I watched up to episode 17. Intelligent text full with a narrative that makes abundant use of the profound Chinese poetry. Artists doing brilliant work. Quality scenes that please the eyes. ZLS impresses with the sweet luminosity of her expressive and delicate face: she looks like a painting. Her eyes are so eloquent that she wouldn't need to use the word: she gives us a convincing Duan Wu, with her childhood and adolescence stolen, matured by force, endowed with a noble soul, tender heart, pain is the dynamo that makes her nourish herself of hope and overcoming. LYN, as always, versatile and competent, delivers an impeccable interpretation, he plays a complex character who oscillates between several emotional facets. What a perfect choice, the bowed musical instrument, ehru, to be YZJ's way of expressing his sensitivity in the moments when he surrenders to memories, because it is an instrument with a melancholic sound, which cries...for him and with him.
Another aspect that impacts is the painful history of the pearl market, the series brings historical data, with precision and seriousness. The series presents the perverse and beautiful side of life. The dialogues between Zhan Jin Ran and DW, in addition to being poetic, are refined, philosophical, and bring reflection throughout these extremes, when DW says to ZJR, in the temple, ep 6 (23:47): "I see the world differetly from you. It's like you think a fish jumping out of the water, it's a beautiful sight, but they fight to the death under water".
On the other hand, YZJ, who also suffered brutality and seeks to do justice in an ingenious way, by using commercial strategies to suffocate his enemies, is a character endowed with humanity and sensitivity, virtues that he hides inside the shell, being himself as an element from the sea. Therefore, he lives his personal conflict, while trying to reconcile this sensitive side of him with the coldness necessary to embody the cunning merchant. It is an interesting feature that he is always one move ahead of his opponents. The story has a constant and increasing rhythm, offers surprises, throws new mysteries into the scene that connect characters and weave the narrative fabric. I will continue to develop and analyze the profiles of the characters and their developments as the episodes progress.
