I was drawn to an image from the trailer.
In the "hutongs" of old Beijing, a young man in Beijing riding a 28 bar, carrying the first beauty of the Jiudao Bend Hutong behind the car, through the streets and alleys, with a happy face, the people around him wearing cotton jackets have their own busy work, and the audience can smell the aroma of sugar gourds, the heat in the hutongs and the thick city fireworks.
To say that old Beijing, hutongs and courtyards, that is indispensable, as soon as this picture comes out, a strong Beijing smell will not come to the face?
In Chinese opera, there is a classification with a strong regional characteristic label - Beijing style opera, which was once favored by the common people.
Audiences of different generations remember different classics of Peking opera.
What comes to mind after the 80s may be "Four Generations in the Same House", "Bell and Drum Tower", "Longing", "Xiaojing Alley" and other high-scoring dramas of the last century.
The familiar ones of the post-90s generation may be "The Gate of the Mansion" and "Tea House", which just crossed the threshold of the new century.
But after 00, it's a bit broken.
Over the years, the theme of Chinese operas has gradually shifted towards ancient dolls and sweet pets, and there have been fewer and fewer Beijing-style dramas.
The last Beijing-style drama that reached 8 points was "Love Man Courtyard" starring He Bing and Hao Lei in 2015.
This audience, really can't watch the authentic Peking drama?
At the critical moment, the screenwriter and director of "Love Man Courtyard" couldn't hold back, and the alley strings of old Beijing had to take the audience again.
Just tomorrow night, a period drama revolving around the old Beijing Hu and a group of young people will be broadcast on the Central 8 prime time.
Let's put the words here, this drama, I think it can be done.
In particular, after the finales of "Crazy" and "The Three-Body Problem", although there are era dramas such as "Our Day" to take over and rank first in the ratings, after Little Snowflake went offline, I know that the audience is somewhat unaddicted.
It's time for a good drama that will delight the audience.
First, can the era Beijing drama still be a hit? This time I'll see OK
From "Love Man Courtyard" to "Love Man Nine Bends", last time it was a story of a courtyard, and this time it was a story of an alley.
As a major feature of Beijing architecture, hutongs can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty.
"Hutong" is a transliteration of Mongolian and means "well".
In a sense, hutongs, as symbols of old Beijing, bear witness to historical and cultural changes and human landscapes.
The story of this play begins with Nine Bend Alleys.
As the name suggests, the so-called nine bends are not only talking about the alley, but also about the lives of the protagonists, which are as tortuous as the nine bends.
"Seeing the big with the small" is a major winning weapon for Peking operas.
You look at the classics of Peking opera: "Four Generations in the Same House", "Xiaojing Alley", "Tea House" ... The camera focuses on almost small people, but the audience can witness the changes of the times in their bittersweet and bitter.
In terms of story, "Nine Bends of Love" is also a film and television drama that "sees the big with the small".
The story begins in 1979, telling the story of young people who grew up together in the hutong with the reform and opening up for 40 years, growing up and facing life together.
Since it is a love full of nine bends, the emotional story of the male protagonist Yang Shumao played by Han Dongjun is definitely not simple.
At present, there are three main emotional lines:
One is his first love with his classmate Shi Xiaona (played by Chen Yao), but the difference in doors makes the relationship suffer all the twists and turns.
The second is the happy marriage between him and Zhao Yajing (played by Danni), who is at the same table in elementary school, Zhao Yajing's family is a rich man doing business in the south, Yang Shumao (played by Han Dongjun) in order to catch up with Shi Xiaona (played by Chen Yao), gave up the iron rice bowl with his buddies, went to Guangzhou to join her to do business together, and established a foothold in Guangzhou in one year.
And Zhao Yajing, who has a successful career, launched a "straight ball chasing love" for Yang Shumao, and was recognized by Yang's mother.
It's a pity that the twisted melon can't be made.
The third is that Yang Shumao and Ye Fei (Reiza), who is three years older than him, have been in love for a long time, but Yang's mother said everything at home, believing that Zhao Yajing was the future daughter-in-law, Yang Shumao did not dare to work against his mother, but insisted on his love, and the tug-of-war with his mother lasted for many years, and Ye Fei was left alive.
But life has twists and turns, and those who should be together will always be together.
It seems that the plot seems to be a bit bloody, but the audience familiar with "Love Man Courtyard" knows that the emotional line cannot be without, but it is by no means all.
The real focus is to write the "big era" from the "small alley", string the lives of several protagonists with emotional lines, and then let the story span forty years, showing the spirit of self-improvement and hard work of the people at the bottom after the reform and opening up.
I know you don't believe it, look at who the director is.
Second, the Beijing drama takes Liu Jiacheng + screenwriter Wang Zhili, this combination can no longer be Beijing-flavored
The first step in Peking opera is to find the right director and screenwriter, and preferably have relevant experience.
And the director of this play is reassuring at a glance: Liu Jiacheng.
Many people may not be familiar with this name, but when it comes to his works, I believe everyone has an impression.
First, let's take a copy of his early "Iron Teeth Copper Teeth Ji Xiaolan" to give the eldest parents a long eye.
This drama must have become, but as a native of Beijing, director Liu Jiacheng has been with Beijing-style period dramas since then, "Silly Spring", "Under the Zhengyang Gate", "Love Man Courtyard", "Little Women Under the Zhengyang Gate", "Sesame Alley" were filmed all the way, and the department was online in word of mouth, and he was also shortlisted for the Magnolia Best Director Award with "Little Women Under the Zhengyang Gate".
To say that when Liu Jiacheng filmed "Love Man Courtyard", he had an idea in his heart to make it into a love man trilogy, the first is "Love Man Courtyard" starring He Bing and Hao Lei, and the second is this "Love Man Nine Bends".
Say shoot can shoot? What about the story?
The drama also has a trump card - screenwriter Wang Zhili, "Under the Gate of Zhengyang" and "Love Man Courtyard" are all from his hands,
He was also shortlisted for the Magnolia Best Screenplay Award twice for these two dramas.
I have to say that the combination of these two people is simply the king of Beijing-style period dramas, and it can even be said that they have created a "love universe".
Like the courtyard, there is also a "silly" uncle in "Nine Bends of Love", he is the father of the protagonist Yang Shumao "Silly Mao", in the courtyard, the role played by He Bing is called "Silly Pillar".
This is definitely not accidental.
Seeing this, I understand that although it seems that the story is the love of children, the works written by Wang Zhili are good at telling the short of parents in the love of children, and the next pen will inevitably bring a full of old Beijing flavor.
Next, it's up to the actors.
Third, Reiza and Han Dongjun starring, the strength covers three generations of old, middle and young people
Compared with urban dramas and ancient puppet dramas, period dramas have higher requirements for actors' acting skills, and Beijing-style period dramas have higher requirements.
First, it must be suitable, depending on whether the actor's age, state, and experience are suitable for the role, and whether there is that feeling in a mouth.
The second is acting skills, to see if the actor can perform the spiritual style of that era.
"Love Full Courtyard" is wonderful, because whether it is He Bing or Hao Lei, they fill the inner world of the characters with acting skills, and the people in the flesh and blood courtyard have no traces of acting, all of them are emotional output, can it be good?
So how is the cast of "Nine Bends of Love" in terms of strength?
The first one, Reiza.
Last year, she won the Feitian Award for Best Actress for her role in "Mountains and Seas".
But pinching your fingers, the audience has not seen the scene of this strength + appearance actress on the small screen for two years.
Over the years, Reiza's acting skills have actually been improving, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" her performance is not outstanding, "Chang'an Twelve Hours" she played Tanqi, the performance is not bad, but the biggest feeling to the audience is still beautiful.
But in "Mountains and Seas", the splash she played experienced ups and downs, and the unwillingness, bitterness and perseverance of the characters were vividly interpreted, a scene of returning home after escaping, a turn, a face with tears in laughter, which is still recalled by the audience, and the design of this turn was proposed by Reiza himself to the director.
Reiza is an ethnic Kazakh, but a native of Beijing, facing the identity of the heroine Ye Fei.
Ye Fei is from an intellectual family, Shu Yawen is quiet and has good conduct, looks gentle and gentle, but with stubbornness in his bones, and the love with the male protagonist is ninety curves and eighteen turns, and has also experienced pregnancy, miscarriage, etc., with Reiza's current acting skills, everyone just wait and see.
The second place, Han Dongjun.
In 2015, he became famous with the unintentional battle in the Republic of China fantasy web series "Heartless Mage".
After that, he starred in "Life Is Like the First Meeting" and "The Hidden Dragon of the Three Kingdoms Secrets", but soon came out of the circle of idol dramas and concentrated on the main theme blockbusters and period dramas.
The sharpshooter Pinghe he portrayed in "Changjin Lake" let the audience see his tough guy temperament, and also fiercely circled the audience's tears.
In the period drama "Boiling Life", Han Dongjun plays Ai Changan, which can be said to have completed a wave of period drama trials.
This time, he played Yang Shumao, who grew up in a typical old Beijing family, can be called the happiest man in Jiudaobend, and has emotional entanglements with the two most beautiful girls in the hutong.
He has a strong personality, fights for others, and he helps anyone who is in trouble, often causing trouble at home because of "chivalry and righteousness", but the girl will also fall in love with him.
For the sake of his beloved girl, he would rather give up the iron rice bowl in that era and say that he will go to the sea when he goes to the sea, and Han Dongjun has a youthful spirit in him.
The key depends on whether he can perform the youthful spirit of his youth and the vicissitudes of his middle-aged years.
The third place, Chen Yao.
Chen Yao's role is somewhat overkill.
Previously, her performance in "Heartless Mage" was outstanding, relying on wonderful anti-strings.
In this play, she plays the simple eldest lady Shi Xiaona, who is outgoing and beautiful, and her joys, angers and sorrows are written on her face.
At the beginning, because the family was bullied, relying on Yang Shumao's protection to avoid a disaster, but later the identity changed so that the male protagonist could not climb high, with Chen Yao's acting skills is completely fine, and for the "unintentional CP" scholars, it is also a complete completion to see the two cooperate again.
Fourth place, Sarina.
As soon as Sarina appeared, she had the flavor of a period drama.
However, this time her role is very subverted, from "Crossing the Guandong" to "The World", the mother image she played is known as the first loving mother on the screen, not the backbone of the family, or the mother who dedicates herself to her children, and can watch and cry a group of audiences every time.
This time she still plays the mother of the male protagonist, but this time she forced her to cry the male and female protagonists. As the backbone of the whole family, she believes that the children's marriage affairs are all decided by her, it is precisely because of her that it is difficult for the male and female protagonists to become dependents for many years, and it can be said that her role will be the worst character in the whole drama.
There is a scene in the trailer where she is full of white hair and tears, most likely the tears of regret of Yang's mother in her later years, although the character is really unpleasant, but I can bear to see the performance of Mr. Sarina.
The fifth place, Bi Yanjun.
In "Love Full Courtyard", this old actor has participated.
As a national first-class actor, he doesn't have to worry about his acting skills, not to mention that he is an old face of period dramas.
In "The Gate of the Mansion", he played the second master Bai Yingxuan, and he played Xia Yuanzhang in "Crossing the Guandong", and the audience should have an impression of the characters in "The Age of Awakening".
This time, he played the father of the Yang family, needless to say that he is a role with a story, and it depends on the young actor who can't catch his play.
Sixth place, Luo Jingmin.
It's another licorice actor who listened to the name and didn't remember, and suddenly realized the role.
In 2006, he portrayed Xu Baishun, his father, in "Soldier Assault",
In "Life Events", he plays Old Mo.
This old actor is not famous, but he is extremely good at interpreting roles, has his own set of pondering, and is good at using some small details to show the character's personality, sometimes it's just a look play. He plays Old Beijing, which must not be bad.
Seventh place, Zhou Yemang.
The most familiar role he has played to the audience must be the 800,000 general soldier instructor "Lin Chong" in "Water Margin",
Over the years, he has also played roles such as "Yang Liulang" in "Yang Family General" and "Tian Tian Dad" in "An Home", and his acting skills in "Love Myth" once again surprised a new generation of audiences.
I have seen him play the Shanghai guy, I don't know what it is like to play the Beijing uncle.
Eighth place, sea day.
In recent years, Hai Yiyi has participated in many good dramas, and all of them have good performances. Zhu Ge in "Qing Yu Nian", Fang Tianlei in "Son-in-law", and Ji in "Opponent" are all his masterpieces.
But what the audience misses the most is definitely Xu Damao in "Siheyuan".
This time he didn't have many scenes, he must have been pulled over by the director to make a cameo, and the appearance was a bully who wanted to light the female protagonist, needless to say, he must have been beaten by the male protagonist, and he paid seventy yuan after opening his mouth.
This little villain is so right for him to play that nasty.
Throughout the previous works of screenwriter Wang Zhili and director Liu Jiacheng, there is a common feature, that is, while adhering to the regional atmosphere of Beijing, they can shoot the strength of the characters, and every time the old drama bones can successfully complete the task, this is the most new actors in their Peking drama, see your play.
Fourth, how does the Beijing drama with "old and new" faces become a hit? This drama may be able to be sampled
As mentioned at the beginning, most of the word-of-mouth masterpieces in domestic Peking dramas are concentrated in the 80s and 90s of the last century to the beginning of this century.
The last Beijing-style drama that satisfied the audience was still in 2015's "Love Man Courtyard".
But the drama can be successful, a major key is that He Bing himself is a Beijinger, an authentic Beijing accent, the appearance and temperament can be said to be highly consistent with the characters, and the charm of the era comes out as soon as he appears.
In the final analysis, the Beijing flavor of these film and television dramas has been preserved, and it has become a work that the people love to watch.
However, with the development of the times, Beijing opera can not always tell the stories of middle-aged people in old Beijing, and it always needs to be innovative.
How to make the Beijing drama with "old and new" faces like it, "Nine Bends of Love" may be able to make a sample.
And the most important thing in Beijing-style period dramas is that the taste must be authentic, no matter what you say, you must use the plot to bring the audience into the story.
First of all, you have to watch that bite of Beijing film, pay attention to whether it is that taste.
This audience can distinguish between high and low as soon as they hear it, and the previous "Alley" starring several top streamers is so breathless.
Looking at the trailer, this level is over.
Looking at the scene again, at least the age taste is really enough. The long-range lens gives the courtyard located in a corner of Beijing, the lights in the courtyard are yellow, the firecrackers outside the door are ringing, and the family is sitting together, eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala.
When the camera gives the set in the house, the atmosphere of the age is even more overwhelming, the picture frame hanging on the wall, the honeycomb coal used in old Beijing, every inch is the mark of the times.
The ratings of Yangba have always been guaranteed, especially this kind of period drama, which is more likely to be sought after by the audience.
But what I'm most looking forward to is that the series can tell the taste of life in a bland story.
The so-called Beijing taste, compared with the visible wind, the human fireworks that happened in the hutongs and courtyards are the most nostalgic, and they also have the unique charm of old Beijing.
I hope that the actors will act the era stories experienced by the people in the hutongs of old Beijing in a sensible and flavorful way, and the more twists and turns and interesting than the hutongs are always the fireworks in the world. The smell of human fireworks came out, and the drama became.