China Entertainment 1981: Starting from Journey to the West

Li Chengru has been with the Journey to the West preparation team for two weeks. Director Yang Jie’s evaluation of him is that he is down-to-earth.

At that time, when Gu Bei heard these two words of evaluation from the old lady's mouth, he almost jumped up.

Can Li Chengru be considered a down-to-earth person?

If he was really down-to-earth, there would be no "special" people in the capital, let alone Boss Li who could live next to the Forbidden City.

Life is endless, endless tossing.

This is probably Li Chengru’s life creed.

I worked as a sand foundry worker in a steel factory earlier. If it were anyone else, they would never let go of this iron rice bowl for the rest of their lives.

But Li Chengru's character determines that the same life is a kind of torture for him.

As a result, he began to show off at various cultural performances organized by the factory, performing operas, singing, and even shamelessly dancing in front of all the female workers.

The good news about him was that he was attracted by the publicity department of the factory, and he became a director of the publicity department from a sand foundry worker.

From a blue collar to a white collar all of a sudden, you have achieved a leap forward in your life. You should be satisfied, right?
If it were anyone else, they would definitely be content.

Li Chengru is not someone else.

At first, maybe he acted like a literary activist because he was too tired from work and wanted to change his job. But after more exposure, Li Chengru really fell in love with him.

In his previous life, Li Chengru gave the impression that he was a bald man with a sharp tongue, but when he was young, the young man was quite energetic and versatile. He could sing, dance, and play various musical instruments.

Therefore, Bole, who had a keen eye for talents, selected him into the Capital Workers Amateur Drama Troupe.

After several years of hanging around, Li Chengru was no longer satisfied. He worked hard to get into the Beijing Film Academy amateur actor training class and became Gu Bei's classmate.

However, the two people had never met before. The amateur actor training class was held in Haidian. Gu Bei only found out after Li Chengru came to the preparation team that they actually had this bad relationship.

If everything continues as it was in his previous life, Li Chengru will have worked on the "Journey to the West" crew for many years, during which he was fired many times for unknown reasons.

Later, this buddy also followed the trend and took a leave of absence without pay in the factory, imitating others and starting a business.

Gu Bei had seen an interview with Li Chengru in his previous life. When he was at his most impressive, he had assets worth over ten million. You must remember that this was in the 90s.

As for why he later left Big Boss alone and became an actor, frequently appearing in small roles in movies and TV series, that is unknown.

Perhaps it's because Boss Li is tired of the life of a rich man and wants to live a different kind of life.

But no matter what, if Yang Jie said that he was down-to-earth, Gu Bei would definitely not agree.

Fortunately, the old lady added another comment - she talks too much.

It's quite pertinent.

"Xiao Gu, let's go and eat together."

Coming out of the conference room, Li Chengru and Gu Bei got together again.

"Okay! Wait until I call Brother Zhang."

Gu Bei didn't dare to be alone with Li Chengru. This guy was so talkative that he could talk about it for a long time without stumbling upon any topic.

Calling Lao Zhang together, the two of them are evenly matched.

As soon as he finished cooking and sat down, before the first bite of food was put into his mouth, Li Chengru started speaking in plain language.

Fortunately, there was Lao Zhang who also loved to talk. Gu Bei sat aside and watched the two of them talking endlessly.

Li Chengru was really obsessed with Tang Monk, and he would give Wang Yue a thumbs up when he caught him. Anyway, from what he said, Wang Yue was absolutely useless.

"If you really want to act, go talk to Director Yang yourself!"

"I……"

Li Chengru was about to cheer up, but he was discouraged in an instant.

"You can tell me that it's almost the same. If I go to Director Yang, there will be no chance."

When someone introduced him to the Westward Journey preparatory team before, Li Chengru's idea was that if he could play a role in it.

After arriving, his ambitions began to expand, and he actually set his sights on Tang Sanzang.

Gu Bei knew that it was not that Li Chengru did not dare to tell Director Yang Jie, but that he had already said it, but unfortunately, Director Yang rejected him.

"Do your job well and don't think about that mess."

Obviously, Li Chengru had extravagant expectations for the role of Tang Monk, which was all whimsical.

"What do you think? You asked me to say for you, pull him down. I don't feel comfortable not looking for him."

The four masters and apprentices have basically finalized the decision, and Yang Jie has also reported it to the leaders of the station. Although there are criticisms, according to Yang Jie's temper, no matter how many different opinions there are, the old lady will treat it as nonsense and will not pay attention to it at all.

Li Chengru actually wanted to change the general trend of the preparatory team, which was simply wishful thinking.

Lao Zhang was listening on the side, and he laughed from time to time: "Xiao Li, if you ask me, you should forget it. I really annoyed Director Yang, but you won't be able to reap the benefits."

Ugh……

Li Chengru was filled with helplessness.

I originally set my heart towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines in the ditch.

He knew that Gu Bei and Lao Zhang were doing their best for him. He was not an employee of CCTV, but was only temporarily seconded to help. He could do his job with peace of mind. If he could win the favor of the leader, maybe the staffing problem would really be solved. solved.

But his character is destined that the word "steady" has nothing to do with him.

I don’t know when I will have to work hard.

"Hey, Xiao Gu, what do you think of me playing the king of the Wuji Kingdom?"

"Fuck off!"

Gu Bei cursed angrily.

In the earlier meeting, Yang Jie had already decided that Gu Bei would play the role of the Prince of Wuji King in the pilot episode.

Li Chengru failed in his attempt to defeat Tang Monk, and instead set his sights on the King of Wuji Kingdom.This is to take advantage of Gu Bei!

"Look, why are you so anxious? This is art, and it doesn't involve ethics. You! You're in trouble."

Ha ha!

Gu Bei was too lazy to pay attention to this guy. If Li Chengru had no intention of taking advantage, he would immediately bang his head to death.

"If I look at it, the most you can do is play a eunuch."

puff……

Lao Zhang watched the two bickering, and suddenly burst out laughing when he heard this sentence.

What's going on?
Is it filled with meat?

Otherwise, how could it be possible?
Although he was severely hit, it was extremely difficult for Li Chengru to stop thinking about it.

In the next period of time, Gu Bei could always see Li Chengru hanging around Yang Jie when he had something to do. He even walked with a posture, and he used a tone of voice when reporting on work, for fear that others would not know that he also studied acting seriously.

Even the man in the reception room couldn't hide his little thoughts.

Finally, Director Yang Jie couldn't stand it anymore, but after all, Li Chengru had hired help from outside, and it was hard to tell him to get away directly. He could only use a tactful way to get him to retreat.

When a certain meeting was about to end, Yang Jie simply asked Li Chengru to audition in front of everyone.

Everyone could see that director Yang Jie was just perfunctory, but Li Chengru was the only one who took it seriously.

I immediately acted out a scene I had been preparing for a long time.

Gu Bei watched from the side, what should I say?

It's like sitting on needles, like a stick in the throat, like a thorn on the back.

The current Li Chengru is indeed a bit young, not at all as free and easy as the later real estate maniacs. Moreover, the way of performance has obvious stage marks, which completely goes against director Yang Jie's life-oriented approach.

In this way, he also hopes to impress the director with his own abilities.

Ha ha!

"How about... you shave your head and have fun pretending to be a monk."

Director Yang Jie definitely means it sincerely, but saying it at this moment is really a bit hurtful.

Li Chengru's expectant face fell instantly. He knew that from this moment on, Tang Seng was completely obsessed with him.

"Okay, it won't happen, it really won't happen."

After a while, Gu Bei saw that Li Chengru was severely hit and quickly stepped forward to comfort him.

Others didn't know what was going on and just thought Gu Bei was a warm-hearted person, but he understood in his heart.

Old Li must never give up.

Gu Bei also hopes to do business with this young surfing expert of the era in the future.

Ugh……

Li Chengru sighed: "You don't understand."

Indeed, Gu Bei didn't understand. He had never thought about being an actor. When Yang Jie arranged to play the role of the Prince of the Wuji King, he just rushed to the stage. If there was someone who could replace him, he would immediately announce his retirement without saying a word.

He may not care, but Li Chengru can't!

I have been thinking about it for so long, but the dream was shattered once I met him.

He thought he was awesome, but turned out to be trash.

"Okay, I don't understand. What about it? Tomorrow is the graduation drama of the acting department. Let's go and see it together?"

Gu Bei quickly changed the subject.

Sure enough, Li Chengru immediately became energetic after hearing this: "Where will it be performed? Haidian or Changping?"

Judging from his expression, you can tell that this guy didn't go to see a show, but to see beautiful girls.

I had heard Li Chengru mention it before that there was a super beautiful girl in their training class, and he didn't know if she would go there tomorrow.

"It must be Changping!"

Changping is a well-known and upright one, while Haidian can only be regarded as a sub-rudder at best, and there is no comparison at all.

For example, if everyone in Changping practices the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, the most they can learn in Haidian is Shaolin Fuhu Fist.

"Okay, come find me tomorrow."

"Got it!"

Gu Bei said, patted Li Chengru's shoulder, and did not continue to comfort him. He didn't know how to comfort people.

go home after get off work.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and it has been gloomy recently. It can be seen that God is holding back a big move. I don't know when, a snow will bury the entire capital.

But there is also a benefit. Near the end of December, the wind and sand have disappeared.

I rode my bicycle to the gate of the compound and was about to carry my bicycle in.

"Gu Bei, I have a telegram from you."

When I turned around, I saw the postman approaching on a bicycle. The postman was in charge of the postal service, and most of the old residents of this generation knew him.

"Thank you! Brother Ma!"

Gu Bei pressed his fingerprint, took the telegram, opened it and took a look. There were only six words on it.

It's done, Ma San!
Counting the days, Ma San'er and Ma Gan'er had been going south for a while. Communication was not convenient these days, so Gu Bei didn't know much about what was going on there.

Now that it's done, it's probably time to come back.