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The re-screening ceremony of "Lion Camel Ridge" was scheduled on Sunday, April 5, and the main actors of the film were all here.

After all, Jiang Heng's fame and status are getting stronger, and the box office performance of the film can be imagined.

If there is such a good opportunity to show up, you have to come even if there is no publicity fee!

Facing the media, a group of actors recalled various interesting things when filming "Lion Camel Ridge" that year. Ding Haifeng, who played Tang Monk, even told the media about his mental journey that year. The pressure was so great that he often suffered from insomnia.

After all, since there have been "Journey to the West" type of film and television dramas, there has never been such a majestic and strong Tang Monk!

Although Jiang Heng is very confident, he is really afraid that the audience will not recognize him.

Ding Haifeng talked about his experience during the audition and mentioned the lines Jiang Heng gave him, "If the donor does not understand Buddhism, I also know a little bit of boxing", which made the media reporters and audiences present laugh.

After the interview session, the film's creators, guests, media reporters, and audiences who bought tickets for the premiere all entered the IMAX theater in the cinema.

Audiences who were willing to pay a high price to buy the 3D re-released version of "Lion Camel Ridge" were almost all Jiang Heng's fans. Many of them even wore the same clothes, making it seem like they were watching a concert.

Some female audiences were especially excited when they saw Jiang Heng on stage for an interview, and they almost fainted.

When they arrived in the theater, they excitedly shared their feelings with their companions.

"So excited, I didn't sleep well last night!"

"Me too, when I watched "Lion Camel Ridge" that year, it was really too shocking, the kind that can't be described in words!"

"I almost cried to death that year, I hated Tang Seng the most when watching TV, that death was too annoying. But when I saw him take the initiative to pass away, my tears came down!"

"I cried at that time, and then I felt so cool when I saw Monkey King killing all the people!"

"The 3D version should be more shocking, right?"

"Of course!"

"I watched "Painted Skin", and I felt that its effect was average!"

"How can those movies compare with Director Jiang's?"

"That's right!"

While the fans were discussing, the big screen was playing a patch GG, among which was "A Chinese Ghost Story" starring Jiang Heng and Liu Yifei, which was scheduled to be released in the summer.

The effect was naturally super shocking, instantly attracting many people's attention.

"Brother Jiang Heng is so handsome!"

"He looks so gentle as Ning Caichen!"

"Let's go see it together in the summer?"

"Of course!"

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"Lion Camel Ridge" was first released on May 1, 2000. In the blink of an eye, it has been nine years.

In these nine years, many people have watched it more than once, and the plot is already familiar to them.

But when people put on 3D glasses and see those familiar film and television scenes again, they will still be excited.

For example, when Tang Seng and his disciples stayed in the Lion Camel Kingdom, they opened the window in the inn and saw countless half-virtualized evil spirits flying over with helmets and machetes in their hands. The effect of the 3D version is so exciting!

There is also the scene where Sun Wukong attacks the Great Lion Camel City alone, fighting against the golden leopard, white elephant, and blue lion in succession, and was finally attacked by the golden-winged roc hovering in the sky. It is so satisfying no matter how many times you watch it.

As for Tang Monk's voluntary death and Sun Wukong's killing sprees, countless audiences cried and laughed, so moved!

After leaving the theater, when interviewed by reporters, they all said that this trip was worth it and it was definitely worth the ticket price!

"It's definitely worth it. There was no IAMX version in 2000, nor 3D. The visual effects of the re-released version are really great! I think it's not inferior to "Havoc in Heaven"!"

"I think it's better than "Havoc in Heaven". I always think that director Jiang Heng's best work is "Lion Camel Ridge" in 2000. I feel that he was very spiritual at that time. His current works are a bit like products on an assembly line. They look good, but they don't have much nutrition!"

"Di Renjie? Painted Skin? Don't insult Director Jiang, okay? How can those be compared with Director Jiang's works? They are completely not of the same level, okay!"

On the night of the re-release ceremony, many Internet media reported the grand occasion of the re-release ceremony of "Lion Camel Ridge" and the audience's viewing experience, with one-sided praise!

What’s even worse is that some media outlets are just looking for fun and are not afraid of making a fuss. They also wrote down some viewers’ comments that belittled “Detective Dee” and “Painted Skin”, which made the production companies of the two films extremely angry.

After all, lies are not the most hurtful, but the truth is.

The 3D effects of “Detective Dee” and “Painted Skin” are indeed not very good, and they themselves admit it, but they are very unhappy to be repeatedly dragged out to “whip the corpse”.

But there is no way to refute it, not to mention how angry it is.

As a result, Wang Zhonglei has always had an idea, why not invest more money, spend real money to make a big ticket, and shoot a “real 3D” movie?

But he was afraid of losses and could not make this decision.

At the same time, he was annoyed that the quality of “Investiture of the Gods” produced that year was average. Otherwise, he could also convert it into a 3D version, and could he make a lot of money again?

But on second thought, “Lion Camel Ridge” has been released for nine years, can so many people really go to see it?

Don't be fooled by the hype at this time. If the film makes tens of millions of box office after the re-release, Jiang Heng will be embarrassed.

Speaking of which, there are too many people in the Chinese entertainment industry who have the same idea as Wang Zhonglei, who want to see Jiang Heng lose, and pay special attention to the news related to "Lion Camel Ridge".

In the blink of an eye, it was the 10th, and the 3D version of "Lion Camel Ridge" was officially re-released. Many domestic media sent reporters to the theater for interviews.

Some portal websites even published news articles with video content.

The content of the reports was basically the same, that is, the 3D version of "Lion Camel Ridge" set off a movie-watching craze in April, the off-season for the film industry, and there were long queues in many theaters in popular business districts.

The next day, the box office results of the first day of the re-release of "Lion Camel Ridge" were released, which shocked the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

74 million!

It's too damn exaggerated. This is a re-released film. It has been released for nine years. It can be said that most of the audience have seen it more than once.

But they are still willing to spend money to go to the theater to watch it again.

That can only show that the quality is indeed excellent.

The analysis of this phenomenon in the "China Film Report" column is: Special effects blockbusters, of course, have to be watched in theaters to see the essence of the film, which is not comparable to TVs with lower resolutions and computers with smaller screen sizes. Furthermore, the 3D film effects of Director Jiang Heng are indeed very outstanding. Many movie fans believe that the 3D effects of "Lion Camel Ridge" are not inferior to "Havoc in Heaven"...

Under the intensive media reports and word of mouth from the audience, the box office of the 3D version of "Lion Camel Ridge" soared rapidly, exceeding 100 million in two days, 200 million in three days, and soon broke through the 600 million mark.

Look at the bosses and directors in the industry, dumbfounded, this is too exaggerated.

It's okay that Director Jiang's new film can't compare, but now it's found that even the re-screened film can't compare!

When the 3D version of "Lion Camel Ridge" was released, the final box office was fixed at 1.049 billion yuan, and the shocked industry colleagues didn't know what to say!