332: Chapter 332 The Black Monkey is Coming Too

Rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala were still ongoing, and Lin and Ruan were busy and thoroughly enjoying themselves.

The first year after they confirmed their relationship was basically a long-distance romance. One was filming everywhere, while the other was touring for concerts everywhere. They made plenty of money, but they really didn't have much time to spend together.

It was rare, so rare that they could finally be lovey-dovey together during this period.

Living together was one thing, but to be able to wake up together, brush their teeth together, and then go out holding hands? How could he put it—Lin Chuyan was simply as happy as an immortal.

Plus, they had both met each other's parents, and both sets of parents were very satisfied. Consequently, the two of them inexplicably felt that they had crossed a hurdle together, deepening their feelings for each other even more, and they got along incredibly well.

Working with such a pleasant mood every day, good news kept pouring in—Lin Chuyan's "dragon fist" also had new progress.

Regarding the interlude and the ending of the song, he himself only knew a set of "Five-Step Fist" and some "boxing." It was a bit difficult to make it look good, and it was hard to complete it by himself.

But that didn't matter; he had connections! Lin Chuyan hadn't forgotten Master Huang, the martial arts instructor he met while on the set of "the long season."

So, he quickly asked him for advice.

"So, you just need a set of flashy moves that last about half a minute, are suitable for stage performance, and have good visual effects?"

"Yes, yes, and it would be best if it could incorporate 'dragon' elements. I mean, my song is called 'dragon fist,' right? It would be best if people could take one look and think: This is dragon fist... I don't know if that's doable?"

Lin Chuyan didn't know if this request was too abstract or unreasonable.

To his surprise, Master Huang agreed immediately: "No problem. As a martial arts instructor, what kind of client demands haven't I encountered? Yours is actually quite simple."

Master Huang was curious for a moment and couldn't help but ask another question: "But what kind of stage is this for? To require you to perform this? This production team is pretty awesome, hahaha."

Master Huang certainly knew what level Lin Chuyan was at now; among young actors, there was no one more popular than him. What kind of stage would require him to go through so much trouble? And to stuff these kinds of moves into a song?

Lin Chuyan didn't hide it from him: "The Spring Festival Gala."

Master Huang: "Then that makes sense."

It turned out that designing these kinds of flashy moves was really not a difficult task for Master Huang. In about a day, he had sent the video of the moves and their breakdown to Lin Chuyan.

There were moves with both hands in front of the chest in a "swimming dragon" shape, poses followed by quick punches, and even somersaults... the main focus was on being flashy but impractical.

Although the whole set only lasted thirty seconds, there wasn't a single repeated move, and performing the whole set really looked quite good.

Furthermore, in the end, Master Huang thoughtfully designed a closing punch move to wrap up Lin Chuyan's song.

Awesome, he could be considered a very excellent contractor.

"Although they are just flashy moves, you have a foundation after all. Just don't be soft with your hand movements when throwing punches, and it will still look very realistic. Don't worry."

Lin Chuyan was certainly reassured. He was very satisfied with this set of moves and insisted on paying. Master Huang didn't stand on ceremony with him this time, but he only asked for ten thousand yuan.

"Thanks, Master Huang, I will practice it well."

"Don't be like that, Teacher Lin Chuyan, don't I know you?"

"Huh?"

"For a martial arts prodigy like you, learning these kinds of flashy moves is just a matter of minutes, right?"

"...You flatter me."

Since it was only thirty seconds after all, Lin Chuyan practiced it over and over again. After becoming familiar with the moves, he even started to like this set of moves a little bit.

Damn, it's actually kind of cool...

Never mind whether it's practical or not, just tell me if it looks good or not!

Later at the rehearsal, Lin Chuyan demonstrated it again for Director Yu, who indeed liked it very much and praised it repeatedly while watching.

How should he put it? This "dragon fist" might not sound great, but it looked good. At the very least, it looked like the real deal.

Also, regarding the outfit, Director Yu had also sorted it out for Lin Chuyan.

It looked a bit like a flight jacket and seemed quite hip-hop, but it had a dragon embroidered on it, so it actually had the right vibe.

"Nice, nice, the pockets on this jacket are quite deep!"

Director Yu didn't quite understand: "What's the deal with the pockets?"

"It's like this. In the intro of 'dragon fist,' don't I have to play the drums with both hands? So where do I put the microphone? I can't exactly hold it in my mouth, can I? I originally clipped it behind me, but it would definitely be better if it could be placed in the jacket pocket."

Director Yu: "...Fine, as long as you're satisfied."

Just as they were chatting, Wu Yue called Lin Chuyan.

He mainly wanted to tell him one thing—the release date for "black myth: wukong" had finally been set.

Back then, he went to Shenzhen to be a face model for them. After that, there was no movement from their side, and Lin Chuyan thought it was going to fall through. However, after "a moment of romance" was released and became a huge hit across Asia, they finally contacted him. Both sides hit it off immediately and signed the contract on the spot.

"So when is it releasing?"

"January 25th, they were finally willing to say it... because they will release the final trailer in a while and open pre-sales at the same time, which will state the release date."

"Hahaha, that's soon. There are only a few days left until Chinese New Year's Eve. So, will Erlang Shen appear in the final trailer?"

"I don't know... We'll see in a bit."

At 10:00 AM, Game Science indeed released the final trailer on various platforms.

The caption was very simple.

"Final trailer for 'black myth: wukong.' January 25th, re-walking the Journey to the West."

The video was anything but simple.

Lin Chuyan clicked to watch it on time along with countless netizens.

After watching it, he had only one thought: rich, it was too rich.

Spells, transformations, various action gameplay mechanics taking turns—everything was there. The combat system definitely wouldn't be bad.

In addition, what Lin Chuyan was more concerned about was the characters.

A large number of plot characters appeared one after another, and a large number of monsters that hadn't appeared in previously released trailers also showed up, which showed that the world-building was definitely grand.

Unfortunately, Lin Chuyan played the video twice and was very certain that Erlang Shen did not appear...

Oh well, he could only wait until the 25th.

Under the video, quite a few people were already discussing it.

The netizens were satisfied with this final trailer, and the comments were full of praise.

Lin Chuyan scrolled through and actually found a comment that mentioned Erlang Shen.

"Is the end of this final trailer actually the Four Heavenly Kings, including Mo Liqing and Mo Lihong? They are cool, but it just doesn't feel like enough... Are these four people just appetizers in the eyes of the Great Sage? Can't Game Science bring in Erlang Shen?"

However, this comment didn't have many likes; most netizens were still discussing the various things that appeared in the video.

Wu Yue and Lin Chuyan didn't look at it in detail anymore; they were both the type of people who were interested in games but didn't have time to play them.

"It seems like it's available for pre-download."

Wu Yue scrolled through the news online.

"Brother Yue, in the studio, are there any people who want to play this game? Can you ask for me? I'll gift one to each of them."

"Sure. But we have all girls here, so I guess there won't be many who want to play."

"No, they must have it. If they don't play it themselves, they can gift it to their boyfriends. If they don't have boyfriends, they can gift it to their male friends." Lin Chuyan thought for a moment and added, "Just the game doesn't seem enough. How about this, arrange for 4090 graphics cards as well, one for each person."

Wu Yue was dumbfounded: "What are you doing?"

"Nothing much, just supporting domestic 3A games. Also, what boy didn't worship the Great Sage when he was a child?"