In 1978, the Japanese version of "Journey to the West" was launched, and this drama immediately became popular all over the world as soon as it was broadcast.
Subsequently, It was broadcast in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and other places.
This drama was loved by children all over the world, and a large number of fan letters spread to Japan.
Watching the Japanese version of "Journey to the West" made like this, it can also be popular all over the world, which makes our people unacceptable.
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In the 1980s, when the spring breeze of reform blew the land of Shenzhou, all walks of life in China began to go uphill, and the economy developed rapidly.
China's film and television industry also began to sprout in that era, and the first generation of Chinese directors appeared in that era, but no real Chinese film and television went to the world.
Just at this time, Japan filmed a "Journey to the West" in 1978, although the plot is tacky and pirated storylines are serious, but the response is exceptionally good.
At that time, CCTV also introduced this Japanese drama to China, the sand monk looked strange, the pig eight precepts were a skinny monkey, Sun Wukong played like a fool, the most infuriating thing was that they deleted the white dragon horse, and the role of tang monk was for women to play.
At that time, many people in China condemned Japan's behavior, and they were very reluctant to let such an insulting thing happen in Japan.
At that time, CCTV also attached importance to the seriousness of the problem, believing that if it was allowed to continue like this abroad, then people in the future would think that "Journey to the West" was like this, so that others would misunderstand the classic.
So in 1981, CCTV held a conference on the filming of classic TV series, at which the famous Chinese director Yang Jie at that time took over the burden of shooting Journey to the West, and at the same time approved the filming of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
CCTV allocated up to 3 million yuan to the two directors, which was already a fairly high price at that time, which shows the importance that CCTV attaches to these two TV series.
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After receiving the news, Yang Jie immediately began to prepare for the shooting of Journey to the West.
The start-up capital of 3 million is more than not more, less and less, but the places that can be saved must be saved.
However, in order to better restore the scenes in "Journey to the West", there is no saving at all in terms of shooting locations, Yang Jie came to various provinces in China to conduct field investigations and carefully observe what scenes in the play are suitable for that place, so Yang Jie led the actors to complete 30 provinces in China.
Under Yang Jie's planning, as far as possible to save costs, in Guizhou and Yunnan and other places to shoot the scene of the Tiangong, and then returned to Beijing to shoot the next part, after 4 years of hard work, most of the plot in "Journey to the West" was filmed.
However, Yang Jie's hands at that time can be said to be a dime, and "Dream of the Red Chamber" because there was no money to apply for CCTV subsidies early, resulting in CCTV's current financial shortage, and there is no way to give Yang Jie money.
And at that time, some people actually reported that the "Journey to the West" crew took public funds to eat, drink and have fun everywhere, and play in the mountains and rivers.
After receiving the news, CCTV directly set up a special case team and came to the "Journey to the West" crew to investigate, and it was such an investigation team that burst into tears.
Only then did I find that "Journey to the West" had run out of funds long ago, and the shooting conditions were quite poor, but the members of the crew still persevered.
At that time, CCTV only gave the crew a camera with a resolution of only 300p, which is less than 1/20 of the clarity of today's ordinary cameras.
At that time, the cinematographer of the crew was also the husband of director Yang Jie, and there was no equipment at that time except for a tripod that could fix the camera.
Therefore, many shots have to rely on director Yang Jie to find their own ways, but it is this self-sufficient shooting that makes this drama an eternal classic, and until now it still maintains the top ratings.
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At that time, "Journey to the West" was filmed with a difficulty that almost everyone could not imagine, which stemmed from everyone's desire for art.
In the plot, many gods and immortals need to soar, but this simple shot requires the photographer Wang Chongqiu to be dragged from the second floor by seven or eight people to slide him from the second floor to the first floor, and there are many such shooting plots, so Wang Chongqiu has to go back and forth dozens of times every day.
There is also Sun Wukong, played by a six-year-old child, who needs to rotate clockwise every time he recites the tightening mantra, and the photographer needs to turn counterclockwise, so that he can shoot that feeling of dizziness.
And the old-fashioned cameras at the time were extremely bulky, and the crew had to carry dozens of pounds of things up and down the mountain every day.
There are many shots of the sky in Journey to the West, which are sought out in tens of thousands of photos taken by photographers while flying.
Once, when filming in Yunnan, after consulting with the local air force, Wang Chongqiu was sent to the sky.
He took the camera and shot at the people below, and the people below ran with the camera, so tired that the whole crew was sweating, and they didn't shoot anything because of the fog.
And at that time, the actor's salary was also quite low, as several starring people experienced 6 years of hard filming and finally only got less than 2,000 yuan, and many small actors only got 100 yuan for multiple roles.
Compared with the current actors, an episode of a TV series is hundreds of thousands of starts at every turn, and every day with the same uncle after filming the scene to leave, when the Journey to the West crew finished filming, the actors had to move things with the staff, not to mention how fortunate it was.
At that time, the working environment and actors' food were not to mention, usually the actors often did not have enough to eat and wear, and a meal was only fifty cents, and even the meal was not enough to eat in some bustling areas.
When they arrived in Jilin, the crew could only hide in the small wooden room, not warm at all, eating bad bread that had been moldy, and the director Yang Jie at that time really couldn't afford to pay for the actors to eat.
In the shooting, it is completely meticulous, and when saving money, it is also dedicated, not using excess money to invite group performances, but letting one person play multiple roles.
It is worth mentioning that the peaches that Sun Wukong eats are all made of models, but the outside is coated with a layer of paint, and many of the crew props are made by the staff on the spot, just to save costs.
But in the end, there was still no money, Yang Jie reported the situation to CCTV, and CCTV only said: "Make up the unfinished plot, and make plans for the rest." ”
Yang Jie was completely unwilling, and she had worked hard for several years to shoot things, saying that she didn't want it, so Yang Jie began to think of her own way, how to pull sponsors.
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In order to make others more familiar with Journey to the West, Yang Jie directly took the actor's photo into a poster and publicized it wherever it went.
Soon, the news spread all over the country, people knew that Journey to the West was stopped because of the shortage of funds, and people with lofty ideals also began to raise donations to raise funds for Journey to the West.
Xu Shaohua, who played a Tang monk at the time, was pulled by the owner of the play, Li Hongchang, one day and said that he had been sponsored, but he had to go with him.
It turned out that Li Hongchang told several friends about the shortage of funds in Journey to the West, and one of them called back to The Golden Dragon was very concerned about this matter, hoping to pull Xu Shaohua over to talk about sponsorship.
Hui Jinlong's company was the Eleventh Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Railways, and in Yanzhou, the two began to go.
After arriving, the three of them negotiated very harmoniously, and when talking about sponsorship, Hui Jinlong promised that there was no problem at all.
In the end, Xu Shaohua and Li Hongchang got 3 million yuan of sponsorship for the Journey to the West crew, and the previous TV production center agreed to invest another 3 million yuan because of the benefits of the previous episodes, and the 6 million yuan of funds became the funds for the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" to come back to life.
With the money, the filming process of "Journey to the West" is too easy, the actors do not have to suffer, and the plot progress becomes fast and efficient.
In order to thank Li Hongchang for the sponsorship he pulled, director Yang Jie also arranged for Li Hongchang to play the roles of Black Tiger Essence and Centipede Essence.
Everything began to develop for the better, but due to the rapid development of the times, prices began to rise at a high speed, and plots such as "True and False Monkey King" and "Recovering the Green Bull Monster" had to be cut, and it was not until 1998 that these episodes were made up.
Finally, with the efforts of everyone, the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" was filmed. After being broadcast on CCTV, it won the praise of the vast number of viewers.
The major awards in the country have also been soft, and when that generation recalls tv dramas, the first thing that comes to mind is Journey to the West.
The success of "Journey to the West" also marks the rise of China's film and television industry, which comes from the silent efforts of the actors, the director's painstaking efforts, and the efforts of every crew member.
Perform real art in an incredibly difficult environment.
This is a good TV series, this is a good director and actor.