The first beauty in the mainland, 30 years later, she still plays domestic entertainment
Which actress can be called the first beauty in the mainland?
It's an enduring topic.
Some nominated Chen Hong.
Uncle Yu once reviewed her beauty masterpiece "Frost Leaves Red Like February Flower".
But the high praise comment mentions another name -
He Qing.
Indeed, He Qing is the only actress who has acted in the four famous works and even collected the two major IPs of Jin Yong and Qiong Yao.
The powder face contains spring, the eyes are like water, and the eyebrows are like distant mountains.
It can be described as a recognized classical Chinese beauty.
Especially Xiao Qiao in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Plain clothes and filial piety, but exceptionally beautiful, textbook "sense of brokenness" is undoubted.
There is also Master Li, the strange woman in "Master Li", who has ups and downs in her life.
On Wen Wan's face, a tear of determination flowed.
Breathtaking and take the audience's breath.
In contrast, He Qing starred in a costume drama 30 years ago
It is rarely mentioned
, and at one point it was even rumored to be banned.
The play gathers several powerful actors who are well-known.
Including Zhou Xun, who was only 17 years old at that time.
As well as the young He Saifei, Pan Hong...
Beauty is like a cloud.
What kind of TV series is this?
And listen to Uncle Yu in detail——
"Three Words and Two Beats"
"Three Words and Two Beats" TV series, adapted from the Ming Dynasty onomatopoeia of the same name.
The team lineup is quite luxurious.
Producer Li Dong invited the production team of the 88 version of "Liaozhai".
Script consultants are all the best in the industry.
Chief director Xie Jin invited Pu Cunxin to play the male lead.
This is the third time the two have collaborated.
As soon as the finished product came out, it immediately caused a sensation.
However, before and after the show was broadcast, the fate was very bumpy.
First, it almost died.
In the early stage, the internal change of the producer was encountered, and the project experienced several twists and turns.
It was hastily implemented and almost gave up.
Of course, the biggest problem is scale.
"Three Words and Two Beats" is the first collection of vernacular short stories in the history of mainland literature, and it is also the pinnacle.
Because the perspective focuses on the market, the content is popular, and it is often compared with "Jin Ping Mei".
So, the fate of being banned is similar.
Because the pornographic descriptions in the book are too explicit, it is said that "three sentences do not leave the meat".
At one time it was banned at different times.
After being adapted into a TV series, many lines and bridges are still vigorous.
For example, in the famous article "Selling Oil Lang Monopolizes the Flower Boss".
The prostitute gave his hand to Hua Kui, and the two also watched the picture of the Spring Palace together, which was faithfully presented according to the original book.
In the same article, the subordinates of the oil mill took a hard bow against the late-night overlord of the oil seller.
The lines and scenes are very fragrant.
In the chapter "Reunion Pearl Shirt".
There are also wives who miss their husbands who go out after drinking, and are portrayed by other men taking advantage of the void.
And Zhou Xun also contributed a bold and stunning performance in "Zheng Yue'e Congliang".
Later, it also caused a "yellow rumor" storm.
In 2004, during the explosion of Zhou Xun's "Baby in Love", a disc called "Rouge Ji" suddenly began to be sold on the market.
It is also accompanied by eye-catching slogans: "Zhou Xun's 17-year-old passion film is unbanned" and "Zhou Xun's first fiery passion interpretation"
In fact, there is no such a movie, which was edited by the black heart disc using "Three Words and Two Beats".
Because this matter attracted attention inside and outside the circle, Zhou Xun's agent came forward to refute the rumors.
It is also because of the "large scale" that the show has been deleted from 55 episodes to 26 episodes on the video platform.
Multiple stories were discarded and images and lines erased.
The perception is not connected, and the popularity and fame are naturally affected.
The full version only recently returned to the public eye.
Uncle Yu only had one feeling after reading it.
That is, if you blindly treat "Three Words and Two Beats" as a vulgar masterpiece, it will be a huge waste.
Most of today's costume dramas are heavily water-injected, and the way of storytelling is also very routine.
After listening to the first half of the line, the audience can continue the second half.
In contrast, "Three Words and Two Beats", an old work thirty years ago, has a hint of novelty.
Where is the new?
Let's start with the narrative.
Since they all want to see beautiful women, let's take the story chapter of "Mismatched Mandarin Duck" co-starring He Qing and Pu Cunxi.
The plot of the original work is not amazing, but it is the story of a talented and beautiful person who finally becomes a dependent.
But in the TV series, a suspicious case was set up first.
In Wujiang, Suzhou, Yan Jun, the son of a rich family, is preparing for a new marriage to welcome the bride.
However, three days passed, and no one was seen.
Over there, the bride is late, but there is already a husband by her side.
It was no one else, it turned out to be Yan Jun's cousin Qian Qing.
I learned that Qian Qing also entered the cave room for his new marriage.
Yan Jun was angry and immediately fought with Qian Qing.
Seeing that the new aunt was beaten, the old father-in-law was not happy.
I was about to step forward to block it, but was told that the real aunt was not Qian Qing, but Yan Jun, who beat people.
At this time, it was all chaotic, and everyone was in a mess, and it reached the mansion.
What's going on here?
The Yamen master interrogated one by one, who expected the father-in-law, matchmaker, Yan Jun, and Qian Qing, the four people of the same thing had four theories, and each had details.
For a while, the truth was difficult to discern, and it was at an impasse.
This beginning is easily reminiscent of the structure of Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon".
The same case, several statements, takes the audience into the story.
But the difference is that "Mismatched Mandarin Duck" quickly reveals the mystery of the story.
It turned out that Yan Jun did not look appropriate, but his vision was high.
In order to pay off the debt, the matchmaker promised to give Qiu Fang, the daughter of the Gao family, to Yan Jun.
Qiu Fang has been famous since she was a child, smart and beautiful, and the criteria for choosing a mate are of course high.
You have to be a real handsome talent, you have to meet each other, and you can only marry if you are satisfied.
Although Yan Jun's family is rich, his appearance and knowledge are not satisfactory.
In order to marry Qiufang, he had to beg his cousin Qian Qing to go on a blind date for him.
Qian Qing was a talent, but he had to borrow it in Yan Jun's house.
In order to repay the favor, he promised to do it for him.
This is a clear existence, and it is not a single accurate.
Qian Qing also looked at Qiu Fang across the curtain, and the beauty secretly agreed.
Originally thought that the blind date would be finished, but who knew that the follow-up would have to do it for him.
Doing the work for it, and the cave house did it for you.
Fortunately, Qian Qing kept his promise and sat still.
Only then did he return to Suzhou safely and meet Yan Jun.
As a result, the opening farce was made.
At the end of the story, Qian Qing was sentenced to be a beautiful man by virtue of his gentlemanly character.
The two are sweet and sweet, and they will stay together for the rest of their lives.
In fact, the original work relies on the wonder of the story, and the story is flat and straightforward.
The TV series uses a more elaborate structure to make things more fascinating, which shows the skill of the creator.
And such an ingenious way of telling reached its peak in the famous article "Return to the Pearl Shirt".
Jiang Xingge and Sanqiao husband and wife love each other, and they are lingering day by day.
But the family business could not be delayed, so Brother Xing left Sanqiao at home and went to Guangzhou to cook by himself.
Before leaving, Sanqiao took out the heirloom pearl shirt.
Wangfujun is dressed closely, not only thinking of his wife, but also reducing the heat of Guangdong.
But by coincidence, Brother Xing forgot to bring it.
After Brother Xing left, Sanqiao stayed alone in the empty room.
One day he went out, but he was seen by the villain Chen Shang.
After some design, Sanqiao had to agree to cheat.
And by coincidence, Chen Shang also had to leave.
Sanqiao took out the pearl shirt again and gave it away, this time it was given away.
But before taking two steps, Chen Shang and Xing Ge collided.
On the Asura field, the pearl shirt became evidence of cheating.
On the one hand, Brother Xing and Sanqiao reunited, staging liquidation and entanglement.
On the other side, Chen Shang died violently in an accident, leaving behind a pearl shirt relic that was put away by his widow Ping.
It is the so-called creation of people.
After Xingge repudiated his wife, he married the Ping clan, and the pearl shirt returned to the original point.
The story uses pearl shirts to spur the story forward, threading needles between the characters.
An ordinary pearl shirt, but it connects several legends.
Even later, the pearl shirt turned thousands of times and saved Brother Xing's life.
The volume of three episodes, crammed into countless reversals.
Compact and delicate, amazing.
Therefore, it is called "the pinnacle of mainland costume film and television dramas" by many audiences.
Looking back at history, the significance of the literary reading of "Three Words and Two Beats" is to carry on the past and forge ahead.
In the Ming Dynasty, the social class was light on merchants and cheap merchants, and merchants ranked at the bottom of the "Shi Peasant Industry and Commerce".
However, many stories such as "Return to the Pearl Shirt" and "Selling Oil Lang Monopolize the Flower Leader" all feature businessmen as the protagonists, which are for the sake of justification, but also for moving people with emotions, and they do not look at identity on character.
This "heads-up" provides the possibility of depicting subtle human nature.
The TV series version extends this perspective.
For example, for female characters, tap their subjective will without shy away from desire.
Just like in "Return to the Pearl Shirt", Sanqiao is trapped at home, and missing her husband is all her life.
Although she regretted the mistake between her and Brother Xing from beginning to end, she also bluntly said her needs in the face of Chen Shang's Wen Cun.
This kind of female desire is not filmed well, and it will become the erotic condiment of the series.
However, the creators deliberately depicted the character in three dimensions to avoid becoming a tool to drive the behavior of male characters.
For example, Chen Shang's widow, Ping, although it is difficult to escape Gang often sells her body to bury her husband.
But he is still happy that he is happy again, and he and her husband are extremely warm.
But who knew that Brother Xing was angry with himself because of Chen Shang, so he cried out bitterly to reveal the logic of marriage in the old days.
That is to be bullied by her husband before her death, and her husband will suffer for him when he dies, and the subordinate status of women continues throughout her life.
And the series also makes a human supplement to the gray characters.
In the original work of "Mismatched Mandarin Duck", Qian Qing is almost a perfect person with high character.
But in the film and television works, the creator made Qian Qing distressed because he married a beautiful man and envied his cousin.
He was also overjoyed because the government ruled that Qiu Fang belonged to him, but he still had to maintain a gentleman's appearance on his face.
This kind of cheap and well-behaved portrayal breaks down part of the didactic nature and makes the characters more alive.
At the same time, the perspective of heads-up is also implemented in the shaping of the underlying characters.
Although they are forced by their livelihood, they still have feelings and righteousness, flesh and blood.
In the famous article "Selling Oil Lang Monopolizes Huakui", Qin Zhong, who sold oil, learned Yaoqin's identity as a prostitute from the shop Xiaoer.
The shop Xiaoer ridiculed Yaoqin for selling her body for pleasure in exchange for a rich life.
But Qin Zhong did not humiliate, feeling that everyone was just a bitter person who couldn't help himself.
Qin Zhong desperately saved money for seeing Hua Kui, and it took more than two years to finally save enough ten taels of silver.
Outsiders felt that Qin Zhong was vain for the affair and attacked his heart.
The shop Xiao Er Pingshui met, but also persuaded each other.
Although the old bustard is in the skin and meat business, he has also repeatedly reminded.
The reason for the contrast is that the same story was remade 11 years later, but there were two faces.
In the 2004 edition of "Selling Oil Lang Monopolizing Huakui", Qin Zhong saw Yaoqin and actually said:
"It's a pity, it's a prostitute."
Qin Zhong saved money to find Hua Kui.
The old bustard has also become a negative character who sees money and only asks if silver is really real.
And Yaoqin, she originally had a miserable life.
He was separated from his parents and was tricked into selling into the green building.
"Three Words and Two Beats" first depicts Yaoqin's resistance in detail.
The girl's eyes were resolute, and she was not convinced of this fate.
So from beginning to end, Yaoqin hated what he had experienced.
Being forced to pick up customers is not just a forced smile, and the heart is like a dead ash.
But in the new version, Yaoqin is happy and slippery, and self-deprecating.
Perseverance is no longer there, revealing the creator's stereotyping and ignorance of those at the bottom.
In fact, last year's hit "Menghualu" caused controversy over backstabbing people at the bottom.
As a result, many netizens gave high scores to the old drama "Love Book" of the same theme for retaliation.
Uncle Yu has also introduced this drama before.
The "Oil Seller Monopolizes the Flower Boss" in it retains the love of the characters, which is indeed a good adaptation.
But really in comparison, the details still lose to "Three Words and Two Beats".
In "The Book of Love", Qin guarded Yaoqin for one night without touching anything.
After Yaoqin woke up, the two still had an old acquaintance.
Based on this, Yaoqin returned the ten taels of silver to Qin Zhong.
However, Qin Zhong did not accept it out of friendship.
But as soon as he left, Qin Zhong suffered the blow of his adoptive father's serious illness and death.
But in "Three Words and Two Beats", although the old acquaintance of Qin Chongyao and Yaoqin was buried, they did not recognize each other in the end.
They came together by love.
Although Qin Zhong is a gentleman, the beauty is drunk in front of him, and he can't help but be moved.
He wanted to make out with him, but seeing that Yaoqin was unwell, he stayed for the night.
A gentleman is not perfect, everyone is a person, but there is a bottom line.
And after Yaoqin woke up, he also had to pay back Qin Zhong.
More than 10 taels, 20 taels, and the other 10 taels are considered investments.
Qin retook it, only to save his adoptive father in the next story development.
This is never a pure love story, it is a worldly plot wrapped in human warmth.
Such a drama does not shy away from the imperfections of the characters, nor does it establish black-and-white values.
On the contrary, it stands with the characters on an equal footing, giving them fresh vitality.
Originally, he went to see the beauty, but the more Uncle Yu looked, the more sad he became.
Thirty years on, the word beauty has shrunk and degraded.
And what regresses is not only aesthetics, but also the core of the story.
Today's costume dramas are more conservative and decadent than before.
Characters at the bottom are written ruthlessly and elitist ideas run rampant.
Isn't it time to ask why this is the case?
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Assistant Editor: Bai Su