Drama title: "The Great Porcelain Merchant"

Director: Wu Ziniu

Number of episodes: 30 episodes

Year: 2008

Leading cast:

Tao Changnan----Xia Yu

Wei Qiuhe----Yi Nengjing

Starring:

Zhao Fusheng----Liu Dekai

Mrs. Tao----Huang Meiying

Zhao Ruxin----Wan Hongjie

Zhao Ruyi----Han Wenwen

Friendly starring:

Tao Shengren----Zhao Wenxuan

Yin Xiuli----Tranquility

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Wang Xueyu----Xue Jianing

Captain Bai----Zhao Xiaorui

Hu Jinshan----Zang Jinsheng

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County Magistrate Wei——Zhang Hongming

Wu Rongdao——Xu Songyuan

Zhang Zhiwang——Liu Yibing

Wang Deming—— - Zhang Hao

Eunuch Lu----Liu Changsheng

Ding Yanxia----Yang Mo

Liang Xiuzi----Yang Qi

Wallace----Carr

Chai Huowang----Li Qishan

Zhang Renhe----Zong Fengyan

Tao Zhenyang ----Ma Yuke

Tao Changjiang----Dong Hai

Xiao Xizi----Zhou Yancheng

Qiaoer---- Liu Yidan

McClun----Su Degang

Jia Dashan----Guo Yongzhen

Osmanthus----Deng Na

Liu Dayou----Luo Huimiao

Daisaku Wada----Liu Weihua

TV series directed by Wu Ziniu "The Great Porcelain Merchant" will be officially launched in October. Recently, the investors announced the starring lineup of the show. The male and female protagonists of the show are played by Xia Yu and Yi Nengjing respectively. Actors such as Xue Jianing, Liu Dekai, Zhao Wenxuan, Ning Jing, and Wan Hongjie will also join the show. .

"The Great Porcelain Merchant" is set in Jingdezhen and tells the story of the joys and sorrows of several generations of ceramic people as well as the history of the rise and fall of the national ceramic industry. The male lead of "The Great Porcelain Merchant", Tao Changnan, was finally selected by Xia Yu. Director Wu Ziniu believed that although Xia Yu's roles in recent years did not match Tao Changnan's, Xia Yu's acting potential was what Wu Ziniu was optimistic about. In particular, male actors of Xia Yu's generation are currently entering a difficult transition period. A character with a relatively large age span and strong changes in personality characteristics is both a challenge and an opportunity for Xia Yu. Yi Nengjing stars as the heroine. This time Xia Yu and Yi Nengjing will star in the play as a couple who have gone through many twists and turns.

In the autumn of the fourth year of the Republic of China, the palace of Puyi, the last emperor under the protection of Yuan Shikai, issued an order to burn a large red dragon vat in Jingdezhen to offer sacrifices to heaven. Zhao Fusheng, the owner of the official kiln, fired many times but failed. According to the imperial system, Zhao Fusheng should be executed. Unable to withstand Zhao Fusheng's repeated begging for mercy, Lu Gonggong, the pottery supervisor, agreed to use the old customary virgin sacrifice kiln to burn it again according to his request.

Tao Shengren, the largest private kiln owner in Jingdezhen, is upright and has a sense of justice. Because his son Tao Changnan had been engaged to Zhao Ruyi since they were young, he went to Eunuch Lu and County Magistrate Wei and hoped that they would not sacrifice human lives to the kiln. He was willing to issue a military order to fire the large dragon vat. Eunuch Lu and County Magistrate Wei were eager to have a scapegoat, so they immediately agreed.

Tao Shengren knew that this matter was of great importance and the risk was too great. If he failed, he would definitely be executed, so he asked Xiao Xizi to set off and call back his son Tao Changnan, who was studying in Nanchang.

On the boat back to Jingdezhen, Tao Changnan met Wei Qiuhe, the daughter of County Magistrate Wei who had returned from studying in France. Wei Qiuhe fell into the water because he wanted to save an injured bird that fell on the bow of the boat. Tao Changnan rescued her and the bird at the same time. The two fell in love at first sight.

The large dragon vat produced by Tao Shengren was also of unqualified quality. Tao Shengren committed suicide by taking poison. Before his death, in order to save the family, he asked Tao Changnan to drop out of school, take over the Tao family's porcelain business, and keep his promise to marry Zhao Fu's daughter Zhao Ruyi.

Seeing the defeat of the Tao family, Zhao Fusheng regretted the engagement. Tao Changnan was angry and took the initiative to terminate the engagement. He has always been very dissatisfied with the marriage arranged by his family. Of course, the main reason was that he fell in love with Wei Qiuhe.

Zhao Ruyi was jealous that Wei Qiuhe and Tao Changnan were often together. Through the British priest Wallace in Jingdezhen, she found Liu Mengzi, a bandit from Qingyang Mountain, and robbed Wei Qiuhe in the county. .

Tao Changnan searched around for Wei Qiuhe's whereabouts, and accidentally saw a fire burning down a house in the mountain. He risked his life to rescue Liu Mengzi's mother. Liu's mother followed Tao Changnan up the mountain. Liu Mengzi was a filial son and released Wei Qiuhe under his mother's persuasion.

Tao Changnan's career became increasingly prosperous, and he began to develop commercial ports in Jiangsu, Anhui, Guangdong, Shanghai and other places.

Because Zhao Fusheng's son Zhao Ruxin hated Tao Changnan for regretting his marriage, he used the strong strength of the official kiln to join forces with Wallace to deliberately lower prices to compete for customers in Shanghai, Hubei, Jiujiang and other places, forcing Tao Changnan to a dead end.

Tao Changnan's goods backlog was serious, and his funds were temporarily unable to be turned over, causing the kiln workers to be unable to pay their wages. In order to keep the kiln, he secretly mortgaged an ancestral red Bodhidharma porcelain Buddha statue to another private kiln in Jingdezhen, Zhuangzhiwang.

Tao Changnan understood that if he wanted to remain unbeaten in the competition with the Zhao family, he could only develop his own unique products. He collaborated with Wei Qiuhe to develop a type of underglaze red porcelain that had been lost since the Yuan Dynasty from ancient recipes. Tao Changnan named it Meiren Zui, and the product became very popular. Wei Qiuhe helped him take photos of the products and held a press conference in Nanchang to promote Taojia Kiln Products to the country, breaking Zhao Ruxin's dream of covering the sky in Jingdezhen.

Japanese businessman Wada came to Jingdezhen and used the beauty of his subordinate Liang Xiuzi to seduce Zhao Ruxin. He obtained the Zhao family's blue and white formula and opened a smokehouse in Jingdezhen.

There was a natural disaster in Jingdezhen. Floods inundated both sides of the Changjiang River. Houses were washed away, farmland production was reduced, and plague was prevalent. Zhao Ruxin took the opportunity to buy rice and sell it at a high price in Jingdezhen. Tao Changnan was very shameful about his behavior and used the Tao family's assets to confront him. The Eight Friends of Zhushan, a famous group of painters in Jingdezhen, also held art exhibitions for disaster relief and charity sales, and bought grain to build thatched houses to help the people for free. Zhao Ruxin's dream of getting rich was shattered, and he hated Tao Changnan extremely.

While Wei Qiuhe was treating people suffering from the plague, she unfortunately contracted a serious illness and almost died. Fortunately, her French classmate Macron learned the news and sent special medicine from France. She came back to life.

This year, Tao Changnan married Wei Qiuhe. Zhao Ruyi had no choice but to marry Zhang Renhe, the son of another folk kiln in Jingdezhen, Zhang Zhiwang.

Wang Deming, a northeastern businessman in Shanghai, failed in his business and was about to go bankrupt. Tao Changnan helped him at a critical moment, which moved him very much. In order to repay his kindness, Wang Deming hoped to marry his daughter Wang Xueyu to him. Tao Changnan said that he had a good wife in his family and could not marry again. That night, Wang Deming got Tao Changnan drunk and sent Wang Xueyu to him. Tao Changnan and Wang Xueyu accomplished their good deeds. Afterwards, Tao Changnan blamed himself very much and apologized to Wang Xueyu repeatedly.

In the winter of this year, Wang Xueyu came to Jingdezhen. She came to see Tao Changnan when she was pregnant. She knew that Tao Changnan could not marry her, but she wanted to see Tao Changnan for the last time and asked Tao Changnan to name the baby who was about to be born. This incident aroused Wei Qiuhe's jealousy. She told Tao Changnan that she was not an old-fashioned woman and that if Tao Changnan wanted to take Wang Xueyu home, she would divorce him.

Soon, Wang Xueyu gave birth to a son, Tao Changnan, who named him Sibei. Wang Xueyu didn't want to embarrass Tao Changnan, so she took Sibei back to Shanghai.

In order to expand his business, Tao Changnan not only opened branches in Shanghai, Nanchang, Jiujiang and other places, but also wanted to sell porcelain to Europe and the United States and open a maritime porcelain road. He personally led the fleet from the Strait of Malacca to France. Unfortunately, he was attacked by pirates and suffered heavy losses.

Zhao Ruxin wanted to take the opportunity to defeat Tao Changnan and colluded with Commander Bai, the warlord stationed in the provincial capital, to put Tao Changnan in prison. The reason is that Tao Changnan funded the Red Army back then.

When Mrs. Tao learned that Tao Changnan was about to be executed, she died of grief.

Master Bai is a cunning man who wants to kill Tao Changnan with the help of the Nanchang National Government. When he took Tao Changnan out of Jingdezhen, Tao Changnan's third brother Tao Changyang, who had already joined the Red Army, led an ambush, defeated Commander Bai's troops, and rescued Tao Changnan.

When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Tao Changnan was worried about the safety of Shanghai Wang Xueyu and his son Tao Sibei, and prepared to take them back to Jingdezhen. When he arrived in Shanghai, Wang Xueyu had already become a monk. Just as Tao Changnan and his party escaped from Shanghai, they were discovered by Hotan's men. In order to protect Tao Changnan and Tao Sibei, Wang Deming was shot to death by the extremely angry Hotan.

In order to support the Anti-Japanese War, Tao Changnan prepared a batch of Anti-Japanese War materials. After Zhao Ruxin learned the news, he notified Hotan. Hotan sent Liang Xiuzi and two ronin to prepare to sink the ship when Tao Changnan was transporting Anti-Japanese War materials. Because Zhao Ruyi could not forget her love for Tao Changnan, she secretly reported the news to Tao Changnan. Tao Changnan captured the two ronin in one fell swoop on the boat, and Liang Xiuzi jumped into the water to escape.

After Zhao Fusheng learned that his son had colluded with the Japanese, he drove Zhao Ruxin out of Jingdezhen.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Tao Changnan and Wei Qiuhe visited Wang Xueyu at the nun's hut, hoping that she could return to Jingdezhen to live with them. Wang Xueyu saw through the mortal world and refused to leave the nun's home, but she wanted Tao Changnan to take Sibei away and raise him well so that he could achieve success in his studies.

In order to complete Hotan's mission, Liang Xiuzi, who was lurking in Nanchang, obtained the Tao family's ancestral Buddha statue and secretly ran back to Jingdezhen with Zhao Ruxin. While stealing the Tao family's Buddha statue, he was discovered by Tao Changnan. Zhao Ruxin fired at Tao Changnan and accidentally killed Zhao Ruyi who ran up to stop him. Seeing his beloved sister lying on the ground, Zhao Ruxin shot himself in despair.

The McCluns came to Jingdezhen to visit Wei Qiuhe. Tao Changnan and Wei Qiuhe entrusted him to take Tao Sibei to study in France so that he could serve the motherland after completing his studies...

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Autumn of the fourth year of the Republic of China.

Under the protection of Yuan Shikai’s Beiyang Government, the palace of the last emperor ordered Jingdezhen to bake large red dragon vats to offer sacrifices to heaven. Firing, but failed repeatedly. According to the imperial system, both the Taoist Supervisor Lu Eunuch and the Fuliang County Magistrate were severely punished. They wanted him, Zhao Fusheng, to take the blame and go to Beijing to take the blame. Unable to withstand Zhao Fusheng's repeated begging for mercy, Eunuch Lu agreed to use the old customary sacrificial kiln to burn it again according to his request. The person selected for the sacrificial kiln was Zhao Ruyi, the daughter of Zhao Fusheng's family.

Zhao Fusheng’s son Zhao Ruxin objected on the spot to sacrificing his sister to the kiln, but his father shouted him out of the kiln. In desperation, he went home, took his sister and fled to Nanchang to find Tao Changnan, who had made a baby engagement with Zhao Ruyi.

That night, Zhao Fusheng sent a heavy gift to Eunuch Lu, gave various reasons, and requested that children from other families be used as sacrifices in the kiln instead, and hinted that Zhang Zhiwang's daughter could be sacrificed in the kiln. Eunuch Lu accepted the heavy gift, and in order to protect Zhao Fusheng, the owner of the official kiln, he agreed to sacrifice Zhang Chunmei, the daughter of the owner of the folk kiln, to the kiln.

Qing soldiers came to Zhang Mansion, captured Zhang Junyan, and replaced Zhao Ruyi with her. The whole Zhang family was crying. Zhang Zhiwang went to County Magistrate Wei to reason with him, but Magistrate Wei was afraid of Eunuch Lu's power and did not dare to intercede. Zhang Zhiwang had no choice but to visit Tao Shengren's house and ask for help.

Tao Changnan met the Zhao Ruxin brother and sister in Nanchang and was very angry that Zhao Fusheng sacrificed human beings to the kiln. In order to get his sister out of danger, Zhao Ruxin locked her and Tao Changnan in the room and wanted them to cook rice. This made Tao Changnan feel very embarrassed.

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Tao Shengren, the largest private kiln owner in Jingdezhen, is an upright person with a sense of justice. Because Zhao Fusheng, as the owner of an official kiln, always looked down on private kilns. He decided to take on the difficult task of firing large dragon vats and speak out for all the kiln owners in Jingdezhen. He went to Eunuch Lu and County Magistrate Wei, hoping that they would not sacrifice human lives to the kiln. He was willing to issue a military order and fire a large dragon vat. If he failed, he was willing to accept any punishment. Eunuch Lu and County Magistrate Wei were eager to have a scapegoat, so they immediately agreed. Tao Shengren wrote the military order in front of Eunuch Lu, County Magistrate Wei, and Father Hua Laishi.

Tao Shengren knew that this matter was of great importance and the risk was too great. If he failed, he would definitely be executed, so he asked Xiao Xizi to set off and call back his son Tao Changnan, who was studying in Nanchang.

Mrs. Tao wanted to stop her husband's adventure, but Tao Shengren didn't listen at all. He was a little conceited and thought he could burn a red dragon vat. There was another thing Tao Shengren didn't say, he wanted to prove his skills. If the firing is successful, his status in Jingdezhen will rise to the next level.

Zhao Fusheng came to Tao's house late at night and advised Tao Shengren in the name of his in-laws not to take risks, because the large dragon vat was not easy to bake, but Tao Shengren insisted not to regret it.

Zhang Zhiwang came to thank Tao Changnan for sending him a gift, but Tao Shengren refused to accept it, saying that he was an outsider. We are all private kiln owners, so we should help each other.

Tao Changnan, brother and sister Zhao Ruxin, and Xiao Xizi took a bus to Jiujiang and took the boat of Changjiang Boat Gang leader Hu Jinshan back to Jingdezhen. On the boat, I met Wei Qiuhe, the daughter of County Magistrate Wei who had returned from studying in France.

Wei Qiuhe wore a large skirt and a wide-brimmed hat that were popular in France at the time, looking very fashionable. Wei Qiuhe accidentally fell into the river while rescuing an injured bird that fell on the bow of a boat. Tao Changnan jumped into the water and rescued her and the bird at the same time. When rescuing someone for artificial respiration, Tao Changnan kissed Wei Qiuhe on the lips, but he swore in the name of the little bird that he kissed her to save her and did not molest her inappropriately. Wei Qiuhe was angry and funny. And Zhao Ruyi was a little dissatisfied with Tao Changnan.

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Eunuch Lu and Magistrate Wei also placed two large fire pots in the county government hall, with an iron hat simmering on them. and a pair of iron boots. If he could not burn a large dragon vat with blue and white dragon patterns, Tao Shengren would have to die wearing an iron hat and iron boots. This is an ancient tradition.

Tao Changnan returned to Jingdezhen and met Yin Xiuli on the street. He was attracted by her beauty and kept sketching. When he followed her into the brothel, he discovered that Yin Xiuli was not a virtuous woman, but he did not look down on her because of this, but wanted to paint her even more. Because he didn't have enough money, he was beaten out by the old bustard.

Tao Shengren asked Chai Huowang, the master of Baozhu, to take charge of the cave dwelling. Before lighting the kiln, write "Marshal Zhao Gong, Li Guang's Master" in front of the kiln door. Tao Shengren first sprinkled the inside and outside of the kiln with diamond vinegar. In order to ward off evil spirits, he lit three sticks of incense to worship the God of Wind and Fire. Then kill the rooster, sprinkle the chicken's blood, burn incense and fire cannons, pour wine and worship, insert the chicken head on the kiln door, and mutter something: "The master is sitting in the east, and the disciple is opening the kiln now. I have a cup of rooster wine and kowtow to the master." "Master, if something happens to my disciple, please take care of me", and finally light the kiln.

Zhao Ruyi was angry at home, blaming his father for not feeling sorry for him because he wanted to sacrifice her to the kiln. Zhao Fusheng explained that it was too late to feel sorry for her, so how could he be willing to sacrifice her to the kiln? I was in a hurry at the time and did this to fool Eunuch Lu.

The Tao family’s porcelain kiln has opened. Everyone rushed forward and saw that the large dragon vat fired by Tao Shengren was also of substandard quality.

Tao Shengren was dumbfounded. He cried loudly while holding the vat, and then broke the vat. Others thought he was crazy.

Tao Shengren was helped home by his family, and Mrs. Tao persuaded her husband to run away. As long as the green hills remain, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood.

But Tao Shengren refused. He would rather die than be a villain. Besides, what will happen to the family if he runs away?

In order to save the family, Tao Shengren took Tao Changnan to the family Buddhist hall, swore an oath to his ancestors and the only red Buddha statue in the family, to take over the Tao family's porcelain business, and to keep his promise to marry Zhao Fu and give birth to his daughter Zhao. Wife as you wish. In Jingdezhen, as long as there is Zhao Fusheng's support, the Tao family can survive. He also invited his close friends, Mr. Wu Rongdao from Yaoli, and Master Zhuhuo to assist Tao Changnan.

Tao Changnan studied fine arts in the provincial capital. He wanted to be a great painter and become world-famous like Degas or Van Gogh. But now he wants to return to Jingdezhen and become a ceramic kiln owner. He is really unwilling to do so. . But it was hard to disobey his father's orders, so he had no choice but to agree with tears.

That night, Tao Shengren committed suicide by taking poison.

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Zhao Ruyi was very anxious when he learned that Tao Shengren committed suicide. She followed her father to visit Tao Mansion to comfort Mrs. Tao. Zhao Ru felt a little angry when he saw that Wei Qiuhe was also there.

In order to punish the Tao family, Eunuch Lu asked County Magistrate Wei to seal the Tao family kiln. After Tao Changnan learned about it, he rose up to resist. He found signatures from conscientious merchants in Jingdezhen and prepared to file a complaint in Nanchang. Zhao Ruxin also actively helped find people.

After Wei Qiuhe learned about this, he bravely signed his name on the complaint letter. Tao Changnan deeply admired her for her righteous behavior.

When County Magistrate Wei saw that the merchants in Jingdezhen supported Tao Changnan in filing a complaint in Nanchang, he felt a little panicked and worried that his official position would be insecure. He hurriedly stopped Tao Changnan from traveling and agreed not to close the Tao family's kiln for the time being.

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When Tao Shengren was buried in the county town, Wei Qiuhe took out his camera and wanted to take a picture of the entire funeral and leave it to Tao Changnan as a souvenir. Zhao Ruyi couldn't stand Wei Qiuhe. He felt that her clothes were weird and she wore makeup and lipstick. She was a goblin who would steal her man. So she spread a rumor with Mrs. Tao that the photo session would take away her soul and she would not be able to reincarnate in the next life. Mrs. Tao lost her temper after hearing this, and Tao Changnan's eldest brother Tao Changjiang smashed the camera, embarrassing Wei Qiuhe.

County Magistrate Wei learned that his daughter was very close to Tao Changnan. He warned his daughter that he could not marry her to a ceramics maker. She will be an official's wife in the future, otherwise she will not be sent to France to study abroad and use up all her belongings. Wei Qiuhe said that his father was too snobbish.

Tao Changnan went to Yaoli to find Wu Rongdao, saying that it was not worthwhile for his father to commit suicide for a piece of ceramics. Wu Rongdao told Tao Changnan that this was fate. He quoted Lao Tzu: Who is related to name and body? Which one has more body or goods? Which disease is good or bad? Between reputation and life, Tao Shengren values ??reputation. Therefore, his death for ceramics was a well-deserved death. There is a way to do everything, and what Tao Shengren defends is the way of ceramics.