In the 1986 version of "Journey to the West" actually only has 25 episodes. After Tianzhu collected the Jade Rabbit Spirit, the 25 episode "Bosheng Pure Land" ended directly. The four masters and apprentices were each given titles and returned to the Tang Dynasty to obtain scriptures.

The scene where Tang Monk and his disciples stood in the clouds and shouted, "We are back from obtaining the scriptures" has also become the loudest memory of many people in childhood.

After the 25-episode version was a huge success, in 1998, CCTV filmed 16 episodes in the form of "making a complete classic work" on the grounds that Tang Monk told Tang Taizong a story, which was the so-called "Journey to the West Sequel".

At the beginning, director Yang Jie tried to combine these two versions into one, but for various reasons, they failed to get what they wanted, so they had to play them separately.

When Liu Jingting was a child, he heard about the sequel that there was a big-name grandson who liked to watch "Journey to the West". After the first ending, he was always obsessed with it, so the big-name ordered it to have this sequel.

This is of course a reason why adults temporarily complained about the frequent "why" of children. Just like "chasing the rainbow, you can go to the sky." These lies are self-defeating as you grow older. Of course, for Liu Jingting, it was not until he really came into contact with the TV series that he had completely understood the difficulty of combining "16" and "25", because the styles of the two versions were very different in both the scene or the action design. At that time, the biggest question for children to watch the sequel was why the monkey movements in the sequel became faster?

At first, when Liu Jingting was preparing to film "Journey to the West", he thought about this question. Should we also use the "two-step" method, first "25" episodes, and then add "16" episodes by telling stories and recalling them. However, after repeated consideration, we finally denied this idea and reenacted the classics. There is no need to repeat the regrets. It is better to do it in one go and shoot them all the way in the original order, and because we have a clear mind, the styles before and after can be completely consistent.

The most important thing is that the filming and writing style is even more necessary.

Although there were still constant news about Liu Jingting, he himself once again entered a state of deafing the matter outside the window, as if everything suddenly had nothing to do with him.

"He was thrilling outside the door, and he was calm inside..."

Even Xu Qing was puzzled by this change. She once said that every time she returned from a distance, people's mentality will undergo subtle changes. At least they will gradually understand that secular disputes are ridiculous things. If you throw away these entanglements, people's hearts will become stronger and stronger.

However, after meeting Liu Jingting, he first faced Wu Qiguang's uneasiness, and then experienced various storms in "Jianglu". Now he has witnessed the right and wrong Liu Jingting faces with his own eyes, and he feels more and more that his years of life experience has not been able to constitute an advantage over Liu Jingting.

Is it true that he said that his mental age is the same as me, or even older than me? Or is he actually just a childish personality and lacks patience for things other than writing. He came forward to interact with everyone for a few times, and then became less excited?

Xu Qing couldn't guess, so she felt that her self-esteem was slightly frustrated. She debated with Liu Jingting the difference between "traveling thousands of miles" and "reading thousands of books". Obviously, she represents the former, and Liu Jingting belongs to the latter. From the two of them fighting openly and secretly to the present, Liu Jingting has a clear upper hand. This is something she cannot accept. After all, in addition to completing the filming of the TV series, she also has to fulfill the obligations of other elders. However, with Liu Jingting's young and mature situation, how can this elder continue smoothly?

So, Xu Qing decided to investigate secretly. While Liu Jingting was working on the spot, she took the opportunity to sneak out and entered Liu Jingting's lounge openly. This place was completely familiar to her, such as chairs, blankets, kettles, snacks, wooden tables, novels, scripts... Nothing has the value of in-depth digging.

Xu Qing sat down on the chair that Liu Jingting often sat and took the book he was reading. It was a book about screenwriters' self-cultivation. The name was "How to Tell Stories". The author was a very outstanding screenwriter in Hollywood. Xu Qing certainly knew about this book because Liu Jingting recommended it to her several times.

Adhering to the principle that "a person's personality tendency can be seen from a person's interest in reading", Xu Qing looked through the catalog of this book, which is also her usual style of reading. However, just as she turned to the catalog page, a square folded piece of white paper slipped out of the page. Xu Qing felt moved and hurriedly took the paper. When she opened it, she couldn't help but feel disappointed. There was no unknown secret about Liu Jingting, but just a simple shooting schedule made by Liu Jingting herself.

"Estimated 41-45 episodes, one episode per week."

“Weather, important holiday factors.”

...

"The ending of July of the nine years, graduation."

Although it was just a few words, Xu Qing did not have dyslexia. After reading it all the way, her mood became more and more complicated. Then she felt relieved. Finally, she seemed to suddenly realize that she folded the paper carefully and put it back into the book.

"With such a intensive work schedule, how can you still have the energy to deal with those storms?"

Xu Qing thought to herself and walked out of Liu Jingting's rest room.

"It turns out that he is still planning to treat this TV series as his graduation memorial."

Xu Qing, who returned to the shooting scene, stood not far away and looked at Liu Jingting staring at the monitor, and said to herself.

"Card!"

Just as Xu Qing was so confused that she was suddenly interrupted by the deputy director's shout, and then she saw Liu Jingting get up and applaud.

"The crew will be transferred overnight tonight, and the shooting of a new episode will start tomorrow morning."

At the end, Liu Jingting briefly told Gong Chengpin about the subsequent shooting plan.

"Don't you need to rest?" Gong Chengpin asked.

“You can rest on the road.”

“That’s OK.”

Xu Qing originally wanted to come forward to persuade Liu Jingting, but when she thought of the paper, she laughed at herself and finally didn't raise her foot.

...

Just a week later, everyone in the crew realized that the shooting pace is accelerating now, and most people don’t know the specific reason, but when chatting privately, they guessed that it might be the reason for the TV station’s schedule adjustment.

However, since director Liu Jingting and producer Gong Chengpin worked so hard, no one complained. After all, with the broadcast of the series, the popularity and fame of the TV series have increased, and "working for "Journey to the West"" has risen to a high point.
Chapter completed!