Chapter 1227 Cultural Export From Chinese Mythology

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No one thought that the ancient myth would become the most popular entry on the Chinese Internet this year.

And this was not even posted by a Chinese person on their own initiative, but by an Anglo-American living in China who had nothing to do but had enough to eat.

Cultural export is sometimes accomplished under such unexpected circumstances.

The number of views exceeded 10 million in two days, the number of discussions on related entries exceeded 200,000, the fan community was quickly established, and the supporting uploads of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "The List of Gods", and "Journey to the West" were uploaded.

Nowadays, the popularity of ancient mythology abroad is not even lower than that in China, its place of origin.

This means there is a language barrier between the two parties, otherwise the Yankees could go to Tieba Station B and compete with netizens to argue with the characters.

This network spectacle is indeed quite rare.

I remember the last time Chinese culture was so popular abroad, it should have been the period when Wang Xiaojiu was still updating his pastoral life vlog.

Unfortunately, due to irreconcilable conflicts with the company over the division of interests, Wang Xiaojiu has not updated the video for a long time. Even if he updates in the future, he will probably not use the name Wang Xiaojiu again, and it is impossible to gain the same level of popularity again. .

Wang Xiaojiu is gone, but in fact the officials have consciously looked for a replacement.

Luo Quan has received related tasks before. She also filmed a movie A Bite of China before, which was indeed popular abroad for a while and attracted many foreign tourists.

But she didn't keep updating this series, so as soon as she stopped updating, the popularity dropped. After all, it couldn't last long.

Originally, there was no hope for cultural export. Who would have thought that the ancient mythology would suddenly become popular?

A subject that has been poorly filmed in China, a subject that can almost be labeled as a bad film as long as it appears in movie theaters, and an unpopular subject that few people usually make videos or write novels about.

Just because Luo Quan made a unified operation, he instantly became popular.

In fact, she didn’t even consider foreign markets at first.

But looking at the popularity, after the release of "Prehistoric 1", the foreign box office may be higher than the domestic one, which is very conscious.

As for foreign countries, the terms "Ancient Wilderness", "Fengshen" and "Journey to the West" have been on the hot searches in turn. Together with the 86 edition of "Journey to the West", it has also become the most requested film and television resource on the Internet.

Teacher Six probably never dreamed that one day his boast would come true.

In the past, when the 86 version of Westward Journey was popular, it was indeed well-known in Southeast Asia, but the international in the minds of netizens usually refers to the East and the West.

Before this, almost all foreign impressions of Sun Wukong came from Dragon Ball.

However, the Sun Wukong in Dragon Ball has nothing to do with Journey to the West except for the same name and a monkey tail.

After learning about the deeds of the Great Sage, American netizens immediately became fans of this fighter who dared to cause trouble in heaven.

Resisting authority, fighting for the weak, and being free and unrestrained, isn't this the kind of hero the West likes most?

As a result, Journey to the West also became popular.

A Dream of Red Mansions can derive redology, which has caused countless red scholars to argue for hundreds of years.

The artistic value of Journey to the West is actually not much lower than that of Dream of Red Mansions. Its readability and depth are definitely unmatched among all Chinese classical literature. It is not difficult to understand why it has become so popular abroad.

Of course, there are still only a few people who can calm down and read classics.

Most people prefer to read streamlined content. After all, we are in a fast-paced era. Fragmented content is still not suitable for being too long or complex. Simple, crude and refreshing content is enough. Meeting these points is equal to half the battle.

That's why Lyon cut each episode into half an hour, and only releases two episodes every day.

That is to say, this video was not released on Netflix, otherwise I don’t know how popular it would have been.

However, Netflix usually follows trends. Seeing how popular Honghuang was, they immediately sent an email to Luo Quan, asking if they had any scripts, so they could strike while the iron was hot.

Even before the filming of the movie started, these people started looking for her to film a TV series.

Luo Quan's answer is of course no. If there is, it is impossible for Netflix to mess around with it.

So many bad movies have proven that Chinese people themselves may not be able to understand the myths of the Chinese people, let alone foreigners?

Aren’t there two bloody examples a while ago?

Disney spent huge sums of money to make two movies with Chinese elements, hoping to gain access to the second largest movie market in the world.

One is Disney's own Mulan, and the other is the Marvel superhero movie The Legend of the Ten Rings.

Both movies hired a lot of big names from Hong Kong and Chinese-Americans, but they ended up being a mess. The combined ratings of the two movies didn't reach the passing mark. They were ridiculed to death by fans at home and abroad, and they lost money at the box office. .

Disney originally planned to let Luo Quan direct these two movies, saying that the scripts were very good and the fan base was here, so even if they were made, they would be huge hits.

It can only be said that luckily Luo Quan didn't answer, otherwise the thousand years of Taoism would have been lost in one day.

Therefore, it is the most stupid behavior for foreigners to control a movie with Chinese elements. Luo Quan will definitely not use this IP to be wasted by others. He would rather not catch up with this popularity and take his own time.

Of course, with the speed of her movies, "The First World" will definitely be able to catch this wave of popularity.

In the past, when 70% of the entire movie required special effects, the production cycle would have been very long.

But after she took the Unreal Engine to Universal for a major upgrade, it not only made games ridiculously fast, it was also suitable for use in film special effects production. Its realism and speed were several levels ahead of the industry leaders.

When the time comes to take a look at it, it will definitely shock the audience’s 3D glasses.

In addition, she also has a smart AI with multiple functions.

In addition to simulating human conversation, painting is also its strength.

So Luo Quan followed Leon's plan and made 3D pictures of each character in the prehistoric era.

Pangu is mighty and majestic, Hongjun has an immortal spirit, and each of the three Qing Dynasties has its own characteristics. The two sages of the West are honest and upright on the outside, but their shrewdness cannot be concealed on the inside. The younger junior sister Nuwa is even more beautiful and otherworldly, and at the same time extremely majestic. She is worthy of it. As the mother of the human race.

After the release of these character pictures, netizens' imagination of prehistoric times became more concrete and full.

It is worth mentioning that Luo Quan also said that 3D animation with prehistoric themes will be released in the future, and the character modeling will basically be these character drawings.

This news immediately aroused the cheers of countless Honghuang fans.

When a netizen asked Luo Quan what he was doing now, Luo Quan's answer was: "Using novels to complete the details of the ancient myth, and at the same time filming the movie "The Creation of the Ancient World"."

People in China knew that Luo Quan was going to make a movie, but not many people abroad knew about it. After seeing the news, they were looking forward to it.

As for Lyon, he has been busy translating various literary works these days and cannot help himself.

His cultural papermaking has not yet reached the point of translating ancient Chinese texts into English with full charm, and borrowed a lot of intelligent AI during the process.

Fortunately, AI is powerful enough, so his work is quite easy and full of fun.

The fun lies in transporting something he likes to a foreign country, and then seeing thousands of people chasing for updates and fighting over some plots or characters.

This is what he is most happy to see, a feeling that the value of life has been realized.

It's a pity that he only acted as a translator for these works, and they were not as original as my sister. Otherwise, this feeling of happiness would have been even stronger.

Because he did not have a role in the first film, Leon did not go with him when he went to Hengdian to shoot a movie this time. Instead, he stayed at home to translate literary works.

Luo Quan brought Wen Xia, Su Yu and other girls with him

The former plays Nuwa, the latter plays Hou Tu, and the rest will arrange guest roles depending on the situation.

After a grand opening ceremony, "The Creation of the Wild" was officially launched.

This is probably the first time that the crew of "Prehistoric" has become a hot search just because of the launch ceremony.

In order to reflect the mythical atmosphere, Luoquan's opening ceremony was specially designed to have a heaven-sacrifice atmosphere. A group of creative actors in costumes stood on a makeshift stage and worshiped God again and again. The topic and atmosphere were quite interesting. full.

Of course, there are also some voices on the Internet accusing Luo Quan of engaging in feudal superstition.

Luo Quan’s answer was quite clever: “It is said that many Chinese people are superstitious, but in fact, Chinese people are pragmatic.

When you attach great importance to something, you will worship gods and Buddhas all over the sky and pray for God's blessings. If you pay attention to something, you will worship it. If it doesn't work, you will throw it away immediately.

Sometimes you seek answers from the gods. If you get what you want, you will feel that God is helping you.

If it doesn't give you the answer you want, the idea that man can conquer nature will immediately take over the high ground.

It can be seen from this that in fact, we have never been superstitious, we just want to find spiritual comfort for our success.

If Nokia is useful, I believe everyone will go to Nokia without hesitation. "

This answer directly silenced those self-media who wanted to set the pace, and also made Luo Quan's fans applaud in succession:

"Haha, if you want to debate scriptures with Luo Bao, you are a little early."

"Putting blame is really a specialty of these people, but when it comes to talking heads, Luo Bao has never met an opponent so far."

"After all, he is a master of Internet antagonism. His perspective and argument analysis are all top-notch. Do you believe it or not?"

"I've told you N times not to mess with Luo Bao, I'm going to get slapped on you now, you deserve it!"

………………

After a small episode, all the self-media who tried to bring up the rhythm of "Prehistoric" shut up.

However, this sign also sounded the alarm for Luo Quan.

It's not terrible for one person to get rich, but it's just that if you get rich, everyone can get rich.

The movie market is so big. Your movie is about to explode at the box office, and it's also a long series. If you can safely finish filming and release it, how can others survive?

Therefore, those competitors who refuse to be named will definitely cause obstacles.

It's a very common business method. At least no one has bought the trolls to take advantage of her.

In fact, he has already thought of ways to hack her, such as attacking her for tampering with history.

There will definitely be people who do this in the future, and there will definitely be fools who write letters.

Of course, it is unknown whether the specific effect will be successful in adding black spots to her or whether it will be counterproductive.

At least she is very confident in the discernment of most netizens.

After the opening ceremony, Luo Quan began high-intensity shooting.

Because designing a large number of non-physical green screen performances is actually quite challenging for those older actors.

After all, when they were more active, they had never been exposed to any special effects blockbusters.

Even in a magical work like Journey to the West, in the film "Wandering in the Clouds and Driving in the Mist", it is just a four-wheeled car placed at the feet, then covered with smoke, and then pulled by someone outside the camera.

Even though I know it's fake, at least my body is moving.

But once you stand in front of the green screen, you are really asked to pose on the spot. It all depends on your imagination.

Several veteran actors really tried their best, but at the beginning, their body movements were still a little stiff.

Fortunately, Luo Quan personally conducted some demonstrations. The veteran actors also have very strong learning abilities and quickly grasped the essence.

The flying posture, the spells drawn out, and the movements of releasing spells all became more realistic.

Of course, since there is no real thing, the scene when they are fighting is indeed quite funny.

Those who knew it were filming, but those who didn’t know it thought it was a team-building scene in a lunatic asylum.

Compared with the elderly, the performance of young people is much better.

They were exposed to a lot of special effects masterpieces, and with Luo Quan's personal training, everyone made rapid progress.

Of course, the main thing is that the casting is well chosen.

The young actors Luo Quan selected this time were all confused people who had just graduated from film school and had a lot of expectations but nowhere to realize them.

They are not like little fresh meat, they already have a fan base, so they can show off with peace of mind.

They have ability, ambition, and ambition, but they lack a platform.

Now Luo Quan has given them a platform and told them on the first day that you will get corresponding popularity for your performance in the movie.

There are only a few protagonists, and they have nothing to do with you.

But if played well, supporting roles can also become popular.

As soon as these words came out, these young artists were as if they were on fire. From learning to lines to interpretation, they all acted extremely seriously and worked hard without complaining.

No matter whether they fell or were tired, no one complained.

Because they know that this may be a unique opportunity in their lives.

Grasp it, become popular all over the Internet, and reach the pinnacle of life.

If you don't grasp it, you will be forgotten by everyone, and you will only be reduced to an 18th-tier star in the entertainment industry, and will eventually be eliminated by the younger generations.

Therefore, anyone with ambition and brains will cooperate 100% with Luo Quan's command after joining the crew of "Prehistoric". She asked everyone to go east. Even if there is a big mountain to the east, they will be knocked out of a broad road.

As for those who don't cooperate, they will be fired the next day for stepping in with their right foot first.