After brushing the thirteen episodes of "The Beginning", I realized that the names of Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun were likely to come from Liu Yuxi's "Autumn Words".
"Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely, and I have said that autumn is better than spring. A crane in the clear sky lined up on the clouds, and it led the poetry to the blue sky. ”
The names of the two men suggest that they are optimists who believe that if they continue to work hard, they can avoid this disaster and eventually end the cycle.
In order to echo the theme of circulation, "Beginning" uses a large number of circular signs, such as the flag that the bus has garbage recycling, and Li Shiqing Xiao Heyun reviews the ins and outs of things on the spiral landmark, this very obvious detail can be seen by everyone, and I will not repeat it in the text.
The details below are the relatively unpopular things I found and what I was interested in myself.
There are 18 in total, 8 is very similar to the logo of the Mobis Ring, and 18 is not used, because there are too many wonderful details in "Beginning", and I will not stick to the number 8.
1. Vicious number 45
45 is the most vicious number in The Beginning.
The bus that was bombed was No. 45, Wang Mengmeng died at 13:45, the bus exploded at 13:45, and what is even more frightening is that Lao Jiao and Wang Xingde both suffered a major event at the age of 45.
Wang Xingde was born in 1970, and in 2015, he was 45 years old, and his daughter Wang Mengmeng was killed.
Lao Jiao was born in 1974, and in 2019, he was 45 years old and he was killed in the blow-up on the no. 45 bus.
2. The garage is investigated
The garage was investigated, most likely related to Tao Yinghong.
On April 4, a fire broke out in tao Yinghong's rented garage, accompanied by an explosion, and the garage had hidden dangers, which attracted the attention of the fire department.
Lao Jiao fell prey to this investigation.
3. Sanitary napkins
The landlord is a nice guy, he gave Lao Jiao a suitcase with unused sanitary napkins in it.
When Lao Jiao called his daughter, he said that he could afford to use "sanitary napkins" and the like, and the landlord should have heard Lao Jiao's call.
He also gave Lao Jiao some sanitary napkins in a euphemistic form.
Lao Jiao gave the sanitary napkin to Li Shiqing on the bus, which shows that Lao Jiao is very kind.
4. Jiao Jiao's award
When Lao Jiao was driven away, "Beginning" gave a close-up of the award, and Jiao Jiao won the first prize in the Olympic Mathematics Competition.
This shot counters the stereotype that girls can't learn math well, and it also tells the plight of the poor.
In order to repay the debt, such a bully actually chose to quit school.
It is often said that poverty cannot defeat smart people, but don't forget that if smart people have superior learning conditions, they will be stronger.
Wei Dongyi can become Wei Shen, indeed inseparable from the support of the original family.
5. Port Shinchon Station
Tao Yinghong's residence near the Port Affairs Xincun Station is the result of careful planning.
Wang Mengmeng died on the cross-river bridge, and the two had a common goal of seeking death at the cross-river bridge. Port Village is only one or two stops away from the Cross River Bridge.
Gangwu Xincun Station is just the previous stop along Jiangdong Road, and too early to get on the car and pedal will face too many variables.
Tao Yinghong can catch up with Wang Xingde's bus, and he needs to pinch the time accurately.
6. See the righteous courage as a prize
Xiao Heyun wooed Lao Jiao's gang leader, and Lao Jiao specifically asked, "Is it counted as seeing righteousness and courage?"
Before that, Lao Jiao's co-workers told him that he could get a 20,000 yuan bonus for seeing the righteous courage.
The debt-ridden old Jiao needs money too much to avoid the bully's daughter Jiao Jiao from dropping out of school to work.
7. The Hidden Truth
The truth about Wang Mengmeng getting off the bus is because she was sexually harassed on the bus.
The reason is speculated that Tao Yinghong asked female passengers on the No. 45 bus three times "have they been sexually harassed".
8. The linkage between Wang Mengmeng and Li Shiqing
Wang Mengmeng took the initiative to get off the car because of sexual harassment, and Li Shiqing also claimed that sexual harassment asked to get off.
In the play, Officer Zhang mentioned that the driver learned how to deal with sexual harassment incidents and understood that the normal process is to call the police and hand over the parties to the police.
Wang Xingde promised Li Shiqing to get off the bus, because he knew that he would detonate the bus across the river bridge, and there was no time to deal with this sexual harassment incident, and it was the best solution for Li Shiqing to get off the bus.
Li Shiqing regarded the driver Wang Xingde as an uncle, but the driver regarded her as a daughter.
The police have retrieved the video of Wang Mengmeng on the bus, blue short-sleeved white satchel, which is highly compatible with Li Shiqing's clothing.
If this is a coincidence, then I would say that the costume designer is really unintentional.
Wang Mengmeng and Li Shiqing have a lot in common, both of them called after getting out of the car, Li Shiqing gave to her mother, Wang Mengmeng gave her father, the other party did not answer, they were both hit by a car. The difference is that Li Shiqing was knocked down by a motorcycle in the loop, and Wang Mengmeng was killed by a large truck.
There is the most uncomfortable setting of "The Beginning", if there is no circular setting, Li Shiqing is also the same as Wang Mengmeng, dead, there is no possibility of rebirth.
9. Jiaodao No.1 Middle School
Li Shiqing's middle school is Jiaodao No. 1 Middle School, and Tao Yinghong was a high school chemistry teacher at Jiaodao No. 1 Middle School.
They didn't know each other, but their fates were already closely linked.
10. Gloves
The driver has been wearing a pair of holed white gloves, Li Shiqing took the initiative to send him new gloves, the driver did not accept.
Because the driver wants his daughter Wang Mengmeng to give him a new pair of gloves in the summer.
However, the holiday has not yet arrived, and Wang Mengmeng's life is forever frozen.
11. Accident-free excellent driver Wang Xingde
In the sixth episode, there is a flash of details, there is a person named Jialin Secret Revealer to publicize Wang Xingde's collection of gold, with the copywriting is "four consecutive years without accidents excellent driver".
At that time, I also wanted to complain that this P-chart was too fake - the eleventh episode, "The Beginning" filled in the pit, mentioning that Wang Xingde did not accept an interview, which was the later P-chart.
An excellent driver who did not have an accident became the killer of the accident because of the death of his daughter.
12. The driver's good and evil sides
Wang Xingde and Tao Yinghong have a common goal, that is, to detonate buses across the river bridge.
But the degree of evil of the two people is not the same.
Wang Xingde did not want too many people to die, so he would give Li Shiqing the opportunity to get off the bus. When Lao Jiao got into the car, he was hesitant to open the door.
Hoping that fewer people will die is proof that Wang Xingde's conscience has not been lost.
However, his goal of blowing up the bus doesn't change — whether the ending will be influenced or not is another matter.
In the eighth episode, Xiao Heyun and Li Shiqing stabbed Tao Yinghong to escape, the driver left the driver's seat, the bus exploded, and the detonator could only be the driver.
The reason is that Tao Yinghong detonated the bomb, the hand has a close-up, the thumb nail is slightly concave, and the thumb nail appears at the end is slightly convex.
This also shows that the detonator at the end can only be the driver Wang Xingde, not Tao Yinghong, who has been injured and dying.
Wang Xingde is a bad person with a bad conscience, Li Shiqing wants to avoid the bus being detonated, and Wang Xingde is a breakthrough.
13. The evil of mediocrity
The evil of mediocrity is the eye of "The Beginning".
Tao Yinghong and Wang Xingde plan to detonate the bus, which is also a bad breath for their daughter's death.
Wang Mengmeng did not get off the bus at the stop, was hit by a car, and continued to storm her online.
Tao Yinghong and Wang Xingde undertook the malicious intentions of netizens towards Wang Mengmeng, which was also the main reason for defeating the couple.
We often say that seeing is believing, if we don't understand the whole thing, only see a fragment, and the truth based on what we see in this fragment is not necessarily the truth.
Coincidentally, in the eighth episode, Xiao Heyun killed Tao Yinghong, who is a hero who fights violence with violence, but he bears the internet violence that should not be there, and even his partners quarrel with him endlessly.
Hannah Arendt's "evil of mediocrity" is to point out that many people in life do not know how to think independently, and often commit it without knowing it.
In the Internet era, information is becoming more and more developed, but the truth is more and more distant from us. What we think is the truth can also be a lie.
14. Big mom with medicine
There are many blanks in the narrative line of the medicine mother.
She was supposed to have various diseases, and when there was a violent conflict in the car, she hurried to take medicine, probably taking antihypertensive drugs.
Li Shiqing recalled the day when her high examination was lost, and the medicine-carrying aunt also appeared.
The route of the No. 45 bus is Jialin Medical University Station, which is most likely the hospital that the mother with medicine often goes to.
15. Superhero with injured right hand
Officer Zhang's right hand is injured, which is the foreshadowing buried in the first episode.
In episode 13, he grips the pressure cooker tightly with both hands.
In order to avoid casualties, Officer Zhang really fought.
Prior to this, the billboard at the east Jiangjiang Road bus station had the words "My Superhero".
What is a superhero? He is not the protagonist of the Marvel movie, but someone like Officer Zhang.
Even if it is flesh and blood, it still carries the weight of man forward.
16. Lu Di's hat
The cat apostle Lu Di believed in Xiao Heyun and Li Shiqing's circular theory, because he originally believed that humans could enter the cycle.
His hat has the logo of the Möbius ring, and under the logo there is "RESET" literally meaning "restart the system", corresponding to the loop setting.
17. Cannon
Have you ever wondered why the prelude to the explosion was Cannon?
This is the need for the content of "The Beginning".
Khanom is a type of "polyphonic music, which originally meant regularity." The tune of one voice follows another from beginning to end, and the same melody of several voices appears in turn, crossed, imitating each other, chasing and winding with each other, while the part of the voice is almost a repetition in a monotonous sense".
Khanom has the meaning of circulation, and once it appears, it is the end of Li Shiqing Xiao Heyun's life, and it is also the starting point for her to enter the cycle.
To my surprise, Ye Zi's mobile phone ringtone is also Kanon, li Shiqing heard it, thought that on the bus, suddenly frightened.
18. Age
Wang Mengmeng was born in 1993, which is a carefully set detail that echoes Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun.
To add a detail, Li Shiqing was born in 1998 and Xiao Heyun was born in 1993.
Li Shiqing and Wang Mengmeng are in the same school, and when the driver sees her, it is easy to think of Wang Mengmeng.
Wang Mengmeng five years ago, like Li Shiqing today, is a 21-year-old girl.
If Wang Mengmeng had not had an accident, she should now be like Xiao Heyun, with her own job and a child loved by her parents.
It's just that there are apples and mango figs in the world, there is no if.
Her death destroyed the family of three.
The above 18 details are only part of the details of the whole play. Many of them are my family's words, do not have the luxury of asking everyone to agree, can have a few that can make everyone agree, I am satisfied.
"All my opinions may be biased."
I love tv dramas full of detail. I believe in Nabokov's view of literature and art, "in high art and pure science, the details are everything".
The embellishment of a large number of details also makes "The Beginning" extraordinary.
I also hope you can share with me the wonderful details you saw in the comments section.