1. Creative background

According to the novel of the same name written by Zhao Zhiyu, a descendant of a famous family, this late Qing Dynasty business war drama adaptation, with Chen Xiao and Sun Qian playing, already has a solid foundation of culture and acting skills.

Who is Zhao Zhiyu?

Manchu Zhenglan Banner people, her ancestor is the founding general of the Qing Dynasty, the founder of the Manchu language, Ilgen Jueluo Kagai, he is a general under Nurhachi's martial arts, and he is also personally named "Judge", which is equivalent to the chief prosecutor of the High Court.

Zhao Zhiyu's great-grandfather was Zhao Lianfang, a well-known businessman in Fushun, Liaoning, and half of the transactions in the grain street before the liberation had Zhao Lianfang's shares.

在这样的家庭背景下，赵羽之潜心研究清史，经过《胡雪岩》的启发，赵之羽历时五年创作出这部共七册、170万字的历史恢鸿巨著，于2013年出版，堪称最懂清朝政商关系的小说家。

2024年，《大生意人》开拍并‬杀‬青‬，陈晓、孙千主演，朱亚文、李纯等一众名角加入，场面宏大，把清朝的一代徽商、晋商、京商所历经的盐运、茶道、票号等生意，讲述得异常精彩。

2. Brief introduction of the story

由陈晓饰演的新晋大商人古平原，一开篇就出现在尚阳堡这个流放之地，以“流犯‬”的身份入场。

As the old saying goes: "Once you enter Shangyang Fort, your life is difficult to protect nine times out of ten; As soon as you enter Ningguta, you willingly sink and the sky falls. ”

Shangyang Fort in Fengtian and Ningguta in Heilongjiang are equally famous, and they are the two major exile places of the Qing Dynasty outside the Guan.

Gu Pingyuan is a scholar, and he has been talented since he was a child, why was he exiled to this land of tigers and wolves?

This matter has to start with his family background and the time when he went to Beijing for scientific research.

Gu Pingyuan's grandfather was an Anhui grain merchant, who followed the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to do transportation, and his family was well-off.

In the year Gu Pingyuan was born, the government levied grain, and the people rose up, and after being suppressed, his grandfather lost his old capital and died in Yangzhou.

Gu Pingyuan's father took over the family business, and while paying off his debts, he made the business better and better.

Until one day, my father went to the north with a large sum of money on the pretext of doing a big business, and he was never heard from again.

Gu Pingyuan is the eldest son in the family, has a younger brother and sister, and his mother Hu has to sew for others to barely support the family, but since then he has hated business to the bone and set up family rules, and the children of the Gu family will never step into the shopping mall half a step from then on, only to be a scholar.

So, the Hu family sold two of the three houses in the family for Gu Pingyuan to enter the school, and entered the attached hall of the family, and the teacher was an honest retired county man.

Gu Pingyuan is really the material for reading, he became a talent at the age of 17, and he became a well-known young genius at the age of 0.

之后，为了上京参加会试，古平原的老师主动拿出三十两相赠，对于这个一生清廉，毕生积蓄不过百两的老先生来说，这份对于人才的常识与恩德，实在难得。

After Gu Pingyuan went to Beijing, after getting to know the scholars who entered the examination at the same time, he felt that he was very sure of being admitted to the second grade, and no matter how bad he was, he could get into the top three sub-list.

On the day of the exam, Gu Pingyuan entered the Tribute Academy and saw that the eight-strand questions were from the Analects"Fishing but not outline, Yi not shooting", confidently wrote an article aboutThe state should pay taxes with the peopleof the policy.

There are rules during the scientific examination, and candidates are not allowed to leave the examination room until the evening of the next day, even if someone is sick, the doctor is also invited to be present, because beware of cheating.

Gu Pingyuan didn't know that the disaster in his life had befallen him inexplicably.

Outside the examination room, someone asked a soldier to ask who Gu Pingyuan was, and sent a message that his mother was critically ill.

Gu Pingyuan was brought up by his mother since he was a child, and when he heard the news, it didn't matter what the future of the exam was, so he handed in the papers in advance and made a fuss about leaving the examination room.

In a hurry, Gu Pingyuan smashed an inkstone at the fang official, smashing him so that his nose and face were swollen and his face was covered with ink.

Gu Pingyuan was tied up and detained by Wuhua in this way, and after layers of reports, Juzi openly roared about the examination room, flouted the imperial examination, and insulted the three major crimes of the house official, and was ordered by Wan Qingli, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to escort Gu Pingyuan to Jingzhao Yin Yamen.

After learning about the beginning and end of the ancient plain's trouble, Yang Jia felt that it was excusable, so he sent someone to collect evidence to prove that there was a reason for the incident in the ancient plain, and the matter could be dealt with lightly.

The strange thing is that after some inquiry, it seems that there is no such thing, even the trumpeter who came to deliver the message did not find this person, no one knew about it, and returned to his hometown to inquire, and the Hu family was well, and there was no news that he was critically ill in the capital.

Gu Pingyuan was tricked like this, and inexplicably punished according to the law, and was assigned to Ningguta, where he was not allowed to enter the customs for life.

What is strange is that when he heard the sentence in the court, Gu Pingyuan was inexplicably changed and sent to Shangyang Fort in Fengtian, where he was sentenced to ten years.

In the flow of Shangyang Fort in Fengtian, there are actually many scholars, and compared with many illiterate soldiers, these scholars have an advantage for them.

Gu Pingyuan because the brain melon seeds are easy to use and learned, it is really useful here, and it is done in the pen post style, of course, it is free of charge, and the former pen post style Ding Wei returned to his hometown, and the ancient plain made a substitute, but that share of the money was naturally eaten by those battalion officials.

Fortunately, Gu Pingyuan can follow Xu Yingguan to go out to procure some supplies, he came to Shanhaiguan to help the Fengtian battalion purchase military horses, here, he met the nobles of this life, helped him escape, and helped him achieve a career Chang Si Daddy.

The magic of fate is like this, you never seem to know where your turning point will be, and where you will meet the noble person who is destined for you.

Chang Si's father runs a salt pond, because of the long drought and rain in Shanxi, the salt farmers have no harvest, but they are still being ordered by Taigu County, who is mean-smoking and smokes, to collect sixty percent of the official salt as usual, and if it is not paid, the land will be confiscated, and the house will be confiscated.

无奈之下，常四老爹用风水尚好的祖房作抵押，借了二百两的高利贷，为期三个月，打算出关去贩一些海盐来抵官盐，顺便赚一些利息。

Although it is still a loss, it is better than going bankrupt, and you can keep your business and slowly earn it back in the future.

But when I arrived at Shanhaiguan, I encountered big trouble.

It's really a hemp rope that is broken in detail, and bad luck is only looking for hard-working people.

Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

Shanhaiguan has a new Cao garrison, who is selfless and selfless, extremely strict in inspection, does not accept bribes, finds out the private belt, and is punished extremely harshly.

Cao Shoubei is also a great person.

He was originally a close confidant of the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, because the chief soldier was cool and good-looking, Cao Shoubei was born graceful and colorful, and became the special favorite of the chief soldier.

After a long time, Cao Shoubei begged the general soldier to give him an official position, and he had already secured the military merits of the five grades before, so he filled the gap and became a garrison.

Because his own affairs are known to almost everyone in the army, as soon as Cao Garrison is in place, he will begin to establish his military prestige and establish a new image, and let these merchants who pass the customs every day become the stepping stones for him to climb up.

In the investigation of such a strict level, how did Chang Si Dad bring these sea salts out of the customs, at the moment, it seems that there is no other way, maybe it is really a dead end, Chang Si Dad thought of his desperate situation, and couldn't help but feel sad, and when he came to the beach, he wanted to make himself a hundred.

It was here that Gu Pingyuan saved Chang Si's father with a few words, and not only became his savior, but also his future son-in-law.

Gu Pingyuan came up with an idea to help Chang Si's father transport Haiyan, and along the way, he also helped him solve the big problem of repaying his debts and keep his ancestral property.

Chang Si's father lost his wife at an early age, and he only had a daughter named Chang Yu'er under his knees, because he was not yet married, this time Gu Pingyuan followed Chang Si's father back home, and fate made Gu Pingyuan and Chang Yu'er meet and get acquainted, and achieved their marriage in this life.

Gu Pingyuan has the wisdom of a scholar and a talent for business, as long as you look at the surface of anything, you can think of a series of business opportunities behind it.

With these talents, when Gu Ping fought with various merchant gangs, he created a business empire of his own, and when the country was in danger, he abandoned his previous suspicions and jointly resisted foreign merchants to serve the country with business.

This story seems to be somewhat similar to "The Great Dyeing Workshop", all of which are in that era, those big businessmen with conscience, who have the great feelings of serving the motherland with the world in their hearts.

As for what Gu Plain encountered in business, and by what means did he become the next generation of great merchants? And why Gu Pingyuan was framed back then, and what kind of secret is hidden in his father's disappearance?

Under the pen of Zhao Zhiyu, under the wonderful interpretation of the director and actors, a very fascinating scene will definitely be presented.

It's been a long time since there has been such a good drama comparable to "The Great Dyeing Workshop", "Qiao's Courtyard" and "Creating Kanto", and this "Big Businessman" may become a popular commercial drama in recent years.