I was attracted by a few lines in the trailer -
"You're just too aggressive, you think it's okay if the boat is big?"
"There are many ways to sit on Chairman Qiu. "Morning, everybody. "The meeting was adjourned. ”
"Do you know that Uncle is coming back to be the vice chairman of the group. ”
"I think that as the acting chairman of the group, in addition to the right to vote, I should also have the right of veto. ”
As soon as a few lines come out, fans of old Hong Kong dramas should understand it.
Such Hong Kong-style dialogues, coupled with Charmaine Sheh and Lo Ka-leung's performances full of Hong Kong flavor, coupled with familiar scenes, are definitely authentic Hong Kong-style dramas that compete for the waves and the giants compete for hegemony.
Don't be verbose, the non-TVB Hong Kong drama I'm looking forward to the most this year is finally coming-
"The Inheritor of Family Glory".
With the successive launch of trailers, and the third place in the list of the dramas to be broadcast, there is no doubt that at most, in May, this annual Hong Kong-style wealthy business war drama will meet everyone.
I know what you're trying to say?
Make no mistake, right?
The first Zhang Zhilin, Yang Yi, and Li Caihua's "Family Glory" has a Douban score of 5.5, so it can also have a sequel?
But it was this drama that won the Hong Kong ratings championship that year, and it was launched on the video website, and the popularity was not low at all.
Producer Liang Jiashu struck while the iron was hot to shoot a sequel, TVB has already purchased the drama, and is ready to go to the next city after "The Case Against the Sky 2" stops the decline in ratings.
Why?
Just rely on Charmaine Sheh to take the popular Lin Feng of "Kowloon Walled City", is it enough to watch?
plus a three-time Emperor Luo Jialiang, as well as Xu Shaoxiong, the happy brother of "Apostle Walker".
The starring lineup of "Apostle Walker", the third time of wireless TV emperor + three times of the queen of the TV is here, not enough to watch?
Then add Luo Ziyi, Huang Haoran, as well as the old drama bones Liu Jiang, Wu Dairong, Yu Anan, Zhang Fengni, Gong Cien, and a new generation of Xiaohua Chen Jing, Liang Jingqi, Chen Ying, Wang Minyi.
Enough to see.
can gather such a strong cast, of course, because of one person - producer Liang Jiashu.
As we all know, in the golden age of Hong Kong dramas, TVB is divided into Liang faction and Zeng faction, and the representative actors of Liang faction are Louis Koo and Luo Jialiang.
Soon after "Looking for Qin", Liang Jiashu left TVB, but the subsequent Hong Kong dramas were getting worse.
But Liang Jiashu gathered the old department at the new owner and filmed "Scorching Sun Storm" and "Family Glory".
Back then, it was Liang Jiashu who supported producer Qi Qiyi to shoot the trilogy of "Genesis", "Heaven and Earth Boys" and "Heaven and Earth Pride", which is also the recognized pinnacle of Hong Kong drama giants.
This power game in the depths of the Hong Kong drama giants, the love and hate behind the family, Hong Kong drama fans, still can't miss it.
What's more, Liang Jiashu, who is still in the Hong Kong drama Jianghu, has also built a Hong Kong drama lineup that is more luxurious than the wireless Taiwan celebration drama.
Just look at this Hong Kong-style giant, how to continue the "family glory" of the Hong Kong family business war drama?
1: Story
It can be seen from the absent Zhang Zhilin and Yang Yi that the story of this part does not continue "Family Glory".
This is another Hong Kong-style giant, a story about wealth, power, and inheritance struggles.
The wealthy family this time is the Qiu family.
The opening reprimanded Qiu Shouyi, the second-generation speaker of the Qiu family played by Luo Jialiang, is the founder of the group, Qiu Hanyang (played by Liu Jiang).
As the founder of the group suddenly suffered a stroke and fell ill, a battle for the "successor position" broke out before the company's successor was established.
The first reversal of the story is when Charmaine Sheh's granddaughter Qiu Haoer is airborne.
The wealthy Qiu family has always been known for its preference for sons, and it is well known that the Qiu family's industry will be inherited by the only male grandson of the third generation, Qiu Zhibin (played by Luo Ziyi), but he did not expect a power of attorney signed by Mrs. Qiu to shock everyone: he actually entrusted his eldest granddaughter Qiu Haoer (played by Charmaine She) to perform the position of chairman of the group on his behalf.
This pushed her into the center of the storm.
On the one hand, the group is worried about internal and external troubles, and the actual person in charge of the collective played by Luo Jialiang has blindly expanded and has already owed huge debts, which is also the reason why Mrs. Qiu changed generals.
On the other hand, because the real power of the group is still in the hands of Qiu Shouyi, he dismissed the meeting, and the morning meeting could not be held.
The infighting in the group is intensifying.
In this regard, Charmaine Sheh and Lin Feng's lawyer boyfriend team, Luo Jialiang and Luo Ziyi's father and son team, the two sides launched a duel of wealth and power.
But a new reversal has arrived.
Old lady Qiu passed away, and the last will was made public, and the heir of the designated family was still the grandson played by Luo Ziyi.
But Charmaine Sheh, who has already tasted power, will not quit easily, and with the return of the second-generation boss of the Qiu family played by Xu Shaoxiong, the battle situation has become more complicated.
A family game of thrones has just begun.
It is not difficult to see that there are two core highlights of the series:
The first is business war and competition for production.
Around the family wealth, several parties took turns.
Charmaine Sheh's heroine Qiu Haoer is the granddaughter of the Qiu family, but she was suddenly entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and in the face of doubts and obstructions from everyone in the family, Qiu Haoer sat firmly in the position of acting chairman with the secret help of the lawyer played by Lin Feng.
But the guns and plots followed.
However, Master Qiu left a conclusive suicide note, which brought this story of the battle between wealthy families to a new chapter.
The treacherous business wars and the light and dark of human nature in the intertwining interests are all old dramas in Hong Kong dramas, judging from the trailer, it can definitely be called a story that is interlocking and full of dramatic tension.
The second is the family and tearing each other.
Hong Kong-style family dramas, the best thing to watch is family infighting.
If you want to tear it, you have to tear it to the flesh.
Audiences often criticize urban dramas for levitating.
But the wealthy drama has a certain suspension, and the story itself is detached from the civilian class, and it is also a condensed human blood.
But I can't stop everyone from watching it.
Suspension is not a problem, but the fear is that the suspension is not smelly enough, and you can only scratch the itch through the boots.
Judging from the trailer, in addition to the familiar mutual slapping of the audience, there are constant family infighting, as well as multiple elements such as ticket kidnapping, murder, and love fights.
After watching the trailer, you will sigh at the wonderful sense of control of the classic Hong Kong-style wealthy drama. I can't say how innovative it is, but it's just the top,
The murderous aura that permeates the faces of a generation of old Hong Kong drama actors, as well as the strength of the competition that overflows the screen, makes the audience in front of the TV nostalgic for the self who once chased the drama and was addicted.
The taste is right.
2: The main creator
The core of the "Family Glory" series is actually Liang Jiashu.
As soon as these three words come out, I don't think I need to say more, and fans of old Hong Kong dramas also know the weight of it.
At that time, the culture of wireless mountain was serious, and it was divided into the Liang faction and the Zeng faction.
Zeng Pai focuses on low-cost urban sitcoms and palace fighting dramas.
The Liang faction focuses on professional dramas, wealthy dramas, and criminal investigation dramas, and famous producers such as Pan Jiade, Qi Qiyi, Zhuang Weijian, Zhang Qianwen, and Deng Texi are all Liang faction cadres.
For example, the wireless costume drama "Xun Qin Ji", the wealthy drama "Genesis", the police drama "Stealth Sniper", the professional drama "Wonderful Hands and Benevolence", "Rushing to the Clouds" and so on are all Liang dramas.
However, in 2000, the top production of the Liang faction "Genesis" failed miserably in the ratings of the Zeng faction's "Tea is the Hometown Strong", which not only marked the decline of Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas, but also became the precursor of the gradual decline of the Liang faction.
For a long time after that, small-budget sitcoms, urban romance dramas and palace fighting dramas occupied wireless screens.
The large-scale production of police and bandit and costume dramas lost the support of Liang Jiashu, and gradually disappeared in wireless, Qi Qiyi and other famous producers left, and this TVB infighting finally laid the groundwork for the decline of Hong Kong dramas.
However, after Liang Jiashu switched to Media Asia, the aesthetics and style have not changed, Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas, TVB does not shoot, Liang Jiashu shoots, so there is "Family Glory", the drama was sold back to TVB, and it won the Hong Kong ratings championship that year, in a sense, it is also to win back a game for Liang Jiashu.
And Cai Jingsheng, the director of "Family Glory 2", is also Liang Jiashu's old subordinate, and he was the director of "Xun Qin" and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".
Now that he has been up and down in domestic entertainment for more than ten years, it is time to return to direct the "Family Glory" series.
It is not difficult to see that this is actually an old team of the Liang faction.
But it is undeniable that the works created by the Liang School back then, such as "The Legend of Qin" and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in which Cai Jingsheng participated, were at least meticulously crafted, with upper quality, camera images, and details of the costume, which were absolutely worthy of the audience.
The return of the old team of this set of Hong Kong dramas, as can be seen from the trailer, sure enough, it is the flavor of Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas.
In the open battles on the table, the secret battles off the table, and the dialogues full of Hong Kong dramas, you can also clearly feel the unique style of the Liang School drama at its peak.
"Helping outsiders sue your family, are you crazy?"
The shots in these trailers are full of Hong Kong flavor.
Whether you can find the pinnacle of Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas will have to be seen.
3: Actor
With the success of the first part, Liang Jiashu in the second part is definitely the strongest lineup of current Hong Kong dramas.
Even the lineup of today's Taiwanese celebration dramas is difficult to compare with this drama.
The protagonist plus supporting roles, at least 15 powerful actors, and three times as the queen of the emperor. In other words, in a family glory series, Liang Jiashu has gathered almost all the famous Hong Kong drama actors who have left TVB.
The exception, of course, is Charmaine Sheh.
Because today's Charmaine Sheh is probably the only Hong Kong drama that can shuttle freely between Asian dramas and wireless dramas.
When the filming of "The Inheritor of Family Glory" started, Charmaine Sheh had not yet won three TV queens.
A "News Queen" has skyrocketed her popularity, but to be honest, even with Charmaine Sheh's acting skills, it is still difficult to receive a good drama that fully exerts her acting skills in domestic entertainment.
She's not a traffic flower.
On the contrary, it is when she returns to the Hong Kong drama team that her acting skills can be brought into full play.
This time, she played Qiu Haoer, the eldest granddaughter of the wealthy family "Qiu Family", who was competitive and enterprising, but she was not powerful in the Qiu family.
once rose, but it was just a pawn for the old lady to stimulate his children and grandchildren.
But the chess piece will not acquiesce to the fate of the chess piece, she wants to fight.
Such a role is too suitable for Charmaine Sheh to play.
In fact, starting from "The Desire of the Golden Branch" and "Fire Dance in the Yellow Sand", Charmaine Sheh's acting skills have changed from what they used to be.
Her acting skills are naturally fine, but what I am looking forward to more is that she fights with an old drama.
second place, Luo Jialiang.
Lao Jia's return to Liang Jiashu's drama, what is more exciting for Hong Kong drama fans?
At that time, Luo Jialiang rose all the way to the first brother of wireless, and it was with Liang Pai's masterpieces "Difficult Brothers", "Pride of Heaven and Earth" and "Genesis", that he bid farewell to wireless when he said goodbye to wireless "The Golden Years" was personally designed by Liang Jiashu.
This is actually the last big-budget drama of wireless.
Although "Genesis" has poor ratings on TVB, no one can deny that it is an unborn classic of Hong Kong dramas, and no one can deny that Luo Jialiang's Ye Rongtian is irreplaceable.
Luo Jialiang is the best wealthy drama actor, and he is also the earliest three-time TV emperor of wireless, what Guo Jinan and Li Yaoxiang have done in more than 20 years, he has done it in ten years.
Entering the mainland drama market, he has never been able to fully find the feeling, perhaps Hong Kong dramas are the most suitable place for him to show his acting skills.
This time, he played Qiu Shouyi, the second generation of the Qiu family, full of domineering, and the airborne Charmaine Sheh is constantly in conflict, I can't wait to watch the three TV emperors and the three TV queens, and play on the same stage.
third place, Lin Feng
This is Lin Feng and Charmaine Sheh's second collaboration after "Rain and Clouds", "Years and Clouds", "Sister Huajia in the Flower World" and "Apostle Walker".
In the play, Lin Feng's rogue lawyer not only has a triangular relationship with Charmaine Sheh and Huang Haoran, but also plays a key role in Charmaine Sheh's wealthy granddaughter on the road to the throne.
With the discontinuation of Hong Kong film talents, Lin Feng and Huang Zongze, the leaders of the young life of the year, have actually become the leaders of Hong Kong films and Hong Kong dramas.
In the recent "Kowloon Walled City", Lin Feng played the male lead Chen Luojun, who is full of acting skills and fighting scenes.
Every time Lin Feng cooperates with Charmaine Sheh, the results are good.
I'm certainly looking forward to seeing the duo shine again.
fourth place, Xu Shaoxiong
Brother Huanxi's departure is definitely not to be underestimated.
In addition to playing Charmaine Sheh's father in the play, he is also the elder brother of Luo Jialiang's character, and this character who looks like a smile is definitely a key change in the game of thrones in the play.
No wonder Luo Jialiang's character talks about him as if he is facing a great enemy.
This wealthy drama can also be seen as the trio of "Apostle Walker" against the Lao family, which is interesting.
In addition to these few, there is also Wu Dairong, who has played more and more brilliant in Hong Kong dramas in recent years.
Luo Ziyi and Huang Haoran who have performed in "Family Glory".
Zhang Fengni, who once retired after "Miao Cuihua" (playing Fang De's second aunt).
In "Apostle Walker", he also played Liu Jiang, who played the behind-the-scenes black policeman Guo Sir.
"Snow Mountain Flying Fox" is so far unforgettable Gong Cien.
and Liang Jiashu's daughter Liang Jingqi, a new generation of small flowers Chen Jing, Chen Ying, Wang Minyi, etc.
This lineup can no longer be luxurious for today's Hong Kong dramas.
4: Hong Kong-style wealthy drama
In a word, whether Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas can rejuvenate, or even survive, is in one fell swoop.
To be honest, the success of "Family Glory" is not so much the success of the creation, but the audience's nostalgia for Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas.
Douban 5.5 is very revealing.
It can't be said that the starring lineup of Zhang Zhilin, Yang Yi and others is not powerful,
The whole drama is staged in turn, and the emotional, ethical, and business wars are staged in turn, and there are formulas that a wealthy drama should have.
It's just almost meaningful.
But why do we love to watch wealthy dramas?
The first is to watch the game of wealthy families that is difficult for the general public to see; the commercial game must have a battle of wit, and in the battlefield without gunsmoke, it is the basic plate of this type of drama to make the power struggle in the shopping mall real and attractive.
the second is the emotional line from point to point;
The tradition of wireless giants dramas is the ultimate return of three views and full of human touch.
For example, the classic "Genesis", although it is a wealthy business war drama, it is not tearing each other apart and turning against each other from beginning to end. Rather, it has a unique human touch.
The third and final layer is the people of the wealthy family.
Throughout the classic wireless giants, the most classic is always people.
Let's just say that in "Genesis", whether it is the process of the kind male No. 3 Xu Wenbiao all the way to degenerate, the corrosion of human nature by the desire for money.
or Ye Rongtian, the protagonist who is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, and intertwined good and evil, is so unforgettable.
In the final analysis, the battle between the wealthy is just the skin of the wealthy drama, and the most feared thing is that the wealthy drama has lost the taste of people.
The success or failure of "Family Glory 2" obviously also lies in whether it can find these three unique secrets of Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas.
I still remember Huo Jingliang's famous sentence in the classic wealthy business war drama "Genesis" of the Liang School: "Take the car to work at 9 o'clock every day, and earn 10,000 every month." Save money and play stocks, delusionally hoping to make a fortune in one day. Well, they don't even know who the real big winners are."
There are always people who say that those who understood "Genesis" back then would have been rich and free.
I hope that today's Hong Kong-style wealthy business war drama can still leave such a golden sentence.