ryethenovel Chapter 28 Wu Ke, the Fan Girl
Chapter 28 Wu Ke, the Fan Girl
Yu Zhenhe was sketching and interacting with art students on the Bund when he was in a rare good mood.
Inside the publishing house, editor Xiao Wu had just brought back the newly compiled manuscript of his book, "Brain in a Vat".
The three chief editors arrived upon hearing the news and rushed to request and read the manuscript.
Editor Xiao Wu was quite dedicated. During the time she was assigned to be Yu Zhen's personal assistant while he was in seclusion to create, in addition to packing meals for him regularly, her main job was to help him organize new manuscripts and make copies.
A new manuscript of over 150,000 words.
She copied it twice.
For no other reason than that I enjoy assisting writer Yu, and while copying the manuscripts every day, I am also trying to learn from Yu Zhen's creative thinking and rhythm, hoping to find even a little bit of knowledge that I can absorb as nourishment.
Of course, her bigger selfish motive was to keep this precious handwritten copy as a lasting memento.
Yu Zhen's future is limitless; he is destined to be a great talent who will soar to new heights and become a literary giant.
I once fantasized that I could take advantage of the fact that writer Yu's identity was unclear and he had nowhere to stay in Shanghai, and use the method of having a son-in-law come to my door to get close to him and have a good chance of getting close to him.
Editor-in-Chief He arranged for her to be writer Yu's assistant, which was actually intended to create an opportunity and take the chance to bring them together.
Unfortunately, she lacks personal charm.
To put it nicely, writer Yu has always treated her with utmost respect and has never overstepped any boundaries.
To put it bluntly, they probably didn't even notice her delicate features.
She was just an ordinary Shanghai girl, less than 1.6 meters tall, a typical delicate beauty from Jiangnan, with regular features but plain looks. If you threw her into a crowd, she would definitely be the least noticeable one.
People have self-knowledge.
Therefore, since their feelings for each other could not be fulfilled, they settled for second best and tried to learn more about creative skills from writer Yu.
As the first reader to read the entire story of "The Brain in a Vat," she undoubtedly has the most authority to speak on it.
How can I put it more appropriately?
If the previous film, *The Truman Show*, was too novel and bizarre, especially the second half, where young Truman, after reaching adulthood, mutated to the point of being unrecognizable as a normal human being—with his superhuman intelligence and abilities, the ability to casually build an armed warship, and the plot development of him single-handedly destroying an entire live-streaming island with a warship—was so absurd and unbelievable that it was far beyond reality, almost like a myth, and was a major flaw…
However, the plot of the sequel, Brain in a Vat, takes a turn.
The entire story unfolds and changes, suddenly becoming so real and believable, even a stroke of genius.
Good heavens, who could have imagined such an extraordinary future technology setting?
In the first episode, the Truman Islands, where he lives, experience all sorts of amazing hardships.
It turns out that everything that happened was just a simulation calculated by a supercomputer in a virtual world, where a human brain, cultivated in a nutrient solution by researchers and superconnected by a neural network, was used to simulate and calculate everything.
All the so-called absurdity and irrationality, the so-called "Truman Show," are actually just experimental projects conducted by future researchers using supercomputers to study how to cultivate and create super-intelligent AI digital life forms with human-like intelligence.
A story with genius-level creativity, and a visionary imagination of future technology.
Now, editor Xiao Wu has become a complete fan of writer Yu, the most fervent and devoted female fan.
"Xiao Wu, you're so stupid! Editor-in-Chief He had everything arranged, telling you to stay with Writer Yu. And what did you do? You actually let Writer Yu go out shopping alone, and you slunk back to the editorial office without even thinking of accompanying her. Such a good opportunity to be alone, and you...you're such a silly girl!"
Bao Fang couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Everyone in the editorial department knows that Editor-in-Chief He intends to bring Xiao Wu and Writer Yu together. If this really works out, everyone will be happy to see it happen!
There's no other reason than that if this really happens, Writer Yu will become the son-in-law of the "Story Club" editorial department, a true member of the family.
From now on, if we need to commission an article or something, Editor Wu will handle it, and everything will fall into place naturally.
Wu Ke gave an awkward laugh. "You really know how to rub salt in the wound," she thought, and quickly changed the subject. "Professor Bao, everyone's crowding around to be the first to see 'The Brain in a Vat,' aren't you even a little bit curious?"
"Hey, why should I get involved in that? Xiao Wu, just tell me directly, is this sequel good or bad? Has the story fallen apart? After Truman grows up, he sails a warship and destroys the live-streaming island. Does he later become a pirate and directly fight the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific? Heh..."
That final "hehe" completely revealed his attitude.
That is, they completely disagree with the exaggerated and bizarre plot development in "The Truman Show," and have already decided in their minds that this novel and interesting science fiction story has been ruined.
It's a pity, a real pity. Comrade Yu Zhen was too young and lacked creative experience. He also wrote the manuscript too quickly, and only managed to complete half of what could be considered a masterpiece, "The Truman Show." In any case, the plot development after young Truman grew up was too far removed from realistic logic.
In fact, Bao Fang's judgment was widely accepted by many senior editors within the publishing house, who generally believed that Yu Zhen had ruined the story.
The three chief editors initially chose to split "The Truman Show" into two parts for serial publication, partly due to similar considerations. They felt that Yu Zhen had ruined the story, but they also heard that Yu Zhen already had plans to write a sequel, and even a sequel with several parts in the framework.
With the intention of giving it a try first, we chose to publish the first part, which tells the story of Little Truman's impending adulthood and his vow to break free from the prison of the live-streaming island.
Wu Ke didn't argue with Bao Fang much.
"Alas, human prejudice is like a mountain. In short, Professor Bao, please try not to judge writer Yu by a narrow lens!"
"Huh? Xiao Wu, what do you mean? Does the story not go the way I imagined?"
"The author has already written the answer in the title of the sequel!"
"Huh? I don't understand. The title 'Brain in a Vat' is so vague and doesn't seem particularly original! What, does it mean that there's an enemy's head in a vat? Or, many enemy heads? After breaking free from the island's confinement, Truman becomes a serial killer, harvesting enemy heads all over the world, and then soaking them all in a giant vat of formaldehyde?"
Wu Ke got angry.
"Professor Bao, please, please stop insulting Writer Yu's new work!"
To be honest, Yu's new work, "The Brain in a Vat," is not just a 150,000-word science fiction novel; it is also a masterpiece worthy of being published as a scientific paper in a national-level scientific journal!
Listen carefully, this is a science fiction history book that can serve as a blueprint and guiding model for the domestic scientific community in the field of future supercomputer virtual reality research!