Unexpectedly, after the finale of "Wind Chaser", the stamina of this drama is quite large, and the popularity on the Internet is still high.
What is somewhat surprising is that the focus of discussion among netizens is not Wei Ruolai and Shen Tunan, nor Shen Jinzhen, but two dark horses, a villain and a supporting role.
The villain is Lin Qiaosong, because this character was designed by the screenwriter to be too plump, three-dimensional and too versatile, causing some netizens to joke that "The Wind Chaser" should be renamed "The Legend of Qiao Song".
The supporting role is Niu Chunmiao, and many netizens have said that the role of Niu Chunmiao makes people's imagination of the Red Women's Army concretized, and there are not many scenes in this role, but it leaves a deep impression.
This article talks about Niu Chunmiao, the dark horse character of "Wind Chaser".
First, the opening of the surprise
Niu Chunmiao immediately made people shine as soon as she came on the stage, because her dress and temperament were incompatible with Shanghai Tang at that time, for the audience who followed the drama, after being accustomed to seeing the financial elites in suits, leather shoes, and oily faces, a cute and simple baby-faced girl suddenly appeared, which felt good.
When Niu Chunmiao met Wei Ruolai, the audience's surprise was even more, her crackling personality was really enjoyable, especially when Wei Ruolai was cleaning up in the bank lobby, the more speechless Wei Ruolai became, the more helpless he became, the more the audience loved to watch, Shen Tunan Lin Qiaosong couldn't do anything with Wei Ruolai, but one thing fell to one thing, Wei Ruolai would be numb when he met Niu Chunmiao.
After Niu Chunmiao met Shen Jinzhen, the comedy effect was directly full, and she actually came up with the idea of "selling Wei Ruolai", which also made the audience breathe a sigh of relief, after all, if there is another scene between Niu Chunmiao and Shen Jinzhen to compete for Wei Ruolai's role, it will not only seem that the plot will be routine, but it will also make it difficult for the audience to choose, Shen Jinzhen has Shen Jinzhen, Niu Chunmiao has Niu Chunmiao's wonder.
Niu Chunmiao is like Wei Ruolai's complementary role, from personality to behavior, the two of them are like two extremes, Niu Chunmiao's appearance brought a breath of fresh air to "The Wind Chaser", so the design of this character can bring surprises to the audience at least when he first appears.
Second, the head of the tiger and the tail of the snake
Since Niu Chunmiao accidentally discovered the counterfeit money and led to the counterfeit money case, her role suddenly became dispensable, although the screenwriter asked her to capture Lin Qiaosong alive in the counterfeit money case, but this task is no problem for Arwen to cooperate with Brother Hao to complete it, simply put, there are Niu Chunmiao five or eight without Niu Chunmiao forty.
When it came to the construction of the treasury case, Niu Chunmiao still had no effect, and the number of appearances was very small, just reminding Wei Ruolai, and the other was to help get Aunt Zhou to the ambulance, and other times it was almost like playing soy sauce.
Wei Ruolai escaped from Shanghai and went to the Soviet area, it was Xu Nuo and Shen Jinzhen who really worked, Niu Chunmiao looked sassy while running and shooting when rescuing Wei Ruolai, but this scene actually belongs to the same design with or without her, as long as the screenwriter doesn't want Wei Ruolai to die, Shen Jinzhen is enough alone.
Wei Ruolai actually didn't need Niu Chunmiao on the way to the Soviet District, Shen Jinzhen had the identity of an underground party, and Wei Ruolai was from Jiangxi, so there was no problem of needing a guide.
After arriving in the Soviet area, Wei Ruolai refused to join the Red Army and chose to go home, Niu Chunmiao failed to persuade her, but went home with him, and it was not Niu Chunmiao who really prompted Wei Ruolai to wake up and join the army, but another lovely and poor girl, Fang Ling.
When Wei Ruolai decided to join the army, Niu Chunmiao accompanied him to join the army, and the role of Niu Chunmiao was to accompany him all the way? Accompanying Wei Ruolai to and from Jiangxi, accompanying Wei Ruolai to go home, and accompanying Wei Ruolai to join the army, wouldn't the role of Niu Chunmiao be very embarrassing.
After joining the army, Niu Chunmiao was assigned to the special company of the Soviet District Bank, in this company, there is a shrewd and capable company commander Kong, a smart and vigorous ingots below, and an oversized Shen Jinzhen coach in the middle, whether it is to carry out combat missions or assist Wei Ruolai, Niu Chunmiao's main role is almost all about participation, and there is almost no difference between her and her.
In short, Niu Chunmiao's role after joining the army is more embarrassing than the scene in Shanghai, there is no separate story line for her throughout the whole process, she is always participating, participating in meetings, participating in tasks, participating in wars, participating in retreats, in a word, if there is no role of Niu Chunmiao, the plot will basically have no impact.
3. Shotgun theory
There is a saying in the screenwriting world that makes a lot of sense: after the character enters the house, if the camera gives a close-up and there is a shotgun hanging on the wall, then the shotgun will definitely fire in the next plot.
If we look back at Niu Chunmiao's scene in "The Wind Chaser", you will find that she may not even be as good as a shotgun, and she has almost no effect on the promotion of the plot, and she is even worse than Ah Wen, who jumped to his death.
Why does Niu Chunmiao's role seem redundant and embarrassing?
Boldly speculate, in addition to the common reason of pouring water to make up the number of episodes and adding dramas to praise stars, the more likely reason is that the screenwriter and director changed the play.
It is likely that Niu Chunmiao and Shen Jinzhen had emotional rivalry in the original scene, but later the crew changed their minds and deleted the emotional scene (this is also where the screenwriter talked about it), in order to completely dispel the audience's doubts, the crew also designed an ethereal "Second Brother Liao", so that Niu Chunmiao and this character who only heard the name but did not see people formed a pair.
Since there is no emotional drama, the role of Niu Chunmiao is only left with "accompaniment" and "participation".
Fourth, the actor is no problem
Although the role of Niu Chunmiao is embarrassing and redundant in "The Wind Chaser", to tell the truth, Lan Xiya is no problem as an actor, whether it is appearance, temperament or acting skills, there is no choice.
Lan Xiya is young first, and there is no pressure to play the 19-year-old Niu Chunmiao in her twenties, and the other she is a Tujia girl born in Enshi, although she is not an old watch in Jiangxi, but she is also a southerner, and there is no distance in appearance and temperament.
In addition, Lancia's acting skills are very open, other girls may look contrived when they are scattered, but after she spreads, she looks very cute and closer to the character, especially when she jumps up and down, the wild charm is immediately revealed, which is a feeling that Shen Jinzhen can't give.
The key is that Lanxiya's female Red Army looks very good, especially the big knife with red silk behind her, which not only highlights her characteristics of being good at kung fu, but also directly enhances the aura of the whole person, making netizens sigh that the image of the Red Women's Army has materialized.
To put it bluntly, the role of Niu Chunmiao is definitely unsuccessful from the plot point of view, but Lan Xiya, an actor, saved Niu Chunmiao, her appearance, temperament and acting skills directly made Niu Chunmiao countless fans, and she also became a very popular dark horse role in "The Wind Chaser".