Since there is no plan for a sequel, there is no Easter egg at the end of the film.

The film ends after the Lingxiao Palace, which symbolizes the heaven, is completely destroyed. After all, it would be a bit awkward if there were no scene of the Jade Emperor fighting the Monkey King.

Furthermore, the length does not allow it. It is already more than two hours long, and if the plot is included, it will have to be divided into two parts.

So as soon as the film ended, some audience members who were in a hurry to pee left in a hurry. Of course, most of them stayed in their seats and wanted to listen to the live interview.

"Director Jiang, hello. I am a reporter from China Film Report. Thank you very much for bringing a brand new and wonderful Journey to the West story to the audience. We are curious about how you came up with such a Journey to the West story that is completely different from Lion Camel Ridge, Pingdingshan, and Kingdom of Women?"

Jiang Heng held the microphone and smiled, "Legends are about making people mythologized, and myths are about making gods humanized. I originally wanted to interpret the characters in Journey to the West from the perspective of human nature. In the original novel, Sun Wukong has always been bold and free. After becoming the Fighting Buddha, can he really withstand those strict restrictions?
But can Lingshan and Heaven really trust Sun Wukong?
For a person who has rebelled against the Heavenly Court twice, Lingshan and the Heavenly Court have no defense at all?
Later one day, I happened to see the scene of "Water Margin" on TV where Song Jiang and Lu Junyi were given poisoned wine. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind: how could I be really at ease? How could I trust them completely? How could I not hold back?

Since the Buddha could make the golden hoop disappear without Wukong noticing, he must have the ability to make it appear suddenly.

Then I thought, what would happen if Wukong left Lingshan and returned to Huaguoshan? That’s how the film you see now came about! ”

After Jiang Heng finished speaking, the audience was stunned for about two or three seconds, and then applauded enthusiastically.

Firstly, I think the film is really good, and secondly, I think Jiang Heng’s creative idea is really novel.

Since the establishment of the domestic film and television industry, there have been countless film and television works on the theme of Journey to the West, but there are very few that are as groundbreaking as "Black Myth: Wukong".

"The Sequel to Journey to the West" is one of them. The story is absolutely first-rate, but the action scenes are too weird.

Afterwards, another reporter asked how Jiang Heng came up with the idea of ​​Yang Jian and Nezha also helping to rebel against Heaven.

Jiang Heng then brought out the concept of "The Three Traitors in Heaven", saying that Nezha weighed 100 kilograms, 99 kilograms of rebelliousness plus one kilogram of lotus root powder, which made the guests and audience laugh.

In fact, the story about Yang Jian and Nezha secretly rebelling against the Heavenly Palace was reflected in the "Lotus Lantern" a few years ago.

However, the Internet media was not well developed at that time, and the concept of "The Three Traitors in Heaven" was not widely circulated.

But once Jiang Heng said this, it would surely spread throughout the Chinese entertainment industry and become deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Afterwards, Jiang Heng answered another question from the audience, and the premiere ceremony came to an end.

Reporters and audiences left the venue one after another, and most of the guests were arranged by Bonna Pictures to go to a nearby five-star hotel to attend a dinner.

At the banquet, all the guests expressed their congratulations, believing that "Black Myth: Wukong" will surely set off a viewing craze again, and a box office of more than 2.8 billion or 3 billion is inevitable!

Fortunately, Jiang Heng did not shoot any movies in the first half of the year, so the New Year's Day schedule at the end of 12 and the Spring Festival schedule at the beginning of 13 was completely cleared.

Otherwise, who can win?

Jiang Heng smiled warmly and drank with many guests.

Tang Yan, who was sitting at the next table, was also accepting congratulations from a group of female stars.

She played Kang Jinlong in "Black Myth: Wukong". When in human form, she had a kind of enchanting beauty and her makeup was very special and unforgettable. It is certain that her popularity will skyrocket and become even more popular.

Some of the actresses sitting at the same table were genuinely happy for Tang Yan, but many were secretly jealous.

"Tangtang, your performance as Kang Jinlong was so good, maybe he'll win the Best Actress award!"

Tang Yan smiled: "It's okay. Actually, I'm still confused now. It's all because of Director Jiang's good acting!"

"Of course. If it weren't for Director Jiang, we wouldn't be here today. Let's go toast him!"

"Go together, go together!"

A group of female stars surrounded Tang Yan and came to Jiang Heng.

Tang Yan was not shy either. He toasted generously and said a lot of words of thanks.

Some people like to stir up trouble, saying that the toast was too insincere and that at least a kiss should be given!

After hearing this, Liu Yifei and Jing Tian glared at him unkindly, and the man then realized that he had spoken out of turn.

But the words had already been said, and Tang Yan couldn't pretend not to hear it, so she kissed Jiang Heng lightly on the cheek, causing the whole audience to scream and uproar.

Seeing this, Jing Tian followed suit and toasted with a glass of wine, wanting to follow suit.

Jiang Heng hurriedly stopped him and said with a smile: "Just toast me, but don't take advantage of me!" Tiantian was so angry that she rolled her eyes.

However, because of Jiang Heng's words, the female stars behind him also breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, if Jing Tian really did that, the psychological pressure on the people behind him would be too great.

If you don't learn, what do you think?

You want to leave after offending Director Jiang? I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to make a name for yourself!
Wang Zhonglei, who was sitting nearby, looked at the golden flowers of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video with envy, and muttered in a low voice, "How can they pretend? How can they tolerate such a good thing?"

Feng Xiaogang whispered, "How can we do this in public? Of course we have to do it behind people's backs!"

"Too!"

The atmosphere of the banquet was quite lively. Everyone ate and drank until about 10 o'clock in the evening. Then those who had good relationships went to the bar or KTV for a second party.

Most of the journalists who attended the premiere of "Black Myth: Wukong" had already written the first draft and were urgently revising and proofreading it in preparation for publication.

As for the film critics, they were relatively free and each chose a point of view that they had more experience with to write their articles. Generally speaking, they mainly praised the films.

As for the netizens on Douban and Tieba, their focus is still on the special effects scenes in the film.

Especially the action scene where Sun Wukong defends Yang Jian with his back turned, which is praised to the sky.

It is said that "Black Myth: Wukong" is the film with the most beautiful fighting scenes among Jiang Heng's "Journey to the West" films, which has aroused more and more expectations from the audience, and they are looking forward to the film's release soon.

The next day, Jiang Heng came to iQiyi and Tencent Pictures, and his assistant Cui Zhenzhen brought him a stack of newspapers.

Jiang Heng casually flipped through the comments and saw that they were all praising the film. He then looked online and saw that they were mostly positive comments.

Not long after, Du Huan came over and said that he would lead a team to Shanghai by plane later to hold a preview of the new film.

Jiang Heng had no objection, because it was already discussed long ago. Later, he would take a plane to Japan to attend the premiere of the new film held by the partner Toho Co., Ltd.

In the next few days, he will also fly to popular film markets such as South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France to attend local new film premieres.

In addition to his driver, bodyguard, assistant, Tang Yan's team also accompanied him.

The reason is simple. She starred in "Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother" a few years ago and has some fame in the international market.

The main reason is that European and American audiences have a deeper impression of the films directed and acted by Jiang Heng. Because Tang Yan was able to play Jiang Heng's sister in the film, quite a number of audiences remembered her.

With this arrangement, the other two beauties became a little restless.

I don’t know how the two of them discussed it, but in the end Liu Yifei was the one who went along.

The problem is that she didn't play a role in "Black Myth: Wukong", but she just followed it.

Liu Yifei's reason was that she happened to be traveling around the world with Jiang Heng, and then she could go directly to the Maldives, saving him the trouble of taking a detour. Jiang Heng had no choice but to let Liu Yifei be a senior executive in Bonna Pictures, and also be considered a member of the publicity and promotion team.

The group first went to Tokyo, then Seoul and Los Angeles. They were warmly welcomed wherever they went.

Because in recent years, special effects blockbusters and 3D movies have become popular. Both Jiang Heng's special effects blockbusters and Marvel's superheroes are very popular with audiences from all over the world.

Especially the former, it is a must-see movie for many viewers every summer and winter.

Because Jiang Heng's films have always been of high-quality special effects and the action scenes are quite exciting, the audience who have suffered from "fake 3D blockbusters" in recent years have gained some comfort.

Even though Jiang Heng's films have cultural differences and parts that are difficult to understand, the visual effects have never been bad.

Furthermore, as Jiang Heng's films have been popular around the world for more than a decade, some related Chinese culture has also been passed on, and foreign audiences are not completely ignorant of it.

I am also looking forward to "Black Myth: Wukong", which is adapted from "Journey to the West".

However, after Jiang Heng led the team to participate in the premiere promotions in several overseas countries, he let Tang Yan and others return home first.

He took Liu Yifei and a group of bodyguards to the Maldives for vacation.

In China, July 7th soon arrived.

The long-awaited movie fans got up early and went to the cinema to grab IMAX 3D movie tickets.

"Hello, two IMAX 3D movie tickets!"

"Uh, there are only seats available in the first two rows, is that ok?"

"Ah? The first two rows are selling out so quickly, what about the second show?"

"There are those behind in the second game, but they are closer to the side!"

"Okay, two!"

"One hundred and sixteen!"

Because of ticket subsidies from the film company and group-buying websites, the 2D version has low-priced tickets at 9.9 yuan and 19.9 yuan, but the number is limited, and the audience needs to grab them at a specific time.

As for the 3D version, it starts at 39.9 yuan, and the average ticket price is around yuan.

The IMAX 3D version, which is more popular among young audiences, has a slightly lower ticket price than in previous years, but it still remains at a high price of 80 yuan per ticket.

That's 160 yuan for two people, which is still a certain amount of financial pressure for many young couples.

But even so, the IMAX 3D theater still has the highest attendance rate.

After all, Jiang Heng’s films focus on visual effects.

To the extent that after watching ordinary 3D or 2D movies, people are too embarrassed to post the receipts on their Moments, only IMAX movies make them look proud!

On this day, cinemas in popular commercial districts in major cities across the country were almost all packed, and each theater was filled with "people with destiny" who were ready to challenge the movie.

The next day, the film's box office figures were released. The box office on the first day of its release was 3.01 million. It did not break the previous single-day record, but it was also a very dazzling result.

After all, as of July 7, some students have not yet had their holiday.

As schools start to go on holiday one after another, the box office of "Black Myth: Wukong" will inevitably continue to soar.

Sure enough, on Saturday, the day after its release, the single-day box office soared to 3.75 million.

On Sunday, it fell back to 3.29 million.

Jiang Heng's film once again broke 1 billion in three days. In addition, "Black Myth: Wukong" was adapted from "Journey to the West", and the original novel is more well-known than "Fights Break Sphere".

It can be said that it is highly likely that "Black Myth: Wukong" will surpass "Fights Break Sphere" and set a new box office record for mainland films.

After being widely reported by major media outlets, many film and television company bosses and directors were jealous. They were so envious!

In a studio at China Film Digital Base, the filming of Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame is nearing completion.

Even some of the special effects shots in the film had already been sent to the special effects company for production, so that it could be released in time for the 2013 Spring Festival and make a fortune.

The Wang brothers attached great importance to this film, and Wang Zhonglei often came to visit the set.

This time, Mr. Wang couldn't help but sigh.

"Breaking 300 million in a single day, and over 1 billion in three days, when can we produce a movie like this?"

Xu Ke smiled and said, "Just increase the investment. The total investment for one of his films starts from 200 to 300 million US dollars, so the effect will naturally be outstanding.

How much have we invested? Two hundred million, the special effects are definitely not comparable!"

In fact, according to the original history, the production cost of "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" was 1.3 million yuan, and including the publicity and promotion costs it was only 1.7 million yuan.

The reason why this life can have a production cost of 2 million yuan is still due to the influence of Jiang Heng's blockbuster and Huayi's desire to seize the market.

Being able to give 200 million to Old Monster Xu is already a great trust in him.

As for getting two or three hundred million US dollars, let alone whether Huayi has that much money in its account, even if it does, it is impossible to give it to Xu Ke.

As described in the plot of "Black Myth: Wukong", Sun Wukong rebelled against the Heavenly Court twice, so it would not be surprising if he rebelled for the third time.

Xu Ke once failed in a blockbuster like "The Legend of Zu", so no matter which investor faces him, they will not be able to help but wonder whether this movie will follow the same path as "The Legend of Zu". The principle is the same.

So after listening to what Xu Ke said, Wang Zhonglei just laughed and said a few polite words and let it go.

I sighed inwardly, it’s a pity that Feng Xiaogang doesn’t know how to make mythological or fantasy blockbusters, otherwise he could really make one!

Shanghai, on the set of "The Crossing", in the directors' rest area, Yusen Wu is reading the newspaper in his hand.

Compared to the more convenient and faster electronic media, he still prefers paper. So after the premiere of "Black Myth: Wukong", he asked his assistant to bring those newspapers with entertainment news every day, just to read the reports about "Black Myth: Wukong".

But the more I read this news, the more unhappy I became. Jiang Heng was praised so highly in the news that he was almost like a flower.

Such nice words as "China's number one director", "international great director", "renowned both at home and abroad" were used to describe him.

However, these are all false. What makes Wu Yusen most unhappy is the report that the average daily box office exceeded 300 million and broke 1 billion in three days.

Haven't these audiences seen Monkey King? It was adapted to a dark style and it was able to earn so much at the box office.

In his opinion, the plot of "Black Myth: Wukong" is not very clever, especially the scene of causing trouble in Heaven at the end, which is very cliché.

It was clearly the golden hoop that harmed you, and you committed suicide and were reborn in order to completely break free from the shackles of the golden hoop.

If that's the case, then you should go to Lingshan to find the Buddha. What's the big deal about going to the Heavenly Palace to find the Jade Emperor? (End of this chapter)