New Age Artists

Chapter 663: Heaven and Earth Are One

The movie enters the second part, where the mountain monster attacks.

Act One: The struggle between the new and old nobles in the Tang Dynasty.

Chang'an City is divided into two parts, east and west, with Zhuque Street as its central axis, Wannian County and Chang'an County.

Wannian County on the east side became the preferred residence of the powerful and wealthy because of its proximity to the palace and the imperial city.

Chang'an Night, Chongrenfang.

Because it is close to the Jingfeng Gate of the imperial city and convenient for attending court, many officials live here.

Jinzouyuan, the local office in Beijing, is also here.

The red doors are closed, and the bronze beasts hold lamps.

The moon's shadow cut obliquely through the Jingfeng Gate of the Imperial City and leaked into a study.

The light in the movie is shadowy, full of gloom and even a little weird.

Sitting around the table were several people who were well-dressed but looked restless.

There are royal sons wearing dragon robes and jade belts, generals wearing armor, and literati and scholars wearing green robes and folding fans.

The flickering candlelight cast a gloomy look on the faces of several people.

It seemed as if there was turbid air rising from the earth's veins and entwining the golden nanmu beams.

Nowadays, the children of the powerful, military families, and scholars are collectively referred to as the old aristocracy.

The old nobles are conspiring together, not for anything else, just to overthrow the garrison!

Cracks appeared outside the domain. Not only was the demon infiltrated, but the spiritual power of the wilderness also changed. Turbid air rose, clear air fell, and monsters began to proliferate.

It is easy for monsters and demons to get entangled with each other. If they become demons, they can become stronger through killing. In order to avoid losing one while gaining the other, the Tang Dynasty in the East established a garrison.

The garrison was originally established just to concentrate forces to deal with the rampant demons. Five hundred years later, a group of new nobles were born in the garrison because of the exorcism of demons.

This caused great damage to the interests of the old nobles, but because the demons were cannibalistic, although the old nobles often sabotaged the work of the garrison, they always maintained a situation of fighting but not breaking.

Monsters are okay, they can be traded, but the demons from outside the realm will not trade at all.

In addition, many of them are inherited families and are original shareholders of the Tang Dynasty, so they are unwilling to dismantle the Tang Dynasty.

Finally, the opportunity came.

As changes occurred on the battlefield outside the domain and the cracks were sealed, the old nobles believed that the time was ripe and began to test the waters.

Before taking formal action, let’s build up public opinion.

The Monkey King has been stigmatized for three or four hundred years, but it has been covered up in the past.

In recent days, we have received news from heaven, confirming that the Great Sage has retired, lost all his essence, and there are even rumors that he has died.

There was a fierce struggle in the heavens, so the fighting on earth also began to become unbridled.

Stigmatizing the Monkey King is just a means to stir up public opinion.

Make the people hate the tutelary prefecture for interfering too much, and prepare to seize power from the tutelary prefecture.

If the mountain monster can break into the city this time, causing heavy casualties, it can use this as an excuse to hold the garrison accountable and allow the old nobles to take control of the garrison.

"The evil wind that has been blowing from the heavens for the past few hundred years should finally dissipate."

The royal son held the cup and said through gritted teeth, "You are depriving us of our authority in the name of exorcising demons! It's time to stop!"

"The garrison has been domineering for a long time! In the name of subduing demons, they have seized all the power, and we have become the victims!" The green-shirted guest stroked his fan and sneered, with indescribable disgust.

The garrison is more difficult to deal with than previous generals. They have high skills and are more rude and presumptuous. They must be eliminated.

Of course, the alliance with the royal families and military generals was only temporary, and in the end the world would be ruled by them, the literati.

The man in green clothes said righteously, "Demons and demons cannibalizing people are nothing but scabies. The rise of the new nobles and the upheaval of the world are the real dangers."

A cold wind suddenly blew outside the window.

"We should shoulder the responsibility of saving the world. The garrison has become more and more unruly in recent years. Now that the bad energy is declining, it is time for them to give up their position." Jiang Menlang raised his sword and said, "Now that the monkey has died, it is a good opportunity! If we let the mountain monster break into the city, the people will suffer!"

"This is the day to hold the garrison accountable!" The royal family member clapped his hands and laughed, with the shadow of Suzaku Street reflected in his eyes, as if he had already seen the flames of war.

Suddenly, the cry of crows broke the sky, and it seemed that countless lights of blood appeared.

"The time has come!" The man in green shirt pointed at the West Market and said, "Let those reckless men have a taste of the 'public opinion' gnawing at their bones."

The general suggested: "In order to be absolutely sure, it is not enough to just destroy the magic circle, we should arrange for someone to knock down the door!"

Everyone laughed strangely.

"Jie Jie Jie!"

The candle went out and the shadows disappeared.

The deconstruction of the Monkey King is nothing more than a power game in the dark.

When the hero dies, the monster becomes king!
The movie doesn't complicate human nature.

The main theme is to clearly distinguish between good and evil, which helps the audience understand and write the bad guys on their faces.

The screen flashed and it was already daytime.

Outside Chang'an City.

The troll leader stood on the rocks with his hands on his hips, his fingertips dyed purple. His nails were shining purple, as if he had a manicure. His lips were more conspicuous than those of other trolls, as if he had painted purple lipstick.

Most of the good aspects of the original version have been adopted.

Create a character design for the main troll character, including lipstick, manicure, troll accent, etc.

The sea yakshas and barrier beasts in the later version of "Nezha" can all be seen to be influenced by the mountain monster setting.

"Listen to me!"

The mountain demon with manicures twisted his claws and scolded, his nails almost poking into the nostrils of the little demon beside him, and ordered his subordinates, "Don't touch the two sides of Zhuque Street, that is the core area of ​​Chang'an, you can't touch it. You have to go around the palace wall, but you can't touch it either."

"You fools can't afford to pay for breaking the glazed tiles, let alone your lives."

The mountain demon with nail art began to read out the names of dishes: "You can't go to Wannian County on the east side. It's close to the palace and the imperial city. It's the preferred place for the rich and powerful to live. You can't go to Pingkangfang, Chongrenfang, Qinrenfang, Yanshoufang, Taipingfang, and Yongxingfang."

"Although Chang'an County to the west is slightly inferior, it still has prominent mansions. Yanshoufang is where jewelers gather, so we can't go there. Taipingfang is where princesses' mansions are concentrated, so we can't go there either."

You can’t go with this one, and you can’t go with that one.

The little demons below had smoke coming out of their heads and their eyeballs were rolling around like abacus beads.

The nail-covered mountain demon leader became more and more excited as he spoke, shaking his legs and slapping the ground, raising dust. "Especially not to go to the area around the palace. You can't go to Yongxingfang and Anxingfang near the north side of Taiji Palace or Xuanwu Gate. You can't go to Xingqing Palace, Shengyefang, or Anrenfang either."

"You can't go to Yongfufang and Yongjiafang on the south side of Daming Palace either."

"We can't even defeat the guards around these masters who live in these lands. Even a little bit of gold sand leaking through their fingers can crush us to death."

The monsters begged for mercy.

"Boss!"

"Stop reading it. Stop reading it."

"If you keep reading, our brains will explode!"

The green-skinned goblins collapsed on the ground, circles started to appear on their heads, their brains were overloaded, and they stuck out their tongues and rolled their eyes.

There was a dumb one who was fine. "Boss, we can't go here, we can't go there, where can we go?"

The nail-covered mountain demon was stunned for a moment: "Yes, where can we go."

"I fell!" This sentence made the mountain monster's subordinates faint immediately.

There were bursts of laughter in the theater, but some audience members did not laugh.

The mountain demon with manicure obviously knows everything about Chang'an. Combined with the previous plot, it shows that he has colluded with the traitors in the city long ago, and the collusion is very deep.

The leader of the mountain goblins with manicures bit his purple nails, his purple lips trembling for a while, and suddenly slapped his forehead: "West Market!"

"on!"

The monsters were immediately excited and rushed towards the city gate.

The army of mountain goblins rushed towards the West Market. During the march, you stepped on my tail, I pulled your horns, you pushed me, and we rolled into a ball of thorns, knocking the mountain goblin with nail polish off balance.

The city tower facing the West City.

Raindrops are like swords.

"No need to salute."

The garrison commander personally went to the city wall and exempted the soldiers from formalities.

On top of the West City City.

The garrison commander stood with his sword in hand, raindrops falling on his black armor, like black jade tempered with blood.

"The monks guarding the city must maintain the formation well."

The guardian drew out his sword and nailed it into the crack in the ground with his backhand. The exorcism bell attached to the sword tassel jingled, awakening the core of the formation.

"Get into formation."

At a command, the monks on the wall made sword gestures together, and thousands of talismans flew into the air and burned into golden threads, weaving into a dome that enveloped Chang'an.

The soldiers beat the drums shirtless, the drum beats followed the rolling thunder and clouds, shaking the bricks of the city walls so that dust fell off.

The garrison commander ordered the demon-suppressing department: "The demon-slayers should lead the team first. We cannot let the mountain demons in."

"Zhu Xie!"

The demon hunter, his black armor fluttering, leaped off a ten-foot-high wall and charged into the group of mountain monsters.

Wherever the knife flashed, the mountain monster's flesh and blood flew everywhere.

at this time.

A group of people went against the crowd and sneaked to the city gate in the name of providing assistance.

The young man in the lead, who looked like a scoundrel, assured: "We just need to open the door, and we don't need to do anything else. The noble said that he would reward us with official positions when the time comes."

The garrison commander seemed to realize something, his eyes were red with anger: "How dare you!"

The main force of the mountain demons poured in through the small door that was opened by the insider. Someone in the group of people who broke the door open shouted, "Brother demon, we are one of us."

The mountain demon ignored it and was torn into pieces in the blink of an eye, letting out screams.

"Build a human wall!"

Seeing this, the old soldiers abandoned their bows and crossbows and actually used their bodies to form a pile of Arhats to hold the formation and block the small door.

Regardless of the mountain monster's sharp claws attacking him, he remained motionless.

Use hot blood to seal the hole.

The monsters below the city were screaming like boiling water, and the remaining flags on the city were dancing wildly with sparks.

Flowers of blood bloomed in the rain, with the "Gunsufu" below and the flag of the Tang Dynasty above.

A corner of West Market.

Suddenly, the earth's veins trembled.

The demon head with nail polish emerged from the cracks in the bricks, its purple lips stretched to its ears: "My earth escape technique is more powerful than the formation you have practiced for three hundred years!"

The camera flashed, and the golden light in the southeast corner of the city wall suddenly dimmed.

It turned out that the array pattern had been wiped out by someone long ago.

Under the command of the garrison commander, the demon hunters took the lead, and the soldiers defending the city worked together to set up magic circles and fight fiercely with the main force of the mountain demons.

But because there were people in the city cooperating, the nail-covered mountain demon brought a small group of subordinates who were good at escaping underground. According to the information given by the people in the city, they passed through the destroyed nodes of the magic circle and entered the city underground to capture boys and girls.

This segment is a montage.

In the timeline, the conspiracy of the old nobles happened a few nights ago, and the mountain goblins attacking the city and the garrison defending the city were also flashbacks, happening before the people who were paid to spread the rumors saw the mountain goblins.

In the second scene, the girl is abducted.

The mountain monsters that invaded West City brought chaos, but fortunately the monster hunters in the city quickly gathered and kicked a mountain monster away.

The mountain demon smashed the roof, revealing a man and a Hu Ji in the room.

On one side of the bed, there was a piece of armor that had been through many hardships but was still polished to a bright shine. The man was suddenly startled: "Alan, be careful."

Hu Ji A Lan on the bed subconsciously reached for the quilt to cover herself. She looked up and saw the mountain monster screaming in fear. The man in the room had already put on armor, like a golden-armored celestial general, and picked up the sword on the bedside.

The characteristic Hu Ji of the Tang Dynasty must be paid for.

Historically, the West Market was mainly engaged in commerce and trade, and was crowded with Hu merchants. Some Western nobles were granted houses through trade, such as the Hu merchants' houses around the Zoroastrian temple in Huaiyuanfang.

The appearance of a Hu Ji is reasonable!
The perspective returns to Jiang Liuer. The mountain demon has entered the city and brought chaos, and Jiang Liuer and the old monk have been separated.

The old monk called out anxiously: "Liu'er, Liu'er."

Because he got separated from the old monk, Jiang Liuer was scared and timid, so he looked for a place to hide.

He tilted his head and squinted his eyes, holding a wooden stick in one hand and secretly scratching his palm with the other hand, where a small stone was hidden: "It doesn't matter if we get separated. Even if we don't get separated, I will abandon this old guy and run away."

From the knowledge he learned from the story of the "great devil" Monkey King, "one must be ruthless and ruthless to achieve great things" and when encountering danger, one should "step back behind everyone" and not try to be aggressive.

the other side.

The mountain demon knew that time was running out, so he decided to fight quickly.

Led by the elite beautiful mountain goblin, the capture plan was implemented.

They attacked the city because of the needs of the demon king "Chaos". The demon king Chaos, who has been practicing for thousands of years, needs to devour 48 boys and girls to maintain his demon power.

Three mountain monsters gathered together, "One, two"

A girl said, "Forty-eight in total."

The manicured mountain demon picked up one and said, "This one is too big. I don't want it."

The subordinate said, "Boss, but we are still short of a girl."

"The girl is coming, the girl is coming."

A troll with a thick accent, holding a baby girl, walked through the houses and streets, and came to meet the leader of the trolls with manicures.

Chaos is also opportunity.

Jiang Liuer happily found a delicious chicken drumstick in the kitchen of an inn.

He hid on the second floor of the inn, gnawing on a chicken leg, and easily occupied a favorable vantage point to observe the situation.

"I don't panic when others are in a panic, other people's homes are my granary!"

Seeing the mountain demon holding the silly girl, Jiang Liuer, who was eating so much, curled his lips and said, "You deserve to be caught for running too slowly!"

He walked up to the window with a proud look on his face, and with his greasy hands he slipped and pushed the flowerpot down.

Bang!
It just happened to hit the head of a passing mountain monster.

The mountain monster looked up and saw Jiang Liuer wanted to explain, but in his panic, he accidentally knocked over a flower pot.

This time it was a cactus pot that smashed the mountain monster and made it scream.

"Roar!"

The mountain demon was angry and had to kill the little monk.
Looking at the mountain demon with murderous intent and bared teeth, Jiang Liuer was numb and admitted defeat directly: "Brother, I can explain."

The mountain monster was about to leap, but he was careless and failed to dodge.

The old monk found Jiang Liuer, pushed the door open, and hung the mountain monster on the wall.

"Liu'er, what are you doing?"

The mountain demon was hanging on the wall, and the silly girl in his arms flew out of his hands, hitting the bucket at another window, and then bounced to the window where Jiang Liuer was.

Jiang Liuer subconsciously took it, and when he realized what he was doing, he wanted to stop, but it was too late.

The silly girl smashed over and landed in his hands.

Downstairs, a bucket of water fell and poured water all over the old monk.

Jiang Liuer lost his balance and was dragged out of the window by the silly girl.

The mountain monster that had just emerged from behind the door was knocked down again by Jiang Liuer and his companions who fell from the sky, and this time it was hung on the ground.

The old monk raised his head in confusion, took off the bucket on his head, and revealed a small red flower.

"what's up?"

"Master, run."

Jiang Liuer was puzzled that he was actually fine. When he looked at the mountain monster under him, he was terrified and in his excitement he forgot that he had a silly girl in his hands.

When the old monk saw the situation clearly, he also ran away.

The mountain monsters were only one maiden away from completing their mission, and seeing this, they immediately went after Jiang Liuer and his apprentice.

Act Three, Jiang Liuer’s choice.

"Don't throw it in my hand."

Jiang Liuer, who escaped, realized that the silly girl was a burden to him and that the mountain demon wanted the silly girl, so he thought of abandoning her.

"elder brother."

The silly girl looked at Jiang Liuer innocently.

Jiang Liuer bit his lip.

He glanced down at the helpless silly girl, and scenes from his childhood flashed through his mind.

It was as if he had returned to the past, and he was also surrounded by mountain monsters.

"Liu'er, don't just stand there." The old monk reminded.

"If the old man wasn't here, I would definitely throw you away." Jiang Liu'er cursed and complained, but he couldn't make up his mind after all: "Hey! I didn't expect that my little devil Jiang Liu'er would have this day. You're in my hands! If you don't obey, I'll feed you to the monsters!"

Jiang Liuer cursed himself for not being able to be so hard-hearted as he fled with the silly girl on his back.

"Hide here." The old monk called to his disciple.

In desperation, the master and his two disciples hid under the stone statue.

The old monk hid under the claws of the stone lion.

Because of Jiang Liuer's fright, the stonemason carved the stone ball under the stone lion's claws into pieces, leaving a gap and retracting the previous foreshadowing.

The old monk's bald head was so shiny that the mountain monster couldn't tell the difference under the claws of the stone lion.

Jiang Liuer was hiding under another stone lion, and the stone ball was still there, so the mountain monster found Jiang Liuer at a glance.

"Liu'er, run!"

In desperation, the old monk pushed down the stone lion on his body and knocked down a mountain monster.

But there were still two mountain monsters. When Jiang Liuer was in despair, fortunately, the monster hunter from the garrison arrived and stopped one of them.

Jiang Liuer fled for his life.

The following chase basically follows the original version, with Jiang Liuer chasing the mountain monster in the streets and alleys, giving it a feel similar to the Chenglong movie.

Jiang Liuer leaped suddenly and flew from a house under construction to another roof.

The force of inertia was strong and the car kept sliding down. When Jiang Liuer saw a cliff behind him, he was still frightened and managed to brake the car.

However, the mountain monster behind them caught up with them and grabbed Jiang Liuer and the other man in one fell swoop. But when it realized that there was a cliff, it was already too late.

The subordinates of the nail-covered mountain demon also arrived and pushed from behind. They jumped off the cliff one after another like dumplings.

Act 5, flying over the cliff on wood steps.

Jiang Liuer fled to the cliff.

The screen went black.

Jiang Liuer stepped on the empty wood, as if riding a green dragon and breaking through the mountain.

The interlude started and the music became exciting.

"Alas!"

Jiang Liuer was speeding through the forest, riding on a piece of empty wood as if he was riding a skateboard.

The mountain monster that was chasing was jumping around and using various props to chase Jiang Liuer.

The mountain monster leaped like a frog, knocked over the bamboo clothesline, and was covered by the pink floral sheets that were drying in the sun.

After passing through several wooden houses, the branches tore the bed sheets, and the pink silk wrapped around the waist turned into a silk skirt.

This caused a mountain demon to pound the ground and laugh so hard that he choked, but he didn't pay attention to the road ahead and fell into the canyon in a blink of an eye.

"Don't run away, little bald donkey!"

A monster came rolling over with a millstone, causing chaos and snatching the silly girl from Jiang Liuer's hands.

Jiang Liuer threw a stone with his backhand, and the mountain monster subconsciously lowered its head.

When he lowered his head, he didn't look at the road and bumped into a tree.

It hit between the legs, with a sound of shattering, leaving only two legs flapping outside.

The silly girl let go and flew into the air.

"No one can touch the people I protect."

Jiang Liuer stepped on the empty wood, swung his body gently, and put the silly girl down in the basket.

This further demonstrates Jiang Liuer's character traits. Behind his selfishness, he also has a firm side.

Once you decide to do something, you will do it.

"Hold on tight!"

Jiang Liuer clenched his back teeth and used the old pine branches to launch himself into the air. The broken wood scraped against the rock wall, splashing a series of sparks.

He kept turning, trying to shake off the mountain monster, and broken logs scraped against the cliffs to plow out gullies.

But the mountain monster behind was chasing them relentlessly.

Next, Jiang Liuer slid on the empty wood, leaping through mountain streams, canyons, and cliffs, getting further and further away from Chang'an.

The wood slid down the steep slope and suddenly a gap in the cliff appeared.

"what!"

Without stopping in time, Jiang Liuer and the silly girl fell off the cliff.

The two mountain monsters that were chasing the closest were unable to stop and also fell down, the branches taking the pressure off them and they fell to the ground.
In the setting sun, humans and monsters fell into an unknown place.

The nail-covered mountain demon asked, "What about the child?"

Another mountain demon handed over a basket like offering a treasure, holding the basket and saying, "Boss! Here is the child."

The mountain monster with manicure took it out and found it was a hornet's nest.

The two were stung to death.

The nail art leader was swollen like a pig’s head. He grabbed the little demon’s ear and screamed: “This is a hornet’s nest! A hornet’s nest!!”

The Chang'an map ends.

At this point, 20 minutes of the movie have passed.

The plot design of the map change basically follows the original version.

The map-changing scene in the original version is very exciting. In the first part of "Nezha", there is a scene where the map of mountains, rivers and the country bounces back and forth, which also has some shadows of this part. It's just that "Nezha" does not have enough funds, so it can only be presented in the form of comics.

The original version of "The Return of the Great Sage" is indeed the light of anime in terms of technology and some plot designs.

When making "The Monkey King: Hero is Back", Shen Santong was cautious and confident.

The Monkey King IP has a high-level narrative.

Similar to Hollywood movies, before the American filter is broken, many things do not need to be explained or even laid out, and the audience, not only the domestic audience but also the foreign audience will accommodate it.

In "The Return of the Great Sage", Shen Santong was given such a high position, and the audience had more patience for the story of the Monkey King.

In addition, with Shen Santong's own influence, the audience will be more tolerant and patient, which makes him invincible, and he can tell his story to his heart's content.

heaven.

The struggle between heaven, Lingshan, and the battlefield outside the domain.

On the ground, the Tang Dynasty garrison, the new nobles and the old nobles.
There are many branch lines that can be explored, and so many lines are outlined in a short time, which shows how much information this version of "The Return of the Great Sage" contains.

There are thousands of threads but only one needle.

This needle is Jiang Liuer's personal growth.

In order to avoid narrative overload and getting too caught up in metaphors, the story always focuses on the main storyline and Jiang Liuer's perspective.

The lines gradually converged, and a huge struggle gradually converged to one point, converging on the Monkey King and Jiang Liuer.

Jiang Liuer and the Monkey King form a "mirror relationship", a mortal who needs to be redeemed by the truth, and a hero who is waiting to be awakened by faith.

Children are alienated into believers, heroes are smeared into demons, the stage is set! Expectations are also formed!
The audience is looking forward to seeing Jiang Liuer’s self-growth, seeing the Monkey King smash the cage built of rumors, break the shackles of heaven and earth, and achieve a true return!
(End of this chapter)