Translator: Vian
Not edited (Because I don't know where Shem is, please tell me if you find any mistakes, but it should be readable.)
As a mainstream drama series, no one expected that "Ambush" would end like this.
The army captured Ping City, and the feudal remnants from the warlord's rule was overthrown. The country ushered in waves after waves of victories, slowly unfolding a brand new future before everyone's eyes. The male lead Bai Mingde who had to suffer and endure the humiliation for his mission for many years now could finally return to his real identity, and go back to his trusted organization.
However, Liang Linghui left him.
Moreover, aside from him, those loyal comrades who shared life and death together with him, those enemies who fought with him, all those who could die, died; all those who could leave, left.
In the very end, only Bai Mingde himself as left. He became a senior officer, but after laying down his life to usher in peace, what was left? Perhaps what was left were only memories of the dangers from the hidden daggers in the dark and the loneliness of being the only person left for a lifetime.
"Ambush" itself wanted to use this ending to point out its protest for war. It was like Director Zheng had said, this drama cannot only have good ratings, it should also have word of mouth. War was cruel to anyone, even if one wins, the people lost forever during the war was far more than what was obtained.
A part of the viewers deeply felt pity for the ending, and they also felt the cruelty of war. However, there were much more viewers against the male and female lead not being together. In particular, they expressed great dissatisfaction against the fact the Huo Xi actually committed suicide in prison!
[My forty-meters long sword has been feeling extremely thirsty! Screenwriter, you come over here, I promise I won't hack you to death!]
[Wu wu wu wu wu why is my family's Marshal dead QAQ My family's Marshal, my family's Marshal...]
[Screenwriter, you come out! I know you're there, you have the ability to kill off my Marshal so you have the ability to open the door ah! Open the door ah! You open the door already ah!]
[Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah I had an ominous feeling when I saw Marshal lose but I chose to ignore it. Marshal had already prepared an escape route and could've left a long time ago. But why! Why when it was so close he decided to give up fleeing abroad and didn't board the ship! You board the ship ah! Board the ship ah! Wu wu wu wu why didn't you go!!!]
When the army breached Ping City, the people watched the army enter at a loss while Huo Xi had already arrived at the port and was ready to board the huge ship to flee West. The tanker ship issued out a whistling sound at the dock, telling the soldiers to quickly come aboard. The young and handsome Huo Family's Marshal was dressed in a dark military uniform, his eyes calmly gazing at the ship's ramp in front of him.
He took his first step, walking forward until he reached the center of the ramp.
The person behind urged him: "Marshal, let's hurry!"
However, what answered the person was a long silence from Huo Xi. His father had died of illness in bed yesterday; his father and mother had loved each other for many years, and it was found early this morning that his mother commited suicide by stabbing her throat with the golden phoenix hairpin received from her dowry back when she married his father.
There was only him left of the Huo Family now.
The wind coming from the bay blew across the dock, causing his marten fur overcoat to flap in the air. The Ping City behind him was filled with the excited and happy cheers of victory, while the men behind him were all anxiously urging him to hurrily board the ship. After a long time, Huo Xi raised his right hand that was wearing a white glove and lowered his military cap, blocking the expression in his eyes, and suddenly turned around!
All of his men could not react as he walked through the crowd and reached the bottom of the ramp.
Finally, his men snapped back from their daze and pulled his arm: "Marshal, you cannot…"
The voice abruptly stopped as a black lacquered muzzle was aimed at the man, causing that person be dumbfounded. That man felt that his throat was blocked, trembling as he uttered: "Marshal, you… you cannot go down. We have to quickly leave or else they will catch up soon. They would definitely not let you go!"
Huo Xi indifferently looked at the man, then suddenly fired, making a bullet graze over the man's ear.
Bang——
"Let go."
The man finally let go of his hand. Everyone watched as Huo Xi step by step walked down onto the dock. When he really returned to the dock, everyone had already seen the army rushing over from far away. And in front of them, only one person was facing away for them. He obviously could immediately turn around and leave, but his person continued to stand there.
"Marshal!"
In the end, more than a dozen people rushed down the ramp, and followed Huo Xi to stay at the dock. There was also dozens of people that boarded the ship and disappeared into the distant horizon.
The army rushed over, Huo Xi raised his gun, welcoming the soldiers. There was only himself and one gun, but the soldiers could not kill him.
There was only five bullets left, and five more people were killed. The soldiers hated him till their eyes saw red. They kicked his knees, making him kneel on the ground. When he stood up and they kicked him down again, then, in the end, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Later in prison, he refused to eat for three days then took the poison hidden in his teeth, and died.
When they saw this ending, numerous fans were brokenhearted and got teary, and even started crying. Some passersby who had a neutral opinion on Huo Xi also couldn't help but feel a bit sad when they saw this scene, sighing ruefully: "Before I would always feel a little scared whenever he appears and was also worried that he would find out Bai Mingde's identity. Now that he's dead… why do I feel a bit regretful?"
[Give me back my Marshal! Give me back my Marshal! Why did he choose to stay, why did he choose to suicide! I don't believe it, I refuse to believe it! My family's Marshal is not dead, he is definitely alive! Demanding season two! "Ambush" crew, do you believe that if you dare to have a second season, I'll dare to watch it!]
[Wu wu wu wu this mouthful of broken glass gave me a mouthful of blood and stabbed into my heart! ]
[I can actually understand Marshal's choice a bit. His parents are dead and most of his men had died on this land. His home is in Ping City, now that Ping City was captured and the whole country needs to be unified and at peace, he could only choose to live the rest of his life abroad. Only like this could he guarantee his life. For someone like him, it's fine if he didn't have this kind of life! It can't be that he will continue to struggle whilst at death's door!]
[Yes, I agree! How can my Marshal will continue to drift and live without a purpose? But while I can understand the reasoning behind it, why does my Marshal needs to die QAQ]
[Because he originally wanted to die in Ping City, to die in his hometown, to die in the place where he was raised!]
Soon, the audience who originally complained about the ending gradually divided into two groups. One group still simply wanted to send the screenwriters dynamites, while the other group began to discuss the plot.
Bai Mingde's plotline was very simple, his doomed loneliness in the future could let people ponder. His story was mainly complicated in the beginning, but there wasn't much to say at the end. In the case of this drama, he repeatedly escaped death with his wits, leaving people with a deep impression. Han Yanghao's acting was also not bad, so the audience's response was pretty good.
Then there's Liang Linghui. This female lead cause the audience to feel very complicated because as it was, the viewers were all speculating about whether or not she would join the underground party when she first appeared. This female teacher has advance thoughts and advocates freedom. She originally was already not like the traditional feudal lady, having modern ideas and views.
But nevertheless, the one that had most people talking was Huo Xi.
This person was very hateful. He has killed countless underground party members, was cruel and ruthless with fierce means.
This person was also extremely dreadful. His moody temperament had horrified and shocked countless viewers, making them afraid that one day he would suddenly shot the male lead dead with a single: "Although there is no evidence indicating that you are a spy, but I think… you are."
Soon, the hashtag #HuoXi was rose to twelfth on the trending list that day. At the same time, #AmbushBigFinale also place fourth on the list! Thousands of netizens was actively discussing "Ambush" ending, and the one they discussed the most was about Huo Xi.
From Huo Xi's choice to the image he saw before he died, even the greatly brainhole-ridden netizens speculate that——
[He went back because he didn't want to die abroad, but want to instead die in his homeland; he didn't instantly kill himself, but suffered humiliation and didn't eat for three days before suiciding. The reason is extremely simple, he wanted to see Liang Linghui again one more time. But unfortunately, he didn't know that Liang Linghui already left Ping City. There's why when Bai Mingde accidentally revealed Liang Linghui's departure when he visited, he(HX) finally made up his mind to leave.
His parents are dead and he could no longer see the one he loves in this lifetime again. There is already nothing else he could to do, the only choice he could make was to end his own life and never suffer any humiliation again.
This character was well-developed, Rong Xu's acting was also excellent. Really couldn't tell that he was a newcomer. Looking forward to his next work. ]
At twelve a.m., "Ambush" national ratings finally came out. When Tomato Station's production director saw the rating, his eyes went round in surprise and couldn't believe it for a long time. After confirming that he really didn't see wrong, he slapped his face in excitement: "Good! Good! Everyone worked hard this month, there'll be another bonus this month! Everyone will get one!"
Some staffs laughed and jokingly said: "The director is so happy, could it be that the final's average rating surpassed 1.7?"
"Ambush" had reached a rating of 1.12 by the third episode, however after that, the ratings roses slowly. By the sixth episode, the rating rose to 1.6, but couldn't increase any further.
For a weekly drama, the rates was already very good, especially compared to the "Summer's Truth" that was in the same time slot which caused Mango Station to flip to the sky in its money loss.
"Sumer's Truth" rating went as low as 0.4, and regardless of what Mango station did, the ratings would not go up. As for the public opinion of "Summer's Truth", it was completely in line with what Director Guo told Rong Xu before——
There are good idol dramas in the world, but the majority of them are crude and poorly made.
Mango Station's production director was extremely furious everyday, and even cut out two episodes of "Summer's Truth" and let it end last week. Now that he heard "Ambush" ratings, the production director was so angry that he also fainted: "An average rating of 1.9 and the highest was 2.2?! Impossible! Do you know how long there hasn't been a weekly drama with a 2.2 rating?! Do you know?! A year and a half! That drama only has one Han Yanghao who could be considered popular, how is it possible!!!"
Not long after, "Ambush" final's rating spread throughout the industry. By the next day, even the viewers found out about this extremely high rating.
However for the audience, they were still more concerned about the plot. They obviously all already harassed the crew's official Weibo last night, yet this group of fans was actually enthusiastically running over to the Weibo again the very next day. This time they didn't send blades, but asked for a second season!
The male lead has to lead the rest of his life alone, you tell me if that wasn't heartbreaking? The female lead's whereabouts are unknown, you tell me if that wasn't dismal?
[And our Marshal Huo! Marshal must live! As long as you let Marshal live, I will buy 10 DVDs!!!]
[Ah ah ah ah has it already been confirmed that "Ambush" will have a DVD version? I also want to buy buy buy!]
This wasn't the first time Rong Xu entered the trending list, but this was his first time climbing up to such a high ranking.
Second place!
#HuoXi, second place! #RongXu, thirteen place!
A single person took up two places in the trending list. Without even receiving a push from behind by the PR yet, he was pushed by the netizens into this position and stayed there for an entire six hours. Such a situation for a newcomer was the same as becoming famous overnight. Rong Xu's fan count on Weibo was also rising at a rate visible to the naked eye, and shot up to over 4,300,000 fans!
The number was still increasing… and increasing…
However by nighttime, Rong Xu's fans all came together and shifted their energy from "demanding "Ambush" season two" and single-heartedly dedicated it to in front of the TV.
Numerous fans happily held their snacks while waiting for an ad to end and thought: "Ah~ It's great being Rongrong's fan. "Ambush" just finished and "Vie for Supremacy" is now airing~ I'm the happiest fan in the world~"
That's right, it was this evening that Huaxia Entertainment's three hundred million invested big production drama—— "Vie for Supremacy", was officially aired!
Translator's Addition:
Vian: Oh the irony Imao (Is it bad that I'm looking forward to the fans' reaction XD)