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Chapter 283 Zhou Yang's "Learning" Frenzy!
In the screening room.

He intended to leave when the movie was a third of the way through, but after witnessing the two main characters being brutally defeated, he ultimately chose to stay.

For an adult, the plot of "Wu Hun 3" did not bring many surprises. The plot was just the common "hero suffers setbacks - breakthrough in cultivation" formula of tokusatsu films.

This kind of formula is actually quite common in tokusatsu (special effects) films.

The key is……

How to make a good movie...

Chen Anhua sat in the corner of the screening room, and finally patiently watched the screen silently.

On screen, when he saw Guan Yu and Zhao Zilong struggling to get up after their defeat, his initially slightly critical gaze gradually softened.

He saw Guan Yu and Zhao Zilong lying in the charred ruins after being completely defeated by Lü Bu, their shattered martial spirit cores dim and lifeless, as if the glory of heroes had been extinguished.

They also saw Guan Yu trembling as he gripped the broken hilt of his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, staring intently at Lu Bu's departing figure under the blood moon, his eyes filled with resentment. He gritted his teeth, using the hilt of the blade to support himself as he tried to stand up, but stumbled and fell again, kicking up a cloud of dust. However, he eventually got up step by step. Not far away, Zhao Zilong struggled to prop himself up, his broken Dragon Gallant Silver Spear gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

Immediately afterwards, on the screen, in the training ground under the moonlight, the two heroes abandoned the flashy martial spirit effects and returned to the most basic martial arts training.

Chen Anhua watched as Guan Yu wielded his heavy wooden sword, his sweat freezing into frost, each strike clumsy yet resolute, while Zhao Zilong repeatedly thrust at the worn silver spear, his arm trembling yet refusing to stop.

Their acting was particularly moving, especially the madness and persistence in their eyes, which even slightly touched the director who was used to big scenes.

When the camera lingered at dawn, the blood-stained wooden sword and spear tip resonated subtly in pure fighting spirit, and the shattered core of the martial spirit began to glow again, Chen Anhua's initially slightly critical gaze softened. He realized that this seemingly formulaic tokusatsu film actually interpreted the true meaning of "hero" in the most simple and genuine way.

There were no dazzling special effects, no exaggerated lines, only two scarred figures swinging their weapons again and again under the moonlight.

Chen Anhua understood the meaning that the movie was trying to convey.

True courage doesn't come from superpowers, but from the perseverance to get back up after you've fallen!
In a sense, this core spirit is perhaps more worthy of children's remembrance than any glamorous transformation scene.

As the first rays of dawn pierced through the clouds and shone on the resolute profiles of the two men, Chen Anhua nodded silently.

Tempered in darkness and reborn from setbacks, this path of transformation may be the heroic narrative that our era needs most.

Finally, when Lü Bu descended again, Guan Yu and Zhao Zilong had shed their martial spirit and faced the demon god with their purest martial skills.

Chen Anhua saw that every time the Green Dragon Crescent Blade and the silver spear collided on the screen, crimson-gold sparks burst forth in slow motion. Those sparks condensed into ancient dragon patterns in the darkness, as if ancient war spirits were awakening between the blades! The moment the halberd fell, the two figures suddenly crossed paths.

There are no dazzling special effects, only the simple and unadorned "dragging sword style" and "hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix spear" perfectly matched.

The moment the spear tip deflected the halberd blade, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade slashed upwards in a crescent-shaped arc of light...

In a series of exhilarating action scenes, Lu Bu's Xuan Tie armor cracked open with a fine line—and what emerged from the crack was not black mist, but a dark red malevolent aura!

Chen Anhua gradually became serious. He saw the two men's shattered martial spirit cores reassemble in the heat of battle, transforming into streaks of golden light...

Both Zhao Yun's and Guan Yu's martial spirits have undergone a transformation!
It even showed signs of suppressing Lü Bu.

Under the blood moon, two figures suddenly unleashed a terrifying battle intent!

Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade burst into crimson flames, and where the blade sliced ​​through, the ancient seal script "Loyalty and Righteousness Through the Ages" appeared.
Zhao Zilong's silver spear triggered a thunderstorm in the heavens, and the dragon patterns wrapped around the spear materialized in the lightning.

When the two leaped up at the same time, the energy released from their martial soul cores intertwined in the void to form an Eastern-style Tai Chi totem!

Crimson flames represent Yang, and thunder represents Yin. The interplay of Yin and Yang blasted Lü Bu back a hundred feet!

The halberd let out its first mournful cry, and the dragon pattern on its body crumbled inch by inch.

Chen Anhua's pupils contracted slightly; he had never imagined that a clichéd "comeback" plot could be performed so stunningly...

It lacks the ostentatious display of Western-style explosions, possessing only the overwhelming and profound power of Eastern martial spirit energy.

The moment Lu Bu's armor shattered completely, he couldn't help but admire it slightly!
And the movie...

And at this time, it was nearing its end...

On screen, Guan Yu and Zhao Zilong unleashed their martial spirit power, with crimson flames and thunder intertwining to create a devastating energy storm.

Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade unleashed a hundred-foot-long fire dragon, distorting space wherever the blade passed.

Zhao Zilong's silver spear drew upon divine thunder from the heavens, and a thunderbolt struck down with tremendous force wherever the spear tip pointed.

The two figures flashed like lightning, their moves simple yet incredibly fierce. The Fangtian Halberd was forced to retreat under the onslaught, and the moment the armor shattered, the black and red aura and the golden light of the martial spirit collided to create a magnificent Tai Chi totem.

Chen Anhua nodded slightly. Although it was a tokusatsu film, the ultimate battle, which combined special effects and action and was decided by the artistic conception of martial arts, made him feel the excitement of Eastern martial arts after a long time.

It's clear that the team behind [XuanShi Entertainment] is genuinely invested in this film...

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Screening room.

The moment Zhao Zilong and Guan Yu defeated Lü Bu!
The screening room erupted in chaos!

The children jumped and screamed with flushed faces. Some imitated Zhao Zilong's spear-wielding movements, some shouted "The spirit of martial arts will never perish," and several boys argued heatedly about "who is more handsome, Guan Yu or Lü Bu."

Amidst the clamor, Yamanaka Kazuo gripped the evaluation form tightly, his eyes brimming with excitement. He nodded and solemnly wrote down "Special Effects Grade A" and "Emotional Rendering Grade A," drawing a heavy line under "Eastern Martial Spirit Aesthetics" with his pen.

As the end credits rolled, he stared at the words "[Zhou Yang's work]" and "[Director Che Xiao]" in silence for a long time.

Finally, a note was added: "[This work subverts the standards of the tokusatsu (special effects) film industry; the martial spirit of the Three Kingdoms heroes is enough to shake the Japanese market.]"

Then, a line was added to the budget quotation: "[Proposed: Price increase]".

After writing all this, he looked up at the movie again...

At the end of the movie!
There's an Easter egg!
It's in the Easter egg.

Under the blood-red moon, Lu Bu, who had been defeated, knelt on one knee, panting, his halberd deeply embedded in the scorched earth.

Suddenly, the dragon patterns on the halberd burst open, and countless black chains emerged from the void, coiling around his armor like venomous snakes!
"Insolence!" Lu Bu roared and struggled, sparks flying from his black iron armor as it was strangled by the black chains.

An ancient whisper came from the other end of the chain: "Dare to rebel against the vessel of Lord Chi You?" Then, the scene abruptly switched to an ancient battlefield!

The moment the Yellow Emperor beheaded Chi You with the Xuanyuan Sword, the blood of the Nine Li demons transformed into twelve black rainbows that pierced the earth.

Three of them transformed into a halberd, a dark chain, and the crimson gaze beneath Lu Bu's mask.

As the chains dragged Lü Bu into the abyss, he swung his halberd backhand and cleaved open a spatial rift.

In a fleeting glimpse, one could see twelve dark martial spirits bound by chains floating in the void, with the bull-headed giant shadow in the very center suddenly opening its six blood-red eyes!
"After April," Lü Bu's maniacal laughter and the sound of chains snapping rang out simultaneously, "I, this lord, will make this world belong to another!"

And amidst these bursts of wild laughter...

The movie is over!

Yamanaka Kazuo stared intently at the halberd beam that tore through the void on the screen, his pupils contracting violently in shock.

In the Easter egg scene, the moment Chi You opened his blood-red eyes, he was almost startled, feeling an indescribable sense of bloodshed.

"This...this is...the world view of the Martial Soul series?"

At this moment, the ancient Chinese myths I had heard in my childhood suddenly overlapped with the scene before my eyes.

The metallic clatter of the snapping chains still echoed in his ears, and Lu Bu's words, "After April," mixed with maniacal laughter, sent shivers down his spine.

He keenly realized that this was the beginning of a sequel!
Just at this time!
The lights in the screening room suddenly came on!

Immediately afterward, amidst a commotion, Kazuo Yamanaka excitedly walked out of the screening room, dialed the company's number, and urged the company to secure the rights to the film "Wu Hun 3".

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The evening after the premieres of "The Spirit of Martial Arts" and "Dektherman" concluded.

Across the country, children who have seen one of these two movies have sparked an instant online and offline debate about "who is stronger, Zhao Zilong or Ultraman Deckard."

As the movie ended, two groups of children faced off, brandishing toy guns and halberds, their faces flushed and necks red as they imitated movie moves and shouted at each other, "The Azure Dragon Slash is more powerful than your beam!" "Decker can blow up ten Lu Bus with one punch!" Some children even shoved each other over who would win, and even after being pulled apart by their parents, they still shouted at each other from a distance, still unconvinced.

Social media is in complete chaos.

Under the trending topic #Zhao Zilong VS Deck Ultraman#, a large number of "technical" accounts suddenly appeared on [Kuaibo]. Some people used crooked handwriting to draw a "comparison chart of the core energy value of martial spirits", some people posted videos in slow motion to analyze the "physical principles of Deck beam and thunder gun", and there was even an account that claimed to be a "three-kingdoms weapon expert" who wrote "a study on the material of Fangtian halberd" overnight.

In the poll initiated by the [Movie House] website, the votes remained neck and neck at 51% to 49%. Whenever one side took the lead, newly registered IDs would immediately rush in with screenshots to "control the comments," seemingly determined to push this public opinion to a head...

In addition, the [Wandou Movie Network] forum was flooded with "technical analysis posts," with some seemingly elementary school students arguing about the "conductive principle of Zilong's silver spear" using a mix of pinyin and misspellings. Meanwhile, the [Zhouyang's Home] Tieba forum launched a poll, which attracted over 1 participants in just two hours, with the vote tied at 51% to 49%, neither side willing to concede...

The offline scene is even crazier!
The convenience store near the school gate turned into a "debate arena," where children who had just bought toys were fiercely debating whether Ultraman Deckard was more powerful or Zhao Zilong from the Wuhun series was more powerful...

While all the media professionals were focused on this debate...

In the office of [XuanShi Entertainment].

Zhou Yang pushed up his glasses and glanced at the group of eager young directors.

These directors are new directors who have just joined [Xuan Shi Entertainment]. Some of them previously worked with Shen Long, and some with Shen Hu...

Now, Zhou Yang brought them all to his office.

At this moment, a meaningful smile appeared on Zhou Yang's lips.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why Japanese tokusatsu films have been so popular in China for twenty years has never been due to copyright barriers, but rather to their accurate understanding of audience needs. Let's think about this—"

He suddenly projected the poster for "Devil May Cry" and the storyboard for "Wu Hun 3" side by side: "When the martial spirits of the Three Kingdoms meet the giant of light, when the Green Dragon Crescent Blade cleaves open the color timer..."

"Gentlemen, what do you think of these plot points?"

Upon witnessing this scene, some people brought up the concept of "copyright".

Suddenly, Zhou Yang's smile deepened, and then he tapped the four large characters "Parallel Universe" on the whiteboard.

"Parallel universes! For example, it's reasonable for Ultraman to be called Ultraman Ultraman, right? Calling him Ultraman Ultraman would also be fine. In parallel worlds, it's reasonable to slightly change the suit designs of these Ultramen, right?"

"What copyright? We never infringe on copyrights, remember that!"

"..."

Immediately afterwards...

Under everyone's shocked gaze.

They saw Zhou Yang reveal an even more eerie smile as he pulled out sheets of information about various Ultraman characters from Japanese tokusatsu films…

Then, he pointed to the brightly lit legal department not far away!
"Go ahead and take pictures!"

"Zhao Zilong vs. Ultraman"

"Guan Yu vs. Zetton Ultraman"

"Or 'Lu Zhishen vs. Ultraman the Beast'!"

"and many more!"

"In short, use your brains and creativity! Whatever Ultraman is powerful, come up with it!"

"..."

"However, remember, we will only learn from it!"

"No plagiarism! The plot can be cliché, but it must have highlights! And the action-packed parts have to be absolutely exhilarating!"

"Do you see the Ministry of Justice over there?"

"If the sky falls, I'll hold it up! If the earth sinks, I'll fill it in! Just go for it!"

(End of this chapter)