The superstar starts from the creation camp

Chapter 183 Learning from the West is a joke.

A few days later, Bei Simiao brought the directors of Baijia Forum to the hotel where Li Mu was staying.

"Ms. Li, hello." The director's surname is Jia, and his age should be about 50 years old. Of course, he may be under a lot of pressure on CCTV and look old, but his attitude is quite polite.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, it was time to get down to business.

"The interviews of hundreds of schools have made the audience feel a little fatigued. Coupled with some political reasons, many opinions cannot pass the review. Teacher Li, I have read your Journey to the West. It is indeed a good material, and your The point of view is also different from that of ordinary people, and it is well-founded, which is really rare." Director Jia praised Li Muyi.

Li Mu waved his hands again and again: "Don't praise me, I still know how much I weigh, Director Jia, let's just talk about it, the show of Baijia Interview is too heavy, let's not say whether I can carry it Since then, you are also taking a big risk, right?"

Director Jia was a little impatient, and Li Mu also understood what he meant. Everyone was taking risks in this matter, so why bother to do such a thankless thing?

"Mr. Li, I'll tell you the truth. The average ratings of Baijia Interview have dropped below 0.2. If there is no reform, I'm afraid this show will be canceled." Director Jia said bitterly.

Li Mu was really taken aback. Thinking back then, Baijia Interview was also a smash hit, and several star speakers became famous all over the world in one fell swoop. How could it be reduced to this point today?

However, Li Mu is not interested in exploring these details. His ultimate goal is to use the status of interviews with hundreds of schools to promote Xianxia culture. From a certain level, his appeal is consistent with Jia Dao.

"Director Jia, I've made it clear that I can be on the show, but you really shouldn't put all your hopes on me. You may not know how many people will scold me by then."

Director Jia was overjoyed at first, and after hearing the second half of Li Mu's sentence, he smiled wryly and said, "Everyone says ratings are the root of all evil, but there's no way around it. Without ratings, there's no money for programs. This is an endless loop."

The matter of CCTV was too complicated, Li Mu was not stupid enough to get into it, sent Bei Simiao and Director Jia away, and began to sort out the outline of the speech of Journey to the West.

The content of the fourteen episodes mentioned before is relatively short, almost from the time when Monkey King was born to the time when Monkey King was suppressed under Wuzhi Mountain when he made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace.

For three days in a row, Li Mu finally wrote out the speeches for the six episodes and handed them over to Director Jia for review. It took almost a week before the recording time was confirmed.

In the background, Li Mu changed into a Tang suit. If he had long hair coiled on his head, he would really look like an ancient romantic talent.

Now the audience is a little surprised and a little funny when they see Li Mu's appearance. Most of the lecturers before the interview with Baijia are in suits, and they all look very serious. I have never seen such a traditional appearance like Li Mu.

Standing on the podium, Li Mu was not stage-frightened. He tugged at his sleeves and said, "The reason why I'm wearing this today is mainly because of what I'm going to talk about later. First of all, thank you for your support. To be honest, standing here , I feel so uneasy, I was also watching the interviews of Baijia before, how good are those professors and lecturers? I really didn’t expect that one day I would stand on this podium.”

There was a chuckle from the audience, why didn't you see any anxiety from the way you talked like this?Could it be that the way you express your anxiety is different from that of ordinary people?

"However, since this program is called interviews with a hundred schools of thought, it means that you can listen to the opinions of a hundred schools of thought. The younger generation is a latecomer and likes to read books. I have some simple insights. Today I will share with you one or two."

Li Mu put his posture very low, and also received applause from the audience, but don't take this kind of applause seriously, it is completely arranged by the program group, everyone applauds politely, and it is up to Li Mu whether he can conquer the audience in the end. The content of Mu's explanation.

"Because I have also published several Spring Festival special programs on CCTV [-] before, so I won't repeat here about the origin of Sun Monkey in Journey to the West and some secrets behind the havoc in the Heavenly Palace. Let's start directly from learning from the West. .”

Li Mu supported the podium with both hands. To be honest, he was a little nervous. After all, the status of Baijia Interview is different. It is completely different from ordinary entertainment programs. However, until now, there is no reason for stage fright. Li Mu quickly Focus all your attention on what you are going to say.

"It stands to reason that the journey to the West should start with Tang Seng's life experience, but let's put it aside for now, and look at the origin of the journey to the West from another angle, and maybe we can get a clearer glimpse of the secrets of Journey to the West."

"First of all, is it true that Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty wants to learn Buddhist scriptures from the West? No, in fact, the so-called Buddhist scriptures from the Western Paradise are not so much about learning Buddhist scriptures as Tathagata insists on passing on Buddhist scriptures."

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was stunned. This statement is really new. The story of Journey to the West is a household name. It is obvious that Tang Sanzang went to the West to worship Buddha to seek scriptures.

Li Mu smiled and continued: "To figure this out, we first need to understand the worldview of Journey to the West. First of all, Journey to the West has four large land masses, namely: Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xiniu Hezhou, and Nanyang. Zhanbuzhou and Beijuluzhou, among them, Dongsheng Shenzhou mainly writes about Huaguo Mountain, the birthplace of Monkey King, while Beiju Luzhou has only one name. There is no record of what country there is, and what gods and ghosts live there. .”

"So the whole Journey to the West is really about the stories of two states, Xiniu Hezhou and Nanzhan Buzhou."

"Then what is the difference between Nanzhan Buzhou and Xiniu Hezhou? Nanzhan Buzhou is actually the territory of Taoism. The emperor Li Shiminxiong is a generalist. It's quite strict, you can imagine that the Jinghe Dragon King will be beheaded if it rains a little more!"

"And what is Xiniu Hezhou like? There are people-eating monsters and ghosts running rampant everywhere. It can be said that the people are living in dire straits. Moreover, on the way to learn Buddhist scriptures in the West, Tang Seng heard more than once from people in Xiniu Hezhou that accumulating virtue and doing good in this life is for the next life. Reincarnated in the Eastern Tang Dynasty to be an ordinary person."

"This is interesting. Tang Seng went to the west to pray to the Buddha to seek scriptures through untold hardships. As a result, the people of Xiniu Hezhou under the jurisdiction of the Buddha all wanted to join the Tang Dynasty in the next life. In other words, Tang Seng In the eyes of these people, he is just a fool, but he can live a good life, so why go to this place where monsters are rampant to ask for scriptures?"

"It is conceivable that Tang Seng's heart must have collapsed at that time. What about the Western Paradise? Where is the Paradise? Is the so-called Paradise just to let him experience the sense of urgency that he is about to be eaten every time? This is what Tang Dynasty did not have Roller coaster, otherwise, Old Tang should be able to experience this feeling." Li Mu joked.

"Haha~~~" The audience burst into laughter.

"I didn't expect that Li Mu's speech was really good, well-founded, and quite interesting."

"That's right. Before, Mr. Zhang said that he was ignorant and made up random things about Journey to the West. It doesn't look like it now. His understanding of Journey to the West is quite unique."

Director Jia was also overjoyed. He didn't know whether what Li Mu said had academic value, but it was definitely top-notch in terms of easy to understand and entertaining.

"The show is saved!" Director Jia is thinking about it now.

Li Mu paused and said again: "Of course, the above can only explain that Tathagata Buddha did not manage properly, so let's take a look again, why did Li Shimin ask someone to go to the West to learn scriptures?"

"Journey to the West records that Li Shimin's soul traveled to the underworld and was claimed by the ghosts of the people he killed before his death. Then Yan Luo of the underworld told him that these people died in vain and could not reincarnate. They just waited for him to enter the underworld to find him after his death. revenge."

"At this time, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva came to tell Li Shimin that the Hinayana Buddhism passed down in the Tang Dynasty can't save the souls of the dead. You have to go to the west to seek the Mahayana Buddhism."

Li Mu said with a smile at this point: "In other words, the biggest difference between Hinayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism is that Mahayana Buddhism can save souls, while Hinayana Buddhism can't, but is this really the case?"

"Let's see Tang Seng arrived at Liangjie Mountain and met a hunter named Liu Boqin. Because Liu Boqin saved Tang Seng's life and took care of Tang Seng's fasting. Tang Seng gave Liu Boqin's father super-recited scriptures. Afterwards, Liu Boqin's old father Tuo Meng told his son, The holy monks of the Tang Dynasty have already helped him escape from reincarnation, so let him not be negligent."

"This is interesting. Tang Seng didn't learn Mahayana Buddhism at this time, that is to say, Hinayana Buddhism can actually save dead souls. Then why does Guanyin say that Hinayana Buddhism can't save dead souls?"

"This..." The audience at the scene thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be true. These were clearly recorded in Journey to the West, not Li Mu's nonsense.

Li Mu tapped the podium lightly and concluded: "So, overall, can we come to a conclusion that learning from the Western Paradise is actually a blatant scam, from the death of the Dragon King of Jinghe to Li Shimin's soul tour of the underworld, Being murdered by a wronged soul, and then appearing at the water and land ashram, Guanyin is completely a good show written and directed by the Buddha himself, in order to scare Li Shimin and let the Western Paradise learn from the scriptures to be justified?"

After the first episode, Li Mu bowed slightly and stepped off the stage, and the audience was blown away.

"I just finished recording this episode? Why do I feel like I haven't heard enough?"

"Yeah, time flies too fast, doesn't it?"

"This Li Mu is interesting, no, I have to read the original Journey to the West when I get back, don't be fooled by him."

"That's right, I really have to go back and have a look. I thought I had read the book very carefully, but I didn't expect to miss so many details."

"In the past, I always thought that celebrities were a bunch of people who couldn't get into college and were ignorant. Today, I have changed my view of this profession."

"Li Mu is different from ordinary stars. He is a high-achieving student who graduated from CUHK, which is one of the top ten schools in the country!"

"Really?"

(End of this chapter)