City Hall, backstage of the Journey to the West theme concert.

All the people involved in the performance are busy making final preparations.

"What about the sea?"

Gu Bei also went backstage, saw Li Chengru, and asked.

"I didn't see it either, and I didn't find anyone after two turns."

Li Chengru said, and was about to stop a staff member to ask, but was stopped by Gu Bei.

"Alright, since it's handed over to the sea, let's not mess with here."

Gu Bei knew that Li Chengru was not at ease.

Although the sea is in his twenties, he is still like a child in Li Chengru's eyes.

Since entering the industry, every drama has been completed by Li Chengru, and what he is afraid of is that the sea will make mistakes.

In fact, Gu Bei is not the same.

The same is true for parents in the world, no matter how old a child is, in the eyes of his parents, he is still a child.

Li Chengru wanted to say something more, but was pulled away by Gu Bei.

In the lounge, the two met Teacher Xu Jingqing, and Director Yang Jie was with them.

"Director Yang, Teacher Xu!"

Teacher Xu Jingqing saw that it was Gu Bei and Li Chengru coming in, and squeezed out a smile: "It's here!" ”

It can be seen that the old man is very nervous.

I haven't shown much in my life, but today I suddenly became the protagonist, and I was inevitably apprehensive.

"Teacher Xu, don't be nervous! It's a big day for you! ”

Xu Jingqing smiled: "I know, I know, but it's ...... When the time comes, I don't know what to say. ”

During this time, Xu Jingqing had prepared countless speeches, and he was practicing every day at home, but on this day, before he got on stage, his mind was already blank.

"You can say whatever you want, this time you are standing on the stage and scolding, and I will carry it for you."

Although what Gu Bei said was a joke, he knew that Xu Jingqing must have a grudge in his heart.

The people of their time are indeed indifferent to fame and fortune, but no one has ignored that it is clear that a song is completed by a songwriter and a singer.

Why is it that when the award was awarded, it was only given to the singer and lyricist, but the composer of the most critical link was forgotten.

People can enjoy flowers, applause, fame and fortune, and when they come to him, they are directly mailed to the communication room of the unit.

Not so bullying!

Seeing that Xu Jingqing didn't speak, Gu Bei said again: "Teacher Xu, today I want to correct your name." ”

Yang Jie also said: "Yes, Xiao Gu's words are right, Lao Xu, just to give you a good name." ”

Xu Jingqing nodded vigorously, not knowing what was going on in her heart.

"Brother Li!! When I introduce Mr. Xu to the stage later, be a little grander! ”

Li Chengru hurriedly said: "No problem, it's all handed over to me, nothing else, we haven't fallen behind at all!" ”

Hearing him say this, everyone in the lounge laughed.

Soon, the time came to half past seven in the evening.

Gu Bei also returned to the audience.

There were no lights on the stage, and with a thud of ......

The show is on!

The first song is naturally the most classic "Cloud Palace Xunyin".

I think that people felt very incomprehensible about the TV series adapted from the classical masterpiece "Journey to the West" actually using Western electronic music, and some people even sent a letter to CCTV to express strong protests.

Therefore, the leaders of CCTV also found Director Yang Jie many times and said that they would replace Xu Jingqing.

What did Director Yang Jie say at that time?

"If you want to replace him, you will replace me first, I found the person, I think he is the most suitable, I am not satisfied with others, if something goes wrong, I am responsible, I am responsible alone."

In this way, director Yang Jie resisted all the pressure alone, and this led to a number of masterpieces that became popular all over the country along with "Journey to the West".

Listening to the familiar music, pictures appeared in Gu Bei's mind again, and the memories that were already somewhat vague became clear again.

With the passage of time, "Journey to the West" has already become a generation of classics, and in the childhood of many people, the TV station will roll around every summer vacation to broadcast Journey to the West, which has also become a classic childhood memory of a generation.

However, how difficult the filming process of "Journey to the West" was, only those who experienced it like Gu Bei understood that in the final analysis, there is only one word - poor, to put it mildly, the poor crew of "Journey to the West" back then was only left with acting skills.

Back then, the leaders of CCTV were deeply stimulated by the small day version of "Journey to the West", so they made a decision to shoot the Chinese's own "Journey to the West".

It's easy to say this sentence, how easy is it to really shoot "Journey to the West"? ?

At that time, CCTV's funds were really not abundant, and even the most basic funds could not be provided in place, although the plot of "Journey to the West" in the small days was thunderous, but it did not have to face financial problems, and the grandeur of various scenes was produced, and the most advanced computer special effects at that time were also integrated.

But what does director Yang Jie and her team have?

Because of the lack of funds at the beginning, the leaders of the station did not dare to start the project "Journey to the West" rashly, and finally scraped together a small amount of money and asked the crew to conduct a test shooting first.

So, in July 1982, the crew tried to shoot the episode "Demon Removal Black Chicken Country", which was broadcast on CCTV on the National Day of that year, which was the first time that Chinese audiences saw such a rare TV series.

The Monkey King in it is flying away, and various special effects emerge in an endless stream, which is very surprising, so the ratings of this episode are as high as 89.4%, and some people are still waiting to watch the replay after watching it once.

The first battle was successful, coupled with the hard persuasion of director Yang Jie, and finally, the crew got 3 million yuan in shooting funds, which was definitely a huge amount of money in that era when money was still very valuable.

However, despite the huge amount of 3 million yuan, the scenes involved in "Journey to the West" are complex, there are too many characters involved, and the special effects involved are too complicated, so that the 3 million is really used in the shooting, and it seems to be stretched.

In order to make the work perfect, director Yang Jie led the team to travel to 19 provinces across the country, and it is not a small amount of money just to settle the actors' accommodation and meals.

Coupled with the expensive post-production special effects, as well as the remuneration of extras, it will cost hundreds of thousands, or even millions, as soon as the film is started, so before half of the filming is completed, there is no money again.

At that time, Taili couldn't help this, after all, in that era, everyone was short of money.

Fortunately, the producer of the crew, Mr. Li Hongchang, contacted the Ministry of Railways and brought in a sponsorship of 3 million yuan, which solved the urgent need.

This huge amount of money is not easy to come by, and if the funds are burned again, I will be sorry for the enthusiasm of the sponsors, and the crew has lived a poor life of breaking a penny into two petals since then.

Steamed buns, pickles, and cold water!

This is the norm in the crew, but Gu Bei has experienced it personally.

At that time, everyone gritted their teeth and persevered, and no one complained, because everyone knew what kind of great work they were doing, even if they were willing to endure hardships.

It was with this spirit of gnawing hard bones that the crew finally overcame the difficulties and filmed a generation of classic "Journey to the West".

Hard work pays off, as soon as "Journey to the West" was broadcast, it immediately caused a sensation at home and abroad, needless to say in China, the ratings of "Journey to the West" dominate the list every year, even now, so many years have passed, and it can often be seen on TV.

In Xiaori, Goryeo Stick, and many countries in Southeast Asia, "Journey to the West" is also very popular with local audiences.

In short, the crew of "Journey to the West" lived up to its mission and successfully exported Chinese culture overseas, laying a perfect opening battle for China's cultural self-confidence.

Think about the past, and then look at the present, the country is developing better and better, and now when filming a movie, the vast majority of the crew don't have to worry about money.

Many TV dramas don't have an investment of one or two million, and they are embarrassed to say it, but as the scenes of TV series become more and more magnificent and the special effects become more and more sophisticated, it is not difficult for the audience to find that the current TV series lacks soul.

TV dramas are used as a means of making profits, and directors and actors invariably ignore the cultural significance behind them, which also leads to the decline in the quality of TV dramas.

For example, the four famous novels that were later remade, "New Three Kingdoms" has a lot of thunderous scenes, the image of "New Journey to the West" is complaining, and the plot setting of "New Dream of Red Mansions" is unreasonable.

In the final analysis, a well-made production is just a gorgeous coat for TV dramas, and the audience is still more eager to see something rich in connotation, which is why "Journey to the West" can still endure to this day.

At the end of the song, Li Chengru walked on the stage, and there was a burst of applause at the scene.

"Hello everyone, I'm Li Chengru!"

As he spoke, Li Chengru bowed deeply to the audience.

"When you see me today, don't you think it's strange, I feel like I have nothing to do with "Journey to the West"! Some audience friends may still be wondering, who is this? Playing Tang Seng? No! Playing the Monkey King?? It's even more impossible, it can't be playing the white dragon horse, right? ”

There was a burst of laughter from the audience.

"You don't have to guess, speaking of which, regardless of whether it is the three actors who played Tang Seng or Zhang Jinlai who played the Monkey King, their fate with Journey to the West is not as deep as mine, as early as 82 years, when "Journey to the West" had not yet started filming, I had already joined the group, but I was not an actor at the time, but a drama business, no one thought of it, right??"

It is true that few people know this history of Li Chengru, and people are familiar with him from the identity of an actor.

"Of course, on this occasion today, I'm not the protagonist, who is the protagonist?"

Li Chengru smiled mysteriously.

"I'll sell a pass first, briefly introduce the contribution made by this teacher to "Journey to the West", just this song, everyone is very familiar with it, I am afraid that there are not many people who know the name, "Cloud Palace Xunyin", the opening song of the TV series "Journey to the West", I want to say that this teacher is the author of this song, in addition, in the whole "Journey to the West", he also created a total of 47 songs including "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is", "Daughter's Love", "Tianzhu Girl", "Return from the Scriptures", etc., etc., this teacher is, come, Let's call his name together! ”

"Xu ...... Quiet...... Clear! ”