On the highly significant day of January 1st, Tianxing Entertainment, Disney, and MGM joined forces, taking advantage of the global box office success of the truman show, to highly publicize the exciting news of the film project for life of pi.
This highly anticipated new film is jointly invested and produced by Tianxing Entertainment, Disney, and MGM. The talented Su Yu is still the screenwriter, the experienced Hao Ren serves as the director, and the special effects production is entrusted to the powerful Tianxing Special Effects.
Such a luxurious lineup undoubtedly guarantees the quality of the film.
With the investment participation of two Hollywood giants, Disney and MGM, this also means that this new film is highly likely to be released globally.
Domestic entertainment and film companies keenly perceived Tianxing Entertainment's ambitious aspirations, realizing that Tianxing Entertainment was no longer content with the Chinese domestic market and was preparing to accelerate its pace and speed to advance into the vast overseas market.
It must be admitted that Tianxing Entertainment and Su Yu took the crucial step of the truman show exceptionally steadily, and after taking this first step, the subsequent development path seemed to instantly broaden, and Tianxing Entertainment's development momentum became increasingly strong, seemingly unstoppable.
Other companies, full of envy and jealousy, were helpless as such a successful model was difficult to replicate.
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That evening, the first two episodes of the highly anticipated martial arts TV series the heaven sword and dragon saber premiered on Yanjing TV, Blue TV, and Qimiao Video, meeting audiences on time.
Since the early plot mainly served as a setup, for readers who had read the original work, they knew that even if the TV series streamlined the plot, it would not cut too much crucial content.
However, this drama continued the high-quality standards of the previous two parts. From the visual texture and actor's performance to the plot rhythm, it gave the audience a feeling that the film company truly valued their viewing experience, making everyone exclaim with satisfaction.
On the day of its premiere, the real-time viewership ratings of both major TV stations simultaneously broke 3. Such a result was considered a very eye-catching "regular" opening in everyone's eyes.
And for films and TV series produced by Tianxing Entertainment, audiences and netizens have developed a habit: they never skip the opening credits.
Because every time the theme song of a Tianxing Entertainment film or TV series is a major highlight, and this time was no exception.
Sure enough, when the TV series began, the melody of the opening theme song, "Sword Like a Dream," suddenly rang out, instantly capturing everyone's attention.
That unique heroic and melancholic feeling of the martial arts world came rushing forth, as if directly bringing the audience into that world of martial arts full of love, hate, and grievances.
"【Where does my sword go, love and hate are hard to be exclusive.
My blade cuts through the sky, right and wrong, I don't understand.
I am drunk in a blur, grace and resentment, are they illusions or emptiness.
I wake from a spring dream, life and death, everything turns to naught.】"
Chinese national instruments such as drums, guzheng, erhu, pipa, xiao, and dizi were skillfully integrated, weaving a melodic accompaniment that struck the hearts of the audience like heavy hammers, constantly awakening their deep love and yearning for martial arts culture.
Once, many people thought that after Su Yu created a martial arts classic like "the smiling, proud wanderer," it would be difficult for him to write another martial arts-style song that could compare, and even if he did, it would be hard to surpass the former.
However, the appearance of this song, "Sword Like a Dream," completely overturned their ideas.
The two songs each have their own merits, and in comparison, it's hard to distinguish which is superior. Perhaps only the listener's personal preference can judge which one is better, as their quality is both top-notch.
Immediately afterward, the chorus of the song began, with its stirring melody and lyrics full of the martial arts spirit, vividly showcasing the swordplay, love, hate, and grievances of the martial arts world.
"【Coming in a hurry, leaving in a hurry, regretting not meeting.
Love in a hurry, hate in a hurry, everything goes with the wind.
A wild laugh, a long sigh, a lifetime of joy, a lifetime of sorrow,
Who will live and die with me!"
Listening to this super-energizing song and watching the exciting plot segments flash by in the opening credits, even before the main episode officially began, many viewers' anticipation was completely heightened.
At the same time, everyone had a question: who sang this song?
The main episode had already started, but they still couldn't make out the singer's voice.
Moreover, among the well-known singers of Tianxing Entertainment, there didn't seem to be anyone with such a unique vocal timbre.
Many netizens couldn't contain their curiosity and directly dragged the progress bar to the end credits to find information about the theme song.
The result was that the lyrics, music, and arrangement of "sword like a dream" were still Su Yu's work, which everyone had already expected.
But when they saw that the lead singer column listed Zhou Hua, the veteran Hong Kong singer known as the "King Slayer," everyone was very surprised.
From memory, Zhou Hua hadn't released new songs for a long time, as he was over fifty years old, and his vocal cords and physical abilities were not as good as before.
However, at this moment, seeing his name again brought back many childhood memories.
Because Zhou Hua had sung too many theme songs and episode for martial arts films, his singing had long become a part of martial arts culture.
For Su Yu to have found Zhou Hua for collaboration, netizens were more surprised than anything else, but also delighted.
In fact, Su Yu's choice of Zhou Hua was not an impulse.
Whether it was the current "sword like a dream" or the future "Hard to Recite Sutras," Su Yu firmly believed that no one could perform them better than Zhou Hua.
Although Tianxing Entertainment is now powerful, it is still difficult to achieve Su Yu's perfect standards in the interpretation of certain specific musical styles.
So, Su Yu, using the system's "money power," found Zhou Hua, who was most suitable to sing these two songs.
In today's China and even the entire Blue Star, singers who can refuse Su Yu's musical works are extremely rare.
Even those who once had grievances, upon learning of the opportunity to sing Su Yu's works, would instantly put aside past differences and gladly accept, just like Wang Shan from Jusha Entertainment, who was "convinced" by Su Yu.
After the opening theme song "sword like a dream" brought great surprise to the audience and netizens, the ending theme song of the TV series was equally stunning.
This time, Su Yu did not choose the Su version of the theme song, but opted for the Ma version of "Love the Country More Than the Beauty."
"【Endless worldly desires, countless human grievances, generations are all fate. Flowing the same blood, drinking the same water, this road is long and distant...】
The moment the ending theme song began, everyone recognized it as the voice of Hong Kong's Tianhou Ye Mei.
That retro melody, combined with Ye Mei's storytelling voice, immediately captivated everyone.
Moreover, the lyrics of this song were extremely subtle, making people instantly think of the plot in the drama where Zhang Wuji loved beauty more than power.
According to the original plot development, no matter which version of the ending, Zhang Wuji, as the leader of the Ming Cult, ultimately chose to leave the Ming Cult and embrace love.
As the melodious tune of "Love the Country More Than the Beauty" lingered in their ears, netizens were instantly drawn into Zhang Wuji's emotional vortex, and a heated discussion about "Should Zhang Wuji choose power or beauty?" quickly fermented online.