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Lin Yuan was very grateful for the suggestion provided by Jin Pei.
However, Jin Mu harbored a deep resentment towards his own kinsman, Jin Pei.
Meanwhile, on the internet.
Jin Pei’s apology video went viral!
"Apologizing to the old rascal Chu Kuang: ×"
"Promoting The Primordial Chaos TV series: √"
"It was supposed to be a public apology, but Jin Pei spent 99 percent of the time promoting the TV series, The Primordial Chaos, he even played the new promotional music for the TV series at the end. What kind of game is he playing?"
"Jin Pei: You rode the wave of The Primordial Chaos for the Journey to the West, now watch how I ride it back!"
"His behavior is truly embarrassing, using an apology to sell his show!"
"In this video, Jin Pei keeps emphasizing the authoritative position of The Primordial Chaos in mythology. Although he didn’t explicitly state that Journey to the West is non-canonical, the implication is clearly there."
"The Primordial Chaos has fed so many scholars and experts."
"Didn’t someone expose earlier that this guy is not even a descendant of the author of The Primordial Chaos? Why is he still leeching off The Primordial Chaos?"
"..."
Fans of Journey to the West are furious.
Even bystanders continuously shook their heads.
Jin Pei’s apology was even worse than offering none at all.
He only casually mentioned Journey to the West and didn’t even specify that he was apologizing to Chu Kuang.
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His attitude was extremely perfunctory.
In addition, he used his apology to promote his new version of The Primordial Chaos, an action that caused widespread discomfort.
Regardless...
One can’t deny that the promotion was quite successful.
The new version of The Primordial Chaos TV series indeed had a huge appeal to those who loved the culture of The Primordial Chaos!
Furthermore.
The promotional music for the new version of The Primordial Chaos TV series that was played during the apology meeting also became popular!
The song was called "Erlang".
It was sung by the King of Singing from the Qi Continent, Zhong Li!
The so-called Erlang refers to Erlang Shen, Yang Jian!
This song told the story of Yang Jian.
And Yang Jian was the character most explored in The Primordial Chaos series, almost like the male lead.
Interestingly, Yang Jian also appeared in Journey to the West.
However, nobody accused anyone of plagiarism, because Erlang Shen was a well-known figure in the mythology of Blue Star.
Erlang Shen had been famous in the folklore prior to The Primordial Chaos, and there are still temples worshipping Erlang Shen today.
With the addition of the portrayal of the lead character in The Primordial Chaos, Erlang Shen’s popularity was absolutely explosive!
In the hearts of ordinary people, he was a mythical character with both high popularity and likability!
To the fans of The Primordial Chaos, Erlang Shen’s importance to The Primordial Chaos was equivalent to Sun Wukong’s importance to Journey to the West.
It should be mentioned that The Primordial Chaos is not the same thing as the Earth’s Investiture of the Gods.
It’s just that some places and the story background are quite similar.
Therefore...
As soon as this song came out, it beautifully portrayed Erlang Shen and was sung by the King of Singing, so it immediately became a hit!
"This song is amazing!"
"It seems to have sung out the experiences of Erlang Shen in The Primordial Chaos!"
"After listening to this song, I suddenly became interested in the new version of The Primordial Chaos TV series."
"In terms of character-specific songs, ’Erlang’ is definitely one of the best!"
"Fans of The Primordial Chaos were very touched by this song."
"Although I admit that Journey to the West is great, but Yang Jian from The Primordial Chaos is my belief."
"Many mythologies have portrayed Yang Jian, but the Yang Jian shaped by The Primordial Chaos is definitely the best!"
"..."
As a promotional song, ’Erlang’ ignited the passion of numerous fans of The Primordial Chaos!
In fact.
The reason why fans of The Primordial Chaos chose to remain silent rather than rage or swear after watching Journey to the West is also due to this.
In the Journey to the West story by Chu Kuang, Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, also existed.
The fight between Sun Wukong and Yang Jian was evenly matched.
Chu Kuang did not arrange for Sun Wukong to have invincible fighting power just because he was the protagonist.
Nor did he arrange for Sun Wukong to beat Yang Jian easily.
Looking at the description of Erlang Shen in the novel, Chu Kuang treated Yang Jian with full respect.
The fight between the two did not have a result.
Because there were too many chaotic events in the middle that affected their fight, they couldn’t determine the winner.
This arrangement already satisfied the fans of The Primordial Chaos.
Moreover, fans of The Primordial Chaos had their own pride.
The Primordial Chaos TV series had far-reaching influences!
The music of The Primordial Chaos, each piece was a classic!
These were something Journey to the West couldn’t compare to.
To put it simply:
The Primordial Chaos represents culture, while Journey to the West is currently only a novel!
...
Lin Yuan arrived at the company.
If he wanted to film a TV series for Journey to the West, he had to seek help from the company.
Upon hearing Lin Yuan’s opening remarks, Ol’ Zhou abruptly stood up from the sofa:
"Are you saying, you’ve obtained the TV rights for ’Journey to the West’ from Chu Kuang!?"
"You know ’Journey to the West’?"
Lin Yuan thought Old Zhou would ask what novel ’Journey to the West’ is.
"What a joke!"
Old Zhou seriously said, "Even people who don’t follow the news should know ’Journey to the West’, let alone that it’s a new book by the old rascal Chu Kuang. Just the Literature and Art Association’s review of it is enough to attract attention from the film and television industry. This is a masterpiece that has surpassed the ’The Primordial Chaos’ series in acclaim.
So many people are eyeing the film and television rights of this novel!"
Lin Yuan: "..."
The connection between the novel and film and television industry is deeper than he thought.
But how could you call me an old rascal—
You’re much older than me.
Old Zhou stared at Lin Yuan, "Did you really get the rights?"
Lin Yuan nodded, "Kind of."
Old Zhou was startled by this vague answer, "This is no joking matter, you must have truly obtained it!"
Lin Yuan nods again: "I did, I can basically get his rights."
He left some room for ambiguity with that statement.
Lin Yuan suddenly wondered:
Should he tell the company he is Chu Kuang?
Without revealing his identity, it’s inconvenient to handle many things.
But he can’t rush into this, he has to think it over.
Xian Yu can essentially get all of Chu Kuang’s rights!?
Old Zhou jumped up excitedly:
"So your relationship with Chu Kuang is really that good!"
Everyone knows that Chu Kuang and Xian Yu have a good relationship.
But the company has never delved into just how close the relationship between Lin Yuan and Chu Kuang is.
Because it involves Xian Yu’s privacy.
The company has regulations specifically for Xian Yu:
No matter how high your position in the company, you are not allowed to discuss Xian Yu’s private life excessively. From Xian Yu’s behaviour, it would seem he greatly values his privacy.
It now appears that Xian Yu and Chu Kuang’s relationship is rock solid!
This is encouraging news for Old Zhou, and even for the entire Starlight!
You must know!
The rights to Chu Kuang’s novels are very valuable. All novels from Chu Kuang’s pen cause major film and television companies to scramble for them!
Starlight didn’t compete before for two reasons.
First, Starlight does not have a TV drama department; the company’s focus is on making movies.
Second, the rights to Chu Kuang’s novels are too difficult to obtain. So many film and television companies are competing, driving the price of Chu Kuang’s novel rights sky-high. One can’t play if they don’t have a certain financial strength.
But if there’s the connection to Xian Yu, things would be different!
The food is delivered to the front!
The rights to ’Journey to the West’ have been handed over already!
How is this different from raining pies from the sky?
At this time, Old Zhou didn’t mention that Starlight didn’t have a TV department anymore...
For ’Journey to the West’, for Chu Kuang, what’s the problem with establishing a TV department!
Chu Kuang is worth it!
With this relationship between Xian Yu and Chu Kuang, in the future...
Even if there is none in the future, Old Zhou would be willing to establish a TV department just for ’Journey to the West’!
Because the Literature and Art Association is going to promote ’Journey to the West’ worldwide!
All students must watch it!
The future influence from this will definitely be astronomical!
Should we refuse this opportunity just because there’s no TV department?
Unless the senior executives of Starlight get their brains kicked by a donkey!
It’s not that they don’t have the money!
Without a doubt, Old Zhou believes if Xian Yu went out now saying he has the rights to ’Journey to the West’, he would immediately be fought over by countless film and television companies!
"Well, let’s start preparing."
Lin Yuan said, "Who will produce this drama?"
"I will and I will also personally oversee the selection of the director and such!"
Old Zhou was utterly decisive!
No one could take it away from him!
Lin Yuan nodded: "The price for the rights won’t be too high, but like with the movie, the company has to share the revenue with me."
This was the plan Lin Yuan and Jin Mu had discussed in advance.
Old Zhou nodded: "Of course, no problem!"
Lin Yuan was somewhat taken aback by Old Zhou’s enthusiasm.
It seems that Old Zhou has a clear understanding of the value of ’Journey to the West’.
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Lin Yuan nodded: "Let’s leave it at that for now, I’ll write the script later. I’ve finished writing the promotional song, titled ’Wukong’, which I’ll sing myself."
"Promotional song? ’Wukong’?"
Old Zhou was taken aback and then started laughing, with a strange look on his face.
Isn’t this similar to the promotional song for the recent new TV series ’The Primordial Chaos’?
Old Zhou laughed.
He felt even more how good a relationship Chu Kuang and Xian Yu must have—
This clearly is getting revenge for Chu Kuang!
And to have Xian Yu personally sing it!
When Xian Yu gets involved, it’s definitely not for laughs.
