On the third day of the Chinese New Year after the Spring Festival, Director Yang Jie went to the crew to start working. Lin Johnson and Liu Xiaoqing also went to CCTV. Liu has been busy all these two days and is very proactive.

Chen Yao did not return to Bincheng, but accompanied Lin Qiangsheng to the radio building. She was very interested in film and television dramas and was entangled with them to join the crew. Lin Qiangsheng felt that she was popular for three minutes, so he agreed and asked her to do a venue without a pay.

"Lin, this is our 1986 plan. We plan to finish filming 9 episodes including "The Lotus Cave" this year. This is the script. You can read it first." Yang Jie said.

Lin Johnson took the script, looked through it, and Chen Yao came over curiously.

After roughly watching the previous two episodes, Lin Johnson said: "Okay, I have no objection to your plan. It is not easy for the screenwriter to write a good book. I have to give them enough time. I don't want to see it. Because of my investment, your original tacit understanding has been broken!"

Yang Jie breathed a sigh of relief. She thought that Lin Johnson would ask "Journey to the West" to be filmed quickly with the identity of an investor, but she didn't expect that this young man was so reasonable.

"Since you agree, we will take photos as planned!" Yang Jie said.

Lin Johnson mentioned: "What is the salary of the crew now?"

Yang Jie didn't understand why he asked this, but also said: "My pay is the highest in the crew, 90 yuan a month; Monkey and Zhu Bajie have to take the lead hood and wear props, 80 yuan a month; Tang Monk and Sha Monk don't have heads, 70 yuan a month; other screenwriters, cameramen, makeup artists are fifty or sixty yuan, and other venues only cost thirty or forty yuan a month, and there are even lower ones. Everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones, just wanting to make a good shot!"

"Is Li Chengru still in the crew? I didn't see his name." Lin Johnson flipped through the roster and said.

Yang Jie still needs to think about it before recalling: "You Li Chengru, you have been in the drama business for several years in our crew and have always wanted to find a role. He wants to play Tang Seng. I didn't let him go. Last year, I went to the business of business. It sounds like he was doing clothing business."

"He's going to the sea now?" Lin Johnson was quite surprised.

Li Chengru is the mentally ill person in "Big Stars" who "don't seek the best but the most expensive". This guy actually wants to play Tang Monk. It is probably because Director Yang Jie is afraid that the audience will not do anything ≦≦≦,m.↓m. On the other hand, as long as the crew of "Journey to the West" or these early crews are carefully selected, there are really many big names in the film and television industry in the future.

Lin Johnson continued: "Director Yang, you have worked so hard with the actors, and the amount of money you have done is not proportional to receiving the goods. Think about the hot days, the actors need to have a full set of props, especially Brother Monkey, who has a hairy face. This is a sin that can be suffered!"

Liu Xiaoqing laughed and said, "Brother Johnson, this movie pay is not low. In fact, the pay for filming TV series is already very high. I can't get so much money even if I shoot movies. They have to film for several years."

Chen Yao also said strangely: "I didn't expect that the salary for filming movies and TV series is so low, it is not as high as that of our dance troupe!"

Director Yang and Liu Xiaoqing both looked over. She knew she was wrong and covered her mouth and stared at everyone with her big eyes.

Lin Qiangsheng looked at her with a smile. Chen Yao didn't know what society was like. In the dance troupe, she couldn't help but worry about finance.

Yang Jie said: "Thank you a little hard work, but this pay is relatively high for ordinary workers. We usually have a salary, and the pay is more than 100 yuan a month."

Then, she looked at Lin Johnson in surprise, guessing the purpose of his questioning. The crew suddenly had so much more funds, and everyone was also talking about the possibility of a rise in pay.

Sure enough, Lin Johnson said: "Let's raise the crew's pay first. My idea is to multiply it by the original basis. Not only Director Yang, but also Master Monkey and Zhu Bajie and other major actors, but even the cameraman and makeup artist should be raised. "Journey to the West" is a classic TV series, and your pay is too low compared to this achievement!"

Yang Jie was shocked, including Liu Xiaoqing, whose salary increased twice, so she would be 70 yuan per month. In addition, the cameraman Wang Chongqiu is her husband, and the couple's salary can reach 40 yuan per month. This is the standard for Benkang!

After being surprised, Yang Jie gritted her teeth and rarely struggled, but in the end she shook her head and said, "No, there is too much money, too much!"

Lin Johnson also knew that Yang Jie was worried. The crew of "Journey to the West" was invested so much money at once, and then increased their salary, which would definitely cause an uproar in the stage, and it was already a sensation now.

In other words, if everyone can still look at foreign investment rationally, they will definitely not be able to stand Yang Jie and others' increase in their pay. Good things cannot be occupied by the crew of "Journey to the West". If the crew's pay has increased so much, then the voices of opposition will drown the entire crew, and then the surroundings will be filled with criticism and jealousy, and then everyone will not be able to work.

Yang Jie explained what happened here to Lin Johnson, and Liu Xiaoqing was also dissuading him, and said bitterly: "Johnson, you can't do this. We know you are kind-hearted, but if you increase your salary so much, the rest of the people in the station will be dissatisfied!"

Liu Xiaoqing also envied Yang Jie a little. She had a meal with Lin Qiangsheng on the first day of the New Year, and the two talked about the company's development plan.

At the end, Johnson Lin talked to her about her salary again. The annual salary he gave was 400 yuan, 00 yuan per month, which made Liu Xiaoqing very happy, which was higher than the salary on CCTV.

Moreover, not only did Lin Johnson really pay her money, he immediately paid her half a year's salary in advance, which also made Liu Xiaoqing very excited.

Lin Qiangsheng sighed. Since Yang Jie and Liu Xiaoqing both felt it was not feasible, he had to say, "Okay, just give me a pay, each person will add 50 yuan. This is OK. Anyway, there are not many people in the crew now!"

There are only more than 20 official members of the entire crew of "Journey to the West", not counting as spider spirits, jade rabbit spirits and other extras who play monsters. Those people are looking for them now.

Many immortals and monsters are guest-starred by the crew, such as Yan Huaili, who plays Sha Monk, has guest-starred more than 0 roles, Zhu Bajie and Ma Dehua also have more than 10 roles, and Liu Lingtong. As for the less famous ones, there are more. For example, Xiang Han not only plays n many immortals and monsters, but also the crew's martial arts and art director, so "Journey to the West" is a way that a few people have finished playing.

Yang Jie hesitated for a moment and said, "Lin, there is a situation that I have to do with you. Since you invested, our crew has become a hot commodity in the Taiwan market. Now it is no longer the original team. I block the left and right, but I still can't stop some related households!"

Lin Qiang gave his head and said, "I had expected this situation long ago. There is nothing to add staff to the photography team, makeup team and other departments, but the original plan to play the actor, this must not be moved. I want the original "Journey to the West". If it is changed and lost its original flavor, then I would rather withdraw the investment!"

"Huh?!" Yang Jie and Liu Xiaoqing were both very surprised. They didn't expect Lin Johnson to be like this. However, Yang Jie thought about it again that she also had her own persistence and was very strict in choosing roles.

Lin Johnson continued: "My idea is to make "Journey to the West" as good as possible. The crew can take some special stunts. I will invite a group of Hollywood stuntmen from the United States to help guide your shooting!"

Yang Jie: "Then are the budgets of these foreigners included in the investment?"

Lin Johnson said: "No, I personally pay the money, but I hope you can seize the opportunity, like people from Hollywood to learn technology!"

Yang Jie laughed and said repeatedly: "This is great, then I will thank you first. Don't worry, I will definitely let someone learn foreign special skills!"

In the 1980s, there was no complete concept of film and television stunts in China, but Yang Jie and others also knew that this technology was available abroad. Now, Lin Johnson brought Hollywood people to come. Hollywood alone sounded a lot to improve the level of "Journey to the West".

"There are eighty-one difficulties, so you have to film 180 episodes to be satisfied!" Lin Qiangsheng said longingly. This was also his idea. He always felt that he had not seen enough performances by old artists such as Liu Lingtong. When they realized that they were old, it was a great regret in life.

Yang Jie smiled and shook her head, saying, "Episode 180, that's impossible!"

"Why is it impossible? Isn't "Journey to the West" difficult?" Lin Johnson bought Journey to the West and flipped it out, and Chen Yao also watched it. She was very puzzled why she couldn't shoot it.

Yang Jie said: "There are eighty-one difficulties in Journey to the West, but in fact, the setting of eighty-one difficulties itself is not strict. Sometimes, in order to make up the numbers, the author divides the difficulties into two and three difficulties, such as Huang Feng's strange obstacles, and requests Lingji's dilemma is actually two stages of a story. The ancients wrote books and pressed them, and we could not shoot TV series one episode at a time."

Director Yang found this Journey to the West, opened it and pointed it at it, and said, "Look, for example, the chapters of these three chapters in the original work, Chapter 53 - The Zen master swallowed the cold and got pregnant, Huang Po was motivated by water to dissolve the evil fetus, Chapter 54 - The Dharma nature came to the West to meet the Women's Kingdom, the mind was determined to take off fireworks, Chapter 55 - The evil spirit **** Tang Sanzang, the righteous nature and cultivation do not damage the body. In the TV series, we can only combine them into one episode to perform, which is the Kingdom of Women's Kingdom."

"The original author divided this difficulty into a trivial problem. There are many such examples in it. It is far-fetched to want to shoot 81 episodes."

Yang Jie looked at Lin Qiang-Cheng with disappointed expression and then said, "But we can try our best to enrich the plot. It is okay to shoot more episodes. I can discuss it with the two screenwriters."

She was also afraid that Lin Johnson would be dissatisfied, so in order to take care of the investor, she also secretly made up her mind to shoot more episodes and count them.

Lin Johnson patted his thighs and said, "Yes, Director Yang, how enough is there only three screenwriters in the crew? Besides, you are the director. We need to invite more screenwriters. There are many people and many children. Look at who can enter the crew in the literary and artistic circles, and invite them here!"
Chapter completed!