Dreams of the Fragrant River

"Shaolin Temple Wushu Team, there are two more programs for you, come and prepare!" CCTV's Spring Festival Gala rehearsal director shouted. {starter}

The leader of the group of "little monks" was a middle-aged man in his 40s, and he immediately ordered: "Hurry up and finish your meal, and the rehearsal will begin soon."

The group of bald-headed teenagers were very obedient, and immediately grabbed the lunch box and quickly picked it up.

Kang Jianfei commented: "You should pay attention to your diet and exercise rules. Performing martial arts right after you eat is very bad for your stomach and digestion."

The man in charge of the team didn't know Kang Jianfei at all. He was very unhappy when he heard him meeting for the first time. He asked Hu Juncai, "Mr. Hu, is this comrade your friend?"

Hu Juncai introduced with a smile: "A Fei, this is Mr. Zhang Jinyang, the cultural teacher of the martial arts school, and the leader of the martial arts performance team for the Spring Festival Gala." Hu Juncai then warmly pulled Zhang Jinyang to introduce, "Mr. Zhang , this is the real boss of the Shaolin Temple martial arts school, the boss of Kang Jian Feikang."

"Boss Kang?" Zhang Jinyang lost his temper when he heard it, and quickly explained, "Boss Kang, it's not that I don't pay attention to the dietary rules of the team members, it's the logistics arrangement of the Spring Festival Gala program team. The food for so many rehearsal personnel needs to be taken care of. , they didn't arrange it beforehand, and divided it into three lunches..."

"I see, you don't need to explain." Kang Jianfei said, looking up at the stage, not optimistic about this Spring Festival Gala.

Although Kang Jianfei has never directed a large-scale party, as a director, he is very sensitive to lighting. The stage set up in the workers' gym is very large and empty, and the live broadcast images are not clear. The lighting at the scene is completely insufficient. The audience in front of the TV must see a dirty picture.

Not only that, but today is the last rehearsal, and the on-site scheduling is still in chaos, and even the actors' lunch has not been fixed at one time.

It can only be said that the chief director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala has no experience in large-scale live broadcasts. The previous Spring Festival Gala was recorded and broadcasted in advance, and it is inevitable that the first time it will be broadcast live, one will lose sight of the other.

Kang Jianfei's eyes swept around the stage, and suddenly saw Chen Xiuwen sitting in the auditorium drinking mineral water. Next to them are Wang Mingquan, Luo Wen and others from TVB.

"I'll go there first." Kang Jianfei nodded at Hu Juncai.

Hu Juncai smiled and said, "Let's go there together. I was also a fan of Sister Wang back then."

After the two of them left, Teacher Zhang Jinyang said to himself, "Kang Jianfei? This name sounds familiar, I seem to have heard it somewhere."

Kang Jianfei walked over and did not speak, but the staff of Phoenix TV who accompanied Chen Xiuwen to the capital stood up to greet him and said in surprise, "Director Kang, why are you here?"

"I'll stop by and take a look, you are free." Kang Jianfei said with a smile.

CCTV wants to make this year's Spring Festival Gala a big scene. The hosts are from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland, and the performances are also gathered from three places on both sides of the strait. It has the meaning of family members of the Chinese regiment in it. The Spring Festival Gala director Huang Yihe originally wanted to invite Teresa Teng. Xu Jiasheng, director of the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency, personally invited him. Too bad it didn't work out in the end.

Due to that special reason, several Taiwanese programs that were originally prepared had to be abandoned, and Huang Ayuan, one of the planners of the Spring Festival Gala and a famous Taiwanese TV personality, had to intersperse several winning and game shows in the Spring Festival Gala.

After the vacancy of Taiwanese programs came out, it was natural that Hong Kong programs would fill it up. Wireless TVB sent Wang Mingquan, Luo Wen, Banban, Xi Xiulan and other stars to participate in the Spring Festival Gala. Phoenix Television knew that naturally it could not show weakness, and finally decided to let Chen Xiuwen, Mo Shaocong, He Jiajin and Ye Zhentang come to the Spring Festival Gala.

In addition, Zhang Mingmin, who was popular all over the country with his song "My Chinese Heart" last year, will continue to perform this year. There are nearly 10 performers from Hong Kong alone during the Spring Festival Gala.

All this is due to the success of the Sino-British negotiation between the two countries, otherwise the TVB would not dare to send the star to the capital to perform in such a swaggering manner.

"Chairman Xinchun Kuai excitedly shook hands with Kang Jianfei. Since she starred in "Sister Tuogun", she has been sitting firmly on the throne of the first sister of Phoenix Terrace. She is very grateful to Kang Jianfei who supported her and helped her through the difficulties, and even felt in her heart. There is a hidden admiration for Kang Jianfei.

Mo Shaocong, He Jiajin and Ye Zhentang also greeted each other. Mo Shaocong and He Jiajin are both actors and stars of Phoenix TV, while Ye Zhentang is the original singer of "The Great Wall Never Falls". Strictly speaking, Ye Zhentang is a freelance singer like Zhang Mingmin, but he has long cooperated with Phoenix TV to record some TV drama theme songs. It can be regarded as a meal under Kang Jianfei.

The TV songs of wireless tvb are basically sung by Luo Wen, and the Phoenix TV side is Ye Zhentang. Luo Wen is more popular in Hong Kong, but Ye Zhentang is famous in Southeast Asia and Japan. He even won the Tokyo Music Festival three years ago. "Asia Awards", is the only Hong Kong singer to win this award.

"This is my friend Hu Juncai, let's get to know each other." Kang Jianfei introduced.

"Mr. Hu and others hurriedly greeted him, but it was the first time they heard the word "friend" when they heard Kang Jianfei's introduction.

The arrival of Kang Jianfei actually made these people a little embarrassed. Although the two TV stations were fighting fiercely, just now Chen Xiuwen, He Jiajin and others had a good chat with Wang Mingquan and Luo Wen. After all, everyone came from Hong Kong, and most mainlanders do not understand Cantonese and cannot communicate. People from the two TV stations naturally gathered together.

Now that Kang Jianfei came, it was really difficult for the stars on TVB to be too enthusiastic. They just nodded at him as a greeting, and stopped talking after that.

Hu Juncai didn't have any scruples, he reached out to Wang Mingquan and said, "Hello, Sister Wang!"

"Hello, who are you?" Wang Mingquan had no impression of Hu Juncai at all. She really couldn't remember her friend who knew Kang Jianfei.

Hu Juncai said with a smile: "I ran a trick on the crew of "Chu Liuxiang", and I was hacked to death by you, Sister Wang, several times."

Wang Mingquan suddenly realized, guessing that Hu Jun was the one who was with Kang Jianfei at the beginning, he couldn't help but sigh. It was only a few years ago that Kang Jianfei and Hu Juncai, two grassroots who could only play tricks in the past, have transformed themselves into big bosses that she could only look up to. It is really unpredictable in the world.

Kang Jianfei chatted with the stars of Phoenix TV for a while, and found that he couldn't let go of them, so he left after a few words.

Li Ningyu signed some time ago, and Kang Jianfei also asked Ye Zipei to win a Spring Festival Gala performance opportunity. At this time, he searched for a long time and could not find the shadow of Li Ningyu.

It stands to reason that as a guest invited by Kang Jianfei, the chief director Huang Yihe should arrange for someone to receive him. But no one knew that Kang Jianfei would come in the afternoon, and now the director team was busy doing the final rehearsal. Where else can you take care of others.

Kang Jianfei and Hu Juncai drove back to the courtyard, and after dinner they took the time to return to the workers' gymnasium.

In the afternoon, when I went to the gymnasium to watch the rehearsal, I used Hu Juncai's pass, but in the evening, I used Kang Jianfei's own invitation letter.

Now "Sister Tuogun" is being shown on CCTV, and "Sister Royal" is still unfinished in the mainland. Kang Jianfei is still very famous in the mainland, but few people can match his name with his appearance.

After reading Kang Jianfei's invitation letter, the staff member took Kang Jianfei to sit attentively as if seeing the leader.

There is a circle of open space between the auditorium and the stage, where more than ten dining tables are placed. Beautiful white tablecloths also fluttered over each table. On the table are fruits, drinks and candy snacks. There are also guest name cards on each seat.

Kang Jianfei was a guest invited by CCTV. This is the kind of dining table that is sitting, and Hu Juncai is sitting in the first row of the auditorium.

Kang Jianfei looked at the nameplate left and right. He didn't know anyone at the table with him. After chatting a few words, he realized that it was an official of the Ministry of Culture and a celebrity in the cultural circle.

There are more than ten minutes before the Spring Festival Gala begins. Kang Jianfei suddenly asked the old lady next to him in surprise, "Director Yang is filming "Journey to the West"?"

Although Kang Jianfei was quite familiar with "Journey to the West", he really couldn't remember who the director of the TV series was. After chatting for a while, he was stunned to find that the director of "Journey to the West" was sitting next to Yang Jie.

Yang Jie is not just a TV drama director. Her father is the famous martyr Yang Bokai, and her mother is also a party member. Yang Jie was sent to Yan'an in 1945 to live and study. At the beginning of CCTV's launch, Yang Jie was transferred to the TV station to work. She is regarded as the top veteran of CCTV. From 1978 to the present, she has been the top ten directors in China every year.

It's not surprising why Yang Jie sits at the same table with officials from the Ministry of Culture.

A deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture said: "Director Yang is serious and responsible for his work. "Journey to the West" has been filmed for three years, and she has traveled all over the country."

Yang Jie smiled bitterly and said, "Minister Li, don't compliment me. I'll tell you if "Journey to the West" can be filmed."

Kang Jianfei said strangely: "Didn't you say that the first 11 episodes of "Journey to the West" had high ratings? Why couldn't the filming go on."

"Several million was spent, and it took three years to shoot 11 episodes. Someone reported that I was traveling with production fees. The investigation is already underway." Yang Jie did not hide her predicament at all, her tone was full of Self-deprecating.

With millions of RMB in the 1980s, it took only three years to shoot 11 episodes of a TV series. If Kang Jianfei was the boss, the director would have his heart broken.

But after a chat, Kang Jianfei knew how Yang Jie spent her money.

First of all, the entire "Journey to the West" crew has only one camera.

You heard it right, all the shots of the 86 version of "Journey to the West" were shot with one camera from beginning to end. In some places, the angle of the lens needs to be switched, and the camera can only be moved to let the actors perform it again.

Secondly, Yang Jie treats TV dramas as movies.

Just putting makeup on Monkey King's face and sticking the monkey hair on his face will take 6 hours a day, and the makeup will be gone in half a day. Then, because the scene jumped too much, I often took the train to run around the world. When I went to one place, I had to build a crew to set up a scene, and I couldn't get up quickly if I wanted to.

Moreover, the first 11 episodes of the first edition are different from the later broadcasts, and each episode can be regarded as a complete movie. In 1987, the full 20th grade began to be broadcast on the first day of the first lunar month, and the length of each episode was reduced to about 45 minutes.

Why is this happening?

Because when the filming of "Journey to the West" started, the entire CCTV program time was chaotic, and the broadcast time of each program was not fixed. At that time, the first episode of the film produced by CCTV was 50 minutes, the second episode could be 40 minutes, and the third episode could be 60 minutes. Anyway, as long as the time difference is not ridiculous, it is acceptable to add half an hour to a program.

It wasn't until last year's "Talking about the Yangtze River" that because it was broadcast at 6:00 a.m. every day and achieved a high rating of 40%, CCTV, which had tasted the sweetness, began to ask for the program time.

Kang Jianfei got a general understanding of the situation and asked, "That is to say, the production of "Journey to the West" has temporarily stopped?"

Yang Jie nodded silently. As for the leader asking her to write an inspection report or something, this kind of embarrassing thing can't be said.

Kang Jianfei knew how popular this version of "Journey to the West" was. It swept across Southeast Asia at the time. He immediately remembered and said, "Phoenix Channel is now cooperating with CCTV and is shooting a life program. If "Journey to the West" If the funding is difficult, Phoenix Television may be able to provide some funding."

"Mr. Kang, are you serious?" Yang Jie herself is a veteran of CCTV, and she is also the chief director of CCTV's TV drama production center. She is very clear about CCTV's financial situation.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Journey to the West" each cost millions of dollars, and it's still too early to finish filming, and the TV drama production center is so poor that it can starve mice to death. At present, half of the filming of "Journey to the West" has been stranded because of funds. If Phoenix TV can inject a sum of money, then the difficulties faced by Yang Jie will be greatly alleviated.

"Of course it's true," Kang Jianfei said with a smile, "but I'm a businessman after all, and the money doesn't come for nothing."

Yang Jie can completely decide for the CCTV TV drama production center, she said: "If Mr. Kang has any requirements, please feel free to say."

"I hope Phoenix TV can become one of the producers of "Journey to the West", owning all the copyrights of this TV series in Hong Kong and some copyrights in Nanyang, Japan and South Korea. Peripheral copyrights such as sales~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Yang Jie had difficulty understanding the word "peripheral" and asked, "What are the peripheral copyrights that Mr. Kang said? "

Kang Jianfei explained: "Peripheral copyrights include video tapes, records and other products, as well as related picture albums, toys, games, clothing and other products."

No one buys TV dramas produced in mainland China, let alone any peripheral products. Yang Jie has no objection to this, saying: "Mr. Kang means that, except in Hong Kong, "Journey to the West" is broadcast on TV in other places. The publishing rights belong to CCTV?"

"That's what I mean," said Kang Jianfei, "I'm going to invest 2 million yuan first, and then donate two Japanese-made cameras to CCTV. These cameras don't require film and will help with the filming of Journey to the West."

Yang Jie felt that the deal could be done, nodded and smiled: "I will report to the leader about Mr. Kang's proposal."

The two just finished talking about the cooperation, and the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1985 has officially started.