Jia Wenting(USA)
Creative Award
Author Biography:
Jia Wenting is an art critic for American magazines with a literary background as a serial novelist on Jinjiang Literature City.
Awarded Work: The Mysterious Lover
Story Synopsis:
Do you believe in fate? Do you believe in a love that can transcend time and space?
The story unfolds in an art gallery in California, where Luca, a painter and president of an antique painting collection company, meets Diana, a writer, in an accidental encounter. They fall in love at first sight.
However, a romantic music festival takes a tragic turn when a sudden indiscriminate shooting occurs. Luca is struck by a stray bullet and critically injured, requiring urgent hospitalization and later entering a cryogenic chamber. During her painful wait, Diana encounters two people and a cat: a mysterious physicist named Anthony, a beautiful woman, and an odd little cat—a homage to the 1935 thought experiment "Schrödinger's Cat," emphasizing quantum entanglement. Clues lead her to a tarot studio, where she meets the mysterious fortune teller Mia, who tells her, “Your lover is not gone; his soul still lingers in this world.”
The climax unfolds as Luca awakens in the hospital, accompanied by experimental data from brain–computer interface research. Is he alive or dead? What is the ultimate truth? The story employs contemporary concepts of the metaverse and brain–computer interfaces.
The narrative intertwines art and writing as expressions of contemporary civilization, illustrating a love that transcends time and space:
“You are my most beautiful painting.” — Through the soul in a masterpiece
“You are the harbor of my soul.” — Through the soul in a book
The Mysterious Lover fuses romance, art, and science fiction, using quantum physics, parallel universes, and brain–computer interfaces to explore an eternal love. The script delivers a multidimensional narrative, offering a fresh sensory and emotional experience.
Professional Commentary:
This work blends romance, art, and science fiction, presenting a multidimensional exploration of love that transcends time and space. The integration of quantum physics and brain–computer interface concepts gives the story originality, creating a sophisticated narrative that combines emotional depth with imaginative scientific elements.
