Returning to Kyoto from Malay was already after the National Day holiday.
The current "Assembly" is still in theaters, and due to the official booking of the theater, the daily box office has increased instead of falling.
Liu Qingshan is not hypocritical. According to Fu Lao, if he finds an opportunity to write two more military-themed scripts in the future, it will be equivalent to a reward.
After three days of working behind closed doors at home, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" finally premiered on the Shanghai TV channel.
This kind of costume drama that makes up history would not be accepted by National Television, and even Kyoto Satellite TV did not dare to touch it easily. It was chosen by Shanghai Satellite TV because their station director personally came forward to accept it.
This is also the second TV series script Liu Qingshan has "written" besides "Knowing or Not".
Many people know about it, and market expectations have always been high.
The key is that the TV station's publicity stunt of "Mainland's first palace battle drama" is more attractive. After all, this type of drama has never appeared in the mainland.
The lengthy advertisement was as exaggerated and repetitive as ever, but as soon as the opening song "The Beauty Tribulation" appeared, many people immediately liked it.
This song is lingering, affectionate and moving, with a strong Chinese style. Jinxi's clear and clear tone and the smooth transition between high and low are all admirable.
The key is that this song is full of ancient meaning and has a long charm, which is very suitable for the scene change in the opening sequence.
Lyrics like "Cut off the thread of love, the heart is still confused, and thousands of threads are still entangled, and give up the country." Combined with the moving music melody, and interpreted by Jin Xishan's singing, people can't help but be intoxicated.
When entering the main drama, the first impression you get is that it has a high degree of restoration of the Qing Dynasty. Compared with the previous Qing palace dramas, the harem etiquette can only be regarded as perfunctory.
If you meet a concubine of the eighth level on the road, how should you salute? When two noble concubines meet, how do they salute? How do slaves and slaves salute? If other concubines ask slaves to bring gifts, how should they return the gifts? How to give rewards to slaves?
When officials talk about the emperor in private, they must clasp their fists and raise their upper right hand. This etiquette has been seen in all costume dramas before, but no one paid attention to it. It appears in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which is well-produced and has exquisite details.
This kind of detail has already attracted the attention of many interested people before the plot of the first episode is even halfway through.
But Jin Xishan's appearance as a girl is the most amazing. Within a few minutes of her appearance, people forget her actual age.
After Liu Qingshan's physical transformation, her current condition is actually similar to that of eighteen or nineteen years old. Even without exquisite makeup, the effect is still impressive.
In the first episode, Zhen Huan appeared and did three things, namely making a wish, rejecting the marriage proposal and fighting against injustice.
In the background of Zhen Huan's time, according to her age, the to-do list at this moment is to get married, which is equivalent to a modern girl going to the temple to pray before the college entrance examination at the age of 17, praying to be admitted to a favorite university. .
Therefore, marrying Zhen Huan will make it easy to take the college entrance examination. If a person wants to be admitted to the best university in the country, it shows that she is confident in her own performance.
Zhen Huan wants to marry the best man, which shows that she has confidence in her own qualifications.
What you really want is to live up to yourself. The emperor may not be the best man in the world, and Zhen Huan may let herself down. This possibility is so high that Zhen Huan also hesitates in her heart.
She claimed that she did not want to be selected, but she did not say it when she made the wish because she subconsciously wanted to take the risk, but she was just a little scared.
Why did Zhen Huan reject Wen Shichu's proposal? The first reason is what she said herself: the ancestral rule - a show girl who has not been selected for viewing must not get married in private.
The second reason is that she really doesn't like Wen Ah, and agreeing to be with this person would be letting herself down, so the reason for her refusal is nothing to analyze.
Why did Zhen Huan stand up and speak for An Lingrong? Because when she saw someone being innocently humiliated, her benevolent character made her want to help. But when I was stopped, I felt that getting involved in the dispute would be of no benefit to me, so I endured it.
The second time she had to stand up no matter what, it was because Xia Dongchun wanted An Lingrong to kneel down and admit her mistake. This move violated Zhen Huan's belief in "reason".
In the early days, Zhen Huan believed that the world was reasonable, and a "reason" was enough to prevail. This is why Zhen Huan was always unforgiving, because she wanted to be reasonable.
She is a good person, but many times she is too immersed in self-satisfaction and does not take into account An Lingrong's uneasiness as a poor woman receiving so many benefits from her. This is also Zhen Huan's arrogant side.
The first episode has a lot of details and foreshadowing. In the first shot of the episode, there is a eunuch cracking the whip three times, which is the etiquette of the ancient palace.
On behalf of the new emperor, he ascended the throne and accepted the court rites of the ministers. The imperial power was supreme. If you saw the final ending, the same was true when Hongli ascended the throne.
This shot means that the fate of all subsequent characters will revolve in the whirlpool of imperial power.
Next, the camera switches to the scene of Yongzheng's ascension to the throne. Longkoduo and Nian Gengyao are walking at the front of the court procession. These two people hold high-level leadership positions in the court.
If these two people work alone, not only will they take away many of the emperor's ministers, but the emperor's position may also be unstable.
This paved the way for the later scene where the emperor decided to remove Nian Gengyao due to his great achievements, and also explained why the emperor doted on Concubine Hua.
In the third scene, when Su Peisheng read out the imperial edict and discussed rewards for merit, the director gave Longkodo, Nian Gengyao, Zhang Tingyu, Zhen Yuandao, and Guar Jia'emin each a capital shot.
It wasn’t until I watched the entire drama that I found out that these people were the ministers who were used by the emperor to bring down Nian Gengyao. The daughters of these heroes were also the most active protagonists in the harem fight.
Later, Su Peisheng opened his mouth and asked if his sister was okay in the palace. This detail is even more foreshadowing.
You must know that Eunuch Su is the emperor's personal eunuch and the secretary to the chairman. At this time, he can only ask questions and answer questions.
From this small detail, it can be seen that Nian Gengyao's dominance mentality has already begun at this time, laying the groundwork for the emperor to disagree with his views and directly blame him.
But Longkodo has nothing here. You must know that Longkodo is the emperor's uncle. Everyone else has prizes, but his immediate family uncle does not.
It can be seen that the emperor did not take this uncle seriously, which paved the way for the subsequent appearance of the queen mother.
Then the camera turned and entered the Nourishing Heart Hall.
The emperor was busy reviewing the memorials, and the Jingshifang came on time and on time with the sign indicating that the concubines in the harem were sleeping, and asked the emperor to turn over the cards.
There are only seven brands in the tray. The first one is General Nian's sister, Concubine Hua, and the Queen is ranked last.
The emperor said nothing, did not raise his head, and showed no intention of stopping the pen in his hand.
As soon as the Queen Mother came in to deliver porridge and pickles, the Emperor immediately stood up to say hello, and then concentrated on talking to the Queen Mother.
This short plot shows that the emperor is very filial and spends most of his time on government affairs. The communication and relationship between mother and son are particularly good, which lays the groundwork for the subsequent plot where the emperor asks the queen mother to remove Longkodo. Chinese website
The drunkard's intention was not to drink. The Queen Mother was not just here to deliver porridge. She was actually here to urge the Emperor to have a baby. The Queen Mother said, "The Queen, Concubine Qi, and Concubine Duan are all very young."
You may not understand anything the first time you watch the show, but the second or third time you watch this sentence from the Queen Mother, you will be horrified to think about it.
The concubines the Queen Mother mentioned were all married to the Emperor before he ascended the throne, and so did Concubine Hua. Why didn’t the Queen Mother mention her name?
Because the Queen Mother and the Emperor did not include Concubine Hua in the team to give birth to a baby.
Later, the conversation between mother and son reluctantly mentioned Concubine Hua. The Queen Mother said this: "Concubine Hua is capable and beautiful. You have pampered her for so many years. It doesn't matter if you marry a new one. It's better to share the beauty equally than to stand alone."
In other words, the Queen Mother wanted to be selected by the emperor. In addition to wanting to continue her heirs, she also wanted to find someone to compete with Concubine Hua.
It can be seen from the Queen Mother's words that Concubine Hua's fate will not be easy in the future. Not only does she want to have children, but she also has to find someone to share her favor. How can there be any happiness in this life?
The next scene is about Zhen Huan, who offered incense but failed to make a wish.
As soon as they left the temple, the maid stayed and told Zhen Huan the wish she had just made: "All the other beautiful ladies are begging to be chosen, but our young lady is begging to be rejected."
This small detail is well ambush. You begged not to be selected, but you were selected. The emperor took a liking to Zhen Huan at a glance during the draft.
Please note that in the first episode, Zhen Huan went to Ganlu Temple to pray to gods and worship Buddha. The couplet in the temple reads like this:
First couplet: The record of receiving Bodhi through nectar initiation
Second line: The bright light spreads across the body to save all sentient beings
It means that Zhen Huan later went to Ganlu Temple to practice and suffered all kinds of hardships, revealing Zhen Huan's destiny to be reborn here.
Next comes summer, winter and spring, summer, winter and spring, summer, winter and spring, four seasons throughout the year, except autumn.
As soon as he appeared, he was arrogant and domineering, bullying others everywhere, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from Concubine Hua, who rewarded her with a lot of red. Her life declined in autumn. Xia Dongchun was destined to not survive more than three episodes after her appearance.
The highlight of the first episode is that An Lingrong was bullied. Zhen Huan couldn't tolerate the shame in her eyes. With a few words, she helped her to make Xia Dongchun angry. She also put a flower in her head and took off her earrings to bring to her. superior.
It was Zhen Huan's unintentional move that made An Lingrong selected. Unfortunately, An Lingrong turned to the Queen's team, got Zhen Huan's approval, and ended up committing suicide.
This foreshadowing exposes the ups and downs of An Lingrong's fate. Zhen Huan succeeds and Zhen Huan fails.
I have to say that in the first episode, not a single shot was wasted for a second, but for the audience at this time, they were far from being able to experience it so deeply.
However, the production of the series is exquisite, the characters are vividly portrayed, and the historical details are well documented. In fact, it can be regarded as a good drama that has not been seen in many years.
More importantly, the clothes of every character in it match the identity of the character in the palace. The quality is excellent and the workmanship is exquisite. It can be seen at a glance that this drama has put a lot of effort into details. .
It can be said that this palace battle drama is more like a continuation of "Historical Records" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". While showing the thoughts of ancient monarchs and ministers, it is also reinterpreted by contemporary values and aesthetic standards.
It was only after the end of the first season that all the viewers were far from realizing the horror of this show. As the plot gradually deepened, people were shocked to realize that every scene had a purpose and had something to explain. Yes, it's a foreshadowing for what's to come.
