Breaking the routine of criminal investigation, will the treasure of intimate contact with mahjong antiques be the new trend of suspense drama?

Under the strong light of "Big Rivers" and "Do you know if it should be green, fat, red and thin", the IP drama of the same name "Ancient Close Contact of Mahjong" adapted by literary genius Ma Boyong seems a bit low-key. This super drama with a total investment of 200 million yuan and an episode cost of over 5 million yuan has already become an annual work that book fans are waiting for. After it was launched on February 26th, 65438, Douban scored 7.3 points, but it was almost the same as the original novel.

The cast of "Close Contact with Ancient Mahjong" is not weak. The royal cast of "Chasing the Murder in a White Night" includes Yu Xia, Qiao Zhenyu and a number of supporting "immortals" such as Wang Gang and Ceng Jiang, which is enough for netizens to look forward to. Judging from the 18 episode that has been broadcast, "Close Encounter of Mahjong in Ancient Style" expanded the original 230,000-word work into 36 episodes of TV series, and made a lot of "additions", and the evaluation was also full of praise.

As well as ghost blowing lights and tomb robbing notes, are a type of "cultural exploration in China in the new century". The advent of mahjong ancient intimate contact lies in expanding the subdivision types of suspense dramas. Before this, the domestic suspense online drama was either a bitter and gloomy criminal investigation or a bold and unconstrained grave robbery adventure, and the aesthetic fatigue had stagnated. With the theme of "Learning from the past is easy, but learning from others is difficult", Close Encounter with Antiques of Mahjong has a novel theme, which contains a legend of a little person in the business of Jianbao Wan Wen with a strong plot and intrigue.

After "Close Contact with Ancient Style of Mahjong", the highly similar setting is "Kiyomi" starring Lei. Jianbao+suspense, will it become another outlet of suspense drama?

In prosperous times, you hide and play, and in troubled times, you hide gold. According to the introduction of Wan Wen antiques, since the Song Dynasty, China has ushered in the sixth collection peak, and the trend of writing has been popular all over the country as early as the turn of the new century. Variety shows "National Treasure Archives", "Collection of the World" and "Weekend Treasure" set off a collection boom, and film and television dramas related to Wan Wen's treasures also came into being.

Before "Close Contact with Ancient Mahjong", the painting style of Jianbao Drama was mostly family ethics and legends of the times. The "May Fragrant Flower" happened in the antique street of Liulichang in Beijing, and all kinds of people in the antique industry in old Beijing have it, but the final result is "All shall be well, jack shall have jack"; There are legends of the times in the legend of Liulichang, but the focus of the three people's grievances in the antique world is still the marriage in troubled times; Times dramas such as Jade Broken, Purple Jade Sands and Drum Lane focus on the ups and downs of the fortunes of antique literary giants and tell the history of family changes in the great era.

Let the Jianbao drama put on a suspense coat, and the intimate contact with mahjong in ancient style is refreshing. Close contact with mahjong antiques, which is consistent with the original novel, fictionalizes an antique world with a strong Jianghu atmosphere: someone will slap him if he is old. This mysterious organization named "Bright Eye Plum Blossom" is the highest authority in the antique world to identify authenticity. "Bright eyes and plum blossoms" are divided into five veins, including Xuanmen and Zhangyan porcelain; Xu's family has a white door, palm eyes, gold, silver and jade; The Shen family is at Qingmen, slapping their eyes; Huang's family is yellow, and the palm is bright; The Red House belongs to Liu Men. It is a calligraphy and painting.

After constructing Jianbao's "Weapon Spectrum", Close Encounter of Mahjong Antiques began to tell a strange case decades ago. Xu Yicheng, the former head of Five Veins, hated treason and fraud most in his life, but sold the priceless Buddha's head to the Japanese. When the incident happened, Xu Yicheng was shot by the government of the Republic of China without any excuse, and the Xu family was expelled from the Five Veins, and his life experience fell. Decades later, Xu Yicheng's grandson made a wish to travel around Beijing and run an obscure antique shop. At the age of 30, he still accomplished nothing. At this time, the Japanese wanted to return the Buddha's head to China, hoping to be forced to intervene and gradually solve the old case decades ago.

The 36-episode Close Encounter of Mahjong Antique is adapted from the first novel, and the core of the story is the "Buddha Head Case". The doubtful old case of the Republic of China involves the family reputation of the Xu family and the great interests of returning to the Five Veins. "Hook" is the most important part of the intimate contact narrative of mahjong ancient style. In the puzzle story of clouds and fog, Yu Xia's wish is pushed by fate. The "Close Contact of Mahjong" in novels and dramas is just a suspenseful story with strong plot focusing on small people.

Like the ancient classics of Ma Ning and the 16-character Yin-Yang geomantic mystery, antiques are in close contact with mahjong and have a comprehensive record of professional knowledge, Su Dinglu. Judging the authenticity of Buddha's head by its age, texture and fracture, and judging the quality of porcelain by its shape, texture and carcass, Close Contact with Ancient Style of Mahjong not only describes the legendary experience of the characters, but also integrates the rich national traditional culture and completes the return to the oriental culture.

As director Qing Yu said, "This is a suspense story with industry attributes. Suspense makes the story look better, while antiques can put traditional culture into it. "

Judging from the original novel, compared with "cultural adventure novels in the new century" such as Tomb Raider Notes, Ghost Blowing Lights and Secret Code, there are many intimate contacts with mahjong in ancient style. It is also to satisfy readers' desire to take risks and reveal secrets, to stay away from real worries, to master the full text through seeking truth, to have an unusually clear narrative context, and to skillfully integrate into traditional culture. No wonder, with the completion of movies and TV shows such as Secrets of the Three Kingdoms, Close Contact of Mahjong Antique, and The Longest Day in Chang 'an, which have not yet been broadcast, it is said in the industry that Nanpai's three uncles competed with Muye Zhang for hegemony, and they became three pillars after joining Ma Boyong.

But on second thought, the ancient intimate contact of mahjong is more grounded than the tomb-robbing notes and ghost-blowing lights after the legendary narration. The latter, based on the creator's imagination, constructs an illusory world that seems to be detached from reality, but is based on reality outside the daily world. The bottle mountain in western Hunan in "Ghost Blowing Lights" is a complete bluestone, which looks like a vase falling to the ground under the ingenious work of heaven and earth. The pagbalha Temple in Code Word, the ancient tunnel that the characters walked through, was originally dark, but after two high-fives, "it's like installing countless voice-activated lights, and there seem to be many annular neon lights along the tunnel" ... Although these mysterious and strange worlds are very imaginative, they are facing a lot of adaptation problems in film and television.

Although the text of mahjong's ancient intimate contact novel does not construct an illusory space that conforms to real logic, difference and real world, it satisfies readers' fantasy of treasures through the display of rare treasures. In the process of film and television, the intimate contact with the ancient style of mahjong has completed the construction of a "strange world" as long as it is a real antique prop. Wu Bai, the director, revealed that the props of "Close Encounter of Mahjong Antiques" can be confused with the real thing. "It is no problem for a real antique expert to use macro and super close-up." In this way, the sense of cheapness caused by the lack of special effects is undoubtedly avoided, and the plot is more realistic.

The outstanding performance on the service road is enough to make the audience better immersed in the play. In addition to the dramatic structure and story setting, Close Encounter with Antiques of Mahjong boldly adopted a retro style. At the beginning, the Jianbao laboratory, which displays drugs or not, was like an archaeological research institute, with polishers, microscopes and X-rays. Strong colors, luxury and fashion. Also hotly discussed by netizens are Muhu Kanai from Chie Tanaka, ever-changing hats and colorful stockings, which add a touch of bright color to the intimate contact of mahjong. It is also beautiful to try to make "Close Contact with Ancient Style of Mahjong" with Kingsman texture.

Besides, there is a huge amount of historical information behind the antique Wan Wen, which hides the strange skills and tricks in the antique Jianghu. Relying on the online acting skills of Yu Xia and Qiao Zhenyu, the intimate contact with the ancient style of mahjong not only contributed to their CP, but also reflected the cold and warm humanity of the ancient style in the process of solving puzzles together.

After three explosions: 20 17, white night pursuit, unlicensed crime and river god, the suspense drama of 20 18 seems to have entered an adjustment period, and there are no more explosions for the whole people.

From the perspective of criminal investigation dramas, gruesome criminal cases have become standard. Although the production has always been excellent, it seems to have entered a strange circle of dark colors, brain-burning plots and benchmark American dramas. Netizen commented: "The protagonist has a complicated life experience and is far away from life, in order to scare people. Render an atmosphere of terror. I still like TVB's criminal investigation dramas. It's simple and human. After solving the case, fall in love again. Isn't it good to have a side stove after work? " The most typical case list is the accidental fire of the companion piece Crime of Primitive Crime.

However, in the suspense drama market, the series of "Ghost Blowing Lights" and "Tomb Notes" are no longer brave. Early tomb raiding notes opened the era of online drama payment, and the old nine gates entered the tens of billions of broadcasts. However, 20 17 Ghost Blowing Lamps' exquisite ancient city, Ghost Blowing Lamps' Huangpi Tomb and Ghost Blowing Lamps' are all difficult to say, while 20 18 Tiankeng sand sea and eagle hunting are wonderful.

The intimate contact of mahjong with treasures can be regarded as a new boundary for exploring suspense types. Up to now, the most wonderful place of intimate contact with ancient mahjong is not the suspense of layers of reasoning, but the palm and mouth of "Wen Xi Wu". The dazzling treasure hunting skills, the wonderful skills of dressing up as a pig and eating a tiger, and the tense confrontation between experts are definitely the highlights of this series:

Raise your hand for the first time when you make a wish. Before that, he was just a cynical little Beijing wanderer in the series, violating the original design and selling fakes. It was not until Lu Yu's colleagues blackmailed him, hung the golden seal with silk thread, and inferred the truth that the center of gravity of the real seal was unstable by using the fact that there were many bubbles in the traditional casting process. He is as resolute as a martial arts expert, and there is a warm heart behind dressing up as a pig to eat a tiger.

The drug fight with Qiao Zhenyu is the first positive PK of "Xu Yao" CP. Judging the valuation of Buddha's head, I would like to give experts and "Master Yao" a lesson-it turns out that judging the value of Buddha's head can't just look at the age and texture. By carefully observing the fracture, everyone knows how to preach Buddha. It was this fight that made drugs look like a dude, which was actually very funny and opened up new clues for the Huang family to sell fakes.

When Nanyang, Henan Province once again fought with the fake crocodile, you had my verbal confrontation, the wrestling behind the turbulent undercurrent, and the wonderful means of national treasure identification, which once again made netizens hooked up. There is also the "Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles" under the control of Lao Chaofeng. It seems that wishes are hypnotized. It is equally mysterious to tell the identification method of eight ancient bronze dings in Su Dinglu and glaze red in Yuan Dynasty.

It has to be mentioned that it is at the high-light moment of Jianbao that the ancient style of mahjong is in close contact, which facilitates the popularization of traditional culture-Xinjue, the father who is used to truth and falsehood, and the crown of Bronze Jue in Shang and Zhou Dynasties; Jun kiln pen washing, which has become a profit-making tool for counterfeiters, is also listed as the first of the five major porcelains; Kuang Lu Tu is the first masterpiece in the Five Dynasties and Song Gaozong's favorite work.

If Close Encounter with Antiques of Mahjong can stick to the current good momentum and focus on the panoramic display of antique identification, collection, forgery and setting, instead of just taking antiques as a gimmick, its high ratings will continue.