Once, Ma Dehua, who played the Eight Precepts of the Pig, participated in the show, and Guo Degang asked him bluntly: "Why are there three actors playing Tang Monks in "Journey to the West"?" ”
Ma Dehua was stunned, he did not want to mention this past, but he could not stand Guo Degang's questioning, hesitated and said: "Speaking of the reason, it is a little unpleasant, in fact, it is because of five yuan." ”
Guo Degang smiled: "Five yuan? Five dollars to give up such a good opportunity, this brain..."
Indeed, the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" can indeed be called a classic, although the investment in this TV series is not much, but once it was broadcast, it created a rating myth of 89.4%, and was repeatedly replayed more than 3,000 times, dominating the screen for more than 30 years.
"Beautiful crowd portraits, Gu Panshenghui, swaying posture" is the most vivid and advanced evaluation given by the masses to the 86th edition of "Journey to the West".
Among them, there are many characters that we remember deeply, such as the king of the daughter country of tianxiang, the exotic jade rabbit essence, the beautiful dancing peacock princess, the Guanghan Palace Chang'e who does not eat human fireworks, and so on.
Of course, there are also Tang monks, Wukong, eight precepts, sand monks and other people we are familiar with, but among these people, only the scenes of Tang monks are filmed in a series of twists and turns, and the main problem is the role change incident in Ma Dehua's mouth.
At that time, the crew had limited funds, and director Yang Jie actually gave everyone a salary that was not too high, even when the slightly famous six-year-old and Ma Dehua just entered the group, they could only get 50 yuan for an episode, and then the funds were generous, and then they slowly rose to 80.
And Xu Shaohua, who has a bit of a reputation deviation, was not happy after he knew it, and he thought that he did not act less, how could he be 5 yuan less than Sun Wukong and the Eight Precepts of the Pig?
Xu Shaohua, who was angry, went straight to director Yang Jie, and said a little indignantly: "Director, I have not acted less, I am tired and tired every day, and you have to add 5 yuan to my salary." ”
Yang Jie listened and helplessly explained: "The crew really has limited funds, and when it gets better later, I will definitely add it to you." ”
Xu Shaohua was not happy to hear it: "Then why do the six-year-old children and Ma Dehua take more than me?" ”
Director Yang Jie explained: "Because the Eight Precepts of the Pig need to bring a pig's mouth, Sun Wukong needs to stick hair to the body, these need to be glued to the body, more or less will affect them, give a little more naturally." ”
After listening to the explanation, Xu Shaohua still complained, after all, he was also quite popular at the time, and there was also a title of "China's first young student" in the circle, so he did not listen to the director's explanation at all, and still asked the director to add five yuan to his salary, and thought that this was very reasonable.
Xu Shaohua was just in time for the Shandong Academy of Arts to urge him to return to school to complete his studies, and the director was really reluctant to add money, so he finally had to make a decision to give up continuing to shoot "Journey to the West".
It is estimated that Xu Shaohua himself will regret it later, after all, because of the insignificant five yuan, he missed such a good role and missed the opportunity to be recognized by the national audience.
Speaking of which, Xu Shaohua was quite lucky to get the opportunity to play Tang Monk, after all, he was actually not the first choice of Tang Monk, originally in 1982, when director Yang Jie was just preparing to shoot "Journey to the West", the role of Tang Monk was set to be starred by Wang Yue, at that time Wang Yue was still a student and did not let go.
Later, in order to shoot the Tang monk recognized by the audience, the crew also sent him to Fayuan Temple and shaved his hair, so that he could truly experience the daily life of the monk.
Unfortunately, during the trial broadcast of "Journey to the West", the Tang monk played by Wang Yue was not ideal, and after the internal review of CCTV, it was said that Wang Yue's Tang monk had a bitter face and was not generous enough, and suggested that the director be replaced.
Later, it was director Yang Jie who tried to defy the public opinion and believed that Wang Yue should be given another chance. Therefore, Wang Yue acted in "Disaster Guanyin Temple", "Stealing Ginseng Fruit", "Three Dozen White Bone Essences", the effect was good, but Wang Yue was worried that after playing the Tang monk, the future drama path would become narrower, so he left the crew.
It was precisely because of Wang Yue's departure that Yang Jie found Xu Shaohua, but unfortunately Xu Shaohua did not cherish the opportunity, because the five yuan left, and his departure fulfilled the third Tang monk played by Chi Chongrui.
At that time, Yang Jie's hair was white because of Xu Shaohua's departure, dreaming of finding someone to play Tang Monk, one day, she was worried in the dim corridor, just met Chi Chongrui, Yang Jie suddenly shouted: "Stop! What do you do? ”
Chi Zhongrui was stunned: "I am a staff member of the TV station. "Yang Jiele is broken, it is really a broken iron shoe nowhere to be found, it takes no effort at all, it is such a chance, Chi Chongrui's life has been turned around."
Later, the Tang monk played by Chi Chongrui got unanimous praise from everyone, but Yang Jie felt very ironic, and in "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is", he sighed that the three apprentices in the play always quarreled and scattered, and the actors of the three apprentices outside the play could finally start and end well, while the Tang monk kept changing people.
Anyway, "Journey to the West" is a success, and that's enough, isn't it?
So did Wang Yue and Xu Shaohua choose wrong?
It may not be possible to describe it as right or wrong. Wang Yue Xu Shaohua They are good at weighing the pros and cons, and lack the spirit of the contract. The role of Tang Monk was just one of their choices, and once they had a better choice, they gave up.
In their view, they gave up on Tang Monk because they felt that they had made a more correct choice.
It's just that no one told them that Yang Jie's "Journey to the West" can become a big hit, and after acting in a play, it can be popular for the second half of life.
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