In 2011, Song Dandan and Zhao Baogang starred in a magical family drama "Home, Nth Power", which won the popularity of "Chestnut Sister" Gao Lu, and also let Wang Ziwen and Bai Baihe accumulate popularity, which is a relatively successful family drama.
The author's most impressive place for "Home, Nth Power" is in addition to Chestnut Sister, that is, the blood relationship between Xue Maoxiang, Wen Nan and the four children in the play, Xue Zhili is the daughter of Xue Maoxiang and his first wife, Xue Yang is the son of Xue Maoxiang and his second wife, Chu Mu is the son of Wen Nan and her first husband, and Qi Qi is the daughter brought by Wen Nan's second husband.
In other words, the blood between the four children is completely different, and Qi Qi even has an emotional drama with his two brothers in name, as is Xue Zhili and his titular younger brother Chu Mu. When I watched this drama, I was shocked by the author, and it was a bit of a thunderous feeling.
Unexpectedly, exactly ten years later, another magical family drama turned out, and the same place as "Home, Nth Power" is that this drama is also four children and four bloodlines, but the difference with "Home, N Power" is that the plot of this drama is more realistic and more grounded, and there is not so much thunderous content in the middle.
This is "Long Live Life" starring Liu Wei, Wang Ou, Sun Yizhou and others.
One or four children have four bloodlines
Zeng Jianguo (Liu Wei), the old head of a family, has had two wives, the first wife Fan Liping divorced and married Duan Tianqing, the chairman of the factory union. Zeng Jianguo's second wife was named Fei Lijuan, and the two later divorced.
The four children of the old Zeng family belong to different bloodlines.
The eldest sister, Zeng Zhiting, is the daughter of Duan Tianqing and his ex-wife, and Fan Liping is her stepmother.
The second brother, Zeng Zhidong, is the son of Zeng Jianguo and Fan Lipingsheng, and according to the lines in the play, he is the eldest son of Lao Zeng's concubine, and there is nothing wrong with him. At the same time, there is no blood relationship between the second brother and the eldest sister.
The third elder Zeng Zhixiang is the son of Fan Liping and Duan Tianqing, the chairman of the trade union, who is not related by blood to Lao Zeng, and belongs to the half-brother with the eldest sister, and the second brother is a half-brother.
The fourth sister, Zeng Zhiling, is the daughter of Lao Zeng and his second wife, Fei Yajuan, who is half-siblings with her second brother and sister, and has no blood relationship with the eldest sister and the third brother.
Don't you feel a little confused? In fact, not only the audience is confused, but even the characters in the play are also a little confused, so Zeng Zhidong drew a family relationship diagram for the fourth sister Zeng Zhiling, which is simple and clear at a glance.
What makes the author feel more pleased is the reason for the composition of the magical family of Lao Zeng, the screenwriter arranged it more reasonably, Fan Liping and Duan Tianqing unfortunately died of gas poisoning, and Lao Zeng took the initiative to take on the responsibility of raising two children, plus his two children, which formed this family that made people a little confused.
It is worth noting that the relationship between the four children in the play is handled very exquisitely, and the relationship between the second brother and the fourth sister, the relationship between the eldest sister and the third is obviously more intimate, which is the common sentiment of people. For example, when the third elder does not talk about the table, the second and fourth elders can only blame, but the eldest sister can directly give him a slap, and the sense of proportion between near and far relatives is in place.
Second, real life
When the author watched "Home, Nth Power", I felt that some of the reasons for the thunder and thunder were that the play arranged the emotional drama between brothers and sisters, although they were not related by blood, but after all, they had the name of brothers and sisters, and they still lived under one roof. After all, there are more reorganized families in society, and I have not seen many of my brothers and sisters fall in love and get married.
"Long Live Life" is handled more well in this regard, or the drama is not a romance drama at all, but a real life drama, and its main contradictions are still relatively common in our daily lives.
The old man once faced problems such as the twilight love of the elderly and the marriage and work in the reality of his children. He represents the elderly in reality.
The eldest sister Zeng Zhiting and the eldest brother-in-law Xing Yaoping have a confusing marriage relationship, on the one hand, there is a gap between the social status and economic income of the two, on the other hand, Zeng Zhiting is busy with work and does not take much care of the family, Xing Yaoping also cheated. While the two secretly divorced, they also had to face the children's learning problems and the confidentiality of other family members. They represent a part of the middle-aged couple in reality.
The second brother Zeng Zhidong on the one hand has a fear of marriage, on the other hand, his career once fell into a bottleneck, in the face of the boss and the ex-girlfriend's suppression, he once fell into the edge of the workplace. The second oldest represents a part of the workplace.
The problem faced by the third elder Zeng Zhixiang is the common sister-brother love in society now, the old Zeng Zhixiang is not very acceptable to Zeng Zhixiang and the boss and the elderly girlfriend Xiang Jie to fall in love, but because there is a layer of estrangement between father and son, he can not be too obstructive. The third elder represents a group of young people.
The fourth sister Zeng Zhiling always makes mistakes at work, but the popularity is excellent, and she is ready to start a business with the encouragement of her friends, she dares to think and dare to do and lacks experience, representing a part of the young people.
It can be said that "Long Live Life" is indeed worthy of the word "life" in the title, the plot is very compact, but it is not exaggerated, and most of the plot can be found in the real society.
Third, the true and false Li Huanying
The cast of "Long Live Life" is relatively strong, and the proportion of old drama bones, strength and young actors is appropriate.
Among the elderly actors, there are witty actors such as "Big Zhou" Zhou Xiaobin, as well as serious actors such as "White Rock" Bai Zhidi, and handsome old actors such as "Little White Dragon" Wang Bozhao.
The two most eye-catching veteran actors are "true and false Li Huanying".
The real Li Huanying, of course, is Liu Jia, who played the elderly Li Huanying in the movie "Hello, Li Huanying", and she played Wang Yi, the twilight lover of Lao Zeng, in "Long Live Life", and her acting skills are as reassuring as ever.
The fake Li Huanying is the male number one Liu Wei of "Long Live Life", a powerful film and television star who is a cross-talk actor, and now belongs to the old drama bone.
Why is he a fake Li Huanying? That's because Liu Wei plays a "Li Huanying" type of character in the play, whether it is from the background of a state-owned factory, the enthusiasm for friends, and the worry about children.
The most notable middle-aged actor in "Long Live Life" is the couple in the play, Tui Wang Ou and Xin Baiqing.
Wang Ou has become popular with feminine roles before, but in fact, her acting skills are also very commendable, in "Long Live Life", she has to play a triple or even quadruple role, a medical expert, a middle-aged wife, a big sister, a mother, these roles are many different from the works she became famous before, it is a challenge for her, she has done a very good job.
Xin Baiqing is a very powerful actor, originally Yu Zecheng in "Latent" was tailor-made for him, but unfortunately due to family reasons did not appear, it is gold that will always shine, this powerful actor as long as there is a work, will always reassure the audience.
Sun Yizhou, who plays the second brother, is also an actor who was almost caught by his classic role, compared to "Zhang Wei" and "Zeng Xiaoxian", at least his current rid of "Zi Qiao" is more successful.
Other young actors such as Chen Yanqian, Xu Fanxi, Wang Yuexi and others are responsible for the appearance and picture improvement of the play.
In summary, "Long Live Life" makes people feel surprised or even surprised in the character setting, but in the plot, it honestly tells the story, human nature, and life, which is a web drama worth watching and is also very good.