Netizens who spend every day on Feixun.com watching the show suddenly discovered that, at some point, a link to Danmu.com had been quietly pinned to the top of Feixun.com’s homepage. The title is also very simple, which is "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood" 10-minute plot trailer, September 28th, National TV Golden Theater, please look forward to it."
What the hell is "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood"? Recently, netizens who have been enjoying the melon seem to vaguely remember that there seems to be such a film, but they don’t have much impression of it. Only Tao Mu's diehard fans immediately remembered the anti-Japanese war drama that Tao Mu filmed during the winter vacation. Fans who know more about the situation also know that when Tao Mu was shooting the celebration video for Feixun.com's registered users exceeding 100 million, he chose the filming location of "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood".
The first TV series that I participated in is about to be aired!
With all kinds of expectations, Tao Mu's fans carefully clicked on the link.
The first thing that appeared was a black screen, followed by the beeping sound of a telegram being sent, and white subtitles began to appear on the black screen -
On August 13, 1937, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Nationalist government army launched the first large-scale battle of the active counterattack in Shanghai in order to change the invasion direction of the R Army from north to south to east to west in order to facilitate long-term combat.
The sound of gunfire and fighting gradually grew louder, and the camera turned, and a fierce battlefield appeared on the screen. The war was raging and the smoke was rising. The soldiers hid behind the trenches and exchanged fire with the enemy. The bugle sounded, the camera looked down, and all the soldiers rushed up from behind the trenches. The soldiers who were short of ammunition raised their bayonets and fought with the enemy, blocking the muzzles of the guns with their flesh and blood chests to buy time for their comrades.
Amid the incessant sound of gunfire, many flesh and blood bodies were blown away, and the land was soaked with blood and broken arms and legs. The blood-thirsty soldiers continued to charge forward carrying the corpses of their comrades. The fight was extremely brutal. But no one took a step back. Although there is no dialogue, netizens who watched the trailer all felt what the film wanted to convey -
Because behind the soldiers are their homes and unarmed civilians. They have nowhere to retreat.
The camera turns again, and the scene returns to the prosperous Shanghai Concession. In the luxurious banquet hall, with the sound of Wu dialect, bright lights and feasting, the guests in suits and ties congratulated the host in unison. Today is the 60th birthday of Mr. Su, President of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce. People from all over Shanghai's business community came to visit. Even Country R sent people to attend the birthday party. However, when the R countryman appeared at the birthday party, the atmosphere of the whole party suddenly changed.
Amid the compliments from the R country businessman in stiff Chinese, everyone knew that Mr. Su's youngest son, Su Dingbang, who was studying abroad, was about to return to Shanghai.
The scene changes to show the Huangpu River with the setting sun. The river was surging. Amid the melodious sound of the ship's whistle and the rustling of the river water, a young man wearing a white three-piece suit, a monocle on his face and carrying a suitcase stood on the ship's ladder.
The dim sunset poured down on the surging river, on the luxurious ship, and on the busy dock. The whole world was dark gold, with white seabirds flying by.
The camera zooms in for a close-up, showing the young man with the most popular slicked-back hair style, revealing his smooth, full forehead and overly handsome facial features. The thin gold chain hanging from his monocle drew arcs in the air as he moved. His back was very straight, and his thin figure was filled with indescribable elegance and dignity. The demeanor and bearing of the elegant nobleman of the Republic of China era and the old-fashioned British gentleman were naturally present in him.
Just one appearance has already stimulated the fans in front of the screen who are obsessed with looks to scream and want to lick the screen.
The comments on the screen suddenly became dense, completely blocking the image. It wasn't until the next shot that the barrage decreased slightly.
Although it is an unusually long ten-minute trailer, the plot rhythm is very tight. The male and female protagonists and important supporting characters are dealing with the front battlefield and the battlefield behind enemy lines, and are involved in all kinds of intrigues, deceptions, and love affairs between men and women for their country and the world. All the netizens watched with bated breath and were so excited that even their hairs stood on end with nervousness.
And about four minutes in, Su Dingbang, played by Tao Mu, appears again. In the video, Su Dingbang, who was arrested and thrown into the torture cell, watched his comrades being tortured by R himself. His revolutionary will was shaken in panic and he was discovered by his comrades. The dying underground party member opened his mouth to surrender, but after R himself untied him from the torture rack, he pounced on Su Dingbang and wanted to kill him to silence him.
Tao Mu once completely conquered many veteran actors who participated in the filming with this scene. At this moment, with excellent post-production editing and a soundtrack that was so tense that it made one's mouth dry, Tao Mu and other actors gave explosive acting skills, which also infected the audience in front of the screen.
Whether it was the sharp contrast of the underground party's false surrender and assassination of Su Dingbang, or the realistic performance of Su Dingbang's purple face when his throat was strangled, and his embarrassment and cowardice after escaping death, or even the arrogance of the Japanese soldiers who seemed compassionate but were actually brutal and disdainful, all made the netizens in front of the computer tremble in their hearts and applaud.
At this moment, netizens suddenly remembered that Tao Mu played a cannon fodder villain in this TV series. A villain who originally had great ambitions but was afraid of death and lived a miserable life in the face of cruel reality.
When Tao Mu took on this role, many of his fans objected. It is believed that this type of villain is too unlikable and may cause the audience to dislike him if he is not careful. Some people even take their anger out on the actors due to the roles.
However, at this moment, when netizens saw this plot in the trailer, many people felt that they suddenly understood Su Dingbang's choice.
When the country was in danger, every Chinese wanted to join the revolution to save the nation. However, not everyone can become a revolutionary. It is shameful but also equally sad to surrender cowardly because of personal threats during the revolution.
——It is sad that in that turbulent era, young people who should have enjoyed a stable life had to embark on a life-threatening journey.
The trailer continues, and the next few minutes are clips of the male protagonist joining the revolution and mediating the battle with various parties. The protagonist is an officer of our party at the Whampoa Military Academy. During the Battle of Shanghai, he also joined the front line as a representative of our party. Later, I was also able to do work behind enemy lines. Although the screenwriter did not experience that era personally, he has family background in literature and has done research on the script. The whole plot is linked together. The later editing is even more intense. Netizens felt that in the blink of an eye, the ten-minute long trailer was almost over.
At this time, Su Dingbang, played by Tao Mu, appeared in front of the camera again.
——It has to be said that the director and the production team really took great pains to please Tao Mu, the investor, and also to do better publicity and attract more young people to watch the TV series. A minor cannon fodder character who appeared in less than three episodes actually appeared three times in a short ten-minute trailer.
Of course, the reason why Zhou Hong allowed a large number of Su Dingbang's clips to be selected into the trailer in the later stage was also because Tao Mu's acting skills were indeed capable of taking on the important task.
If when he first appeared, Su Dingbang's image was that of an elegant nobleman in his prime and showing all the gentlemanly manners, who wanted to contribute to the precarious motherland with his talent and hard work, then at the end of the trailer, Su Dingbang became an old smoker with shattered ideals, who relied on opium to numb himself every day. Watching the video of Su Dingbang, who was emaciated and finally committed suicide by swallowing opium, all netizens fell silent.
At the end of the video, the male protagonist, who finally survived the Anti-Japanese War and saw the founding of New China, is now gray-haired. He takes the equally gray-haired female protagonist, as well as their children and grandchildren to the Martyrs' Cemetery to pay respects to the martyrs.
The sky is bright and cloudless, and the dove of peace is flying. The elderly male protagonist's eyes flashed with scenes of his past battles on the front lines and behind enemy lines. The camera also scanned the names on the martyrs' monument one by one.
Accompanied by the melodious soundtrack, the camera gradually rises, passing through the sky, the jungle, and the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland——
The reason why we have peace and stability in this world is that during those difficult years, countless revolutionary predecessors sacrificed their lives and shed their blood, and used their flesh and blood to build the most unbreakable Great Wall of the Chinese nation.
The world is bright and clear, and the heroic spirits live on.
Now this prosperous era has finally come as you wished.
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