China Entertainment 1981: Starting from Journey to the West

Ma Saner had insomnia.

Lying on the kang and tossing and turning, he couldn't sleep. The words Gu Bei said seemed to be planted in his ears and he couldn't get them out no matter what.

There's a business down south...

The capital has been prepared...

Gu Bei didn't say what the specific business was or how much capital it would cost.

Ma San'er also understood what it meant.

Others regard him as a loser and think he has no brains. He is still fooling around on the street at the age of 26 and seven without thinking about the future.

But if he was really stupid, he might have starved to death a long time ago, but he could still be dancing happily, drinking wine and eating pig head meat every day, and living a better life than most people in the compound?

Gu Bei said half a sentence and left half a sentence behind.

She was clearly planning to seduce him.

What do you mean?
It was just that he wanted him to take the initiative and be willing to help Gu Bei with things.

this kid...

As expected of a college student, he is so arrogant at such a young age.

As for where the capital Gu Bei said came from, although Ma San'er was a little confused, he knew that since Gu Bei said it, he should not be able to fake it.

south...

Ma Saner has never been there. As he grew up, the farthest place was the rural area of ​​Hebei where he joined the queue.

It's just in time...

I almost lost my life there.

But he made a lot of friends by hanging out on the street. His former classmates also went to the south to join the queue and came back. He knew that the policies there were different from those in the capital.

When he was practicing cigarette stalls and being chased like a dog, the south had already allowed small vendors to operate independently.

Moreover, he also heard from someone he knew that people in Tianjin now import clothes and shoes from the south and sell them, and they can make a fortune by selling a batch of goods.

Does Gu Bei want me to help him wholesale clothing from the south?
If you really do this...

Ma San'er calculated his family fortune. In the past six months, he had made a lot of money by relying on stupid foreigners. He had between 5000 and [-] yuan at his disposal.

Do you want to go there?
Ma San'er's mind came alive.

No one wants to fool around all his life, not to mention that he is already in his thirties now and wants to get a wife, so he can't stay single like this forever.

But over there in Gu Bei...

Ma San'er quickly put away the idea of ​​leaving Gu Bei and going it alone. He was a man who knew how to repay his kindness. He always remembered the kindness the Gu family had shown him.

Of course, this is not the most important.

The most important thing is that Ma San'er is still thinking about the business Gu Bei mentioned.

It's definitely not as simple as purchasing a batch of clothing.

The more he thought about it, the more energetic he became. He couldn't fall asleep no matter what, so he simply stood up, opened the quilt, and took out a small iron box from the hole in the bed. Inside was all his belongings.

After counting, it was 700 yuan.

special!
Ma San'er secretly cursed, if it hadn't been for Old Man Wang's trouble that day, maybe he would have eight thousand now.

If Ma Saner were to know that the broken painting he gave to Gu Bei was resold by Gu Bei for 20 yuan, I don't know how he would feel.

Ugh……

Xiaobei, you really put the third brother in trouble.

Ma San'er was very clear in his heart. It was not a long-term solution to throw away these junk things and point them at foreigners.

Who knows when he will fall into trouble.

In that case, why not...

Early the next morning, Gu Bei had breakfast and rode to work as usual.

When we arrived at the unit, we first chatted with Lao Zhang, and then waited for the meeting of the group leaders of the Literature and Art Department to end, and their "Journey to the West" preparatory group continued its meeting.

After the lunch break, Gu Bei received another notice in the afternoon that the entire preparatory team was interviewing actors. During the time they went to Shaoxing, they were busy at home.

According to Yang Jie's instructions, deputy director Zhu Xiaofeng took the lead in launching the casting process, contacted many actors, and waited for Yang Jie to come back and conduct unified interviews.

Naturally, Gu Bei, a newcomer, has no say in this kind of thing. All he has to do is call the number, take notes, and occasionally help read lines and create scenes.

"Next, Teacher XXX."

I thought that the director had to go to the thatched cottage to hire all the actors. But today I found out that CCTV's appeal is still very strong, especially this time it was "Journey to the West".

Major film studios, as well as many veteran artists from the People's Art Institute, came over to offer their services.

One of the seniors in Renyi made it clear that he didn’t care about the size of the role, and he didn’t want anything else. He just took care of the food.

The old comrade was so positive that Yang Jie quickly asked Gu Bei to write down his name.

It doesn’t cost any money!

Of course, actors don't get paid these days. Even big stars like Liu Xiaoqing can only receive a dead salary. Only when they go to other places for filming, they can get an extra two or three yuan a day as a subsidy.

It's not like later, when the daily salary was millions, and the salary for a movie was tens of millions, and they brazenly said that they deserved it.

Pooh!
face!

Yes, he just picked his face.

At the beginning, the interviews were all for actors who had no target roles and were only looking for actors who could appear in the play. In the last two hours, interviews for important roles began.

"Director Yang, the rest are Tang Seng's options."

An alternative actor for Zhu Bajie has just been sent away. The body shape is similar, but the height does not meet the requirements. He is nearly 1.9 meters tall and weighs more than 230 kilograms. He does not need to adjust his angle to play the role of the giant spirit god.

Yang Jie, an actor at the Tianjin Ping Theater, told the problem face to face and hoped that the actor could come to play a certain role in the play, but the actor was also stubborn and said: I will not act in anyone except Zhu Bajie.

As a result, they naturally broke up unhappy.

Yang Jie finally found the list handed over by Zhu Xiaofeng, with a few photos attached.After looking at it carefully, Gu Bei could tell at a glance that there was obviously nothing he liked.

"Little Gu!"

Gu Bei agreed and took the list.

"Let's meet everyone!"

Some actors are from out of town and came here specially to apply for Tang Seng. It would be a bit unreasonable if they didn't even meet them once.

Gu Bei called the numbers one by one, and the actors came in one after another.

Yang Jie was patient and chatted with each of them for a few minutes, and some even let the other person try out a scene.

how to say?

None of the people who could come had poor acting skills, but the problem was that their image did not meet the requirements.

During the previous meeting, the tone had already been set. The actor who plays Tang Monk must be handsome first and foremost, but it cannot just be handsome.

If you are really a little kid, I am afraid that if you reach the land of women, your great cause of learning will come to an end, and there will be no future stories!

In Yang Jie's words, handsomeness is only superficial, and the most important thing is to have a Buddha statue.

This is the so-called Dharma solemnity.

Otherwise, when the TV series is aired, Buddhists across the country will not be able to regard Yang Jie as an enemy of Buddhism!

Some of the actors here today are indeed very handsome, with well-proportioned figures and handsome facial features, but where they stand, with their slightly raised corners of their mouths and affectionate brows, they look unseemly.

If he really became a monk, he would probably be a flower monk.

Some people felt too serious. One of them recited a Buddhist scripture and finally put his hands together and saluted, which was quite decent.

But the problem is that Yang Jie not only has to consider the thoughts of Buddhists across the country, but also the aesthetics of the female fairies in the story.

Such……

Can a female temptress be attracted to you?
After more than a dozen interviews in a row, there was still no result in the end. Two of them had good roles. Gu Bei left his contact information. Tang Seng was determined not to be cast, but there were other characters in the story.

After packing up and getting off work, Gu Bei put on a large mask as soon as he went out. The kind that could cover most of his face. Coupled with the wide sunglasses, no acquaintances could recognize him.

"Xiao Bei!"

What the hell!

How did you know it was mine?
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, Gu Bei was stopped by someone.

Ma San'er.

He didn't leave the house all day, just waiting for Gu Bei to come back. Seeing that it was time to get off work, he simply waited at the door of the courtyard.

"Third brother! You are... eating sand!"

Pooh!
Ma San'er also spat.

"I want to have a few words with you. How about... you tell my aunt. It will be convenient for us to talk when we eat out."

Gu Bei looked at it and knew that Ma San'er had already made a decision.

Gu Bei didn't really care how he made the decision. Although Ma San'er was the most suitable one at the moment, he didn't have to do it.

The reason for looking for Ma San'er was because Gu Beinian wanted to give him a hand because of their past friendship.

If he didn't want to, Gu Bei wouldn't force him.

During the meeting this morning, Yang Jie already said that there is an outside member who will report next week.

"Okay! Just wait for me and send the car back first."

After Gu Bei finished speaking, he pushed the cart into the hospital.

Li Sufen came back early and was already busy making dinner, Gu Bei said.

"With the third child? Then... okay, don't drink!"

Although Li Sufen would not look at Ma San'er through colored glasses, she was more or less influenced by the people in the courtyard, but she would not stop Gu Bei from interacting with Ma San'er.

Gu Bei agreed, turned around and went out.

The two of them didn't walk too far. When they exited the alley, there was a small state-owned restaurant across the road.

Never assault a customer without reason.

It turned out to be true!
Gu Bei was really shocked when he looked at the slogan posted on the wall of the restaurant.

The waiter rolled his eyes and saw the two people coming in. He ignored them at all, as if someone owed them two hundred dollars.

What a service quality!

No wonder most of these state-owned restaurants later closed their doors.

Who can bear it when a customer comes to eat and feels restless before eating?

I ordered four dishes, three meat and one vegetarian. Ma Saner drank white wine and Gu Bei drank soda.

"Xiao Bei, I've... thought about what you told me yesterday."

The food had just been served, and I served it myself. The waiters were busy chatting and eating melon seeds.

There was no one else in the store except them, and they were sitting in the corner, so they weren't afraid of others hearing.

After saying this, Ma San'er laughed first. He didn't know how he made this decision.

Feel……

A bit obsessed.

But as soon as the words came out, Ma San'er felt happy. He poured the wine and gestured to Gu Bei.

"Brother Bei, I, Ma San'er, will follow you from now on."

After saying that, he just sighed, this is considered as handing in a greeting card.