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Chapter 304 "Journey to the West" crew's problem (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Many things have changed with the arrival of Wu Jianye, some of the changes are subtle, and some of the changes are thunderstorms.

For example, the changes in the entire crew of "Journey to the West" are like thunderstorms.

It is precisely because of the trip to Xiangjiang that the crew learned more shooting skills and techniques, so the progress of the filming has been advanced a lot. After the New Year, we can start shooting.

The reason why Li Chengru came to the courtyard was naturally because of Zhu Zhuo, the king of the daughter country.

After Li Chengru graduated, he went to the crew of "Journey to the West" to work as a production manager. Director Yang Jie was worried because he couldn't find a suitable daughter king. Li Chengru handed the photo of Zhu Zhuo to Yang Jie. Yang Jie watched it After that, it was immediately decided to let the actress play the role of the king of the daughter country.

"The crew is about to start filming "Fun Jing Daughter Country". Director Yang saw your photo and thought that you are very suitable for this role, so he specially sent me to invite you!"

Zhu Zhu was also very happy after listening to it. She herself likes the TV series "Journey to the West" very much. Although the TV series is not over yet, in order to give the audience a taste, CCTV actually wants to see this TV series in the hearts of the audience. Impression, so every year during the New Year, one or two episodes will be released.

Zhu Zhu was naturally very willing to play the role of the king of the daughter country, so he quickly agreed to Li Chengru's invitation.

Li Chengru was also very happy after seeing Zhu Zhuan's agreement, "Then you are going to go to Gusu Master of the Nets Garden after two days of preparation, where "Qujing Daughter Country" will be filmed!"

For actors, going out to film is commonplace, so no one cares about it, but today Li Chengru is obviously not normal.

"Director Wu, your girlfriend is already filming with us, shouldn't you give it away as a boyfriend?"

Zhu Zhu didn't think much about it, and said, "That's right, anyway, it will take more than half a year for your "The Last Emperor" to start, why don't you come with me to Gusu to relax!"

After returning to Yanjing, Wu Jianye held meetings with the behind-the-scenes staff of "The Last Emperor" for several days in a row. Zhu Yan didn't want Wu Jianye to work so hard just after the new year, so he wanted Wu Jianye to work hard. Jian Ye went to Gusu to change his mood.

Wu Jianye has no opinion on this. Now Pu Yi's No.1 has been confirmed as Zunlong through the internal meeting of the crew. This is naturally suggested by Wu Jianye, and Wanrong's role has also been decided as Chen Chong. Everyone He is naturally familiar with Chen Chong, so he has no objection.

However, these two actors are both in Los Angeles. After sending out the invitation, it will take a while to get a reply. Although Wu Jianye went to the United States a few years ago, Zun Long and Chen Chong were not in Los Angeles at the time, so they had to come back and give They sent out an invitation.

Wu Jianye was fine these two days, and the weather in Yanjing was a bit cold, so he agreed with a smile.

But after Wu Jianye arrived in Gusu, he realized that things were not that simple. Director Yang Jie asked Li Chengru to lull him to Gusu, not just to relax.

As I said just now, the changes in the crew of "Journey to the West" were like thunderstorms, so they not only completed the shooting task ahead of schedule, but also other issues are also undergoing changes.

For example, the crew's funding could have lasted until the end of the year, and the conflict between director Yang Jie and CCTV leaders should have erupted at the end of the year, but it turned out to be ahead of schedule.

What annoyed Director Yang Jie the most was that Yu Shaohua finally left the crew. Wang Yue had already left the crew of "Journey to the West" before Wu Shaohua. , "Disaster from the Guanyin Temple", "Eating Ginseng Fruit Stealing", and "Three Beats of the Bone Demon".

After receiving the movie invitation, I finally couldn't hold back the temptation, resigned from "Journey to the West" and went to make a movie.

And it was Yu Shaohua who succeeded Wang Yue as Tang Seng. In fact, director Yang Jie originally wanted him to play the role of Little White Dragon, but after the fitting, he felt that Yu Shaohua's role as Little White Dragon was too elegant.

At that time, Shaohua was an actor of the Qilu Drama Troupe. During the interview, he auditioned with an actor of the Zongzheng Drama Troupe. The actors of the Zongzheng Drama Troupe auditioned for Tang Seng, and he auditioned for Xiaobailong.

As a result, Yu Shaohua became Tang Seng, and the actor from the Zongzheng Repertory Troupe packed up and went home.

Then Shaohua participated in "Trapped in the Five Elements Mountain", "The Monkey King Protects the Tang Monk", "Ji Shou Bajie", "Three Dilemmas on the Road", "Wisdom the Monkey King", "Warning the Red Boy", " "Win the Treasure Lotus Cave", "Fighting the Three Monsters" and "Journey to the West" in eight episodes.

It's a pity that this year, the conflict between Yu Shaohua and the director of "Journey to the West" finally broke out. Yu Shaohua approached director Yang Jie and proposed that he will attend Qilu Art Academy this year, so he is also planning to resign from "Journey to the West".

However, in the later interviews, I heard another version from Zhu Bajie, that is, Shaohua was dissatisfied that his salary was less than that of Monkey King and Zhu Bajie, which was also one of the important reasons.

"Director Yang, there is no money and no one now, what did you ask us to come here for?"

Wu Jianye told Yang Jie helplessly that he did not expect to come to Gusu in a different situation.

But Yang Jie didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said with a smile: "You're here, don't you have everything?"

"Director Yang, what do you want to do?"

Wu Jianye looked at Director Yang Jie with feigned horror. The relationship between the two was very good. At the beginning, Director Yang Jie was very grateful to Wu Jianye for helping them go to Xiangjiang to learn shooting experience. Now that they are joking, they seem more familiar .

Yang Jie put on a troubled look: "It's difficult for our crew, just after the Chinese New Year, the stage said that our budget is gone."

It turned out that before this year, because of the filming of "Journey to the West", Yang Jie quarreled with the leaders of the stage again. As a result, after the Chinese New Year, the leaders of the stage directly told Yang Jie that the budget for "Journey to the West" It's over.
Then Yang Jie quarreled with the leader of the stage again. The final result was that the stage was killed and had no money. If you want to shoot, you can go find the money yourself. Yang Jie is also rigid, and she directly replied: "Myself Find it, find it yourself!
When Yang Jie was chatting with Wang Fulin during the Chinese New Year, she knew that Wu Jianye was the lead, and after helping the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions" get 200 million investment, she also put her mind on Wu Jianye. Zhu Zhuo played the role of the king of the daughter country, so he asked Li Chengru to find a way to invite Wu Jianye to Gusu.

I believe that every child in the [-]s and [-]s has special feelings for "Journey to the West". If you want to select the childhood memories of children in these two periods, then the TV series "Journey to the West" must be among the best.

But it is a pity that this TV series must also be among the best, because many plots in the novel were not filmed.

In another time and space, Wu Jianye also asked about "Journey to the West" when he was in contact with some old artists.

It turned out that in another time and space, the crew of "Journey to the West" experienced two economic crises. The first time it happened was actually similar to this time. It was also because of the conflict between Director Yang Jie and CCTV that the budget was suspended.

Later, Director Yang Jie first contacted Huaxia International Trust and Investment Company, because Director Yang's younger sister worked there.They agreed to lend 300 million to Director Yang, but the conditions they put forward were too harsh: not only must there be interest, but they must also go abroad to inspect sales, and all expenses will be paid out of 300 million!
For such a request, Director Yang naturally declined.According to Director Yang's words, the money is not enough for them to spend, so what should I use for filming?
At that time, the entire "Journey to the West" crew was worried about raising money, and some people even raised donations, and some children who had watched "Journey to the West", when they knew that the crew had to stop filming because they had no money, gave them money. New year's money was sent.

But CCTV also knows that this kind of money cannot be taken.

After experiencing repeated hopes and shattered hopes, when most of the crew had given up hope, Li Hongchang, the deputy production director of the "Journey to the West" crew, found money.

He negotiated with the leader of the 300th Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Railways, and the [-]th Bureau lent [-] million yuan to "Journey to the West" on very generous terms!This is really a timely help!

Director Yang wrote in his memoirs: When I heard the news, I was so happy that tears filled my eyes. "Journey to the West" has finally come back to life!My gratitude to the leaders of the [-]th Bureau is beyond words!

There is also a small story in it, that is, when the crew of "Journey to the West" signed the contract with the [-]th Bureau, the director of the office of the TV drama production center was infected by the atmosphere at that time, and said loudly: "Yang Jie, I will give you [-] US dollars. Make a brochure to expand the influence of Journey to the West!"

Director Yang was naturally very happy about this kind of pie in the sky, and went to find the office director the next day, but the other party probably reacted, so naturally he declined, and finally Director Yang made a fuss about it In the office of a director, only fifteen thousand dollars came in the end!
The following is a conversation between the two in the office.

Chief of Staff: "When did I promise you $[-]?"

Director Yang became anxious: "Why don't you count what you say? Last night in front of so many people and Lao Ruan, you promised me [-] dollars!"

The director of the office still refused to accept the account: "Why do I give you so much money?"

Director Yang was surprised: "Didn't you say that in order to expand the influence and do publicity, you need to print a picture book? The reception held at the Yanjing Hotel last time (in November 1984, there was a reception for domestic and foreign reporters and foreign guests) At the meeting, the clips of "Journey to the West" that were temporarily edited were shown. The guests were very interested and asked us for written materials, but we had nothing to post, and we were reprimanded by the leaders for this), Taili said that there should be Something about this!"

The director of the office asked Director Yang: "What are you doing to expand your influence? Huaxia's TV series can't be sold anyway!"

Director Yang was really angry: "How do you know you can't sell it? I paid 300 yuan for "Xiang Luopa" and sold it to Hawaii TV for [-] dollars!"

The director of the office dismissed it: "That's opera, foreigners like it! Which TV series have you seen sold? It's a waste of money!"

The director of the office gave examples of a few TV dramas that could not be sold.

Director Yang sneered: "Don't compare those to "Journey to the West"! If they don't sell, "Journey to the West" doesn't have to be!"

The director of the office forced Director Yang to ask: "How sure are you? Who can sell "Journey to the West" to?"

Director Yang said: "As negative as you are, maybe one family will not be sold, but maybe "Journey to the West" will support the center in the future!"

"Oh! How can you be so confident?"

"Of course I have!"

"Well, I'll give you ten thousand dollars!"

"No! The fewer the print runs, the higher the cost. You promised [-]!"

In the end, it was a deputy director who came forward and finally helped to get [-] US dollars.
From this conversation, it can be seen that at this time, whether it is a filmmaker or a TV producer in China, they lack confidence in themselves, and they always think that the things they produce are not as good as those made by foreigners.
Of course, there are some bureaucratic things in it, so it's hard to go into details.

Later, because prices rose and things became more expensive, some scenic spots also started commercial operations and asked for money.You read that right, the local government does not support the scenic spots that the crew of "Journey to the West" is going to shoot, but also charges tickets
It is precisely because of these reasons that the 300 million that the "Journey to the West" crew received in the 300th round was not enough to spend. In the past 300 million, the crew spent three years and filmed [-] episodes, but in the [-]th round The [-] million yuan was only enough for them to spend two years and shoot ten episodes.

In the end, Director Yang had no choice but to reluctantly drop the five episodes "Crossing the Tongtian River", "True and False Monkey King", "Conquering the Green Bull Monster", "Rescue the Children's City", and "The Obstructed Lion Camel Ridge"!
This is the version of "Journey to the West" we saw. As for the sequel of Journey to the West when Director Yang came out again, to be honest, in the eyes of many people, the charm of the original version has been lost. Wu Jianye also thinks so of.

Wu Jianye looked at Director Yang's distressed look, although he was a bit calculating, but Director Yang's difficulty was also obvious.

After thinking for a while, Wu Jianye said, "Director Yang, let me figure out a solution for the money issue, but I have to make a few phone calls first!"

When Director Yang heard that Wu Jianye was going to take the money, he immediately said happily, "Yes, yes!"

Then he ordered Li Chengru to take Wu Jianye to make a call.

Wu Jianye first called Qian Wenjie and asked about the suspension of the budget for "Journey to the West".

Qian Wenjie smiled wryly and said, "Yang Jie's character is like this, she is too strong, and some leaders in the stage don't like this kind of character."

"Aunt Qian, you also know that I established Tang Family Culture in Yanjing. If Tang Family Culture invests the rest of the money, can Taili give me the copyright of Journey to the West?"

If you can get the copyright of "Journey to the West", let alone 300 million, it will be 1000 million. Wu Jianye thinks it is worth it!

(End of this chapter)