The first quarter of 2022 has passed, and looking back at the national dramas since the beginning of the year, it can be described as "mixed".
Although the overall quality and richness of the genre are not as good as the same period last year, when the two annual hits of "Mountains and Seas" and "The Age of Awakening" have been produced, there are still phenomenal circle-breaking works.
There is also no shortage of dark horses that have successfully counterattacked with word of mouth.
According to the "2022Q1 Domestic Drama Market Research Report" released by Yien Data, a total of 74 new domestic dramas were launched in the first quarter.
Among them, "Beginning", which tells about the "infinite cycle", the era drama "The World", the suspense drama Dark Horse "Crime Hunting Atlas", the urban sweet pet drama "The Rest of Your Life, Please Advise More" that makes the audience wait for two years, and the family drama "Heart Residence", have achieved different degrees of success. Especially the realistic theme, it has ushered in the best time.
Entering the second quarter, dramas such as the legendary drama "A Generation of Hong Shang" and the historical drama "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming" have been broadcast one after another.
But the blockbuster has not yet appeared, and the controversy comes first.
A mainstream media comment on the "Dear Child" that Central Eight is playing has triggered a hot discussion, and on the night of the article, the drama broke one for the first time since the launch of the kuyun ratings in the controversy.
How to evaluate the colorful and mixed feelings of the opening chinese drama? Or, in the end, which national dramas can represent the highest level of national dramas in 2022?
The evaluation criteria used by many media are: Douban score.
But on Douban, "The World of Man" only ranks second in the score of national dramas since the beginning of the year. "Beyond" in the first place is of course a good drama, but it is not better than "Human World", and I can't give an answer.
Below, is a list of my personal top ten chinese dramas since the beginning of the year, which includes a variety of factors such as Douban ratings, episode influence, genre breakthroughs, etc., as well as my own preferences.
Of course, every work is not perfect. But at the very least, they all give many viewers an unprecedentedly wonderful experience.
Or stunning, or exclamation, or moving, or shocking.
In this era of TV drama focus, the audience who loves "Mountains and Rivers and Moonlight" is likely to be different from the audience of "Seems to be the Return of the Dead", and this list cannot satisfy everyone.
But every record is a rut on the road left by the national drama in this year of mixed feelings.
Next, let's go along this path together and reminisce about the world of Chinese opera, the mountains and rivers and the moon, the world.
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《Mountains and Rivers Moonlight》
Douban has no score丨 Costume historical drama can still be played, but can it still be a classic?
In terms of quality and word of mouth alone, "Mountains and Rivers Moonlight" is not enough to be on the list.
But in the second quarter of 2022, it represents the costume history drama "The Return of the King", and it is difficult to ignore its existence. It is the biggest production and best-rated historical drama in the past two years, and it is not one of them.
Compared with a number of costume dramas that can not "open the box" and are difficult to "get on the star", the drama is undoubtedly lucky, it is precisely under the scarcity of the market, the drama won the first place in the ratings of the same period on the night of the opening of the broadcast, as a traditional concept is not particularly popular with young audiences, the drama is currently ranked in the top five of the major network platforms.
In this day and age, it is not a wise move to create a costume epic. The increasingly fast pace of entertainment has made the public lose patience to appreciate epics.
Even the re-screening of "The Lord of the Rings" has suffered countless one-star bad reviews, and it has been complained that it is a long and slow shroud rotten film.
As a major drama describing the history of the Ming Dynasty, "Mountains and Rivers And Moon Ming" is too grand for young audiences who are accustomed to brushing one-minute short videos, and the character clues are extremely complex.
Pessimistically speaking, this genre no longer has the ability to create a national hit, so I must praise Huanrui's courage to "swim against the current" to create this costume drama with an investment of 300 million+ yuan.
But I have to say that the reputation of the show is still polarized.
At present, the praise of the drama is basically concentrated on the acting skills and grand war scenes of Chen Baoguo, Zhang Fengyi, Wang Ji, Wang Jinsong and other old drama bones, and as soon as the national treasure-level actors appear, the taste of classic costume dramas returns.
The controversy is mainly from the script, whether it is the juvenile Zhu Di or the highly questioned white moonlight female supporter, all of which have been subjected to concentrated spit.
But the most fundamental problem is that the audience's taste has indeed changed in recent years, even under the creation of the historical drama master Gao Xixi, from the struggle behind the succession of the Ming Emperor, to the balance of power between the Ming Emperor and the Ming Dynasty's military generals, to the kinship between Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da, each story line makes you enjoy it, and many young viewers still say that they can't see it.
Although this large-scale historical drama has a slot, it is flawed, and its fate ups and downs also provide a template for latecomers to learn from.
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"Heart Dwelling"
Douban 5.8 points 丨 Urban drama high heat accompanied by high controversy, can it be broken?
In 2022, it was jokingly called "the first year of domestic urban family drama".
Domestic urban dramas are available every year, but if for a long time, we can't see the "poor" in domestic urban dramas, then when urban dramas enter 2022, the audience begins to see happy people in the drama.
In the past, domestic urban dramas, the characters were bright and beautiful, and the only task was to fall in love.
Today's urban drama main roles are all ready to start a quarrel, there are few big dramas with explosive acting skills, and they are embarrassed to say that they are acting.
This model has proven to work. The broadcast of "Heart Residence" showed a high heat and high topic from beginning to end, and always grasped the audience's hi-points: the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the relationship between sister-in-law, the anxiety of buying a house, the balance between urban women's families and unemployment. Step by step, it cuts to the mood of the times and triggers public empathy.
This drama has a very wonderful group portrait scene.
Whether it is from the protagonist or to the supporting role, there is hardly any absolutely perfect character, and even the two heroines are not lacking in controversy.
The performance of the life drama queen Haiqing in the play can be called a fish in the water, whether it is a crying drama, an explosive drama, or the daily life of the character, it is like a domestic urban life drama acting textbook.
But controversy ensued.
On the one hand, buying a house, family relationship anxiety, emotional crisis, everyone can see themselves in the role. Ordinary people never have goldfingers in their lives. Coupled with the superb performance of the main actor, the expressiveness of the series is flawless.
But this sense of reality, which comes from life, is it to present real life or to create anxiety? Whether it is "Heart House" or "Dear Child", it is difficult to give an accurate answer.
I can only say that when domestic urban dramas are finally no longer just about dream love, but about life. Whether it carries flaws or not, it marks the progress of domestic urban dramas.
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"For the rest of your life, please give more advice"
Douban has no rating丨 new template for urban sweet pet dramas, and traffic dramas are not outdated
It is still a familiar national drama small fresh sweet pet drama. But "The Rest of My Life" has some breakthroughs.
Warm and optimistic cellist Lin Zhixue, and mature and introverted surgeon Gu Wei. The two have distinct characteristics but also quite different.
Watching them from occasional encounters and acquaintances, and then slowly develop a warm relationship, from the perspective of characters, emotions, narrative aspects, the drama can represent the highest level of this type of national drama at present.
But in addition to the love story, the family line between Lin Zhixue and her father is also touching, especially the death of Lin Zhixue and her father in the finale, which also triggered a big discussion among fans.
From the perspective of style, the drama is more realistic than the past sweet dramas, and also contains the plot of the doctor's male protagonist encountering medical troubles and Internet violence.
Although it is an urban sweet pet drama, the focus of the drama still falls on the entanglement of people. Many of the clichés and thunder points of domestic urban love dramas, "The Rest of Life" have all been avoided.
In the end, the drama broke through one in the ratings of Hunan Satellite TV, and ranked among the top two in the popularity of network broadcasting on major platforms during the broadcast period, and the current broadcast volume has exceeded 3.7 billion.
Obviously, the traffic drama of double top stream + solid episode quality is not outdated, but it has changed from a public hit to a circle of hits, compared with the past sweet pet that is, the king, deliberately pursuing violent emotional ups and downs, the future of such episodes will dig more meaning, and pursue a bland and timeless ending.
In any case, the sweet pet drama has a new benchmark, the rest of the sweet pet drama, "The Rest of Life", please give more advice.
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"Just like the return of the deceased"
Douban has no score丨 Double top stream, upper and lower parts, costume fantasy drama to find a new way out?
The reason for choosing this drama to enter the top ten is that there is finally a costume fantasy drama, which does not flutter the street.
Starting from "Liu Li", a large number of big IP fantasy dramas directed by top stars, post-film stars, and famous directors have sung and I have appeared, and one by one I have suffered market defeats.
In the face of the long process of "ancient costume fantasy drama attack", "Acquaintance with Junchu" and "Just Like Returning home" did not fall into the failure routine of fantasy drama, although the main line is still a familiar sweet and sadistic story, still a familiar showdown between good and evil, but the fast-paced narrative and continuous reversal are very much in line with the appetite of young audiences now.
From the transformation of the heroine to the imposing Beiyuan Battle, the level of special effects has also been tested.
In particular, the sadistic love between Ji Yunhe and Changyi, Shunde Xianji out of the circle, etc., have triggered a high degree of discussion, and at present, "Just Like Returning to The People" has exceeded 10,000 in Youku' popularity, and the key battle of the costume fantasy drama in 2022 has finally saved the victory.
One of the big successes of the play is that it is very successful in casting, and Di Lieba, Ren Jialun and Guo Xiaoting are all perfectly fitted to the role. Looking inside, it's like a friend telling a story.
How to face the aesthetic fatigue of costume fantasy dramas is a sharp problem thrown by the market. Fortunately, all the helplessness and fatigue encountered in the costume fantasy drama seemed to be gently caught by Ji Yunhe.
It is expected that the double top stream and the upper and lower parts will become the reference mode for subsequent fantasy dramas, and after the audience and the fantasy drama first met, they finally ushered in the moment of return.
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Our Marriage
Douban score: 6.6丨 Urban drama is getting harder and harder to break the circle
The most special thing about "Our Marriage" is that in the current situation of increasingly fierce competition in domestic urban dramas, it still completed a discussion on family, love, workplace, and women's choices, but in the end it failed to break the circle.
In addition to Bai Baihe and Tong Dawei as men and women, the drama also has a gorgeous lineup of jiang xin, Gao Ye, Wang Xiao, Wu Junmei, Zhang Chenguang, Cao Xiwen, Tan Kai, Yang Xinming and a group of powerful actors.
In the 38-episode drama, we followed three couples to experience the return of full-time mothers to work, the marriage crisis of full-time fathers, encountering the best scumbags, transferring marital property, fishing marriages..... Various possible encounters in contemporary marriage.
The drama jumps out of the framework of urban drama, with a small view of the big - starting from the personal story, and then radiating to the current situation of marriage, and even the entire society, the pattern is opened.
Bai Baihe completed the transformation from an urban film chick to an urban drama mother's acting skills, and together with Jiang Xin and Cao Xiwen, contributed first-class urban drama acting skills, and the expression, body and language were very well displayed, as if they were living.
In the various chaos that people encounter in the play, what we feel is not despair, but the looming warm light of human nature that is keenly captured by the creator, and also allows us to understand the true color of life through the story.
"There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is to recognize the truth of life and still love it." 」
The controversy and difficulty of breaking the circle suffered by this high-quality drama also proves that under the intensification of homogeneous competition, it will be more and more difficult for urban dramas to break the circle.
But high-quality urban dramas are still precious, and in the story, there is no definite answer.
But it can trigger the sharpest reflection of people.
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"Crime Hunting Atlas"
Douban score: 7.4 丨 Criminal investigation suspense drama into a red man artifact
There have been a lot of suspense dramas in the past year, but the quality is worrying.
Fortunately, there is a "Crime Hunting Atlas". "Double male protagonist" + "criminal investigation suspense", may become the new mainstream with the popularity of the drama.
A talented and handsome analog portrait master, partnered with an impatient and capable criminal police captain.
With their diametrically opposed styles, through running-in, they not only cultivated deep friendships, but also became the "strongest combination".
In fact, regardless of the appearance or the lineup, the drama can only be ranked in the middle and lower of this year's batch of suspense dramas.
After all, there are no big stars, no top streams, and no budget marketing. In the end, it can stand out and rely on excellent quality and "tap water".
The drama ingeniously combines famous paintings such as "The Girl with the Pearl Earring", "The Death of Mara", "The Hero and the Noble Man" and the detection of the case, plus behind each case, it is the screenwriter and director's dramatic presentation of social problems such as appearance anxiety, population trafficking, elderly fraud, imposters, domestic violence, etc. The suspense line is not amazing but Enough IQ online.
The key to the success of the play is not a tortuous story, compared to the classic criminal investigation drama's plot setting of thousands of turns, the emotions of thousands of miles, the biggest feature of this drama is the sculpting of the details of each character.
The drama also has a major feature, which is that the drama is actually a low-key divine drama, from Gao Ye's Chu Yingzi -
To Liu Meitong's art teacher Qu Lanxin, it seems that every supporting actress is beautiful in the hearts of the audience.
"Crime Hunting Atlas" essentially follows the creative style of classic dramas such as "White Night Pursuit", adding fresh blood while maintaining the solid narrative of traditional criminal investigation dramas, attracting young audiences with the combination of simulated portrait artists + double male protagonists + beautiful criminals, and opening up a new way for the suspense genre in distress.
At present, the effect is good, but there is still a big gap from the peak of "The Hidden Corner".
But the show took the script seriously and respected the audience. In turn, it has won the respect of the audience.
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"A Twinkle of a Star"
Douban score: 6.7 丨 Sweet drama has taken a new road
A good drama that was almost delayed by the name.
Several non-top actors starred in a medium-cost fantasy suspense love drama.
The heat in the premiere station is only less than 5,000, and there is no heat to speak of, but it is such a suspenseful love drama that is scheduled to be booked on the street, but with a good reputation, it has killed all the way to the broken circle.
From no one to small fire out of the circle, relying on ingenious themes and types, many people are on the social platform to brush to the "Zhang Wansen, it snows" sentence, turned to chase the drama.
There are two successes of this show.
The first is that people are pleasing.
The male protagonist of the drama, Zhang Wansen, is played by Qu Chuxiao, and the female protagonist Lin Beixing is played by Zhang Jianning.
Zhang Wansen, the male protagonist of the male duo in the traditional love drama, has always silently guarded the goddess behind his back, and is the favorite role of the young female audience who has a vision for love.
Zhang Jianning was 32 years old when she starred in this drama, but when she played a high school student, there was no sense of violation, and the domestic love drama had a national drama goddess who did not do it.
The second is that the type is innovative and fast-paced, and does not insult the audience's intelligence.
The series takes the route of crossing + parallel time and space, sometimes it is a hilarious comedy, and sometimes it is a tear-jerking sweetness.
In both styles of variation, love is the catalyst for a general presence.
As the plot progresses, we also gradually enter the hearts of the characters.
In this way, the series quickly makes you feel good about the characters in the film and finds that we are the same country. Then, they begin to slowly get caught up in their love story.
The Douban rating of the drama eventually stopped at 6.7 points, but it is still a good fantasy suspense love drama.
And all of this makes the series move in delicacy. In short, I will remember what this series brought to me.
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Beyond
Douban score: 8.2丨The benchmark of sports competitive dramas
Who could have imagined that Zhang Xiaobo, the director of "Thirty Only" and "Little Shede", directed a sports drama for the first time and actually won the highest score of Douban in all his works.
The two-line narrative approach, the 1980s and the 21st century two generations of Chinese short track speed skaters.
There is no love, only the reality of competitive sports, the highlights and bitterness of athletes. The documentary interview of the real athlete at the end of the film adds to the connotation of the series.
In contrast, the story line of the previous generation is particularly exciting, and what impressed me most about the whole show is the behind-the-scenes devotee who has been working around the short track speed skating track all his life.
Although the title of the play is "Transcendence", the meaning of transcendence is not to win, but to be willing to build a ladder of adulthood by one generation and help the next generation to complete transcendence.
It can even be said that in addition to the heroine played by Li Gengxi in the play, Hu Jun, Sha Yi, Tu Songyan, and Ma Li played by Hu Jun, Sha Yi, and Ma Li are not considered to be successful in the secular sense.
But when everyone is chasing success, the show has to tell the audience: success is gratifying, but failure can sometimes be beautiful.
The play was very successful in casting, and the old drama bones especially fit the role perfectly.
The most rare thing is that the drama also unfolds the narrative from the perspective of women, shaping the role of female coaches such as Wu Qinghong, bringing out the various confusions faced by 30-year-old women in the short track speed skating workplace and life, as well as their positions and opinions when facing problems.
Although the series has some routines in the closing stage, the overall flaws are not hidden, both emotional and narrative layers are very rich, worthy of the short track speed skating years of the famous and unsung heroes.
And these speed skaters' belief in sports and the ideal of Akagi are still inspiring and inspiring the next generation to this day, plus real people and real events lay the foundation for the whole story, and the series is more sincere and moving.
The high reputation of the series has once again proved that no matter when, the most sincere power will still make us tear up.
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"The Beginning"
Douban score: 7.8丨 Noonday sunshine for the domestic light science fiction drama to make a sample
Period drama has always been the golden sign of the noonday sun, the signature of national drama.
Among them, the dramas directed by Kong Sheng are the most prominent, such as "Great Rivers and Great Rivers" and "Mountains and Seas" are many classics, and the "County Party Committee Compound" has just been officially announced by Hu Ge and other starring lineups.
However, "Beginning" is the opening year hit of the noonday sun breaking through the past good genre and completely without Kong Sheng's participation.
In recent years, the works of the noonday sun, even the most successful Kong Sheng works and the "Great Rivers and Rivers" series, also show the characteristics of the audience's gradual aging, they know this in their hearts, and they are eagerly seeking transformation, such as "The Beginning" such as light science fiction + young men and women + network short dramas, it is obvious that the main focus is the young market.
As a result, they won the bet, but the success gene of "Beginning" is still the noonday sun.
Putting aside the science fiction concept of the time loop, starting from the first time that the male and female protagonists played by Bai Jingting and Zhao Jinmai woke up on the bus that was about to explode, the audience followed their perspective of tracking down the suspects, and saw a pair of passengers on the bus, "Happy Brother", "Pot Auntie", "Watermelon Uncle", "Medicine Mother" and "Two-dimensional Teenager", which together constitute a picture of urban small people, which is also an incomparably real "human world".
What finally makes the series out of the circle is indeed not a science fiction setting, in fact, until the finale, the creators have not solved the setting problem of why only male and female protagonists will enter the loop.
But the advantage of "Beginning" lies precisely in the continuation of the advantages of the noonday sun drama, which is ostensibly a time loop drama, but in fact, it is an affectionate gaze of small people in Chinese society, and finally comes out of the circle with a touching story, the superb acting skills of the actors and sincere emotions.
Even the trend of the drama continues the characteristics of the noonday sunburst drama from the beginning of the "Langya List": low open high, counterattack out of the circle.
Bai Jingting and Zhao Jinmai both presented their best acting skills in chinese dramas, liu Yijun played the role of a positive police officer for the first time, and with a cool head and a simple sense of justice, he became the most recognized positive role by the audience.
And Aunt Guo, with her superb acting skills, pulled the arc of a villain's character full.
Director Sun Molong, who has been working closely with Kong Sheng, obviously grasps the essence of director Kong Sheng, and does not condescend to look down on the character when creating, but digs deep into the moving quality of the character, the ordinary people of this car in the play, everyone shines with a secret light, or kind and introverted, or warm as spring, or calm and peaceful, this kind of character shaping method of the light of the fire is the key to the success of the whole play.
The setting of the "time loop" is certainly eye-catching, but the biggest key is that the creator has left the story in the soil of reality.
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"The World"
Douban score: 8.1丨 This drama is good, and it will take many years to see clearly
There is no suspense, the best Chinese drama since the beginning of the year must be "Human World", even if its Douban score only ranks second in the national drama since the beginning of the year.
It is undoubtedly phenomenal.
A main theme of the period drama, unexpectedly triggered a national chase of drama boom, in the second round of broadcasting in the Central Eight, can still easily continue to win the first place in the national ratings, a drama, occupying the first place in the national ratings in 2022 for nearly two months.
Even now, "Zhou Father and Mother Died, Bingkun and His Wife Walking in the Rain", one after another vivid and moving pictures, still haunt the audience's eyes, can not be dispersed for a long time.
This story, which unfolds on the axis of the three brothers and sisters of the Zhou family, truly portrays the appearance of ordinary Chinese serious life, neither avoiding the contradictions and truths of life, nor avoiding the tragedy of showing human nature, and the light of human nature shining in tragedy.
In the end, it not only touched the traditional audiences of middle-aged and elderly dramas, but also conquered many young audiences.
The series has achieved the best balance between respecting history and embracing the audience, and the most rare place lies in the comprehensive display of life's bittersweet, ordinary people's ups and downs, and the fragmented ordinary life, which is the most moving.
The cast composed of Lei Jiayin, Xin Baiqing, Song Jia, Yin Tao, Ding Yongdai, Sarina, etc., contributed to the best collective acting skills of the National Opera in recent years after the "Age of Awakening", and it can even be said that "The Age of Awakening" has individual casting flaws, and "The World of Man" is impeccable, and the performances of each actor are worth watching repeatedly, even if Zheng Juan's mother has only a few supporting roles in the play.
Between the many clues and character relationships, under the collective excellent acting performance, the story line of "The World of Man" is advancing in an orderly manner at the same time, showing the epic temperament of the play.
In the grand historical context, the foothold is each ordinary individual.
Because excellent period dramas are essentially people. Any piece of history is written by people, shooting period dramas is shooting people, and people are always the most important.
From the storyline to the characters in the play to the performances of the actors, we can feel that sincere emotion. The story of the last Zhou family will make us think of the people around us, because everyone has family, friendship, and love. A good story can always convey the human touch of the characters like a flowing water to the audience in a silent way.
It tells the hardships of life, but it also releases the mellow poetry of the years from time to time.
In the end, it makes people want to cry and laugh. After laughing and crying, continue our world.
Write at the end:
The above is my 2022 top ten Chinese drama rankings, after the inventory, I found an interesting phenomenon.
Four of the ten dramas are web dramas, and of the remaining six, two of which are well-known are CCTV dramas.
That is to say, on the one hand, web dramas have gradually occupied half of the national dramas with genre innovation.
On the other hand, many of the best quality and best reputation of Chinese dramas are still from CCTV, the best broadcast platform for chinese dramas.
In addition, we can also see several trends in the current national drama: First, high-quality adaptations are bound to be the general trend of the future.
But whether you can find such a high-quality IP as "The World of Man" is still a big problem, so in the end, the comparison is the vision and adaptation ability of the selected IP, and the serious novel suitable for film and television adaptation should be the next hot spot in the competition for national dramas.
Second, traffic stars and explosive routines further depreciate. Costume dramas such as "Mirror Twin Cities" and "Shang Food" or rely on big IP or gather a strong star lineup have failed to become "blockbusters", and the popularity and reputation are not as good as expected.
Third, urban dramas are in the limelight, but they are not a guarantee of explosions. Dramas such as "The Perfect Partner" and "Two Conjectures of Marriage" were broadcast one after another, and there were many but not many fine products.
Fourth, the good times for period dramas have arrived.
With the popularity of "The World of Man", CCTV has successively broadcast a large number of period dramas such as "A Generation of Hong Shang", "Love To Fight will Win", "Qingshan No Ink", and the inventory of period dramas will be released one after another, and the period dramas that were difficult to establish in the past will also be more recognized by the platform.
This also means that the "high-level drama" jointly constructed by the old drama bone's acting skills, rigorous layout, and continuous drama force is returning.
Although compared with last year, this year's national drama surprises are not enough, but with the return of solid quality and high-level aesthetic taste, the trend of national drama is still promising.
In 2022, the hope rot has receded. Good dramas have more support from the market and the audience.
The famous film critic Roger Ebert once said: All the best film lists are stupid, because real masterpieces cannot be ranked and categorized.
Yes, this list of the top ten films is just a personal sharing. Dramas like "Human World", even if it ranks second in the Douban rating, does not prevent it from becoming the first national drama in the first quarter of 2022 in the hearts of countless people.
In the next seven months of 2022, I hope to encounter more such good dramas.
The national drama is as much as the fire, the world, of course, it is worth it.