Chapter 69: Blast the Duck
Yongan College’s Journey to the West remake plan is in full swing.
Compared to a series of creations that are kept as secret as possible until completion.
It can be said that there are no secrets at all about Yongan College's remake of Journey to the West this time.
Not to mention Zhenxin Animation, which has a close relationship with the Yongan Department, even the freshmen who came to Yongan College in advance to get an introduction to the environment were pulled into the classroom by teachers from various majors for meetings on the day of enrollment.
"The possibility of linking Suzhou embroidery with characters from Journey to the West."
"Architectural design of the Dragon Palace and the Palace of the Holy Spirit in the East China Sea."
"The casting of the golden cudgel."
"The process of making the cauldron of Taiyi Zhenren's alchemy furnace."
"What kind of accessories should a fairy who has achieved enlightenment have?"
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The freshmen who originally just wanted to arrive at school early to adapt to the environment were instantly overwhelmed by the shock of this big project right from the start.
They have heard that "graduate" courses will be very different from undergraduate courses, but they really can't imagine such a crazy involutionary state.
It is not about reading textbooks verbatim, but about leading students to grow through actual projects.
Student A: "Oh my god, if I arrive early, I can directly participate in the project?"
Student S: "Why didn't it say that in the admission letter?"
Student D: "I was just barely above the admission scoreline, but if the worst scorer gets ahead of me, what will I do in the future?"
Student F: "I have booked the next flight."
Student G: "Plus one, I'll ask my undergraduate roommate to mail my luggage to me, I have to go first."
Student H: "Isn't our school a mental hospital? There should be hospital gowns. Just give me one and I'll go right away."
Student J: "I am a Suzhou embroidery major. I just talked to some students who arrived earlier. They are actually making the colorful feathered clothes for the fairy Chang'e!"
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The student group of Yong'an College was shocked. No one thought that the school would suddenly announce such a large project involving all teachers in the college, and even directly allow all students to participate.
This practice of sending resumes right away instantly captured the hearts of countless freshmen. At the same time, on the other hand, it was learned that Yongan College would join forces with major domestic animation colleges and production companies to remake the entire Journey to the West with the movie standards of "The Stubborn Stone".
Netizens all over the Internet went crazy at the first moment.
[Journey to the West, a long film, from the birth of Sun Wukong to the havoc in heaven and then to the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, such a long film is made into a long animation with the movie standards of The Stone? Is the film crew crazy or am I crazy? ]
[Oh, how expensive is this? The Stone Chronicles cost tens of millions of dollars to make in just two hours. If it were made into a feature-length animation, would it be able to make back the money? … I wouldn’t have to go to the cinema every week to watch the show, would I?]
[One more for the cinema. Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, if Yongan College really produces it according to the standards of "The Story of the Stubborn Stone" this time, I would really rather go to the cinema to watch it. ]
[Plus one, even if the special effects are reduced, it is still a truly high-level output. In that case, let alone the question of whether to buy a ticket, I am also worried about whether my mobile phone is qualified to display the visual effects of the animation. ]
[I agree. I just watched the online version of "The Stone" recently. Whether it is a mobile phone or a TV, there is no way to reproduce the visual shock I felt when I was sitting in the cinema. ]
[Yes, I had thought about suggesting that the cinema re-screen "The Stone" before, but I didn't expect Yongan College to give me such a big deal right away.]
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The intensity of the training was tested right after enrollment, which was definitely the craziest school. What was even more unbelievable was that Yongan College seemed to have completely given up on keeping the content confidential.
While netizens were still wondering what kind of work Yong'an College would remake of Journey to the West into, Yong'an College directly began to officially announce the designs made by each major under its "College of Technology".
For example, embroidery academies led by Su embroidery, Miao embroidery, Shu embroidery, and Xiang embroidery began to upload their own designed or improved character costumes on the official blog of Yong'an College one after another.
From the "clothes" made of leaves and vines by the monkeys in Mount Huaguo, to the "school uniforms" at Patriarch Bodhi, and later to the costumes of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the Dragon Palace.
All artistic elements have been further optimized with the support of traditional techniques.
Especially when the remake representing the image of the Dragon King of the East China Sea appeared, all the fans on the Internet instantly screamed in disbelief.
This is different from the original animation of Journey to the West, in which the character is in human form but is more like a "dragon".
The East China Sea Dragon King, as recreated by Yongan College, has completely subverted the "little old man" in people's past memories.
The East Sea Dragon King in the picture has changed from the previous impression of a crowned dragon head to a man with cold and deep eyebrows.
That majestic look without anger revealed the firmness and wisdom of a king.
The long silver-white hair flowed down like moonlight, and the soft color like moonlight perfectly neutralized the hostility surrounding the "Dragon King".
At that moment, wearing the silver-blue dragon scale armor, he used the most direct visual shock to let everyone know the dominance and majesty of the dragon clan.
The design of the armor and dragon scales interlaced together was like a finely crafted gem, sparkling in the light of the ocean.
The noble yet heroic makeup shocked countless netizens.
[Fuck, this is the Dragon King of the East Sea from Journey to the West.]
【Male god, no, husband. 】
[That's right. Journey to the West was filmed very well, but the original designs of the dragon kings were too demonic. This design of human form with dragon horns as decoration is more appropriate.]
[If Journey to the West had depicted the Dragon King of the East Sea in this image, how could I possibly go to see that "monkey"?]
[One more thing, I have watched the episodes in the original novel where the little white dragon transforms into a human form several times. There are many beauties but too few monsters in Journey to the West. ]
[That’s right, and the boys were all blinded by the Monkey King’s divine power, and didn’t notice how many beautiful ladies were hidden among those fairies.]
[I agree. Now looking back, I really regret that I was looking at a monkey when there were so many beauties. But by the way, did you notice that the design of the Dragon King of the East China Sea is similar to the two-dimensional character design of the "Dragon Scale Jade Pendant" in the Yong'an Museum?]
[Maybe it’s because the design elements of the dragon clan and armored generals have influenced the idea. But the visual effect is really cool. 】
[By the way, have you noticed that if even the East Sea Dragon King, who only appears as a supporting character, can be given such a detailed design, then the Monkey King, who is the protagonist of the group, must be...]
[Fuck, I almost forgot, why don’t you take out my Monkey King’s makeup and show it off. ]
All the netizens who searched the hot topic were shocked by the design of the East China Sea Dragon King by Yongan College, but what was most incredible to them was the identity of the East China Sea Dragon King as a supporting role.
It’s fine for the main characters, but the supporting characters are given such good makeup and styling, what kind of scenes will be needed afterwards to highlight the status of the main characters.
Little did people know that it was precisely because the Dragon King of the East China Sea was only a supporting role that the producers had the opportunity to use such a top-level configuration to shape him.
The more elaborate the costumes, the higher the production cost. Therefore, for the producers, such designs can only be given to those characters with "high-end settings" and few appearances.
The Dragon King of the East China Sea just meets this requirement. The configuration of the Dragon Palace gives him the opportunity to give full play to the word "gorgeous".
And then, the scenes of assisting the group in the journey to the West are interspersed many times in the plot, so that this extremely excellent image modeling does not appear only once and then be relegated to the sidelines.
As for the core group of characters like the "Four Masters and Apprentices" who appear on the screen for a long time, they can only wear the pilgrimage clothes that they wear most often on weekdays.
This is inevitable in the plot arrangement, and therefore even though Sun Wukong has the gorgeous clothes of the Monkey King, he can only be ruthlessly sealed on weekdays.
But no matter how the producers arrange it, at least up to now netizens have had a clearer understanding of Yongan College's statement that it takes "The Story of the Stubborn Stone" as its standard.
At this pace, this will definitely be a masterpiece whose every episode can be adapted into a big screen.
And the most important thing is that Yongan College's "Journey to the West" theme remake this time will not only produce a very sophisticated animated film, but will even create a matching theme park in the first phase of the "Yongan Theme Park" which has officially started construction.
Not only does it have the Lingxiao Palace and the East China Sea Dragon Palace, which are architectural designs suitable for "cultural relics exhibitions", they are even planning to build an artificial waterfall with the theme of "Huaguo Mountain" and a "hotel canteen" designed based on the prototype of Gao Laozhuang.
Oh, by the way, I heard that Taishang Laojun's Tushita Palace will be designed as a snack shop selling "snacks".
Although these are just "rumors" circulated by the local construction team, these few words of description alone are enough to arouse the curiosity of netizens.
To what extent will the theme park be restored?
How big are the Lingxiao Palace and the East China Sea Dragon Palace planned to be?
What kind of food is sold in Gao Lao Zhuang?
When can we go to Taishang Laojun to eat the "immortal pill"?
One hot topic after another has been building up a high building on the Internet, and Yongan College has also followed this popularity and decided to use the opening ceremony where all students arrive at school early to broadcast the latest news about "New Animation Journey to the West" and Yongan Theme Park to everyone in the form of a live press conference.
As soon as the news came out, the entire network's attention was instantly focused, so much so that the authorities had to use live TV broadcasts and online "appointment diversion" to avoid network crashes during the live broadcast.
Penguin branch, Kiwi branch, Jeans branch.
However, even so, the official Weibo account of Yong'an College received a total of 100 million live broadcast room reservation applications in less than a week before and after the announcement of the news.
This was a scene and scale that Jia Wenyan had never imagined, but just when her child was thinking about how to calm down.
Suddenly, a hot search appeared on Weibo that surprised her greatly.
"The model of the Dragon King of the East China Sea looks like the director of "The Story of the Stone"."
"The boss's smuggled goods."
"The director of "The Stone" is suspected of having plastic surgery!!!"
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