"Cliff" and "Latent" are undoubtedly classic dramas in spy war dramas, Zhou Yi and Yu Zecheng have different paths but different endings:
1. Zhou Yi in the cliff had no life prototype in that era. Zhou Yi was sacrificed in Harbin before dawn. Zhou Yi was pressed by Gao Bin step by step, and finally chose to return to Harbin to rescue Gu Qiuyan and Sasha. However, what awaited him was a point of no return, ending in falling to the ground and dying. Originally, according to the idea of "Cliff" screenwriter Quan Yongxian, Zhou Yi should not be sacrificed at the end.
And director Liu Jin developed according to Zhou Yi's character traits and plot logic, breaking the traditional concept of victory and escape, making his sacrifice inevitable.
It also makes Zhou Yi's death both suspenseful and tragic, which is very shocking.
Zhou Yi returned to Harbin, he was ready to sacrifice, and the fortitude, conceit, and responsibility in his character determined that he would break the kettle in order to save Sasha and Gu Qiuyan, reflecting the courage and responsibility of a man.
At the end, Zhou Yi died on the wall, which shocked the audience, and made screenwriter Quan Yongxian surprised, and the cliff sequel he wrote was stillborn.
pushed the whole drama to a climax, making people immersed in it and unable to extricate themselves. This is also the inevitable result of Zhou Yi's character development, this is the last shock of the cliff beyond the latent.
If Zhou Yi does not die and escapes victoriously, there will be a taste of divine drama.
Second, Yu Zecheng in the latent has a life prototype. And they are all martyrs who sacrificed for the revolution. In 1950, he was secretly arrested by the Kuomintang for the betrayal of the traitor Tsai Hsiao-qian, and was shot by the Kuomintang authorities in Taipei soon after.
Yu Zecheng's ending was different, he didn't sacrifice and continued to lurk. Yu Zecheng married in the late autumn, and the two completed the wedding in Taipei, leaving Cuiping with the children to look at each other in the mainland. Looking at the wedding photos hanging on the wall, Yu Zecheng's expression was very flat, with tears in his eyes.
Yu Zecheng continued to lurk, not showing the cruelty of the real white terror.
At that time, the underground party organization was completely destroyed, because of Cai Xiaoqian's rebellion, which led to the almost total annihilation of the CCP's underground organization in Taiwan. Of the 1,500 members of the underground party organization and progressives in Taiwan, 1,100 were killed, and the party organization was dealt a devastating blow.
In "Latent", Yu Zecheng is always clever and unpredictable. Yu Zecheng continued to perform with ease of acting skills and the ability to turn evil into good fortune. Luck is always good.
The ending feels like a lack of aftertaste. did not reproduce the historical truth at that time, and the whole drama inevitably had a bit of a divine drama.
If Yu Zecheng is allowed to sacrifice, it is both real and shocking, but it is unfortunate that there is no breakthrough in the lurking.
Either way, two iconic figures stand.
The years are eternal, and the classics will be passed down forever ......