Chapter 381: "Monkey King: Hero is Back" Concept Trailer

Overnight, the comments for "Deep Sea" on all major music platforms exploded.

The comment count on Penguin Music broke 20,000 in a single night.

This kind of data growth is relatively common for traffic-driven Singers.

Because the fans of these types of Singers like to manufacture data, and they also like to post all sorts of compliments, all sorts of flattery, and all sorts of spam in the comment sections.

Some even go so far as to compete for historical records in comment growth speed, and some even use this kind of data manipulation to apply for Guinness World Records.

Since the number of comments on some music platforms can reflect a song's popularity from the side.

This is what led to the appearance of this phenomenon of spamming comments.

However, some songs don't need this kind of data manipulation, because they themselves can stimulate listeners' interest in leaving comments.

The version of "Deep Sea" sung by Zhou Keran is like this, and the version of "Deep Sea" sung by Fengge Group is also the same.

It's just that the style of the comment sections for the two versions of "Deep Sea" is completely different.

Looking at the comment section for Fengge Group, the messages are all like this.

"Original Singer: Help me bury myself. Fengge Group: Come back to life for us!"

"When you are in total despair, and you jump into the deep sea...

Zhou Keran version: I understand you, I get you, I will remember everything about you, remember your pain, and understand your despair.

Fengge Group version: Holy crap! Hurry, hurry, hurry! Someone come and help! Someone is jumping into the sea here! Hey, big sister, do you know how to swim? You don't? If you don't, just struggle and splash around a bit yourself, I'm coming to save you right now! Oh my god! Don't give up! (Splashes into the water)."

"I feel like the two versions are more like a conversation.

The mortal world holds no attachment, everything dissipates like smoke.

The mortal world year after year, who dares to say it is like smoke."

"I listen to it and feel like this song shouldn't be called 'Deep Sea', it should be called 'Get Ashore, Sir'!"

Besides these jokes and memes, many people also expressed that they were moved to tears.

These comments about being moved to tears gave Fengge Group very complex emotions after they saw them.

It wouldn't be called flattered, but there was definitely surprise.

Their group has been debuted for ten years, and they had never made anyone cry with their Singing before.

Most importantly, many people also expressed that they had regained hope after sharing some of their own past experiences.

This made the two of them feel the magical power of music for the first time.

Or perhaps...

It is the magic in Luo Mo!

………

………

"Deep Sea" and "That Year" are still continuing to ferment online.

Luo Mo, on the other hand, is rushing the filming schedule of "Nirvana in Fire".

Currently, the filming progress of the entire work has reached the final stage.

Once the remaining filming tasks are completed, post-production can begin.

After the post-production work is done, it can be submitted for review, and then just wait for it to air.

As for Luo Mo, he has the 【finished film】 in his mind, so when doing post-production, he can avoid many detours and save a lot of hesitation, and the efficiency can be multiplied several times over.

At the same time, "Nirvana in Fire" is different from the "Sword Fairy" series.

Although most costume dramas require special effects, such as some scenery or war scenes and the like.

But "Nirvana in Fire" definitely doesn't have as many special effects as in "Sword Fairy".

The martial arts experts here haven't reached the level of martial arts films yet, so it's relatively worry-free when doing post-production.

What makes Luo Mo feel relaxed is that the Live Broadcast date for the next episode of "King of Love Songs" has been postponed by a week.

Because the broadcast date happened to be a holiday, the time in the evening was given to the holiday gala.

This reduced Luo Mo's workload.

On the contrary, He Yuanguang's efficiency was very high.

Luo Mo had previously told him to first produce a concept trailer, and after this concept trailer was produced, release it, and then announce the project to the public.

Unexpectedly, He Yuanguang cobbled it together so quickly.

But this was also thanks to the production team of "Fog Hill of Five Elements", as they were already accustomed to the ink-wash painting style of production, so their efficiency was extremely high.

Yes, this concept trailer did not fully adopt the 3D mode from the movie.

It had more ink-wash elements.

He Yuanguang sent it to Luo Mo to watch yesterday, and after watching it, Luo Mo expressed that he was very satisfied: "Nothing to change, it can be released directly tomorrow."

"No need to build up hype?" He Yuanguang asked.

"Build up hype for what? This is the first wave of hype for the movie!" Luo Mo said.

"Uh, okay, I'll listen to you."

By the way, this trailer was actually written by Luo Mo himself.

It counts as a kind of semi-original work based on the movie.

The next day, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Tongguang Studio and Luo Mo Studio released a video on all major social platforms at the same time.

Luo Mo also reposted it using his own Weibo.

Xiao Cai, the JK-wearing rich girl who had been promoted to a Drama Critic, was posing for photos in a Coffee shop with her best friend Xiao Fang, who was also a JK-wearing rich girl.

Both of them were big fans among the 【Mo People】, and at this moment, their phones started dinging and donging with new notifications.

Not only did they follow Luo Mo on Weibo, but they also followed Luo Mo Studio and Tongguang Studio as well.

The two of them immediately stopped posing for photos; they had just been sticking their butts out non-stop, trying to create the effect of having a perky butt, and they were already tired from sticking them out.

"Let's see what Luo Mo posted first!" Xiao Cai said.

Both studios wrote very little text, only a single sentence: "Concept trailer for the new project."

"Concept trailer? What does that mean?" Xiao Fang was stunned.

"I don't know, maybe it just means a teaser trailer?" Xiao Cai was also a bit confused.

"Never mind, let's watch it first!" Xiao Fang said.

Xiao Cai nodded and tapped on the video on her phone.

At the beginning of the video, it was all gray and hazy, then a few large characters appeared:

【《Monkey King: Hero is Back》 Concept Trailer · Demon Calamity on Earth Edition】.

"Demon Calamity on Earth Edition, what does that mean?"

"Is the new project called 《Monkey King: Hero is Back》? A Journey to the West theme!?"

"I don't know if it's a series or an animation."

Immediately following, at the very start, one could see a brush painting away, and in the style of an ink wash painting, it depicted mountains, rivers, fields, and homes... a scene full of vitality.

However, since it was painted with ink, the colors throughout the entire trailer were all black and white.

A few large ink characters emerged, and then, a voice like a storyteller's read the characters out loud:

"The story takes place hundreds of years after the Havoc in Heaven, and Sun Wukong has long since become a folk legend."

Soon, the scene shifted, and a large number of hazily drawn demons and monsters appeared in the video.

They shrieked, and they ran.

This was the so-called demon calamity on earth.

And the voiceover sounded for the first time; it was the voice of a young child, sounding playful and cute.

"【The Great Sage Equaling Heaven Sun Wukong, his body like mysterious iron, eyes of fire and golden pupils, Chang Sheng Bu Lao, and he has the Seventy-two Transformations. A single Somersault Cloud, that's one hundred and eight thousand li!】"

In the young child's voice, there was a hint of showing off, a hint of pride, and endless admiration.

Yet the scene on the video was one of devastation; how ironic.

Homes were destroyed, and the people could not make a living.

A massive number of demons and monsters were wreaking havoc on the human world, and ordinary mortals were simply unable to resist.

"【Are you really the Great Sage Equaling Heaven?】" The young child's voice sounded again.

But the scene of demons causing trouble continued.

The voiceover continued, still the child's cute voice.

"【Oh right, Great Sage, you also have a Ruyi Golden Cudgel; they say that Golden Cudgel weighs thirteen thousand five hundred jin!】"

Pitter, patter.

The sky was gray and black, and a light rain began to fall.

One demon beast after another charged wildly, knocking over a doll stall by the roadside.

A small Sun Wukong doll fell into the mud.

The scene was still in black and white, including this small Sun Wukong doll.

The storyteller's voice came again: "I can no longer remember how many years it has been since Sun Wukong disappeared."

The child's voiceover continued, the tone seemingly carrying a hint of curiosity.

"【Great Sage, where is your Ruyi Golden Cudgel?】"

Silence; responding to the child was only silence.

Or rather, from beginning to end, it was as if the child was talking to the air; no one gave him any answer.

That small Sun Wukong doll lay quietly in the mud, being trampled by the iron hooves of the demon beasts, trampled and trampled...

In this doll's hands, there was nothing at all.

"It's been hundreds of years; perhaps Sun Wukong died long ago," the storyteller continued.

Suddenly, as if wailing and crying, the child shouted loudly:

"【The Great Sage Equaling Heaven will not die!】"

If the character in this kind of dialogue were someone else, perhaps many people would find it awkward.

But since it was about the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, it instead gave people a strange feeling.

In an instant, Xiao Cai and Xiao Fang felt an electric current surge through their entire bodies.

This Shouting, filled with a crying tone, seemed to open the door to childhood memories.

They thought of the Sun Wukong masks in toy stores, thought of the toy Golden Cudgels, and thought of how children would all scramble to play the role of Sun Wukong during games.

Pitter, patter.

The rain continued to fall, and it was falling harder and harder.

The rain washed over the Sun Wukong doll in the mud, and gradually, it was no longer black and white; it had layers of color!

In an instant, the ink wash spread out, and it was as if a hole had appeared in the sky!

Deep within the clouds, a slender red cape fluttered, revealing a corner from the clouds.

A golden beam of light that pierced through heaven and earth suddenly smashed down from the horizon!

This golden light sliced the black and white ink wash directly down the middle.

It was as if it would tear open the sky, split the earth, and smash it all into a complete upheaval!

With just this one strike, the hordes of demons retreated, vanished into thin air, and were destroyed; no one could block it!

The ink wash receded like a tide, and the black demons and monsters twisted hideously, as if turning into fly ash, gradually drifting away.

The scene entered a brief whiteness, then turned into the clouds above the nine heavens.

White clouds filled the sky, and the sun began to rise.

Deep within the white clouds, a red cape emerged from the cloud layer, fluttering in the wind.

From beginning to end, the true face of the Great Sage was never seen.

Only that long red cape could be heard snapping in the wind within the video.

Several large golden characters spread out amidst the ink wash:

——Monkey King: Hero is Back!

(PS: Second update, requesting monthly votes.

Also, no need to search, this trailer doesn't exist.)

(End of this chapter)