spy drama "Storm Chaser"?
For history buffs, the greatest value of "Storm Chaser" does not lie in the description of the spy war scenes. The most interesting and meaningful plot is to express the era through the battles between several main characters. History background.
On the surface, the two incidents of recovering customs custody rights and the counterfeit currency case were a battle between Shen Tunan of the Central Bank, Yu Shiqing of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, and Kang Shaojie of the Military Justice Department. Behind the scenes, it was a game between the three major families of Jiang, Song, and Kong.
1. Multiple forces
As a spy war drama, "Storm Chaser" is not just the underground party and the Kuomintang. In fact, this drama reflects multiple forces. They all have their own representatives, and some characters are behind the scenes. It’s not just one force.
Shen Tunan
The supporter behind Shen Tunan, the senior advisor of the Central Bank, is Mr. Song. This is obvious. His main purpose is to gradually take back financial sovereignty through the central bank, and then stabilize the market and actively create income to support the Nanjing National Government. Achieve national unity and national prosperity.
Part of Shen Tunan's image prototype comes from Mr. Song, also known as Song Ziwen. For example, he studied abroad to study finance and returned to China to become a national-level financial expert. At the same time, he also has a younger sister studying abroad.
In "The Storm Chaser", Shen Tunan suffered multiple assassinations. This also came from Song Ziwen's experience. Because Song Ziwen's financial reforms offended some capitalists and foreign forces, he suffered six assassinations in just a few years. The most dangerous assassination was when the assassin hit the secretary next to him. Because the secretary and Song Ziwen were wearing the same clothes, the assassin mistakenly thought he had succeeded and fled in a hurry. Song Ziwen escaped.
Yu Shiqing
Yu Shiqing in "The Storm Chaser" is a Shanghai boss and the spokesperson of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Consortium. His backers are Mr. Kong and his eldest sister Song Ailing. His comprador status also represents foreign financial forces.
A considerable part of Yu Shiqing's image comes from Yu Qiaqing, a famous representative of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium. He and the Jiangzhe-Zhejiang Consortium paid to support Chiang Kai-shek's April 12 counter-revolutionary coup, and also helped him bribe various warlords. He made great contributions, so he is in Nanjing The National Government has a very deep background.
Historically, Yu Qiaqing was particularly good at being a white wolf, using various means to get others to contribute money and effort. As a broker, he easily obtained a large amount of profits. This characteristic was also shown in "The Storm Chaser". Yu Shiqing let Zhang Mingquan do everything. Wait for others to come forward, and then hide behind and control remotely.
Kang Shaojie
Kang Shaojie's identity is the director of the Military Law Division of the Songhu Garrison Command, but his other identity was also revealed in the counterfeit currency case, that is, the head of the Shanghai branch of the Party Affairs Investigation Team.
From the design of this character, although Kang Shaojie was just a tool who took refuge with the Kong family and Yu Shiqing, his prototype should also include Xu Enzeng, the early head of the Party Affairs Investigation Section of the Central Organization Department, and this Party Affairs Investigation Team was the predecessor of the Central Unification , there are shadows of the Chen brothers behind Kang Shaojie.
Shen Jinzhen
In addition to Shen Tunan and Yu Shiqing, Xu Nuo and Shen Jinzhen certainly represent the underground party. Their work content is very rich, covering almost all fronts of the underground party.
Shen Jinzhen has been responsible for eliminating traitors many times in the play. His prototype should be the red team of the Central Special Branch, which is responsible for eliminating traitors. In addition, she also managed to obtain information from her brother Shen Tunan, a job that again belonged to a strategic agent.
After all, Shen Tunan is a senior adviser to the central bank, and "Storm Chaser" is a spy war drama with a financial theme. Therefore, Xu Nuo and Shen Jinzhen's work focuses mainly on finance, assisting the Red Army by obtaining economic intelligence and other methods. The victory of the counter-encirclement and suppression campaign.
Wei Ruolai
The TV series needs to add a character who can bring the audience's perspective into the larger historical background without affecting the historical process and adding exciting scenes. Obviously, Wei Ruolai in "The Storm Chaser" is this character.
Wei Ruolai's character is very similar to Lin Nansheng in the spy drama "Rebel". They both started out as a young talent determined to serve the country. With the help of a nobleman, he gradually became an elite in the National Government. Later, at work, He gradually realized that this road was impassable, and finally moved towards the light under the guidance of the person who led the way.
2. The battle between Shen Tunan and Yu Shiqing
In "The Storm Chaser", one of the highlights is the battle between Shen Tunan and Yu Shiqing. Shen Tunan's backstage is Mr. Song, and Yu Shiqing's backstage is Mr. Kong. Shen Tunan has the central bank and The Ministry of Finance of the National Government supported it, and behind Yu Shiqing stood the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium and foreign forces.
Shen Tunan's subordinates are mainly colleagues and staff of the central bank, while Yu Shiqing's subordinate is Zhang Mingquan, a comprador of HSBC Bank.
During the battle between the two sides, Kang Shaojie of the Songhu Garrison Command chose to side with Yu Shiqing for the sake of high-ranking officials, wealth and wealth, which brought great trouble to Shen Tunan.
As for Lin Qiaosong, the captain of the detective team, although he has a lot of roles, his role is too small. He is just a tool and a pawn in this battle and is not qualified to take the stage.
Some viewers may be wondering. Both sides belong to the Nationalist government camp, and their supporters Mr. Kong, eldest sister and Mr. Song are real relatives. What is the reason for fighting?
On the surface, what Shen Tunan and Yu Shiqing value most is the custody of tariffs. It seems that they are just fighting for economic interests. In fact, the problem is huge.
Tariff custody not only involves a country's sovereignty, but is also directly linked to customs autonomy. If the National Government cannot achieve customs autonomy, it will lose the most stable source of income, and it will be difficult to fight or develop the economy.
The deeper problem lies in who controls the money bag. Although Yu Shiqing and others will also provide funds to the National Government, if the customs custody rights are controlled by foreign banks and compradors, they can use their financial advantages to control the internal affairs and diplomacy of the National Government. This is definitely something the National Government does not want to see.
So behind the fight between Shen Tunan and Yu Shiqing is the struggle for national sovereignty. Although Shen Tunan is a senior official of the National Government, he represents justice in this matter, while Yu Shiqing and other compradors undoubtedly stand on the side of On the opposite side of the Chinese nation.
3. The Jiang, Song, and Kong Family Game
In history, there is a famous four major families of "Chiang, Song, Kong, and Chen". Among them, the Chen family brothers mainly control party affairs, the Jiang family controls political power, and in the financial field, they mainly control The Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi families are in a game, and of course the Jiang family is inseparable from it.
In terms of personal relationships, Kong Xiangxi's wife Song Ailing is Song Ziwen's sister, and Jiang's wife Song Meiling is Song Ziwen's sister. It seems that they have a good relationship.
In fact, Song Ziwen had clearly opposed whether it was Soong Ailing's marriage or Soong Meiling's marriage. As a banker with an international perspective, Song Ziwen looked down on his eldest brother-in-law and third brother-in-law from the bottom of his heart.
The more obvious conflict between the three families of Jiang, Song and Kong is in the operation and management of the government. Song Ziwen and Shen Tunan in "The Storm Chaser" have similar ideas, which is to work hard to do their job well to make the country stronger. In this regard, they His thoughts and realm are closer to his second sister and second brother-in-law.
Song Ziwen was very professional and methodical in national economic management. He had serious conflicts with Chiang Kai-shek many times in order to maintain financial order and financial balance, and even received a slap in the face from his brother-in-law. After he resigned angrily, Chiang Kai-shek took over the financial power It was handed over to Kong Xiangxi.
The Kong family is a very selfish and money-loving family. Kong Xiangxi actively cooperated with Lao Chiang's various blind orders. Lao Chiang also indulged in various corruption behaviors of the Kong family. Coupled with Soong Meiling's protection, the Kong family He is even more confident. The most typical example occurred during Xiao Jiang's "Shanghai Tiger Hunt". Even Xiao Jiang could not touch the Kong family and their horses, let alone Song Ziwen, let alone Shen Tunan in "The Storm Chaser" Here comes Wei Ruo.
So, regardless of the fact that the tariff custody case in "The Storm Chaser" is between Shen Tunan and Yu Shiqing, and the counterfeit currency case is between Shen Tunan and Kang Shaojie, in fact, behind it all are the three major families of Jiang, Song, and Kong, and this is what "Chasing" is all about. The plot of "Wind Man" is brilliant.
