Yong Zhengdi in the Post-modernism Era —— Comment on the Hong Kong drama "The Ninth Five-Year Plan"

Time-travel dramas are all the rage, from the earliest Love Through Time and Space, Qin Xun Ji, the Ninth Five-Year Plan to Walking on Thin Ice, among which the Ninth Five-Year Plan is a special time-travel drama, not only because it is not a TV series with ancient history as the core plot (it describes the social life of modern cities). Moreover, the most prominent feature of this TV series is its postmodern style, which makes it an excellent cross-genre TV series and an excellent comedy. This is entirely because this TV series has integrated postmodern features into the whole drama, thus refreshing the artistic expression style of this drama. -Preface

The play tells the story that Yong Zhengdi was attacked by killer Lv Siniang when he visited Guangdong privately. At this time, a huge tornado blew in Guangdong, bringing Yongzheng and Lv Siniang to modern Hongkong. Yongzheng happened to be scratched at the scene of the car accident. He was taken away by Li Daxia's relatives in Hongkong, because he looked very much like a mainland immigrant who died in a car accident in Li Daxia. Lv Siniang was taken in by a martial arts performance group in the street, and was later hunted down for discovering Yongzheng in the performance. Finally, he was taken in by Li Daxia and stayed with relatives. As assistants of a big group, Li and Lu were involved in the infighting of this big group. Finally, they got rid of everything in Hong Kong, went to the East African Prairie and lived a happy life together. The narrative style of postmodernism is developed from the development of plot.

Judging from the plot of this TV series, the greatest post-modernism lies in the deconstruction and ridicule of the struggle for imperial power, chivalry and national hatred. We can learn a thing or two from the relationship between Yongzheng and Lv Siniang and the changes in their thoughts. From the beginning of the TV series, Lv Siniang adhered to the idea of killing the Manchu emperor and assassinated Yongzheng, in order to fight against the Qing dynasty and regain sight. However, since Lv Siniang came to modern times, she told people for the first time that she wanted to assassinate Yong Zhengdi and was regarded as a mental illness. When Yong Zhengdi told her that they had entered a new era, she was moved by the loss. After her contact with Yong Zhengdi for a period of time, they met and gradually fell in love. When people asked her, she even joked, "He is Manchu. How can I like her?" . It was not until the end of the TV series that Lv Siniang finally gave up the idea. Lv Siniang's chivalrous spirit has always been ridiculed by people in this modern Hong Kong society. Not only her language and clothes, but also her heroic spirit was often used by careerists, but she was at a loss at that time.

For Yong Zhengdi, he completed the transformation from emperor to ordinary people. From the initial suspicion of modernity, to the shock of learning the demise of the Qing Dynasty, to becoming a humble guest under the promoters, step by step, from a small clerk to the last top professional manager. Completed his transformation into a modern society. In fact, according to the evidence, the emperor of a feudal empire came to modern times and became a civilian. Finally, he actually adapted to the life of a civilian in modern society. This is actually the greatest irony. In fact, in the final analysis, Yongzheng and Lv Siniang in this drama are just Hong Kong people who are dressed as ancient people and now have a modern spirit. All their experiences are aimed at inspiring them to have the spirit of Hong Kong residents, thus completing the narrative purpose of the whole play.

The play not only deconstructs and mocks the cultural symbols represented by the main and important figures, but also mocks and exposes the essence of social spirit. In order to embody this purpose, this drama compares and analyzes the big companies that Yong Zhengdi worked for with the Qing court. Finally, the traitor Cen Rili (the fourth son of the company boss) tried to seize power with ambition. ) it doesn't make any difference if you are dirty. (Finally, he revealed that Yong Zhengdi was a passer-by and said to everyone, "Why do you think his Li Daxia was not enriched during his internship, and even rose to such a high position because he came here from Yong Zhengdi and was proficient in intrigue, and finally he was able to achieve such a high position because he provoked discord in our family. ) And in the end, when all the news came to trace Yong Zhengdi and Lv Siniang, trying to reveal his identity as a traveler, the contradiction and opposition of the whole play broke out to a climax. Until the end, the two of them left Hong Kong and modern society and came to live in the East African Prairie. This also reflects the ugliness of modern society and people's poor taste in judging ugliness (people peep at people's private lives through the media to achieve their own purpose of judging ugliness). )。 From this ending. Whether Yongzheng or Lv Siniang, or the modern civilized society behind them, are the most ingenious endings.

It should be said that the whole drama, in any case, uses absurd means (being scratched by a tornado, people from Beijing School, Yongzheng School and Lv Siniang School can speak Cantonese, and even talk about most media in an essay, believing that a modern man is Yong Zhengdi, asking for verification, etc.) to criticize the tradition (Yongzheng pursues the daughter of the big boss and reads the Book of Songs). No one can understand what Yong Zhengdi and Lv Siniang said in the past. Wait a minute. The dissolution of imperial power and chivalrous spirit, or the description of little people (the description of homosexuals in the whole play), the criticism of society, the expression of metaphorical meaning, or the direct and concrete expression. It can be said that this drama is based on Yongzheng and Lv Siniang, and viewed from the perspectives of ancient people, modern people and modern society. This is very creative and imaginative, but in the end, this TV series has given blessings and hopes to modern society. This is manifested in the last dialogue between Yongzheng and Lv Siniang, who decided to use Yongzheng's ability to govern the country in this land to help this group of aborigines build their country and society. This is the final summary of the whole play. Although there are all kinds of injustices in modern society, we should use beautiful power to reverse them. This should also be the best ending, so the narrative of this article has also drawn a full stop.