The banned topic online drama finally returned.

The writer of this article is writer @Nico.

Pierce the last window of life with movies.

Recently, there was a high-scoring online drama, which started quietly.

Although it didn’t make any splash on the hot search, on Douban, many fans cried "Ye Qing Hui" and scored 8.7 for it.

No suspense, it’s just-

The edge of the city

"The Edge of the City" is an exception to the series of "Mao Lie", with a total of 30 episodes, which are released at one time, each episode is only about 10 minutes, short and pithy.

Before the formal chat, Xiaowan still needs to talk briefly about Mao Cheat.

It is said that 11 years ago, domestic online dramas just started.

A small team rooted in Shijiazhuang, relying on the strength of one share, vacated the "Mao Cheat", the title of which was homophonic, deliberately playing the ball.

No one expected that this rustic drama would become the ceiling of the future online drama in one fell swoop.

From "Mao Cheat 1, 2" to "Mao Cheat End", the word-of-mouth has been rising steadily: 8.6, 9.4 and 9.7.

On the Douban, on an equal footing with The End of Mao Cheat, there are all classic dramas such as A Dream of Red Mansions, 1566 Ming Dynasty and Towards the Republic.

"Mao Cheat" ranks among them, which is quite out of place. It seems to be a common wild flower from the complicated history and political situation.

Back to the story, "Mao Cheat" mainly revolves around a fraud team composed of a group of people on the edge of the city-Zhao Ning, Xiaobao, Li Wei, Shao Zhuang, Bao Ge, Anning and Xing Dongdong.

Adhering to the tenet of "even thieves have a way", these gangs only cheat and don’t steal, which is quite chivalrous. They rob the rich and help the poor, while fighting with their peers in the Jianghu.

Many common tricks are displayed in the play.

For example, stealing mobile phones, stealing ATM cards, begging for money, insurance fraud, chess endgame, interest-free loans and so on.

The series "Mao Cheat" is structured as a unit drama, with one episode, one scam and one main line in each season. Through ingenious arrangement, they are connected in series.

At the end of "The End of Mao Cheat", Xiaobao found another "fat sheep" and prepared to do a big job.

As a result, this vision has been extinguished before it is opened. Anning, Li Wei, Dongdong and Shao Zhuang left in turn and went their separate ways, leaving Xiaobao standing still.

A "Grand Theft Auto Legend" came to an end.

Due to the sensitive theme, The End of Mao Cheat was taken off the shelves of the whole network only one year after it was launched, and since then, it has been "living among the people", but many viewers regard this "China’s first online drama" as the tears of the times.

Now, after a lapse of six years, The Edge of the City has returned with its original crew, and successfully awakened the feelings and memories of those audiences with familiar recipes and familiar tastes.

In fact, as early as the filming of Mao Cheat, The Edge of the City had a clue-

In the play, it has been mentioned many times, and it is an online serial novel created by Zhao Ning under the pseudonym of Changle Girl after she left the team.

"The Edge of the City" focuses on the core figure Xiaobao. Xiaobao is a core member of the initial leader Zhao Ning.

From "Mao Cheat" to "The Edge of the City", Xiao Bao has a clear growth vein-

At first, it was an impulsive and impetuous killing of Matt. After Zhao Ning’s training, it gradually became mature and sophisticated. In the second season, he succeeded Zhao Ning as the leader and helped the team to save the day with exquisite layout.

This time, in "The Edge of the City", he launched a new adventure single-handedly.

The first few episodes of the story seem to be a capitalized "fraud prevention guide", which analyzes a variety of scams.

The first episode, is a wine tray scam. A lecherous man met a beautiful girl in dating software.

As a result, the other party went to the restaurant to consume high-priced drinks and slaughtered him severely.

Next, Xiao Bao appeared and gave the wine tray a beautiful counterattack. Xiaobao and the wine tray ate 8,850 yuan a meal.

Before paying, he first called up the mobile phone model to pretend to charge, and then borrowed the mobile phone of the wine tray to make a phone call.

Then, he put his mobile phone on the table, went to the bar to prepare to pay the bill in cash, and deliberately took out a large stack of cash to let the other party relax their vigilance.

Then, the companion entered the door, pretending to be the owner who was in the way, and asked Xiaobao to move the car at the door. Xiaobao put his wallet at the front desk to gain trust, and then drove away.

When the liar reacted, he found that Xiaobao had already stolen the column, leaving only the model mobile phone and a stack of white paper.

Close encounter of mahjong staged a flowing, let a person can’t see the slightest flaw.

In the second episode, fake gas inspectors went to the door to cheat.

Two swindlers pretended to be inspectors, went to the door to repair gas, and earned maintenance fees on the pretext of gas leakage.

Xiaobao and his partner cleverly set up a game, one pretending to be a locksmith and the other pretending to be a pregnant woman owner. Xiaobao caught a turtle in a jar for the swindlers and trapped them in the kitchen, thinking that they had really suffered a natural gas leak.

The pregnant women trapped in the kitchen with them fainted directly to the ground, leaving the liar at a loss and worried about one body and two lives.

At this point, Xiaobao waited for an opportunity and asked for 5000 pieces to unlock. The swindler hesitated again and again, so he had no choice but to agree. Stealing chickens and wasting rice.

In the third episode, I found someone to drive on my behalf and Lu Yu touched porcelain.

Xiaobao called a driver to help him drive after drinking. However, the driver on behalf of the driver offered to leave not far from the destination, allowing the drunken owner to solve the later journey by himself.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Bao just got into the driver’s seat and the car behind him gave him a malicious rear-end collision.

It was clearly the fault of the other party, but the accident party knew that Xiaobao was guilty of drunk driving and extorted 20,000 yuan from him as soon as he opened his mouth.

Many people encounter this kind of scam of driving and touching porcelain, and they will be turned into the pit in a muddle.

But Xiao Bao dealt with a man as he deals with you, and made a beautiful counter-kill.

Not only did he not drink himself, but he also let the swindler drink the additive drink, so he turned against the army and let the swindler recognize the loss.

Seeing here, it is not difficult to find that there are great differences in the starting point between The Edge of the City and Mao Cheat.

The former is "anti-fraud" and the latter is "cheating". This adaptation obviously has the scale consideration of "green health".

Although suspense and baggage come down in one continuous line with Mao Lie, Edge of the City has added many unexpected tips on obeying the law and brought out many positive values.

For example, at the end, letting Xiaobao, a street swindler, turn himself in voluntarily is a plot setting with a strong desire for survival.

At the same time, compared with Mao Lie, The Edge of the City also adds a lot of tender feelings. For example, send anti-fraud manuals to the elderly.

The subtle deception in the play takes advantage of the weaknesses of human nature: greed, lust, timidity and so on.

In a sense, the victims of the scam are more or less culpable of punishment.

However, compared with Mao Lie, treating these "culpable of punishment", The Edge of the City has become gentler, more compassionate and more respectful of human nature.

Like Mao Cheat, the play also uses short stories as bait, which gradually leads to a bigger story line.

Starting from the third episode, Xiao Bao officially entered the game to compete with the villain Mao Ge. It turns out that the fraud gangs he punished before all belonged to Mao Ge.

Xiao Bao opened fire on them again and again in order to attract Mao Ge’s attention.

The actor who plays Mao Ge is none other than Zhang Tao, who recently played Mr. Zhong in Xiao Shede.

On the surface, Xiao Bao defected to Mao Ge, but in fact, he secretly planned a big game of chess. This big game of chess is related to the bloodstone repeatedly recited by neighbor Lao Du.

After parting ways with his friends, Xiaobao lived in a village in the city and got to know Lao Du, a neighbor who lives alone with his granddaughter Tutu and suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.

Twenty years ago, Lao Du was entrusted to keep a priceless bloodstone.

Since then, a series of misfortunes began to happen in Lao Du: his wife mysteriously disappeared, his son and daughter-in-law died in a car accident, and even the carefully kept bloodstone was gone.

At present, Mao Ge and his party are investigating the whereabouts of bloodstone. So, with the search for the bloodstone as the main line, Xiaobao joined the criminal group in Mao Ge, trying to find out the truth behind the bloodstone.

A battle of wits between close encounter of mahjong and deception began in the play …

In addition to the fascinating story of the big story set and the short story set, The Edge of the City also sacrificed a lot of memories for Laofen.

In the play, Xiaobao not only recalled his first half life in the name of a friend, but also quoted what his father had said to him.

Many years ago, my father concealed the fact that he had cancer from Xiaobao, and advised Xiaobao to cherish life and stay away from fraud circles as soon as possible.

At that time, Xiao Bao failed to understand the deep meaning of his father’s words and felt that he was a fraud genius, arrogant and blind.

Later, as he grew older and more experienced, he gradually understood the profound meaning in his father’s words.

Unfortunately, my father was already dead at this time.

At the end, several leading actors in Mao Cheat all appeared, giving the audience a deep memory:

Brother Bao, whose acting skills are obvious to all, Xing Dongdong, who was promoted to a nursing father, Li Wei, who has first-class unlocking skills, Shao Zhuang, who is still handsome, is full of peace.

Except Zhao Ning, all the members of the Mao cheat team assembled.

After gathering, the screenwriter turned his pen and left an open ending-

After mantis catching cicada and yellowbird, Xiaobao and his party have been watched by mysterious people.

What awaits them will be more complicated puzzles …

Generally speaking, The Edge of the City is slightly inferior to Mao Cheat in suspense narrative.

The deception presented in the play looks relatively simple, and the villain boss is also set relatively weakly, which does not bring out the exciting and exciting confrontation.

However, compared with similar online dramas, it is still an excellent suspense drama full of sincerity. It is well-made and climaxes, and it does not play with the audience in the name of feelings. It belongs to a work that is worth seeing although it is regrettable.

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