1. The opening scene is a wonderful little girl
Back in 1930, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the sound of guns and artillery came one after another, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled. Although the Liang family's old house in Shanghai's French Concession was far from the front line, the lives of wealthy families were inevitably affected by the catastrophe.
Early that morning, the servants of the Liang family began their daily chores as usual, but the six-year-old young lady Liang Qiushi disappeared without a trace. She has always been an obedient and sensible child, and rarely leaves the house to play without permission.
The servants were anxious and searched everywhere but could not find any trace of him.
At this moment, several masked gangsters suddenly broke into the door, pointed military rifles at the servants and shouted: "Quickly invite your master out!" The servants were terrified and agreed.
Soon after, Mr. and Mrs. Liang were forcibly pulled out by the gangsters, and the rest of the family was forced to gather in the front hall.
"Master Liang, your various actions have long been under our control, and today is the time for you to die!" The leading gangster rebuked angrily.
Master Liang was so frightened that his soul was scattered, and his wife cried loudly. However, the gangsters ignored this, just a crazy strafing, and more than a dozen people from the Liang family fell in a pool of blood in an instant, miserable.
At this critical moment, Xiao Qiushi miraculously emerged from a corner and witnessed this creepy tragedy with his own eyes. Anyone in this situation would probably cry bitterly, but Xiao Qiushi showed unusual calmness, as if he had a kind of calmness beyond the ordinary.
She didn't cry loudly, but opened her eyes and wept silently, and she seemed more rational than those adults who cried. She knows that she is in danger at the moment, and only by finding a trustworthy helper as soon as possible can she reveal the truth and avenge her family.
2. Spy War
Looking at Xiao Qiushi's amazing calmness and decisiveness, one can't help but think of Wei Ruolai, the actor in "Wind Chaser", another TV series that also happened in the spy war era.
At first, he was just a small man from a humble background and a poor family, but after tempering, he eventually became a spy war hero with great wit and many miraculous achievements.
The play vividly depicts Wei Ruolai's legendary life journey from the bottom of society to a hero. At first, he was just a poor young man struggling to survive in Shanghai, barely making ends meet by doing odd jobs.
However, Wei Ruolai, with his outstanding talent and exquisite skills, quickly attracted the attention of Captain Zhao, who was on a special mission, and was recruited into the mysterious underground spy organization to take on an important mission.
Since then, Wei Ruolai has embarked on a journey full of challenges and adventures, and in order to defend the dignity and interests of the motherland, he must always skillfully disguise his true identity, venture into the enemy line, and carry out a secret struggle.
In the series, he was repeatedly mistaken for a "spy" and was kidnapped, tortured, and imprisoned, and even hung by a thread several times. Actor Wang Yibo's interpretation of this role is perfect, deep into the bone marrow, and breathtaking.
He vividly expressed Wei Ruolai's predicament and heroism, so that the audience was completely immersed in the plot and followed him to experience all kinds of hardships and tribulations in life.
It is especially worth mentioning that when Wei Ruolai was tortured and interrogated, Wang Yibo's acting skills reached an astonishing height. His painful expression and desperate cry made people feel as if they had experienced that cruel moment and truly felt the indescribable torture and suffering.
The whole process is natural and smooth, without any sense of pretentiousness, but it makes people resonate and be nervous.
In addition, Wei Ruolai also shows an "anti-traditional" character image in the play. Although he is the male protagonist, he does not have those common "protagonist halos", but has gone through a lot of hardships.
The plot depicts his experience very realistically, without the slightest ambiguity, even his recovery process after the injury is not as easy to solve as in other dramas, but it takes a lot of time, and it is precisely because of this that the whole character image appears more three-dimensional and plump, so that the audience has a strong empathy for him.