When did fraud-themed film and television dramas become popular?
Perhaps at the moment when the movie "All or Nothing" won the recognition of the whole network and was nominated for the "Best Asian Chinese Film" at the Hong Kong Film Awards, the themes of "fraud" and "suspense" already had a place in the hearts of the audience.
So this time, the suspense + fraud short drama "New Life" jointly created by the director of "All or Nothing" bid for the Olympics, screenwriter Zhang Yifan, director of photography Ge Rongyun, art director Li Anran, and famous styling director Tian Zhuangzhuang, producers Zheng Lin and Gao Boyang jointly created the premiere of the short drama "New Life", which directly won the first place on the popularity list, and the hot search on Weibo is even higher.
"New Life" not only presents the audience with a reversed and explosive plot; Fei Ke, a master of lying, the first scumbag, and a natural performance artist played by Jing Boran, directly shattered the audience's three views.
So, what kind of story does "New Life" tell, and how deep is the male protagonist Fei Ke's scheming?
Suspenseful beginning
As a suspense-themed TV series, "New Life" has laid the foundation of "suspense" from the beginning of the production and opening tone.
At the beginning, the image and appearance of the main characters in the play are pieced together little by little, which not only has a bit of a metaphorical effect, but also perfectly fits the suspenseful color at the beginning.
Secondly, the gloomy tone of the opening scene, as well as the scene of Blizzard Villa deliberately created by the director, can better interpret the dark and heavy atmosphere of the suspense drama itself, giving the audience more sense of substitution.
And the first scene at the beginning of "New Life" starts with a phone call between the heroine He Shan and the male protagonist Fei Ke, in which Fei Ke asked to see He Shan for the last time before leaving, but did not explain the purpose of the meeting, so He Shan was also suspicious and turned on the phone recording.
It's just that I didn't expect the meeting between the two to be the scene where the male protagonist Fei Ke suddenly fell ill at the airport and foamed at the mouth, and He Shan, who didn't have time to react, was suddenly told a few hours later that the male protagonist had passed away.
Under a series of unexpected events, the heroine He Shan was also forced to get involved in the mystery of the male protagonist's death for no reason, and at the male protagonist's chase meeting, she met four other key people who have an inextricable relationship with the male protagonist - Chen Shufa, Cheng Hao, Zhang Xuan and Su Qian.
What is the relationship between four people with different identities and different statuses and the male protagonist Fei Ke, through the perspective of the female protagonist He Shan, it can be revealed step by step.
Five-in-a-row scam
The first is Chen Shufa, the owner of the mining company, who has a relationship with the male protagonist Fei Ke's father-in-law and a good son-in-law, and his daughter Chen Jiajia is Fei Ke's nominal wife.
Fei Ke learned that Chen Jiajia was a rich girl, so he faked the identity of Columbia's high degree and the rich son's brother, got close to Chen Jiajia, and won Chen Jiajia's favor.
And knowing that Chen Shufa did not recognize him, he let Chen Jiajia have a showdown with his father by retreating, and won Chen Shufa's attention step by step.
In front of Chen Shufa and Chen Jiajia, Fei Ke has always presented the image of a perfect boyfriend, not only taking care of Chen Jiajia in every detail, but also using the rich second-generation identity he created to seek more benefits and benefits for Chen Shufa's non-compliant business methods, and he has done a good job for Chen Shufa inside and out, so that Chen Shufa can completely let down his guard, thus laying a better foreshadowing for defrauding Chen Shufa of "40 million" from Chen Shufa in the future.
By the time Chen Shufa found out that he had been deceived, Fei Ke had already disappeared without a trace, leaving only his desperate daughter lying in the cold bathtub and committing suicide by cutting her wrists.
While Fei Ke tried his best to fabricate the identity of the rich second generation, he also carried out another scam, and the person who was deceived was Cheng Hao, the president of the returnees.
Cheng Hao is a golden bachelor with money and status, so in front of Cheng Hao, Fei Ke can't show the slightest sense of superiority, on the contrary, he disguises himself as a newcomer in the financial industry, but he can win Cheng Hao's trust even more.
And the encounter between Fei Ke and Cheng Hao is a long-planned plan, which begins with an accidental acquaintance in the business class of the plane, which not only shows Fei Ke's status as a weakling, but also allows Cheng Hao to win a sense of superiority from Fei Ke.
At the same time, Fei Kexing's clever deception method lies in his ability to perceive people's hearts and use the weaknesses of human nature to carry out his own schemes. Cheng Hao likes to find a sense of superiority in Fei Ke, Fei Ke willingly surrendered to him, not only humbly asked him for financial investment experience, but also arranged for him properly in food, clothing, housing and transportation, Cheng Hao even has a kind of affection for Fei Ke that surpasses that between same-sex friends.
Although this point is not clearly stated in the play, whether it is the original novel or some obscure plots in the play, it can be seen that Fei Ke and Cheng Hao have an extraordinary relationship.
After Fei Ke gained trust step by step, he successfully grasped Cheng Hao's handle by opening a rat warehouse for profit, and finally even if Cheng Hao learned that he had been deceived, he did not dare to call the police rashly.
Immediately afterwards, Fei Ke, a fraudster with high emotional intelligence, turned his target to a wealthy and attractive Su Qian, and staged a forbidden and exciting sister-brother relationship with her.
In front of Su Qian, Fei Ke sometimes acts as a considerate little milk dog, and sometimes shows his wise and romantic side, so that Su Qian, who only has two points and one line in her daily life, is full of curiosity and prying heart for him.
Fei Ke staged a game of wanting to indulge with her every day, and Su Qian was eager to immerse herself in this ambiguous and exciting relationship, so even if she was married, she did not hesitate to run to Fei Ke's arms.
Of course, when Fei Ke and Su Qian are together, there is absolutely no so-called love, but a perfect scam that has also been planned for a long time. He pretended that his investment failed, and he was collected for debts everywhere, pretending to be pitiful and sympathetic in front of Su Qian, and finally made Su Qian willing to sell his house and embezzle public funds to pay off his debts.
Finally, there is another young man who is the only young man in the five scams and the first victim to be pulled into the scam by Fei Ke - Zhang Xuan.
Like many college students who are just beginning to fall in love, Fei Ke's encounter with Zhang Xuan is also full of romantic and beautiful campus colors, Fei Ke and Zhang Xuan continue to stage famous scenes of chance encounters in various classes and speeches, and soon the young Zhang Xuan was attracted by this man full of charm and knowledge.
But what Zhang Xuan didn't expect was that Fei Ke was just using his body to pave the way for him to enter the financial industry. Fei Ke, who finally achieved his goal, quickly kicked Zhang Xuan away.
One high-end scam after another, in addition to praising the male protagonist Fei Ke's high emotional intelligence and scheming, he still has to sigh at the sinister nature of human nature.
It turns out that the closest person can also be the most dangerous.
No matter how long or short a good drama is, although "New Life" is only 10 episodes, it is enough to tell the story completely and excitingly, so its exit from the circle is not only luck, but more heart.
I hope that in the future, more film and television dramas can develop in the direction of "New Life", so that the status of domestic film and television dramas will be even higher.
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