"Cold and warm where to rest, how many autumns to turn back, searching for but partial loss, not looking forward to but in hand"
Chen Baiqiang sang "What to Ask for in Life" and listened to it tirelessly, and he exhausted the helplessness and confusion of life, accompanied by Chen Baiqiang's ethereal voice, and the melancholy climbed into his heart unconsciously.
In 1989, "What to Ask for in a Lifetime" as the theme song of "Obligation" was popular all over the country.
If you think about "Duty And Not To Be Merciful", this song has more meaning and becomes heavier.
Not only did the show win the Hong Kong ratings title that year, but it was also hailed as the most classic fashion drama of the late 1980s, and many years later, the Singapore media ranked it third among the 100 Chinese classic TV dramas of the 20th century.
So far, it still maintains a high score of 8.8 on Douban.
Today we're going to talk about the story of this classic.
"Duty Intolerable" tells the story of the enmity and hatred between Ding Youjian and Ding Youkang, two brothers.
Ding Youjian (Huang Rihua) and Ding Youkang (Wen Zhaolun) had a rather miserable childhood.
His father, Ding Yongxiang, is addicted to gambling, and his mother Mei Fenfang (Lan Jieying) has to go out and steal in order to feed Ding Youjian and Ding Youkang in his belly.
The leak of the house coincided with the overnight rain, Mei Fenfang was caught stealing, and was also falsely accused of murder, and the prosecutor Feng Shibang (Yue Hua) did not hesitate to convict Mei Fenfang.
Mei Fenfang was sentenced to death shortly after giving birth to Ding Youkang, and Ding Yongxiang was also insane because of his wife's death.
The kind-hearted Ye Xiuyun (Su Xingxuan) adopts the lonely ding youjian and Ding Youkang, and forms a new family with her adopted daughter Chen Shaoling (He Jiali) and adopted son Zhou Zhiwen (Liang Sihao), although life is hard, but warm and happy.
After many years, the children have grown up, the oldest Ding Youjian dropped out of school to work to help his adoptive mother raise his younger siblings, life gradually improved, and Ding Youkang lived up to expectations and was admitted to college.
Although the two brothers grew up in the same environment, their personalities are completely different, Ding Youjian is strong and self-motivated, and Ding Youkang is ambitious and has gone to two completely different paths of life.
Ding Youkang did everything to achieve his goal.
At university, he meets Feng Yaoming (Wu Qiming), the son of the enemy Feng Shibang, and is the queen of the Feng family's saddle, and then he is also deliberately trying to marry Feng Meixin (Shang Tian'e), and use the Feng family to gain glory and wealth.
The selfish Ding Youkang is simply mad, after driving a car to kill people, he deceives his brother to help him face the crime, persuades his sister to be someone else's mistress, kills his pregnant girlfriend Zhao Jiamin (Shao Meiqi) in order to marry a rich woman, and even his adoptive mother who accidentally learns the truth is killed.
Marrying Feng Meixin intensified, kidnapping her own son to extort the Feng family, and even her wife was finally forced to die.
Even if he later enters prison, his nature is still difficult to move after he is released.
Ding Youjian is hardworking and hardworking, and with the help of his confidant Ni Chujun (Liu Jialing) and his friends, his career is thriving.
But he also has a fatal weakness, that is, there is no bottomless tolerance and emotional indecision towards his brother, which is also one of the driving forces that cause tragedy after tragedy.
It was not until Yi Nian Zhiren took in his brother who was released from prison, causing his son to be poisoned to death by Ding Youkang, who wanted to rob him of his property, and his wife left him, that he realized that Ding Youkang's evil was hopeless.
The new hatred and the old hatred are counted together, ding youjian finally deceived Ding Youkang to Gofa in Malaysia, and Ding Youkang was finally sentenced to death for killing his adoptive mother.
But Ding Youjian had lost everything he cared about at this time.
Why can the downright tragedy of "Duty" be favored by so many fans?
The brotherhood, affection, and love in this drama are all handled fascinatingly, and the side lines such as shopping mall battles and family feuds are also full of highlights, showing the good and evil of human nature to the fullest.
For many Hong Kong drama fans, "Duty Bound" carries a lot of memories, and to this day may not forget the fear of being dominated by the "first treacherous corner" Ding Youkang.
To what extent is the role of Ding Youkang deeply rooted in the hearts of the people?
The title of the Hong Kong drama "The First Traitor" is not empty, Wen Zhaolun became famous overnight because of this drama, but it also caused a lot of troubles.
Going out was surrounded and disliked by fans of the play, and even his family was too deep into the play, and his grandmother, parents and other family members mentioned his murder plot in the play from time to time to ridicule him, and he felt that he was an evil person with bad intentions.
It can be said that "Duty Intolerable" can be a great success, and Wen Zhaolun is indispensable.
In contrast, Huang Rihua's performance is more conventional, because he has created too many dunhou and honest characters, and he has long been handy for such roles.
The more you watch, the more you get used to it.
Another creator who is indispensable is the supervising producer Wei Jiahui.
Wei Jiahui's childhood life was quite bitter, his parents divorced, he entered the society to work for a living very early, he tasted all kinds of life, and some of the sad plots in the play were adapted from his real experience.
It is precisely with these experiences that Wei Jiahui's precise control of the role and the details of the plot are exquisite, which makes people feel very substitution.
Perhaps also because of his tragic early experience, many of Wei Jiahui's depictions of human nature in his works are pessimistic.
Just from the familiar "Big Times" and "Duty" can be seen in the leopard, Wei Jiahui depicts most of the evil is extremely evil, such as Ding Crab, Ding Youkang and the like are bad to the bone, making people grit their teeth.
And the goodness he portrays seems to be extreme, but in fact, it is more inclined to kill, the definition is vague, and it is intriguing.
This is one of the biggest inspirations brought to the audience by "Duty Intolerable", and the discussion of Ding Youjian's "goodness" has always been a topic of conversation among fans.
Ding Youjian is undoubtedly a positive character, but his kindness is not recognized by all audiences.
Because Ding Youjian's almost blind tolerance is also one of Ding Youkang's pushers who go farther and farther on the road of extreme sin.
Throughout the play, almost every character has some tragic undertones.
Mei Fenfang, the birth mother who died unjustly, Aunt Yun, who was painstakingly raising four unrelated children but was killed by her adopted son, Zhao Jiamin, who regarded Ding Youkang as her home but was killed, Li Hua, who successively fell in love with Ding Youkang and Ding Youjian but could not love her, Chen Shaoling, who was instigated by her brother to be a mistress, and so on.
There is also Feng Jia Qianjin Feng Meixin, who married Ding Youkang, and Ni Jia Qianjin, who married Ding Youjian, and Ni Chujun, although they have a good life, they have not got the happiness they want.
After more than twenty years have passed, watching this drama again, there will be another layer of sadness.
Because there are several old Hong Kong opera bones that we are familiar with in the play, they have passed away.
Such as Su Xingxuan (as Aunt Yun), Jiang Yi (as Li Hua's father Li Li), Guan Haishan (as Ni Kun, chairman of the Ni Group), Yue Hua (
As Feng Shibang, chairman of Jiamei Group, etc., never had the opportunity to see their outstanding performances.
Among them, the most angry for fans is Lan Jieying, who will not only remember her amazing appearance, but also superb acting skills.
When she starred in "Duty Bound", she was only 26 years old, and she had already played a mother in place.
Later, in "Big Time", 29-year-old Lan Jieying challenged the role of a more difficult adoptive mother, Luo Huiling, which is still fresh in people's minds.
At a young age, she has played the role of a mother many times regardless of the image, which has to make many female stars who are still playing young girls in their thirties and forties ashamed.
Liu Jialing also contributed an excellent performance in this drama, if Liu Jialing at that time was allowed to play last year's hit "Deep Love", perhaps there would not be so many viewers to criticize her.
Many of the actors in the "Duty- and Duty-Bound" crew have rarely appeared on the screen now, some have left the show business, and some have been gradually forgotten by the audience although they have taken over the role.
The acting resources of well-known actors such as Wen Zhaolun, Zhou Haimei, and Shao Meiqi are not as good as before, not to mention the supporting roles in the play.
For example, He Jiali, who plays Chen Shaoling, has a beautiful appearance and has starred in well-known dramas such as the "No. 1 Imperial Court" series, the "Criminal Investigation Files" series, and "Heaven and Earth Boys".
Unfortunately, the role is not heavy, the role is not brilliant enough, and naturally it is not remembered by the audience.
She has been unknown for many years, and she quietly quit the show business in 1999.
There is also Zong Yang, who plays He Rifu, who is handsome in appearance, and has been developing atTV after a short period of time in the wireless file, and ATV has also praised him for a period of time, acting in "I Have a Date with Spring", "Mu Guiying" and other dramas.
Later, ATV itself was difficult to protect and began to lay off employees, and the elderly Zong Yang had long lost his competitiveness and was dismissed, and now he could not see his news.
Several interludes in "Duty" are also one of the heroes who can succeed in the series, and Now Chen Baiqiang, who sang "What to Ask for in Life", has left the fans forever.
In fact, strictly speaking, the soundtrack in "Duty" can be called arranged by Wang Jie, because "What to Ask for in Life" is actually adapted from Wang Jie's Chinese the original version of "Thinking of These Things".
There are also interludes "Maybe", "The Role of the Story", and the equally widely sung ending song "A Little Sad and a Little Crazy", all of which are Wang Jie's songs.
The song title is strange? The Chinese version of "A Little Sad and a Little Crazy" is the familiar "A Game, a Dream".
Whether it is "What to Ask for in Life" or "A Little Sad and a Little Crazy", it can be instantly brought back to the slightly melancholy reverie.
The song is ethereal, such as crying, revisiting "Duty Intolerable", and the thoughts are still difficult to calm down for a long time.
"Duty" is a game of life, acting out a dream.
For fans, "Duty Bound" is both a nightmare and a beautiful dream.