China Entertainment 1981: Starting from Journey to the West

The day before departure, Director Yang Jie mercifully gave everyone a holiday. This trip will take at least more than a month. It's okay for a young man like Gu Bei. Most of the people in the crew have families and families. , he was about to leave, and he had to settle down his family no matter what.

Gu Bei also took advantage of his vacation to visit Ma San'er and Ma Gan'er again. He needed to explain business matters clearly to these two people.

What they mainly do now is clothing wholesale. Products that are in short supply like color TVs are not often available.

Ma San'er and the others are now familiar with the business. In Beijing and Tianjin, they act like clothing tycoons. Many small traders have to treat guests and give gifts in order to get more goods from them.

It's not that they haven't encountered competition. After the jeans were "imitation" by the southern clothing factory, someone came over to purchase them, hoping to squeeze Ma Saner away.

Fortunately, Gu Bei came up with several more styles at that time. As soon as the new styles were unveiled, the previously popular jeans became less popular.

After chatting for a while, Gu Bei felt that he was a little redundant. The two of them were obviously more motivated than him. They were actually planning to find a place to rent a warehouse and increase the amount of goods purchased.

Feeling bored, Gu Bei finally threw down a few newly drawn design drawings, took this month's dividends, and went to find Ma Weidu again.

I came to see Ma Weidu several times to save money.

Governor Ma Wei was so shocked now that he suspected that Gu Bei had dug tunnels and emptied the treasury, otherwise how could he have gotten so much money? According to Lin Fang, Gu Bei's current savings amount was already very considerable.

It’s impressive!
People who work in banks talk about Gu Bei's deposit figures. What is this concept?
Pork costs only [-] cents a pound these days. Maybe Gu Bei's "respectable" income is enough to buy a meat factory.

Another deposit was made, and the amount became more substantial.

These days, banks really don't attract business. It's not like in the past life. When your deposit reaches a certain amount, you can be directly promoted to VIP. You don't have to queue up to handle business. During the New Year and holidays, you can get rice, noodles, and blended oil.

Now?

There is no Mao, and the attitude is not very good.

The two of them had lunch together, each with a bowl of fried soybean noodles, a small bowl of dry-fried noodles, which tasted delicious.

In the afternoon, Gu Bei was dragged to his house by Ma Weidu again, insisting that Gu Bei help him.

Since the last time we met at Old Man Wang's house, Ma Weidu has become more and more interested in collecting. It used to be just a hobby, but now he is more interested.

He squirted the eye-piercing thing that Ma Weidu had collected, but it wasn't all fake. There was a snuff bottle that looked interesting. After looking at it carefully for a long time, it was found that it was from the mid-Qing Dynasty, but it was a pity that it was out of set.

But if it really turns out to be a trick, Ma Weidu will definitely be convicted of hooliganism.

The spring palace picture on the vial is particularly exquisite.

"Keep it, it won't be worth much if you can't get it together. It's better to show this thing less to others in the future, so as not to have people report it."

Ma Weidu frowned. He didn't want Gu Bei to see this thing, but he just forgot to put it away.

"Xiao Gu, you have such a good eye, you don't want to collect some good things yourself."

Gu Bei smiled: "It's so easy to meet good things! Come on, I have to go on a business trip tomorrow, so I won't stay with you today. I have to go home and have dinner with my parents."

After saying hello, Gu Bei rode home.

After all, this was not his first business trip, so Li Sufen only gave a few words of advice.

In the evening, the family also prepared fried noodles.

The dumplings are on the floor, and the noodles are rolled out.

It is also appropriate.

The next day, Gu Bei did not go to Taili, but took a bus directly to the train station. When he arrived, many people had already arrived.

Not long after, director Yang Jie and teacher Wang Chongqiu also arrived.

As the leader of the art team, Peng Li took her team to Yangzhou two days in advance. Many locations had to be rearranged. Originally, Gu Bei was also on the art team, but Yang Jie asked him to move with the large team.

Zhu Xiaofeng was counting the people, and another assistant director Xun Hao, who had just arrived, brought bad news.

The actor who was originally scheduled to play the role of the Black Chicken Queen could not come. This actress is also from the National Peking Opera Company. We had already agreed, but something unexpected happened. Director Xun Hao said that the director of the Peking Opera Company would not let her go.

When Yang Jie heard this, she was confused at the time. No one could come, and refunding the tickets was nothing. But the filming was about to start, and according to the plan, the scene between the king and the queen was to be filmed from the beginning. Now that the queen is gone, the king has finally come true. Now that I'm alone, what can I do with this drama?
Not only did the queen not come, Xun Hao also said that the director did not agree with him and Ren Fengpo coming to the set. They insisted on coming. As long as Yang Jie dared to resist this accusation, they dared to stay. The key still depends on Yang Jie's attitude. .

Yang Jie also lost her temper. She regretted the things she had agreed to do. If she still had any integrity, she just said: "Stay! Whatever happens, I'll take care of it!"

The queen can't come, but the start-up date can't be delayed, and the train won't wait for them.

I had no choice but to check in and get on the train first. As for the candidate for the queen, I could only wait until I arrived in Yangzhou and then choose from the local area.

"Xiao Gu, take a note and write it down. Our crew will never need to use actors from other scenes in the future."

When they got on the train, Mrs. Yang was still angry.

Hearing this, Gu Bei subconsciously glanced at Wang Yue, who was sitting not far away.If he remembered correctly, in his previous life Wang Yue wanted to make a movie, but director Yang Jie didn't allow him to take part in the movie, so he missed out on such a good role as Tang Seng.

Let's do it again, I hope this classmate won't get dizzy again.

After a bumpy journey, the crew arrived in Yangzhou smoothly. Li Chengru, who was at the front station, took the car to pick up the guys and then headed to the station.

Without taking any time to rest, Yang Jie inspected several locations one by one and only felt relieved after making sure she was satisfied.

On September 7st, the sky was clear.

There was no opening ceremony as expected. The crew went to Geyuan early in the morning and filmed the king's scene first as planned. The queen has also been selected. The actors from the local Yang Opera Troupe gave people the impression that they were a bit old and could not tell the mother-in-law. The style of Yitianxia.

Fortunately, it's just a trial episode. If you're not satisfied, you can re-cast the cast in the future.

Everyone arrived very early, but the preparations were delayed. After all, it was a new team. Many people had never cooperated before, and the cooperation was very unfamiliar. There was no qualified coordinator on site, and the group seemed to be in a hurry.

I was busy until ten o'clock in the morning before filming the first scene.

Although the preparation work was delayed, the filming went smoothly, and the first day of filming was a good success.

Li Chengru was still talking about finding a place to eat something good tonight and then walking around nearby. He came two days earlier than the others and was busy picking up the bus from the station and didn't have a chance to visit Yangzhou.

Gu Bei was a little moved by what he said, so he discussed taking action together.

As a result, the two people's travel plan was finally ruined by Old Mrs. Yang. I don't know why this little old lady was so crazy. On the first day of turning on the machine, she went straight to high intensity.

From 10 a.m. that day to 9 a.m. the next day, it took 23 hours.

It’s okay to be tired and sleepy, but the most uncomfortable thing is the heat.

July in the capital is already enough to look at, but it turns out it’s surprisingly hot here in Yangzhou.

Everyone thought it would be cooler when shooting night scenes at night, but it turned out to be similarly unpleasant.

Not only is it hot, but there are also a lot of mosquitoes.

No skin exposed can escape its sharp mouth.

There were still lights on at the filming site, and the lights attracted many small bugs. It was useless to drive them away with cattail fans. The bites left red bumps all over everyone's body.

The next day, Li Chengru was arranged to buy mosquito repellent and distribute it to everyone. When it was time to shoot the night scene again, everyone had a plate of lit mosquito repellent incense.

In order to keep up with the schedule, overtime work is unavoidable. The station leaders have given a fatal order to complete the filming in early August. The editing, soundtrack and other post-production work will be completed in mid-September, and it will be broadcast on October [-]st during the National Day.

Time is tight and the task is heavy, so everyone can only work harder.

If in the previous life, the work intensity was so intense, someone would have started making a fuss, but in this era, people have a completely different understanding of hard work, and no one complained at all.

Of course, often filming night scenes is not only to keep up with the schedule, but also has a last resort.

Yangzhou Radio Station is right next to Ge Yuan, the main filming location of the crew. Filming is not allowed during the broadcast, otherwise many meshes will appear on the screen.

In order to avoid the broadcast time, the crew can only shoot elsewhere during the day. After the broadcast, they go to "Ge Yuan" to film, often in the middle of the night.

In this scorching hot weather, coupled with the illumination of several kilowatts of lights, it is really sweltering and unbearable.

Things were a little better behind the scenes, but the actors suffered a lot. They wore layer after layer of clothes and were wrapped up tightly. Often after a scene, their clothes would be soaked through.

Especially Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, as the protagonists, they have the most scenes. What is even more uncomfortable is that they have to wear thick latex masks on their faces. Zhu Bajie also has a fake belly made of latex on his belly, and the mask is worn on his face. It must be glued firmly, otherwise it will be easy to wear.

But once you sweat, the mask will fall off automatically, so you have to constantly reapply and reattach it, sometimes several times for one shot.

Moreover, wearing a mask makes it impossible to eat and even drink.

But on such a hot day, how can we do it if we don’t replenish water in time?

Later, Li Chengru came up with a way to use a straw.

The straw can be inserted into the mouth through the gap under the mask to solve the problem of drinking water.

As for eating, it's troublesome. They have to eat the food, but wearing masks, they can't put the food into their mouths at all.

If they took off their masks to eat, they would waste time reapplying their makeup, which was a dilemma. In the end, the two simply endured not eating until the filming was over.

In the same situation, what would they do if it were the little fresh meat from the previous life?
Hot, thirsty, hungry, and tired?

That's not possible, let alone endure hardship.

If the skin on your hand is broken, you have to scream at the top of your lungs. There are less than 100 people to comfort you, and you can't do it at all. In the end, you have to go to the hospital to test the doctor's skills - where is the wound?
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