The State Administration of Radio and Television's key guidance project "Ebola Frontline" premiered on Tencent Video's entire network last week, which is the first major reality TV series in China that reflects the theme of aiding Africa and resisting Egypt, and after broadcasting, it has been unanimously appreciated by the audience, and it has made a breakthrough and innovation in domestic reality themes with an unprecedented courage.
Based on the 2014 incident in which a Chinese medical team went to many countries in West Africa to participate in the fight against the Ebola epidemic, the drama tells the story of virologist Zheng Shupeng (Luo Jin) and his Chinese medical team encountered the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and under very limited medical conditions, they fought with the virus with superb medical skills; at the same time, Chinese journalist He Huan (Mao Xiaotong) went deep into West Africa because of a secret visit to a diamond smuggling case, joined the team to fight the epidemic together, and launched a science and disease. A life-and-death contest between light and darkness.
The fictional country of Kabaria in the play has a tradition of hospitality, but in the face of the virus, the culture and habits of the locals are not conducive to epidemic prevention and control, and Zheng Shupeng, as a virologist, also needs to overcome various difficult conditions to track the virus. The play begins with a sense of substitution of subjective footage to describe the scene of Zheng Shupeng and the Zhongka Hospital where he is located encountering the Ebola virus, from the patient who constantly vomits blood and convulses, to the local receiving doctor in Africa who is busy, to the instinctive fear and worry of Zheng Shupeng himself when facing the suspected virulent virus... The real reactions and emotions of these human beings when they encounter the virus are explained one by one in the play, and outlined in a large number of details, intuitively showing the harm of Ebola as a fourth-level virulent virus to ordinary audiences, so that the audience can also empathize with the mood of the characters in the play.
According to general director Yang Wenjun, as a co-production project of the "China-Africa Film and Television Cooperation Innovation and Upgrading Project", in order to show the truth, goodness and beauty common to human nature in the process of fighting the virus, "Ebola Frontline" not only focuses on shaping the group portraits of The Chinese medical team and the testing team, but also focuses on creating a real, beautiful and simple Africa, shaping a group of African heroes who are warm, brave and deeply love their land and people. Qasm, a local doctor in Kabaria, who studied medicine in China and returned to Africa to do his best for his country, his feelings for China and his friendship with Zheng Shupeng are highlighted in the play. According to Cao Guang, one of Zheng Shupeng's prototypes, a member of China's 23rd batch of medical teams to aid Guinea and chief physician of the Department of General Surgery at Beijing Anzhen Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, Qasim's story is taken from his personal real experience, and even the name Qasim comes from his doctor friend who died of Ebola epidemic in Zhongji Hospital.
While bringing the audience a wonderful plot, the play allows the audience to more deeply feel the essence of the concept of "building a community with a shared future for mankind". As a film and television drama work with a complete plot and rich characters, "Ebola Frontline" also fictionalizes the story line of investigative journalist He Huan going deep into the epidemic area to investigate diamond smuggling on the basis of ensuring that the basic details and facts follow reality. The storyline coincides with Zheng Shupeng's investigation of the virus, and two people with completely different professions have become common allies in the face of the virus. The drama not only focuses on the medical level, but also explores the changes of the virus to the human world and people's cognition of life and death in different cultures through the story of fighting the Ebola virus, thus sublimating the theme to the height of "community of human destiny". As the play says, it seems to be far away from the ocean, but in fact we are "only one flight away" from the Ebola virus, which is not a problem of a certain country or region, but a common enemy of mankind.
In terms of expressing innovation, the play outlines a vivid and rich African social scene to the audience. In the play, the P4 laboratory, mobile P3 medical test vehicle, etc. are highly simulated in the ratio of 1:1, and a large-scale scientific display is carried out for the transmission route, specific harm and response method of the Ebola virus, which is also the part of the play that makes people feel bright, and it is also an admirable innovation in the field of medical drama in China.