Chapter 124

Outside the Sihai Pavilion in Jujing City, as two Sihai Pavilion staff members walked out of the store carrying a huge display screen, monks and customers who were buying mobile phones soon stopped in place.

At first, they didn't understand what they were doing until the two staff members fixed the huge display screen to the outer wall of the Sihai Pavilion.

The next second, the originally dark display screen suddenly lit up, and then the opening song of Journey to the West, Yungong Xunyin, came.

When the melodious tune of Yungong Xunyin resounded through the external amplification instruments on both sides of the display screen, countless eyes were immediately attracted.

The scene instantly became agitated.

"Hey? Isn't this the TV series of Journey to the West? I just watched the first episode this morning."

"What? Has it been released?"

"Yes, I received a push notification this morning. You haven't watched it yet, have you? I tell you, the TV series is very realistic, and it feels completely different from the novel, especially Sun Wukong. I even doubt if he popped out of the novel."

"I was too busy this morning and didn't even have time to check my phone."

"It's starting, it's starting. Sun Wukong is coming out!"

"Is this Sun Wukong? It's exactly the same as described in the novel."

"To be honest, watching it on a big screen is just like watching it on a small screen on a phone. Different."

"Although I have already watched it once, I still want to watch it again."

"I'll tell you a secret. Later, Sun Wukong went to Fangcun Mountain to learn skills, and then followed a monk to the West to obtain scriptures."

"What is this big screen? If Sihai Pavilion sells it, I want to buy one and watch it at home. It would be so cool to use it to watch Douyin, hehe."

"It seems to be called a projection. I heard that as long as you connect your mobile phone to it, you can project the screen on the mobile phone onto it. I used it during the Qiuqiu Flying Sword Professional League."

No one spoke after talking, and everyone's attention shifted to the big screen.

And as time went by, more and more monks gathered at the door of Sihai Pavilion, from dozens to hundreds and then to thousands.

From young people who had just stepped into the immortal road to older monks who were already hundreds of years old, they all watched the monkey jumping up and down on the screen intently.

From time to time, there would be bursts of smiles on their faces. Even though some of them had already watched it once on their mobile phones, it did not prevent them from watching it again with others.

Under such circumstances, the first episode of the TV series Journey to the West quickly became a hot search on Douyin, and a large number of entries about the TV series version of Journey to the West were listed.

"The first episode of Journey to the West is popular, and Sun Wukong looks like this"

"Journey to the West is a big hit, and your Monkey King is here"

"When will the second episode of Journey to the West be broadcast?"

"The filming location of Huaguo Mountain is exposed, and it turns out to be here"

"The director revealed that Journey to the West may be filmed for more than 100 episodes"

"The third monkey in the lower left corner of Journey to the West is playing with a mobile phone"

"The identity of the actor who plays Sun Wukong is exposed, he is of humble origin, a human-demon hybrid, and his dream is to become a big star"

"The actors of the Journey to the West crew revealed that the daily salary is as high as thousands of spirit stones, and there are no restrictions on cultivation and qualifications, and ordinary monks can also be actors"

These hot searches quickly pushed the popularity of the TV series version of Journey to the West to the peak, and a large number of grassroots monks with dreams went to Jujing City to apply for actors.

The streets and alleys are also full of discussions about Journey to the West.

As a director, Lin Ye also noticed this very quickly. At this moment, he stood on the top floor of Sihai Pavilion with his hands behind his back, looking at the monks standing at the door of Sihai Pavilion watching TV below, and his mouth curled up slightly.

"It seems that the response to Journey to the West is good. We have to hurry up and start filming the second episode."

"The recruitment of cast and crew members must also speed up. Mr. Lei, make arrangements to buy all the shops next to Sihai Pavilion."

"When the time comes, it will be used as the headquarters and cast and crew training center of Sihai Entertainment. The training of cast and crew members will be streamlined and formalized. After the system matures, we will recruit some trainees or something."

As soon as Lin Ye finished speaking, Lei Jun on the side showed a puzzled look on his face.

"Trainees?"

"Yes, recruit a group of children from low-level cultivator families with poor qualifications, poor cultivation, and ordinary family backgrounds, train them well, make them all big stars, let them earn a lot of spiritual stones, and then promote them to become a typical counterattack, creating a survivor bias."

At first, Lei Jun didn't understand, but when he heard this, he suddenly realized it.

"High! Young Master, your trick is really high!"

"In this way, all the descendants of cultivators from poor families and poor backgrounds will come to be trainees and actors, and no one will think of joining the immortal sect to suffer, and the righteous path will have no successors in the future."

"But..." Lei Jun's face showed a hint of hesitation as he said this.

"But what?" Lin Ye turned his head slightly.

"But the shops next to them are either affiliated with large chambers of commerce or sect forces. It may not be easy to get them to give up their land, and as the Giant Whale City becomes more and more popular, both the land price and the rent here are rising."

After hesitating for a while, Lei Jun expressed his concerns.

However, Lin Ye didn't take it to heart at all.

"Don't want to give it up? Then why don't you ask Yu Qingsheng? He has taken so many spirit stones, cigarettes and alcohol from us, it's time for him to do something."

"Give them more spiritual stones. If they still don't know how to behave, say they are colluding with the Demon Sect."

"Okay, young master, I know what to do."

After saying that, Lei Jun turned and left.

After Lei Jun left, another figure walked into the room.

"Master, you are looking for me."

The person who came was Zhou Wei, the head of the marketing account from Xuanyin Sect.

After hearing Zhou Wei's voice, Lin Ye still didn't turn back.

"You have drafted those hot searches for Journey to the West very well. It seems that you have already got it right."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Wei was immediately delighted and immediately knelt on the ground.

"It's all because of your good teaching, Master. I am just doing things according to your instructions."

"How many people do you have under you now?" Lin Ye suddenly asked again.

Zhou Wei thought for a moment and then answered:

"There are more than a hundred fellow disciples of Xuanyin Sect, but I found more than a thousand people on Douyin. Some of them are disciples of the sect, and some are wandering cultivators. They are well-informed and obedient. They will post whatever I ask them to post. I will give them a certain amount of spiritual stones based on the number of likes and replies to their comments."

"Not bad, but not enough. My idea is that you divide the existing staff into two parts. One part is responsible for social news, mainly reporting various news and anecdotes happening on Tianyuan Continent, and the other part focuses on games, TV series, novels and other entertainment sectors."

As Lin Ye spoke, Zhou Wei took out a small notebook and recorded carefully, nodding from time to time.

After Lin Ye finished talking about how to be a qualified entertainment reporter and editor, he began to arrange detailed tasks.

"The most important task of your entertainment section is to create stars and guide the cultivators on Tianyuan Continent to chase stars. The first star you want to create is the actor of Sun Wukong - Yuan Xiaoliu!"