is sitting on all the wealth, the peak is close at hand, but he is designed to be buried in a car accident on the road. Taking a closer look, the murderer is himself in the "previous life"...
On the evening of December 25th, the finale of ", the youngest son of the chaebol family" was broadcast. Song Joong Ki plays the male protagonist to acquire the family property of the chaebol as a "previous life" and complete revenge. When the finale of
was aired, the audience rating was as high as 26.95%, firmly sitting on the top spot of this year's Korean drama ratings. However, the high ratings are accompanied by the curse of "unfinished". On Weibo, the topic of the chaebol's youngest son "Unfinished" went straight to the top of the trending search, and the Douban score also dropped from 8.5 to 7.5.
The "Rebirth Revenge Literature" that was promised, turned into a dream in the end, and there was a lot of condemnation at home and abroad. The ending of this drama is really unsatisfactory, and it cannot convince the audience whether it is emotional or plot logic.
"The Youngest Son of the Chaebol" has a total of 16 episodes, except for the first episode which deals with the death of the chaebol's secretary Yoon Hyun-woo (played by Song Joong-ki), and the 16th episode where Yoon Hyun-woo succeeds in revenge, the middle 14 episodes are all depicting the hero's life The second identity, Chen Daojun (played by Song Zhongji)'s counterattack life.
From the unfavored little grandson to the most valued successor of the group by his grandfather, Chen Daojun used his "previous life" life experience to defeat his aunt, uncle, and cousin one by one... he was only one step away from taking over the entire group.
The audience followed Chen Daojun to experience the joyful life of "ups and downs, ups and downs". In the end, no one cares whether Yin Xuanyou succeeds in revenge, and everyone only cares about whether Chen Daojun can become the new owner of the chaebol group.
From this point of view, the protagonist of the cool drama in the hearts of the audience is Chen Daojun, the third generation of the chaebol, not the wronged Yin Xuanyou.
However, it took Chen Daojun 14 episodes to walk, and Yoon Hyun Woo finished it in less than 1 episode. The Chen family, who pretended to be 800-minded, conceded defeat too quickly; after Yin Xuanyou successfully acquired the group, the TV series did not explain his movements, and only ended in a hurry in Yin Xuanyou's confession to Chen Daojun. The audience didn't realize the happiness of the chaebol in power.
The coolest plot in a cool drama must be the moment when the protagonist steps on the villain and feels elated. For example, one of the most played episodes of " Zhen Huan's Legend " is the 55th episode in which Zhen Huan returned to the palace for revenge and was canonized as Concubine Xi. The protagonist who had been placed with high hopes did not end well, and the audience's expectation of being happy to the end could not be satisfied. It is not aggrieved that "The Youngest Son of the Chaebol" was criticized for being unfinished.
At the same time, the hasty ending also left some logical loopholes.
Since Yin Xuanyou remembers that he was an accomplice in the car accident twenty years ago, doesn't he know that the victim is Chen Daojun? Chen Daojun has been famous as the most favored grandson of Shun Yang Group for several years. Will Yin Xuanyou, who is familiar with financial affairs, be unheard of at the beginning?
What is even more puzzling is that this drama is adapted from the webtoon of the same name. The ending of the original work is not that Yin Xuanyou just woke up from a dream, but that Chen Daojun became the second generation president and lived as Chen Daojun go down.
This year Lee Joon-ki starred in the Korean drama "My Life Again" with the same theme. At the end, the hero did not change back to his previous identity. What consideration did the main creator of "The Youngest Son of the Chaebol" adapt to the current ending, which is puzzling.
Korean drama "My Life Again"
In fact, Chinese audiences should be familiar with this kind of ending.
In recent years, due to various reasons, all domestic urban fantasy dramas end with the protagonist's fantasy.
's "Basic Law of Genius" interspersed with parallel worlds is a novel conceived by the heroine; "The Day Becomes You " and "Reverse Life" play with body swapping stalks, one is a web article, and the other is a game setting ; Similar to rebirth literature, "Don't Try to Interrupt My Study" and "Don't Fall in Love with the Boss" are also dreams.
During the month when "The Youngest Son of the Plutocrat" was on the air, the Chinese Internet was flooded withWith a voice, since Rebirth Shuangwen can't be seen in Chinese dramas, I can only watch Korean dramas. However, I did not expect that Korean dramas are not a safe haven for cool dramas. Korean audiences themselves were unwilling to accept this ending, and they even apologized to the famous unfinished drama " Black Talk Lawyer " in the middle of the year-it was too early to scold.
The crime suspense drama "Black Talking Lawyer" has attracted much attention because of Lee Jong Suk and Lin Yuner, the beautiful CP, before it aired, and the brain-burning and stimulating plot also brought high ratings with zero negative reviews. However, the male and female protagonists who loved the whole show ended up separated because of lymphoma and . The audience cursed.
Korean drama "Black Talking Lawyer"
In fact, these two Korean dramas are not the only ones known for their unfinished endings this year.
The second day after "The Youngest Son of the Chaebol" ended, the topic of unfinished Korean dramas this year reached the second most searched on Weibo with 140 million views, " Snowdrop Flower ", "Twenty-five, Twenty-one ", "Youth Support" ("Cheer Up") and other dramas are on the list. Some have pushed the plot to a dead end due to the arrogance of the screenwriter, and some have a serious emotional imbalance.
The youth drama "Twenty-five, Twenty-one" died of the arrogance of the screenwriter. Perhaps the screenwriter wanted to portray a BE love between a sports reporter and a fencing girl from the very beginning, but he refused to accept the audience's opinions, causing public outrage. Douban scored 9.1, and now it has dropped to 8.1.
Korean drama "Twenty-five, Twenty-one"
There is a hit Korean drama " Castle in the Sky" "Snowdrop Flower", which was directed by the director, has a serious dislocation with the audience's aesthetics. Most of the scenes in the whole play took place in the dormitory of Women's University. The audience watched more than a dozen episodes of "The Girls' Dormitory Can't Get Out". Not only did the heroine fail to escape, but the hero was also shot to death. From the audience's point of view, he was deceived by the main creator.
The school drama "Youth Support" only scored 5.5 points on Douban. The main reason is the unbalanced emotional handling of the ending and the chaotic relationship between characters. The heroine is portrayed like a king of the sea, the hero and the second are jealous in turn, the first kiss is dedicated to the second, and then turned into the arms of the hero. Chinese audiences can't understand, and Korean audiences who pay attention to ambiguous culture also accept incompetence.
It is worth mentioning that these dramas are not all "shenzhen dramas turn bad dramas". "Twenty-Five, Twenty-One" and "Black Talk Lawyer" are hot dramas with ratings exceeding 10%, while "Snowdrop Flower" and "Youth Support" are hit dramas with ratings of 1%.
From this point of view, being famous for being unfinished has nothing to do with the quality of the series. A drama whose ending seriously fails to meet the audience's expectations and is unsatisfactory is more likely to be ridiculed.
Korean drama "Youth Support"
However, the main creator of "The Youngest Son of the Chaebol" probably doesn't care about the criticism of the ending.
This drama has become the top ratings drama in South Korea this year, starring Song Joong Ki dominates the topic list in December, Li Xingmin, who plays the chaebol grandpa , is expected to win Baeksang TV next year.
After the youngest son of the chaebol family, Unfinished, took the top spot in the hot search, the daughter who came back, Don’t Unfinished, rushed to No. 35 in the hot search yesterday. As the masterpiece of at the end of the year at Fog Theater, the first few episodes of "The Returning Daughter" have become the suspense drama with the best reputation in recent times with their frightening plots and horrifying reversals everywhere. But near the end, the protagonist began to lower his intelligence, and the screenwriter still had several pits to fill. Netizens can't sit still anymore, and the Douban score has dropped from 8.2 to 7.7 today.
It seems that whether it is a Korean drama or a domestic drama, the unfinished ending is an eternal pain in the hearts of the audience.
Of course, audiences, creators, and broadcast platforms may have different opinions on whether the work has been harmed. Meeting the audience's expectations is both difficult and simple. It requires the coordination of the production mechanism and creation mode of the series, and the creators need to continue to explore.
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