Chapter 453: Dong Yong, who is no longer a Phoenix man
The opening plot of "The Fairy Match", in addition to introducing the origins of the seven fairies, mainly foreshadows the love story between the seven fairies Xiao Qi and Dong Yong.
In the original folk tale, the Seven Fairies were curious about the prosperity of the world, secretly descended to the earth, and then saw a young man named Dong Yong.
This Dong Yong was a filial son. His mother died early, and he and his father depended on each other. Later, his father became seriously ill and died, so Dong Yong prepared to arrange the funeral for his father. Since the family had no money, he sold himself to bury his father.
This plot mainly reflects Dong Yong's "filial piety", including the fact that Dong Yong was able to marry a fairy later and moved the seven fairies with his beautiful virtue of "filial piety".
It can be seen that the creator of the story wanted to promote this kind of "filial piety", and even gave the protagonist Dong Yong many benefits in the story, showing it to readers and audiences in an almost straightforward way -
Filial piety will be rewarded, and you can become the son-in-law of the Jade Emperor, or become a god in heaven...
However, many people in modern times feel that Dong Yong sold himself into slavery in order to attend the funeral for his father, which is a feudal act of foolish filial piety and is not advisable.
This is mainly because many stories do not express it clearly. In fact, in the original story, Dong Yong was a slave all his life. Instead, he borrowed money from the rich man and then worked for the rich man's family for free for three years to pay off the debt.
Calculated to this day, it would be equivalent to young Xiao Dong's father dying of cancer. In addition to the subsequent funeral expenses, Xiao Dong owed a lot of debt. In order to pay off the debt, he found a job in a black-hearted factory and worked hard for three years.
Looking at it this way, don’t you think Dong Yong is more pleasing to the eye?
In the original version, the Seven Fairies helped Dong Yong, and Dong Yong was so impressed that he asked the Sophora japonica tree spirit to help him propose a hand in marriage.
Although this behavior is suspected of being a phoenix man, but having said that, what man would not be moved by a beautiful woman who works hard to help him, is gentle, considerate, and considerate?
Even if we look at it now, Dong Yong is at most a toad who wants to eat swan meat, but we cannot say that there is anything wrong with his character.
He is incomparable to Yang Tianyou, the moral model in the next-door "Fairy Love", but compared to the shameless Cowherd who steals other fairies' clothes and threatens them, Dong Yong can be considered a gentleman.
Moreover, compared with the original version, Shanhe's version of "The Match" has made some plot additions to make the male protagonist Dong Yong appear less like a phoenix man as much as possible.
It doesn't matter if you are poor, the key is to have a reliable character, be responsible, take responsibility, and love your wife.
The route of being a domineering president is not feasible, and the warm male protagonist who loves his wife and is a maniac is also guaranteed to receive ratings...
There's no way around it, "The Match" is a light-hearted love idol drama, and its main audience is young female viewers. I don't mean to deliberately try to please you, but at least I can't make any mistakes.
It’s a romance drama, and if the first male protagonist is not lovable and is not recognized by the largest audience group, then it is still a joke.
Therefore, Dong Yong's setting in "The Fairy Match" is far more brilliant than the original version.
First of all, Dong Yong's greatest quality, filial piety, cannot be lost. Various details in the opening chapter show that he took care of his sick father meticulously and without complaint. He is a famous filial son in eight villages across ten miles.
In addition, Dong Yong cannot be a waste, he must have several useful skills or talents.
For example, he has learned well, is good at calligraphy, understands some medical skills, is capable and diligent in work, etc. Previously, he was delayed because of his father's illness, or he was not confident and did not show it. Later, when he was with the Seven Fairies, it was slowly revealed.
Although these skills and talents of Dong Yong were useless in the early days when the Seven Fairies were relying on their magic.
However, in the later plot, a plot was specially set up where the Seven Fairies and other fairies were plotted by the villain and their magic power was imprisoned.
At this time, it was Dong Yong's turn to step forward. He not only shouldered the heavy responsibility of supporting his family, but also used his mortal body to battle wits and courage with the villains, buying time for the good guys to regain their strength, and the effect of whitewashing/distinguishing the glory was great.
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As mentioned before, Dong Yong's character design has been changed, so the plot line must also be modified to some extent.
As mentioned above, the Seven Fairies were in love with each other, so they secretly went to Yue Lao to check out their marriage. During this period, due to their careless behavior, Yue Lao was disturbed and alerted, and she used magic weapons to cover up the secret.
The Seventh Fairy only knew that her significant other was somewhere, and did not know any other information. Therefore, the Seventh Fairy secretly descended to earth to find her future significant other.
The seven fairies have never left heaven since they were young, and they have no understanding of the human world. They made a lot of jokes and successfully met Dong Yong who was buying medicine.
However, the two of them didn't realize anything when they first met. Dong Yong was so determined to cure his father's disease, while the Seven Fairies talked about finding a partner. Later, they simply had fun in the human world and didn't take this "silly" young man to heart.
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It wasn't until they met for the second time later, when the Seven Fairies helped Dong Yong solve a small problem, that they officially got to know each other.
However, there was still no communication until the Seventh Fairy accidentally offended the local rich man Chen Bancheng. The other party hired an expert who knew magic to trick the Seventh Fairy when she was unprepared. She was injured and had to secretly hide it in a small firewood in the Chen family compound.
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And here Dong's father died. In order to treat Dong's father, Dong Yong owed Chen Bancheng a lot of money. Later, in order to buy a coffin for his father, he owed another sum and had to work to pay off the debt.
The fat butler of Chen Bancheng's family hated Dong Yong for not being filial to him, so he assigned Dong Yong all the hard and tiring work, including chopping firewood.
Therefore, Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies met for the third time. Because the Seven Fairies had helped him before, Dong Yong took good care of the Seven Fairies.
Not only did he use his only decent clothes to buy medicine for the Seventh Fairy, but he also gave part of the rations to the Seventh Fairy. He was so hungry that he almost collapsed from exhaustion while working hard.
Dong Yong was so righteous that he moved the seven fairies.
After the Seventh Fairy recovered from her injuries and took care of the master who invested in her, she secretly stayed by Dong Yong's side and helped him secretly.
Anyway, after a series of various events, the relationship between the two heated up rapidly, and they just had to find out in the end...
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The above-mentioned plots are actually not very outstanding in a strict sense, but as mentioned before, the selling point of "The Fairy Match" is not the plot, but the fairies falling in love.
It doesn't matter if the plot is cliche, just the male and female protagonists interact with each other and sprinkle candy. Today's audiences can find the sense of CP in normal plots. If the official plot is sweet, they can directly make up their own minds until they die alive.
Gao Xinjian is also a famous director in the industry after all. After filming TV series for many years, others dare not say that basic operations such as creating a pink and ambiguous atmosphere for male and female actors in the movie are simply a piece of cake for him.
Shui Miaomiao and Cen Kun are also excellent actors with guaranteed acting skills. They are handsome men and beautiful women. In the play, they are in love with each other, and they love each other, which is called sweetness.
A few days after "The Match" was aired, the most popular comments from viewers were -
[This drama makes my aunt laugh every day]
【Mom, I want to fall in love again】
[Ah ah ah, what kind of magical CP is this, I feel sour]
【Trick the dog into killing it???】
[Qishui is so beautiful, it’s like a fairy website]
【Come on Kunkun↖(^ω^)↗】
【Ooooooo, so envious】
【…………】
"The Perfect Match" premiered on September 22. On the 25th, the average ratings of the entire series exceeded 2, and the Douhua score was 8.1 points.
Although it is not as good as those "Shanhe" dramas, and its reputation is slightly lower, the ratings are still impressive, and the number of views on Penguin Video is also quite good.
Moreover, with the appearance of several other fairies and their official matches, the popularity and results of "The Fairy Match" are also rising...
