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Wu Mingxuan and his team didn't refuse the media's filming and live broadcasts; they even arranged for their own media outlets to provide real-time coverage. As a result, the entire Chinese internet was completely consumed by Wu Mingxuan's "Dreaming of the Tang Dynasty" opening ceremony.
With exquisite images of magnificent, fairy-like scenes and unique, alluring Tang Dynasty delicacies, this wasn't a drama; it was a culinary feast. And since it was around 7 or 8 p.m., many people were drooling.
However, what excited the wolf friends and netizens the most was the collective Tang suit appearance of the main creative team headed by Wu Mingxuan, especially the actresses wearing Tang Dynasty tube top palace dresses, which made a group of people drool. They were really too beautiful and sexy.
However, the four-member pilgrim group, so eager to see the journey to the West, never made it to the stage. To this day, many people still don't know who played the Monkey King and Tang Sanzang. The only known characters are Aaron Kwok as the Bull Demon King, Andy Lau as the Heavenly Troops Marshal, and Chow Yun-fat as the Jade Emperor.
The roadside stall was merely a testament to the surrounding media, providing material. The actual dining venue for Wu Mingxuan and his friends was inside a restaurant, atop the luxurious and classical Eight Immortals Temple, a landmark building within the Luoyang Palace complex.
This isn't a historic building, of course, but an octagonal tower modeled after the architectural style of that period. Standing 28 meters tall, it boasts a five-story roof, each depicting one of the Eight Immortals. Its neon lighting makes it particularly beautiful at night.
Having dined with them several times in a row, Wu Mingxuan naturally didn't bother with formalities and instead discussed upcoming filming plans over the table.
After all, these film industry veterans have a limited understanding of the more novel and trendy settings and plots. It's not that Wu Mingxuan looks down on them, but rather that there's a genuine cultural generation gap.
After a few rounds of toasts with the two kung fu superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Wu Mingxuan said to them, "Regarding immortals, the setting is different from the traditional Journey to the West mythology.
In the final analysis, those are nothing more than some folk songs and novels, so I messed up and re-set them. Immortals are beings between humans and gods. Immortals are not gods, but originated from humans. They are created by humans through the combination of gods and human characteristics through the practice and elixir cultivation.
The Eight Immortals of Shangdong are the most representative group of immortals. The eight of them were just ordinary people at the beginning, and they became immortals because of various coincidences.
At the same time, the eight of them were not registered as immortals. That is to say, they are not under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court, and belong to the category of earthly immortals and scattered immortals. Because they are unconventional and not regular troops, their appearance, skills and magic tools are not as good as those of genuine immortals who have entered the immortal register.
The Heavenly Court is very powerful and is the power center of the entire heaven. The ordinary residents of the heaven are celestial beings. Although they are also human, they are much stronger than ordinary humans because of the different growth environment. They can basically be regarded as new humans who have evolved and improved their genes.
Celestial beings can also cultivate immortality, and they are better qualified than ordinary earthlings. Therefore, celestial beings in the heaven will generally be registered as immortals after they have succeeded in cultivating immortality. There are scattered immortals, but there are no earthly immortals. Immortals are unique to the Earth.
And you, big brother, play the role of Li Tieguai, the leader of the Eight Immortals. His best skill is drunken boxing. His magic weapons are a walking stick and a gourd for drinking. In the first part, your main role is to protect and guide the protagonists.
Because there was a civil war among the immortals hundreds of years ago, the original road to heaven and the earth was cut off, so the immortals from the outside world cannot come directly. They can only enter through reincarnation or technology. They cannot simply cross the universe and enter the earth in their physical bodies.
The Eight Immortals were one of the main forces standing on the side of the earth during that civil war, so many of them were injured and reincarnated. Big brother, you, Li Tieguai, want to find them and continue Continue to guard the human race and prevent them from being enslaved by the gods.
As for Brother Jie, you are a Tonggi Ape, with the blood of the Chaos Demon Ape, and are one of the Four Great Spirit Monkeys. The purpose of your descent is to find Sun
Wukong, who is also one of the Four Great Spirit Monkeys, devour him to obtain his bloodline, and prepare for your own return to your ancestors. In the end, due to the intervention of the Jade Frontier God of War, you chose to help Sun Ming, gave him your own blood, and died together with Tieguai Li, played by the eldest brother, and the Jade Frontier God of War, leaving the last hope for the human race. "
Jackie Chan's side of the plot is relatively simple, so he can basically understand it. Jet Li's side is too complicated, and he really can't understand such a brain-opening plot and setting.
Li Lianjie directly stated what he didn't understand: "What is the Chaos Demon Ape? Is it the earliest defecting first-generation Protoss "demon", or is it a demon species they created?"
"This is the first generation of demons, monsters with the power to kill gods. Because they were created through genetic modification, they do not have the ability to pass on their lineage directly. Their descendants can only inherit part of their bloodline, but because of their genetic characteristics, some atavism occurs.
The four great spirit monkeys are the four descendants of the Chaos Demon Ape with atavism. Theoretically, if they devour each other, they can achieve ultimate atavism and become Chaos Demon Apes with power comparable to that of the ancient gods."
After Wu Mingxuan's explanation, Li Lianjie understood. Simply put, the four great spirit monkeys are in different periods, and a very critical one among them stayed on Earth very early and continued to reincarnate.
So this gibbon monkey set his sights on him and brought his men to Earth via a spaceship, wanting to find a reincarnated body to devour and further activate the bloodline of his own Chaos Demon Ape.
Zou Zhaolong, who plays the Jade Territory God of War, also expressed his doubts at this time: "Then my position as the Jade Territory God of War is simply the leader of a sub-human organization?"
"You are also an immortal, but because you are only an earthly immortal, you have never been able to obtain immortal status, so you joined the rebellion against the Heavenly Court in the beginning and successfully cut off the road to heaven.
But you are different from Tieguai Li and others. You have your own ambitions. Your goal is to become the master of this planet, possess more powerful power, and then use the earth as a token of your allegiance to rejoin the Heavenly Court and be reused, and become an important official under the command of the Heavenly Court."
Wu Mingxuan explained the differences and some settings of each character in turn. After all, in this era, many of his settings are too advanced. You must know that Marvel will not officially set sail until next year, and he is completely cutting in on it in advance.