"New Life", as a TV series directed by the Olympic bid and starring Jing Boran and Zhou Yi, will be broadcast on the Youku platform on May 6, 2024. The play not only attracted the audience's attention with its compact plot and superb acting skills, but also aroused the audience's in-depth thinking about the crime of poor information with its in-depth excavation of human nature.
Death or rebirth
The plot of "New Life" starts with the "death" of the protagonist Fei Ke, and through the perspective of female reporter He Shan, a Rashomon-style story about Fei Ke is gradually revealed. Fei Ke, a seemingly mysterious and charismatic figure, whose true identity and past are like a huge mystery that is elusive. As the plot deepens, the audience gradually discovers that Fei Ke's "death" is actually a scene planned by himself, and the clues he left behind are to guide He Shan and five strangers to explore his true identity and past.
The narrative technique of this TV series is very unique, it adopts the method of multi-time and space cross-narrative, and gradually pieced together Fei Ke's complete life through the memories and narration of different characters. This narrative not only adds complexity and suspense to the plot, but also gives the audience a deeper understanding of each character's inner world and the relationship with Fei Ke. At the same time, the precise control of time, place and other details in the play also makes people feel the director's rigor and intention for the narrative.
Cat and mouse game
In terms of character creation, "New Life" also performed well. Fei Ke, played by Jing Boran, not only has a complex identity and background, but also has an elusive character and behavior. He appears in a variety of images in the play, sometimes he is Chen Shufa's young and promising son-in-law, sometimes he is Cheng Hao's sincere and reliable junior in the industry, and sometimes he is Su Qian's handsome and romantic intimate lover. This multi-faceted image creation not only makes Fei Ke's character more three-dimensional and realistic, but also makes it more difficult for the audience to predict his next move. And He Shan, played by Zhou Yi, is a female reporter full of a sense of justice and keen insight, and her appearance provides important clues and impetus for the development of the plot.
In addition to the wonderful plot and character building, "New Life" also deeply explores the social phenomenon of poor information crime. In today's highly developed information world, information gap has become an important means for many people to commit crimes. And "New Life" shows the various means and effects of poor information crime through the role of Fei Ke. In the play, the plots of how Fei Ke used the information gap to commit crimes, how to hide his true identity and past, and how to escape the punishment of the law at the last moment are deeply shocking and alarming.
Ficker's dinner
The TV series "New Life" is based on the novel "Fei Ke's Dinner". As a TV series work on the screen, compared with the original novel, the TV series has made some changes in the process of adaptation, and if you read the novel, you will have a deeper understanding of this story of humanity and deception.
In the original novel, Fico is a Quasimodo-like character. He used the greed of human nature as a yellow finch to design several people who were not human-minded, but in the end he gave them rich material rewards. What is a person's life pursuing, and loving and being loved does not seem to be so important in the face of money and material.
Fei Ke, a thoughtful person, finally had a deep love for Susan, even if he knew that Susan was recording the whole process, he was willing to become a material for him. In fact, after reading this work, my heart is a little blocked, poor people must have something to hate, and these so-called victims themselves are on the edge. And people like Fei Ke finally got terminally ill, and they loved Susan deeply, and they wrapped themselves in layers of bandages. Compared with this, some time ago, "Removing the Three Evils Around the Week" is more incisive than this work. However, the harm that is eliminated everywhere, and Fei Ke teasing is the greed in people's hearts.
"New Life" not only has a compact plot and superb acting skills, but also has a deep discussion of human nature and social thinking. It allows us to see the horror and harm of poor information crimes, and also makes us cherish and value the authenticity and credibility of information more. At the same time, it also makes us think about how to better deal with this social phenomenon and how to better protect the interests of ourselves and others.