Sitting in the audience, Gu Bei could clearly see that Teacher Xu Jingqing's eyes were red, and the hand holding the microphone tried to lift it a few times and then drooped down.

Seeing this, the actors and staff of the crew immediately gave bursts of warm applause.

"Thank you!"

Xu Jingqing calmed down and tried to control her tears from falling.

When people listen to the episode of "Journey to the West", they only think it sounds good, but who would have thought how painful the author would be in the creative process.

To satisfy the leader, the director, the audience, and most importantly, to give yourself an explanation.

The big proposition is already there, that is, it is to stick to the theme of "Journey to the West", but how to create it?

Teacher Wang Liping, the composer of "Dream of Red Mansions", still has Cao Xueqin's poems as a reference, but Xu Jingqing has nothing.

As an important part of the TV series, music plays a key role in the development of the plot and the shaping of the characters.

It's easy to say, but the problem is that there is no information to refer to, and staring at the original work of "Journey to the West" all day long, can you stare at the tune?

When Mr. Wang Liping recalled the creative process, he used the word "pain", and Mr. Xu Jingqing was even more so, and that time was simply torture for him.

Not only was the creative process tormented, but when he took out the song, it was even more tormenting.

Too many people are dissatisfied, too many people don't understand, everyone is criticizing him, and the requirements put forward are also strange, at that time, if there was no support from Director Yang Jie, Mr. Xu Jingqing may have given up.

""Journey to the West" was officially broadcast, it has been 20 years, and it has been 26 years since I joined the Journey to the West crew, I am honored, really honored, to be able to do some work for "Journey to the West", here, I would like to thank Director Yang Jie, as well as the music director of the crew, Mr. Wang Wenhua, if it were not for the support of the two of them, maybe I would still be penniless."

Speaking of this, Xu Jingqing took a deep breath and continued.

"In addition, I would like to thank the audience for being able to like "Journey to the West" and every episode in "Journey to the West", because with the recognition of the audience, these songs can be sung forever."

Gu Bei applauded, and suddenly noticed that Teacher Xu Jingqing was looking at him, and after being slightly stunned, he immediately shook his head at Teacher Xu.

Teacher Xu Jingqing said before that he wanted to express his gratitude to Gu Bei, after all, if there was no Gu Bei, this concert would not have been held.

However, he was rejected by Gu Bei.

Not necessary, really not necessary!

Seeing this, Xu Jingqing smiled faintly, arched his hand in the direction of Gu Bei, and didn't say anything more.

The next link is that Li Chengru conducted a simple interview with Mr. Xu Jingqing on the stage, there are not many questions, two or three are enough, the creative process is to be briefly said, and the other is to ask two relaxed questions, don't let the atmosphere of the concert be too heavy.

"I heard that when you were creating, you also had a conflict with Director Yang Jie, Mr. Xu, is there such a thing?"

Yang Jie has also been invited to the stage at this moment, and there are also four masters and apprentices who have finally obtained the true scriptures.

As soon as Xu Jingqing heard this question, she couldn't help but laugh.

"Regarding this question, I think it is more appropriate to let Director Yang answer."

The microphone came to Director Yang Jie's hand, and the old lady couldn't help but smile when she remembered what happened back then.

"Actually, it's not a conflict, when I was creating the episode "Daughter's Love", the song and lyrics had to be written and recorded, and suddenly one day Xu Jingqing found me and said that he wanted to modify the lines."

The lyricist of the episode "Daughter's Love" is director Yang Jie.

"At that time, he said that there was a sentence 'quietly ask the holy monk, is the daughter beautiful', it should be changed to 'quietly ask the brother', everyone knows that when the king of our beautiful daughter country called Tang Seng in the play, he used the royal brother, when I heard it, it would definitely not work! Tang Seng is a monk, how can he use his brother, this is too unserious, and then he told me several times in a row, I said no, definitely not, and finally decided to 'quietly ask the holy monk', to say disagreement, just once. ”

Li Chengru then asked: "Director Yang, then tell me about it, are you satisfied with Mr. Xu's work!" ”

Director Yang Jie is a real person, at this time, those with high emotional intelligence should praise Teacher Xu Jingqing, but it is obvious that Director Yang has not cultivated to that extent.

"Overall, I'm still satisfied, and if I'm not satisfied, there's no way, Taili really can't come up with more money, so let me invite someone else!"

Hearing Director Yang say this, Gu Bei couldn't help but laugh.

There is one thing, he has never told others, once, director Yang Jie told him that the reason why Xu Jingqing was finally selected as the composer of "Journey to the West" is that in addition to Xu Jingqing's music is indeed what she appreciates, the most important thing is that Xu Jingqing is cheap.

An episode cost 40 yuan, and at that time, there was no such cheap price in the whole of China.

At the end of the interview, at the end, Director Yang Jie and the four masters and apprentices congratulated Teacher Xu Jingqing respectively, and then stepped down.

The concert continued, "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is", "Daughter's Love", "Returning from the Scriptures", and "The Great Sage Song", one after another, which can be regarded as making all Journey to the West fans addicted.

The concert didn't end until near 10 o'clock, but this reunion event was not over yet.

Immediately afterwards, all the main creators went to CCTV by car, and the studio hall over there had already been prepared.

Originally, Gu Bei wanted to put the interview show on tomorrow, but the recording plan in the studio hall over there was already full.

No way!

After all, CCTV is different from before.

In the past, CCTV, all the directors had to worry about the daily program, because there was not so much content to play.

What now?

There are more than a dozen channels, and those who want to be on the show have to queue up patiently.

This time, Taili can temporarily adjust the plan for them, which is already very face-saving.

"Director Yang, you ...... If you're tired, just squint for a while? ”

There is no problem with Gu Bei being so young, but Director Yang is old after all, and Gu Bei is really worried that the old lady will not be able to bear it.

"Don't worry about me, people who used to stay up late before, this is all a problem!"

Director Yang is still in good spirits, and he feels that the excitement has not passed.

When they came to CCTV, everyone went upstairs to the studio hall, and this time the show did not invite the audience, and the main creator of the crew came with more than 200 people, and the audience was quickly filled.

The director team here has long been ready, just waiting for them to arrive.

Once everyone is seated, the recording of the show begins immediately.

The hosts of this show are two newcomers from CCTV, who look familiar, but unfortunately they can't be named.

After the opening remarks, the main creators of the crew were invited to the stage for an interview in groups.

Gu Bei and Li Chengru sat together, laughing while watching.

Everyone is basically reminiscing about some interesting things from that year.

Soon, Director Yang, as the core of the crew, was also invited.

The old lady answered two questions, and then the host asked: "When filming such a mythological drama, we all know that the conditions at that time were very simple, have you ever retreated??" ”

Director Yang Jie replied firmly: "No, the idea at that time was very simple, since the leader arranged the work, my only thought was to complete it, and at that time, Xiaori filmed a version of "Journey to the West", all kinds of nonsense, and the big guys had a sense of anger in their hearts, wanting people all over the world to see what our Chinese Journey to the West culture was like, so at that time, for this task, only success was allowed, not failure. ”

"Thank you very much to Director Yang Jie, as well as all the members of the crew for their labor, Director Yang, I have another question, there are so many old friends here today, there are actors, cameramen, artists, composers, and staff from various departments, who do you think has contributed the most?"

What?

Hearing the host's question, Gu Bei was stunned.

Who contributed the most?

Does this still need to be ranked?

"Journey to the West" is the result of everyone's joint efforts, no matter who it is, the contribution is the same.

Moreover, ask Director Yang Jie this question, doesn't this make the old lady offend people? ?

Director Yang Jie obviously didn't expect the host to ask this question, and after hesitating for a moment, he said: "Everyone's division of labor is different, but the contribution is the same, this can't be divided, but if you want to ask me, which one is the most important in the crew...... I have an answer! ”

The host also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he was about to make amends, but he didn't expect Director Yang Jie to answer like this, so he could only follow the question.

"Who's the answer?"

Director Yang Jie turned her head to look at the audience, as if she was looking for it, and soon her eyes were locked on Gu Bei's body.

Don't order me, old lady.

"Gu Bei!"

Finished!

For a while, everyone's eyes fell on Gu Bei.

At the same time, the camera's lens also turned.

There's nowhere to hide now.

Old lady, you're too impulsive!

"Maybe everyone is not very familiar with Gu Bei, on the first day he came to CCTV to report, he was arranged to the crew of "Journey to the West", when the matter of filming "Journey to the West" in Taiwan had just been decided, and he was also one of the first members to be selected into the preparatory team.

Director Yang Jie couldn't help laughing as she spoke, and also remembered the situation when several of them held a meeting and discussed every day in the conference room of CCTV's old office building.

"At that time, there were a few people in the preparatory team, me, assistant director Zhu Xiaofeng, cameraman Wang Chongqiu, artist Peng Li, lighting engineer Sun Yongsheng, and Gu Bei, who was also an artist at that time."

"Everyone gets together for a meeting every day, from how to adapt, the direction of creation, the finalization of the character image, there are still many things to be decided, I still remember, at that time, except for me and Peng Li, everyone else was a big smoker, and they had to pass the wind several times a day in the meeting, but these people held meetings again and again, and set a lot of key details."

"The reason why I say that Xiao Gu is the most critical and important member of the crew in my heart is because the adaptation and creative direction were all proposed by him, respecting the original work, being cautious about renovation, and giving the story a human touch to the gods and demons, it was all his idea, and even the portraits of the four masters and apprentices were completed by him!"

These things, except for the initial members of the preparatory team and several retired leaders of CCTV, few people know about these things, and they heard Yang Jie say this.

A few people who felt a little unconvinced just now immediately had no other ideas.

If it is really like what Director Yang Jie said, Gu Bei is indeed the hero behind the scenes of the crew of "Journey to the West".

Yang Jie continued: "I still remember what Gu Bei said at that time, at that time, everyone was discussing, should the character of Tang Seng be endowed with 100% Buddha nature, or should he add a part of humanity to him in addition to Buddha nature? Those who have read the original book know that in the story, there is a name for Tang Seng. Old monk's name, so should you find a middle-aged person to play Tang Seng, Gu Bei said at this time, in history, Tang Seng was 25 years old when he set out to learn scriptures, it should be just the right time, it is not appropriate to find a middle-aged person to play, and before Tang Seng became a Buddha, he should still be more human, if you want to find an actor, you should find a handsome guy, so that all female goblins can fall in love with him, and all male goblins want to eat him!! ”

Speaking of which, there was already laughter in the studio hall.

The host heard the director's prompt in the headset, and also knew Gu Bei's current identity and some of his past experiences.

"Since Director Yang mentioned the importance of Gu Bei to "Journey to the West", let us use warm applause to invite Mr. Gu Bei to the stage!"

It's not okay to go now, the last time we gathered, Gu Bei was invisible throughout the whole process, but this time I didn't expect to be brought up by Director Yang Jie alone.

Seeing that everyone was applauding themselves, Gu Bei could only go on stage.

"Hello everyone!!"

Gu Bei said and bowed to his old colleagues in the audience.

"Teacher Gu!"

The host looked at Gu Bei and was also surprised by Gu Bei's youth.

You must know that it has been 20 years since "Journey to the West" was broadcast, and if you count from the preparations, 27 years have passed, and Gu Bei has joined the work at how old he is.

And just listened to the director's prompt, Gu Bei is still the owner of the largest private film production company in China.

This proper successful person, middle-aged charming uncle!

Dig deep, you have to dig deep.

The host has a hunch that the ratings of this episode of the show must be guaranteed!