China Entertainment 1981: Starting from Journey to the West

Gu Bei knew very well what was the point of Hong Minsheng's last words?

He was not asked to be responsible for the specific work of the first Spring Festival Gala, but Director Huang Yihe was responsible for it. He should discuss and ask for advice from seniors more often when there were matters, and not make decisions on his own.

If Gu Bei really accepted the truth, acted like a melon, thought he was holding Shang Fang's sword in his hand, and started messing around, the leader would take back his power in a minute and let him sit on the bench.

Fortunately, Gu Bei is not really a 20-year-old boy. With his past life experience, he knows the real intention of his leader and where the bottom line is.

To put it bluntly, Gu Bei was the one charging from the front, and Huang Yihe was the one who controlled the overall situation.

As for whether the preparations for the first Spring Festival Gala can allow Gu Bei to show off his talents and design according to his ideas, the key depends on how far Director Huang Yihe can delegate power, or to make it clearer, Director Huang's attitude towards his How strong can the support be?

The leader assigned the tasks and gave the rights.

Next comes the specific work.

But there was still no one in the preparatory team. There was only one team leader and one deputy team leader, who looked like they were joking.

Gu Bei tried to talk to Huang Yihe, but the answer he got was still that after each group finished the work at hand, the Taiwan leader would arrange for manpower to come over to support.

When exactly?
pending!

Simply put...

You work first. Not only do you have to do it, but you also have to do it well, efficiently, and produce results as soon as possible. The leaders above are watching.

He just made a big show of it, and Gu Bei had no room to reason with him. What the hell is this?
Leave it alone?

You can try this, but the consequence is that Gu Bei will be on the bench for N years, and the crew of "Journey to the West" can't hope to return.

Then...

Try it!
For the next period of time, Gu Bei's daily job was to go to various art groups in the capital. Since there was a shortage of people behind the scenes, he would start with actors.

In the final analysis, the Spring Festival Gala is finally presented, and the program is still there for the TV audience to enjoy.

If the quality of the program is not up to standard, no matter how good the idea is, it will be in vain.

The female soloist is a good actress, to be determined.

Peking Opera is the quintessence of China and must be included in the program list.

Crosstalk is naturally indispensable. Now is the golden development period of crosstalk. There are many good actors and good programs, so there is no need to worry at all.

skit...

This art form doesn’t exist yet, even if it’s original.

Zhu Shimao can be found, but which studio is Chen Peisi from?

And Zhao Ma, Zhao Laowei'er...

Gu Bei was so busy with the Spring Festival Gala that the crew of "Journey to the West" finally completed the filming of "Eating Ginseng Fruit" before the end of October and returned to Beijing smoothly.

"Director Yang!"

Seeing Director Yang Jie who had lost a little weight, Gu Bei felt as if he were seeing a relative.

Ha ha!

It seems that Director Yang Jie is in a good mood.

"Xiao Gu, how is the work going? When will things here be finished?"

Yang Jie is most concerned about this matter now. Without Gu Bei in the crew, it is no exaggeration to say that she really feels like she is missing a hand.

It turned out that with Gu Bei here, she didn't have to worry about all the miscellaneous things. Gu Bei had also prepared the crew's work arrangements in advance. When she arrived at the set, she only had to focus on the filming.

But after Gu Bei left, although the crew was not in chaos, no matter what they did, it always felt unsmooth.

Li Chengru was also an all-rounder, and his ability was indeed very strong, but compared to Gu Bei, he was still far behind, at least not as careful as Gu Bei.

Gu Bei also wanted to return to the "Journey to the West" crew. Although the work there was tiring, he just had to do the part he was responsible for well.

What now?
There is no one in the Spring Festival Gala preparation team, so he has to handle and contact everything. He would be damned if he could be efficient.

“I probably won’t be able to go back until the recording is completed!”

Yang Jie was stunned when she heard this. She had agreed before that she would just ask Gu Bei to come back and do some auxiliary work. When she was done, she would let Gu Bei return to the crew.

But in this situation, it is clear that Liu Bei borrowed money from Jingzhou and never repaid it!

It's worth it.

"No, I'll go find Deputy Director Hong. How can the leader keep his word?"

Gu Bei was quite willing to watch Director Yang Jie go and have a fight with Hong Minsheng. He was so tired during this period that he couldn't even go home, and he was already feeling angry.

But he also knew that even if Mrs. Yang went up and scratched Hong Minsheng's face, it would be of no use. Maybe the debt would still be borne on his head in the end.

Hong Minsheng really valued Gu Bei, but the prerequisite was that Gu Bei could do things well and not cause trouble for him.

The only way to persuade Yang Jie was to talk nicely.

"According to what you said, I won't be able to return to the set in a short time."

"should be."

Yang Jie looked at Gu Bei, and after a while she said, "The work here is not going well?"

Gu Bei smiled bitterly, and then explained the specific situation.When Yang Jie heard that there were only two people in the preparatory team, she didn't know what to say.

"This...can be considered a test for you!"

Ha ha!

What do you think about this?
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I have one more thing to ask you. Was it you who gave Jin Lai the idea to train his eyes?"

Gu Bei knew that this matter could not be hidden from anyone, so he simply admitted it.

"Director Yang, Teacher Zhang... is it effective?"

"When you see him next time, you can ask yourself!"

Ho!
It's still a secret!

But looking at Yang Jie's expression, even if it has no effect, at least it's not bad.

Gu Bei didn't know that after he left the crew, Zhang Jinlai had been using his method to train his eyes. Needless to say, it was really useful. As long as there were no scenes with him, he would ask people to put their fingers up in front of their eyes and move them back and forth. At night, light a candle and stare at it for two hours.

Yang Jie didn't find out about this until she was about to return to the capital. After asking about it, she found out that it was Gu Bei's idea.

Although this method is a bit strange, Zhang Jinlai's eyes are much more agile. Every time when filming, as long as there is a close-up of Zhang Jinlai, Yang Jie will specially observe it.

Looking at those two eyeballs moving around, I couldn't help but feel very satisfied.

Ugh……

Gu Beiren was not on the crew, but he still solved such a troublesome matter for the crew, which shows that this kid is now someone the crew can't live without.

It's a pity that it will take at least several months before we can get him back. During this time, we can only hold on.

"Director Yang, where was the last ginseng tree found?"

Before the crew went up the mountain to shoot, director Yang Jie deliberately left artist Ma Yunhong at the foot of the mountain, and gave him the task of finding a suitable place to shoot ginseng fruit trees.

Because the trees on the mountain are relatively dense and cannot be destroyed, there is no spacious place for performances.

At that time, I was specifically told that no matter where I found it, if I found it, I would take a photo and send it to the mountain. After I selected it, I would make a big fake tree according to the pattern and let the monkeys "cut off the roots" at that time.

But it was not easy to find such a ginseng fruit tree. Until Gu Bei left the group, there was no good news from Teacher Ma Yunhong.

"It's in...Chengdu's Cultural Park."

When director Yang Jie mentioned this place, her expression changed obviously and became very depressed.

When Gu Bei saw this, he suddenly remembered something. When he was in Qingcheng Mountain, teacher Wang Chongqiu once told him that the grave of director Yang Jie's father was in the Cultural Park in Chengdu.

Who would have thought that this spiritual root of the world in the Journey to the West story would actually grow in the graveyard of director Yang Jie’s father.

Director Yang Jie's father died on the Twelve Bridges in Chengdu. After liberation, the local government buried the remains of the martyrs in the Cultural Park.

Although Gu Bei didn't see it, he could still imagine how Director Yang Jie felt when he was filming this scene.

"Director Yang, I'm sorry, I..."

Director Yang Jie smiled: "Did Teacher Wang tell you that?"

Gu Bei nodded.

Ugh……

Director Yang Jie let out a long sigh: "It's so troublesome."

Gu Bei didn't answer, he just wanted to quickly change the topic.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. It's too heavy. Overall, the filming went smoothly. There is one more thing you won't expect."

"Has the theme song issue been resolved?"

Yang Jie was stunned. This brat really didn't know how to cooperate. She had just finished saying, "You can't guess it," but Gu Bei hit the nail on the head.

Even if she wants to sell it off, it won't work.

"Yes, it's solved. Speaking of which, thank you for recommending Teacher Xu Jingqing. I'm very satisfied with the music he made."

In fact, when we went to Qingcheng Mountain this time, Xu Jingqing was not the only composer who went with the crew. Assistant director Zhu Xiaofeng also recommended one, and the two of them each composed a piece of music.

After comparing the two, Yang Jie still chose Xu Jingqing's work, and teacher Xu Jingqing was recommended by Gu Bei. In this way, the credit should really go to Gu Bei.

There is a theme song.

Gu Bei didn't know, now that he was a variable, the song Xu Jingqing composed was still the same song "Dare to Ask Where is the Way" from her previous life.

Director Yang Jie was busy going to the editing room next, and Gu Bei was also planning to go out to continue looking for actors. Both of them were busy and had no time to chat.

The front-end boss requested that the episode "Eating Ginseng Fruit" should be broadcast during the Spring Festival this year. Yang Jie had to hurry up and complete the post-production. She will leave for Hunan in the middle of next month to film "Three Strikes of Bone Demons".

Unfortunately, Gu Bei may not have the chance to catch up on the filming of this episode.

Thinking of "Three Strikes of White Bone Demons", Gu Bei suddenly remembered an interview he had seen with director Yang Jie in his previous life. At that time, she also introduced an episode that happened before the filming of this episode started.

It's about the actor who plays Lady Bones.

I don’t know if Yang Jie will need to cheat again this time when she goes to invite Madam Bone.

It's a pity that Director Yang Jie has already gone to the editing room. Otherwise, Gu Bei really wanted to tell her that when hiring actors this time, it is best to be more honest. Let people remember it for a lifetime.