"New Journey to the West 7" is broadcast. How much contribution has the big IP of Journey to the West brought to the entertainment industry?

Let’s put it this way, there is a new Monkey King to meet the audience almost every year. The contribution of the classic IP Journey to the West to the film and television industry is immeasurable. Almost Chinese children have grown up with the 1987 version of Journey to the West broadcast by CCTV year after year.

You don’t need to use a universal browser to search. When you mention Journey to the West IP, the love story between the Supreme Treasure and Zixia Fairy in "Journey to the West" will quickly pop up in your mind. The author has subversively reshaped this story. , amplifies the nagging image of Tang Monk, and turns the quirky monkey brother into a flesh-and-blood mortal. You may not be able to accept it at first glance, but after a second glance, you will be amazed by the author's imagination. 2017's "The Return of the Great Sage" has become one of the highlights of Chinese comics. The quirky Jiang Liu'er and Monkey Brother are so handsome when they are covered in gold armor at the end. Just imagine how many beautiful works we would have lost without the Journey to the West IP.

My first impression of Journey to the West should also come from this edition. The fiery-eyed Monkey, the nagging but kind-hearted Tang Seng, the honest-looking Monk Sha but with a skull hanging around his neck, and the gluttonous and lustful Zhu Bajie who is responsible for the laughter of the whole drama. Now it seems that there are still many shortcomings in this version. For example, when Brother Monkey was walking through the clouds, a picture was leaked showing him wearing roller skates. This IP is not only an indispensable classic in the film and television industry, but also an indispensable IP that we can never return to. Those precious childhood memories gone.

Journey to the West’s contribution to the domestic film and television industry is immeasurable. The original work is worthy of being one of China’s four famous novels. Its imagination is marvelous and magnificent. The audience can be three-year-old children or adults. Old man. It is precisely because of the brilliance of the original work that it attracts so many people to recreate it. The classics passed down by word of mouth are indeed classics.