"Huan Yan" premieres tonight, with the help of Zhang Yiliao Fan, and is expected to become a new hit in 2023

Hoping, hoping, finally looking forward to the news that it is finalized - "Huan Yan".

Turnip greens have their own love.

Some people like suspense dramas, some people like period dramas, and some people like idol dramas.

Only spy war dramas, it seems that everyone likes it.

Domestic spy war dramas were once the main ratings of the screen, and they also ushered in three ratings peaks.

For the first time, represented by Liu Yunlong's "Dark Calculation", which came out in 2006.

The highest rating of the drama on Beijing TV reached 14%, which has since set off a boom in mainland spy war dramas.

The second time was "Lurking" in 2009.

This drama broke 8 in the premiere rating of Beijing Satellite TV, and it is also the highest-rated TV series in history since the launch of Beijing TV. The success of this spy war drama that sent Sun Honglei and Yao Chen to the front line of national dramas also marked that domestic spy war dramas have entered a golden age of a hundred flowers.

The third time was "The Pretender" in 2015.

From the premiere to the finale, this drama has always been the first in the ratings of CSM50 City and the national network, and sent Jin Dong to the position of the male god of the national drama.

In this process, there are also many 9-point spy war dramas, such as "Before Dawn", "Cliff", "Red" and so on.

However, after Liu Yunlong's "Kite", the performance of domestic spy war dramas is getting weaker day by day.

Volume, falling off a cliff.

Word of mouth dramas, very few.

In the first half of this year, one "Infernal" and one "Thin Ice" appeared under everyone's expectations, and the final ratings were dull. In the spy war drama market in 2023, there is still a lack of a real king bomb.

Fortunately, this Wang Fried drama is likely to come - July 15, Tencent Video, "Huan Yan".

Spy war dramas can also be classified as suspense dramas.

Suspense drama, iQiyi has a misty theater.

Tencent has X Theater, but only one drama has been launched so far, and "Huan Yan" is the second.

The name of the first part is "The Long Season" with a score of 9.3 points on Douban.

"Long Season", there are Fan Wei, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao.

"Huan Yan", with Zhang Yi, Zhang Luyi, Liao Fan, Dong Zijian, Tong Liya, Tian Yu, Wu Xiaoliang.

The first shot hit, "Huan Yan" is the second shot, the meaning of which is self-explanatory, the platform has absolute certainty about this drama, and believes that it will continue the reputation of "Long Season".

If "Huan Yan" really wins, the domestic spy war will win back a round.

The question is, on what basis does it win?

First, the story opens up a different way: three gold bars, five righteous soldiers, spy war, suspense, adventure, and a refreshing pile

As we all know, for spy war dramas to explode, they need to have a high-quality script to lay the foundation.

The script of the spy war drama is not a trick, there must be real things.

But the domestic spy war dramas in the first half of the year have a common problem, the story is too similar.

Why do "Infernal" and "Thin Ice" use similar story scripts? Because it's safe.

These stories have long been verified by past spy war explosions.

Going the old way, at most, is not new.

Take a new path and you may lose nothing.

But "Huan Yan" wants to take a new path.

The protagonist of this story is still called Xu Tian.

The background of the story is different from "Infernal" and "Thin Ice", not during the Anti-Japanese War, but in the spring of 1930, the Anti-Japanese War had not yet fully broken out, and the Red Revolution base area was being established.

At this time, one of the things that our revolutionary cause lacked most was money.

And the whole story of "Huan Yan" is related to money, to be precise, three gold bars.

Three gold bars that had been shot by a gun and had bullet marks.

Nanyang young man Xu Tian (played by Dong Zijian) went north with a mission to support the revolutionary cause and met many bloody and respectable people, his mission was to escort 3 gold bars from Nanyang to Shanghai.

In that era of chaos, they encountered various obstacles.

The gold bars have been robbed on the train, and he and Lao Sun, played by Liao Fan, begin the journey to retrieve the gold bars, and on the way, Lao Sun is seriously injured and dies, and entrusts him to Zhang Jiayi, played by Zhang Yi.

Coupled with Yu Yixiu, who originally served as the head man in western Fujian, with the assistance of several people who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, experienced various wisdom fights, games, and bloody battles, Xu Tian finally successfully sent the gold bar to Shanghai and completed the task.

It is not difficult to see that the show will unlock a new feeling of watching the drama for spy war fans.

The first layer of coolness lies in the reconstruction of the elements of classic spy war dramas.

Although this time it is no longer a multi-party game between Japan and the 76th, the Central Unification and our forces.

But there are still spy war stories that the audience loves to watch, classic fighting wisdom bridges,

There are also characters with different intentions, and repeated games between the positive and negative sides.

In the trailer, various classic spy battle bridges continue to appear.

The cool-colored filter creates a chilling feeling and movie texture that meets the needs of spy war dramas.

The second layer of refreshment is the most intuitive picture impact, that is, the action scenes that will appear in spy war dramas.

In the trailer, there is a picture of Zhang Yi's character wearing an iron barrel for a shootout, and Tian Yu's character carrying a machine gun sweep, which makes people jump.

There is also a scene where with the tight beat of drums, Liao Fan's Lao Sun and the people who robbed gold bars confront each other on the train.

There are gunfire, duels, sniper confrontations, and big scenes of car chases and explosions, and the adrenaline of the audience is also raised.

The third layer of coolness lies in the tragic atmosphere brought by road movies.

All the materials released by the series have a calm and solemn atmosphere, accompanied by the voiceover of "Lao Sun, is the first person who made me start to disappoint myself, and there are four more after that", the audience was dragged into the foggy spy sea at once.

It is basically certain that the roles of Liao Fan, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Luyi are the three righteous men who assist the male protagonist, and there should be two more.

From the perspective of the story, the drama is like a road movie, the male protagonist is always on the road, from Nanyang to Guangdong, from Fujian to Shanghai, all the way with the assistance of different righteous men to reclaim the gold bars.

Since the director released a monologue such as "They rushed by in the spring of 1930, making my life restless" in the trailer, it is not a hint, but a clear indication to the audience, all the characters who assist the male protagonist, Zhang Yi, Liao Fan, Zhang Luyi, with a high probability, all sacrificed in the spring of 1930.

That's right, "Huan Yan" is completely different from the traditional spy war dramas in the past, the wits on the tip of the knife.

This drama reminds me of "Siege of the City on Ten Sides" directed by Chen Kexin, all of them are righteous men laying down their lives, but one protects people, and the other recaptures gold bars.

The male protagonist should go all the way, the righteous man sacrificed all the way, and in the end, the righteous man died and the task was completed.

New themes, new stories, different story textures.

Let's see how the main creator plays this play.

Second, Xu Bing's "Xu Tian" universe: This time, the director told a grand story in 18 episodes

Most audiences have extremely high expectations for "Infernal" because it is a spy war drama cooperated by top actors such as Zhang Yi and Liao Fan.

But there is another person behind the series, screenwriter and director Xu Bing.

Audiences familiar with Xu Bing know that all his dramas have two characters, Xu Tian and Tie Lin, and his screenwriting masterpiece is the spy war drama "Red" that made Xu Tian famous in the first battle.

The drama Douban score is 9.1 points, and then Xu Bing directed "New World", although the reputation of the drama is not good, but Huang Chengcheng's arrogance is still out of the circle, the drama is not bad, the problem is mainly in its length, 70 episodes.

Fortunately, this time, Xu Bing decided to finish the story in 18 episodes.

From the trailer, you can feel the super texture he gives in order to realize his ambition.

The photography and art of "Huan Yan" are full of style.

Under the night rain of splashing ink, Zhang Yi rode a bicycle to carry the male protagonist, and the two slowly moved forward in the dark, as if entering an unknown fate.

In the Miaozhai scene, the camera quickly switches between panorama and close-up, and there is a huge sense of oppression, such as mercury leaking to the ground.

The lens has tone.

In the crisis, the old grandson played by Liao Fan was seriously injured, but he was still calm and calmly came and went in the rising sun, although he was shocked in his heart, his face was like a flat lake, which was both aura and decency.

If the main drama can continue the quality of the trailer, then this is simply an 18-episode-long spy movie.

Third, Liao Fan and Zhang Yi movie emperor fighting drama, all the strength of the party to compete for acting skills

The acting lineup that Xu Bing found for the series, no matter which drama it is put in, is quite explosive.

The first one, Berlin actor Liao Fan.

Liao Fan gave the audience the impression that he had acted in various literary and artistic films, and the directors of literary and artistic films loved to use him, and Jiang Wen also loved to use him.

His acting skills are solid, his style is thick and thin, his line skills are solid, he is very good at grasping the characteristics of the character, and he has a breath of male hormones.

In addition to taking off the Berlin actor's "Daylight Fireworks" for him, his masterpieces are "Let the Bullets Fly", "Evil Does Not Suppress Righteousness" with Jiang Wen, and Xu Haofeng's kung fu film "Master".

He has not acted much in TV series, but the quality is very high, such as the high-scoring suspense drama "The Silent Truth".

In "Huan Yan", Liao Fan's role should be the first stick to escort the male protagonist Xu Tian, as long as there is his play, it is very tense.

It seems that Liao Fan still has a lot of action scenes, hand-to-hand combat and gunfight scenes are very intense, and it is also in these scenes that the character is seriously injured and eventually sacrificed.

In the scene where Xu Tian was entrusted with a heavy responsibility before the sacrifice, Liao Fan was silent, and his eyes were full of stories.

It not only points out the helplessness in the hearts of the characters, but also indicates the direction of the plot.

The second stick to escort Xu Tian is——

The second place, Grand Slam actor Zhang Yi.

It must be said that Xu Tian's road is more Fei Yingdi.

Grand Slam actor refers to the actor who won the Hundred Flowers Award, the Golden Rooster Award, and the Huabiao Award.

Zhang Yi has acted in many classics, and in his early years, there were classic domestic dramas such as "Soldier Assault", "My Regiment Commander My Regiment" and "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky".

In recent years, it has been a big hit in the film industry, and has participated in "On the Cliff", "King Kong River", "Thousands of Miles Home", and "Manjiang Red".

In the first half of this year, he performed two hot dramas, "Crazy" and "Who Is He", which were in the limelight, but also caused aesthetic fatigue among some audiences.

Has Zhang Yi's acting skills deteriorated? I think not. The problem is in the role.

As long as Zhang Yi is placed in the right role, he will definitely not disappoint the audience.

His character in this play was originally a warrior from a small village of retreat.

He participated in the Northern Expedition and shot the enemy. Originally, I wanted to guard my wife and children, but I got into trouble because I sent Xu Tian.

There is a scene in the trailer where Zhang Yi is nodding at the other party, and suddenly hears that his family is threatened, his attitude changes instantly, and his tone changes from forbearance——

Cheng whispered, "If you want to move my family, then there is no way." ”

In the next second, turn into an iron barrel man, the guy to sweep.

Under Zhang Yi's delicate and natural performance, the forbearance and outbreak of this character, the protection of his family and the hidden blood are all reflected in the slightest.

Steady.

With him and Liao Fan sitting down, the performance of the series has been guaranteed to the maximum, in addition, other actors are also full of highlights.

The third place, Zhang Luyi.

Zhang Luyi is Xu Bing's love general, "Red" is the most successful work of the two cooperation, and Zhang Luyi's villain performance in "New World" is also quite exciting.

Although "Great Qin Fu" once made the audience question this acting school, his excellent acting skills in "The Three-Body Problem" once again proved himself.

No one expected that Wang Miao, the protagonist with the weakest sense of existence in the original trilogy, was played by him so heartily.

This time, his role was originally the head man of western Fujian, and later, in order to rescue Xu Tian and Lao Sun, he did not hesitate to give up his family wealth, not to be the head man, and finally sacrificed his life, Zhang Luyi performed the loneliness of the character isolated from the world and the romance in his bones.

This role will not be bad.

The fourth place, Tian Yu.

Tian Yu is a wild card in the current national drama.

Comedies like "Charlotte Troubles" can be performed, fantasy dramas such as "Qing Yu Nian" can be performed, and urban dramas such as "Even if the Wind Rises", no matter any character in his hands, there is his taste.

This time his role should be the old partner of Zhang Yi's character, seemingly ruthless, but in fact he will secretly help, and I can't wait to see his rivalry with Zhang Yi.

The fifth place, Yang Haoyu.

Another actor whose strength is far greater than his fame.

You are not familiar with the actors, but Jian Jiuhuang in "Sword in the Snow", Mr. Guan in "Fame and Fame", Mr. Leng in "White Deer Plain", and the old fried dough in the workplace in "An Home", you should be familiar.

In 2023, "Space Exploration Editorial Department" starring him has become a word-of-mouth dark horse for domestic films, and his performance has been recognized again.

In this play, his character has words in his words, and there are knives hidden in laughter, which makes people guess.

The acting is not worried.

Sixth place, Wu Xiaoliang.

Another face-changing actor.

From Cao Poyan in "Twelve Hours of Chang'an" to Sun Xing in "Anti-Black Action", how many people can match two characters.

Especially the role of Sun Xing, crazy on the outside, cowardly in the heart, played by him to the slightest, the more the audience hates this role, the more it proves that he is good at acting.

Wu Xiaoliang has mostly played villains in the past, but this time he should play a righteous man, and I suspect that his role with Tian Yu is the other two of the five righteous warriors.

But Wu Xiaoliang plays a good person, and he will not be a good person in the traditional sense, how to act, I want to watch it.

Finally, the starring of this play, Dong Zijian.

Allowing Berlin actors, Chinese film slam actors and a vote of acting to match themselves shows Dong Zijian's influence in the industry today.

Although it is the second generation of stars, Dong Zijian's acting skills are indeed not bad.

In "Great Rivers", he played Yang Xun, in "Feng Qi Longxi", he played Wei Guo Junshou who was deceived by Chen Kun's role, and in "Who is the Murderer", he played a small policeman who finally found out the truth.

Perhaps his acting skills cannot be compared with Liao Fan and Zhang Yi, but since the Chinese drama tacitly accepts that the protagonist of the new spy war drama is best a young actor, then among this young actor, Dong Zijian is already the least bad choice.

In addition to the above, this drama also has Tong Liya, Xu Juncong, Lian Yiming, Yin Fang, Huang Chengcheng, Su Xiaotong, Ren Min, Qiu Tian and many other powerful people joined, and there are no less than 12 acting schools. The acting skills of this drama are the last thing the audience needs to worry about.

Third, the spy war theme is about to break the game? Liu Yunlong should have met an opponent

When it comes to spy war dramas, you can't fail to mention Liu Yunlong.

As a representative character in domestic spy war dramas, Liu Yunlong's two spy war dramas "Dark Calculation" and "Kite" directed and acted by Liu Yunlong are both eternal classics in domestic spy war dramas.

Especially "Kite", the audience evaluation over the years has far exceeded its Douban score, 8.8 points.

But after "Kite", there is no longer the curse of spy warfare, but it has not really been broken.

Liu Yunlong has created a situation of domestic spy warfare, but now what is most needed in domestic spy warfare is that someone can get out of Liu Yunlong's spy war mode.

Simply put, Liu Yunlong needs an opponent.

And this "Huan Yan", not only has a breakthrough in the theme, but also found a super lineup, and at the same time has the platform Yu Wei of "Long Season".

Although there are spy dramas such as Huang Xiaoming's "Lurker", Wang Zhiwen and Nie Yuan's "Night and Dawn", Zhang Songwen's "Lonely Boat" and other spy war dramas.

But let me be honest, although these big dramas have extremely strong lineups, from the perspective of the story, they still continue Liu Yunlong's spy war drama mode, and it is too difficult to surpass Liu Yunlong on the same battlefield.

And "Huan Yan" is a new story, representing a road that Liu Yunlong has not traveled.

So its chances of breaking through are the highest.

Judging from the trailer, the most outstanding thing is the spy war atmosphere.

As a spy war drama, "Huan Yan" has put a lot of effort into creating suspense.

There are a few scenes in it, which make people sweat and stand on end.

In just a few seconds, the undercurrent surges.

Under the martial arts, it is the writing of literary opera.

But what I look forward to the most about the series is the spirit contained in the story.

I don't know when domestic spy war dramas are becoming more and more proficient in suspense and reversal, as if an episode does not reverse several times, all sorry for the audience.

But it gradually lost the core thing of domestic spy warfare: faith.

For example, the last dance in "Dark Calculation" and the final salute in "Kite".

But in "Huan Yan", I saw Lao Sun, played by Liao Fan, smile with relief after completing his mission.

There is also the appearance of Zhang Yi's character calmly dying.

Liao Fan has a sentence in the play: "The road is taken step by step, and when you die, you are still on this road, it is right."

The so-called Huanyan is not Xu Tian's joy, but the joy of the people of the world, and Huanyan is dedicated to every unknown Chinese who walks towards the light.

If Xu Bing really filmed this belief and let the audience understand it, the play would become.