"【In this illusory world, let go of grievances,
Abandon enlightenment and leave delusion, the six senses remain unchanged;
Anger, sorrow, and madness, whether human, ghost, or monster,
It's all because of the demonic debt in one's heart.】"
Netizens who heard this part felt that the lyrics of this song truly had some depth.
They felt that Su Yu's perspective when writing this song was very unique.
And the initial doubts and misunderstandings now found a fairly good answer.
However, when Gong Juren's singing resumed, everyone was startled by his suddenly raised voice.
"【Call out to the Buddha, but there's no shore to turn back to,
Kneel to a master, life and death don't matter;
Good and evil, a world of true and false,
Mortal ties scatter and gather indistinctly, hard to sever! 】"
No shore to turn back to, life and death don't matter, indistinctly, hard to sever?
Is this singing about the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's inner confusion and entanglement?
Is the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, wearing the golden fillet, still the Great Sage Equal to Heaven everyone knows?
Gong Juren's singing continued.
"【What use is this iron rod to me?
What good are these transformations to me!
Still uneasy, still melancholic,
The golden fillet on my head, I want to speak but hold back.】"
Frustration—the lyrics of this section left many feeling nothing but frustration after listening.
What good is immense power? Isn't it still bound by the golden fillet?
He is the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who dared to fight heaven and earth.
He is not a Western monk bound by rules, restricted, or even disciplined to be well-behaved.
If the Great Sage Equal to Heaven had been such a monkey from the beginning, would everyone still like him?
Amidst this incomprehension and suppression, the chorus of the B section came.
"【In this illusory world, let go of grievances,
.......
It's all because of the demonic debt in one's heart... 】"
Many lyricists felt that this part was not handled very well, as the previous section already gave a sense of suppression, so shouldn't the next part offer some release, some explosion?
Otherwise, do you intend for listeners to remain in an unpleasant and low mood throughout the song?
If so, wouldn't it be a pipe dream for your song to achieve good reputation and high sales?
Even if it's a work by Su Yu, it's not acceptable!
And based on their understanding of Su Yu, he wouldn't fail to see the design flaws in this song.
Therefore, a huge explosion must be waiting for them later in this song!
"【What use is this iron rod to me?
What good are these transformations to me!
Still uneasy, still melancholic,
The golden fillet on my head, I want to speak but hold back.】"
Indeed, as soon as this chorus of the B section ended, Gong Juren, as the singer, erupted.
One could only hear him singing with almost frenzied passion:
"【I want this iron rod to dance wildly with demons,
I want these transformations to disrupt the chaos;
Trample the Heavenly Palace, act with unrestrained arrogance,
The world's evil and the treacherous path, ultimately inescapable.】"
When Gong Juren sang the line "Trample the Heavenly Palace, act with unrestrained arrogance," countless people felt a rush of exhilaration.
Because this was the monkey they knew!
How could a mere golden fillet stop him?
Fighting heaven and earth, never yielding!
This is what he should do!
But is this the end? No, there's something even more satisfying.
"【This one blow will turn you to ashes.】"
When Gong Juren sang the last lyric with almost frenzied intensity, countless people felt goosebumps all over their bodies!
They even had a tingling sensation on their scalps from the thrill!
Among all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens, how many could withstand one blow from the Great Sage Equal to Heaven?
And how many would have the courage to resist?
A highly passionate promotional song, "Wukong," along with the news of "monkey king: hero is back" upcoming release, quickly swept across the internet.
This made some netizens who were originally not very interested in domestic animated films begin to waver.
Perhaps the animated feature film, written by Su Yu and produced by Tianxing Entertainment, would be different from the previous "Boonie Bears"?
And once this seed of doubt was planted, then when the movie's reputation exploded, a large number of netizens would flock to cinemas to support it.
This seemed to be a natural progression.
However, Tianxing Entertainment's promotion for "monkey king: hero is back" was apparently not as aggressive as the outside world imagined.
After this announcement and the promotional song, there were no other promotional activities apart from some clips released by Tianxing Animation and Tianxing Special Effects.
But for animation fans, the clips from "monkey king: hero is back" were truly different.
Other movie clips usually release the most essential parts to entice interested audiences into cinemas.
But "monkey king: hero is back" was truly unique.
For example, the most popular ink-wash style promotional video that followed.
In it, demons ran rampant, and the common people lived in misery. Everyone said the world was over, that they were beyond saving.
Even their hero, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, was already dead.
The entire ink-wash style clip gave people a very oppressive feeling.
Until a stubborn child's voice, with a crying tone, shouted: "The Great Sage Equal to Heaven will not die!"
When this scene appeared, heaven knows how much it touched the netizens who watched the video.
This led to all pre-sale tickets for the first day of the premiere on the 30th being sold out.
And the movie hadn't even been released yet, but the box office for the first day already had an estimated figure!
Even for the second day's pre-sale tickets, good seats and time slots began to become tight.
Such developments left the entertainment companies that were waiting to see a good show speechless.
Is it really necessary? Isn't it just a song plus some clips?
When did Chinese audiences' money become so easy to earn?
Why couldn't the clips they made achieve such an effect?
Is it because they weren't refined enough? Money was not spent in the right place!
Just as Su Yu returned to Yanjing to rest for a period, various TV stations sent him invitations for the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.
CCTV did not plan to hold Mid-Autumn and National Day galas this year, so it was already September, and Su Yu and the people from Tianxing Entertainment had not received any invitations.
Instead, Jinling TV, Fruit TV, Blue TV, Magic City TV, Yanjing TV, and Shenzhen TV were preparing to host a grand live broadcast of the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.
And since it was a live broadcast, they naturally had to snatch up talent!
Su Yu and the people from Tianxing Entertainment, who had made a big splash at the Four Nations Concert, obviously became the top priority for the six TV stations to compete for.
In fact, not long after the finals ended, Qian Jin personally called on behalf of Jinling TV to invite Su Yu to participate in Jinling TV's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.
Yanjing TV even sent a Deputy Director to Tianxing Entertainment to talk with Su Yu for over an hour about life.
The implication of their words was, shouldn't it be Yanjing TV's turn this time?
After all, Tianxing Entertainment's headquarters is in Yanjing, and the two companies have had quite a few collaborations in the past...
For the last New Year's Eve Gala, Chen Yixun and Liu Ruyan from Tianxing Entertainment went to Yanjing TV.
This time, Yanjing TV clearly wanted to directly invite Su Yu to ensure that Yanjing TV's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala could dominate once.
For this, they could double the appearance fees of Su Yu and others!