What's the difference between a TV series and a novel?

Answer 1

1. ** Character **
- ** Character reduction and merger **: The TV series has reduced and merged the characters in the original novel. Ji Yanran and Clear Music in the original novel were combined into Clear Music in the TV series. Lady Ni and Lady Ya of the State of Zhao were combined into Lady Ya in the TV series. The characters such as Wu Hei and Wu Shi in the original novel did not appear in the TV series. Guo Kai and Guo Zong of the State of Zhao, Guan Zhongxie, Chang Pingjun, Ying Ying of the State of Qin, and other characters did not appear in the TV series. Han Chuang of Korea and the three famous courtesans in the original novel only kept Feng Fei in the TV series. In addition, in the original novel, Lian Jin was killed on the spot after a duel with Xiang Shaolong, and later, another person was involved in the promiscuity of the Qin Palace, and Lao Ai, who entered the Qin Palace in the TV series, was Lian Jin.
- ** Change in character image **: In the original work, Xiang Shaolong was passionate and lecherous. He would be lustful when he saw a beautiful woman. It was only later that he changed. However, in the TV series, Xiang Shaolong was single-minded and had always been obsessed with his modern lover. This difference in setting reduced the level of danger that Shaolong experienced in the drama, and the number of beautiful women also decreased, because Shaolong had no motivation to hit on many beautiful women. Wu Tingfang's image in the TV series was full and important, but in the original work, she was only one of Xiang Shaolong's many wives and concubines, so there were not many scenes.
2. [Method of Time Travel: Although both the novel and the first episode of the drama version describe the modern Xiang Shaolong sitting in a time machine, the content is very different.] The similarity was that the time machine experimenter took the initiative to find Xiang Shaolong, but the purpose was different. In the novel, it was because Xiang Shaolong was strong and was the best in the special forces, while in the drama, it was because there was a statue in the Qin terracotta army that looked like him, adding a fatalistic color. Moreover, the time machine in the novel exploded at the end. The experimenter did not tell Xiang Shaolong the way to go back. Xiang Shaolong went to ancient times to find Qin Shihuang just to find a backer. The drama version of Xiang Shaolong had a clear mission and had the help of the instrument to go back. After he went to ancient times, his homesickness was even heavier. Later, Clear Music and the others found out his true identity. The novel version of Xiang Shaolong never said that he came from the 21st century.
3. In the original novel, Xiang Shaolong caused trouble in a bar, and then took a time shuttle to a village in the State of Zhao and got a girl. In the TV series, Xiang Shaolong had a fight with his girlfriend, and he wanted to save his girlfriend's heart, so he traveled through time and space. The first person he met after arriving in ancient times was Shan Rou. In the original novel, Xiang Shaolong was loved by everyone. In the book, many beautiful women fell in love with him. It was like a stallion novel. However, in the TV series, it was much more normal. Madam Ya only admired Xiang Shaolong and did not have an intimate relationship with him. Madam Pingyuan was not a beautiful woman in the TV series, nor did she have a physical relationship with Xiang Shaolong. Zhao Ji, as the mother of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, did not have an ambiguous relationship with Xiang Shaolong.
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