At this time, on the 11,000 big screens in China, the huge body of the world of the movie is rendered and produced by a large number of CG special effects in the later stage, and it stands realistically in the middle of the screen.

She shouted to Sun Wukong in the jade bottle in her hand: "Today I want to do the right thing for heaven!"

At this moment, Tang Sanzang pleaded: "The apprentice is also responsible for being a master by mistake, begging my sister to let him live!"

Guanyin said: "If I don't destroy him, I can't explain it to the Jade Emperor!"

Tang Sanzang said with a solemn expression: "Please sister tell the Jade Emperor that the poor monk is willing to pay for his life with one life!"

After that, a generation of eminent monks sat on the ground, threw their staff into the air, and solemnly recited: "Amitabha!"

Tang Sanzang gave up his life to take righteousness, in exchange for the opportunity for Sun Wukong to be reincarnated.

From the beginning of the film, Peng Yichen was unconsciously worried about the audience's reaction.

After all, when this movie was just released in the previous life, the word-of-mouth and box office were very average.

Whether today's Chinese audiences can accept the re-deconstruction and subversion of the classic masterpiece of "Journey to the West" is one of the keys to the success of "Journey to the West".

Therefore, he has been listening carefully to the reactions of fans in the theater.

"Hahaha!"

When Peng Yichen heard the fans behind him, because of the funny interaction between Sun Wukong, Tang Seng and Guanyin on the screen, he burst into continuous laughter.

His heart that had been hanging slowly fell.

Sure enough, just like he thought, the audience in 2009 has been able to accept this kind of deconstruction and subversion of the classics.

"This Tang Sanzang is too crooked, this line is too funny. ”

"Tang Sanzang's shouting Sister Guanyin is also very ridiculous!"

"The reason why Sun Wukong killed Tang Seng is that he is too verbose, haha!"

The laughter in the theater came and went, and some people kept praising the special effects and the pictures were very exciting and exciting.

Obviously, all the audience was immersed in the story of "Journey to the West" and was deeply attracted by this movie.

This made Peng Yichen completely relieved, seeing the audience's reaction, he knew that the "Journey to the West" he filmed and starred in would definitely be a success in this world.

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He glanced at the reactions of the insiders around him, and saw Fa Ge and Xing Ye with obvious smiles on their faces.

Zhou Xingchi found Peng Yichen's gaze and leaned into his ear and said, "I can't imagine that you really dare to make such a big subversion of "Journey to the West". I sweated for you, in this scene, if the acting skills of you and Mr. Zhao Jianguo are a little worse, the whole scene will be ruined. ”

Peng Yichen is completely stress-free now, and said with a smile: "So Master Xing, you feel pretty good about this movie!"

Zhou Xingchi nodded and said: "Teacher Zhao Jianguo is an old drama bone, his acting skills are superb, your acting skills are now self-contained, Tang Seng and Sun Wukong are very tasteful by the two of you." And it is the essence of our nonsensical nature. If you release this film ten years in advance, it is estimated that it will be very dangerous. Even I may have had a hard time accepting such a subversion. But now in the age of the internet, everyone is very fond of subverting and deconstructing classic authority. ”

When Peng Yichen heard Zhou Xingchi's words, he thought to himself that he was worthy of being a star, and his understanding of movies was really accurate.

If he was the director of "Journey to the West" in his previous life, not Liu Zhenwei, I don't know if "Journey to the West" would be different.

Peng Yichen agreed: "Yes, now we filmmakers are in the best era, with a good market and a good audience. ”

"Yes. Zhou Xingchi said with a smile: "Although this is the case, I still have to admire your innovative spirit, do you know that I have received several large-investment movie scripts adapted from "Journey to the West". They also asked me to play the Monkey King, but every time in the end, the investors were not sure, feeling that no one could shoot the story of Journey to the West, and then the script was shelved. ”

Zhou Xingchi said that the movie Peng Yichen knew that just two years ago, CCTV wanted to invest in the filming of "Havoc in Heaven".

But in the Chinese film circle, there have always been films with two themes, and no director dares to try.

That is the Chinese magic blockbuster and the Chinese science fiction blockbuster.

The problem of science fiction movies, because of the problems of popular science education and historical and cultural environment in China, fans and audiences have always had a low sense of identity with science fiction, and Chinese domestic films rarely dare to make science fiction similar.

But in Peng Yichen's view, magic movies should have been the forte of Chinese films.

You must know that China has a rich history and culture of 5,000 years, and it is a mess rich in myths and stories.

It stands to reason that there is never a shortage of good stories when Chinese directors shoot magic movies.

The eighty-one difficulties of "Journey to the West", each of which can be made into a wonderful movie.

There are also "Fengshen Bang", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Liao Zhai", etc., which are also top movie material libraries.

However, due to the ignorance and lack of attention to computer special effects technology for a long time by Huaxia Film Company and film directors, as well as the limited scale of the Huaxia film market in the past.

As a result, in the past ten years in China, there have been very few magic-themed movies filmed.

After all, the heavy use of computer special effects technology means burning a lot of money.

Peng Yichen spent more than 100 million on computer special effects in "Journey to the West" this time, which seems to be a lot.

But in fact, this is because he has a "sharp-eyed" cheat, so he can use such a small amount of money to achieve the special effects level of "Journey to the West" slightly beyond the special effects level of Hollywood.

Even so, Peng Yichen deliberately reduced the number of special effects shots in "Journey to the West" due to financial constraints, and made a total of more than 500 special effects shots.

This is nothing compared to Hollywood special effects movies.

As a casual example, Hua Na's most profitable fantasy blockbuster is the "The Hobbit" series of movies.

The total production cost of the three films in the series is 745 million US dollars, or about 3.58 billion Chinese dollars.

Eighty percent of it was used for special effects production, that is, 2.5 billion Huaxia coins were spent on special effects production.

On average, each movie spends 800 million Chinese coins on special effects, and a movie has more than 2,500 special effects shots.

To simply convert, the special effects production cost of a "Hobbit" is 8 times that of "Journey to the West", and the number of special effects shots is 5 times that of "Journey to the West".

And "Journey to the West" is already the movie with the most special effects production costs and special effects shots in the history of Chinese films.

If you look at this problem from the perspective of return on investment, you can easily understand why the directors and investors of Huaxia do not pay attention to special effects.

The investment cost of the three "Hobbits" requires the film to obtain at least 9 billion at the box office to recover the cost.

Which director in China dares to pat his chest and say that he can get a box office of 9 billion if he makes three movies.

Because Hollywood has the ability and channels to distribute films in the global film market, after only two "The Hobbit" were released, Hua Na received more than $2 billion at the box office.

This is the reason why Huaxia does not dare to spend money on special effects, not that Huaxia does not have the technology to shoot special effects blockbusters, but that the investment in special effects is too large and the risk is too high.

It's better to invite some small fresh meat and traffic stars, and the money of fans is easy and safe.

This is the strange appearance of Chinese movies, the investor would rather give 100 million to a small fresh meat than use it in the production of special effects.

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