The "crazy literature" of domestic dramas is back.
The reality drama "Dragon City" that succeeded "Love Only" is being broadcast on CCTV eight sets, and the lineup of Ma Yili, Bai Yu and Liu Lin is adapted from the famous online writer Dian series of novels, which makes this drama not low before it starts broadcasting.
It can be seen from the poster that this drama actually tells the story of the Zheng family's big son. The drama is positioned in a family ethics topic drama, telling the story of the family bond between two generations and three brothers and sisters of the Zheng family, the three cousins of the Zheng family have been better than their own since childhood, cousin Zheng Dongni (played by Ma Yili) due to the influence of the original family, rebellious and flamboyant personality, cousin Zheng Xidu (played by Bai Yu) was raised by the third uncle and three aunts because his parents died since childhood, and he wanted to stay in Dragon City to repay the favor to the big family. After experiencing various setbacks, everyone gradually realized that the warmth and perseverance of Xidu is the true meaning of home.
The original novel began to be serialized in "Small Times" in 2007, and although Dian had begun to develop into serious literature at that time, the Dragon City series of novels still left traces of the youth pain literature of that year. The heroine with a broken heart, the broken family relationship, and the so-called reconciliation of hurting each other and then reconciling were once the memories of a generation under Dian's delicate brushstrokes.
The drama version also continues this literary style, the story focuses on the influence of the original family on personal growth, and directly addresses the typical problems and reconciliation of Chinese families. At the beginning of the story, Zheng Dongni's violent parents are explained, and the state of domestic violence at every turn shapes Xiao Dongni's perversity and rebellion; Xiao Xijue, who lost his parents and lived in the house of his third aunt, learned to observe words and colors from elementary school; Zheng Nanyin, the only one who grew up in a normal family, is slightly arrogant because she is pampered.
The sense of the times is also reflected in the play, and the story uses flashbacks from time to time, explaining the childhood backgrounds of the three children, and also explaining the character origin of the characters when they grow up. In the play, Zheng Xi was called by the audience to collide with the character of the eldest brother Qiao Yicheng in "Children of the Qiao Family" because he was too precocious and sensible.
But "Dragon City" does not have the healing and warm direction of "Children of the Qiao Family", but adds a lot of characters that look very bloody to the story. Zheng Xizhi's girlfriend Chen Yan was the heroine of Xiao Shu's teacher-student love many years ago, and the two have entered the stage of talking about marriage, but Chen Yan met Xiao Shu again.
Not only that, after Chen Yan proposed to Zheng Xizhi to break up and confess to Xiao Shu again, Zheng Xizhi did not become angry when he learned the truth of the betrayal, but persuaded the Zheng family to accept Chen Yan and bless the two.
This setting of girlfriend becoming aunt makes the audience call the multi-person drama in the play "Zheng Family Asura Field". In the recently updated plot, Dongni, as Chen Yan's classmate, directly pointed out Chen Yan's selfishness and irresponsibility, but in the face of the crazy Dongni, the other three parties seemed speechless and woody, and Xi Jue's forgiveness and generosity also made this character seem too bizarre.
In addition to the story of the Western Decision, if the plot develops according to the original book, there will be more bizarre scenes. Jiang Wei, who is about to talk about marriage with Xi Jue, turned out to be Fang Jinghui's girlfriend when he was in college, and Dongni, who was criticized by Xi Jue because of his unsatisfactory life after marriage, chose to poke directly at Xi Jue's sore spot, and despised his beloved cousin in the original work:
"Just rush at your hypocritical look, no wonder you are completely disgusting, no wonder you just call the hotel in the middle of the night to beg people's families to ignore you, no wonder people would rather fool around with Fang Jinghui than marry a waste like you."
Including the hidden life history of the West in the play, the follow-up may also become the biggest reversal of the plot and the bloody node, in addition to outrageous, it is difficult to have other adjectives. The play itself seems to have seen the bloody nature of the story, and the official Weibo of "Dragon City" took the initiative to bring the label of "Aunt Literature" for publicity.
The outrageous character relationships and the sage-like life choices do not allow the audience to understand the sacrifices he made for the family, and can only be used by the series as a publicity gimmick. The official Weibo itself has labeled the show as "the culmination of Dragon City's collection of dog blood", and the promotional slogan also emphasizes "the most bloody family, the craziest housework", which is really disgusting.
The beautiful Donnie in the original book is played by Ma Yili, who looks relatively light, coupled with the character of the average person in his twenties in the original work, most of the audiences who have seen the original work feel uncomfortable. Ma Yili, who has a big wave and Qi bangs, is somewhat too strong when performing big beauties and rebellious girls, and her scenes are also separated from the obviously more life-like performances of other characters in the play.
All kinds of flaws are enough to make the audience ignore the original warm and realistic background of this show, which is really a pity. In addition to these off-the-top plots, the overall shooting style of "Dragon City" is actually still within the channel of realistic expression, and the description around the Zheng family is also full of warmth, and the play itself is worth carefully savoring and touching.
Whether it is the emotional interaction of the three siblings in childhood, or the generosity of the three uncles and three aunts in the play, even the rivalry between children is full of the eternity of life. In the play, Xiao Xi Jue just came to the house of the third uncle and third aunt to foster, because he was worried that the sound of socks dripping was too noisy, he got up in the middle of the night to twist his socks but was discovered by Dongni.
The scenes of the three siblings watching each other and helping each other, the ironing and gentle voiceover style, and the overall literary and artistic expression actually made "Dragon City" equal to "Children of the Qiao Family" in terms of image style and narrative expression. Nowadays, it is a pity that a work focusing on realistic themes can only be called "crazy literature" to earn eyeballs.