Sir was attracted by the poster of a domestic web drama.
At first glance, there is a doorway.
National antiques.
The blue and white porcelain container, with a gilded in the middle, is the remnant of the eaves of the Forbidden City, and the roof ridge is shining with golden light.
Two finger prints at the edges, divided into upper and lower parts.
Ink prints below, blood marks on the top, and notches next to blood prints.
Bright side, texture; dark, there is a metaphor for the history of the times.
The second eye, more delicate.
When you zoom in, the scratches, cracks, and luster reflected from the flawless surface...
Clearly visible, enough to mess with the truth.
exquisite.
Is it only delicate?
The third eye, pondering with great fear.
Zoom in more times to see, the blood mark in the upper right corner of the poster.
Four finger prints, look closely, it turned out not to be bright red, but dark red.
That's right.
- Blood marks, covering the original ink marks.
Sir exclaimed in surprise!
Looking at it again, this is the name of the episode:
There is a present in the past.
In the middle of the game, there are also innings.
Antiques Bureau's List of Looted Treasures
The posters don't just have antiques.
There is also a string of film and television gangster names:
Guan Hu, Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei, and Ma Boyong, the original author.
Let's look at the cast list.
Well, another string of acting big guys.
In addition to the two young protagonists Qu Chuxiao and Chen Yuqi, there are also a series of old drama bones: Tian Yu, Li Chengru, Li Jianyi, Hai Day...
For web dramas, it is indeed a bit luxurious.
What exactly is the quality?
Nonsense aside, open up.
01
Backtracking
The story originated in the five veins, the authority of the treasure hunting community in Beijing.
Which five veins?
Xuanmen Pharmacist, Red Gate Liu Family, Qingmen Shen Family, Huangmen Huang Family and White Gate Xu Family.
Each family has its own antiques
Yaojia porcelain, Liu family calligraphy and painting, Shen family woodware, Huang jiaming ware, and Xu family, responsible for gold and jade ware.
There are specializations in the art industry, and they do not fight each other.
The person in charge sits down, and the costume is also his own "theme color".
Wait, why is there an empty seat?
Finally, there is the Xu family.
The door master has long since died, leaving only a "non-tuned" son, Xu Yicheng (Qu Chuxiao).
The "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" series revolves around the stories of these five families.
The span is from modern times to the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.
The first two seasons are the underground treasure hunt of Xu Yicheng in the middle age, and his grandson Xu Yuan and the descendants of the medicine family have joined forces to find treasures.
The third season returns to the original point, and Xu Yicheng is still young.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, the Japanese drew up a list of looted treasures, and they were eyeing the Chinese national treasures scattered throughout the old City of Beijing. In his youth, Xu Yicheng joined hands with the heirs of other sects of the Five Pulses to mediate among the forces of all sides, fighting desperately, and finally protecting the national treasure and carrying the great righteousness.
The third season came up, changing Sir's impression of the "antique" IP.
Treasure hunting, treasure hunting, treasure hunting... Should be nervous and mysterious, right?
It doesn't.
Sir's first impression – young.
Novel elements, mix and match trendy ideas.
In terms of production, there are comic strips interspersed and the rap of the opening song.
In terms of expression, it also integrates into the various surging trends of thought of that era:
feminism.
Freedom of marriage.
Question tradition.
And, what young people like to watch the most... CP。
The male protagonist Xu Yicheng.
A genius teenager with all kinds of buffs stacked on top of each other.
After knowing astronomy and geography, tsinghua archaeology department high-quality students, or the famous door of the treasure hunting industry, but they do not love fame and fortune, love adventure.
Simply a contemporary mass lover.
The heroine's side does not lose.
His name is Guar Jia Hai Lan Zhu (played by Chen Yuqi), don't laugh, as the Gege of the Great Qing, this is the real name of the family.
Buff is no less than the male protagonist.
Returnees from the University of Cambridge, new era female pioneers, astronomy experts, alien enthusiasts...
When the two men and women talk about love, there is no domineering president's silly white sweet drama.
That's called a hardcore CP.
Fry the lab.
Ride in a hot air balloon.
Burn the treasure cabinet.
Although a treasure hunting drama makes Sir a little confused about falling in love, this love is not old-fashioned and will not abandon the drama.
What Sir really looks forward to is the treasure hunt.
Logic is online, and there is innovation.
Some reasoning processes are shown with special effects, detailing the allusions, materials and methods of treasure hunting.
Sir, a man who has no feeling for antiques, also enjoys it.
After all, it is easy to understand, and there are still some dry goods hidden.
For example, how to identify porcelain?
In the general impression, look at the pattern, look at the material, look at the workmanship?
No, xu Yicheng, who is in a higher rank, said that he valued the heart.
That's it?
Looking at it, this is not the focus of "Middle Game".
Treasure hunting drama, what really attracts us is never the bells and whistles of "treasure hunting raiders".
Instead, behind these treasures, there is a secret surge of human nature and human face ghost fetus.
02
epiphany
Lust gradually revealed its fangs.
The fame of the five pulses is sought after by the eight parties, and naturally many people covet it.
The pattern is opened up - the five veins, warlords, late Qing relics, Japanese, camel gangs, and the most mysterious old pilgrimage.
Looking at the entire treasure hunting line from a distance, it is a treasure between you and me, and a close look is a trade-off contest between the forces of all sides.
If you want to say that the first two treasure books are selfish, the third part is the heroes in the chaotic world.
Just like the "family training" of the five pulses:
Clear-eyed plum blossoms, go to the fake and save the truth.
The five veins are treasured, and the palm and eye are respected.
The protagonist group must hold their ground and protect the treasure with their lives.
The three heirs, Xuanmen heir Yaolai, Red Gate heir Liu Yiming, and Huang Kewu, heir to the Yellow Gate, were born with a golden spoon under the golden sign of the five veins.
Until they met Xu Yicheng.
Who is Xu Yicheng?
Since he was a child, he lost his father, left the five veins, and broke into the heavens and the earth by himself.
His vision is far from preserving these small five veins, but to continue the spiritual civilization of the Chinese nation.
This "treasure hunting drama" is called wonderful.
Wu Jingwen (Hai Yi), a local warlord in Beijing, wants to take advantage of the chaos and finally amass a fortune.
So he used force to gather the rich men of the whole capital and let wumai set a price for his treasure, in an attempt to force him to buy and sell.
This person's status, a shot to explain:
Whenever the picture is given to him, it is a strange tilt of the angle.
The first is to create the insidiousness of this person.
Second, it is also a metaphor for his situation at this time, the power will fall, the end of the crossbow.
On the other side, Wumai sent Xu Yicheng to meet the battle.
The two play chess on the surface, and actually "break the game".
Xu Yicheng came up and took the other side into an army, and the other side was confused, saying:
"You think it's checkers, can you go like this?"
Xu is not stupid.
He did jump out of the rules, because his vision was higher and broader than ordinary people, and he had already seen the situation clearly: you and I are outcasts.
You are the outcast of the national army; I am the outcast of the five veins.
Let's not be arrogant, let's make an alliance first.
The other party listens, there is a little reason, then how to end?
Then Xu began to treasure.
The two looked at the treasure on the surface, but in fact they were looking for a way out.
Xu explained that this chess piece is not an ordinary chess piece, but a "gentleman's chess"—when the craftsman makes a chess piece, he hides the jade in the wooden chess piece and then seals it.
The other party asked: Then how do you know whether what is hidden in this wood is "wood" or "stone"?
The corners of Xu's mouth rise.
Only eight words were faintly said: although the double wood is good, it is not as good as the stone.
what?
The other party silently reads, as if to understand or not to understand...
Wait, Double Wood? stone?
Suddenly, I realized that this was telling me to defect to the enemy!
stop.
In the end, how Xu Yicheng played a game of chess and how to get out of the way to live, Sir did not spoil.
But you can see that "Middle Game" is not satisfied with the treasure showmanship.
It's saying
The real "treasure hunting" is not only the treasure hunting.
It is even more important to judge people's hearts and see the desire for profit.
This is also the path chosen by Xu Yicheng, who left the five veins and devoted himself to science and knowledge.
His wild hope is not in the antiquities buried in history.
And in the future.
Whoever sees the situation clearly in the chaotic world, pierces the temptation, and strengthens a sincere heart.
Only in this way can we keep the national treasure of Chinese civilization.
03
Group portraits
In addition to the plot, the "Treasure Raid List" has another highlight:
Group drama.
A group of old drama bones, a few words of Beijing accent, a few eyes, the whole play has an authentic "Beijing flavor".
Under their interpretation, the city of Beijing where desire and morality roll over, is full of life.
Each character, even a supporting character, has its own complexities.
The xuanmen gate master medicine that does not smile is cautious.
The key word "desire".
Among the five veins, his status is not low, and he is highly respected in the jianghu, because he is a decent person and talks about credibility.
But the world has changed after all.
In the past, he was just right, because the five veins were rich enough to rival the country.
Now, when Japanese people enter Beijing, they offer "irresistible" prices.
Moving the heart is a common human feeling.
The heroine's father, Guarjia.
The key word is "old-fashioned".
Sandwiched between the avant-garde independent daughter and the tradition left over from the Qing Dynasty, it is difficult to do at both ends.
On the one hand, I really love my daughter and want to find a good home for her.
On the one hand, I can't give up the rules of the Great Qing that I have adhered to all my life.
How to choose?
After much hesitation, he still looked at his ancestors with pity in his eyes.
Severed father-daughter relationship with daughter.
There are words in the mouth, and we don't all sound like human words:
What about the dignity of the imperial court
The decency of the family
We are Guarjia
It is the largest ethnic group in Manchuria
You're listening to me
It is the ancestors who do not want you
It's not that you don't want ancestors
But everything in the camera, you are not willing to scold him.
In the picture- the father kneels outside the tomb of the Qing Emperor, and the daughter looks silently behind her back, helpless.
One gray and one red, full of the powerlessness of the times rolling forward.
Finally, the most mysterious character in the whole play - the old chaofeng.
The key word, "rules".
You say, this scoundrel also has rules?
There really is.
As a villain, a master counterfeiter, he makes fakes that can be faked.
But he had his business principle: never trade with customers with fakes.
For treasures, there are also their own rules.
Although it is fake, he also loves treasure
In order to find a picture scroll, you can tirelessly search for half a lifetime.
Although he loves Bao, but the conditions are right, he is also willing to go to the long-term interests
Precious national treasures are sold to the Japanese without blinking an eye.
Is it a man or a ghost?
In just a few episodes, Looting won't let you easily "see through" any of the characters.
It's really not perfect.
Like many viewers complained: the first few episodes have more love than treasure, and love talk is more than antiques...
But it also has its own valuables.
In today's world where the human setting is becoming more and more distinct, and the series pursues faster, more efficient and more superficial.
It still tries to retain the three-dimensionality of the characters, the subtlety of the narrative, and the thickness of the times.
And it surprised Sir even more - as a web drama, its sincerity in production did not cut corners.
Sincerity does not deceive.
Republic of China dramas, especially this kind of treasure drama with particularly high requirements for props and sets, are difficult to shoot.
Sir specializes in looking through the behind-the-scenes footage of the series.
Seeing the director, he questioned the rationality of the props over and over again:
This antique is not old enough, that painting has print marks...
See the actors questioning the effect of their performances over and over again:
Just after the explosion scene, the actors were all wearing makeup, and their mouths were still shouting "I will take advantage of the opportunity to have another director now."
Moreover, do not look at it and do not know.
The exaggerated shots in the play are all live shots
Slapping yourself is a real fan;
Blasting fire, is really explosive really burning;
Treasure with an open flame with bare hands, it is really a hand wrapped in wax and burned on fire...
Remember the poster Sir said at the beginning?
More than one, each with its own doorway.
There is also the "Romantic Version":
The two sat side by side facing the setting sun, and looking closely, under their butts was an ink painting scroll;
There is also an "anime version":
All the characters in the play are gathered, and if you look closely, the props of each character are related to the plot.
Although these have a limited impact on the plot.
But ultimately, what is sincerity?
For the national drama that has been suspended for a long time, sincerity
It is not a disguise.
is not to deceive.
It is also in a place where others can't see, and the wholeheartedness that does not ask for anything in return.
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