After watching the latest four episodes of detective chinatown, Ye just wanted to shout "smart".

"The trace of Ah Q behind Zhang Junning's ear" shocked the audience and called the online drama "update quickly".

Douban score also rose by 0. 1 directly because of these four episodes, reaching a high score of 8. 1.

In fact, it is not surprising that this dark group wants to control the world, and it is not surprising that there is a big BOSS behind the scenes. The more beautiful a woman is, the less she can believe in drama. We also heard from Zhang Wuji's mother in The Dragon Slayer.

But the most powerful and recommended is the linkage between online drama and film series.

Today, although the stories of online dramas and movies are independent individuals, they all participate in the plot more or less.

For example, (Roy Chiu) is an apprentice of the Tang Dynasty (Wang). In the first episode, we wondered how such a sense of smell could recognize such a master as the Tang Dynasty. Later, the second story directly told the audience the answer, because Maureen, the master of smell, also had an unforgettable past.

Then at the end of the movie "Detective Chinatown 2", Wang received a phone call and heard that there was a more difficult case in Tokyo. This call is probably from Maureen (although I didn't expect to shoot an online drama when I was filming, this guess is reasonable).

Besides, if Maureen needs more difficult information, he will ask KIKO, a hacker teacher, for help like Qin Feng. Of course, he had to pay (though he never did).

The most important point is a detective game commonly used in online dramas and movies, CRIMASTER (Chinese can probably be translated as "Detective Master" or "Crime Master").

Crime and investigation are two sides of the mirror.

In the movie Detective Chinatown 2, the ranking of this software runs through, and the biggest suspense left by the ending of the work is who is the champion Q in front of Qin Feng.

At this point, the most important theme of Ye Wen's article is whether Ivy played in the second case of online drama is Q deity?

The answer is no.

Because q is definitely not alone.

According to the audience's brainstorming and extensive speculation, there are many Q candidates in the whole series. Zifeng Zhang in the first movie, Sean in the second movie, the mysterious man who killed Maureen's mother in the online drama (with a Q tattoo on his wrist), and finally Zhang Junning (with a Q scar behind his ear).

The murderer who killed Maureen's mother at that time must have been an adult, but Ivy and Maureen were similar in age and had different tattoos, so it was definitely not Ivy's hand. After all, she was just a little girl at that time, and she was the successor of Q organization.

At this time, you can simply analyze that there are at least two people in Q.

Then let's think about it again. Qin Feng, played by Liu Haoran, is an absolute expert in solving crimes, and can only be ranked after Q in CRIMASTER. This kind of genius is basically invincible, but it can only rank second on the list, so only by gathering the wisdom of all people can we defeat Qin Feng, let alone let Q be a fact of one person.

Q may not be the only one who teamed up to brush the rankings.

But in every group, there should be a backbone.

As Qin Feng said in the ending of "Detective Chinatown 2", it was the dog that killed the members, but it was the wife who killed the members by replacing the dog with a vicious dog.

We racked our brains to guess who Q was. We might as well guess who the "extra wife" in Q is, otherwise all we see are dogs.

Q The higher probability is organization, but the possibility of inheritance is not ruled out.

There is a similar setting in Forensic Pioneer 3. Mandy Chung, played by Maggie Cheung, saw the murderer of his parents through the gap in the cupboard when he was a child, and saw his important features (the online drama "Tang Tan" is very similar to this setting). When she grew up, she became a forensic doctor. Many years later, she encountered a similar case and found the real murderer in it. The original perpetrators were father and son, who were equally violent.

But the IP of detective chinatown is obviously not limited to the inheritance of a pair of killers. For example, in the second case, we see that smile likes to use one killer at the same time, and then the new killer will kill the old killer and replace it. This is a kind of "killer system" inheritance.

Ivy played by Zhang Junning is the real manipulator behind the smiling face, but she is only a subordinate of Q organization, similar to the regional director of Thailand. In Detective Chinatown 3, executives from other places, such as Tokyo, may be involved.

Suppose that if Ivy dies, a new person will take Ivy's place to ensure that this cycle will not be broken. This mode of using beautiful women to complete tasks is also very similar to the setting in the movie Naked Agent.

Now there is only one last case left in the online drama. Ye looked at the preview. This type of putting a group of people on an island or in a closed space has been seen and familiar in many Japanese movies.

Seeing the background introduction, the location of the case, and the fact that Qin Feng and Tang people are going to Tokyo to handle a case at the end of Detective Chinatown 2, it is reasonable to speculate that the third case of the online drama should be inextricably linked with the overall plot of Detective Chinatown 3, and there is a high probability that the ending of the online drama will not give a definite answer, and even murderers will be set up in an open way, and all gaps will be solved in the released film.

There are two reasons to guess this ending. The first is the linkage effect to boost the box office, because detective chinatown is a series, which has the advantage of accumulating fans as a sequel, but it also has the disadvantage of being unfamiliar with the previous work. Making use of online drama to popularize before falling in love will not make the audience feel strange about the upcoming movie a year later, but also attract fans of online drama and movies, which is of great help to the box office.

The second layer is the space for movies to create content. If the online drama tells the whole story too thoroughly, the film will lack gimmicks, but the complementary relationship is the most reasonable. If you haven't seen online drama but want to watch a movie, you just need to put some simple background introduction at the beginning of the movie, which will not affect the subsequent viewing; If you are an audience who has watched online dramas, you are likely to buy tickets to watch movies because of the mystery of the ending, which is also killing two birds with one stone.

At present, the number of people who want to see Detective Chinatown 3 on Douban during the Spring Festival is indeed the largest, reaching 6,543.8+0.4 million (other competitors are below 6,543.8+0.4 million).

Then, Ye wanted to talk about Qiu Chen's ambition for Chen Sicheng.

What important factors did Chen Sicheng seize to make this IP so successful?

First of all, he chose the suspense case-solving category, which is one of the favorite types of the audience. The spoony friends who once read detective investigation files and forensic records finally found a story worth watching, and it is a combination of movies and online dramas.

Moreover, he gives consideration to acting and traffic, which is also the way to ensure popularity and word of mouth. After all, only traffic or acting can't succeed, and the interaction between the two can maximize the benefits;

Then, he localized foreign shooting techniques and used some lens styles that rarely appeared in domestic dramas and films. Chen Sicheng used these in his IP to create a feeling of suspense but not terror, mystery but not affectation.

Finally, it is the above operation that won the high praise of most audiences. "Detective Tang 2" has a total box office of about 3.4 billion yuan. It has a good reputation, clear thinking and kills two birds with one stone. It is indeed a brilliant move.

Chen Sicheng has made it clear that Detective Chinatown 3 will be his last film and he will participate in the production of related sequels in other capacities. At present, this IP does have a lot of room to play. You can pull it out as a role, or you can do something like online drama, and occasionally have a little interaction with the main line, which is very pleasing.

Although the production is very difficult, as long as the audience continues to like it, this IP will continue to be done.

Do you like detective chinatown series? Which suspense detective drama do you like best? What kind of works will Chen Cansicheng bring in the future?

Welcome to comment and share your opinion.

Text/Ye Qiu Chen

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