Recently, the reality TV drama "The Road to Life" based on Lu Yao's novel "Life" was broadcast. In the drama, Gao Jialin, Liu Qiaozhen, and others walk out of the Loess Plateau, struggle and change their lives in the tide of reform and opening up, triggering the audience's enthusiasm for pursuing the drama, and the discussion continues to rise. As a drama adapted from serious literature, the popularity of "The Road to Life" is not an exception. Looking at the TV drama market in recent years, many TV dramas adapted from serious literature, such as "On Earth" and "Dressing the Stage," have achieved a remarkable response and are deeply loved by the audience. Serious literature is becoming a new hot spot pursued by film and television producers. A rich treasure trove of literary works is constantly expanding the theme and content of film and television works. The popularity of serious literature is a vane of the transformation of the film and television industry from a flow economy to a pursuit of quality. Over the years, the film and television adaptation of online literature has been leading the industry trend, and online literature has become the most important source of dramas. In 2020, for example, there were around 140 film and television dramas adapted from online novels throughout the year, and among the most popular online dramas, the proportion of online literary adaptation reached 60%. Various types of dramas, such as Mysterious Illusion, Immortal Hero, Crossing, Gong Dou, Conspiracy, and Sweet Pet, are staged in turns. While fully enjoying the dividends brought by "flow fast food," they also plunge online literature into a strange circle of story homogenization, character patterning, and excessive commercialization and entertainment. A large number of film and television dramas suspended in real life have exacerbated the aesthetic fatigue of the audience, making it increasingly difficult to get out of the circle. The market needs fresh works to fill the gap, and excellent serious literary adaptations just meet this demand. A realistic film and television work adapted from serious literature, focusing on the family history of the common people and telling wonderful and complex secular human relations, has won the audience's recognition by depicting the style of the times and paying attention to the people's livelihood. Serious literature has become a popular source of film and television adaptation, which is a win-win situation for the literature and film and television industries. Excellent literary works are highly ideological and artistic, with mature and complete story frames and deeply rooted character images, providing a deep literary foundation for the adaptation of film and television dramas. The filmization of literary works is also conducive to the better integration of literature into the modern communication pattern and wider dissemination through the exchange and reference of different artistic categories and cultural forms. The famous writer Wang Meng once said that perhaps only 300000 people have read a work, but when it becomes a film and television drama, 3 million or even 30 million people will see it. Related to this, the film and television adaptation of literary works not only carries artistic expectations, but also is endowed with the social significance of conveying correct values in a broader field. Whether it's the dramatic changes in Chinese society in the past 50 years, as shown in "On Earth," or the spirit of perseverance and optimism of the common people in difficult situations; In "The Ordinary World", the struggles, struggles, confusion, and hopes that people experience in the reform tide are all aroused by the vivid images on the screen, which have a stronger echo in the hearts of ordinary people. However, it is not easy to successfully adapt serious literature into film and television works. Works such as "The World" and "The Road of Life" have made useful explorations in this regard. There are roughly two types of film and television adaptation of literary works: one is to maximize loyalty