China Entertainment 1981: Starting from Journey to the West

In a small screening room of ATV, what was being played was "Eating Ginseng Fruit" that Yang Jie had just edited. The time was too hasty, and it had not been dubbed in post-production, and there was no title.

However, the colleagues in Xiangjiang watched it with gusto, especially Zhang Jinlai's performance. Every time the monkey appeared, the theater was filled with praises.

Monkey Cyre!
After the screening, several ATV directors and the masterminds behind the scenes immediately surrounded Director Yang Jie, asking about Zhang Jinlai's situation.

It's a pity that they all spoke Cantonese. Director Yang Jie really wanted to share her work experience with her colleagues here, but she didn't understand a word.

What is this talking about?

Except for being able to guess a few words such as "Sun Wukong" and "Zhu Bajie", the others...

What are you talking about?
Fortunately, someone sent by President Deng Feng was on hand to translate. It was quite funny. They were all Chinese, but communication still required someone else to translate.

"The story is great and the actors' performances are great, but... I think your stunts lack weight and realism!"

At this time, a polite middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses said something.

This is what I've been waiting for.

This is also the problem that Director Yang Jie is most eager to solve!
“We all cut out the images in front of a blue screen!”

The middle-aged man shook his head: "To make the stunts realistic, you don't just have to stand in front of the blue screen!"

"Then how did you do it?"

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and replied concisely: "We need to...hang the person up!"

As he spoke, he also made a gesture of lifting something.

"Hang him up? How to hang him up?"

Yang Jie looked at the other party and felt that she was getting close to the truth.

But this question of hers caused the other party to have a hard time, and they didn’t know how to explain it. Maybe to them, "hanging up" is just a common sense question, just like 1+1=2, which still needs to be explained. ?

"Director Xu, if it's convenient, can we visit the ATV set and see how you 'hang' people up."

Seeing that Yang Jie was extremely anxious, Gu Bei hurriedly approached her. Yang Jie didn't know her, so how could Gu Bei not know her.

ATV's gold medal director and producer Xu Xiaoming, the TV series "Huo Yuanjia" that became popular all over the country is his work.

"Okay! It's originally meant for exchange and learning. If you want to see it, I'll arrange it. But if you ask me to explain it, I can't explain it in a sentence or two. It's more intuitive to see it with your own eyes."

After receiving Xu Xiaoming's permission, Gu Bei and Yang Jie were extremely happy.

When the two of them talked about this matter yesterday, Yang Jie was still worried, thinking that "Wi-A" was someone else's unique skill and she might not easily teach it to them.

Yang Jie was even prepared to sneak into the other party's studio to steal his teacher's skills if it didn't work out.

"Director Xu, when can we arrange for us to observe and learn?"

Yang Jie was anxious, and so was Gu Bei. They only had a week to come here this time, and he had other things to do, so naturally the sooner the better.

Xu Xiaoming also didn't expect that the old man and the young man were both short-tempered, so he called someone and gave some instructions.

That afternoon, Gu Bei, Yang Jie, and Huang Yihe were taken to ATV's production base in Tseung Kwan O.

As soon as she arrived, Yang Jie was deeply shocked.

"If we had a place like this, we wouldn't have to travel all over the place to take pictures."

ATV's production base in Tseung Kwan O has all kinds of buildings and landscapes from the Tang and Song dynasties to the Republic of China. Although it looks a bit unrefined, it is enough for filming.

Moreover, the construction here is not over yet, and many places are closed for construction.

The further Yang Jie walked forward, the more things she saw, and the more shocked she became. In the end, she even felt a little tortured.

"Xiao Gu, tell me... when can we wait until we can have these!"

When he asked this question, a group of people happened to pass by a temple.

In order to facilitate filming, ATV built a temple directly at their production base.

In order to shoot a temple scene, the crew of "Journey to the West" had to scout the scene in advance. After selecting the location, they had to coordinate with the other party, set a time, and then drag a large team of people there.

Some people only use it for one day, but they may use it for a week or even a month.

Ugh……

When Gu Bei saw that the old lady was shocked, he quickly said: "Don't worry, we will all have it soon."

Yang Jie also listened and didn't take it seriously, thinking that Gu Bei was comforting her.

Finally, the group arrived at the working crew. The person Xu Xiaoming arranged to bring them here said that the filming was also a mythological drama, which seemed to have something to do with Zhong Kui.

After the director of this play learned about Gu Bei and others' intentions, he was very cooperative and immediately arranged a scene with special effects.

The other party talked for a long time, and Gu Bei and others were confused. It probably... seemed to be a scene where a ghost appeared.

It's still daylight at the moment. In broad daylight, ghosts dare to come out for a walk. Aren't they afraid of seeing the three lights?
It seems that filming with colleagues in Hong Kong is not so strictly prohibited!
While waiting, Yang Jie saw a bunch of things next to her, which must be useful, so she whispered to Gu Bei to go over and secretly take some photos.Gu Bei took a look. Although he was not sure, he felt that the pile of things must be Wia.

Soon, the "ghost" with makeup arrived, and several people immediately came forward, put the pile of things on the actor's body, and hung another wire.

Then, the staff threaded the wire into the pulley hanging on the tree, and then several people pulled the other end of the wire in preparation.

As soon as the director said "start", those people grabbed the wire and ran away, and the ghost flew out of the "grave" with a "biu".

It was just a "flying" action. Because of the speed of pulling the rope, it took several shots to complete.

"This is Wia!"

Yang Jie raised her head and looked at the ghost hanging in the air. She felt very magical, but she also felt that the "Wi-A", which she thought was very high-tech, was not that complicated.

Protective gear, wire rope, pulley.

There will be no stunt shots in the next shooting. They were able to arrange a scene specially for them, thanks to Xu Xiaoming's instructions. They can't let others change the shooting plan for them.

On the way back, Yang Jie asked the ATV staff again, hoping to introduce some other stunt methods.

"There's nothing more. There's 'Dragon Crossing the River', which you can't do. There's no drama about 'Dragon Crossing the River' recently, so you can't see it."

Yang Jie and Gu Bei asked him to explain the principles, but the other party did not refuse, but not only Yang Jie, but Gu Bei could not understand everything he said.

I saw him gesticulating and saying something like "hang up both ends, hang the person in the middle, and pull him away", which made Yang Jie and Gu Bei confused.

"Can you show us what the 'Dragon Crossing the River' looks like? Just take a photo!"

"I haven't needed it for filming recently. It's locked in a warehouse and can't be taken out. Without someone from above, no one can take you there."

Got it!
It's time to freeze at this point.

Gu Bei knew that if he asked Xu Xiaoming, he might be accommodating. However, why should they help them? Helping them once was already a big favor. If they asked for too much, they would not say whether Xu Xiaoming would agree or not. Sorry to always trouble people.

ATV is out of luck here, but it would be good to understand the principle of Wi-A. At least it already knows how to "hang people up."

Next, let’s see if TVB can gain anything.

The next day, Gu Bei did not go to TVB with Yang Jie. He was accompanied by a staff member arranged by President Deng Feng.

Gu Bei and Huang Yihe attended a symposium at ATV, but they did not see Xu Xiaoming. What happened to the dragon crossing the river, so he could only place his hopes on director Yang Jie.

After the symposium ended, Gu Bei found a director of ATV. Although he did not know the specific position of this director, seeing that he could sit in the center of the rostrum, he should have a high position.

"Huang Yuanshen? You two want to see Huang Yuanshen?"

When Gu Bei made this request, Huang Yihe was also stunned. It was only now that he knew that the purpose of Gu Bei's trip was actually the hero Huo Yuanjia.

Huang Yuanshen is now very popular in Hong Kong. Moreover, after "Huo Yuanjia" was introduced to the mainland and aired on various local stations, Huang Yuanshen quickly became popular all over the country and has considerable influence in the mainland.

If he were really invited to attend CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, it would definitely cause quite a sensation.

only……

People can be willing.

While Huang Yihe was still hesitating, Gu Bei had already made his intentions clear to the director. Cantonese still needed translation, so Gu Bei directly used English.

"Invite Huang Yuanshen to perform in the mainland?"

After hearing this, the director of ATV frowned. This time he received the inspection group from the mainland just to make a good deal with the other party.

Major events that happened in the capital have already been spread here in Xiangjiang.

Negotiations have begun. What will happen to Hong Kong in the future?
No one can tell now.

If the iron lady cannot bear it, then the future of Xiangjiang will be entirely in the hands of the capital.

If you make contact in advance, even if you can't get any more information, it won't hurt to get closer.

But, is it a little too hasty to send people to perform in the mainland now?
"Mr. Chen, we are here to extend invitations to your company's artists on behalf of CCTV. If you can't decide, maybe you can ask Mr. Qiu for instructions."

In the mainland, CCTV's "central" may not have much effect, but in Xiangjiang, it is still quite bluffing.

Sure enough, Director Chen was immediately shocked after hearing Gu Bei's words. What surprised him even more was that Gu Bei, a young man, actually knew something about ATV and Qiu Degen.

"Mr. Gu, we will study this matter carefully and get back to you as soon as possible."

"Please be quick. We only have one week to come to Xiangjiang this time. If ATV cannot make a decision as soon as possible, we can only go to TVB to talk. Mr. Zhou Runfa is also a good candidate. I heard that he starred in " Shanghai Beach", Guangdong is considering introducing it."

Having said this, Gu Bei paused deliberately, and then continued.

"Inviting artists from Xiangjiang to participate in this Spring Festival Gala has the most important symbolic meaning. After all, we are all Chinese, what do you think?"

Gu Bei said with a smile and casually attacked Director Chen.