Chapter 375: The Moral Model in the Actor of Human Immortal Love
When "Insidious" was scheduled to be released and everyone was avoiding the crisis, this year's summer season also unknowingly kicked off.
"The Prequel of the Lotus Lantern" was not delayed until after the 10th like many dramas. Students basically went on summer vacation. It was launched directly on Dongshantai within a few days of July.
This is not because of mountains and rivers, but because "Lotus Lantern Prequel" itself is very confident.
Due to the accumulated popularity of the previous work "Lotus Lantern", this drama has received extremely high attention, almost ranking first in this summer's schedule.
Therefore, "The Prequel of Lotus Lantern" does not need to use these small means to increase its performance and directly grab the start. As long as it can stabilize the old audience brought from "Lotus Lantern", it will be in an invincible position.
On July 4, 2022, "The Prequel of the Lotus Lantern" will be broadcast on Dongshan TV during prime time.
Unlike the original version of "Baolian Lantern" which has not changed much, "Baolian Lantern Prequel" has a lot of deletions, changes and re-editing of the plot compared to the original version.
Shanhe's version of "The Prequel to the Lotus Lantern" only has 32 episodes. The plot is basically in the same vein as "The Lotus Lantern", and many plots echo those of "The Lotus Lantern".
It's not like the original version, it's more like a parallel independent drama. Many plots of the two dramas don't match up at all, and some settings even conflict with each other.
At the beginning of the first episode of "Prequel to the Lotus Lamp", the three dragons guarding the Lingxiao Palace stole the dragon beads and escaped to the lower world. During this period, they were seen by the Jade Emperor's sister, Yunhua Fairy Yaoji, who followed closely and captured them in the lower world.
Compared with the original version, the scenes between Canpeng and Weak Shui have been deleted. As for the plot of Canpeng's desire and sweat that arouses the hearts of three Jiao Fans, it no longer exists.
The original version of "The Prequel to the Lotus Lantern" may have wanted to highlight the old-fashioned nature of Heaven, and created many scenes where the gods are full of lust and longing for the mortal world.
Some plots are okay, but some plot designs are too far-fetched and seem to force crazy points.
For example, the settings of the canopy and Weak Water parts of the original version are a bit abrupt, especially the character of Weak Water, which has a severely split personality and sometimes looks like a psychotic shrew, and many of his behaviors are inexplicable.
So in the Shanhe version, Zuo Le simply deleted the character of Weak Shui, because Weak Shui is a dead thing.
The plot was also changed to show that the Jade Emperor released a weak water to flood Yang Jian. As a result, he underestimated the power of the weak water and was unable to control the water potential, causing the water to flow to the lower realm.
Yang Jian felt that he was partially responsible for this incident, so he went down to earth to control the flood, which corresponded to the story of "Er Lang Controlling the Flood", and finally achieved sainthood through meritorious deeds.
Tianpeng's mortal heart directly corresponds to Chang'e. He has a crush on Chang'e, but has never dared to say it. This is more consistent with orthodox mythology.
Zuo Le was instructing the Shanhe Screenwriting Department to write the script for "The Prequel of the Lotus Lantern" with a very clear idea.
Yao Ji, the Three Holy Mothers, the Eight Fairies, and the tragic experiences of several gods are enough to highlight the topic. There is no need to involve too many branch lines. There are too many characters and the plot is easily scattered.
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Therefore, in Shanhe's version of "The Prequel to the Lotus Lamp", the three-headed dragons are completely the result of his unyielding lust and premeditated plan to descend to earth, and have nothing to do with the canopy.
The three-headed dragon is set to be the sacred beast of Lingxiao Baodian, and it has swallowed the dragon ball. Its magic power is not weak. Although Yao Ji can beat him, the advantage is very small.
In the end, when the three-headed dragon used a sinister trick, both of them were injured. The injured Yao Ji was rescued by the passing scholar Yang Tianyou.
Speaking of Yang Tianyou, he is not an original character, but one from folklore.
According to the "Erlang Baojuan" of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Tianyou was the reincarnation of the golden boy in heaven. Later, he married Yao Ji and gave birth to Yang Jian.
"Prequel to the Lotus Lantern" does not continue this setting. Yang Tianyou is just an ordinary mortal.
After all, it is a re-creation by modern people. Compared with other male protagonists who are "human and immortal", Yang Tianyou is a rare and particular person.
He first rescued Yao Ji, and then helped Yao Ji heal her injuries. After discovering that Yao Ji had been destroyed by the three-headed dragon, at the critical moment, he voluntarily contributed his heart to help Yao Ji out of danger.
Later, because Yang Tianyou and Yao Ji had the same mind, they developed feelings and got married.
First he saved someone's life, and then he dedicated his life regardless of life or death.
You know, before he donated his heart, Yang Tianyou didn't know that two people could have the same heart. He thought that he would die if he gave his heart.
What a good person. Although he is suspected of being a dog licker, his nature is good after all. Let’s look at other male protagonists in “The Love of Immortals”.
Liu Yanchang lost his footing and fell down a cliff, and was rescued by the Three Holy Mothers. He then fell in love with her, pestered her to promise him her life, and finally succeeded.
Dong Yong sold his body to bury his father. The Seven Fairies were moved and came down to earth to help him work and weave, and worked to pay off his debts. When the debts were paid off, the girl would also belong to him.
The most shameless one is the Cowherd, who steals the clothes of the Weaver Girl, shamelessly gets close to the person, and finally captures the person.
Compared with these shameless things, Yang Tianyou is simply the moral model of the male protagonist in "The Love of Immortals", and his image is extremely glorious.
Of course, he, a moral model, met the worst end.
Although others were also punished, at most they were forced to separate. There was still a chance to meet each other once a year, but some sons fought hard and even reunited the whole family in the end.
Only Yang Tianyou, after the Jade Emperor discovered that Yao Ji had married a mortal and had children, sent his sons Da Jinwu and Tianpeng to capture Yao Ji and killed Yang Tianyou and three "bastards".
Yang Tianyou was quite a man. Faced with the heavenly soldiers and generals, he took the initiative to take all the blame on himself, voluntarily died to apologize, and let the Golden Crow let go of his children and wife.
Dajinwu is so hard-hearted that he doesn't care about Yang Tianyou, his uncle, so he kills her.
In order to protect his son, Yang Tianyou was stabbed to death by a dragonfly. Soon after, his eldest son Yang Jiao also followed suit.
Later, Yao Ji was captured, and if Tianpeng hadn't been merciful and used some means to secretly spare their lives, Yang Jian and Yang Chan would have been completely killed.
At this time, if we compare Liu Yanchang, Dong Yong, and Niulang, the gap is immediately highlighted.
Not to mention Liu Yanchang and the others, Xu Xian and Ning Caichen are the two who play snakes and ghosts. The ones who suffer are the wives, and they have nothing to do.
Only Yang Tianyou's own death does not count, and he still has a son. In the near future, his wife will also die...
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Yang Tianyou is miserable, and the male protagonist Yang Jian is not much better.
At the beginning, my father and eldest brother died, my mother was arrested, my fiancée passed on to someone else, people in the town shunned me like snakes and scorpions, and I only had a beautiful sister by my side.
Hmm...this seems to be a perfect template for the protagonist of a web novel!
Sure enough, soon the "protagonist of the Internet article" Yang Jian welcomed his golden finger [Sky Eye] and his grandfather [Yuding Zhenren].
However, the former sometimes works well and sometimes fails, and the latter is also unreliable. Sometimes it works well, sometimes it lags behind.
But even so, under the aura of the protagonist, Yang Jian stumbled and started his legendary journey...
