Chapter 100: Wig? Come on!

[Sister Dong Le is going for cosmetic surgery? 】

【What kind of project is this? The effect is so good. 】

"Um... Dear netizens, is it possible that I am not that old?"

"I just entered the industry relatively early. I am only 25 years old this year."

【25? 】

【What? 】

"It's true, netizens, I know you are surprised, but I am only 25 years old. I debuted early because when I was a freshman in college, CCTV held a volunteer activity for TV stations."

"I wanted to see the filming process of the program with my own eyes, so I signed up."

"I remember that we were responsible for filming the Miao doctors in Miaojiang."

"We followed the program crew through mountains and rivers, but we never expected that the original host at that time was in poor health due to long-term hiking in the wild, so he was unable to continue the interview and hosting work at that time."

"The director team had no one available in the mountains, so they gave me the opportunity to be an assistant intern."

"It was for this reason that I got the opportunity to stay in the program team. So I entered the industry very early."

[Yes, I heard that the previous host climbed the mountain for several days in a row, and after being exhausted, he accidentally mistook heat stroke for food poisoning. ]

[Yes, yes, yes, this incident was even reported in the news at the time.]

[Locals ordered it. I remember that the host was carried down the mountain on a stretcher because of heat stroke and exhaustion during her period. Passersby mistook it for food poisoning.]

[Yes, it seemed that the host was on a stretcher, listening to people around her discussing food poisoning, and then she just happened to eat mushrooms before going up the mountain in the morning, so she thought she had eaten something wrong.]

Dong Lele: "Yes, that's basically what happened. We didn't have any conspiracy or any unprofessional privilege at the time. We were a program team working in a relatively extreme environment, and we made emergency measures when we had no choice."

"But I am also very fortunate, saying that it was because of this opportunity that I had the chance to work at CCTV."

"In addition, the host you mentioned who mistakenly thought he had food poisoning was my director when I was hosting at CCTV."

"We have worked together for many years and have a good relationship. As for you saying that I have become younger, it is actually because I was too young at that time and still had a little baby fat, so when I was on camera, I would put on makeup that was more mature."

"This practice is very common in TV stations, in order to make the host's age change more lasting in the eyes of the audience."

Obviously, this is a sensitive age topic for girls, but for Dong Lele, it has gradually become a commonplace helplessness.

Over the years, she has been accustomed to dressing maturely in front of the camera and has been misunderstood about her age countless times.

Not to mention the audience, even some of her relatives who lived a little further away would occasionally ask her misleading questions like "How old is the child?" At that time, she was not even 20 years old.

[So your previous "old-fashioned" hairstyle was a wig? ]

"Sorry, that's my real hair. I'm very proud of this. The makeup artist at CCTV originally prepared a wig for me, but because my hair is too thick, I had to braid it before work every day."

[But you look like you have very little hair now. ]

[Are you sure it’s not because the wig was taken off? ]

"Well... let me tell you this, at least until three years ago, all my looks were done with my own hair."

[OK. So it was in the fourth year that your hair started to become less, right?]

[Oh my god, it’s only been three years. Lele was only 22 years old three years ago.]

[Oh my god, the contrast is so strong. If Sister Lele’s hair in the early days of hosting was all real hair…]

[Sister Lele has lost at least half her hair in the past few years. ]

…

After all, it is a live interview and interactive program, and the output of barrage is also a very important part of the live broadcast.

At first, the production team thought about whether to interrupt this topic, but seeing the increasingly active comments in the live broadcast room, they finally chose to let it go.

Although such statements may deviate somewhat from the theme of their live broadcast this time.

But when they thought about their subsequent live broadcast content that would obviously be biased towards popular science, the program crew finally decided not to press the pause button.

When doing live streaming, the thing I fear most is the abrupt change in style.

This is like a TV show about a sweet couple one second and a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law the next. Popular science content is inherently awkward, and if it is forced at this time, it will only cause more viewers who could have been attracted to leave because of the huge emotional gap.

Live broadcast is not like recorded broadcast where one can stop at any time. As the production team, they can only hope that after this period is over, Dong Lele will be able to use his experience to gradually get the style of the live broadcast room back on track.

But perhaps out of a last glimmer of hope, they finally chose to hold up the prompt board in their hands behind the live camera.

\"Bring the topic back on track without making a sudden change."

That’s right, this slogan is directed at Jia Wenyan.

The comedy atmosphere on Dong Lele's side cannot be lost, so if we want to reverse it, it depends on whether Jia Wenyan has any suitable jokes.

For a craftsman who is used to technical work, this is definitely a very difficult impasse to resolve.

"Mogao Grottoes and Hair."

Her mind kept thinking about the relationship between the two, and finally, in a fit of excitement, she came up with a view that was obviously "outrageous" in the cultural field.

At that moment, Jia Wenyan looked at the camera and symbolically interrupted Dong Lele's self-incrimination, saying, "I testify that Lele does have a lot of hair."

Dong Lele: "Right, I wear a wig just because it saves a lot of time on styling."

"With the volume of my hair, I can pull off that hairstyle even without a wig."

Jia Wenyan: "Yes, although Lele's hair does not look as dense as in previous photos, her hair volume is still enviable to many people. However, speaking of wigs, I have a very interesting question in mind."

After Jia Wenyan finished speaking, she symbolically pointed to the picture of the Mogao Grottoes scenic area behind her.

"I don't know if you have ever wondered when you were a kid that Tang Monk was bald when he became a monk, but the Tathagata Buddha, who represents the highest leader of the Western Paradise, has a head of "thick" hair."

[Fuck, that's right, isn't it said that when you become a monk you have to shave your head and burn your hair? Why does the Buddha have hair and it's so thick. ]

【Add one, I suddenly think it is right, I only paid attention to Guanyin Bodhisattva's guidance in cultivation, and never thought about the issue of Tathagata Buddha.】

"OK, let me briefly explain to you that the part on the head of Tathagata Buddha is not the "hair" in our subjective consciousness, but represents the fleshy bun in Buddhist culture."

Jia Wenyan: "The so-called meat bun refers to the bun-like structure formed by the natural protrusion of the parietal bone."

"This is the symbol of perfect merit in Buddhist culture. However, in order to make the makeup look natural, many TV dramas choose to use a wig-like hairstyle to braid the hair into a bun."

"Although this may go against the original setting of Buddhism, you can imagine that if a person is bald, the protrusion of the skull will form such a head shape."

"I think this is one of the main reasons why people choose to cover their hair with a color similar to their hair color."

"There is also another theory that because the idea of ​​protruding bones was too "shocking", many people in later generations regarded the meat bun as a hairstyle that only people with great spiritual attainments could wear."

"So if you really care, you can also understand it as the hair that grows when a monk becomes a monk and sees through the mundane world and successfully attains enlightenment."

Dong Lele: "But if we think this way, wouldn't there be a risk of misinterpreting or even disrespecting religious culture?"

"I have consulted on this point. We all know that Buddhism is a religious culture that originated in India, so there are many images from ancient Indian culture in Buddhism.

So if we consider the representative curly hair of Indians, I would rather believe that it is a hairstyle with regular natural curls than the so-called meat bun. "

"I have been thinking about how far we should go in restoring cultural relics."

"I have also thought a lot about whether our current aesthetics can match the works of that era. Especially the restoration of the Mogao Grottoes murals and Buddha statues this time. Many of the objects I restored before were just cultural relics, but this time the Buddha statues and murals really involve a lot of cultural beliefs."

"I was also afraid that the results of my restoration would not satisfy the public. But later when I was discussing with an abbot in Xian'an whether the template for restoring the Buddha statue was reasonable, the abbot said something to me."

"He said that no matter whether it is gods or Buddhas, they are all the product of people's beliefs. Their images are what people are willing to believe in and worship."

"It's just like when we always say that gods and Buddhas have so many golden bodies/incarnations."

"The Buddha has no form, but takes the form of sentient beings as his form."

"The appearance of gods and Buddhas is not a fixed image, but represents the embodiment of people's beliefs."

"Besides, after the Buddhist culture was introduced into Donghuang, it itself underwent many changes while integrating with Donghuang culture."

Dong Lele: "So Director Jia, what you mean is that if there were no such evolution in later generations and it was really based on the theory of the meat bun."

"Then the stone statues and murals we see now will all have the same color for their bodies and heads."

Jia Wenyan: "Yes, I think that is not in line with the public's aesthetics, so I would rather believe that those fleshy buns are hair, rather than just skulls."

"This is the question I think about most during the restoration of the Mogao Grottoes murals and Buddha statues."

Jia Wenyan: "So this time when I was restoring the Mogao Grottoes, I made several corresponding designs in virtual VR based on several existing Buddha statue templates."

"People can choose the image they are willing to believe in through the VR lens. As for the Buddha statues in Mogao Grottoes, we will carry out close restoration in reality with faith."

"It's not a remodel, but a complete adjustment based on the existing foundation."

After Jia Wenyan finished speaking, she signaled to the staff to switch the camera's image to the VR virtual scene prepared by Yong'an College.

With the help of VR real scenes, the Mogao Grottoes, which had turned into a yellow earth due to the erosion of time, have regained their color.

This is the conclusion drawn by Yong'an College based on the remaining traces on the stone statue.

From dull to gorgeous, although the Mogao Grottoes in VR reality lacks the beauty of the changes of historical years, it gives the public another shock that represents traditional craft culture.

Netizen: [So Director Jia’s meaning is, can you really restore the Mogao Grottoes to the way they look in the pictures? ]