China Entertainment 1981: Starting from Journey to the West

Gu Bei once made a statistics. In the original work of "Journey to the West", there are more than 200 named characters alone. The four masters and apprentices are naturally the core of the whole story, but the gods and demons are also indispensable.

You have to find the most suitable actor for every role.

Fortunately for the gods, the crew had a big problem when selecting those monsters and ghosts, especially the White Bone Demon, which gave the entire casting team the biggest headache.

According to director Yang Jie's requirements, the White Bone Demon must first be a beauty, beautiful in appearance and extremely charming, but vicious in heart. In order to eat Tang Monk's flesh, she changed several times and confused Tang Monk, but was finally beaten to death by Wukong with a stick.

However, her strategy and several changes successfully played a role in driving a wedge between the master and the apprentice. Tang Seng resented Sun Wukong for killing innocent people indiscriminately, and finally drove away his eldest apprentice.

Speaking of which, this character is no different from other succubi, but the name is not catchy. When director Yang Jie heard that she was playing the role of the White Bone Demon, none of the actresses she was interested in wanted to play.

"The White Bone Demon? It's too scary. How about playing someone else? Anything is fine, just not the White Bone Demon!"

But Director Yang Jie was unwilling to settle for anything less, because the White Bone Demon in her plan was very important, and not just any actor could play it.

Someone recommended Liu Xiaoqing. She has made a name for herself in the film and television industry for her roles in "The Great Wall of the South China Sea" and "Little Flowers." In 80, she won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress for the comedy "Look at This Family."

After receiving the invitation, Liu Xiaoqing was very willing to act, but she put forward a condition. She had to play three roles.

In other words, in addition to Mrs. Bones, she has to play the role of the village girl and the old woman.

Of course Yang Jie disagrees. Although the White Bone Demon is good at changing, she can't always change her ways. After all, makeup can't completely change her appearance. It seems that she is still the one who looks and goes, which will make the audience very surprised.

Later, I tried several actors, but either they were unwilling or Director Yang Jie was not satisfied.

Until now, the actor for this role is still up in the air.

Although the crew has just returned to Beijing, it will not be long before they leave for Zhangjiajie, the filming location, and the White Bone Demon has not been found yet.

In her previous life, Gu Bei had seen an interview with director Yang Jie, who specifically mentioned the casting process for the role of White Bone Demon. It was not until two days before departure that she thought of a suitable actor - Yang Chunxia.

When watching that program, Gu Bei didn't know who Yang Chunxia was, so he went to the Internet to check the information. After learning more about it, he realized that this person was something special.

The first heroine of the Peking Opera "Cuckoo Mountain" has always played positive roles on the opera stage, and she was already a well-known artist at the time.

Sure enough, when director Yang Jie came to visit in person and proposed this idea, teacher Yang Chunxia was immediately annoyed.

"What? Do you think I look like a bone spirit?"

Yang Jie could only explain quickly: "My white-bone spirit is not a facial expression, not a bloody mouth, a green face and fangs, but a beauty. She not only has a beautiful image, but also has the noble dignity of a queen, and the weight of power without anger! She The insidiousness and cunningness are reflected in the instantaneous changes. The requirements for performance and actors themselves are very high, and ordinary actors cannot play it, so I think it must be you!"

After saying this, Teacher Yang Chunxia was moved, but she also made a request. She could play the White Bone Demon, but she would also have to play the King of the Daughter Kingdom later on.

Teacher Yang Chunxia made this request, perhaps hoping to clear her name through the role of the king of the daughter country.

After all, the White Bone Demon is really unpleasant.

According to director Yang Jie, she agreed.

But what happens next...

The role of White Bone Demon was very successfully created by teacher Yang Chunxia, ​​but director Yang Jie finally broke his promise about her playing the role of the king of the daughter country.

Now that he was starting over, Gu Bei naturally didn't want Director Yang Jie to break his promise again.

In particular, the role of the King of the Daughter Kingdom has been decided, and it is Zhu Lin who Gu Bei had met before when he performed in the graduation drama of the acting department.

In the previous life, when Director Yang Jie promised to others, perhaps the role of the King of the Daughter Kingdom had not yet been decided, but now that it has been decided, it would be bad to deceive others again.

But Gu Bei can't get involved in this matter now. He has to leave for the Beijing Film Studio soon. There are still many things that have not been decided about the Spring Festival Gala.

Arriving at the gate of Beijing Film Studio, Gu Bei came here often some time ago and had already become familiar with the guard. He explained the situation, registered, and pushed his bicycle in.

"Sister Zhu Lin!"

Zhu Lin was standing at the door of a building. When he saw Gu Bei, he smiled and waved.

Gu Bei had asked Li Sufen to help spread the word before, and was planning to come today, naturally not for the role of the king of the daughter country, but for another matter.

"Teacher Li only said that you have something to do with me. What is it?"

Zhu Lin also just came back recently. Some time ago she participated in the filming of the movie "Legend of the Pear Garden", in which she played the heroine Hua Xiangrong.

The day before yesterday, when I was eating in the cafeteria, I happened to bump into Li Sufen and brought Gu Bei's message, saying that he was coming over today to see her for something.

"Are we just chatting here? We're already on your territory, and you don't even want to find a place to invite me for a cup of tea."

Zhu Lin rolled his eyes at Gu Bei: "If you have something to say, tell me. If you don't tell me, will I leave?"

There was a big age difference between the two of them, so Zhu Lin didn't have so many scruples when speaking, otherwise, she wouldn't be so casual.

"No, I really have something to do with you."

Zhu Lin pursed his lips and smiled: "Tell me what it is."

Zhu Lin had always thought of thanking Gu Bei for his previous role as the king of the Daughter Kingdom. He had also planned to treat Gu Bei to a meal no matter what when he finished talking about business.

Even though the White Bone Demon was disliked by thousands of people, there were many people competing for the role of King of the Daughter Kingdom at that time. "I'll be honest, our station is planning to hold a large-scale artistic performance during the Spring Festival, but we haven't been able to find a suitable host, so I thought of you."

"I?"

Zhu Lin was stunned when he heard this.

"Xiao Bei, is your unit still short of a host?"

this question.

If we put it in the past life, CCTV naturally has no shortage of hosts. Almost all the best hosts in the same field in the country are on CCTV.

But things are different now.

"What you are talking about is an announcer, not a host. The two have completely different meanings."

CCTV has quite a few good announcers, and they all have the strongest professional abilities.

However, the host is different from the announcer. The announcer only needs to broadcast according to the press release. However, the host, especially the host of a literary and artistic gathering, not only plays the role of joining the show, but the most important thing is , must be able to adjust the atmosphere and have strong on-the-spot adaptability.

"I said so, do you understand?"

According to his own understanding, Gu Bei explained to Zhu Lin exactly what role the host played in a performance.

Zhu Lin found it quite interesting, but the problem was...

"I don't know what you're talking about, and I've never done it before!"

"Everyone has a first time, and no one is born knowing everything. Besides, there will be a script when the time comes, and there won't be many places that require your personal performance. In addition, you are not the only host. There are others. As for people, please cooperate."

According to Zhao Bei's idea, the hosting team is composed of two people, one man and one woman, as the core, just like Ni Zhao later, with a few auxiliary hosts to help liven up the atmosphere.

The only one who has been decided now is Zhu Lin, the others have to be found slowly.

After all, this is a brand new position, and there are really not many suitable people in the domestic entertainment industry today.

The hosting team of the first Spring Festival Gala in the previous life was very strange, with two crosstalk actors, a drama actor, and a movie actor.

The only one who stood out was Liu Xiaoqing. Even the clothes she wore on the Spring Festival Gala stage were all the rage that year.

Now that Gu Bei is here, such a good thing must naturally take care of his friends first, and he and Liu Xiaoqing don't know each other.

"But I don't have any experience! If you don't do it well, don't delay the big thing anymore."

Gu Bei had just introduced the details of this Spring Festival Gala to Zhu Lin.

New Year's Eve will be broadcast to the whole country, with hundreds of millions of TV viewers. Although it is not a live broadcast and does not need to be face-to-face, Zhu Lin still feels a little panicked.

"Don't worry, I believe you can do a good job, otherwise, I wouldn't come to you."

"you?"

Zhu Lin was startled again.

"You mean, you want me to be the host, Xiaobei, can you take charge of this kind of thing?"

Zhu Lin was actually tempted. She was nervous and had no bottom. She also knew that this was a rare opportunity. As long as she could complete the task smoothly, she would definitely become famous all over the country.

As it turned out, this was Gu Bei’s intention. If the leader didn’t agree, it would be nothing but joy!
"Of course I can make the decision. Let me tell you, I am now the second-in-command of the Spring Festival Gala preparation team and responsible for all the specific work. Do you think I can make the decision now?"

Zhu Lin was even more surprised when he heard this.

How old is Gu Beicai?

I heard Shen Danping say before that Gu Bei only went to CCTV for an internship last year, and he probably just became a full-time employee now.

Can you actually be responsible for such a big project?

Does Gu Bei really have such great ability? Or...

CCTV is empty?

Of course, you can only think about this in your heart, and it will definitely offend people if you say it out loud.

"Then I really want to congratulate you. Okay, since you are already the second-in-command and you came to invite me in person, I will agree to it. However, let's talk about it first. If something goes wrong, you Don’t blame me.”

"Can't, can't."

Seeing that Zhu Lin agreed, Gu Bei was happy and relieved. Before coming, he was really afraid that he would not be able to invite Zhu Lin.

If Zhu Lin is not willing, he can only activate the backup plan and find the 50-year-old Mama Liu who still plays the role of a girl.

The number one female lead in the hosting team is in place, and the remaining candidates have to hurry up.

It's almost November.