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Edited by Mo Guike
2023 can be said to be a year of suspense dramas, "The Long Season", "Lotus Tower", "Under the Prosperous City", ...... Each one makes the audience unsatisfied.
Among the various suspense dramas, costume suspense dramas are also a very successful theme, as long as they are works with "Bao Qingtian" and "Di Renjie" as the main characters, they have won the love of many audiences.
But in recent years, everyone has rarely seen costume suspense dramas based on these two classic historical figures, is this kind of theme going to be outdated?
Until recently, a costume suspense drama "The Case of Tang Di Gong" suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, which attracted everyone's attention, and the original novel of this work is already a world-famous mystery novel, so what is the highlight of this drama?
The wonderfulness of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty".
When it comes to costume suspense dramas, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is "Tang Dynasty Legends", which was popular back then, and from its inception to the present, this drama has always been a classic in the hearts of many netizens.
And "Tang Dynasty Legends" is also inseparable from the famous detective Di Renjie, the protagonist Su Wuming is Di Renjie's apprentice, as long as Di Renjie's name is mentioned, it can deter countless people.
How powerful is the name Di Renjie? From ancient times to the present, as long as Chinese suspense reasoning is mentioned, whether it is literature or film and television works, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is "Bao Qingtian" and "Di Renjie".
But in recent years, few film and television works have mentioned these two people, until the appearance of this "Tang Di Gong Case".
With the explosion of "Tang Dynasty Legends", unit case-style reasoning dramas have become the mainstream now, and it takes five or six episodes to finish a case, which not only makes the progress of the plot faster, but also attracts the attention of the audience.
And the design of each case is related to make these reasoning dramas more reasonable, and now this "Tang Di Gong Case" also uses a unit-style design to tell the plot.
Di Renjie in history appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and the story with him as the protagonist naturally happened during the Tang Dynasty, under the rule of Wu Zetian, the official lineup in the court was greatly changed.
And Di Renjie came to a place far away from the imperial court, and he could be seen in various states, counties, towns and towns in the Tang Dynasty, he traveled all over the territory of the Tang Dynasty and solved countless strange cases.
In the original novel, Di Renjie is a very special "detective", who rehabilitates hundreds of people, and finally returns to the central region to solve the evil forces.
According to the preview of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", this drama tells about about 17 cases, and it is about five or six episodes to end a case, which makes the plot move faster and more able to attract the attention of the audience.
In the play, there are also various strange events, from the trailer, we can see a lot of weird camera designs, blood-boiling fights, just a few minutes of preview, it will arouse the audience's curiosity.
In addition to reasoning, there are also many elements of officialdom and power in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", and under the appearance of reasoning, this drama will also tell a lot of questions about reality and society.
The cast is strong
In this drama, there are many powerful actors, Zhou Yiwei, Zhang Jiayi, Zhang Ruoyun...... and so on, their works are basically loved by the audience.
Zhang Jiayi has been nominated for Magnolia six times, "White Deer Plain", "Mountains and Seas", "Qing Salt Merchant...... The works he starred in are all classics in the hearts of the audience.
The characters he plays can reveal a strong momentum in every word and deed, and each role impresses the audience.
In recent years, many netizens have said that they rarely see him in film and television works, and in this "Tang Di Gong Case", Zhang Jiayi finally appeared in everyone's sight again, looking forward to his wonderful performance in the play.
Zhang Ruoyun, who became popular with a "Celebrating More Than Years", has also entered the ranks of powerful actors, from "Forensic Qin Ming" to "Sword in the Snow", his performance has impressed countless audiences.
And in February 2023, Zhang Ruoyun's acting skills in the reasoning drama "The Silk Case of Daming under the Microscope" also amazed many audiences.
In addition to Zhang Ruoyun's works out of the circle, he was also given the nickname "Zhang Wuji" by netizens, and everyone can't wait for the second part of his works, can this "Tang Di Gong Case" break this title?
One of the supporting roles he plays in the play is based on force value, which is a new challenge compared to the role he used to play based on IQ.
And the male protagonist Zhou Zhouwei is a powerful actor who has been very popular recently, and in the variety show "Love's Study Trip" broadcast some time ago, he completely cleared the label of "machismo" and "scumbag" on his body.
There are also many netizens who call themselves "guilty fans" of Zhou Yiwei, although his character has been complained by many netizens, but I have to say that Zhou Yiwei's acting skills are beyond doubt.
In his famous work "Embroidered Spring Knife", the sentence: "He is my brother, he wants to add money" made the audience remember this bohemian character, and many people called him "a man with money".
In the later "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" and "Shangyang Fu", Zhou Yiwei's performance was very outstanding, and in this "Tang Di Gong Case", he will play a different Di Renjie.
In previous works, Di Renjie's image is similar to that of a civil official, but in the original work of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", Di Renjie also has the momentum of a military general.
Looking forward to Monday's wonderful performance in "The Case of Tang Di Gong".
Let's talk about the female characters in this drama, first of all, the recently very popular actress Chen Duling, from "Long Moon Embers" to "Lotus Tower" and "Yinian Guan Mountain", she has starred in many costume dramas, and has also become the "goddess" in the hearts of many audiences.
In the stills released, Chen Duling's style also looks very temperamental.
There is also the famous costume goddess Wang Likun, who plays Di Renjie's little assistant in the play, just from the stills, you can see her mysterious temperament, which makes people look forward to it.
And this "Tang Di Gong Case", the filming time alone lasted more than 300 days, and even many backgrounds were built in real life, not only a big ship, but also a city was directly built.
From these designs, we can see how attentive this drama is, and it also makes the audience look forward to this drama even more.
If you want to say why this drama is so expected, you must talk about the original work of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", what a legendary book.
The original book is world-famous
The original work of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" was written by a Dutchman Gao Luopei, and this series of books took 18 years to create.
Although Gao Luopei is not Chinese, his wife Shui Shifang, who is also a descendant of a high-ranking official in the late Qing Dynasty, said that Gao Luopei is practicing Chinese characters every day, and it can be said that she is really Chinese!
Gao Luopei's set of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is very popular all over the world, and it is also known as the "Oriental Palace-level mystery novel".
Why is this novel so popular? Some people also ask, why as long as suspense is mentioned, everyone will think of Di Renjie first?
In many folk stories, Di Renjie is the image of a detective, in history, he is a famous politician, and he is valued by many emperors.
And he is also a very beloved official by the people, Di Renjie worked in Dali Temple, and he solved countless unjust cases in just one year.
It can be said that he has rehabilitated countless people, which is why he is a "detective" in the eyes of the people, so Di Renjie is an image of justice in the stories handed down by later generations.
In many previous literary works about Di Renjie, the focus was not on detectives, but on the image of Di Renjie dedicated to serving the people.
But in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", Di Renjie's image is not only a clean official who cares about the people, but also a detective with a distinct personality.
In "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", he is also a person who can drink and have fun, and the image of the detective is more down-to-earth, making his detective image more vivid and three-dimensional.
Gao Luopei's inspiration for creating this book came from "The Four Strange Cases of Wu Zetian", which shows how far-reaching Di Renjie's influence on contemporary people is in various folk stories.
In addition to telling many classic reasoning elements in the book, he also used different stories to describe Di Renjie's image more completely.
The book also reflects Di Renjie's sense of responsibility and courage in that era, which also reflects the influence of traditional Chinese virtues.
In addition, in many mystery novels, readers will not be able to figure out the plot because of the large number of characters in the book, which is a disadvantage of mystery novels.
But Gao Luopei repaired this problem in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", and in many cases, the main characters are only Di Renjie and an assistant, and sometimes Di Renjie investigates the case alone.
This design greatly solves the problem that the relationship between the plot and the characters is too complicated.
And this "Tang Di Gong Case", in fact, in the eighties and nineties of the last century, there have been remakes by directors, and the first one is the famous "The Legend of Di Renjie's Case".
As soon as this drama was broadcast, it gained the love of countless audiences, and the two remakes also received a lot of praise.
Another interesting point is that in the case of "Chaoyunguan" in the original work, after Di Renjie found the murderer, he couldn't deal with it because the status of the real murderer was too high.
In the face of the status gap, Di Renjie couldn't directly arrest him on the spot, so he thought of a way, he pretended to chat casually with the murderer.
The two walked to the edge of the cliff while chatting, and when they came to the edge, Di Renjie took advantage of the murderer's inattention and directly pushed him off the cliff.
In the remake of "The Legend of Di Renjie", it was changed to the murderer falling by himself, and this design is harmless, but it is not reasonable in the original work.
Although the works with Di Renjie as the protagonist are very popular with the audience, there are some works that are too "magically changed", which have also been complained by many netizens.
This "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", the original work is already a very popular work among readers, as long as the shooting is restored enough, I believe that this work will definitely become the next classic.