As the successor to the Harry Potter worldview, Warner Bros. undoubtedly has great expectations for the Fantastic Beasts series.
You must know that as long as the world view of "Harry Potter" is used, Rowling will have to pay a large fee.
Although there are magical beasts in the name, apart from the first part, the second part mainly focuses on the past events 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 specialty, and being a corrupt country is not just talk.
In the third film, Grindelwald even bluntly said to Dumbledore: Who else will love you but me.
This became a rare breaking point in the film.
But for people who are disgusted with such incidents, it is obviously unacceptable.
Not to mention the "Fantastic Beasts" series, Zheng Li has never even watched the "Harry Potter" series of movies.
When the emotional scene between Grindelwald and Dumbledore appeared at Universal Studios, there were screams and exclamations from all around.
Zheng Li didn't find this kind of thing strange at all. There was no shortage of such people in the Mage Alliance.
It's just that Zheng Li can't understand why everyone is so excited when they see this kind of scene.
He turned around and glanced at Li Miaomiao. Li Miaomiao didn't laugh out loud, just smiled.
When Li Miaomiao saw Zheng Li looking at her, she turned her head and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?"
"Do you feel it's exciting?"
Zheng Li also replied in a low voice: "No."
"I just think everyone's reaction was a bit excessive."
Li Miaomiao: "It's normal. This is an official candy. I'll tell you when I get out."
After the movie ended, Zheng Li and Li Miaomiao walked out of the cinema after the staff announced the curtain.
It was too crowded when it just ended.
"How is it?" Li Miaomiao asked.
This is a new experience for Zheng Li. This is the first time he has experienced this kind of entertainment from Blue Star people.
The Mage Alliance has realized virtual reality, and the realism and immersion of virtual reality far exceed that of movies.
Therefore, movies are a form of entertainment that has never existed in the Mage Union.
But Zheng Li didn't find it novel, because it was just a long video moved to a larger 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 shining in and out."
"Except for the final Phoenix battle, the light and shadow effects were good."
"And one more thing, shouldn't mastering magic have an advantage over ordinary people, that is, Muggles?"
"Why in the movie, the technology of wizards is more backward than that of ordinary people?"
Li Miaomiao smiled and said: "After all, it is a film and television work for teenagers, and the setting does not and does not need to be too perfect."
"There are only a small number of wizards. How can a wizarding society with only 30 to 50,000 people develop more rapidly technologically than the more than 50 million people in England?"
"Fantastic Beasts was a rip-off for Warner Brothers."
“It’s called Fantastic Beasts, but it’s actually better to rename it The History of Dumbledore and Grindelwald.”
As a senior Harry Potter fan, Li Miaomiao is familiar with the contents:
"And the Fantastic Beasts series has already taken a certain amount of rationality into consideration."
"The author felt that he couldn't make up more magic, so he simply stopped making it up. Mana determines everything. The most he could do was add phantom."
"You'd think magic would be transformed into different forms by mages over time."
Zheng Li agreed. Magic, like technology, will change over time.
It may not necessarily be evolution, it may be degeneration, but it will obviously not remain unchanged.
Li Miaomiao continued: "The time difference between the "Harry Potter" series and the "Fantastic Beasts" series is fifty years."
"So magic will obviously change a lot. The screenwriter felt that he couldn't apply the magic in Harry Potter to the wizarding world fifty years ago, and he couldn't make up more reasonable magic himself."
"So it's just the most basic magic competition."
"The final battle scene with the God-calling Guards is obviously a tribute to Merlin."
At the end of Fantastic Beasts 4, when Grindelwald and Dumbledore fought, both of them used tricks similar to the Call of the God Guard to summon a group of phoenixes to fight.
The silver phoenix group and the green phoenix group collided crazily between the two, scattering into countless silver spots scattered in the air.
There are flashbacks to Grindelwald in the movie, in which he receives Merlin's inheritance and then shares it with Dumbledore.
Merlin felt that this magic was too powerful, so he simplified it into the Patronus Charm for later generations.
The Patronus Charm created by the original Merlin was both offensive and defensive.
Merlin also makes a surprising appearance in the movie.
Because Warner Bros. knew that Merlin was only using William's body at that time, and William was just a puppet in front of the stage.
Therefore, during the casting process, Warner Bros. specifically asked not to cast an actor who looked like William, but instead chose an actor who looked like a traditional DND mage actor to play Merlin.
Mainly, he didn’t even know Merlin’s gender, race, or age.
Warner is also very troubled and can only follow the principle of not making mistakes in this regard.
In addition, Merlin mainly exists in the dictations of Grindelwald and Dumbledore in Mysterious Beasts 4.
Zheng Li: "Actually, it's normal. When I watched the video of Merlin's performance, I just waved my hand casually, and the enemy fell to the ground."
Looking at the crowd around him and the brightly lit environment, and then looking at Zheng Li next to him, Li Miaomiao felt sincerely happy.
"Warner Brothers has made it clear that they are trying to please Merlin, and they are flattering Merlin in all kinds of ways."
"I'm afraid that when Merlin sees the movie in real life, he won't be satisfied with giving it to each of them."
After listening to this, Zheng Li realized how powerful his previous behavior was as a deterrent to Blue Star.
And the feeling of playing in person is like playing a virtual reality game in the Mage League, and the immersion is almost the same.
But the advantage of playing in reality is that the subsequent reactions of the world cannot be simulated by virtual reality games.
When Zheng Li felt bored, he brought a few more vests and played pretend games, which was a good pastime.
If Zheng Li were an imperial mage, he would even create a black mage's vest to cause trouble in Blue Star.
It would be better to have a villain and a villain, both of whom are actually Zheng Li. They start a magical battle on Big Ben in London and sink the bridge under Big Ben.
As a lawful mage, Zheng Li's behavior is much gentler.
"Before Merlin, people thought magic was an ability in fantasy works."
"Now everyone knows that magic is real, and the magic performed by Merlin is quite close to what I imagined."
"When I was in high school, I liked to imagine that I was a mage, and I could forget all the teachers who had assigned me homework."
"This way I don't have to do my homework. Then I will go home and cast a forgetting spell on my dad to make him forget that he has already given me this month's pocket money and give me another one."
"The carefree years are over."
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"If I knew magic now, I would probably just store it in my memory, and only occasionally take it out and show it to myself when I'm alone to make myself happy."
After Li Miaomiao finished speaking, her eyes sparkled in the night when the lights were on. She turned her head and asked:
"And you?"
Zheng Li pretended to think, "Probably to study how to make the magic brain."
"Then mass-produce magic brains so that more people can have magic."
Li Miaomiao said helplessly: "Your mentality seems to be older than mine."
"Or maybe your fun is different from ordinary people."
Zheng Li explained: "Everyone has different interests."
"To be honest, after watching it, I felt that it was a waste of time to watch it in the cinema without double speed."
Li Miaomiao felt a little angry after hearing this, but after thinking about Zheng Li's usual style, he understood it very well.
This is very consistent with Zheng Li’s character:
"The original enjoyment of watching a movie is to spend two hours entering the same adventure with a group of strangers."
"This is a feeling that I can't experience at home."
"And the meaning of life is not to use every minute and every second. Time is to allow you to have more life experiences."
"Your idea is a bit extreme. It's a bit like a goose factory that charges money for everything."
Zheng Li changed the subject and said, "What happened to the goose factory?"
"Goose Factory has updated its QQ connection for brain-computer VR, 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 differentiates between men and women and race."
"If you want to create a different personal image, you have to pay extra."
"To put it bluntly, it is the 3D version of QQ show."
"But due to the advancement of algorithms, their paid avatars are particularly sophisticated."
"So basically everyone will buy at least one set of virtual images. Goose Factory even combines the virtual image in the brain-computer connection VR with the blockchain."
"The avatar you set can only be used by you. If others want to buy it, the buyer's payment will be divided between you and Goose Factory."
"Goose Factory itself will also produce avatars, and even limited edition avatars."
"Goose Factory's first cross-border virtual personal image with Hermès is limited to 5,000 pieces and the price is 9,999 yuan."
"Originally, everyone thought that no one would buy it because it was so expensive, but within half an hour of being online, it was sold out."
The cross-border cooperation between Goose Factory and Hermès shocked the fashion circle.
I just produced a design layout and made a profit of 50 million yuan.
The money came too easily.
LV, Burberry, Balenciaga and other brands have come to seek cooperation.
In fact, this kind of operation has been broken in the currency circle, and the nft concept has become popular as early as 2021.
But no one is as wealthy as Goose Factory, whose starting price is only 10,000 yuan.
After listening to this, Zheng Li couldn't help but be moved by Goose Factory's business thinking:
"It sounds pretty good. Virtual image producers can also benefit, and with more cross-border cooperation, the VR ecosystem will flourish even more."
Li Miaomiao shook his head: "Yes, I know it's very good, and Goose Factory will launch a QQ farm in the brain-computer connection VR in the future."
"The VR version of the farm is more realistic. What they say is that players will have to make certain interactions to steal vegetables."
"Goose Factory will indeed make money, and the executives of Kechuang Biotech highly praise Goose Factory."
"Because the goose factory's production flow must be connected to the VR system, Kechuang will have a 30% commission in the future."
"Like the cross-border cooperation between Goose Factory and Hermès, Kechuang Future achieved 30 million yuan, and Kechuang Biotech received 12 million yuan."
"Such as VR personal images and the QQ farm that will be launched in the future, these will bring us high profits."
"But now the audience for brain-computer connected VR is the middle and high-consuming class, and they can afford this kind of consumption, or even higher consumption."
"But brain-computer connection VR and even subsequent virtual reality must be open to everyone after all. We do not make low-priced products."
"We will also open the technology to other companies so that they can make low-priced products, but they must use our system."
"But after the Goose Factory gameplay becomes a habit, what will the poor do? Do they have the same initial image even in VR?"
"In this way, the classes in the virtual world are even more clearly divided."
"In the future, children will receive distance education in the virtual world, and they will naturally develop grades."
"From the current perspective, there is nothing wrong with Goose Factory's approach, but in the long run, Goose Factory's behavior and the unspoken rules of the industry behind it are actually very bad."
Li Miaomiao's years of experience in the position of senior executive of Science and Technology Biotech have paid off.
She takes a longer-term view than others.
And because she hasn't been in a high position for too long, she can still consider the situation of the people at the bottom in the future.
After hearing this, Zheng Li was somewhat impressed: "What you said makes sense."
"But we can't interfere with the operations of the goose factory."
"There's only so much we can do."
Li Miaomiao nodded: "Yes, actually it doesn't mean that just because you are in a high position, you can do whatever you want."
"I want Goose Factory not to do this, but not only Goose Factory will not agree, but the executives of Kechuang Biotech will also not agree."
"Maybe only a god like you who doesn't eat the fireworks of this world will think that my idea is right."
"But even you can't interfere with the operation of the goose factory."
"It's okay now, because the price of brain-computer connected VR is there."
"Only the future can tell about the future."
"At least we can't let distance education also engage in skin-drying."
"But as long as we mention it, Gouchang wouldn't dare to brazenly do this in the education field."
Echang has always invested a lot of energy in the field of distance education, and one of the main businesses of Echang Cloud is education.
After the brain-computer connection VR was launched, Goose Factory specially experimented with distance education functions.
Compared with video and traditional VR, the advantages of brain-computer connection VR are obviously huge.
The teacher can directly have an avatar in the classroom space, whether it is walking around, pointing at the blackboard, or writing.
Just use the controller to write in the void and the content will be automatically recognized and converted into an image in VR.
Goose Factory's distance education system based on brain-computer connection VR is already under development.
After learning about it, Li Miaomiao specifically confirmed with Goose Factory executives that they would not profit from avatars in the education system.
Gouchang operates a distance education system, and its original target customers are also schools rather than individuals.
Zheng Li nodded: "In the future of virtual reality, we can open up more permissions to users."
"Social software can even be built into the system. The VR version of QQ only exists now. When virtual reality is realized, QQ and WeChat will no longer be needed."
