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"Forget it this time. Director Yang is looking forward to your two cameras. That's really a dry seedling looking forward to the spring rain. If I go back late, the old lady can come directly from Yunnan!"

Yi Qing laughed when he heard that, director Yang Jie is really capable.

A person who dares to pat the table with the director of CCTV, does nothing worth making a fuss about.

"By the way! How is your side? Is it going well?"

Li Chengru heard the words, just opened his mouth, swallowed back what he wanted to say, and changed it into a sentence: "It's still~~~~~~~~It's pretty good!"

Look at you, don't you look good?

"Is there anything else to hide from me? If you say that I am also a member of the Journey to the West crew, if I don't take over there, can I get two cameras for the crew? If there is something good, I think about the crew. What's the matter, is there something else to hide from me?"

When Li Chengru heard this, he smiled embarrassedly. Everyone knows that the most difficult thing for the crew is the camera, but no one can solve this problem, and Yi Qing finally managed it.

With these two cameras, the shooting progress of the crew can be greatly accelerated, at least there is no need to repeatedly cut shots for a scene.

"Actually, there is nothing to hide from you. When you were filming with the crew in Wuxi, couldn't you see it? Some people really want to make "Journey to the West" well, but some people It’s just that I’m restless. During the days when I’ve been on the set, I’ve been ignorant of many things. I wanted to take care of them, but Director Yang stopped me. I didn’t care.

Yi Qing could tell that what Li Chengru said didn't look like angry words, but unfortunately, it was too late to regret it now, this time, Director Yang Jie would definitely not let him leave again.

Without the versatile Li Chengru, Director Yang Jie would not be able to do anything smoothly.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Li Chengru rubbed his forehead and said: "I wonder if it's because of a word of money. They are all adaptations of masterpieces that were jointly approved by CCTV. The atmosphere of the Red Chamber crew is so good, but when it comes to the Journey to the West crew, a group of people spend all day Intrigue, I see how annoying it is!"

Hearing what Li Chengru said, Yi Qing probably guessed what was going on. When he was in Wuxi before, he had heard people say that the second Tang Seng was paid five yuan less than monkeys and pigs. Feeling dissatisfied, he even quarreled with director Yang Jie twice.

But hadn't this matter been suppressed at that time?

Could it be~~~~~~~~

Yi Qing thought of a report she had seen in her previous life.

It is said that during the filming process, the four masters and apprentices took advantage of the filming gaps of the crew to go out and go out, and were criticized by director Yang Jie. As a result, the four masters and apprentices disappeared. This incident almost caused "Journey to the West" to stop completely. Director Yang Jie repeatedly fought for the filming, so that everyone's years of hard work would not be in vain.

Is it because of this?

Yi Qing wanted to ask, but Li Chengru didn't want to say: "Xiao Yi! You don't need to inquire about it. If you ask, I can't tell you. It's messy enough over there now, and there can't be any more mistakes. I Now I am looking forward to the filming of this scene one day earlier, and when the filming is over, I will not do this anymore, it is too exhausting! See if I have gray hair!"

Li Chengru's words were released, but it's a pity that Yi Qing knew it, and finally broke his promise and gained weight. Otherwise, wouldn't that classic real estate madman have to be replaced.

Chapter 176 Journey to the West Sequel

176 chapter

Li Chengru returned to Yunnan by train in the afternoon, and brought two cameras that the Journey to the West crew urgently needed. Presumably, with these two new cameras, the crew's filming work will be much smoother.

If Yi Qing had three cameras when he was on the set, he would have been able to relax a lot.

There is probably only so much Yi Qing can do, and if he wants to help, he can only wait patiently.

Waiting for the crew to run out of money to continue filming, and CCTV no longer allocates funds, what Yi Qing has to do is to inject capital into the Westward Journey crew before the China Railway [-]th Bureau, but obviously this cannot be free.

It doesn't matter if you help the crew get two cameras, but if you spend a few million just to thank someone at the end of the film, that's not interesting.

Yi Qing doesn't lack this kind of gratitude, it doesn't mean anything to him, what he wants is more practical.

If this thing can be done, perhaps there will be no need for subsequent sequels, and there is really no need for that thing to appear, and it feels disturbing to watch.

Although Director Yang Jie called the sequel an addendum, saying that it was based on the 86 version of "Journey to the West" and added some content, but most of them obviously did not buy it, and did not approve of the dozen episodes that were filmed later and the 86 version. "Journey to the West" is on par.

Because the 86 version of "Journey to the West", as a monument in the history of Chinese TV dramas, is already a certainty, and a so-called sequel will come out later. Ruined the classic.

Yi Qing had watched the 86 edition of "Journey to the West" countless times, but after watching the sequel, she resolutely gave up.

Not only the audience, but even director Yang Jie herself, in her autobiography "My Nine-Nine-Eight-One Difficulty", she also thought that "Journey to the West Sequel" was not as good as the first 81 episodes.

Compared with the 86 version of "Journey to the West", when shooting "Journey to the West sequel", the crew had more funds, more advanced equipment, and more realistic special effects. In short, the conditions are better and the support is stronger. Why is it not good-looking? What?Where is the problem?

Some people think that it may be preconceived or emotional, but it is not the case. Yi Qing thinks that the reason why "Journey to the West Sequel" is disappointing is nothing more than a few aspects.

First of all, the inherent disadvantage of having no beginning and no end to the plot, according to director Yang Jie, "Journey to the West Sequel" is an addendum, based on the five episodes that were not filmed in the 86 version of "Journey to the West", and then added stories. Therefore, there is an inherent disadvantage of no head and no tail.

However, with the 86 version of "Journey to the West" in front, the impact of not having a head seems to be small, but the ending is obviously too hasty, without any foreshadowing, and it seems a bit blunt. , reaching the climax of the plot.

One of the features of the 86 version of "Journey to the West" is that most of the episodes are self-contained units, but the sequel abandoned this practice and became a general TV series, which also made some old viewers feel a little uncomfortable.

Secondly, the music connection is not good. This is also a place that has been widely complained about by the sequel. The impressive music of the 86 version of "Journey to the West" is also one of the success factors. In addition to the opening title, many episodes are also very popular.

If the sequel can continue to use the original title and music style, it will undoubtedly increase the nostalgia points, but unfortunately, this point has also been abandoned.

Of course, this is not to say that the composition level of the sequel is not high. The composer with the same name as the basketball superstar is also a master composer. Compared with Mr. Xu Jingqing, he is not far behind. "Bowl of Tea" is his masterpiece. The main reason for the audience's dissatisfaction is that the music styles of the two works are not connected, and there is a sense of separation.

Third, overly humanized styling and trendy makeup. When shooting the sequel, the makeup technology at that time was obviously much more advanced than that of the 86 version, and more consideration was given to the feelings of the actors. It would not be like the current Journey to the West crew. A large amount of glue is directly applied to the face to paste the hair, and the breathability and comfort of the actor's mask are greatly improved. For the actor, it is undoubtedly an improvement and more humane.

However, the problem brought by the new technology is that the faces are stiff, especially Monkey King and Zhu Bajie. It is obvious that their expressions are much less, as if they can’t smile after plastic surgery. This is the disadvantage of the progress in modeling.

In addition, there is a problem with the makeup of the characters who don't need to wear masks. Although smoky makeup is very trendy and will make young people feel familiar, it will undoubtedly make older audiences feel uncomfortable.

There are also demons and ghosts appearing in the shape of killing Matt. When Yi Qing was watching, he was really afraid that they would suddenly line up and sing "Wrong, Wrong, Wrong".

It is worth mentioning that the main makeup artist during the filming of the sequel was the daughter of director Yang Jie. She was still in middle school when the 86 version of "Journey to the West" was filmed. The new idea is also understandable, but it just hurts some old audiences.

Although the 86 version of "Journey to the West" only had special effects for [-] cents, it definitely refreshed the people of the whole country at that time. A lot of make-up in those days was enough to confuse the real.

In contrast, all the monsters in the sequel look like they are wearing a hood or a mask, which is very pediatric, like a clumsy children's play, which is really uncomfortable.

The lack of demon spirit, ungrounded spirit, and even trying every means to get closer to the original image from the perspective of bionics, can't change the view of monsters that has long been deeply rooted in the audience's mind.

There is also the martial arts design like a martial arts drama. It is said that the martial arts design of "Journey to the West Sequel" is the Hong Kong Cao Rong team directly introduced by the director of CCTV without discussing with director Yang Jie. The actor who can move Monkey King.

Lin Zhiqian, the martial arts designer of the 86 version of "Journey to the West", just gave the crew a set of Wia equipment and went back.

The level of Cao Rong's martial arts design is naturally unquestionable, and the various martial arts scenes in the play are also very exciting, but it always feels a bit martial arts and lacks some imagination.

The martial arts action in the 86 version of "Journey to the West" is not fancy, but many designs take into account the beauty and fairy spirit, such as the scene shot by Yi Qing and He Qing, the fighting scene between Xiao Bailong and Princess Wansheng, although Not intense, but nice and beautiful.

Compared with the martial arts design of the sequel, it seems a bit mechanized.

In addition, the difference in filming locations also caused the two parts of Journey to the West to be praised for decades, while the other was constantly trampled on.

The 86 version of "Journey to the West" was filmed in the early 80s, so the scenery is still relatively original.By the time the sequel was filmed, it was already the end of the 90s, and the tourism industry had already flourished, so there were already many man-made traces on the filming location, and the former beauty could no longer be found.

Finally, there is the replacement of actors. This is also the place where "Journey to the West Sequel" has been complained the most. Cui Jingfu replaced Mr. Ma Dehua as Zhu Bajie, and Liu Dagang replaced Yan Huaili as Drifting Monk. Compared with Drifting Monk who doesn't have too many scenes and lines, netizens prefer The concentrated complaints are all concentrated on Zhu Bajie.

In fact, in Yi Qing's view, no matter whether the "Journey to the West Sequel" is replaced or not, there will always be complaints and problems.