On April 16, the TV series " Young Babylon " revealed the schedule information: it is tentatively scheduled to be broadcast on April 29 on Tencent Video and Mango TV. This TV series stars Hou Minghao and Yang Caiyu, and tells a factory love story in the 1990s. Although this TV series is based on the original novel, fans of the novel have reported that only the names of the characters in the TV series are from the novel.
You might as well take a look at the plot synopsis of this TV series first:
In the early 1990s, in Fucheng, a small southeastern coastal town, a group of teenagers were chasing youth on the train of the times. They were enthusiastic and reckless, growing up wantonly and barbarically. In the search for the stars, they completed the transformation of "ordinary and extraordinary". In the sweetest and most brilliant years of youth, they worked hard to welcome their glorious years and gained growth and love. By creating "undefined youth" and using a story that took place in the 1990s, we open up a communication channel with the current "Z generation".
The plot synopsis of the TV series "Young Babylon" is relatively ordinary, and the revealed story content is relatively limited. Fortunately, this TV series also had a movie version earlier, and the synopsis of the movie version is more precise:
In Dai Cheng in the 1990s, Lu Xiaolu worked in a saccharin factory. He was a confused young man who had no idea about his future and life goals. Where. He followed a master named "Bull Demon King" (played by Shang Tielong) and didn't learn any skills. In the fitter class, you can do nothing but twist screws. In the electrician class, I can only change light bulbs. In addition, he also likes to be late, fight, and dig into the factory walls, and he also makes friends with a group of brothers. Until one day, Lu Xiaolu met a factory doctor named Bai Lan, and his life changed.
What is the essence of the original novel "Young Babylon"? In fact, it is suffering, not happiness and love. Regarding the literary criticism of this novel, this passage makes it clearest:
"Young Babylon", as one of Lu Nei's "Following Trilogy", was first published in the 6th issue of "Harvest" magazine in 2007. This This novel uses humorous and vulgar language and a ridiculing and disdainful tone to describe the love, friendship, and career of a group of low-level people living in the city and working in factories, such as Lu Xiaolu. The youth story is recalled by the author in the modern Shanghai ten years later, but the place that carries the past years of the characters in the novel is the yellow-scented Daicheng ten years ago.
The changes in history have caused the "sweet and rotten youth" to pass away at any time, but it has never left Dai City. At the end of the novel, Lu Xiaolu returns to Dai City and reunites with Xiao Poutui, Long Legs, and Xiao Li. The consummation of friendship expresses Lu Nei's affirmation of his desolate youth and his attachment to Dai City. The urban writing on the road does not praise the prosperous economy of the small town, nor does it express people's prosperous life and full mental state after economic development. He uses factories and workers as a mirror to reflect the city, focusing on people's daily lives trapped in the city and how people find their place in the city.
Therefore, based on this, when readers of the original novel discovered that in the TV series "Young Babylon", all eyes were filled with factory love and the happy life of workers, these readers believed that this TV series only had character names. It's a novel. Obviously, the love relationship in the novel has been retained, but the suffering and sadness in the novel have been discarded. This TV series is more like a period romance drama.
If it were shot according to the tone of the original novel, the effect might be like "Steel's Piano", which shows the miserable life of a group of worker brothers. Obviously, although TV dramas of this quality are more likely to become excellent TV dramas, this type of drama will not attract the fan-type young female audience. This group of viewers prefer idols to fall in love, and fall in love in any environment and era.
Whether it is a novel or a film or television drama, the heroine and heroine in "Young Babylon" need to satisfy the sexual fantasies of the majority of young men. In the movie version, it is Li Meng who takes on this role. In the TV series version, Yang Caiyu takes on this role.This female star, who is well known to netizens through the Feng Xiaogang movie " Youth ", is obviously beautiful and outstanding in appearance. Yang Caiyu took on the role of the heroine with ease.
Hou Minghao will finally star in a TV series that may become a hit among fans this time. In my mind, the most miserable experience of this celebrity artist is that he appeared on a talk show and was criticized. After debuting for many years, he still came back as an amateur. Hou Minghao is an artist who really doesn't have much memory, especially his appearance. In this TV series, I hope he can be remembered by more viewers. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
