In the early years of the city, there were all kinds of talents, juggling, singing, storytelling, and countless people, after all, there were more people at the foot of the imperial city, and there were naturally more entertainment facilities.

The ancestors of the Zhang family were monkeys at the foot of the imperial city, and for three generations, they were quite famous in Beiping City, until the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao recruited the Zhang family into the palace and named the Zhang family as the first monkey, and the Zhang family's generation was completely inseparable from the monkey.

But at that time, it was just a monkey show.

Yellow-haired, red-hipped, small, tipple climbing pole treadmill wheels. The helmet waved the flag sheep to make a horse, and the beauty was dressed up and smiled.

Basically, they use jokes to please the audience, and they take the road of a store.

Until Journey to the West was put on the stage of the drama, the monkey opera slowly changed into the Monkey King play, and until the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Monkey King drama formed the four major families in the southeast, northwest and northwest.

Now counting the time of 300 years, due to the impact of contemporary culture, the eastern and western monkey opera culture has been broken, and only the north and south are left.

Among them, the Zhang family is the representative of the northern faction, and the Cheng family is the representative of the southern faction.

And this time, Chen Luolan not only brought people from the Zhang family, but also people from the Cheng family.

As for why, both families are relatively clear.

And for these two, if they are selected, I am afraid that the battle between the monkey king will probably be settled.

Everyone doesn't want the craftsmanship of the ancestors to be peerless in their own hands, but it's a pity that over the years, new things have come one after another, and there are fewer and fewer people who pay attention to this traditional art, the Zhang family has a small theater in Beiping, and when it is pushed forward for 70 years, a Journey to the West is full of demons, and now, half of the people who can sit are already burning high incense, but the most troublesome thing is the audience, most of them are the older generation, among which there are few young people.

Think about it, nowadays young people come out to play, either a group of friends, or a couple's two-person world, friends walk between a lively field, couples walk between a romantic scene, in the early years because of too few play items, the traditional theater is also a lively scene, calling a few relatives and friends to watch a play is also a pastime, but now there are many entertainment projects, so that the traditional theater and these two are not at all side.

If it weren't for the odd goods and tourists coming, I'm afraid this theater would have to close its doors.

In the past two years, monkey opera has become more and more urgent to be put on the cultural heritage project, and this north-south dispute is actually a dispute between the two families, and it has never stopped.

When someone from the Ministry of Education came to look for it, they explained what they were going to do this time.

The two of them were originally born to play the Monkey King, of which the Zhang family has played six generations, and the Cheng family has also played five generations, in the early years of "Journey to the West", it was the Monkey King played by the Cheng family.

And this one is here now.

"Director Qiao, which director is "Journey to the West" this time?"

Cheng Ying asked the director of the Ministry of Culture.

Cheng Ying is the person who once played the Monkey King in Journey to the West, and that TV series has made him famous for more than ten years, even now, some of them still agree with the Monkey King he plays.

Qiao Qian smiled and said, "Director An!"

Ann Guide?

Cheng Ying was stunned, and a person's name popped out of his head.

"Chen Ange?"

After all, he has been in the entertainment industry for a period of time, so he also knows something about this circle, and knows that there is a very powerful director in this circle, Director An.

It's just that......

"I heard that this director is very young!"

"That's right, An Dao is not yet thirty years old!"

Under the age of 30......

Cheng Ying frowned, speaking of which, although the three famous novels are very popular, and even the stories are familiar to everyone, there are very few among the younger generation who can read the whole book in its entirety.

And it's one thing to finish reading, and you have to gnaw on it.

Otherwise, what else would you make?

To put it bluntly, the biggest obstacle to the transformation of books into film and television is the secondary adaptation of the book, and if you want to re-adapt the content of the book, then you must gnaw the book thoroughly.

If you just read it once or twice, and change the plot in a riotous way, it will become the form of today's online adaptation.

Is there a good adaptation of the online article?

Of course there is, but the vast majority of the original authors of these online adaptations have participated in the adaptation, and even participated in the filming, and those online dramas that have been filmed beyond recognition, the director and screenwriter may not even have read the book, or even after one or two times, they can endure their own adaptation, and even pinch the head and the tail, so it is strange that they can watch it.

And......

Journey to the West It's gods and demons, this is the most difficult to change, which is why when filming gods and demons dramas in China, most of them are adapted from myths and legends, because myths and legends are not stereotyped, and no one has to say that when Nuwa uses soil to pinch people, she uses yellow soil or brown soil, so when you adapt, it's up to you, but Journey to the West is different, and the things in it are written in detail, such as Sun Wukong's stick: the two ends of the golden hoop stick are two golden hoops, and in the middle is a piece of black iron, close to the hoop, engraved with a line of words: Ruyi golden hoop stick, 13,500 catties。

These are all clearly described, so when you use props, you must make them according to what others have described.

Although these things are not as profound as reading comprehension, they are important because of the detailed description.

To put it bluntly, if you want to shoot, you can, chew the book a dozen times and say it again.

But can a person under the age of thirty gnaw "Journey to the West" more than a dozen times?

Cheng Ying is worried, and Zhang Heng is also worried, but he is smarter than Cheng Ying, and he knew who the director of this shooting was before he came, which made people check the director's past.

So he knew that Chen Ange had a journey to the west.

"Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", "Journey to the West".

Although it is only a cartoon, these two are enough to explain the problem.

……

"Sixth aunt, why don't you get married, or can I introduce you to one?"

"Get out!"

When I came to Beiping, I naturally met Chen Tiehua without any accident, Chen Tiehua is a person from Guoxuan, and her own job is to be a director, this time Chen Ange came to Beiping to prepare for the filming of "Journey to the West", maybe she will encounter some trouble, so Chen Tiehua was pulled by Chen Luolan to be a strong man.

With Chen Tiehua here, those who are not convinced should save it.

"The four masters and apprentices have almost found it, and the others have substitutes, you have to pick this Monkey King yourself!"

It's been half a year, and several important actors have been found, as for other actors, it's not easy to find, after all, this drama is led by the Ministry of Culture, who Chen Ange wants to come, and then the people from the Ministry of Culture will go over to talk about it.

When Chen Ange and Chen Tiehua entered the room, everyone was chatting so much that everyone suddenly shut up, and when housewarming saw someone coming, he hurriedly walked over, and then greeted him with a smile: "Director Chen, Director An!"

When Chen Ange came to Beiping for a meeting before, he had seen it, so he recognized it at a glance.

"This is Director Qiao!"

"Hello Director Qiao!" Chen Ange greeted and was invited in.

There were not many people in the room, except for Cheng Ying and Zhang Heng, there were also a few juniors brought by the two.

When Chen Ange passed, he glanced at the young people on both sides, and had a rough idea in his heart.

Chen Ange was observing the two sides, and Cheng Zhang was also observing Chen Ange.

As a monkey opera family, except for Zhang Heng, who once played the Monkey King in the TV series, everyone else is famous on their own one-third of an acre, and most of their performances are in their local theaters.

And although he plays the Monkey King, in fact, there is still a big difference, otherwise how could he be called the Monkey King of the North and South.

Zhang Heng is close to fifty years old, he has followed his father since he was a child, so the focus is all on his own drama team, as for TV series and other things, he has never watched much in his life, so before the Ministry of Culture came, he had never even heard of the name Chen Ange.

However, among the juniors of the two families, some people have watched the film directed by Chen Ange, so when they saw Chen Ange, they were a little excited.

"This is Zhang Heng, who belongs to the Monkey King of the Northern School, and this is Cheng Ying, who belongs to the Monkey King of the Southern School!"

Qiao Qian introduced, and then sat aside and didn't speak, the task he received was only to introduce the two parties to get to know each other, and the rest had nothing to do with him.

Those who can act in monkey dramas are mostly thin and small in terms of figure, of course, not necessarily, for example, one of the juniors next to Cheng Ying looks like he is 1.8 meters tall, such a tall person must be filtered out.

And acting in a monkey show, depending on who wants to draw a non-human appearance, but the face appearance is also required, such as the kind of big plate face is more difficult to get, and because it has to be pasted with hair and the like, the face can't be too big, of course, the most important thing is the skill, the skill is the body!

When Chen Ange was watching, he had already picked two people out, the Cheng family and the Zhang family, one for each family.

"Hello two teachers!" Chen Ange stood up and saluted the two.

Chen Ange admires this kind of person very much, not to mention the rest, the Zhang family's theater is a golden area in Beiping, to put it bluntly, if they sell the theater, it will definitely be a lot of money, but the Zhang family can still guard the old theater, which is enough to show their love for this traditional skill.

Such a person deserves respect!

"Director An, do you have confidence in this play?" Cheng Ying didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"Teacher Cheng, what are you referring to?"

"Surpass my version!"

Chen Ange smacked his lips, this question is really a bit difficult to answer.

"Can you surpass Teacher Cheng, shouldn't you look at your disciple?"

Cheng Ying was stunned for a moment, looked at Chen Ange deeply, and then looked at his disciple: "My disciple is absolutely fine!"

"Practice!"

"Practice, practice!"

As he spoke, he had already gotten up.

Fortunately, the place where they met was the Peking Opera Company.

When a few people arrived at the training room, there happened to be someone training inside, and Chen Ange saw that person at a glance.

It was a man, but he walked in Hua Dan's steps, pinched his early orchid fingers, and there was a little feminine aura between his eyebrows.

Housewarming went over and said something, and soon the people who were training retreated.

"Sixth aunt, do you know the director of this theater?"

"How?"

"I want personal!"

Chen Tiehua looked at Chen Ange with a stunned expression.

Borrowing someone's place, do you still want other people's family?

Are you human?

"The old man in this theater is an old stubborn, you want people, it's hard!"

Chen Tiehua shook her head, she is familiar with these artists in Beiping, and she knows exactly what the temper of these people is.

Chen Ange clasped his hands for a while: "Then you can find him, maybe you can!"

Chen Tiehua nodded, then turned around and left.

And at this time, the two Cheng families over there have already begun.

Monkey tricks are actually just the most basic, and it can even be said that those are things outside the body, and the real ability is in the actors, movements, eyes, and expressions. You can think of a monkey as an ADHD person.

The short man of the Cheng family was Chen Ange's favorite before, called Cheng Liu, and he was a shy child when he stood without speaking, but he could move and have both appearance and appearance.

And the people on the Zhang family's side were not to be outdone, and they picked up the stick and died.

For a while, the four monkeys in the training room played tricks, if it weren't for the clothes they were wearing and their faces were hairless, they really thought that the four monkeys were fighting with me.

Monkey walking, monkey jumping, front flip, back flip, side flip, stick jump, all of them are done very easily, and even give people a feeling of landing silently.

Chen Ange is an eye-opener.

Of course, he is not the only one, but the Peking Opera actors who are training in the training room are also curious to watch this scene.

"Three monkeys, take a look, how?"

"I can't compare!"

"Tsk, I don't know where to find this person, so powerful!"

The person called the Three Monkeys looked embarrassed and whispered: "I have the honor to meet those two elders, they are from the Monkey King Family of the North and South!"

"Tsk, I've met my ancestor!"

Many people in the training room looked at the four of them, pointing and pointing, their faces full of surprise.

Although there are also monkey plays in the theater, the skills of these four people are obviously much higher.

"What are they doing here?"

"Is it a game?"

"Oh, do you see it, that person, I guess I'm here to choose someone!"

Someone pointed to Chen Ange, who was standing near the door.

"What do you do when you pick actors? Sing? Are there foreign guests?"

"Maybe, after all, this is the traditional culture of our country, maybe we have to find someone to show it to foreign guests!"

Although the four of them were out of the game, the people who watched were dazzled, but Chen Ange still saw the high and low.

And the four of them obviously have a focus, the tall one of the Cheng family is unstable, but his demeanor is full of charm, and the two of the Zhang family, one of them is a little too young and lacks strength.

The remaining two happened to be the ones Chen Ange had taken a fancy to as soon as he entered the door before.

"How?"

"Not bad!"

Chen Ange glanced at the four people who retreated.

"Then which one do you choose?" Cheng Ying was obviously a little breathless.

Chen Ange was about to speak, when the door opened, Chen Tiehua and a tall and thin old man walked in.

And those actors who were originally sitting on the ground and watched the Four Monkeys Battle swooped up all of a sudden.

"Teacher Huang, this is Chen Ange! This is the director of the Peking Opera Company, Huang Le!"

Huang Le stared at Chen Ange with a pair of bright eyes, glanced up and down, and said lightly: "Housheng, what are you looking for me for?"

Seeing this, Chen Ange knew that Chen Tiehua didn't explain it to Huang Le, and it was estimated that the dean might not come over, so he coughed dryly and said, "Hello Dean Huang, the kid wants to ask you for someone!"

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Ange's words came out, Huang Le's eyes widened, and then he didn't say a word: "No, stay where it's cool, it's okay, I'll leave if it's okay!"

Seeing Huang Le's refusal, and even leaving without saying a word, Chen Ange was anxious.

Damn, I can't get you in two lifetimes.

"As long as you promise, I'll give you a script!"

Huang Le's body stopped, and Chen Ange breathed a sigh of relief, Damn, I can't cure you if I don't believe it......

Huang Le didn't look back and left again.

Chen Ange was stunned and said hurriedly: "Two copies!"

"Deal!

Ange Chen: ......

Fuck, this old undead thief guy.

was pitted, this old guy must have heard of him, otherwise how could he have heard the script and decided so decisively!