Text/Ma Qingyun
On October 27, two episodes of the TV series "Firebird 2020" can be watched on the video platform. The reason why this TV series is worth noting is that its original TV series "Firebird" was once a "classic" in which a poor boy counterattacked a rich daughter. After "Firebird" premiered in 2004, it once became a phenomenon-level work. To this day, the show still maintains a good score of 7.9 points on Douban.
First, let me introduce the basic situation of "Firebird 2020". This TV series is adapted from the popular drama "Firebird" 16 years ago, and the screenwriter is still Li Youzhen (different translations, slightly different). In the new version, the female protagonist is Hong Soo-ah and the male protagonist is Lee Jae-woo. Both of them are young actors. In the new version, the plot of the old version has been changed, but the style of the story remains unchanged. Of course, the old version had 26 episodes (one hour per episode), while the new version was shot into 120 episodes (one half-hour episode). In terms of plot length, the new version is twice as long. This means that the plot content of the new version has also doubled.
Introducing why "Firebird" was able to attract a large number of audiences back then. Let’s be direct and take a look at the synopsis of the story of "Firebird" first. You will know at a glance why this TV series is so popular among viewers:
The unscrupulous rich lady Lee Ji-yun (played by Lee Eun-joo) is driving a sports car on the road He ran rampant and accidentally ran towards a gas station, almost injuring Zhang Sehun (played by Lee Seo-jin), a college student working at the gas station. Sehun, who was very angry, had a very bad first impression of Zhiyun. Zhiyun, who made a bet with her friends that she would bring her boyfriend to the banquet, targeted Sehun. The appearance of the two caught everyone's attention, and the two began to fall in love. Despite her parents' opposition, Zhiyun married the impoverished Sehun without hesitation. However, the huge contrast in the quality of life after marriage made Zhiyun finally choose to leave. Sehun also went abroad to seek development.
Ten years later, Sehun, who came back from abroad, had changed his appearance and became a wealthy man; while Zhiyun, however, became the backbone of the family due to the decline of her family and made a living everywhere. By coincidence, Zhiyun became a servant in Sehun's family. Reunited with her lover and ex-husband from ten years ago, the two of them had mixed feelings. The old feelings seemed to still be tumbling in their chests, but there was someone else beside them.
Obviously, this is a love story between a poor boy and a rich daughter. And this love between rich and poor was not ultimately happy because of marriage. On the contrary, in "Firebird", the relationship between the two people eventually led to divorce due to differences in the ideological consciousness of the rich and the poor and more levels. This plot trend of divorce had a huge impact on a large number of young male and female viewers when it was broadcast.
In the later plot of "Firebird", the male protagonist finally counterattacked and became a rich man through overseas development, while the female protagonist's family was in ruins. At this time, the reunion of the two people somewhat satisfied the beautiful imagination of a large number of male viewers, especially "poor" viewers, about women. The focus of the plot of "Firebird" is of course not to satisfy the wild fantasies of this audience, but to explore more of the true meaning of marriage, especially the important power of money and secularity in marriage.
However, for the audience, especially the young audiences at that time, this love story between the poor male protagonist and the rich daughter obviously stimulated everyone. Poor and humble couples have nothing to do with each other. This is a mantra used by the older generation of viewers. And this mantra has become something recognized by young audiences because of "Firebird". The male protagonist's financial counterattack later can only be regarded as a beautiful imagination.
The plot of this remake of "Firebird 2020" is slightly different from that of "Firebird", and it is more contemporary. Of course, the rich and poor characters of the male and female protagonists, their divorce after marriage, their financial disparity after the divorce, and then meeting again, etc., are all the same. Obviously, this kind of plot model can still sting many viewers now. Of course, as a veteran editor, what I want to see more is how various financial rifts arise between the rich daughter and the poor boy after their marriage in the new 120-episode story.
In the plots currently aired in "Firebird 2020", the male and female protagonists are still in a relationship, which is not enough to enter the marriage content and better observe the truth of marriage. Will there really be various post-marriage problems if the family is not in the right place? I look forward to this TV series with more than 100 episodes in the past to give the audience more plot-style answers.