Editor's note: This is a nostalgic theater.

Among the martial arts classics that TVB got together to remake that year, "The Jade Bow in the Sea of Clouds" broadcast in 2002 was not conspicuous. Fu Huadao is a bit cheap, not even comparable to the 1984 ATV version. The plot even merges and deletes the original characters, and even makes multiple changes to the main character's purpose, which reduces the protagonist's charm to a certain extent. However, after revisiting the play twenty years later, I unexpectedly discovered that if the influence of the original work is discarded, this "Jade Bow in the Sea of Clouds" is completely a strict remake of a traditional martial arts RPG, and every step is well-organized.

"The Jade Bow in the Sea of Clouds" Stills, Jin Shiyi (played by Raymond Lam)

Step into the rivers and lakes, the elements are ready

The male protagonist Jin Shiyi in the play has a lot of traditional martial arts RPG master destiny, and lives in a peaceful Taoyuan somewhere. There was a sudden change overnight, and the male protagonist took his main task of "Find an important NPC: Lu Siniang, the head of Mangshan Mountain, and ask her to help resolve the poison of internal strength that may make him go crazy", and officially entered the world from then on.

On this road, Jin Shiyi met kind-hearted people and witnessed the struggle between the rivers and lakes. Li Shengnan, the first heroine of the Raiders, appeared in such a situation and joined the team to walk with the heroine.

Li Shengnan (played by Ye Xuan)

Jin Shiyi also encountered a big conspiracy involving the entire world. The second character Gu Zhihua who can be captured appeared on the stage, and came when the heroes were about to fight among themselves. With a few words, everyone's grievances were resolved, and Jin Shiyi officially saw it. What is the rivers and lakes.

Gu Zhihua (played by Li Caihua)

Gu Zhihua is the flower of Gaoling who represents justice and kindness, while Li Shengnan is a "witch" who sows dissension among various sects. Compared with Gu Zhihua's various passiveness in the play, Li Shengnan has a very clear character purpose , and knew that his behavior would not be recognized by Jin Shiyi.

Screenshot of "Yunhai Jade Bow"

After Lu Siniang exhausted all her life skills and was still unable to completely heal Jin Shiyi, Jin Shiyi's main task was updated to "find an inner strength that is extremely yin and cold to practice", and on this road, he also received many side tasks one after another: To quell the civil strife of the beggar gang and avenge the leader of the beggar gang, find the treasure map in the forbidden area of the beggar gang, learn the old story of Li Shengnan's family being wiped out, discover that Gu Zhihua's father is actually the villain boss Meng Shentong, and so on. Jin Shiyi kept fighting monsters to upgrade and change copies, learned the dog-beating stick method of the beggars' gang, and took over as the leader of the beggars' gang.

Yi Zhongmou (Ou Ruiwei), the leader of the beggar gang

The most indispensable plot of maze and secret room in martial arts RPG also has two places in "The Jade Bow in the Sea of Clouds". In the magical secret room in the sea, Jin Shiyi and Li Shengnan support each other.

Due to the role setting, Li Shengnan has more highlight moments than Gu Zhihua. Apart from his amazing debut, Gu Zhihua was in a situation of waiting to be rescued for almost a long time. The relationship changes also did not highlight the fluctuations in the action lines of too many people. Li Shengnan was not only carrying on organizational missions, but also harboring the hatred of destroying the family. With a lot of wisdom, he cooperated tacitly with Jin Shiyi in the secret room in the sea, successfully cracked the mechanism, and won the two of them alone for three months.

Li Shengnan cracks the trap left by Qiao Beiming

Jin Shiyi and Li Shengnan lived together on an isolated island for three months (originally three years), and finally practiced peerless martial arts. The two returned to the Central Plains, and the story also ushered in the end of each main line. Everyone fought against the villain BOSS Gu Shentong, Li Shengnan's vengeance was avenged, and at the cost of his life, he killed the protagonist Ximen Muye who adopted him and controlled him. In the final big event, the story rises from the rivers and lakes to the imperial court. Jin Shiyi sneaked into the palace and forced Qianlong to promise that he would be a good emperor and never pursue Lv Siniang's assassination of Yongzheng. .

When he retreated from the palace, Jin Shiyi's career line came to an end, and the emotional line partially presented the famous scene of the original work. Li Shengnan was deeply concerned about the relationship between Jin Shiyi and Gu Zhihua. He deliberately poisoned the head of Gu Zhihua's biological father, Meng Shentong, and forced Jin Shiyi to marry him. After fulfilling his wish, he died in Jin Shiyi's arms. . It was only at this moment that Jin Shiyi suddenly realized that his previous entanglement was completely unable to face his heart, and what he cared about was actually Li Shengnan who did not meet his criteria for choosing a mate.

Retreat to the Jianghu, beyond the story

The decline of martial arts is not a new topic. As far as "The Jade Bow in the Sea of Clouds" is concerned, the last remake was 20 years ago, and the serialization time of the original work was 60 years ago. With the ever-changing cultural needs of readers and audiences, martial arts novels and martial arts film and television dramas have gradually faded out of the public eye. At that time, countless newspapers relied on martial arts serials to earn sales and support editorials. The martial arts dramas were born out of nowhere, and they also created a grand occasion that surpassed the crowds. Today's martial arts movies have become niche themes, and martial arts TV dramas have become carriers carrying other elements such as Tanmei, sweet pets, rice circles, and traffic, gradually losing their autonomy.

Stills of "The Jade Bow in the Sea of Clouds"

The lifespan of martial arts games is not yet exhausted, but as large-scale MMORPGs are not in the limelight, the domestic Three Swords stand-alone series is updated slowly. Although there is a rising star "Gu Jian Qi Tan" that is still fulfilling dreams for everyone, the production company is barely maintaining the income and expenditure balance. With only one person left alive, Mr. Wen Ruian, many elders can still recall the era when they peeked at martial arts novels under the covers with a flashlight, and the "TV children" who sang "Iron Blood and Heart" and "Lovesickness in the Wind and Rain" are already gone. Gradually stepping into middle age, martial arts is no longer a frightening topic among the younger generation.

When the splendid colors of martial arts are about to pass away, we can still see the wealth that this splendid rivers and lakes have left for future generations. Many well-known online novels are like martial arts novels with a different background of the times. Those protagonists survived a desperate situation and obtained secret treasures by accident, became famous in the world, and pretended to be pigs and tigers to save the beauty. The pen of a martial arts author. The martial arts RPG "Fate of Heaven" released in 2018 also returned to the purest and single martial arts itself in the plot. When manipulating characters to run around, it seems to have returned to the pure old martial arts reading time. Instead, it has become a well-known low-investment and high-return game in the game industry model.

This "Jade Bow in the Sea of Clouds", which hardly conforms to the original work, can bring people back to the era of martial arts novels 60 years ago, and it can also bring people back to the era of martial arts film and television dramas 20 or 30 years ago. Go back to the martial arts RPG era ten or twenty years ago. I hope that after time has passed, these martial arts stories that once made people forget to eat and sleep can still accompany the people who are growing up and have a good dream.