When Chen Chen entered the power control room, Xiao X had already finished downloading "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" for Chen Chen.
"War for the Planet of the Apes" was released in 2011. It tells the story of the protagonist who invented a viral drug called ALZ-112 in order to treat his father's Alzheimer's disease.
The principle of this drug is to infect the human brain with artificially modulated viruses, thereby regenerating and repairing cranial nerves.
However, many people may not understand the specific principle. In fact, an analogy can be used.
In 2015, German scientists discovered a special gene—ARHGAP11B—that only exists in modern humans and close relatives of humans.
This gene with a long list of names helps the reproduction of brain stem cells, allowing the brain to produce more neurons during development, and to develop advanced cognitive abilities such as 'thinking' and 'language'.
In other words, it is very likely that it is because of the existence of this gene that humans can break away from the food chain and climb to the top of nature.
In order to further study the function of this gene, a group of German scientists conducted an experiment: through genetic engineering, they implanted this gene into the embryos of mice to observe what would happen to the mice that had obtained the "wisdom fruit" What a change.
The results are also very gratifying. After the birth of these genetically modified mice, their brain capacity increased significantly.
You know, the cerebral cortex of ordinary white mice should be very smooth, looking like a peanut. However, after being transferred to this human gene, it had to be squeezed and folded because of the large increase in surface area, and it appeared to be similar to the human brain. The same cortical folding phenomenon.
It can be seen that the ARHGAP11B gene plays a crucial role in the development and evolution of the nervous system.
(I just don’t know if these mice escaped from prison successfully at the end of the experiment. If they succeeded, maybe a real-life version of "The Rise of the Rat Ball" will be staged tens or hundreds of years later hehe)
The ALZ-112 virus in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" works on the same principle. By transferring alternative genes to the brain, it prevents the death of nerve cells caused by Alzheimer's disease and rejuvenates the brain's nerve cells.
Moreover, the plot of the movie is very similar to the above experiment. The protagonist of the movie conducted this experiment on a chimpanzee. As a result, the chimpanzee's intelligence greatly increased, and even gave birth to a child "Caesar" who became the culprit of the demise of human civilization. .
Although the means of the two are different, the purpose is the same.
However, in reality, we can only modify the genes of biological embryos, but we cannot modify the genes of adult organisms, because there are trillions of genes in the adult organism and cannot be modified.
That’s why retroviruses, a method of changing genes throughout the body, appear in movies.
The same principle applies to T virus, G virus, DX-1118 virus, etc.
Returning to reality, Chen Chen pulled out the charging USB flash drive, inserted it into the computer, and then tried to drag the downloaded movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" into the USB flash drive.
Boom!
However, an unexpected voice came. This seemingly scientific movie was actually rejected by the USB flash drive...
Chen Chen raised his eyebrows and tried again as if he didn't believe it.
But the result is still the same.
Emmmm…
Chen Chen thought for a while, and while the U disk was not paying attention, he gently clicked on the name "Rise of the Planet of the Apes.mp4". The cursor flashed, and Chen Chen quickly changed it to "A Dream of Red Mansions.mp4", and then quickly dragged it to the U disk. go.
Boom!
Well, the attempt to trick the USB drive failed.
It seems that this movie does not meet the core values of USB drive.
Chen Chen shook his head helplessly. Without any surprise, the first step failed.
In fact, anyone who knows something about biology will understand that the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" does contain many pseudo-scientific elements, such as the protagonist's father.
The protagonist's father himself is a patient with mid-stage Alzheimer's disease, and in the middle stage, brain cells in this disease will die in large numbers. Even if the remaining neurons are saved through ALZ-112, the resulting damage to brain function and Memory loss is also impossible to recover.
Therefore, it is impossible for the protagonist's father to directly return to normal in the movie.
Also, the reason why the human brain is smart is not only its complexity, but its size is also a very important factor. The capacity of the human brain is three times that of a chimpanzee, so it is impossible for the chimpanzees in the movie to directly reach the level of human IQ.
In addition, even if there is a designed virus that can modify the brains of chimpanzees, this virus may not be able to modify the brains of other types of orangutans.
Just like the virus ALZ-113, which can increase the intelligence of chimpanzees but is lethal to humans, it is impossible for ALZ-113 to appear in not only chimpanzees in the movie, but also orangutans, gorillas, bonobos, etc. Orangutans can achieve the effect of "enlightenment".
The origin of this movie is the ALZ-113 virus. Without this virus, nothing would happen. However, this virus has exceeded the capabilities of real viruses. Could it be that it is impossible to drag the movie into a USB flash drive? the truth
The origin of cinema
Chen Chen thought for a while and downloaded a movie again.
"Shark of the Deep".
This movie is also about Alzheimer's disease, but it treats the symptoms by extracting proteins from the brains of sharks.
According to the method in the movie, dropping a few drops of protein directly on the brain cells can activate the dead brain cells for 6 seconds. In Chen Chen's view, this is no longer science fiction but fantasy.
The result was not beyond Chen Chen's expectation. The move of dragging "Deep Sea Shark" into the USB flash drive still failed.
Seeing that his first plan failed completely, Chen Chen no longer considered it. He plugged the USB flash drive back into the charging port and found an address book on his phone.
After thinking about it, Chen Chen made a call directly.
"Mr. Edwards?"
"I am Chen Chen."
"I have a task that I wonder if you would be interested in accepting. It's about making a movie."
"Yes, the plot is provided by me. I need a famous screenwriter, a famous director, and a group of famous movie stars to interpret the plot I provided and successfully release it. It requires at least 100 million box office."
"Of course, the sooner the better, and it is best not to take more than three months from script writing to release."
"I will provide the investment funds myself, 1,000 information points, no more."
“A pleasure to work with…”
Then Chen Chen hung up the phone.
Chen Chen contacted a family named Edwards in North America.
The Edwards Consortium is a well-known financial giant on Wall Street. Its industries include but are not limited to electronics, optics, space, missiles and other electronic industries. The most critical thing is that it also involves the entertainment industry.
The Edwards family holds shares in more than 200 film and television companies in Hollywood, equivalent to one-fifth of Hollywood.
The person Chen Chen contacted was one of the three heads of the Edwards family and the member who came to participate in the meeting at that time, Robert Edwards.