hand‑to‑hand combat.

It's like humans wanting to exterminate ants—without insecticide, without hot water or fire—but instead shrinking themselves to ant size and then fighting with sharp teeth.

Compared to the worldview and setting of Three Body, the scale is truly too small.

This is also the fundamental reason why Three Body is pursued by political and business elites and internet moguls! Jiang Heng said okay, then called the main creators onto the stage for a brief interaction, immediately moving into the screening segment. The venue lights dimmed, and the big screen lit up.

What entered the viewers' sight was the "Doomsday Judgment" ship, already destroyed in Three Body 1 by the "Guzheng Action", with Tom Hiddleston playing Evans standing at the bow, communicating via retinal typing, currently interacting with Wisdom Child.

Wisdom Child said, their communication has encountered some difficulties.

Evans also thought that the human data he sent to Wisdom Child, Wisdom Child seemed to have too many parts he didn't understand.

After some communication, Wisdom Child discovered the problem lay in synonyms.

The fundamental reason for this problem is that the Three Body people have no communication organs; their brains can project their thoughts outward via electromagnetic waves, meaning there is no issue of lying.

As for scheming, it's even more nonexistent, because the Three Body people's thoughts are transparent.

By this point in the exchange, Evans's expression grew slightly sad, evidently worried about the Three Body people's strength and future.

Can a civilization that cannot lie really find a foothold in the universe?

Evans fell silent for a while, gazing at the turbulent sea, finally uttering his first—and only—line in Three Body 2.

In a flawless version, frame by frame!

"Lord, you need us!"

But Wisdom Child typed on his retina, "I'm afraid of you!"

Then the few characters grew larger, turning into countless threads that sliced the "Doomsday Judgment" ship, which had passed through the Panama Canal, into innumerable thin sheets, and Evans died miserably on the spot.

After the bloody scene, the big screen's color darkened, and immediately the words "Three Body 2: Dark Forest" appeared.

At the same time, the stirring, solemn music swelled, as if mourning the civilizations of Earth and Three Body.

Many "original‑work fans" in the audience then eagerly discussed the great significance of the exchange between Evans and Wisdom Child.

They believed Da Liu's setting of the Three Body people lacking communication organs was truly breakthrough.

Because they have transparent thoughts and cannot lie, this gives humanity a sliver of hope!

As for Wisdom Child typing "I'm afraid of you", it's dripping with irony; using this plot at the outset is truly just right.

Afterwards, Chen Kun's Luo Ji appeared, arguing with his girlfriend on the street.

The gist is, besides boasting, you can't accomplish anything, and at most you can fool a little girl—but the problem is, old lady, I'm no longer a little girl.

Luo Ji suggested she wait a bit longer; perhaps before long he'd become a great scientist and have money!

When a woman makes up her mind to leave, a man's attempts to hold her back are useless.

The girl said, "Tell these words to someone else!" and turned and walked away.

Not wanting a chain‑reaction accident nearby, a Mercedes‑Benz came speeding.

Luo Ji dodged the bag flung by his girlfriend, stumbled and escaped disaster, but that girl was hit and killed on the street by a speeding Mercedes‑Benz.

The brutality is comparable to the boyfriend of the male lead being killed by a locomotive in "The Boys". Chen Kun's Luo Ji stared blankly, his face still splattered with fresh blood. (Chapter End)

Chen Kun's Luo Ji looked bewildered, with fresh blood still splattered on his face. (End of chapter)