An ordinary weekend at the beginning of summer vacation.
The first batch of summer movies have begun to sound the horn, as the prime time of the year.
Many films have targeted this moment and come prepared.
The week "The Return of the Great Sage" was released, there were as many as three competitive movies released in the same period.
Among them, there are youth love movies that are filmed during the graduation season, there are also passionate sports-themed movies, and the other one is a blockbuster with a theme theme.
Coupled with the suspense movie that was released the week before and has a good reputation, the competitive pressure at the box office is not small.
Fortunately, "The Return of the Great Sage" started the screening mode in advance. With a relatively high reputation and attendance rate, it successfully obtained a film scheduling rate of nearly 20%, ranking second among the films that day.
On the day when the movie was officially released, Jiang Yuan also reposted and promoted the movie on his own Yuan Universe and on a number of social platform accounts.
By the way, the release date of the soundtrack of "The Return of the Great Sage" was also officially announced.
However, before the original soundtrack was officially launched, the official version of the audio source of "Yuanyouhui" was officially launched one step ahead of schedule.
In fact, except for "Kepler", which was recorded at the latest, the sound sources of the other songs have been released in advance.
When "Yuanyouhui" was officially released, it just had a uniform cover change.
Because the design of the entire physical album, including the recording of the songs, has a deep connection with the concert.
Therefore, the cover of the electronic version of the final album was also chosen to feature Jiang Yuan standing on the concert stage and looking up at the back of the stage.
The cube above the head is divided into many small screens, showing famous scenery photos from different stops of this tour.
The audio source is online, which happens to be the time when the latest issue of "Yuanyouhui" will be online.
Except for the special episode, this is already the last episode of the show, and many fans expressed their reluctance to see the show end.
In addition to the previously released album unboxing, some clips of Jiang Yuanding's physical album were also specially interspersed in the final clips, and the final version of the clips were confirmed with the program team.
Such clips are released, plus the full version of the sound source is online.
This also made fans enthusiastic about buying physical albums again.
In the end, before the album's pre-order period ended, total sales exceeded two million copies.
What is even more astonishing is that nearly one-third of the sales were purchased by foreign fans.
This is already a very amazing sales volume for a mini-album that is entirely sung in Chinese.
Those who are willing to buy are basically pure fans who place orders for Jiang Yuancai.
It can be seen that the activities over the past year or so have been very effective.
In addition to road shows, many activities have also been prepared for the release of "The Return of the Great Sage".
Based on the elements of the anime, limited edition setting manuals, commemorative ticket stubs, craft posters and other peripherals are also prepared for ticket buyers to boost the box office on the first day of release.
This kind of limited-edition materials has become a relatively high-volume part of movies nowadays.
Thanks to the exquisite animation style, it also has a unique advantage in the peripheral area.
Basically, just cut out a few frames from the movie and it will already be a very beautiful design.
Therefore, in the peripheral area, it has successfully achieved a far superior suppression effect on several movies of the same period, and has also become popular on social platforms.
On the day the movie was released, a road show was also held in Shanghai.
Jiang Yuan happened to be in Shanghai that day, so he also made preparations to temporarily land on a few road shows.
Although the online promotional activities are very popular, in the movie road show, because there are no bonuses from star actors, the popularity is obviously not as good as other movies.
The road shows that Jiang Caihua and others have run for so many days rarely have a full audience.
However, the only advantage of this is that the ticket prices for roadshows will not be scalped.
Basically, it’s only a few or ten dollars more expensive than an ordinary session.
In addition to the free peripherals, the seats for the weekend show were basically sold out.
Although the situation was much better than usual road shows, Jiang Caihua and others were still in a good mood when they heard that Jiang Yuan was going to join the road show lineup that day.
Suddenly I felt as if I had become more confident.
Because it was a temporary trip, Jiang Yuan didn't tidy up too much and asked the makeup artist to take care of it briefly. Then Jiang Yuan went to the location of the first theater of the day's road show.
Wearing the same movie shirts as Jiang Caihua and others, we asked about the scene of previous road shows.
On the day of the release, the film schedule will only start after 12 noon.
As an animation graduate who had been looking forward to this movie for a long time, Zhong Jiajia noticed that "The Return of the Great Sage" had a road show and tickets were very easy to buy.
Without hesitation, I bought tickets for the road show and came to watch the movie.
Before the movie started screening, Zhong Jiajia also received a peripheral gift package prepared by the film crew for the first wave of moviegoers.
Zhong Jiajia was a little surprised by the rich content and materials.
But when I think about the deep relationship between this movie and Jiang Yuan, it is understandable to be so generous.
In the waiting area before the movie starts, an animated art poster is displayed on the big screen.
The gold and red color scheme looks stunning.
The audience who had already taken their seats looked at the big screen and waited for the opening time, and could also hear some fellow audience members chatting.
"The poster style is indeed very nice, but I don't know if the feature film is as exaggerated as the critics say."
"It should be pretty good. If the quality is not good, I probably won't dare to upgrade it."
"That's true!"
The release of "The Return of the Great Sage" also caused a lot of heated discussion on the day it was released.
Everyone generally believes that movies that dare to be released should be very confident in their own movies.
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"It's a pity that Jiang Yuan didn't participate in the road show of the movie this time."
"I'm sure I won't be able to come if I'm so busy. The last time I participated in the movie was because it had dubbing."
"Yeah, after the movie is over, I should be able to ask some questions about the soundtrack. I wonder if I can get Jiang Yuan's autograph."
"Meeting the director and creator, rounding up, can be considered as meeting Jiang Yuan."
"If Jiang Yuan is really involved in this road show, it will probably be difficult to get tickets."
During the road show, in addition to some passers-by, there were still many fans of Jiang Yuan who came specifically to support the show.
But after all, everyone knew in advance that Jiang Yuan would not participate in the road show, so everyone's attitude was somewhat casual and nonchalant, and they didn't pay too much attention.
"Hey, why do I see a ticket here saying that Jiang Yuan will be participating in today's road show?" A fan suddenly exclaimed in a low voice while scrolling through his mobile phone.
"It's probably not possible. It's probably because the theater is trying to sell tickets. I heard that this was also said in previous shows." Another fan retorted soberly.
Zhong Jiajia listened to the conversation and agreed more with the latter's views.
I feel that if Jiang Yuan really came to participate, the news would have spread a long time ago.
Fortunately, Zhong Jiajia also came here for the main creators of Color Painting Studio this time, and wanted to ask some professional-related questions.
Thinking of this, the lights in the theater also dimmed, and it was time for the movie to officially start playing.
After calming down, Zhong Jiajia focused on the big screen and began to watch the movie intently.
The opening scenes of the movie flashed by one by one.
After the classic dragon logo, there are the logos of each producer, and the last thing that flashes is the words Omega Works.
After Jiang Yuan Studio started to get involved in the film industry, starting from the last film "The Invisible Guest", every film is going to be labeled as an Omega film.
We are also planning to turn this into a brand watermark.
Leave an impression to the audience that any work with the Omega watermark is a good work.
As the last logo that flashed, it successfully left a deep impression on the audience.
Of course, a large part of the reason is also because the Omega vest itself is very popular.
After the title flashed, the first frame of the movie began to appear on the big screen.
"It is said that a long time ago, there was a monkey king, Sun Wukong..."
The scene starts directly from the part where the Great Sage is causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace. Above the blue sky, the Monkey King's red cloak is fluttering in the wind, and he fights rebelliously with the Heavenly Soldiers and Kings.
The very beginning of the movie immediately cranks up the excitement level.
The audience was not given any time to buffer, and their attention was immediately attracted by the oncoming fighting scene.
Although everyone is more or less familiar with the story of Upheaval in Heaven, seeing the concrete picture on the big screen in a movie theater is still shocking.
Just this section alone made many viewers nod secretly and sigh, it is indeed a big production.
The story of Havoc in Heaven is told from the perspective of the storyteller's narration, and it quickly transitions to the timeline where the Great Sage was sealed under the Five Elements Mountain five hundred years later.
The story of the Great Sage became a legend, but everyone believed that he was not dead.
The scene changes to the mountains. A woman holding a child is surrounded by a mountain demon. Seeing that there is no hope of escape, she jumps off the cliff.
The child was picked up and adopted by an old monk and named Jiang Liu'er, which is the image of Tang Monk that caused controversy in the early stages of the film's official announcement.
Jiang Liu'er has lived with the old monk since he was a child. He has grown up listening to the stories of the Great Sage and admires the Great Sage very much.
One day, the small town where he lived was invaded by mountain monsters, and the monsters took away a bunch of children.
But Jiang Liu'er quietly rescued one of the little girls, but unfortunately when the monsters were counting the number, they discovered something was wrong, so they were chased and killed.
While escaping, Jiang Liuer and the mountain demon fell into the mountains together.
Jiang Liuer, who once again survived the disaster, was still chased by monsters after falling off the cliff.
In times of danger, he ran into a mysterious cave in a panic.
Inside the cave, I accidentally touched an ice-blue icicle.
In fact, it is the seal of the Great Sage.
At the moment of crisis, the seal of the Great Sage was unlocked, the bandits were repelled, and he saw the light of day again, and the story officially begins here.
The length of this movie is much shorter than a regular two-hour movie.
After the Great Sage came out of the cave, all his magic power was still sealed.
Jiang Liu'er finally met the Great Sage, so he naturally followed him all the way, and at the same time wanted to take the little girl he had saved back to the town.
Along the way, in addition to the Great Sage, I also met Zhu Bajie and Bailong.
When Bai Long appeared, many viewers once again marveled at the coolness of the special effects.
At the same time, dark forces are also surging, and the mountain monsters are capturing boys and girls in order to be sacrificed to the monster Chaos.
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Chaos was also ready to take action himself.
He pretended to be an ordinary storekeeper and kidnapped the little girl Jiang Liuer was about to send home.
After the accident, Jiang Liuer asked the Great Sage to help save the little girl, but the Great Sage did not agree decisively because he had lost all his magic power and was no match for him.
Finally, Jiang Liuer decided to go alone to rescue the little girl.
However, with Bajie's persuasion, the Great Sage quickly figured it out.
He decided to go to the place where Chaos is and have a duel even if all his mana is lost.
At Jiang Liu'er's most critical moment, the Great Sage appeared with Bai Long and others, and started fighting with the monsters.
This part also made the audience watch attentively.
Previously, Jiang Liuer's interactions with the Great Sage and others were interspersed with some life philosophy from time to time. This kind of plot foreshadowing was interesting and easy to understand, but not too boring.
Now coming to the fighting part, the level of excitement has increased again.
Although all his magic power was lost, the Great Sage was still the Great Sage, and he could still fight the monsters with his physical strength.
Seeing that he was defeated, Chaos decisively revealed his insect form.
The fight part was so dizzying for everyone at the scene that they didn't even notice that Jiang Yuan also quietly entered the theater at this time and sat down in the first row to watch together.
After Chaos revealed the giant insect's body, the fight quickly entered the difficult mode.
It was difficult for the Great Sage to defeat him without his magic power. In order to help the Great Sage, Jiang Liuer took the initiative to enter the battle and attracted the attention of the monsters.
The scene looked very thrilling and made many viewers feel anxious.
The fighting scene changed very quickly. In an accidental situation, Jiang Liuer was buried by a collapse of rocks.
At that moment, the emotions of the audience stagnated for a moment.
The Great Sage quickly came to the pile of rocks and started digging, but in the end he only found Jiang Liuer's little hand, which had lost all strength.
There is also a Monkey King doll belonging to Jiang Liuer that has been stained with dust.
Seeing this scene, the great sage was also filled with sadness and burst into tears.
In the cinema, many viewers were affected by this emotion and couldn't help but burst into tears.
After all, it’s hard not to be immersed in your own emotions when watching a movie.
And after this tragedy, it was also the beginning of the outbreak of the Great Sage.
Extreme grief turned into strength, allowing the great sage to open the seal of magic power.
Melt stone into armor, wave flame into robe!
The moment Gao Shuai transformed, Jiang Yuan vaguely heard several suppressed exclamations coming from the theater.