text | Muran
editor | Sanyuan
Domestic costume dramas are frequently produced, and even CCTV cannot help but stop promoting them.
Among the four works officially announced by CCTV, there are "The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival" starring Zhang Songwen, Bai Baihe, as well as "Fifteen Days in Two Capitals", "The Wind and Harvest Ends with Zhang Juzheng" and other adaptations of literary works of episodes.
Another one is " Chang'an's Lychee " which has just been completed.
The most anticipated one among them is precisely "Chang'an's Lychee" by Lei Jiayin and Yue Yunpeng .
Although it is a novel that shows the historical features of the Tang Dynasty, the selection of these two comedy-oriented actors is destined to have a lot of funny elements in the play.
Although no trailer has been released yet, I couldn’t help laughing just by looking at the stills.
One, the Tang Dynasty social animals worked hard on the project and found themselves from the historical figures.
"The concubine on the red dust is laughing, no one knows that it is the lychee."
A poem by Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, used lychees to show how powerful Yang Guifei was at that time. Favored.
Because lychees want to be transported from Lingnan to Chang'an, the color changes in one day, the fragrance changes in two days, and the taste changes in three days. The distance is more than 5,000 miles and the mountains and rivers are vast. If you want to transport lychees from south to north in three days, let It is almost an impossible task for Concubine Yang to put it into her mouth.
And this "Litches from Chang'an" tells the story of Li Shande (played by Lei Jiayin), a small official in Chang'an City, who received a "death" task of transporting fresh lychees from Lingnan before the birthday of a noble concubine.
Li Shande was deceived by his colleagues and became a "lychee envoy" from a supervisor. He had no experience in transporting lychees and was also facing various tests from the court.
But in order to keep his daughter safe for the rest of her life, Li Shande had no choice but to set off for Lingnan.
At the same time, Zheng Pingan (played by Yue Yunpeng), who was looking for evidence of the crime of amassing money for the left prime minister, had arrived in Lingnan first. The two men, who were tasked with the important task, met in a foreign land and tried their best to complete this impossible task together.
During this period, they met all kinds of people. Some people provided help, while others came to hinder them.
But Li Shande was still determined to give it a try. Even if he failed, he still wanted to know how far away from the finish line he would fall.
The character Li Shande in the drama, just looking at the character has a feeling of déjà vu. Isn’t this the same kind of mule and horse social animals in the eyes of capitalists in real life?
Li Shande is like a little person struggling in the workplace. He must keep his job and use his emotional intelligence game in the workplace.
And his family outside the workplace needs his support, which gives him a reason to do it.
However, in the process of completing the task, Li Shande, who followed the rules as much as possible, occasionally made small mistakes that violated the rules, and finally completed the difficult project.
In real life, social workers have to consider the issues of buying a house and settling in, as well as raising children and caring for the elderly. In the workplace, there are colleagues who do not follow moral ethics, and there are bosses who do not take their employees seriously. Li Shande is a true portrayal of migrant workers!
"Lychees from Chang'an" seems to be telling the story of the Tang Dynasty, but it also allows the audience to see the shadow of their own lives from history. Even if they are thousands of years apart, they can still resonate deeply.
The example of Li Shande is another work that uses micro-level human affairs to reflect the macro-society of the Tang Dynasty. It seems to be just about Li Shande's transportation of lychees, but during this period, there were elements such as power struggles in the court interspersed with it.
The main line is the survival of little people in troubled times, the theme is the passionate struggle to feel that things are human-made, and what is thought-provoking is the inevitable destiny of the characters under the background of the times.
The original author Ma Boyong wrote this novel in only 11 days. In the eyes of many readers, this is a work that can be called a masterpiece.
Just with such a high-quality script, we can already predict that this will be a work with a very attractive story.
Second, a combination that makes the audience laugh, and a lot of powerful actors.
After seeing the creative team of this "Chang'an Lychee", I have to mention the director Cao Dun.
"The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" also tells the story of Chang'an. It was also written by Ma Boyong and directed by Cao Dun. This drama scored a high score of 8.1 in one fell swoop.
not only restores the wonderful stories in the original novel, but also presents an ultimate visual feast to everyone. It is a work that makes people feel comfortable just looking at it.
This time, Cao Dun continues to direct "Chang'an Lychee", not only cooperating with Ma Boyong again, but the leading actor Lei Jiayin is also an old acquaintance from "Chang'an Twelve Hours".
It can be said that Cao Dun, Lei Jiayin, and Ma Boyong can be regarded as an iron triangle.
Lei Jiayin in the stills is wearing a blue robe, holding a token in his hand, and looks serious, but seeing this face makes people want to laugh.
I always feel that this serious look is because Lei Jiayin is trying to hold back his laughter. After all, he has played too many comedic characters in the past few years and has left a preconceived impression on everyone.
Not to mention Yue Yunpeng, a cross talk actor. Zheng Pingan in the stills looks like a funny character at first glance.
Although Lei Jiayin does not look that thin and has a huge head, when he wears ancient clothes, his body proportions are not 50/50.
However, Yue Yunpeng is wearing ancient clothes and has a belt around his waist, and his body proportions are directly divided in half.
The two curls of mustache on his lips looked a bit unseemly, and his round head had the look of a cook, and he also had a small drum slung across his body. At first glance,
looks like a playboy who does nothing but play every day.
The two male protagonists Lei Jiayin and Yue Yunpeng are really good at making the audience laugh. They don't have to be deliberately funny to make people want to laugh. There is no need to worry about the comedy of this drama.
In addition to these two actors, there are also actors such as Guo Tao, Han Tongsheng, Dou Xiao, Zhang Tianai, Yin Fang, Ming Dao, Feng Jiayi, and Lu Fangsheng in the officially announced lineup.
Many of them have worked with director Cao Dun before. The good guys and bad guys are almost all written on their faces. With these actors, there is no need to worry about the level of acting skills.
Conclusion
Ancient costume themes are becoming more and more popular, but there are only a few common types.
One is a costumed fairy tale that is both sweet and sadistic, the other is a detective drama that combines suspense, and the other is a comedy.
Among the three types, the first two have high output and are more likely to produce high-quality products. Only those that add comedy elements will inevitably have problems with awkward laughs and clichés.
And this "Chang'an Lychee" is more inclined to the third type, but it is not just to amuse the audience. I wonder if Lei Jiayin and Yue Yunpeng can join forces to break this type of theme.
So, do you like this "Chang'an Lychee"?
