Hong Kong's wealthy Qiu family, an inheritance reading is underway.
Master Qiu suddenly fell seriously ill, and all the children of the Qiu family were asked by the lawyer to be present.
Needless to say, something big is happening.
The lawyer read out Mr. Qiu's power of attorney: once he has physical problems, he will entrust a person to act as the chairman of the group.
Everyone's eyes automatically glanced at the patriarch of the family, Qiu Zhibin (played by Luo Ziyi) and the current vice chairman of the group, Qiu Shouyi (played by Luo Jialiang).
However, the name pronounced by the lawyer surprised everyone: the eldest granddaughter Qiu Haoer (played by Charmaine Sheh), who is shrewd and capable, but is not in the center of power.
Qiu Haoer took the power of attorney in the midst of everyone's suspicions.
However, when she became the acting chairman of the group and participated in the group's board of directors for the first time, a police officer from the Commercial Investigation Bureau suddenly walked into the conference room and asked Yau Haoer to assist in investigating a case of fraud in inheritance documents.
It was the legal department of the Qiu Group who reported the case, and the testimony was the personal doctor who witnessed Master Qiu signing the power of attorney.
Is it really Qiu Haoer who bought a private doctor to fake? Even her opponent Shouyi didn't believe it.
If she is convicted, who will benefit the most? The eldest grandson of the family, Qiu Zhibin.
Can Qiu Haoer clear his suspicion? Will the people behind it jump out? Where will this drama of wealthy families compete for production?
The plot above comes from the Hong Kong-style wealthy drama "The Inheritor of Family Glory" starring Charmaine Sheh, Lin Feng, Luo Jialiang, and Xu Shaoxiong.
The title of the play seems similar?
That's right, the first "Family Glory" starring Zhang Zhilin and Yang Yi, although the plot is bloody, it won the Hong Kong ratings championship with an average rating of 27 points.
In the second part, the new queen Charmaine Sheh was invited.
For the fifth time, he partnered with Lin Feng, who gained great momentum with "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City".
plus three more TV Emperor Luo Jialiang, Xu Shaoxiong in "Apostle Walker".
There are also Hong Kong stars such as Luo Ziyi, Huang Haoran, Yu Anan, Zhang Fengni, Chen Jing, Liang Jingqi, Chen Ying, Wang Minyi, etc.
The producer is not TVB, but Media Asia and Pants.
Producer Liang Jiashu, who was the speaker of the Liang faction in TVB's two major mountains, screenwriter Huang Guohui, representative work "Looking for Qin", director Cai Jingsheng, filmed "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and "Looking for Qin".
The lineup of classic Hong Kong dramas, the classic wealthy genre, and the formula that wealthy dramas should have, "The Inheritor of Family Glory" all have them.
Is it still the taste of Hong Kong dramas? After watching the first five episodes, I can draw a conclusion: the right taste.
Strange feelings, ethics, and business wars are staged in turn, and all members fight viciously, have power, and also fight in palaces.
Coupled with the lineup of Hong Kong stars in the whole class, I seem to have the illusion of returning to the peak era of Hong Kong luxury dramas.
Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas, it is time to have a successor.
1, story: power struggle, palace fight, business war, the formula of Hong Kong giant dramas, all ready
"As the acting chairman of the group, in addition to the right to vote, do I also have the right to veto?"
As soon as Charmaine Sheh's line came out, audiences who often watch wealthy dramas knew that the show was the beginning.
I have to say that "The Inheritor of Family Glory" does not waste a minute.
In less than ten minutes of the opening, the story background, main characters, and core conflicts are all clearly explained.
Master Qiu is seriously ill, and the eldest granddaughter Qiu Haoer is in danger and is appointed to act as the chairman of the group, but she is a lone army within the group.
The board of directors is Qiu Shouyi's person, the eldest grandson of the family, and Qiu Zhibin.
She took over the task with a cold eye, and was besieged from the beginning. The position of Acting Chairman has not yet been hot, and the person has been taken to the Commercial Investigation Bureau.
The wealthy compete for property, and it is really not so easy.
And the next three big dramas will directly release all the three killer features of Hong Kong wealthy dramas:
The first game, the power fight.
The battle for the property of the wealthy family is the struggle for family power.
Whoever can fight for a higher position will be able to lay the foundation for the future battle.
Therefore, Qiu Hao'er was ordered to be in danger and was immediately pushed into the center of the storm.
The Qiu family is divided into two veins.
The eldest son of the game world, Qiu Shouren (played by Xu Shaoxiong), and the unfavored granddaughter Qiu Haoer are in the same vein. In this vein, there are people who have no power, although my father is unreliable, Qiu Haoer is the style of a general.
Zhida Caishu's second son Qiu Shouyi and eldest grandson Qiu Zhibin are in the other vein.
This vein has power, no one. When the father's blind expansion and the son's irritability and frivolity, the father and son single-handedly sent the hotel giant Qiu Group into crisis.
Originally, the balance of power was tilted in favor of Qiu Shouyi and Qiu Zhibin, but now, the balance has been completely broken.
It was Qiu Zhibin who made a black hand against Qiu Haoer and asked Master Qiu's personal doctor to collect money to slander Qiu Haoer.
Conspiracy succeeded?
It is precisely the biggest flaw that is exposed.
As Qiu Shouyi said to his son Qiu Zhibin, "There are many ways to be the acting chairman of the group, but you choose the one with the greatest cost and risk." ”
Sure enough, not long after, Qiu Shouyi, who once wanted to remove her as acting chairman of the board of directors under the pretext that Qiu Haoer was investigated, publicly supported her to continue to perform her duties on the board of directors.
What's the situation?
Qiu Shouyi directly threw a USB flash drive sent to him by a mysterious person to Qiu Zhibin, which recorded the video of Master Qiu's personal doctor confessing and slandering Qiu Haoer.
What's even more strange is that this personal doctor then suffered amnesia from serious injuries in a car accident. The only witness suffered serious injuries and lost his memory, and the investigation was automatically terminated.
The winner and loser are also converted.
Qiu Haoer, who was originally in danger, not only returned to the position of acting chairman, but also secretly helped by mysterious people, holding ironclad evidence that Qiu Zhibin obstructed judicial fairness.
In this game, Qiu Haoer won without a fight, and Qiu Zhibin was completely defeated.
But who is the mysterious person who secretly helps Qiu Hao'er? Is it the defense lawyer and ex-boyfriend Gao Jun played by Lin Feng, or the son of the Qiu family, Qiu Shouren, who seems to have withdrawn from the power struggle, played by Xu Shaoxiong, or is it someone else?
The suspense is to be solved, and the second game will come again soon.
The second game, business war.
The disagreement between Qiu Haoer and Qiu Shouyi's father and son, in addition to family power, also lies in the business route.
Qiu Shouyi's father and son's blind expansion caused the family to owe huge debts, which is the reason why Master Qiu lost confidence in the two and used Qiu Hao'er as a medicine to stimulate the father and son.
The father and son's way to break the game is to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and even do not hesitate to cooperate with the South American gambling king, wanting to use hotel resources to set up a casino, and then use this so-called good news to continue to borrow from the bank.
However, Qiu Haoer advocated the use of existing hotel resources to expand financial resources and fundamentally solve the problem.
It is not difficult to distinguish which is superior and which is inferior.
But Qiu Shouyi and his son held the majority of the board of directors, and Qiu Haoer's only bargaining chip to stop the casino plan was a veto in his hand. But this is equivalent to completely tearing up his face with Qiu Shouyi's father and son.
How to break the game? See Moves.
Find out the secret trick behind the cooperation in the gambling industry, go straight to the South American gambling king, salute first and then soldier, either talk to me or talk to the Commercial Investigation Bureau.
The gambling king of South America retreated despite the difficulties.
In the second game, Qiu Shouyi's father and son were deflated again, the casino plan was shelved, and the 200 million rebates they ate were spit out.
In the business war, Qiu Haoer won again.
I understand, I understand, Luo Jialiang + Luo Ziyi, they can't fight a Charmaine Sheh.
Let's get straight to the palace scheming.
In the third game, Gong Dou.
The opponent of this game is still the big and young camp against the second less camp.
It's just that the two sides of the battle were replaced by Zhu Liqi, the eldest young grandmother played by Chen Jing, and Dai Qiting, the second young grandmother played by Yu Anan.
Did you find a problem? Young, big young grandmother, older, second young grandmother?
No wonder this pair wants to fight.
The second young grandmother, Dai Qiting, has not remarried since the divorce of the original partner of the Qiu family, and she is the "master of the harem" in the Qiu family. Until the tender model Zhu Liqi deliberately married Qiu Shouren, who was 30 years older than herself, Dai Qiting's status was not guaranteed, and there were often vicious fights between the concubines.
The first trick is to show off your wealth and crush it.
Wealthy charity dinner, Vanity Fair, originally Dai Qiting won for many years, but Zhu Liqi not only forced Qiu Shouren to borrow a sky-high jewelry necklace from his ex-wife, overshadowing her, but also pulled her on stage to take a group photo, showing her face.
The second trick is to use strength to fight.
Dai Qiting has been used to being arrogant for many years, and she is used to insulting the Filipino maids at home.
In the past, it was no problem for her to walk sideways, but now Zhu Liqi is here.
directly found the Filipino maid who was bullied by her, contributed money, efforts, and lawyers, and made the Filipino maid and Dai Qiting tough.
Dai Qiting, the second young grandmother who was caught with a sore foot, was naturally defeated.
At this point, the two sides of this battle for the inheritance of the Qiu family have been determined: one side, Qiu Haoer played by Charmaine Sheh, lawyer ex-boyfriend Gao Jun played by Lin Feng, Qiu Shouren, the eldest young master of the Qiu family played by Xu Shaoxiong, and Zhu Liqi, the eldest and young grandmother of the Qiu family played by Chen Jing.
On the other hand, Qiu Shouyi played by Luo Jialiang, Qiu Zhibin played by Luo Ziyi, and Dai Qiting played by Yu Anan.
After three rounds, Luo Jialiang was defeated.
In the first five episodes, the palace fight, power struggle, and business war of the wealthy families are interlocking, and the authentic Hong Kong-style wealthy drama formula.
The suspense is also buried:
Who is the mysterious person who secretly helps Qiu Hao'er?
Gao Jun played by Lin Feng seems to have helped Qiu Haoer many times, but he is also Qiu Zhibin's lawyer, is he Qiu Haoer's strongest backing, or Qiu Zhibin's deepest needle?
Also, what is the truth about Master Qiu's coma?
On the surface, he handed over the family power to his eldest granddaughter Qiu Hao'er, but in the patriarchal Hong Kong wealthy family, this is really Master Qiu's final decision? Is there another variable?
The story of "The Inheritor of Family Glory" is here when it really opens.
2. Perception: Strong rhythm, enough to catch horses, Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas are back
After watching 5 episodes of "The Inheritor of Family Glory", what attracts me to this drama at present is not the gorgeous sets, nor the acting skills of the actors, but a taste, the taste of Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas.
Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas have reached today's heights, and there are two major flavors.
First taste: refreshing enough.
The main story line of "Inheritor of Family Glory" is simple and easy to understand, and it is lightning fast.
To describe it in four words, hearty!
Behind this is the way that Hong Kong dramas continue to retain the activity of the audience: strong rhythm.
In the first five episodes, the two sides of the family power struggle ended at least three rounds of battles, and each game had three or five reversals.
As soon as it came up, Master Qiu was seriously ill, and a casino dispute led to the contradiction between Master Qiu, Qiu Shouyi's father and son, and Qiu Haoer.
Immediately followed by the announcement of the will, and then a power struggle reversal drama was arranged, the heroine did not sit on the chair, but first went to the investigation table, pushing the plot rhythm of the story to a climax, and then leading to the main task and starting the reversal.
Whether it is the reversal of the first power struggle or the reversal of the business war, the dramatic conflict is like a flowing stream, leading the contradictions between the two sides from the foreshadowing to the climax step by step, and the mystery man, the suspense of the two sides sending undercover agents to each other, is mixed in and hooks the audience.
This flavor is definitely enough for Hong Kong.
Second taste: enough to catch horses.
Audiences who are familiar with wealthy dramas know that if Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas lack horses, it will be like Hong Kong-style barbecued pork rice without the fat of barbecued pork, not that taste.
The opening scene of "The Inheritor of Family Glory" has already filled the sense of catching horses.
In particular, the dispute between Chen Jing and Yu An'an is both exaggerated, flashy, and with a touch of black humor. If the wealthy family lacks this layer of glitz, it is not a standard Hong Kong luxury family.
Some people may think that it is old-fashioned, as if Hong Kong-style luxury dramas have never progressed, but just like the taste of Hong Kong-style barbecued pork rice that has not changed for decades, if there is no rhythm pattern of "wealthy cool dramas", Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas are nothing.
3. Acting: Playing "ten trump cards" at one time, is the bet right this time?
Many viewers are worried that as a co-production of Hong Kong dramas cooperated with Media Asia by domestic media platforms, "The Inheritor of Family Glory" has no orthodox Hong Kong drama genes.
Genes are determined by the creators, many big names who have moved out of the series, and familiar faces of Hong Kong dramas, the lineup can be called "ten trump cards".
Who are these "ten trump cards", and when they are combined, can they successfully play a pair of king bombs in today's decadent Hong Kong dramas?
Let's open the cards one by one.
The first trump card: Charmaine Sheh
When it comes to the heroine of Hong Kong dramas, the first face in the picture should be Charmaine Sheh.
When many people see Qiu Haoer, they will think of the "news queen" Wen Huixin.
But the two corners are very different.
Wen Huixin can do anything for the sake of news and power, but Qiu Haoer is thoughtful and has a hint of playfulness, deliberately making things difficult in the opening face of Qiu Zhibin, and she is still in the mood to grimace.
Wen Huixin always takes the initiative to start a war, but Qiu Hao'er fights back in self-defense. It's the same, but the character comes with decisiveness and sophistication.
Now Charmaine Sheh is already a representative of the big heroine in the workplace, and the possibility of overturning in this kind of role is zero, and the difficulty is how to perform the difference.
Qiu Haoer's ability to perform a three-point difference is worthy of praise.
The second trump card: Lin Feng
Lin Feng's performance in this play is definitely a surprise.
From a cameo role as a policeman in "Genesis", to the good deeds of Shanben's younger brother in "The Golden Years", and then to the heavy male protagonist in this play, Lin Feng has also come to provoke the main beam of Hong Kong dramas.
In the past few years, it can't be said that Lin Feng's acting is not good, but from Zhang Wuji in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" to "Kowloon Walled City", his biggest problem is stability and lack of breakthroughs.
Unexpectedly, Lin Feng, who returned to the wealthy drama, found the right way to open his acting skills.
This time, he played Gao Jun, jumping back and forth between a professional lawyer and an unscrupulous lawyer, an affectionate ex-boyfriend and a prodigal son in love, and as soon as he wore glasses, he had a bit of a Sven scum demeanor.
This character is suave on the surface, good at navigating the legal gray area, but in fact, he hides the biggest reversal in the whole play, and in the battle for Qiu Haoer's successor, he is the most unpredictable card, which is incomprehensible.
Lin Feng played the right thing.
The third trump card: Luo Jialiang
The three-time Emperor Luo Jialiang, the most impressive thing is his wealthy drama.
But except for "Heaven and Earth Boy", Luo Jialiang has never played a villain in a wealthy drama.
Playing Qiu Shouyi this time is very familiar to him, and there is no pressure on his acting skills.
The only flaw is that the acting is still too easy and too conventional.
The fourth trump card: Xu Shaoxiong
Xu Shaoxiong plays Qiu Shouren, the eldest son of the Qiu family, which is likely to be another unexpected surprise in this play.
Who is the mysterious person who secretly helps Charmaine Sheh? I think he's probably the biggest.
If yes, the character is interesting.
On the surface, he has no ambition at all, loves beauty more than he loves Jiangshan, marries a little wife, and walks to the peak of love, which makes his daughter speechless to him.
In fact, he is a hidden boss who is secretly plotting the layout.
I think this is more likely, otherwise it would be too wasteful to ask Brother Huanxi to go out of the mountain.
In addition to these four famous brands, there are also many Hong Kong drama aces in this play.
For example, Liu Jiang, who plays the role of Mrs. Qiu, left TVB in 2020, and was recruited by Liang Jiashu as soon as he turned around, and now he is 78 years old, his appearance is full of memories, playing the wealthy lady is full of aura, and his lines are subdued, this is a professional actor in Hong Kong dramas.
Yu An'an, who has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards twice, did not expect that the former beauty would perform such a pompous and wealthy role with young milk, and she would also enter the play like this.
and the femme fatale played by Chen Jing.
Liang Jingqi plays the princess of a wealthy family.
plus Zhang Fengni, Gong Cien, Chen Ying, and Wang Minyi, who have not yet appeared, these Hong Kong drama actors represent the taste of Hong Kong.
4. Revival: I didn't expect Charmaine Sheh to play a king bomb in such a form, can Hong Kong-style luxury dramas be revived?
Hong Kong-style wealthy dramas seem to have become a thing of the past.
If it weren't for Liang Jiashu, who single-handedly created the "Genesis" trilogy, no one in today's Hong Kong dramas would have the heart and appeal to shoot such a gorgeous lineup of wealthy dramas.
More than 20 years have passed since the golden age of Hong Kong-style luxury dramas.
Why do audiences love to watch wealthy dramas?
One is the scenery of wealthy families that are difficult for the general public to see;
the second is a wonderful business war drama;
The third is the black and white drama of human nature.
Is there still a need for today's wealthy dramas to exist? The wealthy are luxurious, they have seen a lot, and the business war drama is nothing more than that.
But Hong Kong dramas are unique in black and white of human nature, grasping horses and people's feelings, is there a replacement for domestic entertainment?
Not really.
Then the Hong Kong-made wealthy drama has the value of surviving.
"The Inheritor of Family Glory" is by no means without shortcomings, and the creative level is even more difficult to match with the classics of Hong Kong-made wealthy dramas of the year.
But the victory is full of Hong Kong flavor, the story is compact, the drama is full of tension, and the treacherous business world and the grievances of the wealthy have always attracted the audience.
The story is suspended and catches horses, but it is also a condensed human dog's blood.
In the dog's blood, it also carries the exclusive humanity and emotions of Hong Kong dramas.
It can be said that the drama is a copy of the classic wealthy dramas of the past from beginning to end, but even if it is a copy of itself, in terms of family property contention and wealthy family enmity, it is still the first Chinese drama.
Then it doesn't matter if it's a return to the light or a sunset.
Just follow Charmaine Sheh and Luo Jialiang, these old faces of Hong Kong dramas, to see how to fight to the end in this drama of wealthy families competing for production.
Luo Jialiang played the big head of the article said back then: You can lose anything as a man, but you must not lose if you have confidence.
The same is true for Hong Kong dramas.