After staying in Yu Dong's office for more than an hour and drinking several cups of tea, Liu Cixin did not wait for a call from Deep Space Company. He gradually settled down and concentrated on discussing the novel with Yu Dong.
For more than an hour, they talked about many things related to rural education. Yu Dong also told Liu Cixin about the Golden Horse and Jade Rooster veterans.
But they haven't talked about science fiction yet.
Yu Dong looked at the time and saw that it was almost time, so he said, "In fact, we might as well change our thinking and connect rural education with the fate of our planet."
Liu Cixin and Zhang Yimou glanced at each other, and the former mused: "Rural education is linked to the fate of the earth... For example, because of some kind of virus or other natural disasters, there are only these few students left in the whole world... No,
If it is cut in this way, it makes no sense. Moreover, the story can easily develop into the Garden of Eden, without any new ideas, and it can easily fall into ethical entanglements."
Zhang Yimou then asked: "Is it possible that there is a virus that adults cannot resist, only pure children can be immune, and rural students have worked hard to find a solution?"
As the conversation progressed, Zhang Yimou became more and more involved, often putting forward some of his own opinions.
It's just that his rhythm is obviously not on the same channel as Yu Dong and Liu Cixin, and his way of thinking about things is also very different. However, the idea he mentioned this time is somewhat similar to "Supernova Era" written by Liu Cixin.
In the supernova era, because of radiation sickness, only children under the age of twelve were immune, and those over the age of twelve would die. People could only try their best to train children under the age of twelve and let them take charge of the world.
However, the idea of ​​"rural children solving problems through hard work" mentioned by Zhang Yimou later is a bit nonsensical. It is not science fiction, but pure romanticism.
Therefore, Liu Cixin said with a smile: "We still have to face up to the education level in rural areas. Otherwise, it will be counterproductive and fail to reflect the greatness of rural educators."
Zhang Yimou nodded, "It makes sense, but I thought too simply."
"Let me tell you a story." Yu Dong said.
Liu Cixin and Zhang Yimou turned to look at Yu Dong, waiting for his next words.
Yu Dong smiled and began to say: "In other words, there is a relatively backward county where a county magistrate has just taken office. There are eight villages in this county that are all very poor. When the county magistrate first took office, he was determined to solve the problem of poverty.
But he couldn’t solve the problems of eight villages at once, so he decided to single out two villages first and let them get rich first, and then solve the problems of other villages.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yimou said: "Then what are his criteria for selecting these two villages?"
"The geographical location and resources of these eight villages are actually not very different. He thought for a long time and finally decided to go to each village to see on the spot which two villages had the greatest potential to get rid of poverty quickly. In fact, his standards were very
Simply, we want to see which village has the best humanity and the most diligent people. He believes that it is more effective to give opportunities to those who are diligent."
Liu Cixin nodded, "Intellectually speaking, this is true. But in reality, places with better humanistic environments and more diligent people will most likely not be the poorest."
"Whether he is the poorest is not what he wants to consider. What he wants to consider is to quickly remove the poor label from two of the villages. After making the decision, he went to visit each village, but time was limited, so he could only carry out
Spot checks. He would walk in the fields, chat with a few random people, and then draw conclusions based on the feedback of these people."
Zhang Yimou frowned and said, "Isn't this a bit of a joke? Random checks are understandable, but it is difficult to ensure the accuracy of such random checks. After all, there are thousands of people in a village."
Liu Cixin did not speak, but was thinking seriously about Yu Dong's words. He seemed to have caught something in the story Yu Dong told.
Yu Dong did not answer Zhang Yimou and continued: "In one village, the people are actually very hardworking and the illiteracy rate is the lowest among the villages. However, due to bad luck, the county magistrate encountered a few illiterates and
A lazy person left a bad impression on the county magistrate, so he was eventually excluded from the county magistrate's first plan and fell behind..."
"I thought of it!"
Before Yu Dong finished telling his story, Liu Cixin suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted.
Zhang Yimou looked at Liu Cixin and asked doubtfully: "What did you think of, Liu?"
"I thought about how to connect rural education with the destiny of the earth." Liu Cixin stood up excitedly, "After listening to Yu Dong's story, my mind suddenly opened up. What if there were people outside the earth?
If there are higher-level civilizations, then our destiny is likely to be affected by these civilizations. If they let us live, we will live, and if they let us die, we will die."
"If there is a group of aliens who want to develop a certain planet or destroy a certain planet, and investigate other lower civilizations..."
Seeing Liu Cixin talking about his thoughts so excitedly, Yu Dong laughed. He knew that "Country Teacher" was about to come out, so it was not in vain that he chatted with the two of them here for more than an hour.
Although the idea Liu Cixin is talking about now is different from "Country Teacher" and is very general, the general outline has already emerged. Yu Dong believes that if he is given more time, he can complete the novel.
Zhang Yimou was also very surprised.
Is this coming out?
Zhang Yimou couldn't quite understand what Liu Cixin said about singular weapons, civilizational wars, and civilizational levels, but he could still understand the general story.
Roughly speaking, through "spot checks" of the earth by alien civilizations, the fate of the earth is bound to the knowledge level of a few children in a certain village.
This idea is very interesting, and it will definitely make a good story if written.
Zhang Yimou glanced at Yu Dong again with a smile on his face.
Now that I think about it carefully, during the entire conversation this afternoon, both he and Liu Cixin seemed to be following Yu Dong's rhythm.
What exactly does Yu Dong have in his head?
It's so deep that you can't see through it at all.
It seems like any idea he has can turn into a very attractive story.
Before meeting Yu Dong, Zhang Yimou had never admired someone so much.
Zhang Yimou sighed secretly and really wanted to crack Yu Dong's head open to see what was inside.
Yu Dong didn't know that Zhang Yimou was thinking about his brain. Now that the "task" was completed, he looked out the window with a smile.
Chapter completed!