"Nanyang Daughter Love" starts broadcasting on CCTV tonight, Xiao Yan picks the big beam, the legendary drama of the era is going to be popular?

When it comes to childhood drama classics in your memory, who do you think of?

I think many viewers will come up with an answer that is no longer familiar to young viewers: Singaporean dramas.

In 1984, the mainland introduced the Singapore drama "Foglock Nanyang", which caused quite a stir. "There have been many acrostic joys and sorrows in the world, and there have been a few helpless vicissitudes in life. The fog rises in the south, the fog falls in the south, and the rising sun can hide the heart..." Today, this familiar melody and the story of the Singaporean Chinese ancestors who took root in Singapore through hardships and dangers may still remain in the memories of the older generation of audiences.

At that time, Singapore invited Hong Kong ATV's famous producer Leung Liren to serve as the director of the drama department. As an ATV ace screenwriter, his screenwriters such as "Da Nei Qunying" and "I'm from Chaozhou" should still have an impression on mainland audiences, and the first major drama he produced in Singapore was "Fog Lock Nanyang".

Since the beginning of this big drama, in the 80s and 90s of last century, Singapore TV dramas were broadcast in turn in the mainland, and we are more familiar with "People on the Journey", "Color Palette", "Getting Ahead" and "French Open" in the 80s.

In the 90s, there were also "Lotus Battle", "Journey to the East", "Stranger" and so on.

Because of the addition of Liang Liren, the Singapore TV dramas of that year had many similarities with Hong Kong dramas in style, and Hong Kong and Taiwan stars such as Wan Ziliang and Ma Jingtao had starred in a large number of Singapore TV dramas.

What Singapore dramas are best at, in addition to urban dramas and martial arts dramas, there is also a unique genre: era legendary dramas.

This kind of drama usually refers to a strong plot drama set in the Republic of China, with troubled wonders and heroes and beauties as the standard plot, and often has distinctive characteristics such as book narrative, extreme characters, and traditional values.

When the older generation of audiences think of legendary dramas such as "Xia Nanyang", they will also think of those Singaporean actors in their memories - Huang Wenyong, Xiang Yun, Li Nanxing, Zheng Huiyu, Fan Wenfang, Guo Feili, Xu Meizhen, Ou Xuan...

However, with the changes of the times, Singaporean dramas have gradually faded out of the audience's vision, and the last Singaporean drama that the audience has an impression on should have been "Little Nyonya" in 2008.

Singapore dramas have declined with the times, and legendary dramas of the "Lower Nanyang" era such as "Fog Lock Nanyang" and "Little Nyonya" can no longer be seen.

But don't worry, on June 20, that is, tonight, CCTV eight sets will use a real drama to take over the hot "The Sea of Dreams".

It is the 40-episode period legendary drama "Nanyang Daughter Love".

As we all know, CCTV often produces good dramas.

However, more than 3 years have passed since Guo Jingyu's version of "Little Nyonya", CCTV has not launched a legendary drama with great influence for a long time. Is there a drama this time?

But good period saga dramas have a charm:

Through geographical restrictions, through time barriers, you can always reach the latest batch of audiences.

First, finally break the game! The legendary drama of the CCTV era is back, and the preview alone makes people look forward to it!

Since it is a legendary drama, the primary indicator depends on the degree of reduction.

Whether it is the service road around the character, or the character's own spirit, it needs to be true enough, so that the audience can quickly enter the era of "going down to the South Seas" without playing.

This time, "Nanyang Daughter Love" has really worked the restoration of the sense of age.

Let's take a look at a few pictures.

Young people rode in the street market, and the people were clothed and fed because of their hardships.

The interior of the rich and noble house is full of golden splendor.

A few stills, the texture of the legendary drama of the era comes out.

It can also be seen from the stills that the protagonist of this drama is a woman.

But not one person, but a group of people - "red turbans".

In the thirties of the twentieth century, when the warlords of the Republic of China were in turmoil, a group of women from Guangdong went to Nanyang to seek a living, "there is no suffering that we cannot endure, and there is no building that we cannot build." ”

And their unified visual symbol is the red turban.

The red headscarf also has multiple functions of construction site safety helmet, sun protection, and rain protection, and these Chinese girls have gradually dried up their reputations and have been respected by the locals.

"Nanyang Daughter Love" tells the story of such a "red turban" under Nanyang.

The heroine Ouyang Tianqing (played by Xiao Yan) crossed Nanyang to make a living, worked as a construction site laborer, and became the leader of the sisters.

On the way to make a living, she was adopted as the heir of the career by businesswoman Nanlan (played by Yue Lina), and this group of women experienced major events such as turbulence and the invasion of the Japanese army, always living and dying together, advancing and retreating together, and finally supporting their struggle.

The storyline obviously has the three elements of the legendary drama of the era: First, the wonders of the times.

The main content of the story, which is obviously similar to "Little Nyonya", is a difficult story of Chinese women going to Nanyang to make a living.

The second is love and hate.

In the play, Nanlan, the Lu family, and the red turban are intertwined, separated by hatred and kindness.

The third is to strive for inspiration.

The story focuses on Chinese women, essentially an inspirational epic drama of the city's women going overseas, which is extremely rare in today's era themes.

In a sense, this drama can indeed be regarded as a sequel or a biography of "Little Nyonya" in 2020, which is both legendary and ornamental.

"Little Nyonya" exploded ratings when it was broadcast on CCTV 8.

"Nanyang Daughter Love", which is still broadcast on Yangba, of course, also has the potential to be a hit.

Second, the screenwriter, director + many Singapore ace directors of "Soul Ferry", the high configuration of the legendary drama of the era

The series is undoubtedly labeled Guo Jingyu.

Although this drama does not have Yang Zhigang, who is very slow to pronounce words, there is no "Yan Shuangying" Zhang Zijian to participate.

But Guo Jingyu is the biggest key behind this series of legendary dramas with the theme of the Lower Nanyang.

Director Guo Jingyu was best at in the past was the legendary dramas of the era, "Iron Pear Blossom", "Braveheart", "Dog Stick", "Da Yang Ge" and so on, all of which have set off a ratings boom.

These dramas basically integrate legendary elements of the era such as anti-Japanese salvation, family feuds, and emotional entanglements, and the pace is fast and the plot is not water-injected, so Guo Jingyu is also known as the "legendary drama king".

These episodes have captured the hearts of a large number of uncles, aunts, and even ordinary audiences.

But in the past few years, legendary dramas have begun to ebb and flow, and although "Niang Dao" has a big rating, its reputation is very low.

Guo Jingyu also gradually retired to the background as a producer.

Last year's "Tang Dynasty Mystery" can be said to have revived the prestige of Guo Jingyu's production.

But compared with the "Tang Dynasty Tricks", Guo Jingyu has invested the most in recent years in the "Little Nyonya" and "Nanyang Daughter Love" series that brought Singapore's ancient stories to the domestic screen.

And the main creative lineup he built for this is even more rare in China.

The screenwriter of this play is a small auspicious day who crowns the god with the "Soul Ferry" trilogy.

Director Guo Shimin and Ju Xingmao's masterpiece is "Soul Ferry".

And in the series' long list of directors, there are also several famous characters of Singaporean TV dramas.

Xie Minyang, whose masterpieces "All the Way to the Dust" and "Little Nyonya", said that she is an ace producer who has witnessed the history of Singapore's television.

Does anyone remember the theme song of "All the Way to the Dust" sung by Zhang Xinzhe and Fan Wenfang? "Neon lights up again, the night is getting crazy", the theme songs of Singapore dramas are too good.

The second place, translated by Hu He, masterpiece "People on the Journey".

At the mention of the title, the theme song of the same name sung by Weng Suying sounded in his mind again - "Never complain about the mistakes of fate, not afraid of the bumpy journey, go to the place of dreams, I don't regret the mistake."

Such timeless lyrics can no longer be heard in today's top domestic dramas.

Although he is no longer a director, Guo Jingyu's creative ambitions are even greater.

He extended his vision of the legendary drama to overseas, telling the history of the struggle of the Chinese in Nanyang, with big scenes and strong plots, with a gorgeous production lineup.

Regardless of success or failure, this intention is at least stronger than a lot of traffic dramas that find two top streamers to start shooting.

Third, the cast of "Little Nyonya" reunited, all the strength of the staff, this lineup is not gorgeous but good

Speaking of supporting a key part of a play, the actors.

"Nanyang Daughter Love" continues the consistent style of Guo Jingyu's drama, not choosing expensive ones, only looking for acquaintances.

Although Yang Zhigang is busy filming "Tang Dynasty Mystery 2", the princess in the play still appears in this play -

The first one worth mentioning is Guo Jingyu's royal actress, Yue Lina.

Although not famous, she played the eldest lady Na Suzhi in "Hitting the Dog Stick", and the fourth grandmother Qiuxiang played in "Iron Pear Flower" are very outstanding, and the plot of "Niang Dao" has been criticized, but her acting skills as Ying Niang are not bad.

It can be seen that Yue Lina is good at playing a strange woman in the period drama, this time she played the role of Nanlan in the play, sometimes holding a long gun cool and resolute, sometimes gentle and lovely to a group of sisters, the character is changeable, the shape is also very eye-catching, although not the first heroine, but is likely to be the most glorious female character in the whole play.

The role Guo Jingyu arranged for his wife is still not bad.

The second place, Xiao Yan.

As a seriously underestimated strength flower in internal entertainment, Xiao Yan's biggest lack has always been opportunity.

In "Little Nyonya", she played the roles of Juxiang and Yue Niang alone, and also challenged the scene of a dumb beauty who could not speak, and her performance was very outstanding.

Although Guo Jingyu has been repeatedly criticized as a screenwriter, he is absolutely a must for watching people, so the supporting role of "Tang Dynasty Tricks" is so outstanding.

He chose Xiao Yan to cooperate again because of her acting strength.

This time, she played Ouyang Tianqing, the role is heavier than "Little Nyonya", and the role is more growing, from the red turban to the gradual realization of the dream of an architect, there is definitely a drama to play.

Xiao Yansu in the play faces the sky, and at a glance it is dark skin.

Compared with those female stars who still have the same style and hairstyles in period dramas, this is the actor.

The third place, Dai Xiangyu.

In "Little Nyonya", he is Japanese photographer Yosuke Yamamoto, which is regarded as the official match of the heroine, but it ended tragically.

After that, he mostly played villains, such as the sinister and cunning merchant son Wu Qihao in "Son-in-law".

But Dai Xiangyu is actually a standard junior student, suitable for playing positive roles.

This time, he played Kwong Haisheng is the "guardian" of Sin Chew Pier, a little ruffian but extremely reliable, and has a lot of emotional scenes with Xiao Yan.

Audiences who see the old version of "Little Nyonya" will definitely dream back to Juxiang and Yamamoto, Guo Jingyu really understands CP.

The fourth place, Zhu Tie.

Starting from the eldest young master Jin Fengju in "Gold Fan Family", most of the roles played by Zhu Tie are villains, and the audience knows that most of them are not good people when they see this face, and it also proves his good acting skills from the side.

This time, his role is still not good, as soon as Zhu Tie appears, there is no need to worry about his acting skills.

The fifth, Ju Xingmao.

As a legendary figure in Guo Jingyu's team, Ju Xingmao initially played small roles, and only after playing the role of "color" in "Iron Pear Flower" did he begin to be known to the audience,

He has wonderful performances in dramas such as "Braveheart" and "Beat the Dog Stick", most of them are small people whose appearance is not serious.

In addition to actors, he is also a very good director, "Hitting the Dog Stick" and "Soul Ferry" have proved his genre drama strength, but it is still worth looking forward to as an actor.

In addition to these, there are Zhang Xiwen, who plays Xiufeng in "Little Nyonya", Xu Fanxi, who has the old face of spy war dramas, etc., there is no traffic actor, they are all powerful.

And what CCTV values has always been drama.

Fourth, the legendary drama of the era is finally going to "rejuvenate"? The ratings of Yangba have stabilized again

CCTV eight sets of "Nanyang Daughter Love" to take over "The Sea in Dreams", which is obviously a good chess hand.

As a large genre of period dramas, it is not difficult for the drama to continue the inertia ratings of the former, and Guo Jingyu's era legendary dramas have always had great appeal for middle-aged and elderly audiences.

No matter how you look at it, the ratings of "Nanyang Daughter Love" will easily break one, or even two.

But what Guo Jingyu's dramas worry about has never been ratings.

What I am more concerned about is whether this drama can turn over for the legendary drama of the era.

In fact, almost all of the legendary dramas of the era in recent years have fallen into word-of-mouth difficulties.

In addition to Guo Jingyu's "Nanyang Trilogy" series, most domestic era legendary dramas, such as "My Southwest United University", have adopted top idols to participate, and youth is a distinctive feature of these dramas. But judging by the results, it is not a success.

Although Guo Jingyu's period legendary drama has been criticized, the three elements he adheres to the work have slapped many similar dramas: long cycle, sufficient funds, and new talents.

The main creator of "Nanyang Daughter's Love" collected information for eight months, and also found many local experts and Singaporean directors to sit down. In order to restore the characteristics of Nanyang in the early 20th century, the crew specially built an interior scene of the "Tofu Zhuang" in Shanghai, including the red turban residence.

Judging from the trailer, there is no lack of era scenes of big productions in the play, and the production investment is real, and Guo Jingyu obviously used the top money from other dramas on production.

This is also why Guo Jingyu uses it all by his own people, but the ratings of the series have not been bad, because the audience does not want to watch the hundreds of millions of big productions that have invited two top streamers to spend their budgets and cut corners everywhere.

The plot of Guo Jingyu's new "Condor " follows the original book 90%, 95% of the live shooting, and uses newcomer actors to star. "Tang Dynasty Tricks" uses Yang Zhigang as the first protagonist, the actors are almost all powerful and newcomers, the production has reached the top of domestic fantasy dramas, and the audience has eyes to see.

Although Guo Jingyu is not very popular with young audiences, his legendary drama stories are full of the older generation's favorite bitterness, mother-in-law, concubine, house fight, and resistance war elements, and the production is also solid.

Compared with the blind love competition in today's domestic dramas, Guo Jingyu's dramas are at least sentimental.

I have to admit that he has a market in the national drama, which makes sense.

But the legendary drama of the era in the Lower Nanyang is still a challenge for him.

The audience rating of "Little Nyonya" is only 4.9 points, but the ratings are good, and the bad reviews are mainly due to the drama Dong Shi Xiang, which did not shoot the taste of the original Singapore.

It can be seen from the finale special that the costumes in this drama are exquisite, the scene design is also different, the production should not worry, the biggest challenge is the story.

Bitter dramas can have a huge appeal to middle-aged and elderly audiences, but young audiences do not eat this set, but the story of Xia Nanyang, in addition to bitterness, there are other stories to tell.

Some people may ask, what can young women in the lower Nanyang in the 30s empathize with today?

It's not.

The reason why stories such as era legendary dramas can move people is precisely because although the eras are different, the stories are showing the ups and downs, deterioration, wandering, and persistence that different people have in different eras.

In the past, legendary dramas of the era were always based on the male perspective, but "Nanyang Daughter's Love" has created a group portrait of Chinese women to the audience, they are all determined, brave and resilient, and their lives will not be crushed no matter how difficult they are.

What is really interesting about the story is precisely the recollection of the choices of our ancestors in similar life situations.

Times are different, this era is not popular legend, but people of any era need to find the antidote to the current life and gain the power to soothe anxiety and anxiety.

Let's see if Guo Jingyu can recreate the counterattack myth of "Tang Dynasty Mystery Record" this time.