My idol is myself

Chapter 128 Tit for Tat 【Ask for a monthly ticket】

The episode chosen by Wang Tie is the plot of outwitting the birth plan. This plot is also the most classic content of the Water Margin. There are exactly nine characters on the scene, the green-faced beast Yang Zhi, and everyone in Liangshan, Chao Gai, the king of Tota, Wu Yong, the wise multi-star, Nguyen Thi Sanxiong and others.

A strong men's drama is coming. This is also the type that Wang Tie is best at. I don't know if he has never filmed a costume drama. Although the Liangshan heroes can also be said to be ruthless gangsters, in the drama directed by Wang Tie, there is one A strange gangster smell.

The plot of the story is mainly that a few people from Liangshan turned into passing businessmen, drugged the wine, and fascinated Yang Zhi and other officers and soldiers who escorted the birthday gang.

But I didn’t realize it, but it felt like a gangster and the police fighting wits and courage, especially the lines of the characters in the play. I don’t know whether it was the request of Wang Tie’s director or the actors’ own ideas. They were all translated into modern Chinese and translated The foundation of the book is not in place, and there is no flavor of the original text at all.

White Rat Bai Sheng was originally pretending to be a passer-by selling jujubes, and he used the trick of playing hard to get, deliberately not selling wine to the officers and soldiers under Yang Zhi's command, but after Wang Tie's change, he felt like a gangster taking bribes.

White Rat Bai Sheng said: "My lords, the weather is hot now, would you like to try my fine wine?"

Yang Zhi, the green-faced beast: "I'm afraid you, a peddler, have bad intentions and drugged us with sweat in the wine, right?"

Just when Bai Sheng turned pale with shock, the two on the side bothered but chuckled and said, "Give him some guts, and he wouldn't dare to prescribe drugs to us, do you have the guts?"

Bai Sheng knelt down and looked flattering, "I don't dare, I won't dare."

A group of officers and soldiers laughed loudly, and under Yang Zhi's angry face, they gathered around the barrel and ate wine, but they didn't even plan to give money after eating.

Xu Wenruo looked at the performance on the stage and shook his head gently. Without much change in the plot, Wang Tie included a lot of private life in it, such as many elements of police and gangster movies.

The cunning and humbleness of the gangsters, the corruption and incompetence inside the police officers, of course, there is an honest protagonist among them, who is helpless in the face of this phenomenon.

If it wasn't for the skin of a Liangshan hero, the core would be an out-and-out gangster movie. After watching this clip, Xu Wenruo understands why so many people on the Internet say that Wang Tie has been living on his laurels, and his directorial style is only immersed in himself. Amidst the splendor of his life, he was simply unwilling to make changes.

Wang Tie may think that he was able to win unanimous praise from the audience by relying on this set back then, so he must be able to do so now, as long as he replicates the old way before, he can achieve success again.

Wang Tie's stubborn head is not willing to think about one thing at all, that is, the audience's taste will change, and no one will like the unchanging film and television style.

In fact, it cannot be said that Wang Tie is not aware of this problem. He has also tried to shoot many different types of movies in recent years, but just like the short films on stage, no matter how much he changes, the core has not changed.

Thanks to Wang Tie's many years of experience in directing, although his short film tastes a bit strange, the overall plot is relatively smooth, and the entire story of outsmarting the birthday card is completely told. The performances of each actor are also very good. serious.

The nine actors on the stage stood in a row after the performance. Director Wang Tie was the first to stand up from the commentary and applaud. Judging from his smug expression, Wang Tie was still very satisfied with his work.

"Let us encourage these hard-working actors with applause first. I want to ask you, are you satisfied with your performance?"

The actor Liu Hui who played the role of Yang Zhi, the green-faced beast, looked at Wang Tie on the opposite judge's table with a very serious expression, and his tone was full of gratitude.

"I am still very satisfied with my performance. This is first of all due to the teaching of Director Wang Tie. With his help, I have deeply explored the role of Yang Zhi and gained a lot. Act with ease."

"Then how do other people feel? I'm still quite curious about the role of Bai Sheng, the white day mouse. Tell me about it."

"At the beginning, I didn't understand this character at all. Director Wang Tie saw my problem and took the initiative to help me analyze the character. He told me not to regard Bai Sheng, the day mouse, as a hero. Just imagine him as a rat. Director Wang Tie's words made me feel like I was enlightened. It turns out that this is how the Rat in the Day is going to be played!"

Under the twitching expression at the corner of Yu Chao's mouth, the nine actors praised Wang Tie one by one, almost praising him as the only good director in the world. Faced with such praise, Wang Tie looked calm, but the corners of his mouth raised His smile betrayed his emotions.

Xu Wenruo was very speechless listening to these actors' flattery. There must be a limit to commercial mutual boasting. This kind of mindless boasting is really embarrassing, but watching these actors and Wang Tie is not embarrassing at all. On the contrary, he seemed to enjoy it.

When Yu Chao started to ask several directors for their opinions, after listening to the two directors, Zhou Hong and Jiang Kai, he really felt a little uncomfortable.

Zhou Hong and Jiang Kai are also two veterans. They don’t offend anyone at all. They first point out a small shortcoming of the short film, and then start to praise. What they said not only expresses their professionalism, but also does not offend others at all. .

Xu Wenruo had to admire him. He was indeed an old-timer and spoke so nicely. However, Xu Wenruo was not so polite. Not to mention the previous grudge between Xu Wenruo and Wang Tie, Xu Wenruo would definitely not tolerate him. This short film was full of flaws.

"After watching this short film, I quickly understood that Director Wang Tie must be an excellent director of police and criminal films. Even in traditional costume dramas like Water Margin, you can still see the elements of police and criminal films. It is really interesting."

"I couldn't understand it, but I was greatly shocked. This set a new precedent. I would like to call it a costumed police drama."

Xu Wenruo's strange expression made Wang Tie's face gradually turn livid. He immediately interrupted Xu Wenruo's evaluation. His words were very sharp and full of gunpowder.

"Oh, if Director Xu has any other great ideas, let's say them together. I am humbled to be educated, and I will also see how Director Xu's short film is, whether it is perfect or not."

"I've finished my humble opinion. Once you finish reading my works, I'll ask Director Wang to give me some advice."

The contradiction between Xu Wenruo and Wang Tie was nakedly displayed in front of everyone. Even the actors on the stage looked at Xu Wenruo with surprise in their eyes. The long-time director Wang Tie is tough.

If Xu Wen really didn't give Wang Tie any face at all, he not only got angry with director Wang Tie amidst the praise, but also remained tough after Wang Tie responded.

Others didn't know why Xu Wenruo was able to remain tough, so they began to pay attention to what works Xu Wenruo would bring. No matter what, they still had to use the works to speak.

Amidst the roar of machinery behind the stage, another set of scenery was moved to the front of the stage. This was Xu Wenruo's work. Meng Da, Ning Jun and others were also getting ready on the stage.

Because of the professionalism of the program group, the props and costumes of the entire crew were fine, but as soon as Ning Jun came out, the other three directors on the judging panel couldn't help frowning.

It’s not that Ning Jun’s Monkey King doesn’t look like that, but his movements feel exaggerated. Unlike the monkey spirit of a professional monkey show actor, Ning Jun’s Monkey King is more like a fool than a a monkey.

The golden cudgel was draped over both shoulders, with both hands resting on it, and he swayed and swayed as he walked, with a look of idleness, not at all the aura of Monkey King Equaling Heaven.

Ning Jun’s Monkey King is different from all previous versions, and it’s no wonder that the other three directors frown. For them who are not young and gradually fall into the stereotype of thinking, this Monkey King’s image is too deviant.

"Wukong, don't go so fast. I can't keep up with you as a teacher. You have to wait for us. It's easy for you to walk ahead alone. Poor Bailongma and Drifting have to pick so many hearts, they are very tired. , even if you don’t feel sorry for the teacher, you should feel sorry for the Drifting Monk and the White Dragon Horse.”

"Hey, Wukong, don't sit on the grass. Flowers and plants are alive. You put your whole body on these flowers and plants. They can't breathe. If they can't breathe, they will die. My Buddha is merciful, you have already converted Buddhism, you can't kill when you go there, you have broken the precept."

As soon as the Sun Wukong played by Ning Jun showed up, before everyone could react, Tang Seng played by Meng Da appeared on the stage. He kept talking about it, not to mention Wukong who was walking in the front, and even the eight people who were following Tang Seng. Both Jie and Sha Seng looked helpless.

Listening to Tang Monk's eloquent speech, Sun Wukong finally couldn't help but turned around and roared.

"I'm sick!"

"Wukong, not long after you have just started on the road, you are beginning to feel annoyed by the teacher. You must know that you have to go through 81 difficulties on the way to learn the scriptures. You have to be a little patient. The teacher said that this is all for your own good. I hope you can Unless you understand the Buddha nature from it, otherwise it will be useless to obtain the true scriptures.”

"Ah!"

Monkey King couldn't bear it anymore, he gave a soft drink, and then left in the clouds and fog, leaving Tang Seng and the three in a daze. an idea.

"Master, I'm going to call the senior brother back. Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I go."

"Hey, Wu Jing, look at Wukong and Bajie. They are starting to get tired of Master, but why don't they understand Master's good intentions? Only you, Wu Jing, are the most considerate and can patiently listen to Master. The teachings, alas, the two of them are like this, if they can protect me and obtain the true scriptures."

Sha Monk touched his head. Even though he didn't speak, the expression on his face showed a speechless look.

Seeing this, the other three directors in the commentary box frowned even more. They had seen the performance of Sun Wukong played by Ning Jun before, and thought it was the actor's personal problem that made him appear so exaggerated. But after watching this Throughout the performance, I discovered that it was not the actors that were exaggerated, but the entire play.

So they watched the short film on the stage, and turned their heads to look at Xu Wenruo. They didn't know what kind of cards Xu Wenruo wanted to play, and what kind of trouble was this.

However, as the plot progressed, the style of the entire short film became more and more outrageous. Seeing the bone spirit posing on the stage, and Tang Seng who wanted to talk about life and ideals with the fairy, the three of them seemed a little at a loss.

What the hell is this?Journey to the West can actually be adapted like this?Doesn't this ruin the classic?
However, Director Wang Tie sneered when he watched it, and his frowning brows relaxed. It was indeed difficult for him to accept this form of expression, but when he thought that this was Xu Wenruo's work, he could make such a deviant short film , Director Wang Tie has a lot to say next.

Wang Tie has already made up his mind that Xu Wenruo must be prevented from coming to power later, and the villain will not take revenge overnight. If these Xu Wenruo can be caught by him, Wang Tie will not give up this opportunity easily no matter what.

Xu Wenruo also felt the strange looks from the other three directors, but he remained calm, his expression remained very calm, and he was not moved by the outside world at all.

The short film adapted by Xu Wenruo is of course not as simple as exaggeration. Behind the exaggeration is the story. The core of the story after Xu Wenruo's adaptation is not to learn from the scriptures, but to focus on Monkey King. transformation.

The exaggerated tone and plot belong to other characters, but the protagonist of the story, Sun Wukong, is out of tune with this exaggerated world.

Faced with the charming White Bone Demon, Monkey King was not moved at all, and directly beat him to death with a stick.

Faced with Tang Seng's questioning, Monkey King didn't give any extra explanations. When the Bone Demon appeared again, what was waiting for her was still a slap in the face.

Even though he was expelled by Tang Seng, Sun Wukong still left with his head held high. His inner pride made him incompatible with this world. Maybe he has a pair of piercing eyes that can see through all kinds of falsehoods in the world, so he looks lonely and out of the crowd, and everyone is drunk. Only he wakes up alone.

After returning to Huaguo Mountain, Sun Wukong regained the title of Monkey King, but he was still unhappy. When Bajie rushed to the Water Curtain Cave to invite the Monkey King to come out of the mountain but failed, he talked with the monkey Sun Monkey at the entrance of the cave about the Monkey King. At such a majestic time, the monkey king in the cave seemed extremely lonely.

As the plot progressed, Jiang Kai, who was on the judging panel, discovered that Xu Wenruo's short film had such deep meaning. As a director of literary films, Jiang Kai quickly understood what Xu Wenruo wanted to express.

The whole play may seem exaggerated, but in fact it is a tragedy. In the presence of Tang Seng and others, Sun Wukong's struggle for his identity is clearly displayed in front of the audience. If you understand this meaning, you will feel different when watching the whole play. It's no surprise that those exaggerated performances before, this is because the world itself is exaggerated!

(End of this chapter)