"Space Exploration Editorial Department" is a science fiction film directed by Kong Dashan and produced by Wang Hongwei and Guo Fan. It stars Yang Haoyu and Aaliya, and stars Jiang Qiming, Wang Yitong, and Sheng Chenchen. It tells the story of a science fiction magazine The middle-aged editor-in-chief Tang Zhijun strayed into a ridiculous story about a journey in search of extraterrestrial civilization due to a problem that has puzzled him throughout his life.
The plot synopsis of "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department":
Tang Zhijun is the chief editor of the editorial department of "Cosmic Exploration", a science fiction magazine born in the 1980s. Today's magazines are declining day by day, and Tang Zhijun has finally become a down and out, widowed and lonely man. But he is still obsessed with finding extraterrestrial civilization for decades. Finally one day, he received an abnormal signal that seemed to come from the depths of the universe, so he summoned his friends who were also fallen people in Tianya, and embarked on a journey to find aliens again with the question that had puzzled him throughout his life.
Tang Zhijun, the editor-in-chief of the editorial department of "Space Exploration" magazine, knows. He believed that through the "snowflake dots" on the TV screen, he could connect to outer space and explore the secrets of aliens. He muttered relevant news at his fingertips, and inserted the "signal receiver" connected to the TV on his head. Face looked expectantly at the snowflakes on the TV, trying to receive the message from the aliens, which was obviously absurd but full of logic.
"Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" dreamed back to life in the mountains, and presented a story of westward exploration of the universe in Daliang Mountain, Sichuan and Gaoxian County, Yibin. Caves, sparrows, forests and streams, the bizarre scenes in the southwest border seem to really depict the imagination of alien civilizations in the last century.
In the cave of Daliang Mountain, after going through many hardships on the westward journey, only Tang and Sun were left. Not only did they discover the cosmic totems left by the aliens, like DNA spirals or Fuxi and Nuwa's intertwined totems, but at the same time, Tang, who was approaching his limit, also seemed to witness the arrival of the "other" and the departure of Sun Yitong.
The "Space Exploration" science fiction magazine is located in the old neighborhood of Jiuxianqiao, Beijing. An office compound from the 1980s was in disrepair and became a "live location" for various film and television crews. In the bright Fourth Ring Road, there are still There are folds of decay from the last century.