Produced by Lemon Pictures, co-produced by Youku, written by Zheng Zhi, directed by Zhang Xiaobo, starring Ou Hao and Wang Yanhui, and starring Wang Yuwen, Zhou Zheng and Hou Wenyuan, the short drama "Coward" will be launched exclusively on Youku at 20:00 today. Adapted from Zheng Zhi's original novel "Raw Swallow", the series will take the life changes of the four teenagers in ten years as the main axis of the story, from two highly similar murders across time and space as clues, through the process of stripping away the cocoon to glimpse people's hearts and witness the power of bravery.
In the main creative special series exposed today, the original author and screenwriter Zheng Zhi, director Zhang Xiaobo and other members of the main creative team spoke out to explain the core expression. Different from previous suspense dramas, "Cowards" abandons the traditional presentation of most genre dramas with crime as the main body, and instead focuses on the story of "people" in the process of youth growth. Zheng Zhi, the original author and screenwriter, said that he adjusted the handling of some of the characters and relationships in the original book in the series, in order to achieve the effect of making the protagonists' youth and friendship before the baptism of reality more moving.
In addition to the beauty, the profound intention in the original work is also what the creators want to focus on film and television. "We have more or less made more or less cowardly decisions, but it is precisely because we are afraid of something that the word bravery makes sense." Screenwriter Zheng Zhi's exposition allows the audience to have a better understanding of the title, that is, "Cowardly Ghost" represents the teenagers represented by Qin Li (Ou Hao), Huang Shu (Wang Yuwen), Feng Xuejiao (Zhou Zhi), and Wang Wenyuan (Hou Wenyuan) in the process of growing up because of "timidity" leaving hidden pains that cannot be said to people, to reveal the value expression behind it: through the choices of "retreat" and "concealment" that most people can understand, they can effectively show the rarity of "lone braves". As director Zhang Xiaobo said: "We want everyone to step on the cowards, and this is what I think the scene of "Cowards" ultimately wants to achieve." ”
In tonight's premiere plot, major changes have occurred in the home of high school student Qin Li. Because of his father's crime, he became the "target of everyone" on campus, was called "the murderer's son" by his classmates, and encountered serious discrimination and bullying. In the hazy moment of Qin Li's youth, the beautiful transfer student Huang Shu, Qin Li's hair Xiao Wang Wei, and the lively classmate Feng Xuejiao stood firmly with him. The four people accompanied and helped each other, becoming the enviable four-person "Spark Family". But behind the seemingly beautiful and flawless friendship, there are still hidden dangers: can the young Qin Li calmly withstand the "colored glasses" of the outside world? Why are there more and more mysteries in Huang Shu's body? Why did Feng Xuejiao and Wang Wei, who were reunited ten years later, say bluntly, "We are all sorry for Qin Li"? What kind of friendship test will the four people who came together because of the courage of their youth face?
Ten years later, two cases with the same modus operandi occurred in the same place, does this mean that the murderer who has been arrested that year is actually someone else? In the face of the earth-shattering reversal of old cases, how will Feng Xuejiao's father, Feng Guojin (Wang Yanhui), deputy head of the criminal police of the Public Security Bureau, solve the mystery as the person in charge of the two cases? How are these two cases related to the four teenagers? Today at 20:00, the time and space secret journey of "Coward" is about to begin.