【隱秘的角落 THE BAD KIDS 】英文表達(dá)1

When a typically middle-class man in a white shirt pushes his parents-in-law off a mountain

while he pretends to take a photo for them, most audience members were shocked by the scene

and desperately wanted to know what happened next

This is the beginning of a recent 12-episode online drama, The Bad Kids, which aired on iQiyi

from June 16 to 25. Adapted from a novel by writer Zijinchen under the same name. the

adaptation became an extremely popular topic within 10 days since the broadcast

The story starts with a fatal"meeting"of three children and a mathematics teacher on Liufeng

Mountain, triggering a tragic chain of events.

Compared to the original book, the storyline in

the drama is brighter and more positive, as the

three young characters behave more like innocent children, rather than sophisticated adults

Many TV dramas produced in recent years are based on online novels of uneven quality

lity. These adaptations, mostly soap operas, were often mocked by netizens for their absurd plots, weak

storyline, and poor performances by unskilled cast members who care more about their looks

than acting.

However, The Bad Kids has won the love of audiences. Netizens claimed that they"haven'

seen such a good web drama made in China for ages". It was rated 8.9 points out of 10 on

Douban, a platform with many critical and sharp-tongued users

Celebrities also praised the drama on social media. Actress Zhang Ziyi said she finally found a

Chinese web drama(The Bad Kids)that can rival those with darker themes from the US and

UK.

The success of the drama also made Liufeng Mountain, where the man killed his parents-in

law, famous overnight.Located in Lingshan county in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Liufeng (literally six

mountain peaks) Mountain, is a typical karst mountain with trees, stones and paths in strange

and odd shapes. There are old temples built in ancient times and more than 60 karst caves

According to official data from the Liufeng Moutain Scenic Tourism Area, the mountain

annually receives more than 500,000 visitors.

Due to the popularity of the drama, the mountain made the hot search list along with the webadaptation on the internet as well Netizens showed great passion for visiting the mountain, yet worried about safety, wondering

if they could be easily pushed off the peak too. Employees at Liufeng Mountain Scenic

Tourism Area explained it is safe to climb the mountain, as there are guardrails

Nevertheless, despite such guarantees of safety on the mountain, netizens have turned a certain

hrase into an online joke: "Do you dare to climb mountains with me?"