March is about to bottom out, I'm afraid I won't be able to dig up a good drama, today I still talk about a spy war drama "Wind Chaser" supported by CCTV.
Wang Yibo, Li Qin, Wang Yang starring, the lineup is very eye-catching, the popularity is very eye-catching, the water army is very powerful, look at this boast:
I almost suspect that what we're watching isn't a drama at all. Of course, different angles lead to different perceptions. If you opened it in the way of a spy war drama, I'm sorry, just scratch it away. If you opened it in a "brother is so handsome" way, I'm sorry you crossed me off. If you are a pure passer-by, you want to find an electronic mustard, then there is one thing to say: the current few episodes are chased down, there are not many highlights, there are a lot of urine spots, and the whole is mediocre.
01
The story of "Wind Chaser" is very simple: the story of the male protagonist Wei Ruolai (played by Wang Yibo) who worked hard all the way from an ordinary clerk of the "Central Bank of the Kuomintang" to pursue faith, and finally counterattacked into the story of a red financier who is the only one on the economic front of our party. The story is set in Shanghai in 1930, the situation outside is turbulent, and our male protagonist is still a rookie.
He lives in a rented house in Qibao Old Street, and although he is poor, he has great ambitions and wants to enter the central bank, because this is the ceiling of the financial world, and it is the farthest place that a poor student can imagine. Qibao Old Street is mostly inhabited by poor people, and the camera swept over, with a smell of old Shanghai.
As soon as the camera turned, the male protagonist was taken to the stock exchange by the landlord Aunt Zhou, as a rare intellectual youth on this street, he was naturally fragrant. The exchange is crowded with people, and the unpredictable stock price randomly determines the life and death of ordinary shareholders.
Behind all this, there is a behind-the-scenes boss who is regulating - the senior adviser of the central bank, Shen Tunan (played by Wang Yang).
From the moment he appeared on the scene, he felt a dark cloud of oppression, and it was a pity that this big guy was a ruthless character, and it was a pity that he was not the "exclusive Bole" of the rookie male protagonist. Not surprisingly, he had a discerning eye and chose the male protagonist as his personal secretary from a crowd of candidates. In the blink of an eye, the master and apprentice were engaged in business wars side by side and dominated the stock market. This background, this tone, is it very similar to "Flowers"? Don't say it, don't you really say it. Back then, "Mr. Bao" put on a suit and went from the dick silk of the white wolf with empty gloves to the Shanghai version of "Gatsby", and now, Wei Ruolai put on a suit and turned from "Little Deflated Three" on Qibao Street to Wang Yibo.
Yes, look at this temperament, he is neither like the financial predators of Shanghai Tang, nor like the hot-blooded fighters of our party, just like the superstar idol on the stage. Of course, this drama is not a low-profile version of "Flowers", in addition to the business war, it is also interspersed with a spy front. In the process of working for the central bank, the male protagonist will gradually see a lot of corruption and darkness in the financial field of the Kuomintang, and after experiencing various inner struggles, he will be guided by Marxism to become a staunch Communist Party member. Then, he will eventually part ways with Bole and face off at the top. And our heroine Shen Jinzhen (played by Li Qin) is also a member of the Communist Party, as Shen Tunan's sister, she will eventually stand on the opposite side of her brother.
There is a conflict of characters, there is enough dramatic tension, and the two-line mode of spy war + business war must take a high-burning route, and there is no reason to be ugly? This...... It's embarrassing.
02
Cool dramas are not terrible, but cool dramas around a certain person are terrible. This means that, except for this one highlight, everyone else can go back a bit. "The Wind Chaser" hangs on the male protagonist, which cannot be said to be excessive, it can only be said to be outrageous. Our male protagonist is a child from a poor family.,But it's a "poor genius".,He went to night school while working.,Majored in accounting.,Although he only went to school for a year and a half.,But within a week, the old bookkeeper in the gang found out the fake accounts for many years.。 As the highlight scene of the male protagonist's appearance, this is understandable, the problem is that this "genius" character is set to swing there, and it can't be contained later.
The male protagonist wants to enter the central bank, and the screenwriter swiped his pen: No problem! So, he appeared in shabby clothes in the middle of a large number of rich children, coincidentally, these rich children are all waste, and he is the only one with real talent and real learning. Shen Tunan, who is in charge of recruitment, does not want to take the conventional examination path, he wants to test the candidate's ability to be fearless in danger and his virtue when the disaster is imminent. So, he arranged for someone to set fire to the examination room...... Yes, there was a fire inside the bank. I saw that the other candidates covered their noses and fled in a hurry, but the male protagonist insisted on staying and answering the questions, and got a full score...... In the process of escaping, he not only found the pre-set exit, but also took other candidates out...... The aunt who pretended to faint in the corridor, he also saved ...... When he heard that there was a fire in the reference room, he quickly extinguished the fire......
This belongs to everything from grades to character, and everything is full of marks. Although there is no shortage of children from wealthy families, most of the people who are excellent in character and learning are also proud, especially in that era, why is the comprehensive quality of these children not as good as that of a poor student? I don't understand. In short, with this performance, the male protagonist got the opportunity to be interviewed by Shen Tunan alone. In order to show that the male protagonist is unforgettable, he flipped through the account book casually, and he was able to record the oil price to a few decimal places, and also picked up the cat in the account book, saying that someone had falsely reported the oil money, and no one found out about the entire central bank...... As we all know, studying accounting is not the same thing as studying finance, but our male protagonist is not only unmatched in the inventory, but he is also coaxing in the financial field when he turns around.
In that interview, the male protagonist was not hired because of his unqualified background, so he worked hard to prove his worth. Back in his shabby little black room, he suddenly turned on the brainstorm mode, linked the current affairs news with the stock price trend, and easily guessed the big game of chess that Shen Tunan played behind his back. The central bank boss's abacus was made clear by a rookie in the workplace, and he couldn't tell who was the rookie for a while.
With the halo of the big male protagonist, he is not only intellectually open, but also smooth in luck. The seemingly ordinary Qibao Street hides a great god who makes Shen Tunan see him respectfully, he not only points out the direction for the male protagonist when he is down, but also intends to help him behind him.
When he was in danger of passing on information, a heroine appeared to relieve the crisis for him. When he was put on a gun to break his head in order to protect the property of the central bank, Shen Tunan suddenly appeared and forcibly protected him.
This gold finger is used without restraint, and it is a proper cool drama hero. Fortunately, there is another villain in this drama who is well portrayed, that is, Lin Qiaosong, the captain of the "Detective Team".
In the past battles between the good and the bad, the villain was more or less like a two-hundred-and-five, either with a big belly and a round waist and looking greasy, or his IQ often dropped. But Lin Qiaosong is different, handsome, ruthless and crazy, and his IQ is frighteningly high, basically as soon as the other party makes a move, he can react immediately. A strong villain can make a spy war drama very interesting, but this also means that the screenwriter must have the ability to shape the protagonist better, but our screenwriter's ability can only end here. In order to step down for himself, although this villain is strong in all aspects, he is a love brain, and at every critical moment, the heroine's beauty plan can always be used, so the male protagonist can escape smoothly. There's nothing to talk about, there's really nothing to talk about. Therefore, Lao Tie, who likes to watch spy war dramas, please bypass it, this drama is, in essence, a routine cool drama.
03
Finally, let's talk about the issue of actors, there are too many controversies. The first is the heroine played by Li Qin, a communist, a "hexagonal warrior", and her character is more exaggerated than the male lead. She was born in a famous family, received a good education since she was a child, and her skills are gorgeous to terrifying: a sniper who wears Yang in a hundred steps, a musician who holds a concert in Berlin, a female engineer in a military factory, a disguised cross-dressing boss, and her popularity is so good that she can not only make her brother Shen Tunan spoiled, but also make the villain Lin Qiaosong fascinated. However, her image looks like this:
Not to mention whether the actor herself can withstand a character like "sniper", she is too dramatic in dealing with certain emotions. For example, it is normal for comrades to be sad, but there is no need to go crazy and say some brainless nonsense.
In order to show her fearlessness and bravery, she often asks her superiors for instructions like a little girl, which is not rational at all, and is completely a task of giving people heads. Such a heroine, such a performance, forgive me for accepting incompetence. Wang Yang, uncle circle Tiancai, a thug in a suit, has nothing to say about his acting skills. It's not the first time he has taken a role like Shen Tunan, and the whole aura is in one word - stable. But the disadvantage is also that he is too stable, no mistakes, no surprises, and the script is not good, the charm of this character is much worse than Chen Moqun in "Rebel".
The one with the most cannons is our male protagonist Wang Yibo, and almost half of the bad reviews in the Douban comment area are aimed at him.
To evaluate this brother's performance, we have to be careful, because "my brother" really can't be provoked. Overall, Wang Yibo has made a little progress in this drama, but this small is really small, and only fans can see it.
"My brother" is of course excellent, so I summarized several "unimportant reasons" that affect my brother's performance: first: the character is too tall, he is a genius from a humble family, a financial predator, and a steel man of our party, but Wang Yibo really did not perform the temperament of an intellectual of that era, and it is not wrong to say that he is "illiterate acting". Secondly: if others are too good, it brings out that your brother is not so good. Although the heroine Li Qin's performance is not good, compared with Wang Xueqi and Wang Yangyi, Wang Yibo's acting skills are a little floating. The crying scene of the male protagonist's brother when he died is the highlight of his acting skills, but with all due respect, his performance is really not as "broken" and "explosive" as the fans bragged, which is quite embarrassing.
Again: Wang Yibo's acting skills have always been known for facial paralysis and sluggishness, so in some scenes, his interpretation is inexplicably consistent with the state of the characters. For example, when he failed the interview, he sat on the street with a blank expression. For another example, he originally wanted to behave in front of Shen Tunan, but he was at a loss when he was labeled as "suspected of stealing government secrets...... For a while, I couldn't tell whether it was my acting skills or "talent".
Finally: In addition to the above, my brother's performance is excellent (look at my strong desire to survive).
Regarding "The Wind Chaser", let's talk about it here for the time being, and I just want to talk about it here.
As a mediocre drama everywhere, it's really cruel to chase down.
There are thousands of bad dramas, each has its own bad, see you in the next bad drama~