For post-80s literature lovers, there may be some female readers who are not obsessed with Jin Yong, and some male readers who are disdainful of Qiong Yao, but there are almost few who have not read Haiyan's works, especially the film and television dramas adapted from his novels, which are all the rage. Today, the editor will talk about this well-known writer who has a profound influence on the post-80s.
Writer Hai Yan
Those who know Haiyan know that he is not only a writer, but also a businessman, and a former people's policeman. It was this rich life experience that laid a solid foundation for his future literary creation. In fact, as early as my childhood, I was already left with ignorant memories of his works. Liu Huan's song "Young Ambition is Not Sorrowful", "Several degrees of wind and rain, spring and autumn, wind, frost, snow and rain fighting torrents", often lingered in my ears when I was a child, but at that time, I didn't know that this song was the theme song of the TV series "Plainclothes Police", and I didn't know who Haiyan was.
TV series "Never Look Away"
What really made Haiyan take root in my heart was because of the "Never Look Away" in the late 90s, when the popularity of this TV series was incomparable to any romance drama today, and it also made Lu Yi famous almost overnight. The play also became the most successful "Haiyan Trilogy" in the later "Jade Guanyin" and "What to Save You, My Love". In the early years of the 21st century, Haiyan dramas gained unprecedented popularity, and almost every drama will become a popular star. In those years, it was also the editor's college days, and I still remember that my classmates seemed to be constantly circulating Haiyan's novels and books. One of the biggest regrets in my life is that I missed a discussion with Haiyan to our school.
TV series "Jade Guanyin"
In the editor's opinion, Hai Yan's novels cannot be defined as romance alone, nor are they just about youth. As far as romance novel writers are concerned, there is Qiong Yao and Guo Jingming in the past, these two should be regarded as the best among them, but in my opinion, their works are too lacking in ideological core. Most of Hai Yan's works have twists and turns but are closer to reality, such as the "trilogy" and "Plainclothes Police", "Deep Prison", "River Like Blood", etc., which are all related to public security criminal investigation cases, and at the same time, each work has an unforgettable love affair.
TV series "What to Save You, My Love"
Most of the protagonists in Haiyan's works come from ordinary people's homes, and although they are outstanding, they have to face the pressure and helplessness of reality, so they are closer to the lives of readers. Most young people will have a beautiful yearning for love, and the novel depicts a number of unswerving love stories, which can resonate even more. The most important thing is that Hai Yan's works have a very upright three views, just like the lyrics of "After suffering, he will not change his youthful ambition and not say his sorrows". In order to seek justice or truth, the protagonists do not hesitate to do everything and even cost their lives. In the novel, the protagonists are all about 20 years old, and they have experienced the vicissitudes of the world in just a few years, and the end of the story is still in its prime. The reader's life continues, but they are still at such an age when they bloom like flowers, so some people say that Hai Yan's novel depicts a "youth ideal country".
Haiyan's real creative peak was from "Never Look Away" in 1998 to "Dancer" in 2007, and the most popular years of his works also coincided with the youth of the post-80s. He may not be called the best writer in China, but for those of us born in the 80s, he has accompanied our youth in the form of literature, telling the bizarre and touching things that happened during that time.