What Zhang Jinlai was going to perform was, of course, the highly acclaimed "Golden Monkey Celebrates Spring".
It is said that in another time and space, 2016 was the Year of the Monkey. Many viewers called on "Teacher Liu" to appear on the Spring Festival Gala to fulfill everyone's wish to watch "The Monkey King" in the Year of the Monkey. However, "Teacher Liu" never received an invitation from beginning to end.
Finally, Zhang Jinlai participated in the Liao TV Spring Festival Gala and presented shocking and magical visual effects to audiences across the country.
It is said that when Jiang Heng watched the show for the first time in his previous life, he was also stunned by the stunning visual effects of the show.
Over the years, I have always wanted to make this show, and when "Black Myth: Wukong" was released, I asked someone to contact Zhang Jinlai.
If someone else adapted Journey to the West and invited him to attend the premiere and ask him to perform, Zhang Jinlai would definitely spit without saying a word.
Jiang Heng mentioned the invitation of Youteng Films, so he had to give him some face. Jiang Heng's influence in the mainland film market was too great, not comparable to Zhou Xingxing, so he really didn't dare to offend him.
After arriving at iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, learning the format of the show and watching the rehearsal results, Zhang Jinlai was extremely excited. He felt that this was a good opportunity, and he rehearsed more attentively afterwards.
On the day of the premiere, he arrived early, first took photos and signed autographs on the red carpet, then went to find the event director on site to communicate and make sure there was no problem before sitting down in the guest seats.
As guests and audiences continued to enter, Jiang Heng also arrived. After exchanging greetings with everyone, the premiere ceremony officially began.
The host of the CCTV movie channel was still the host of the premiere, but this time he did not stand on the stage. Instead, he took the microphone and walked up to Jiang Heng and said a few polite words.
Then he walked up to "Sixth Teacher" and talked about everything from Sun Wukong to monkey shows.
"My father always said that monkey show should not belong to Zhang, but should belong to China and the world!"
"Oh, it's really a monkey show that brings thousands of families joy. Four generations of monkey kings have passed it down for a hundred years. I suggest that everyone give the warmest applause to welcome our Monkey King Liu Xiaolingtong and bring us a wonderful performance!"
Zhang Jinlai stood up and bowed to the audience.
Most of the guests and audiences who applauded at the scene were very curious.
Because many people know that he criticized certain film and television works and their random adaptations of Sun Wukong.
As for Jiang Heng’s “Black Myth: Wukong”, it goes without saying that it must have been a major adaptation, otherwise the words “Black Myth” would not be in the film’s title!
In this situation, even "Teacher Six" can come and perform, which can only be said to be a sign that Jiang Heng has a lot of face!
At this time, Zhang Jinlai had already quickly walked onto the stage, turned around, and made a monkey scratching cheek gesture to the audience.
At this time, someone realized why the host didn't go on stage when the ceremony started. He was preparing for the show!
But some people think that it would be better to just show the movie. What's the point of watching a monkey show?
Unexpectedly, Zhang Jinlai made a motion of plucking a hair and blowing air, and the beautiful scenery of the blessed land of Huaguo Mountain suddenly appeared on the stage.
"What the hell, what's that holographic projection again?"
“That 3D holographic projection is so cool!”
Some viewers who watched the premiere of "Primordial Chaos: The Fall of Heaven" exclaimed.
But on the stage, Zhang Jinlai, wearing a red suit, made the gesture of plucking hair and blowing air, and a little monkey appeared where his fingers were.
Then, an extremely huge golden hoop appeared in the sky, and a group of little monkeys sat on it.
The scene changed again, and Zhang Jinlai, who was originally wearing a red suit, turned into a fully armed Monkey King.
"Fuck, this is so cool!"
“It feels even more exciting than the one about Chang’e!”
"handsome!"
On the stage, Sun Wukong rode a cloud to the Heavenly Palace and met the Seven Fairies.
These are the original cast members who played the seven fairies in the 3D version of Havoc in Heaven. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, there's nothing wrong with my eyes, right? Gao Yuanyuan, Liu Yifei, Jing Tian, Tang Yan, Yang Mi, Zhao Liying, Kala La!"
"Awesome, so awesome, this premiere ticket is worth it!"
Many audience members were so excited that they were a little incoherent.
Most people stared at the stage with their eyes wide open, and when the show ended, they still felt a little unsatisfied.
"It's so wonderful, so wonderful!" The audience couldn't help but applaud.
Han Sanping, who was standing next to Jiang Heng, couldn't help but sigh while applauding: "You are really generous. The first show is so exciting! If they are not all top-tier, they are almost the same!"
We are naturally talking about Liu Yifei, Jing Tian, Yang Mi, Tang Yan and others, who are currently the most popular young actresses in the mainland entertainment circle, and now they are appearing in the same show.
Jiang Heng laughed, "Since we want to surprise the audience, we have to do it well!"
When he said this, the audience walked onto the stage and first thanked Zhang Jinlai and the "Seven Fairies" for their performance, and then talked about how powerful the technical strength of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video was.
Not only are the visual effects of the movie stunning, even the visual effects of the stage show are far superior to those of some of its peers.
Then, it’s time for the main film.
The lights in the main venue dimmed and the big screen lit up.
After the opening animation of Dragon Logo and iQiyi, there is a Monkey King wearing a phoenix-wing purple gold crown and chain mail gold armor, sitting on a mountain and looking into the distance.
And in the distance, there seemed to be a monkey's body lying on the ground.
Sun Wukong stood up suddenly and took out his Ruyi Jingu Bang. As the camera rotated, the audience realized that right opposite the Monkey King were several giants dozens of feet tall.
When the Great Sage rode forward on his somersault cloud, the audience realized that they were the Four Heavenly Kings.
He is just a character with little fighting power in the TV series, but at this moment, he is full of oppression.
Because when the perspective is high in the sky, there seems to be a group of ant-like things under the feet of the Four Heavenly Kings.
But when the Monkey King descended from the clouds, the audience could see clearly that it was actually 100,000 heavenly soldiers.
This version of the heavenly soldiers and generals has neat troops, sophisticated armor, and a strong sense of murderousness.
Especially when they all thrust the long weapons in their hands forward and formed a battle formation, it gave people the feeling of an ancient war blockbuster.
It’s much better than “Red Cliff” and the like!
"Fuck, this scene is amazing!"
“It’s so shocking!”
"I always thought the Four Heavenly Kings were pretty weak, but after seeing this scene, they must be pretty powerful!"
"They are too big. The heavenly soldiers are as tall as ants!"
At this time, Goku on the big screen spoke with a helpless tone.
"I saved the people! I got the scriptures! I don't want any fame, I just want to return to this Flower-Fruit Mountain to die and live a carefree life. I know that the gods above don't trust me! You let you bring some shrimp soldiers and crab generals to bluff, and you want to trick me into going back to be a god?
Hehehe, I understand too!
What I don’t understand is, you’re going to kill my monkeys and grandchildren?”
After Sun Wukong finished speaking, he pointed his golden cudgel upwards proudly. The camera turned and saw a huge, ugly blue head. (End of this chapter)