Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Everyone gets angry when someone interrupts them at a critical moment.

Cao Zhiqiang is no exception.

Just when Cao Zhiqiang planned to ignore it, pretend that there was no one in the room, and continue to put his gun in his head.

The knocking on the door started again, and it seemed endless.

Not only that, but a familiar voice came over: "Cao Zhiqiang, it's me, I know you are inside, get up quickly, I have something to do with you, something serious!"

Cao Zhiqiang instantly recognized it. It was Xu Qingdong, Director Xu's voice.

Just when Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, Wu Qinghong also reacted. She grabbed Cao Zhiqiang's arm with a red face and whispered softly: "Stop making trouble, the days are long. They came to you specially, so you'd better go and see them first. Don't lose your etiquette." .”

Cao Zhiqiang sighed, then rolled off Wu Qinghong, and then shouted in the direction of the door: "Come on, come on, wait a moment, come here!"

The reason for the compromise was that Cao Zhiqiang thought clearly.

Others can forget it, but Xu Qingdong probably can't pretend that he is not there.

Because the front desk is familiar with Xu Qingdong, this is why Xu Qingdong can come directly to him without the front desk staff calling in advance to ask.

And since Xu Qingdong came here to look for him, he must have asked the front desk if Cao Zhiqiang was there.

He would only come over if he was sure the person was there, otherwise, he wouldn't come up at all.

In this case, there is no need to play the trick of not being there, it is just self-deception.

Besides, if he was looking for me so anxiously, he probably had something going on.

You still can't delay business because of personal affairs.

Soon, Cao Zhiqiang put on a pair of underwear and a nightgown.

After telling Wu Qinghong to keep quiet.

Cao Zhiqiang then put on his slippers, walked out of the bedroom, then walked through the living room and came to the door of the room.

He took a deep breath, messed up his hair, and then deliberately pretended to have just woken up and opened the door.

As a result, as soon as the door opened, it was Cao Zhiqiang who was stunned first.

Because he originally thought that Xu Qingdong was the only one coming.

If it were him, it wouldn't matter if he acted sloppily, and he would be more kind.

But what he didn't expect was that there was a smiling... aunt beside him?

That's right, although the other party is dressed very neatly, has black and shiny hair, and has a good temperament, the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes show that... she is obviously an aunt!

While Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, Xu Qingdong said with a smile: "You finally opened the door. But, why did you look like this?"

Cao Zhiqiang finally came back to his senses: "Ah, I'm sorry, I was sleeping just now, what are you doing?"

Xu Qingdong said: "Let me introduce you first. This is Yang Jie, Director Yang! A national first-class director, and also my senior!"

"Ah, hello, hello, Director Yang!" Cao Zhiqiang quickly nodded and smiled at the aunt named Yang Jie.

"Hello, Factory Director Cao, I have long admired you!" Yang Jie also smiled and nodded, "I'm sorry for disturbing your rest by visiting here."

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that when she said Director Cao, she meant the director of Hongguang Film Studio.

Although Cao Zhiqiang wears many hats, in the film and television industry, his biggest identity is actually the director of a film studio.

The identity of the director of the film studio is much more powerful than the titles of director and teacher.

Since the other party is the director, it is very appropriate to call him the director.

"What a joke." Cao Zhiqiang hurriedly said modestly, "Director Yang, you are older than me. You're welcome, just call me Xiao Cao."

"That's too polite." Yang Jie smiled and shook her head, "I'd better call you Director Cao, more formally."

Just when Cao Zhiqiang continued to be humble, Xu Qingdong next to him became impatient: "Okay, okay, stop being respectful to each other. If you continue, it will be over."

Immediately afterwards, Xu Qingdong said to Cao Zhiqiang: "My big factory director, to be honest, I came to you this time because I really have something serious to do! This matter is about me, Senior Yang, she... In this way, let's go in Tell me."

"Okay, okay." Cao Zhiqiang quickly stepped aside, "Please come in, please come in!"

Soon, everyone entered the living room, and Cao Zhiqiang asked them to sit down on the sofa first.

Next, Cao Zhiqiang asked them to sit in the living room for a while while he went inside to change clothes.

After all, there is an outsider, and she is also an aunt. It would be inappropriate to continue wearing a nightgown.

When Cao Zhiqiang changed into casual clothes, washed his face, brushed his teeth, arranged his hair, and walked out again.

But he found that tea had already been brewed on the coffee table, so he went over to sit down.

No need to ask, the tea maker must be Xu Qingdong.

Only Xu Qingdong knew where to find tea and boiling water.

After all, he had been here more than once before, so he was familiar with it.

After smiling slightly, Cao Zhiqiang went directly to his seat and sat down.

After sitting down, Cao Zhiqiang first smiled at director Yang Jie and said, "I'm sorry, I really didn't expect a distinguished guest to come to the door. I was actually sleeping before, which made you laugh."

Director Yang smiled: "It's nothing, I told you, it was actually us who took the liberty."

Then, she sighed and said, "Oh, actually if I had no other choice, I wouldn't have come so boldly."

As soon as he heard this, Cao Zhiqiang knew that something serious was coming.

So Cao Zhiqiang nodded calmly: "Well, can I ask, what is it? As long as I can do it, I will do my best."

"This..." Director Yang hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"Director Yang." Xu Qingdong said with a smile, "Now that it's time, let's tell the truth. Believe me, our factory director is a man of wealth, very rich, and he also has a very good knowledge and understanding of film shooting. .

So, I think he will help you with your difficulties. "

When Director Yang heard what Xu Qingdong said, he nodded, became serious again and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Okay, in that case, I will take the liberty to speak directly.

Actually, I came here to ask for help.

Here's the thing. "

Next, Director Yang told her about the difficulties she encountered and the help she hoped to get from Cao Zhiqiang.

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang instantly understood what she wanted to do and who she really was.

It turns out that Yang Jie was the director of the famous 86 TV series "Journey to the West" in his previous life.

She came here this time also for the filming of "Journey to the West".

According to her, she was the one who strongly advocated for the TV series "Journey to the West" because the TV series "Journey to the West" was produced in Japan.

I think back then, by an unexpected opportunity, she came into contact with the TV series transmitted from Japan, which was the Japanese version of "Journey to the West" in 78.

She originally watched it with appreciation, but was "shocked" after watching it!

This shock is not surprise, but anger and anger!

She believes that Japan does not understand our "Journey to the West" at all and it is a complete fabrication.

Because in the Japanese version of Journey to the West, Tang Monk turned out to be a woman!

That's all, the key plot is messy and all kinds of spoof plots completely destroy the classic image of Journey to the West.

For example, in one of the plots, Tang Monk actually fell in love with a goblin and cried out that he wanted to marry the goblin. As a result, he was knocked unconscious by Sun Wukong with a stick, so that he could continue to study for scriptures in the West.

There are many other spoof plots, and Director Yang was furious when he saw them, thinking that they were simply trying to discredit Journey to the West. Therefore, at that time, director Yang Jie came up with the idea of ​​making an authentic Journey to the West.

She hopes to film the real Journey to the West so that people all over the world know what the real Journey to the West is like.

Later, she applied to CCTV, and CCTV approved her plan, but only gave her 3 million in funding.

This three million will not be given at once, but will be given gradually, in batches, once for each episode.

Even the cameras used for filming were very low-end, and there was only one camera.

Under such crude circumstances, director Yang Jie still started filming.

In fact, the money originally given by CCTV was not bad. After all, three million dollars was really a lot of money in 1982.

Even if you pay once per episode, it's still a lot.

Because even for the first episode of "The Black Chicken Country", CCTV spent 500,000 yuan at a time to film it.

At that time, this money was enough to shoot a large-scale movie.

Five hundred thousand in 1982 was worth more than ten million later.

Therefore, if Yang Jie is willing to follow Xiangjiang's example and set up a simple studio shooting, the money will be more than enough.

But Director Yang Jie insists on shooting in real scenes and must go to the great rivers and mountains of the motherland to shoot real scenes.

This is undoubtedly a bold innovation.

You know, even in this era, live shooting is quite expensive.

Just eating, drinking and eating for a group of actors is a big expense every day.

Moreover, most of the landscapes in various places during this period were paid. Even if you are a film crew, you still have to pay.

This is another expense.

Not to mention accommodation and travel expenses.

Since each episode involves many scenic spots, and these scenic spots are often located in the north and south of the motherland, filming is very difficult, takes a long time, and naturally costs a lot.

Moreover, "Journey to the West" directed by Yang Jie was not filmed according to the original order of the TV series, but according to the difficulty level.

For example, the first episode they filmed, "The Kingdom of Black Chicken", was relatively simple and was shot the earliest.

The second episode they filmed, "Eating Ginseng Fruit", was mainly filmed in Sichuan.

As for the third episode they filmed, "The Misfortune Avalokitesvara", the filming locations involved Fujian, Hainan Island, Hangzhou Lingyin Temple and other places, and they had to stay in each place for a long time and shoot for a long time.

It can be seen from these three episodes that the difficulty of filming Journey to the West is gradually increasing.

Director Yang Jie also continued to work with the crew members during this process and accumulated relevant experience.

After filming these three episodes separately, Director Yang Jie accumulated relevant experience and then began to conquer the most difficult part, which is the real first episode of Journey to the West - "The First Coming of the Monkey King".

This episode, because it involves a lot of special effects, requires a lot of live shooting and special effects production.

In China during this period, the level of special effects production was very low, so the way they thought of it was to use real scenes on the stage to produce it.

In order to save money, they also filmed "Three Strikes of Bone Demons" together during the live shooting, in order to maximize the use of local landscape resources.

For example, the interior of Shuiliandong is based on the Boyue Cave on the Lengshui River.

In "The Monkey King", the scene where the Monkey King crosses the ocean and passes through the streets was filmed in Quanzhou Old Street.

In addition, they also visited Zhangjiajie and other places, overcoming various difficulties and filming bit by bit.

However, that’s how it is with live-action shooting, and money is wasted.

Therefore, the funds Yang Jie wants are about to bottom out.

But less than one-third of the plot of "The Monkey King" was filmed, and even a quarter of the plot of "Three Strikes of Bone Demons" that was filmed incidentally was filmed.

As for the two episodes "Guan Feng Bi Ma Wen" and "The Great Sage Havoc in Heaven", one-third of them were filmed respectively.

The biggest problem here is the excellence required by director Yang Jie.

Take Huaguo Mountain for example. According to Director Yang Jie’s understanding, it must be a beautiful place.

So she combined the beautiful scenery from various places and then took mixed photos.

To this end, she has been taking photos from the beginning of 1983 until now, visiting Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou, Lengshui River in Hunan, Zhangjiajie, Dongshan Island in Fujian, Wenchang in Hainan, the Botanical Garden in Lushan, Jiangxi, Wulongtan, Wulaofeng, Including Pokou, Beidaihe in Hebei, Qi Wang Tomb in BJ, Jietai Temple, and so on.

She photographed the beautiful scenery of these places one by one, and then edited them into one place, which is the Huaguo Mountain in her mind.

In addition, in order to film the horse herding scene in Tianhe, she also took people to the Xilinhot Prairie in Inner Mongolia to specially shoot the scene of thousands of horses galloping.

Not only that, they also had to overcome the difficulty of horses being easily frightened, allowing a large number of horses to run in the smoke created by dry ice.

In other words, the scenes of horse herding in Tianhe are all real!

Including the smoke!

For this reason, she has spent basically all her time and energy on this throughout the year.

It is conceivable that no amount of money would be enough for her tormenting method.

Therefore, before the Chinese New Year, she had spent all the funds given by CCTV and came to CCTV again to ask for money.

However, CCTV said they had no money and asked her to wait.

But she could afford to wait, but her group of people couldn't.

After all, the people under her are still waiting for her to be paid.

And she is very clear about the process in Taiwan. Once she really waits patiently, she doesn’t know how long it will take to give her money again.

But if the team has no money, it will definitely break up.

Once the team breaks up, it's difficult to get back together.

As a result, all the previous hard work was almost in vain.

Just when Yang Jie was frowning and asking for money from the leaders in the station.

Someone suddenly gave her an idea, saying that she could ask for money from the famous Hongguang Film Studio.

Hongguang Film Factory is a new film studio. The first movie it produced was a great success in Japan, where it achieved the number one box office result. It is said that the box office exceeded 100 million. And Hongguang Film Factory, He also made a lot of money because of this.

As soon as Yang Jie heard this, she decisively asked someone to inquire and went directly to Hongguang Film Factory.

After I went there, I discovered that Hongguang Film Factory was working in partnership with a publishing house, and there were only a few real staff.

On the contrary, I knew the deputy director of Hongguang Film Factory. He was a junior from before, named Xu Qingdong.

When Yang Jie went to Nortel to give lectures, she had several contacts with him.

So the two started chatting.

Yang Jie is a straight talker. She directly talked about the filming process of "Journey to the West" and all the difficulties she encountered.

After all, it boils down to just two words - money!

Xu Qingdong was unambiguous about this and made an appointment with her directly to meet the real owner, Cao Zhiqiang, the next day.

Then, this is the situation now. (End of chapter)