1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 448 "The country is prosperous, and the chess is also prosperous."

"The Queen of Daughters."

"This corner is vacant right now."

Yang Jie asked tentatively: "Comrade Zhu Lin, are you willing to play this role?"

"The Queen of Daughters?"

Zhu Lin thought about the story of the Kingdom of Women and felt that this role was quite good, the ruler of a country.

"Sure, if you don't mind, I'd like to give it a try."

"to make."

While Zhu Lin was thinking, Yang Jie was also thinking. She recalled the image of the role of the Queen of Daughters in her mind and felt that it fit Zhu Lin no matter how she thought about it.

She immediately made the decision, "OK, it's you!"

"Thank you, Director Yang."

"Director Yang, you can't go wrong by letting Zhu Lin play the role of the Queen of Women." Li Chengru said happily, patting his thigh.

"Chengru."

"Director Yang."

"Get ready, we'll be filming the Kingdom of Women in the next episode!"

In later generations, TV series are basically shot one shot at a time, and then all the shots are edited together, similar to the movie model.

"Journey to the West" is different. It was filmed episode by episode, and one episode was filmed after another.

"Director, what about Tang Seng?" Li Chengru asked at this time.

"Tang Monk."

Yang Jie frowned.

Anyone who has watched "Journey to the West" knows that there are a total of three Tang Monks in the whole play.

The first one was Wang Yue, who is also Yang Jie’s ideal type of Tang Monk, saying that he is “very handsome and not feminine”.

He is the one in “The Three Strikes on the White Bone Demon”.

He had played the role of Tang Seng before, but some time ago, Wang Yue told Yang Jie that he didn't want to play the role anymore.

The reason is also very simple.

He wants to make a movie!
Wang Yue is also a student of Beijing Film Academy, and is classmates with Fang Shu, Zhang Tielin, and Zhang Fengyi.

There is no weak student in the Class of 78 of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy. All of them are the backbone of the film industry.

Otherwise, Wang Yue would not have portrayed Tang Monk's reluctance to let go of Sun Wukong and his determination to uphold the Buddhist precepts so vividly in the episode "White Bone Demon".

This skill is hard to match whether it is Xu Shaohua of the second generation or Chi Chongrui of the third generation.

But the domestic TV drama industry is just starting out, how can TV stars compare with movie stars?
Of course, Wang Yue looked down on such a TV series. Because of a movie invitation, he immediately gave up "Journey to the West".

Of course, Mr. Wang Yue regretted it very much later. He made himself an unknown star by making movies. He didn’t expect that "Journey to the West" which he gave up would become so popular!

The second generation's Xu Shaohua was even more outrageous. He told Yang Jie that he would no longer film because his monthly salary was only 55 yuan.

Ma Dehua, who played Zhu Bajie, said that he and Liu Xiao Ling Tong's salary was 60 yuan per month, while Xu Shaohua and Sha Monk only made 55 yuan.

Just because of this 5 yuan difference, disagreements and dissatisfaction arose.

In fact, what Yang Jie considered was that the makeup on Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie was particularly heavy, and it took several hours every day just to put on makeup, which was harder than for other actors, so she gave them 5 yuan more.

But Xu Shaohua felt that he was also one of the protagonists, so why should he get less than other protagonists.

Actors these days all get paid, and when they get paid they tend to compare with each other. Questions like "Why does he get paid more than me?" often cause all sorts of trouble in this era.

This is also because the film and television industry was immature at that time. Later crews have learned to be smart. Actors must sign a contract before joining the crew. The contract has already stated how much money they should be paid. It is impossible for them to have any objections later, so such a thing would never happen at all.

The third generation teacher Chi Chongrui is still the happiest. He played the role of Tang Monk and married a rich woman. He is definitely a winner in life.

"Tang Monk. Tang Monk"

As Yang Jie was thinking, her eyes suddenly drifted to Jiang Xian.

Oops.

This man, with red lips, white teeth, sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, is exactly the same as the one described in the book.

"Comrade Jiang Xian, how about you play Tang Monk for two episodes?"

"I?"

Jiang Xian pointed at himself, a little dumbfounded.

Zhu Lin didn't expect Yang Jie to say that. She glanced at Jiang Xian, imagined the scene of filming with him, and couldn't help blushing.

As for Jiang Xian, he was totally caught off guard by Yang Jie's sudden question. He looked at Zhu Lin again and imagined how it would feel like to hear her whispering "Your Majesty, my brother" in his ear. His heart couldn't help but tremble, and he was suddenly at a loss.

Director Yang Jie saw the whole scene and was enjoying herself while eating candy. She couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Good fellows, you two are acting this out early!"

"Director Yang."

Jiang Xian interrupted Yang Jie, "Please stop joking with me. After all, your filming is a major task. I am not a professional actor, and there is so much work to be done. I don't have the time and experience. You should reconsider your choice."

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Yang Jie felt a little regretful. After all, Jiang Xian was so handsome, it would be a waste if he didn't become an actor.

"How about a few episodes?" she tried to bargain.

"It would take several months to shoot a few episodes. I can't act like this. I really can't act like this."

"One episode!"

Yang Jie pulled Jiang Xian and said, "Let's shoot the episode of "The Kingdom of Women"!"

"This"

After Yang Jie said that, Jiang Xian was actually a little moved. After all, it was such a classic scene in movies and TV shows that his wife was with someone else under the moonlight. It would be strange if he felt good about it.

"Then let me try?"

"Just give it a try, just act in one episode, and give it a try." Yang Jie pulled Jiang Xian, very happy, and decided to do this.

After returning, Jiang Xian still felt quite dreamy.

By accident, he became the second generation Tang Monk?

Although it's just an experience card.

Of course, Jiang Xian also knew that being an actor was not an easy job.

Fortunately, he has a wide network of contacts, his wife is also a movie queen, and he has been in the film and television industry for so many years, so he has a basic understanding of actors and filming and is not unfamiliar with them.

Moreover, Jiang Xian knew the episode "A Funny Journey to the Kingdom of Women" by heart. He had watched how Xu Shaohua performed the role countless times.

With a group of big guys around him teaching him everything they know, he doesn't believe that he can make mistakes by copying the correct answers?
Thinking of this, Jiang Xian called Jiang Huaiyan.

"Can you talk to the Beijing Film Academy? Let me go there to audit classes for a few days."

"Go to Beijing Film Academy to audit a class?"

Jiang Huaiyan was a little surprised, "What are you listening to?"

"Harmful."

Jiang Xian then told Jiang Huaiyan everything about how he played the role of Tang Monk.

Jiang Huaiyan laughed non-stop, "Okay, let's do this, don't go to Beijing Film Academy to audit the class. I have a few friends who are professors at Beijing Film Academy. I'll talk to them and you can go directly to their homes." "That's fine too."

People in later generations often heard about young handsome men attending classes at the homes of professors at Beijing Film Academy. Jiang Xian never thought that he would be able to enjoy this treatment one day.

"Alas, fresh meat is nothing."

"After all, I am a deputy director!"

In the blink of an eye it was May.

There are only a few things in the entertainment industry that attract the most attention from all walks of life.

1. The movie "Furong Town".

2. The novel "You Have No Choice".

3. The first China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament.

On the Peking University campus, students were chattering about something.

"Lost again?"

"Yes, Japanese chess player Kobayashi Koichi won the game against Chinese chess player Shao Zhenzhong in the middle game with black."

"What round is this?"

"The eighth game!"

“本来是1比5，咱们领先4分来着，现在小林光一把比分扳回3比5了！”

"Shao Zhenzhong is too disappointing. Jiang Zhujiu won 5 games in a row, but he couldn't even get a single point?"

"Do you know Go? That's the Go Saint Kobayashi Koichi! A top-notch Japanese player, and Shao Zhenzhong is only an 8th dan. The two are not at the same level at all."

"Yes, they say they won five games in a row, but in fact it's just like Tian Ji's horse race. The Japanese 'superior horse' chess player hasn't even appeared yet."

"Don't we also have national player Nie Weiping?"

"Alas, it's not that easy."

As the students talked, they all became a little depressed. After all, nowadays, Japanese Go symbolizes the world's top level.

China and Japan have played Go before. In 1960, a Japanese Go delegation visited China and played 30 games with the Chinese side, winning 27 of them.

Losing 30 out of 27 games is not the most embarrassing thing, because there are more embarrassing things.

That was the "Japanese old lady sweeping the Chinese chess world" incident:
In 1961, 54-year-old Japanese female chess player Ito Tomoe came to China and played 8 games, winning all 8 games.

China, the hometown of Go, couldn't even beat a 54-year-old Japanese female player.

In the following six years, China and Japan held a total of 6 Go friendly matches.

12 times, Chinese players lost all the games.

For this reason, someone who loves playing Go couldn't help but sigh:

"When a country prospers, so does chess."

"When the country's fortune declines, so does its chess fortune."

Last year, because the game between the two countries was of great topicality, the Japan Go Association proposed to China the idea of ​​holding a China-Japan Go competition.

Unfortunately, the Chinese chess world today is still “a layman in foreign wars”.

The Chinese Chess Institute was worried that the Japanese players would "clear the table with one stroke" and wanted to decline the game, but several national Go players wanted to give it a try, thinking that even if they were not as skilled as others, they had to fight for their reputation.

Finally, with the efforts of all parties, the first China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament was held at the end of last year.

The competition is conducted in the form of a tournament, with each side sending 8 players to participate. Each side has a champion and a deputy champion. The players are arranged in order to appear on the stage, and the winner in succession will continue to defend the tournament until he fails.

The competition was held alternately in the two countries with great fanfare and attracted sponsorship from several large Japanese companies.

The Chinese team included champion Nie Weiping, 9th dan, deputy general Ma Xiaochun, 9th dan, followed by Cao Dayuan, 9th dan, Liu Xiaoguang, 8th dan, Shao Zhenzhong, 8th dan, Qian Yuping, 7th dan, Jiang Zhujiu, 7th dan and pioneer Wang Jianhong, 6th dan.

These eight people are the entire assets of the Chinese Go world today.

In comparison, the Japanese team's lineup is luxurious.

The head coach is the chess master Fujisawa Hideyuki, 9th dan, and the deputy general is the top-notch chess player Kato Masao, 9th dan. Following him are the top-notch chess player Kobayashi Koichi, 9th dan, Ishida Akira who has defeated Nie Weiping, Kataoka Satoshi, 9th dan, Awaji Shuzo, 9th dan, Kobayashi Kaku, 8th dan, and the pioneer Yoda Noriki, 5th dan.

Take Kobayashi Koichi, who won two games in a row, for example. He is actually only ranked third in the Japanese team, and not even the head coach or deputy general. But to Chinese chess players, he is already like a "god".

And the most exaggerated thing is that with Japan's current Go strength, they can form at least 5 teams with such a Go lineup!

So it’s not without reason that Peking University students are not optimistic about the Chinese team.

Because the hope of winning is really extremely slim.

Before the Go competition, Japan's Go Club weekly published a poll, in which only 27 out of more than voters believed that the Chinese team would win.

Among these 27 people, 24 are Chinese students studying in Japan.

In China, Go World magazine also conducted the same test, and the final voting results showed that only 20% of Go enthusiasts believed that the Chinese team would win.

In fact, before Jiang Zhujiu unexpectedly won five games in a row, the society did not pay much attention to this game.

Because we have to consider the impact.

Just like the Chinese national football matches in later generations, why does CCTV sometimes not broadcast them? Those who understand will understand.

Jiang Zhujiu brought a "small climax" and successfully attracted attention from all walks of life. Then Kobayashi Koichi's two consecutive victories made everyone feel a little depressed and brought back to reality.

"Oh, forget about Go, take a look at this literary review."

"Literary review? Which novel?"

"You Have No Choice!"

"It's really infuriating to talk about it. What kind of people are those who wrote the reviews? Such a good novel was criticized like that."

"Yes, I read a few articles, but then I saw that even the Literary Gazette was criticizing it, so I thought these comments were nonsense and stopped paying attention."

“This month’s is different!”

Everyone looked over and saw that the student was holding a copy of the Literary Gazette in his hand.

The article begins with a sentence:
“This is the first time I have seen a truly modern Chinese literary work!”

"That kind of noisy energy, that kind of language that laughs at others and oneself, that kind of confusion of wanting to pursue something but not being able to find the right goal, that kind of dedication and desire to create at all costs, that kind of self-aggrandizement and inferiority complex, although sometimes it appears in the form of an 'unlike' farce, it also truly reproduces the mentality and style of some urban youth in the 1980s. Even under the cloak of farce or self-mockery, they have made their own chaotic but moving youthful voices."

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“This is a review written by Mr. Li Zehou!”

"Li Zehou? Who is that?"

"You don't even know Li Zehou. Haven't you read his "The Course of Beauty"?"

After 78, with the reform and opening up, a wave of "aesthetics fever" quickly swept the country.

Russell's "The Marriage Revolution", Sartre's "Being and Nothingness", Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams".
These books were not considered anything at the time.

The real "best-selling king" is Li Zehou's "The Process of Beauty".

The book was first published in 1981, and Li Zehou quickly became an idol for countless young Chinese.

It is said that he once went to Peking University's Philosophy Department for a discussion and was later discovered eating in the school cafeteria. Thousands of students gathered around him, leaving the entire Peking University empty and the cafeteria became the most crowded classroom in the university.

His popularity is comparable to that of the hyperthyroidism guy who came to China.

This shows how high his status is in the minds of students.

(End of this chapter)