The ending of Gao in Bai Qing Ge

The TV series "Bai Qing Ge" is being broadcasted, which is an American drama based on the novel of the same name by writer Li and starring Michael Chen, Anna Savai and Jin Minhe. It was released on Apple TV+ on March 25th, 2022. Focusing on the hopes and dreams of a Korean-American immigrant family for four generations, the play began to develop with a taboo love story and became a long epic spanning South Korea, Japan and the United States.

The ending of Gao in Bai Qing Ge

Jin Minhe, played by Yin Ruzhen in Bai Qing Ge, is a very popular role. Jin Minhe's beauty is in perfect harmony with the charm of the play. It is soft, quiet and sad, but it has strong attraction. There are three distinct story lines, one with the heroine and grandson as the main line, the other with the kindness of the elderly, and the other with the kindness of the youth as the main line, which should finally overlap in a special way.

The description of Gao in the drama version is worse than that in the book version, and it is more vivid, which makes people think of the word "love rat" more easily. The role of Gao in the novel runs through Junzi's life. As for what kind of existence he is, it is difficult to judge. Human nature is complex, and everyone has different views.

The role of Gao has good and evil, dross and affection. He armed his impeccable career with his clever mind and cold style.

In the play, Gao Hanxiu did not abandon Junzi because of her long marriage, but silently took care of her behind her back and made a father's prediction: "She married a dreamer." He also redeemed the pocket watch given to Shunza in the pawnshop under his jurisdiction, saying that he was distressed by Shunza, expressing the fact that a self-made man, a helpless man, had to respect the existing marriage at that time. The act of redeeming the pocket watch may not even be aware of his feelings.

There is no such dialogue in the book version, and the changes in the drama version may make the audience further understand that Gao is not a businessman in the traditional sense, but represents a certain type of people in the society at that time.

He really hurt Shanci. He defied Junko's behavior without giving her a marriage in the case of an existing marriage. Judging from modern people's thinking, he is indeed a "love rat". In contrast, what men did in those days, he was not an irresponsible person. Perhaps because of their son, their lives have been entangled. His heart is mixed with the weight of society and the shackles of the original marriage. In the society at that time, it was really impossible to talk about moral issues. All that is lost will appear in another way.

Since Shanci pawned his pocket watch, Gao has been keeping an eye on it until the Americans want to bomb Osaka, the city where he lives. When war can threaten life, they chose to take practical actions to save them from the suffering of war. And to protect his only son. During the war, he guarded their families, then subsidized the tuition of his son and Moses, and brought Junko's mother from Korea to Osaka to reunite with them.

He can't afford the commitment to feelings, and a smart person like him will weigh the pros and cons even in front of feelings. But Junko wants to live with dignity, and he can't accept high three views. Some people even stressed that the tuition fees that Gao once subsidized will be returned to him in the future. There is no righteousness in the original work, but the straight order in his eyes is unique. In his later years, he was still thinking about straight order (kindness).