"You young people's minds are too active, and old guys like us can't keep up. Yue Guan, how did you come up with the idea of shaping Fei Lian, Fei Zhonge and these treacherous ministers like this?" Yan Guanying asked curiously.
Yue Guan doesn't have any airs on the crew of "Feng Shen". To be precise, Yue Guan doesn't have any airs when filming. When he is not filming, he also likes to chat with people.
Especially chatting with those old drama stars.
Yan Guanying had seen a lot, and although he was not very familiar with Yue Guan, he had no sense of distance. He had doubts in his mind, so he took the initiative to ask.
Yue Guan explained: "Because Fei Lian was not a traitor in history, including Fei Zhong and Er Lai. Fei Zhong, Fei Lian and Er Lai were all descendants of Boyi. Boyi's surname was Ying and he was the leader of the Dongyi tribe. Because he assisted Dayu in controlling floods, he was granted the title of Fei. The second son Ruomu became a commoner because he was a commoner and had no inheritance rights. In order to show that he was different from other commoners, he took Fei as his surname. This is Fei Zhong's branch. The origin of.
During the Xia Jie period, Fei Chang, the ancestor of the Fei family, abandoned Xia and returned to Shang Dynasty. He drove for Shang Tang and participated in the famous Battle of Mingtiao. After the war, he received a reward from Shang Tang for his meritorious service, and was qualified to be an official. Although he was only a small official driving a car, he finally earned an iron rice bowl for his descendants. This is how Fei Zhong became qualified to serve King Zhou and was promoted to the rank of Zhongdafu.
At that time, the Yin and Shang Dynasties were basically hereditary. In theory, Fei Zhong could only work as a driver for King Zhou because his ancestors drove for King Shang. However, King Zhou violated the ancestral system and promoted Fei Zhong to become a middle-level official. This was an outrageous thing at the time. It violated the rights and interests of the traditional nobles and broke certain class monopolies. Therefore, Fei Zhong was disliked by the nobles. He was also slandered as a traitor.
Fei Lian and E Lai were of lower origin than Fei Zhong. The relationship between the two was father and son, not brothers as mentioned in "Fengshen Bang". After Fei Lian's ancestors moved to Xirong, they experienced several generations of inheritance. Although there were some ups and downs during this period, generally speaking, they still had a very unsatisfactory life. In the generation of Fei Lian and E Lai, they even fought against the armies of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. After a battle, he was unfortunately defeated and became a prisoner of King Zhou.
Logically speaking, if you become a prisoner, you can only end up as a slave. However, King Zhou was determined to reform and did not discriminate against slaves. He found that Fei Lian was good at walking and evil at all times, and they were very capable, so he pardoned their sins. , and kept them by his side and made them officials. Among them, Wu Lai acted as his bodyguard, and Fei Lian went out to do errands for him. Letting two slaves serve as officials was inconsistent with tradition, so Fei Lian and Erai, like Fei Zhong, became traitorous ministers who were "disliked by the nobles".
But it is ridiculous to say that after Jiang Ziya and others led an army to invade Chaoge, they died in battle to protect King Zhou. Fei Lian was working for King Zhou in the Taiyue Mountain area at that time. After finishing the matter, he heard the news that King Zhou had committed suicide. He built an altar to worship heaven in Taiyue Mountain and reported to King Zhou that the task had been completed. After the sacrifice was completed, he committed suicide and sacrificed his life for his country.
Such people who sacrificed their lives for the country were regarded as traitors. The biggest opponent of King Zhou, who secretly colluded with King Wu of Zhou and betrayed the interests of the Yin Shang Dynasty, became a famous sage because of his meritorious service.
History is like a little girl who can be dressed up by others, and the winner takes all. I didn't make "Feng Shen" to popularize history for the audience, but since there is a correct historical image, I didn't bother to use their smeared image in "Feng Shen Bang", which is unfair to them. "
In fact, Yue Guan was not disgusted with the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The king succeeds and the bandits lose. King Zhou loses and Ji Fa wins. There is no problem in saying that Ji Fa is stronger than King Zhou. Whatever the victorious person says is right.
But again, there is no need to be embarrassed.
The purpose of filming "Feng Shen" Yue Guan was not to help King Zhou clear his name, nor was it to help King Zhou's treacherous ministers clear their name. It's just that compared to Ji Fa, King Zhou obviously had more room to explore.
That’s why King Zhou was decided to be the protagonist.
Of course, not all people on King Zhou's side can be traitors.
Based on historical images, it is far easier to be accepted by the audience than portraying a few treacherous ministers.
After hearing what Yue Guan said, Yan Guanying nodded. In fact, he had checked this information before, but it was not as detailed as Yue Guan knew.
In the final analysis, he just played Fei Lian, a general who was born a slave but was very loyal, courageous and successful in his work.
If you want to play this role well, you don't actually need to know all the background information about Fei Lian.
Yan Guanying was not interested in Fei Lian's background information. What he was really interested in was Yue Guan's imagination.
Because Yue Guan used Fei Lian to connect "Feng Shen" and "Xian Qin".
"Are Fei Lian and Qin Shihuang indeed related by blood in history?" Yan Guanying asked curiously.
Yue Guan smiled: "There is one thing. In fact, Fei Zhong and Fei Lian's ancestors both had the surname Ying, but Fei Zhong was only related to Qin Shihuang, not from Qin Shihuang's lineage. He died in battle and had no descendants. , could not be the ancestor of Qin Shihuang. Although Fei Lian committed suicide, he still had a younger son. This branch continued to Meng Zeng, passed to Zaofu and Feizi, and was divided into Zhao and Qin. Qin Shihuang's One branch just came. Not only Qin Shihuang, but also the royal family of King Zhao during the Warring States Period were also descendants of Feilian."
Yan Guanying's knowledge has improved.
He would definitely not study this information idlely.
"I thought you were just imagining things casually, but I didn't expect that there are actually thousands of connections behind it." Yan Guanying said.
Yue Guan chuckled and said: "It's natural to use imagination, but my requirement for the screenwriter is to try to fit the history as much as possible, and to use imagination on the basis of history. Only then can we create a mythical story unique to our Dragon Kingdom. In this way, the audience The sense of immersion will also be stronger.”
"I have some ideas, especially the title given to Fei Lian." Yan Guanying praised: "After Fei Lian died, he was named the 'Righteous God of Bingxiao's disintegration.' Bingxiao disintegrated, and in the end it was Fei Lian's descendants who disintegrated the Zhou Dynasty. This We can also connect, Yue Guan, you are really interested."
Yue Guan looked at Yan Guanying in surprise.
This—he really didn’t make the connection.
If Yan Guanying hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have paid attention.
Hearing what Yan Guanying said, Yue Guan blinked.
That makes sense.
Although there is some hard connection, it is not important.
It was indeed the State of Qin that swept across Liuhe and finally ended the rule of Emperor Zhou.
You can really get in touch.
The third part of "Feng Shen" was originally going to tell Fei Lian that he committed suicide and sacrificed his life for his country, and after his death, he was called the "God of Ice and Disintegration".
Now it can be added that Fei Lian made an oath: descendants will definitely end the rule of the Zhou Dynasty and avenge the great merchants.
Then, at the beginning of "The Immortal Qin Empire", it is revealed that the Qin royal family are the descendants of Feilian.
Everything is connected.
Perfect!