Looking back at "Punishment", when ** was revealed to be the prince's bodyguard, everyone couldn't help but wonder about his motives. If he was killed simply by saying "I want revenge", then what was he doing it for?
Everyone wants to know the answer, so is it enough to say that "the prince and princess live happily ever after?"
The main story of "Punishment" has been perfectly presented, and the picture of the Zhao family and their "umbrella" being tried is enough to trigger deep reflection. However, the stories of the three Zhao families in the play have been forgotten and not fully shown, which undoubtedly makes the audience feel regretful.
Zhao Pengzhan, the eldest son of the Zhao family, was valued by Zhao Xiaosheng when he was a child, and his ability was good, and he showed superb wisdom and excellent execution in the murder of Xia Zonghai.
Under the command of Zhao Xiaosheng, he successfully overturned the witnesses and exhibits, so that Zhao Pengxiang was acquitted. Although Zhao Xiaosheng is the commander behind the scenes, it is Zhao Pengzhan who operates the specific operation, and his ability should not be underestimated.
However, in order to highlight the fourth Zhao Pengchao, Zhao Pengzhan only showed part of his strength and became a "waste man", and was controlled by the fourth child throughout the whole process, while the fourth and fifth children seemed to have become "sisters-in-law", and he and the third children became "concubines".
Zhao Xiaosheng did not arrange Zhao Pengzhan**, mainly because of Zhao Pengzhan's health and fertility. Because his legs are disabled and infertile, he is unable to continue the incense for the Zhao family, and he may also be controlled by others in his old age.
Zhao Xiaosheng's decision is a wise choice based on realistic considerations. However, regarding the reason for Zhao Pengzhan's disability in both legs, Zhao Pengxiang said that Xia Zongtao used a bomb to blow it up, but this is not conclusive, and the conflict between the Zhao family and the Xia family escalated to the extent of using a bomb, and the audience still knew nothing about it.
In the second half of "Punishment", we will also see Zhao Pengzhan's uncle Bai Xiaosheng, their relationship is a little delicate, and the description of what happened between them is just a drop in the bucket.
The most interesting thing is that at the end of "Punishment", the Zhao family was arrested, but Bai Xiaosheng's ending is unpredictable, is he a criminal or a hero? Or is he just an ordinary person who goes back in time and continues his life?
When Zhao Pengzhan **, we saw a tear slipping through the corner of his eye, and I don't know whether it was remorse or helplessness. He seems to be a man with a deep story, but due to space constraints, "Punishment" cannot fully present his story.
Zhao Pengxiang, the debut character in "Punishment". Before the fourth Zhao Pengchao took control of the family, he played an important villain role. As the plot deepened, his role gradually decreased, not only becoming a supporting role for Zhao Pengchao, but also being a human sandbag for him to set off his wisdom and cleverness.
Zhao Pengxiang had problems in dealing with the plot, which led to the plot being anticlimactic, and the plot foreshadowed in front could not be ended. Taking the lynx being hanged by Qiu Tao as an example, the bobcat that had followed the third child for a long time died, and Zhao Pengxiang did not give any reaction, which is not logical.
Even if the death of the lynx is not a big deal, Zhao Pengxiang's daughter Yaya and Teacher Guo should be a big deal for the third child.
Who is Yaya's mother? Why didn't Zhao Pengxiang care about the fact that Yaya was not his daughter? What is the relationship between Yaya's mother and Zhao Pengxiang? How did the green on Zhao Pengxiang's head come about?
Also, Zhao Pengxiang gave Mr. Guo a box of cash and asked her to take Yaya away and fly away, did Mr. Guo really leave with Yaya? In the eyes of many viewers, Zhao Pengxiang was almost put to death by the fourth child, he asked the lynx to take a box of cash and hand it to Mr. Guo, and let her take the girl away and fly away, which seems to be arranging the aftermath, and he is determined to fight the fourth child to the end.
Zhao Pengxiang, who was originally highly anticipated, suddenly lost the aura of the protagonist after drinking a drink and expressing that he wanted to live a good life, which is regrettable. Was he disappointed at that time?
The role of Zhao Pengxiang in "Punishment" gradually changed from the protagonist at the beginning to a supporting role, and even became a trick in the end, and I feel that many stories about him have not been fully developed.
For example, why is this **unruly son unable to have children?
As for the reason for the decrease in Zhao Pengxiang's role, I think it is not only that "Punishment" needs to highlight the villain Zhao Pengchao, but also that it may be related to his role positioning. With the development of the plot, Zhao Pengxiang's comedy performance is becoming more and more popular with the audience, and even regarded as"Third brother"representatives.
But if this development trend continues, it will make the comedic third brother separate from the image of Zhao Pengxiang who does all kinds of evil at the beginning of "Punishment", which also violates the proper setting of the character.
We should remember that Luo Ming and his wife, Xia Zonghai and others were all killed by Zhao Pengxiang, and it is impossible for such a person to become a comedian, let alone make the audience like it.
Tang Shaowen, as the little butler of the Zhao family, his mystery and deep concealment are elusive. He is not only a math genius with a high IQ, but also a superb gambling skill and a thoughtful way of doing things, speaking and acting elegantly and politely.
However, why did such a near-perfect talent choose to join the Zhao family's criminal gang, was it just because of Zhao Pengchao's appreciation, or did he have his own motives?
In addition, Tang Shaowen's title to the members of the Zhao family is confusing, he calls Zhao Xiaosheng's grandfather, Zhao Pengzhan's uncle, and Zhao Pengcheng's second uncle, so whose child is he?
Is it Zhao Xiaosheng's illegitimate son or something else? Zhao Pengchao once mentioned that Tang Shaowen may not be related by blood, so why does he still call Zhao Xiaosheng his grandfather?
These questions are not answered in the Punishment.
It turned out that the director of "Punishment" skillfully guided the audience to guess that Tang Shaowen might be Yan Guohua's undercover agent through clever camera switching. However, with the revelation of Qiu Tao's identity, the audience was surprised to find that if Qiu Tao is undercover, then whose undercover agent is Xiao Tang?
There seems to be no plausible explanation for his strange behavior. Until "Punishment" is nearing the end, Xiao Tang finally admitted that he is Zhao Xiaosheng's insider, but this does not mean that the mystery has been solved.
Many viewers continue to speculate whether Tang Shaowen is the disappeared son of Luo Ming and his wife? Judging by the timeline and age, this guess seems plausible.
In "Punishment", there is a scene that catches everyone's attention. After Xiao Tang helped Zhao Pengchao intercept the email sent by Xiao Zhenbang, the mouse hovered on the folder of "Luo Ming's Husband and Mrs. Murder Case", which seemed to be another hint.
This detail made the audience speculate that Xiao Tang may really be the son of Luo Ming and his wife. If he is really Luo Ming's son, then his purpose in lurking in the Zhao family may be to take revenge.
He may come up with the evidence he has accumulated for a long time at the most critical moment and completely destroy the Zhao family. This shot makes the plot more tense and makes the audience look forward to the follow-up development.
When ** rushed into the Zhao family's villa, Xiao Tang's performance surprised many viewers. Not only did he not reveal the identity of the undercover agent, but he tried to stop the SWAT until he was ** by the SWAT.
By the finale of "Punishment", Xiao Tang's identity is still the loyal little butler of the Zhao family, and he even fought for the Zhao family until the last moment, and his resistance even exceeded that of Zhao Pengzhan and Zhao Pengxiang, does this mean that the previous hints and foreshadowing are wrong?
In screenwriting principles, we usually pay attention to those well-designed foreshadowing and tools. Just like at the beginning of the movie, when you walk into a room and find a gun hanging on the wall, the gun will always be used, either in the middle of the movie or at the end of the movie, otherwise this eye-catching prop wouldn't have appeared.
With this in mind, I think that "Punishment" is likely to have set Xiao Tang as the son of Luo Ming and his wife at the beginning, otherwise Luo Ming would not have specifically emphasized "my son has evaporated from the world" in the report**.
However, if Xiao Tang was Luo Ming's son, he went to the murderous ** Zhao family as a little housekeeper, and was carefully cultivated by the Zhao family, and finally used the collected evidence to successfully bring down the Zhao family.
Is this kind of plot somewhat similar to the story of Mai Jia and Gao Mingyuan in "Sweeping the Black Storm"? It may be that the crew of "Punishment" considered that the experiences of Xiao Tang and Mai Jia were too similar, and they were worried that they would cause complaints from the audience after the broadcast, so they decided to revise the script and change the role of the undercover agent to Qiu Tao, and the original mathematical genius Xiao Tang could only continue his story in a dark way with a stomach full of doubts, misleading many audiences.
Characters such as Zhao Pengzhan, Zhao Pengxiang and Tang Shaowen are quite attractive, and if the number of episodes of "Punishment" is increased to 60 episodes, and all the story lines are exhausted, I believe that the enjoyment of the show will be greatly improved.