Text by Ye Qiuchen
I abandoned the drama and picked it up again, picked it up and abandoned the drama again, repeating this process, and thus finished the complete series of "The Story of a Rose" starring Liu Yifei intermittently.
is not because I am lazy. Limited energy is certainly one of the reasons, but it is mainly because the plot is not very attractive.
But I think, since I have seen the finale, I should leave some words to record my feelings.
Therefore, Ye Qiuchen followed the notes in the process to and analyzed all the details of the entire drama in depth, and then talked about some low-level loopholes in the plot.
. About the creator
The play is adapted from the 1981 novel of the same name "The Story of Rose" by Yi Shu. It has been made into a movie before, starring Chow Yun-fat and Maggie Cheung. Unfortunately, the reputation is average, and the Douban score is only 6.4 points.
Liu Yifei's version of "The Story of a Rose" has made bold adjustments to the original plot, retaining the names and relationships of key characters. The purpose is to reshape the image of Huang Yimei as an independent and self-reliant heroine, making it more in line with the current audience's aesthetics.
Therefore, in some aspects, the emotions are slightly separated. Although the show has made compromises and integrations, the discomfort still exists.
Another point is that the sense of age presented is insufficient.
Except for changing different mobile phones according to the year and forcing the use of QQ video and other contact methods to reflect the period, the rest are basically the configuration of modern dramas, which are too trendy.
To be honest, it would be better to simply change things than to do this. They are all in love anyway.
The drama team itself did not spend too much attention on the details, which is also an important reason for reducing the favorable impression.
Frankly speaking, if it weren’t for Liu Yifei, I might have given up halfway through and never picked it up again. In terms of quality, I wouldn’t have been able to make it to the finale.
Douban’s score of 7.4 is a bit too high, definitely because of the starring bonus.
The most successful thing about the drama team is that they know how to choose actors.
If the heroine was not Liu Yifei, the story would be very unconvincing, and might even be criticized as being cheesy.
When Guan Zhizhi (played by Lan Yingying) stood up and accused Huang Yimei of seducing her fiancé, she felt very much like the "single public nuisance" that Lingda said about Xiao Qing in "Red Apple Paradise".
Here the actor pronounced the last character of Yi Qiuzhi raccoon into four tones, but it should actually be pronounced in two tones.
and Huang Yimei followed Fang Xiewen back to her hometown to collect the certificate. She received a call from Zhuang Guodong on her mobile phone. The screen displayed a phone number (reasonable, because the contact had been deleted before), but when she received a text message later, it showed that the sender was "Zhuang Guodong" " is a bug.
These are all areas where I think the show is not rigorous enough and the details are not paid attention to.
Of course there is no problem with Zhu Zhu’s beauty, but the character she plays wears silk clothes when she appears, and there are many visible folds on her back, which is not suitable for her industry and does not match her professional nature.
There are so many low-level loopholes and shortcomings in this drama that I won’t list them all. Have you seen them all?
This plot is full of loopholes. Without Liu Yifei, it would be impossible to follow it.
Some people say that "The Story of a Rose" is all about Liu Yifei's beauty, and don't worry too much about the plot.
Even if you look at beauty, it doesn’t prevent you from using your good looks to make good dramas, right?
Look at "Where the Wind Goes", the quality is much higher than this one.
The elder brother Huang Zhenhua, played by Tong Dawei, is another core story line in this drama.
two parallel lines, referred to as "the love story of brother and sister Rose".
While Huang Zhenhua was cooperating with Huang Yimei, he went through the entire process of falling in love, getting married, and having children.
role type is his comfort zone, there is not much to fault. But some of his scenes can really be deleted, and the streamlined effect should be even better than it is now.
Wan Qian’s plot is all with Tong Dawei, and then she appears as Huang Yimei’s best friend. The harm caused to Su Gengsheng by his original family lasted for a lifetime. The suspense points in the early stage were basically designed on Su Su. Her face is somewhat mysterious, and the casting was very successful. The looks in the play are very suitable for Wan Qian, especially the professional attire she wore to watch the show with Huang Yimei.
Su Su's appearance has a hard shell. The reason why she has trained herself so hard is because she doesn't want what happened to her stepfather to happen again. She hopes to have the ability to protect herself.
The actress who plays Su’s mother is Yan Qingyu. She looks very much like Liang Mucheng’s aunt in “Next Stop, Happiness”. The characters are very similar, but they are indeed two people. I didn't believe the plot of my daughter being insulted by her stepfather, it also reminded me of the mother of forensic doctor Fang Sir in "Criminal Investigation Files 2".
Chen Yao is really tall, and her head looks so small in comparison. Bai Xiaohe is a kind of cold beauty. She manages it well and always maintains the composure of a science student.
Huang Zhenhua fell in love with Bai Xiaohe at first sight, and he developed a liking for her almost as soon as he saw the photo. This kind of fall is the most terrifying, because impulse and passion can make people lose their basic rationality. If it weren't for the purpose of arranging a happy ending for the pair of auxiliary CPs, Bai Xiaohe's son would most likely be Huang Zhenhua's, otherwise Bai's father's line would be redundant.
When he first reunited with Bai Xiaohe, Huang Zhenhua deliberately avoided the situation that he already had a girlfriend, which already explained the problem.
Bai Xiaohe took the initiative, and Huang Zhenhua started to waver.
What Huang Zhenhua said and did exactly corresponded to what Huang's father said about Fang Xiewen, that men can pretend.
Peng Guanying's figure is indeed good, but the type that made Huang Yimei fall in love at first sight seems to be better in appearance. But the feeling of his performance is right. The swing of the character Zhuang Guodong is actually not easy to interpret. He has to be both active and passive, which is very difficult.
After the love affair in the first part ended, Peng Guanying had a visible sense of frustration on her face. She could no longer live in Huang Yimei's life as the protagonist.
The actor Liu Jun, who plays Mr. Zhuang, does look somewhat similar to Peng Guanying, and the casting is very flattering.
Lin Gengxin just came out of "Walking with the Phoenix" and brought the audience the role of Fang Xiewen in "The Story of Rose". The emotional interpretation of being stingy and selfish is very good, and the line of "going to Beijing" is also out of the circle. His appearance is better than in ancient puppets. I always feel that although he is more popular in ancient puppets, modern dramas feel more right.
Huo Jianhua is a veteran handsome guy. As a Taiwanese puppet drama fan who grew up watching "Dolphin Cove Lovers" since he was a child, his appearance was quite impressive back then. There were very few appearances this time, and it was my personal favorite relationship before I got sick.
He Xi, played by Lin Yi, appears less and functions a bit like Huang Yimei's young male version.
The actor Wang Mingyang who plays Fu Jiamin is really similar to Huo Jianhua in some aspects, so it is quite suitable to play a brother.
The actor who plays Fu Jiaming's younger siblings is called Huang Yi, who is also Xiao He in "Traveling with the Phoenix". He has big, watery eyes and is very beautiful.
Looking at the quality of the plot, it is a bit unworthy of such a casting lineup.
. About the plot
Huang Yimei is the absolute core protagonist of this film, and all characters revolve around her.
’s biggest characteristic is her beauty. This attribute attracts almost all the men in the play.
Charm is an advantage, so beautiful women will always be more willful, because they can always easily achieve heights that others cannot reach after working hard for a long time.
This is a gift from God, but the gift also comes with a price.
I still remember that I once wrote a review of the series "My ID is Gangnam Beauty", which included an interpretation of "a girl's beauty is a kind of power".
After 6 years, I dug out this article and read it again.
Friends who are interested can go to the official account "Ye Qiuchen" and enter the keyword "id" to watch it (drama review of episode 6).
beauties can save a lot of troubles by virtue of their appearance, and even the process of doing things is simplified invisibly.
But are they definitely living a happy life?
Not necessarily.
They face difficulties and choices earlier, more often, and with higher difficulty.
In life, there are not a few men who have intersections with beautiful women.
Huang Yimei is the same.
Some people say that this drama should be renamed "Apocalypse of the Scumbag". In fact, most girls will not meet so many men, so they can just focus on one type.
Let’s talk about Zhuang Guodong first.
This is the first man Huang Yimei has fallen in love with. It is a physical love. Their desire for each other's bodies is stronger than love itself.
There is a classic line in "We Are Not Kind Enough", which talks about the fact that when there is a competitive relationship with love rivals, the things you pursue will appear better.
Huang Yimei was captured by Zhuang Guodong in this way.
At that time, she was not deeply involved in the world. Young girls are easily attracted to mature elite men, and the other men are relatively skilled and know how to play hard to get with such a beautiful girl, so it is inevitable that they will finally catch her.
When he was young, Zhuang Guodong was a standard refined self-interested person, which was related to his native family. He tried to achieve career success through hard work, and he had to stay away from his father's failed and decadent path and strive for his mother's approval.
Huang Yimei is a variable in Zhuang Guodong's life, like a yellow rose that exudes a stunning light.
Liu Yifei is stunningly beautiful, and there are not many female celebrities who can wear golden yellow to look beautiful.
The time when she and Zhuang Guodong were together was the explosive period of Huang Yimei's style, and every look looked good.
Every set of clothes in the drama is very suitable for her, but I just feel that the frequency and quantity of changes are a bit inconsistent with the actual situation of the family.
Frankly speaking, if you don’t have enough experience and psychological endurance, it’s best not to touch a man like Zhuang Guodong who comes from a divorced family, because his stability in emotional cognition is inherently weak.
The reason why
did not admit that Huang Yimei was his girlfriend in front of his mother was due to this emotional vulnerability.
The pain of his native family made him need a strong and hot love to dilute the bitterness, and Huang Yimei happened to appear.
They fell in love with each other as quickly as possible, wishing to rub each other into their bodies.
Huang Yimei even occasionally loses her principles and disguises passion as love. She is prone to sensitivity and humbleness. She has extremely frequent in-depth contact with Zhuang Guodong, has various kisses on and off, and has too many kissing scenes to count.
I remember Liu Yifei didn’t do kissing scenes for a while, but things are different now.
Peng Guanying’s number of kiss scenes has made a lot of money.
Kissing is also Zhuang Guodong's weapon, because he knows that Huang Yimei likes him physically, both parties do, and any problem can be temporarily relieved after the lips touch.
But their problems have not disappeared. Even if they reconcile after the cold violence, they only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
After Huang Yimei learned about Zhuang Guodong's plan to immigrate to France, she became completely emotional and ruined her good card.
Beauty is both a strength and a weakness.
often fall in love before they have time to distinguish and judge.
From the relationship between Huang Yimei and Zhuang Guodong, you will actually find that if they just fall in love and then have a relationship immediately, no matter how beautiful the beauty is, it is a taboo for men because it is too easy to obtain.
Although they did not break up because of this, the rhythm of getting along is also crucial.
Huang Yimei had no experience, so she was defeated.
showed his trump card to everyone early, and there was no sense of mystery at all.
This means that Zhuang Guodong continues to have desire for Huang Yimei, otherwise it is impossible to just wipe it out and leave.
Huang Yimei was so angry that she smashed up Zhuang Guodong's house. When she called the hotel to yell at someone, she didn't consider the feelings of others at all and just wanted to vent her emotions. Huang Yimei at this stage was selfish.
is not lovable except for her beauty.
When you quarrel, you don’t explain the reason. Frankly speaking, there is no possibility of reconciliation based on male thinking.He went crazy and bit Zhuang Guodong's shoulder, just like "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword".
makes a surprise attack, which is inconvenient for the other party. I came to Paris as a group and only stayed for two days. It seemed that there was no such thing as in-depth travel at that time. When someone asked him to take you out to play when you were on your way to due, you felt a little bit disappointed because you didn't order the dishes you wanted to eat.
appeared suddenly and asked Zhuang Guodong to take time off to play with him. During the process, he was not satisfied with how he handled the work and was really difficult to serve. Then she feels sad at every turn, has a lot of inner drama, and makes herself unhappy. When talking to her, you have to be extra careful with your wording and content to avoid stepping on minefields. It's really tiring to get along with this kind of person.
Zhuang Guodong’s mother felt that Huang Yimei was just a pretty bed partner and would not be helpful to a man’s career, so she just used some tricks from the opposite sex to easily alienate her son and Rose. After all, Huang Yimei was still too young, while Jiang was still old. hot. The fictitious love rival became the last straw that defeated Huang Yimei.
Their relationship was the product of passion based on appearance. The depth of their relationship could not withstand the test, at least when Zhuang Guodong was pursuing his career.
The red wine seal turned into a painting of roses. It is a rose painted with roses, which has a double meaning.
But the rose was eventually painted over and defeated by foreign love.
When I watch videos every day, it’s like completing a task within a time limit.
wanted to share the joy as soon as possible, but the other party was busy.
In the beginning, there will only be you in his world. Gradually, you will have two different worlds, and the topics and intersections will become less.
One day, one of them will lose the motivation to apologize and maintain the relationship, and will no longer contact the other party after the quarrel.
As time goes by, they end up forgetting each other.
In the end, we became strangers.
Although the role of Father Zhuang is not likable, I did learn from his theory about Tang Monk sweeping the pagoda.
It's a pity that Huang Yimei didn't understand it at the time, and by the time she did, she had already missed Zhuang Guodong.
After deciding to break up, Huang Yimei is the kind of woman who will deliberately create a sense of fragmentation, such as getting wet in the rain, painting, and throwing away things that have that masculine flavor.
Huang Yimei has been betting that Zhuang Guodong can come back for her, betting on her importance in the other person's heart.
Although they love each other deeply, they cannot come together, and reality pulls them apart.
But in this relationship, Huang Yimei grew up, but not completely, so her next relationship also ended in failure.
Next, let’s talk about Fang Xiewen.
Ordinary and ordinary men cannot control super beautiful women, even if they get them, they will lose them later.
The first time I saw Huang Yimei was when Fang Xiewen was studying and working. After being attracted by the beautiful face, I subconsciously felt that she was a person in a similar situation to myself. When I found out that the two of them were in different worlds, they had already been deeply in love. .
A man like Fang Xiewen is overly scheming and extremely sophisticated.
He can temporarily rent a house to raise a cat for Rose, and even actively pays to lower the rent to make living together more attractive.
knows how to act miserable and pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic. This kind of person is indeed very easy to succeed. He will definitely make a difference in the future and will climb very high step by step.
A typical high-end Phoenix man, I have seen the same type in my life.
It is difficult for a very beautiful woman like Huang Yimei to have besties of the same gender around her. Su Su is an accident, more of a man who longs to be with her for a long time.
Fang Xiewen took advantage of this loophole. He stretched the pursuit front very long, which was a slow penetration method. Even if Huang Yimei did not like him physically, she would get used to the current life.
It can be seen from Fang Xiewen's behavior of hitting the bar patrons that this man has a ruthless spirit in his bones, and if pushed too hard, big trouble will really happen.
So when Huang Yimei divorced him later, she chose a more peaceful way, and she should be familiar with this.
Fang Xiewen’s biggest problem is his desire for control. Excluding this, he is still a good man. He doesn’t care about women and is also enterprising. However, the evaluation of “good” will vary from person to person.
If he had chosen not Huang Yimei, who wanted to prove his worth in life, but another beautiful wife who was as beautiful as a flower and was willing to be kept captive by him, the ending would have been completely different.
Girls, if you are also a person who has the same pursuit as Huang Yimei, and you meet the kind of boys who come from a small place but perform extremely well in a short period of time, you must be cautious, especially their "retreat in order to advance" mentality.
It takes time for a man and a woman to meet and become attached.
Although Huang Yimei broke up with her ex, she was at the moment when she and Zhuang Guodong were continuing to have an exotic relationship on a spiritual level. In the early stage, Fang Xiewen was like a healing elixir. He approached her with purpose and motive. There was a huge gap in the city. situation, it is impossible to prevent it.
Actually, Fang Xiewen and Huang Yimei were quite sweet when there were no such troublesome things. The two of them adopted stray cats together and lived an ordinary life very comfortably.
The turning point was when Fang Xiewen was fired. Huang Yimei, without ever meeting the other party’s elders, hastily decided to get married and injected it into Fang Xiewen’s body in the form of a placebo.
How can you get married before you have met your parents? I have a friend who suffered from this. Remember to recognize people with eyes.
Not only that, Huang Yimei also let her future husband meet her excellent ex-boyfriend.
Just as Su Su said, from then on, in Fang Xiewen's mind, the imaginary enemy had a concrete face, and his suspicious nature was released.
In fact, Fang Xiewen's guess was right. From the look on Huang Yimei's look at Zhuang Guodong's prodigal son turning back, he knew that she must still be in love with that man in her heart.
If Huang Yimei had not been tied up with marriage at this time, her girlfriend might have been stolen away.
Zhuang Guodong also behaved too proactively, knowing that he had a boyfriend and blatantly waiting downstairs in the unit all day.
Of course, he was too afraid of losing it. He was very sensitive to everything about Huang Yimei. He didn't even dare to touch the small house where she lived because it smelled like roses and he was afraid that they would disappear.
From the time Fang Xiewen started to play tricks on checking hotel receipts, the style of the second romance changed suddenly.
found out that a highly competitive love rival had appeared, and Fang Xiewen immediately started to propose marriage, taking every step of the way.
Zhuang Guodong’s previous plans were all overt, while Fang Xiewen’s was all a secret operation. The appearance of
’s predecessor acted like a catalyst and accelerated Huang Yimei’s acceptance of the marriage proposal.
Fang Xiewen took the initiative to meet with Zhuang Guodong, hoping to use Huang Yimei's choice to emotionally overwhelm him. However, he basically lost ground in this battle and was described as a "roadside stall."
At this time, Fang Xiewen's mentality changed.
He brought the delicacies bought by Zhuang Guodong back to Rose and lied that he bought them himself.
Delivering meals to work at noon is just to declare sovereignty. In addition to establishing her image as a good man, it also eliminates the possibility of Huang Yimei coming into contact with other members of the opposite sex.
Then, the turning point came again.
Huang Yimei was pregnant and squeezed into the hospital on the bus. Fang Xiewen unilaterally applied for her resignation.
There is a first time, and there must be a second time.
If checking hotel receipts is just a sudden change in style, then this move means that their relationship has completely changed.
The fainting was not caused by work. If you really love her, you should buy a car or pick her up, right?
Shifting the focus is also Fang Xiewen’s specialty.
Fang’s mother came from her hometown, and she was always jumping up and down. She put her son first in everything, cared about money, and acted like a monitor. The mother and son also communicated in their hometown dialect that Rose could not understand. .
Frankly speaking, based on Huang Yimei’s previous personality, after Fang Xiewen resigned on her behalf, she should not continue to be with this man. They say that small things tell the truth, not to mention that this is no longer a trivial matter.
Huang Yimei clearly has strong backing from her own family, so she has to choose to suffer from others and go back to Beijing directly.
In the past, Zhuang Guodong planned for her to settle in France, but now she was forced to quit her job and nothing happened.
Frankly speaking, Huang Yimei wants to find the kind of partner who takes her as the center of everything, but such a partner usually does not have the charm to attract her, so the process of finding love is very awkward.
Not only did the atmosphere at home change, Fang Xiewen also changed his face in the company he started, slowly going astray.
Sure enough, after people have power, all that is left after being peeled off is human nature.
In order to bring himself infinitely close to Zhuang Guodong's success, Fang Xiewen was somewhat unscrupulous.
Before he reaches the stage goal, Huang Yimei must be firmly tied in his hands.
As long as Huang Yimei marries him, Fang Xiewen can keep his beautiful wife in captivity, and if she is pregnant, he can also give good-looking genes to the next generation.
In this way, Huang Yimei is the duck in hand, regardless of whether she can still fly.
When Fang Xiewen found out that Huang Yimei was taking various exams to prepare for employment while raising children, he deliberately asked Fang’s mother to leave. He pretended to find a part-time job, but in fact it meant that his wife had no time to read and study.
As you can imagine, such marriages have constant quarrels.
When the famous scene of "Who's in Beijing" appeared, I probably heard it too many times in other places, so the atmosphere seemed less serious.
The couple’s love ended in divorce.
When Fang Xiewen agreed to divorce on the hospital bed, my eyes turned red. Quarrels and cold wars can't solve problems, but kindness can, even though this is just a TV show.
Xiao Fang was really cute at first, but he became less cute when he grew up.
Although Fang Xiewen is not a good husband, he actually has nothing to say to his daughter.
The progress bar has reached the third love story, where Huang Yimei and Fu Jiaming meet.
Before I discovered that I had a heart disease, the way they got along was actually my favorite part.
fully reflects the sympathy and sympathy between artists. They are not at all rigid when getting along, and can live freely, as if they have met another self in the world, and interesting souls are colliding with each other.
A man like Fu Jiaming, you will want to be a part of him, and the two of you can enjoy life together.
Huang Yimei finally released herself completely.
I still remember Huang Yimei after her divorce, ordering a bottle of beer at the place where Fu Jiaming sang, which shows that she has completely overcome the haze of the past and no longer deliberately avoids alcohol. The scene where
plays musical instruments reminds me of "Go Where the Wind Is."
Fu Jiaming has a heart disease, which also reminds me of Lin Yi in "Ask the Heart".
Actually, I have doubts about the design of Huang Yimei not guessing that Fu Jiaming has a physical problem.
In the plot, Rose wakes up in Fu Jiaming's bed, which shows that they must have met each other honestly. Can't you see the scar?
There are some parts of this drama that are just not comfortable to watch, such as Liu Yifei’s eyeliner that was not wiped off when she woke up, and the problems mentioned above. She did not pay attention to the details at all.
Before leaving this world completely, Fu Jiaming and Huang Yimei went to eat spicy hot pot, climbed mountains, left their own traces in this world as much as possible, and saw as much of the world's scenery as possible before the end of their lives.
After the heart disease was diagnosed, the overall atmosphere began to become heavy, so that after the fourth section started, sometimes I felt that the rhythm was so slow that even three times the speed was not enough. It was really boring.
I also searched and watched the extra Easter eggs. It just put together the content that was not cut into the main film. It was not cut in chronological order, which was quite perfunctory.
Initially, Ye Qiuchen wanted to wait for Zhuang Guodong's part to be completely revised, then write a separate drama review for him, and then write one for each relationship.But after Fang Xiewen appeared on the scene, I found that Zhuang Guodong's shadow was throughout, and was always there, so I gave up the original idea of segmenting the characters.
As a foodie, I would like to share some screenshots of the appetizing food in this drama.
Some people say this is just a "Revelation of the Scumbag", but I think this drama is more like a love book for female friends.
Even though the process and objects are different, the choices and endings are similar.
As long as you can find an answer about life choices, then watching this drama will not be a loss.
Although there are really many loopholes and shortcomings in the play, the lines do have some merits.
is placed here to encourage you.
Text/Ye Qiuchen
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