The most important thing is that the match between Pupu and Xinxin was successful. Saving Pupu's brother is the reason why these three people took part in the killing. Although so many people died, as long as Xinxin survived, the ending would not be too dark. Although this is nonsense, film and television dramas are indeed logical.
So what the audience is seeing now is a very standard and bright ending, which can pass the trial.
But what is the truth? The director left a string of clues about the chicken thief, telling us that the ending may be another way.
The birth of the explosion
The Hidden Corner is adapted from Zi's mystery novel Bad Boy, which tells the story that three people in coastal cities accidentally record a murder case while playing in a scenic spot, thus falling into a fight.
The series began to go online on June 16. When the cinema was closed and new films were scarce, it became popular all over the network the next day, and the score soared to more than 9 points. It is a rare domestic drama with good reputation in recent years.
When "I am Yu Huanshui" was broadcast, Sumo wrote, "Can this cool drama of 12 episode awaken the domestic drama?" ",although the play didn't stretch or the ending was bad, at least it was in the right direction. Domestic dramas are not ugly, but as long as we are keen on injecting water into the plot, the quality will not be achieved in a day.
At this time, iQiyi launched the "Fog Theater". It can be said that it is just the right time. Five suspense dramas bring together many acting schools. Regardless of the quality of the final film, all 65,438+02 episodes deserve our applause. Because TV dramas are not afraid of being bad, they are afraid of being long and bad.
What's more, so far, the reputation of "Ten Days Game" has gone up, and the reputation of "Hidden Corner" has also rushed to the sky. It can be said that it doesn't matter if you shoot a few plays next, and the brand has gained a firm foothold.
Zhang Dongsheng's Crime and Punishment
The play begins with a murder case, in which Qin Hao plays Zhang Dongsheng, a staff member of the Children's Palace. She climbs the mountain with her parents-in-law and pushes them off the cliff at the top of the mountain.
Zhang Dongsheng first hoped that her father-in-law would persuade his wife Xu Jing not to divorce him, but the two old people stood on her daughter's side and looked down on her son-in-law.
My mother-in-law even said, "You have been in Ningzhou for so many years, and materially, we have never treated you badly." His position in this family is already obvious.
Knowing their attitude, Zhang Dongsheng killed them without hesitation and lied that it was an accident. What he didn't know was that the killing process was photographed by three children's cameras on the opposite mountain.
The death of two old people really brought him closer to Xu Jing, but it wasn't long before he found that his wife was already outside, and it was only a matter of time before he asked for a divorce.
Heartbroken Zhang Dongsheng saw his wife again, even quietly. She heard Xu Jing lie that she was going on a business trip, but in fact she was going on a date, and she didn't stop her. Jing offered to separate, and he also helped to move things.
Xu Jing lost control in the underground parking lot before getting on the bus and asked, "Do I still have a chance?"
Here, sumo knows that Xu Jing must die, because Zhang Dongsheng asked the same question when she killed her parents.
His character has been explained at the beginning. When he met Xiong Haizi in the elevator, he poured water on himself and saw his parents didn't say anything. However, when I met Xiong Haizi taking the elevator alone, I gave him a rude lesson.
Xu Jing's murder happened to be the sixth episode, and the main contradiction in the second half became his competition with Zhu Chaoyang's three children.
Three children threatened to kill the video and demanded that Zhang Dongsheng exchange the video for 300,000 RMB.
In the face of three witnesses, on the one hand, he dealt with them, on the other hand, he tried to find out their details. When he learned that the three children wanted 300,000 yuan to treat Pupu's younger brother, he didn't kill them, but took them in and didn't even intend to get the money back.
At this point, the character Zhang Dongsheng is three-dimensional and interesting. Although he killed someone, he was not a madman who killed innocent people. His several murders, except that he had to protect himself (Zhu Yongping and Yao Yao), were all due to betrayal.
Whether in-laws, Xu Jing, Yan Liang and Pupu, these people have betrayed themselves in Zhang Dongsheng's view.
It can be clearly felt that "betrayal" is a red line in his heart. As long as someone touches this line, there is no burden for him to move his hands.
Despite this "psychological defect", Zhang Dongsheng is actually a good man, even a man with a sense of justice.
I still remember that when Qin Hao's bald model came out, everyone called him "bald", saying that it was a pity that he hadn't played a pervert for so many years. It's creepy to see it.
But then what he did was so hateful that sumo even felt sorry for him. I paid a lot but didn't get anything in return, and I met a perverted opponent like Zhu Chaoyang.
A conversation between him and Pope pointed out his own motivation, which is also the motivation of many people in the play: "Do you have anything you are particularly afraid of losing?" Sometimes for these things, we do things we don't want to do. "
Zhang Dongsheng is unforgivable, of course, but it must be said that this is the most plump and stereoscopic villain in domestic film and television works in recent years.
Zhu Chaoyang's Dark Diary
Speaking of Zhu Chaoyang, I haven't seen the original sumo, but since the third episode, I have been watching this drama, thinking that he is the big boss behind the scenes, and then I found many details that scared me.
Yan Liang is careless and impulsive, and nothing seems to be intentional. When I fell in love with Zhu Jingjing, I once thought that Pop was a bad person.
But when Yan Liang suggested that Zhu Chaoyang and Pupu confess to the police about Zhu Jingjing's fall, and Zhu Chaoyang strongly opposed it, I thought he was hacked.
Pay attention to Zhu Chaoyang's eyes and the lights here. Most of his face is hidden in the dark.
You know, when they witnessed the murder of Zhang Dongsheng, Zhu Chaoyang was the first person to call the police. At this time, the choice of the police should conform to the unity of the characters. However, he strongly opposed the police and used Pupu, whom Yan Liang was most concerned about, to convince him. This view is frightening.
The first episode also explains his thoughtfulness. Yan Liang, a childhood friend, brought a strange girl to live in his house, so he put his mother's jewelry in the cupboard and put a hair in the cupboard. Later, he found the hair there, and he was sure that they were trustworthy.
This passage, like teaching children in an elevator in Zhang Dongsheng, seems to be idle writing, but in fact, it is efficient in depicting characters.
Another reason for suspecting Zhu Chaoyang may be the sequela of watching detective chinatown. I always feel that some gloomy children are actually terrible. That weird smile really made me feel a chill.
By the way, I recently watched Life I yearn for, and the sharp contrast between my sister's personality and the film made me appreciate her acting more.
Whether he dies or not, the characters in Zhu Chaoyang's and Zifeng Zhang's novels love to keep diaries. Coupled with the crazy hints of the names "Chaoyang" and "Dongsheng", I have always paid special attention to his behavior.
When the police asked him if he saw Zhu Jingjing fall from the building, he said this.
He not only cleaned himself up, but also dragged a witness invisibly, forming a kind of binding.
Judging from the end of Puppy's letter, Zhu Chaoyang had something to do with Zhu Jingjing's death. In the face of the police, ordinary children can no longer have such determination.
Later, his father Zhu Yongping tried to save his tragic death. Not long after, he told his mother that he won the first place with his report card. He is nothing like the child who witnessed his father being killed. Judging from the way Zhou Chunhong looked at him, his mother should also be aware of the terrible Zhu Chaoyang.
Later, they went to Mr. Chen's house to steal the camera, which was also planned by Zhu Chaoyang. Please note that Pupu is responsible for taking Mr. Chen away, Yan Liang carries out the theft, and Zhu Chaoyang stands on the roof to watch the overall situation.
When calling Zhang Dongsheng for money, Zhu Chaoyang should have called, but he rehearsed it several times. Pupu said that his voice was not strong enough, so the task was given to Yan Liang again.
There is also an episode of flies. When he found his father Zhu Yongping with a recording pen, he also suspected that he had something to do with Zhu Jingjing's falling, and Zhu Chaoyang's acting skills broke out again.
This passage made Zhu Yongping feel guilty. Although the tape recorder clearly recorded the sound of the zipper sliding open, it is not important. He got the father's love he dreamed of.
Maybe a single-parent family. Zhu Chaoyang knows how to read other people's minds and use the people around him to achieve his goals.
There are many such details in the play. Because he is a good student, no one doubts him (except Yao Yao and Wang Li). Zhu Chaoyang is a more terrible and heartless character than Zhang Dongsheng.
The two of them are very similar in character and way of doing things. Zhu Chaoyang knows how to kill people through improper actions and how not to get burned. Zhang Dongsheng sympathized with his life experience and rescued him. Although there is no name in the play, will Zhang Dongsheng have the same experience in his childhood? Did someone close to him betray him and make him so sensitive?
Zhang Dongsheng killed Yan Liang and could have continued to kill Zhu Chaoyang, but he gave the ice pick to the latter. This scene is like some kind of inheritance. After several rounds of struggle, Zhang Dongsheng saw his own shadow in him.
The real ending is about to be revealed.
What happened in the end? Is it really a happy ending? If Zhu Chaoyang's heart is really what I guess, the ending is ready.
Father Zhu Yongping kept him alive, so he had to protect himself, even at the expense of everyone.
Yan Liang appeared at the opening ceremony, but only Zhu Chaoyang himself could see him. This is a fairly obvious clue, and Pope's letter is very straightforward.
This is no longer a question of whether you believe in truth or fairy tales, because there are no fairy tales. There is only one fact: Zhu Chaoyang won by a wide margin and became an upgraded version of "Zhang Dongsheng".
American Drama Structure, Film Sense and Acting School
In fact, the rhythm of The Hidden Corner is not fast, and even many places are "too detailed". Take the first episode as an example. 77 minutes tells almost all the characters in parallel. Without strong control, this narrative patience is doomed to collapse.
But why is the audience not distracted? The plot adopts the narrative structure of special American TV series, such as throwing out the murder case first and then going back to "a few days ago" to talk about the cause and effect; For example, the beginning and end of each episode are very energetic, but for a long time in the middle, they have to restrain themselves from telling stories.
Then the details are extremely full. Although the overall progress will not be fast, the small contest and the bridge never stop. The progress of the plot is stable and high-energy. The situation of several parties has been changing, but a fragile balance has been maintained in several rounds of tricks, and the audience can't stop at all.
During the filming, many viewers mentioned the "film sense". So what is the sense of film, and what is the difference between film and TV series?
This difference is not just "well-made". Do you think The Longest Day in Chang 'an, which cost a lot of money, is good-looking, but is it "cinematic"?
In sumo wrestling, TV plays promote the plot development through dialogue, while (good) movies are better at using shots, performances and details ... and using high-concentration narrative to firmly attract the audience.
Unconsciously, the audience pays much more attention to "The Hidden Corner" than watching other TV dramas that kill time, and this is how the "movie sense" comes from.
Finally, talk about the performance of this play.
Zhu Chaoyang is the absolute protagonist, and the actor Rong Zishan is also a minor figure. Although the previous performance was relatively simple, the epidemic situation at the scene of Zhu Yongping's death was really impressive.
The other two little actors are also in a heavy mood. They didn't say much about their experiences, but they certainly overfulfilled their tasks.
Many people praised Wang Jingchun and Qin Hao, who added a lot of color to the film. Qin Hao, in particular, just said that this role has many levels, and Su Mo won't hate it. His acting skills are amazing.
Wang Jingchun, who just won the Best Actor in Berlin, is a "demotion blow". She doesn't have much room to play, but her performance is very eye-catching, and she is also my favorite role in the play.
I want to focus on Zhang Songwen who plays Zhu Yongping. Everything Zhu Chaoyang did was to get Zhu Yongping's father's love. When the character collapses, the persuasiveness of the whole story will be greatly reduced.
Zhang Songwen, who made her debut, explained the role clearly in only one game of mahjong. Coupled with Zhu Chaoyang's disloyalty and attitude, there is no doubt that the proper love rat.
However, with the development of the story, Su Mo found that Zhou Chunhong was sometimes suffocating, and cheating was certainly not a matter of course, but at least it was not Xiang Moumou's usual trick.
After a series of changes, such as the death of her daughter and the threat of Yao Yao to her son, Zhu Yongping is the character who has experienced the most ups and downs in this film. His coping style is not correct, but reasonable, and there is a big difference between before and after.
From several aspects, The Hidden Corner really deserves the current popularity and this year's domestic drama king. Back to our original topic, The Hidden Corner provides an answer to how to make domestic dramas of high quality.
In Bad Boy, Zhu Chaoyang did three things: deliberately exposed the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Yao Yao to divide the family property in advance; At the end, kill Dongsheng; Write a fake diary "self-washing" in advance;
His series of operations are extremely ruthless, meticulous and ruthless beyond the imagination of his peers and even many adults, and almost fooled everyone. Only Professor Yan Liang found clues in the novel (the drama version does not have this role).
Let's look at the first thing first. Under the coercion of Zhu Chaoyang, Zhang Dongsheng promised to poison the Yao Yao couple with potassium cyanide when they were sweeping their graves, then cut their faces with a knife and buried them in an empty grave.
At first, Zhang Dongsheng's plan was that the weather was hot. As long as they waited for a few months or a year or two, their bodies would rot and become headless cases. By then, the three "bad children" would have been cleaned up by him, and they would never doubt themselves again.
Zhang Dongsheng played his wishful thinking brilliantly, but he underestimated Zhu Chaoyang's "malice".
Zhu Chaoyang ran to the cemetery alone and moved the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Yao Yao in the name of "one last look at his father". After a heavy rain, the soles of the feet were exposed, and the police quickly found out their identities and began to detect them.
In this way, Zhu Chaoyang can justly inherit Zhu Yongping's property. He was in class at the time of the crime and provided himself with the best alibi.
Let's take a look at "anti-killing" Zhang Dongsheng.
In the novel, Zhang Dongsheng calls three children home, and under the banner of "celebrating the beginning of a new life", they eat cakes and drink coke together. In fact, they were all poisoned by deadly drugs.
Zhu Chaoyang left a mind's eye, didn't eat cake, also didn't drink a coke, also quietly ran to the bathroom to spit it out. But he still pretended to have a seizure. When Zhang Dongsheng thought it was all over, Zhu Chaoyang took advantage of Zhang Dongsheng's carelessness and stabbed Zhang Dongsheng in the chest with a sharp fruit knife.
A cold-blooded killer personally pushed his parents-in-law down the mountain, designed to kill his wife and Yao Yao, and was finally "killed" by a teenager.
After killing Zhang Dongsheng, Zhu Chaoyang calmly cleaned up the scene, not forgetting to stab himself several times, and then called for help, giving people an "illusion": Zhang Dongsheng tried to poison three children, but the children found out and resisted, and Ding Hao was stabbed. Later, Ding Hao and Pope died of poisoning, but he escaped because he didn't drink coke, but he was also injured. The whole plot is clearly arranged.
Finally, Zhu Chaoyang's diary.
In 1 month, he "edited" his diary for half a year, putting all the blame on Ding Hao, Pupu and Zhang Dongsheng, and completely "whitewashing" himself.
Ding Hao has a "complete" tattoo on his arm, which is the name of the girl he once secretly loved. However, in Zhu Chaoyang's diary, this tattoo became "King of People", saying that he was an invincible soldier in the orphanage and wanted to be the big brother of society and king of people, which turned Ding Hao, who was originally careless and addicted to games, into a heinous bad boy, or the culprit who pushed Zhu Jingjing downstairs.
As for Pupu, he wrote a little sister who pushed her classmates into the reservoir but refused to admit it. She was accused of extorting money from Zhang Dongsheng, and was put on Pope's head.
After reading the description of the truth in the novel and comparing it with Zhu Chaoyang's diary, we will have a chilling feeling: Why can a child be so "bad"?
Writer Chen Zijin said: In the eyes of adults, children are always simple. They don't know that their children have tricks, even though they were children themselves.
Zhu Chaoyang's "bad" is beyond the imagination of adults, but is his bad nature? There may be congenital factors, but it is more shaped by father, mother and surrounding environment.
His father's indifference, Yao Yao's mother and daughter's contempt for him, his mother's desire for control and so on. It makes the gloomy and biting part of his character more prominent, and his high IQ and meticulous thinking enlarge it infinitely, which eventually leads to one tragedy after another.
Behind the "bad" children is the dereliction of duty in the adult world.
Zhu Chaoyang is the brainchild of the "trio" in the secret corner. But the title of the original novel is "Bad Boy", so what's the problem with the headmaster Zhu Chaoyang?
There is an undercurrent between me and my sister. As a child who doesn't live with his father, it is normal for Zhu Chaoyang to be jealous of his sister. But according to the age gap and smart understanding, there is no need to watch my sister fall down the stairs without saving him. After all, it is a vivid life, which can be said to be carried away by jealousy and distorted.
Dad's recording pen. Here, the first thing to say is that children are not entirely the culprit. Father became suspicious, asked directly, and then returned the whole recorder. Mr. Zhu deals with a man as he deals with you. It is enough for his father to make a small mistake.
Give up principles for self-protection. Teacher Zhang knows that Zhu Jingjing's death has something to do with him. In order to protect himself, he proposed not to report teacher Zhang's murder. Two lives! This heart is cruel at an early age.
What happened to Zhu Chaoyang?
Maybe the lack of love made him bad.
I looked back when I was looking for materials yesterday. One thing I know for sure is that Zhu Chaoyang's feelings about his father's death are true.
When Zhu Chaoyang was a child, his father cheated, his parents divorced, his classmates bullied him, his father ignored his love and his mother's abnormal love.
He lacks love, he is jealous of Jingjing, and he hates his parents. But after Jingjing's death, he felt his father's love for the first time, so he cherished his father.
The essence of human nature is that there is no fundamental good or bad. It just happened in different environments. If he was born in a different environment, his family wouldn't be like this!
Zhu Chaoyang was restrained at first, and the situation was not so bad. His classmates were isolated and his parents divorced. He kept forbearing until he saw that his father loved Jingjing and formed a happy family with his second wife, but he turned a blind eye to his son.
He was jealous of Zhu Jingjing and stole all his father's love, but he was still so arrogant. So when Zhu Jingjing hung on the windowsill and didn't fall completely, Zhu Chaoyang just watched it, and maybe even helped Zhu Jingjing fall, and then lied to everyone. Zhu Jingjing's death had nothing to do with him. Afterwards, in the night market, faced with his father's questioning, Zhu Chaoyang found that the voice recorder began to punish his father with words, hoping to replace Zhu Jingjing and so on.
The worst thing Zhu Chaoyang did was to let Zhang Dongsheng know that they copied a card, and then gave Yan Liang an empty copy card, because this card indirectly led to Pupu's death. Finally, Yan Liang called the police. Obviously, he has become a man like Zhang Dongsheng.
Zhu Chaoyang's bad point is that he designed everything, let others help him kill the person he wanted to kill, and then pretended to be a white rabbit, as if his hands were not stained with blood. From beginning to end, for the sake of his image as a good student, he never told the truth to the police. He has been making up stories to deceive others and himself.
Zhu Chaoyang is not bad. Survival is human instinct, he just wants to live. In the invisible struggle, if he chooses kindness, he will inevitably become a victim.
At first, Zhu Chaoyang was the father of a kind Zhu Chaoyang. He left his mother, re-established a family, and gave birth to a lovely daughter, also a child of Zhu Yongping. Zhu Chaoyang was treated differently, but at this moment, Zhu Chaoyang chose to be indifferent and study hard. Super-high IQ makes him go smoothly on this road of learning.
However, the arrival of Pupu and Yan Liang broke Zhu Chaoyang's inner peace.
In the face of an old friend whom I haven't seen for years, Zhu Chaoyang took in two people who escaped from the orphanage. But in the face of two almost complete strangers, Zhu Chaoyang took some preventive measures at home, which didn't show how dark he was, just guarding himself and his family normally.
Before Zhu Chaoyang opened the door, Zhu Chaoyang was kind, but he believed there was light in this world.
Pupu and Yan Liang are not bad. Unlike Yan Liang, whose limbs are developed and her mind is simple, Pupu is a delicate girl. She learned a lot about the world at a young age, and her IQ should be comparable to that of Zhu Chaoyang, but she studied too little and lacked later development.
In the novel "Bad Boys", Pupu even has deep feelings for Zhu Chaoyang.
Many people analyzed that Pupu was a real bad boy, and he led Yan Liang and Zhu Chaoyang astray step by step.
I don't agree with this view.
Pupu's childhood experience was so tragic that she had to choose to protect herself at any time. Who doesn't want to come into this world like an angel and live like a princess like Zhu Chaoyang's sister? Unfortunately, the gap between people is usually doomed at birth.
Puppies are bullied in orphanages and often sexually assaulted by a fat man (no TV series). A puppy who lives in a dark corner believes that there is light in this world until his death.
How ironic! ! !
Zhu Jingjing, the bad boy in the eyes of the world, is dead. She was too mean when she was young.
Yao Yao is dead, and Zhu Jingjing's meanness is to copy her;
After Zhu Yongping died, he indulged his wife and daughter too much.
These three people, one is Zhu Chaoyang's own sister, the other is my dear father in Zhu Chaoyang, and the other is Zhu Chaoyang's stepmother (nominally). However, many details show that the deaths of these three people are related to Zhu Chaoyang, so Zhu Chaoyang has become one of the bad boys.
As a minor, Zhu Chaoyang certainly hasn't formed a correct, mainstream and recognized view of right and wrong, but life has taught him silence and patience, but he continues to trample on his little dignity. In the end, Zhu Chaoyang did not choose to die in silence, but chose to break out in silence.
I think that if anyone changes, there is the possibility of choosing to break out. We are not sure which one we will choose if we are faced with the same situation. So, what reason do we have to condemn Zhu Chaoyang, who was forced to make a choice? Perhaps, he just made a choice that many people dare not make.
It doesn't matter what kind of person you become in the future, what matters is. Yes, Zhu Chaoyang survived.
There is a hidden corner in everyone's heart, which is not good for Zhu Chaoyang, but not good for law, morality and mainstream values. No matter the ending of the original novel or the TV series, I believe that in the deep heart of many people, apart from feeling depressed, they also secretly thank Zhu Chaoyang for his new life.
I read this book first. Its original name was "Crime without a license", and several children made me shudder. This novel was originally planned as a game, and through the interlocking plot progress, it gradually reached the peak of contradiction in suspense drama. In the end, Zhu Chaoyang, a good student with excellent academic performance, won completely, leaving no evidence. However, his innocence did not make people relax. When the morning sun rises, everything revives. Domestic suspense dramas always give people an unreal feeling, and reasoning for the sake of reasoning has a sense of disobedience.
Last year, I saw many people recommend "The Hidden Corner" in my circle of friends. There was a saying at that time, should I take you to climb the mountain? Then I look forward to watching this TV series, with only 12 episodes! But it really attracted me deeply. There must be some bad guys, but when I look at the problem from another angle, I find that I can understand their practices very well! Let's start with the protagonist Zhu Chaoyang, the younger sister of a stepmother who was isolated by her classmates at school. Her biological father is a bit odd. She also bears her mother's expectations, but she is also a particularly clever child! At first, Yan Liang and Pupu came to Chaoyang's home together and wanted to spend the night at Chaoyang's home. Chaoyang used his hair to test his friend's behavior, which made me feel that the child's mind was too delicate.
Chaoyang must regard Yan Liang and Pupu as good friends. They went climbing together. The camera accidentally caught a video of Zhang Dongsheng pushing his parents-in-law! In my opinion, the subsequent changes in Chaoyang are still influenced by the family background. In family of origin, my father cheated on me and later divorced, which led to my mother's abnormal love for him, and my father's love was more distributed to my sister. Therefore, happy people are cured by childhood all their lives, while unfortunate people need to heal childhood wounds all their lives.
Zhu Chaoyang's evil is beyond the imagination of adults. His evil may have innate factors, but it is more shaped by his father, mother and surrounding environment. His father's indifference, Yao Yao's mother and daughter's contempt for him, his mother's desire for control and so on. It makes the gloomy and biting part of his character more prominent, and his high IQ and meticulous thinking enlarge it infinitely, which eventually leads to one tragedy after another.
Zhu Chaoyang's fear comes from the heart and belongs to the kind that can't be saved. It took only one summer vacation to degenerate from a cowardly student to a murderer with six lives. His change stems from his father's step-by-step persecution, which in turn induces inner darkness.