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There is a type of Hong Kong drama that seems to have disappeared for a long time
A business war drama that once led the ratings frenzy.
Since the 90s, TVB has filmed a lot of popular business war themes, and those scenes of business war duels and family grievances have become the childhood memories of countless post-8090s.
To this day, it is still often mentioned.
When it comes to business war Hong Kong dramas, Xiaogu is most impressed by "Genesis".
Whether it is the performance of the actors or the plot arrangement, there are not many players who can be stronger than it.
When it comes to this drama, many people only analyze the first part.
As everyone knows, it is a two-part series.
The second part was launched in the millennium, with a Douban score of 84. Word of mouth is still strong.
Today, Xiaogu will talk about this sequel.
TVB's best business war drama
"Genesis" is a huge production of TVB.
1.The production cost of 500 million yuan, coupled with a strong creative team, was exchanged for Douban 90 high score, and the title of "Business War Drama Ceiling", as well as the ratings of broadcasting once red.
This drama left two major impressions on the audience.
First, the star-studded cast.
TVB invited almost all the pillars.
Including but not limited to: Wang Mingquan, Qin Pei, Luo Jialiang, Chen Jinhong, Guo Jinan,
Louis Koo, Guo Keying, Chen Huishan,
Cai Shaofen, Lin Feng, Hawick Lau, Wu Qilong.
Now it's harder to put together this lineup than to climb to the sky.
The audience's second biggest impression of the show is the ups and downs of the business war plot.
The business wars involved in the play mainly refer to the "real estate trap".
For example, at that time, some people made money through the illusion of "real estate trust grabbing".
There are also people who sell the land bought for 300,000 yuan for 3 million ** through the information gap, and cash out 10 times the income!
The plot also further explains what is called financing leverage and shell listing.
The story is written from the competition within the small group to the fierce business war in the real estate industry.
It is used to satirize a series of changes in Hong Kong's financial environment from the 90s to the post-millennium.
In view of the fact that the plot breaks the operating logic of the real estate industry, after the broadcast of the show, it caused a violent response.
Although there are a lot of proper nouns in the play, it doesn't seem obscure.
The screenwriter found a down-to-earth story entrance, Hong Kong in the 90s, the financial industry was hot.
Everyone wants to join in and make a pot of gold.
The three good brothers in the play, Ye Rongtian, Xu Wenbiao and Ma Zhiqiang, also want to ride the trend of the times and do something.
They were born at the bottom and started as small contractors.
Starting from taking over the unfinished project, the business is getting bigger and bigger.
In this process, the good brothers exposed the staggering dark side of human nature because of the entanglement of interests.
Xiao Gu still remembers Ye Rongtian's aphorism:
Greed is the driving force behind progress! ”
and the act of being in charge of everything.
Back to the audience level.
In the process of chasing the drama, the audience can not only see the wonderful business battle scenes, but also see what changes will occur in human nature in the face of inflated desires.
The beginning is bold and the end is restrained
Genesis 2 was launched in 2000.
The fate of the characters has changed drastically.
Ye Rongtian (played by Luo Jialiang), who was originally high-flying and domineering, became calm and tolerant after experiencing vicissitudes.
Became a good old man.
This "flattening" change weakens the complexity of the characters.
Helen (played by Chen Huishan) and Ye Rongheng (played by Wu Qilong), due to the actor's schedule problems, withdrew from the main plot early.
After Helen's role was reduced, Gao Meina played by Guo Keying went online to fill Ye Rongtian's emotional gap.
The most surprising thing is that Xu Wenbiao (played by Chen Jinhong) went offline.
He found that the respected master was actually a disciple, and his values collapsed.
In addition, he urgently needs a large amount of cash to help Zhang Zili, who is half-brother, get out of danger.
Under a series of unexpected blows, Xu Wenbiao's temperament changed greatly, and he started from interests in everything, and finally was ** and ended tragically.
After Xu Wenbiao went offline, Zhang Zili (played by Louis Koo) played the leading role.
From the old boy to the business elite, he supported the second important revenge story line.
Zhang Zili insisted that Ye Rongtian killed Xu Wenbiao, determined to take revenge, and vowed to ruin the other party's reputation.
Zhang Zili can be called the second villain boss, he just wanted revenge at first, but he was used and instigated, and his girlfriend suffered a car accident and lost his memory.
Zhang Zili's life has undergone countless unpredictable changes.
Until he finally lost his mind and was completely blackened.
The catfish effect caused by Zhang Zili not only contracted the highlights of the business war in the second part, but also deepened the complexity of the emotional drama.
Ma Zhiqiang in "Three Brothers", in the second part, the sense of existence continues to weaken.
The main function is a threading needle.
From three brothers to a functional role.
Xu Wenbiao's death, Zhang Zili's blackening, including the emotional entanglement of his girlfriend's love triangle, are all related to him.
The overall plot direction of the second part is quite different from the audience's imagination.
On the one hand, the problem of actors' schedules has led to major changes in the script.
Many characters left the scene in a hurry, and CP fans were critically hit.
On the other hand, the plot is moving towards a more restrained direction.
The business war drama is subtracted, and the reality metaphor is reduced.
The plot is more about family grievances, love-hate entanglements.
In particular, in the final finale, the screenwriter used natural disasters to quell the cross-era struggle.
It is a sharp difference from the style of the previous work "bold and daring to write".
This is also the reason why the first part is more classic.
However, the "smoke-free city" proposed in the second part, as well as concerns about future air pollution, are still very far-sighted.
The environmental awareness in the play gradually became a reality in the future.