Chapter 85 The creator of Along the River During the Qingming Festival is in place.
Time flies by quickly. Although netizens on the Internet are always wailing and urging for speed, for the people in Yongan, every day is extremely busy and highly involuted.
Many students who have just graduated from college have described this year as a complete final semester.
No one can question the potential of college students at the end of the semester, and no college student would have thought that one day, such days would become their daily routine.
However, looking at the buildings rising from the ground in Yongan Theme Park, the students who knew the interior of Yongan Park clearly gritted their teeth silently.
They hope to be able to see more parts of Wing On Amusement Park that they are responsible for when it officially opens.
At the same time, it was during this period that the newly produced "Journey to the West" animation also took advantage of the Asian Games, with various official publicity campaigns, which greatly increased its popularity overseas.
Especially as the focus of the early plot, that is, when Sun Wukong went to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea to search for treasure, and fought with the Dragon King on the sea with the help of the "Golden Cudgel", the treasure of the sea.
Whether it is the magic weapon setting in the plot or the smooth fighting between Sun Wukong and the Dragon King of the East China Sea, it has received rave reviews both at home and abroad.
It is not a traditional animation battle, but a real "close combat" with real fists and flesh.
The audience can even clearly see the reflection and severed "monkey hair" on the Dragon King's sword.
At that moment, netizens both at home and abroad had never imagined that one day they would experience the same thrill that Jackie Chan experienced in the field of action movies through an animated film produced by Donghuang.
That scene, not to mention foreign netizens, even Donghuang netizens who have watched the plot over and over again countless times since childhood, were unconsciously immersed in it.
And the most incredible thing is that during the broadcast of "Journey to the West", not many people questioned the issue of Zhenxin Animation's adaptation of the plot of "Journey to the West".
Although most film and television adaptations will make certain adjustments to the plot.
But over the years, no matter what kind of adaptation, it will more or less attract doubts from fans of the original book. What's more, this time they adapted "Journey to the West", a masterpiece that ranks first in the list of the four great classics.
For this reason, when Jia Wenyan and Zhen Shuwang first finalized the adaptation plan, many people held conservative opinions, both in Zhenxin Animation and Yongan College.
This is especially true of the fight between Sun Wukong and the Dragon King of the East Sea, which was so intense that no one was decided who was the winner in the end.
This kind of "weakening" of the original characters is really easy to arouse the audience's disgust. But what Jia Wenyan didn't expect was that this time, before she could explain, Zhen Shuwang directly suppressed the doubts within the company.
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Shen Siming: "Boss, are you sure you want to follow this script?"
"We agree to update the modeling of the Dragon King. After all, the half-human, half-demon style of Journey to the West was largely limited by the filming and the level of costumes and props at that time.
But isn't it a bit too exaggerated to have the Dragon King and Sun Wukong fighting each other? "
"Although the project prepared by Director Jia has attracted a lot of attention, if we change it like this, the fans of the original novel will probably be killed."
"Don't forget, the person we are adapting this time is the top star of Donghuang who is well-known to everyone."
"So what?" Zhen Shuwang didn't care about the doubts of his planning team leader, but pointed to the center of the conference room, where the logo representing Zhenxin Animation appeared.
"Have you forgotten the original intention of making the animated film "The Stone"?
"Many contradictions in mythological stories, especially those like Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West, are actually caused by the influence of different standpoints."
"It is true that the words in famous works give us readers a lot of room for imagination, but even the original works actually have many choices that are influenced by the words and the length of the text."
"For example, the question of Sun Wukong's fighting power. Can you imagine that when Sun Wukong, who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, accompanied Tang Monk on his pilgrimage, he had to seek help from his "defeated generals" just because of a few mounts in the Heavenly Palace?"
"Although Journey to the West is a famous novel, it has a very serious collapse in combat effectiveness."
"But there is no other way. After all, given the creative environment at the time, when Mr. Wu was describing this story, this was the only way to elevate the status of Sun Wukong."
"I hope to perfect this part in my work."
"For example, regarding Sun Wukong's combat power, I hope to add a setting where his magic power is limited during the story of him being suppressed under the Five Finger Mountain."
"I'm going to attribute Sun Wukong's fighting power during the havoc in Heaven to the fact that he swallowed too many golden pills at once. If it weren't for his physique born from the spirit stone, he wouldn't be able to withstand the blessing of so many immortal pills and peaches."
"Those natural resources and treasures made Sun Wukong's cultivation level explode in a short period of time. That's why the story of the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures came about later."
"In my opinion, it is true that the quest for Buddhist scriptures in the West is Tang Seng's mission, but for Sun Wukong, protecting Tang Seng in his quest for Buddhist scriptures is not only to repay the debt he owed for causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace, but also to purify and stabilize his skyrocketing cultivation.\"
\"This will allow the combat power of Journey to the West to form a logical balance that is coherent and consistent."
Chen Siming: "I understand, but you have to think clearly, Boss. Many book fans don't really care whether your setting adaptation is reasonable or not. They only care about whether their favorite character is awesome and whether it can outperform other characters."
"So this is the difference between a commercial film and a masterpiece."
Zhen Shuwang didn't care:
"The reason why commercial films are made into exciting stories is to attract enough attention in a short period of time, but such works often cannot stand up to scrutiny.
In the past, people’s creations might have been limited by the influence of dissemination channels, but now in this Internet age, people already have very rich and colorful entertainment channels.
The creative environment of Journey to the West may have been influenced by the limited channels of communication in the cultural and entertainment market at that time.
In my understanding, if the early part was not eye-catching enough, it would be difficult for people to continue reading such a novel.
Besides, the adaptation of Journey to the West is not without precedent in our Donghuang.
Zhen Shuwang said this and found a video on his tablet.
"When I learned that we were going to adapt Journey to the West, I immediately did a lot of research on what the creators of Journey to the West thought when they were filming the TV series."
"What I remember most is Director Yang's adaptation of the plot of "The Kingdom of Women."
Zhen Shuwang: "The original novel describes Tang Sanzang as not emotional, but under Director Yang's adaptation, the character's humanity and determination are reflected through emotion and struggle."
"This is the attitude we should have as creators."
Shen Siming: "Aren't you afraid that you might accidentally ruin the reputation you have worked so hard to build?"
"Smash it? Don't worry, we changed something that most viewers are confused about. Otherwise, do they really want to believe that the so-called Monkey King would need to constantly seek help from his defeated subordinates?"
"Take the essence and discard the dross." No one is perfect, and the same goes for classics. What Zhen Shuwang hates most is the narrative method that unrestrainedly suppresses the highlights of supporting characters in order to elevate the protagonist.
The story of Long Aotian might not have been a problem in the past, but now they are living in an era of pursuing "group portraits".
The main characters and supporting characters should all have their own highlights.
Under this premise, whether it is perfect superiority or pure evilness of a villain, it will make the character one-sided and single.
This was the core idea behind Zhen Shuwang's adaptation of Journey to the West, and it also happened to hit the mark with Jia Wenyan's thoughts.
Because what they need to do is not only to make this work written hundreds of years ago have a more complete presentation, they also need to use it to promote their Donghuang culture.
At this point, Sun Wukong's one-man show can hardly meet their needs.
They need more flesh-and-blood characters to attract the audience's attention, so that they can better operate their IP projects while using the characters to promote culture.
Jia Wenyan and Zhen Shuwang agree on this point, which is also a key factor in Jia Wenyan's decision to return to her old profession.
But the most important reason was the care from the official father when she was working at Yong'an College.
It turned out that during the time when she was working hard at Yong'an College, the government not only ceded a program group for promoting traditional culture to Jia Wenyan, but also gave her a treasure that she had dreamed of countless times.
"Along the River During the Qingming Festival."
To be honest, when Jia Wenyan first heard these five words on the phone, she instinctively thought that the National Museum wanted her to reproduce this most famous painting of the era in Donghuang history.
But what she didn't expect was that what the National Museum gave her this time was not the "replica sample" she had imagined, but the "original copy of Along the River During the Qingming Festival" collected in the National Museum.
As a cultural relic restorer, Jia Wenyan was completely unable to suppress her excitement at the time.
She even almost wanted to shake her master's old bones to prove that she was not dreaming.
However, what she didn't know was that the official chose to send "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" this time, in addition to wanting to give certain construction assistance to the Yongan Group, there was another very important reason.
It was Jia Wenyan's master Zhen Yuandao who repeatedly used his apprentice's fame in his communications with the official authority, namely the National Museum.
Zhen Yuan said: "Brother, you know my apprentice's professional ability."
"If she gets this painting, she will definitely be able to reproduce it into another masterpiece."
"And the "Old Summer Palace" VR project she mentioned, aren't you interested at all?"
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