The plot of "Mountain and River Order" has come to an end, but the popularity is still high, and Douban has stabilized at more than 8 points, which is the first explosive drama in 2021 (according to the online time) that can be called a double harvest of word-of-mouth heat.
For most viewers, the most intuitive point of this drama is the brotherhood of the two male protagonists, and the charm of CP is too tempting for the current audience who are keen on fast pace.
What's more, the CP line of this drama is quite top.5
The two brothers from the "one glance ten thousand years" to meet the temptation of the butterfly bone, and then to the subconscious soul closer, the early stage has maintained the rhythm of one episode N small sugar three episodes of one big sugar, so that the audience's enthusiasm continues to rise.
The personalities of the two male protagonists are very tense, one is sick but not weak, and the heavy love and righteousness are very capable of healing others; the other has its own crazy PI beauty attribute, which can be crazy and warm and seductive.
In the later period, "sugar" and "knife" are intertwined, Wen Kexing's miserable childhood encounter, Zhou Zishu's full of fighting spirit from a teenager to discouraged in the later stage, the friendship between the two is sweet and carries the past abuse.
Such a CP that is sweet enough, flirty enough and can inspire the audience to pity, who can not love?
However, the more critical point of "Mountain and River Order" to stand out is actually the martial arts love behind CP sugar.
Sweet pet dramas or other film and television themes that can attract the audience to snort sugar, CP is enough to be a direct viewing point, but these works are divided into the boundaries between "industrial saccharin" and word-of-mouth dramas, which is often the story background.
Only sugar has no background in film and television works, it is difficult to achieve the results of word-of-mouth explosion.
The "sugar" from the collision of the core of the story and the characters is often complementary, the latter is the façade, the former is the soul, and behind the two protagonists of "Mountain and River Order", the martial arts love of three generations is dragged.
To some extent, this drama can attract ordinary audiences, and even so that the audience who loves CP will not feel too bad, that is, it relies on the love of not being ostentatious but silently touching the audience.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" > the first generation: fighting swords and lakes, starting with vigor and spirit, and finally sinister human nature</h1>
Protagonists: Rong Xuan, Gao Chong; Supporting Roles: Shen Shen, Qin Huaizhang, Zhang Yusen, Long Que, Zhen Ruyu and his wife.
They are a group of new pioneers who have emerged after the jianghu pattern has reached a fixed era, and most of these people have a natural strength that is superior to ordinary people, with great righteousness and self-confidence.
People who have always been at the forefront are often more idealistic, hoping to break the inequality in the rules, create a clear and fair new style of martial arts, and achieve breakthroughs that many people dare to think but dare not do.
Among them, Rong Xuan, who has the best talent and strongest skill in martial arts, is a spiritual leader, and the reason for his advocacy of establishing an arsenal is a bit like the current social popularization of compulsory education, with the purpose of giving equal and interoperable resources to the jianghu people.
This kind of proposition is a good starting point, very in line with the young people's yearning for fairness, when Rong Xuan proposed, the spirited martial arts girls have agreed, seeing it as the great righteousness and responsibility of lifelong pursuit.
However, behind the sun, there will be darkness.
There are bright Andr-faced Rong Xuan, and there are also insidious Zhao Jing, and resource sharing can benefit ordinary Jianghu people, and it will also damage the Old Gate Sect, which is in a dominant position by controlling resources.
When Rong Xuan's strength crushes the jianghu, he is a great hero who seeks fairness for martial arts, and everyone admires; when Rong Xuan is framed and stained, he is the big devil who endangers the jianghu, and the disgruntled will inevitably rise up and attack him.
The pioneers of new rules in history are often difficult to end well, and Rong Xuan is typical.
In this change without a good ending, the selfish rabble-rousers make people feel cold, and the close friends who support or appreciate Rong Xuan give tearful emotional transmission.
In the first 20 episodes of "Mountain and River Order", there are three tearful plots, all created by this group of martial arts predecessors.
The first tear point is the death of Gao Chong.
He was once Rong Xuan's biggest fan, wanting to find out the truth of twenty years ago, but also wanting to rely on his own ability to protect the justice of the jianghu, resenting Rong Xuan for being too naïve at that time, and regretting that he did not help Rong Xuan get out of trouble.
But Gao Chong, in fact, is the same kind of person as Rong Xuan, and has always felt that he can do something positive for the jianghu.
Unfortunately, Gao Chong, in the end, walked into Rong Xuan's footsteps with different postures, and he was thinking about the jianghu until his death, sticking to his responsibility and heart, but he ignored a problem, neither he nor Rong Xuan could beat the hearts of the people.
He is too stupid and naïve, but he is admirable, there are many rabble-rousers, and there are too few people who are willing to live for the great righteousness.
The second tear point is the dragon sparrow recalling the past.
Wuxia novels are always indispensable to the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, some righteousness can make strangers rush to help, and some righteousness can make people who meet in Pingshui save each other with their lives, just like the nameless boatman in "Mountain and River Order".
There is only one scene in the Dragon Sparrow among the Rong Xuan brothers, but every line he takes makes his heart sad and moved, saddened by his encounter, moved by his dedication to righteousness over life, and would rather burn himself to save his friends.
From the towering Lord of the Longyuan Pavilion to the prisoner under the ranks, from the spirited martial arts hero to the dying "wasteman", he has not revealed the slightest information that will hurt his friends, and he has stubbornly adhered to the friendship he once had.
Many years later, when he met Zhou Zishu and others, the old man who was miserable for half a lifetime was still happy because of the appearance of the son of the deceased, and from him, it seemed that he could see the spirit of the past, and he could also see the wind bones of the older generation of jianghu people who would rather not bend.
The way the dragon sparrow guards the righteousness may not be the best, but the most moving, Wen Kexing, who has long been desperate for the love and righteousness of the jianghu, is moved by him, and this role restores a generation of jianghu people with a play.
The third tear point is that Zhen Ruyu and his wife would rather die than yield.
Soldiers died for their confidants, but Zhen Ruyu and his wife paid far more than one death word for their confidants, they could have been a pair of comfortable immortal lovers, but in the end they died in the danger of the jianghu for their best friends, for Dayi and Wulin.
In fact, these two characters were originally the least implicated by Rong Xuan, as healers, their relationship with the martial arts dispute was not deep, but they adhered to the creed of the Jianghu people and insisted on the trust of their friends until death.
If it happens in the real world, I would like to tell them not to insist on it anymore, you will die, but in the virtual story, I still can't help but feel sorry for them.
This generation of Jianghu people is very idealistic and has also experienced the beating of realism, but their ideals do not die and do not change their original intentions, although they fail, they have infinite brilliance.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" > the second generation: enmity, passed down from ancestor to generation, and raised in the hands</h1>
Protagonists: Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu; supporting roles: Jianghu people.
The trial and error of the first generation of Jianghu people in the "Shan He Ling" obviously affected the faith of the second generation of Jianghu people, and Qin Huaizhang, who originally advocated the realization of ideals in a moderate way, influenced the first half of Zhou Zishu's life.
He has great righteousness in his heart, but he also knows that the chaotic jianghu cannot become a rule guide, and like master Qin Huaizhang, he chose to cooperate with the imperial court, but I would have my heart to Mingyue, but Mingyue has a private affection, a passion for blood, and all of them are exhausted.
Wen Kexing, who witnessed the tragic death of Zhen Ruyu and his wife, was the direct victim of the failure of Rong Xuan's idealistic plan, and the tragic pain of his ancestors destroyed his world view, and the destruction of the jianghu became his life pursuit.
Different influences, similar returns, a discouraged heart, a world-weary heart, but the disheartened Zhou Zishu still has great righteousness, and the world-weary Wen Kexing also wants a ray of sunshine redemption.
Two people who have returned to the same place unexpectedly meet at the turning point of life, influence each other and heal each other, they come from the blood, but because of the spiritual guidance left by the ancestors, they ended the quarrel.
This generation of Jianghu people is a bit like a combination of Jin Yong and Gu Long's martial arts heroes, with great righteousness, but for various reasons, they have given up their positive influence on the jianghu, but they have coincidentally promoted the initial success of the change.
The tear point of their story is that they have been knocked into the abyss but still live towards the sun, and the rivers and lakes will deteriorate, but people with martial arts feelings will always use their light to break through the darkness.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" > the third generation: juvenile and new generation of martial arts</h1>
Protagonist: Zhang Chengling; supporting role: Gao Xiaopi and others
Rong Xuan and his party wanted to break the rules but led to disputes and hidden dangers, Wen Kexing, Zhou Zi Shuguang and Dark combined to eradicate the tumor of wulin, but after the unbreakable wulin, it also needed the guidance of a new spiritual leader.
Zhang Chengling, Gao Xiaopi, Cao Weining and other teenagers are the mainstay of the new generation, but unfortunately, Cao Weining did not meet an enlightened and upright master and quit the team early.
The rest of Zhang Chengling, very much the posture of a new generation of leaders, he is like the big male protagonist in Jin Yong's pen, the teenager encountered family ruin, from not knowing the cold and warmth of the world to the turbulent displacement, and then fortunately met two predecessors who led him to goodness.
He fought side by side with his predecessors, became a member of the end of the martial arts dispute, and at the same time the hope of a generation, through the sinister also saw the light, saw the ugliness of human nature, and was also guided by the spirit of two generations such as Dragon Sparrow and Zhou Zishu.
Such a teenager will not be as idealistic as Rong Xuan, and will not wander in purgatory for many years like Wen Kexing, and will be flexible and also adhere to the martial arts of the older generation, and the two generations have given him a good life enlightenment lesson.
He has the strength and energy and potential to take on the responsibility of the jianghu and create a new glory of the martial forest, and when the story of Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu in "Mountain and River Order" is over, the story of Zhang Chengling and others continues.
Jiang Xuerou, the head of Zhou Yi Film and Television, who once caused the trend of new martial arts, has analyzed the characteristics of her own works, and the reason why her new martial arts stories can impress the audience is mainly because she has always insisted on excavating the love and righteousness in the jianghu stories.
This coincides with the success of "Mountain and River Order", a costume drama, three generations of martial artists, and a lasting jianghu love.
With Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu as the core, the screenwriter gives the chivalrous revenge of the second generation, and at the same time deepens the level of the jianghu with several supporting roles, giving the audience a real martial arts story with flesh and blood.
With this solid jianghu style and martial arts heritage, the CP story line is not only more defensible, but also will not fall into the superficial pattern of relying purely on sugar to attract the audience, and get a double harvest of word-of-mouth popularity, without any luck.