Netflix officially released the preview of the Chinese web drama "Beginning", which also indicates that this drama that is popular all over the domestic network has officially gone abroad and will be released in different countries in the world, which is also the successful cultural output of our small network drama "Beginning"!
The web drama "Beginning" is produced by the noonday sun, starring young actors Zhao Jinmai and Bai Jingting, mainly telling the story of ordinary college student Li Shiqing and game architect Xiao Heyun boarding the same bus together, and encountering the process of continuous reincarnation after the death of the bus explosion, the two experienced many reincarnations, and finally found the cause of the accident, arrested the criminals with the police, and saved themselves from the continuous reincarnation.
The show is short, only fifteen episodes, which is completely different from the popular long-form TV series on the market. The plot is smooth, the progress is fast, there is no procrastination, and the actors' acting skills are remarkable. Although the ending is slightly flawed, but the flaws are not hidden, "The Beginning" undoubtedly tells a complete story and achieves the mission of storytelling.
Netflix's interest in "The Beginning" is actually not unexpected. The shortness of "Beginning" is exactly what Netflix needs. From the content point of view, "The Beginning" also focuses on social hot topics such as bus explosions, girls being molested, and online violence, and the configuration of suspense + brain burning is Netflix's favorite!
From "The Beginning", we should also see the potential of excellent domestic dramas. "Beginning" is completely adapted from the novel of the author of the Chinese online text, the production team is also a Chinese team, and the content is more in line with the domestic hot spots. It can be said that the success of "Beginning" has found a new way for The creation of Chinese TV dramas, and the era of online dramas may really come!
I still remember that the most impressive parts of the web drama are not starred by popular xiaosheng, from "Princess Promotion" to "Yanxi Raiders", from "Soul Ferry" to "Beginning", the configuration of young actors + old drama bones, so that these online dramas do not have a high cost, but create the value of the explosion! And the platform can not move a few S projects, but in the end it is often just a hit. As for how much moisture the word "hot" has, I am afraid that only the broadcast platform itself knows.
The success of "Beginning" may be able to give some inspiration to those who are obsessed with traffic and buying IP, but also look down on IP, and have to change it blindly. That is, actors like Zhao Jinmai and Bai Jingting, who are still a little closer to being popular, may be more suitable for cooperation than stars who have already turned red and purple, they are not big, their acting skills are in place, their positioning is clear, they dare to break through, and the most important thing is that they will not change the script randomly!
Xiao Heyun, played by Bai Jingting, did not play as much as Li Shiqing, played by Zhao Jinmai, in "The Beginning", but he still qualified to complete his performance, neither requiring additional drama nor being a demon, and finally still left a deep impression on everyone.
I sincerely hope that there will be a little more such excellent young actors, and a little more such excellent Chinese TV series!