I still remember the excitement I felt when I watched the TV series Zhiqing ten years ago, in June 2012.
Maybe it's to know about the youth that my brothers went through (several of my brothers have been intellectuals), maybe it's to appreciate some of the actors who appear in the play, or maybe it's simply to like the work of screenwriter Liang Xiaosheng. So before the TV series "Zhiqing" started, I was full of expectations for it.
The drama is written by Liang Xiaosheng, who created works such as "Tonight There is a Snowstorm", "Snow City", and "Ring of the Year". Ten years later, after the TV series based on his other masterpiece" "The World" was broadcast, it once again caused a sensation on the whole network. The director is Zhang Xinjian, who participated in the creation of masterpieces such as "Confucius" and "Breaking into Guandong". The main creative team can be said to be "ceiling" level. The quality of this drama has been strongly guaranteed.
The production units of this drama are Shandong Film and Television Group and Shandong Film and Television Drama Production Center. Among them, many film and television dramas produced by the Shandong Film and Television Drama Production Center have received unanimous praise from the majority of audiences, such as "Wu Song", "There is a Blizzard Tonight", "Garland Under the Mountain", "Big DyeIng Workshop", etc., which are still well known until now.
The 45-episode TV series "Zhiqing" was broadcast on CCTV on May 29, 2012, and received rave reviews. With a panoramic grand perspective, it shows us the lofty feelings of that generation of intellectual youth, in the most beautiful youth, to dedicate everything to the motherland and the frontier. The ubiquitous romantic atmosphere makes more viewers fall into it and find it difficult to extricate themselves.
The performance lineup of the play is very strong, with as many as 83 famous and surnamed characters. The configuration of the actors is composed of young actors who are just starting out and old actors who are experienced in performing. One of the most memorable is the fresh faces. Most of them have just graduated from professional art colleges and did not have much acting experience before that. However, a "Zhiqing" made them famous overnight and became a new film and television star that attracted the attention of the audience.
Just ten years later, these handsome men of that year have undergone a lot of changes, some of them have become the ranks of top stars, some have successfully transformed into directors, some have become old drama bones, and some have disappeared, which is extremely regrettable.
So today, Yaqing wants to revisit and review the 15 young male actors who appeared in the drama "Zhiqing" in 2012 through the form of photos from the past and present. What kind of changes have the little handsome guys who were like poplars in the past?
First, Wang Kai plays Qi Yong
Wang Kai may be the one with the greatest change among these 15 male actors.
He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2007, and also experienced the days of running around and being unpopular, until 2012, when he was fortunate to join the crew of the TV series "Zhiqing" and became the actor of the Corps Zhiqing Qi Yong, and began to be recognized by more audiences.
Wang Kai's performance in the play is very outstanding, shaping Qi Yong, a lonely and arrogant, masculine boy with cold outside and hot inside. He was thus valued by the Mountain Shadow Group, and subsequently became famous for playing the role of Fang Mengwei, deputy director of the Beiping Police Bureau, in "No War in Peiping" produced by noonday sun. In 2014, he became a top star in the show business circle by starring in "Langya List" and "The Pretender".
Wang Kai has a clean and handsome appearance, a good voice, coupled with his quite talented performance, but also know how to be motivated and hardworking, so it is not surprising to stand out from a group of male actors. Especially Song Yunhui, played in "Great Rivers and Great Rivers", has been unanimously recognized by the majority of audiences.
Today, he is still busy, the film is continuous, and this year he also starred as Gu Nanting, a flight attendant in the workplace drama "Going to the Wind", which made fans full of expectations for his new role.
Second, Zhou You plays Xu Jinjin
Zhou You is not as handsome as Wang Kai, but his acting skills are "leveraged". After graduating from the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama, he entered the Shandong Film and Television Center, starting with the field record, and was a student of Zhang Xinjian, the director of "Zhiqing". Although he is an authentic native of Jinan, Shandong, in "Zhiqing", he portrays Xu Jinjin, nicknamed "Little Huangpu", a Shanghai Zhiqing vividly. In particular, when he speaks slowly and logically, he has a serious look, which makes people can't help but be funny when they think about it.
Since then, Zhou You has transformed into a director through hard work, first co-directing the web drama "The Spirit of the Ghost Blowing Lantern" with kong sheng, Sun Molong and other famous directors, and last year, he became famous with the independent spy drama "Rebel", showing his creative talent.
Third, Su Maoyang plays Sun Jingwen
Sun Jingwen is a "baby soldier" of the male class of the corps, with a quiet and introverted personality. He was played by Su Maoyang, who was 25 years old when he played the role. Subsequently, he starred in dramas such as "The Destiny of the Country", "First Marriage", and "Great Qin Fu", playing roles such as Sun Jiadong, Gu Zhongqiu, and Zheng Yi respectively, showing a certain acting talent.
Last year, zhang qiang, who played him in the TV series "Longing for Life", and Cai Hesen, who played in the revolutionary historical theme TV series "The Age of Awakening", also left us with unforgettable impressions.
Fourth, Li Chao plays Zhang Jingyan
Li Chao, who played Zhang Jingyan of the Heilongjiang Construction Corps in "Zhiqing", is also from Shandong. He graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy in 2005 and has starred in the TV series "Red Sun", "Songhu Fengyun" and "CodeName Thirteen Chao". He has an outstanding image and a temperament. In "Zhiqing", he played Zhang Jingyan, the platoon leader of Zhiqing, commonly known as the "old senior", who was enthusiastic, mature and stable, and in the era when Zhiqing returned to the city, he took the initiative to give up the quota of the Workers' and Peasants' and Soldiers' University to his comrades-in-arms, and he chose to take root in the frontier and became the principal of the School for the Children of the Seventh Company. Li Chao's performance has also been widely praised by the audience.
Subsequently, he played roles in "Parental Love", "Langya List", "Dajiang Dahe 2" and other dramas produced by Noonday Sunshine. It is an "old face" that everyone is very familiar with.
Fifth, Wang Chaowei plays Shen Li
Wang Chaowei, who played the Role of Shen Li of the Corps Zhiqing in "Zhiqing", was also a film and television newcomer at that time. He graduated from the Acting Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 2007 and subsequently starred in dramas such as "Under the Shadowless Lights". After participating in "Zhiqing" in 2012, his acting skills were affirmed by the audience. After that, he participated in "Old Farmer" directed by Zhang Xinjian. In 2015, he once again starred in the TV series "Zhiqing Family" with the theme of Zhiqing, and re-played Zhiqing.
In addition, the film and television works he has starred in over the years include "Heart Like Iron", "Louwailou", "Grand Canal", etc., and has played both villains and positive roles. In particular, Zhang Jie, the captain of the serious crime team in the suspense drama "Bone Language", is impressive. Last year, he starred in the period drama "Dear Parents" as Hou Jianting. This year, he continued to play the role of Zhang Jie in "Bone Language 2".
6. Yu Shuxin plays Wei Ming
In 2011, Yu Yuxin, a big boy from Changchun, Jilin Province, joined the crew of the TV series "Zhiqing", in which he played the role of Wei Ming, the diligent and pragmatic cooking squad leader of the corps. Although there are not many scenes, his performance is natural and smooth, especially in the many crying scenes in the play, he has performed sincerely and devotedly, which has won the appreciation of the audience.
However, since then, he has not starred in many film and television works, and many of them have not had a great influence on the audience. Therefore, when his name is mentioned, the only thing everyone remembers is that he once played the role of Wei Ming in "Zhiqing". Now it seems to have disappeared from everyone's sight.
7. Yin Jian plays Huang Wei
The role of Huang Wei in the Corps of Corps Zhiqing in "Zhiqing" is something I personally like very much. He is a passionate and righteous man, who has stepped forward many times when his brothers need help, and is a veritable "righteous brother". And he is not in danger, he takes the overall situation into account, and he loves writing very much. His actor Yin Jian was also a "small fresh meat" that year, graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 2006, and was well known to more audiences in 2012 for playing Huang Wei in "Zhiqing".
In the past two years, Yin Jian's development momentum has been rapid, and he has successively starred in many popular dramas, and his acting talent has also been fully displayed. This year, in the CCTV hit drama "The World", he starred in the role of the cowardly Gong Bin, although he is an inconspicuous supporting role, Yin Jian's performance is quite vivid and vivid. I think that many fans may not recognize that he is the actor who played Huang Wei in "Zhiqing".
8. Zhao Yi plays Wang Kai
At that time, in the "Zhiqing" crew, there was an actor named Wang Kai, and there was a role in the play, also called Wang Kai - dare to be bold, so as to fight uneven. His actor, named Zhao Yi, is a native of Beijing, who is also known as "Little Liu Ye" because he looks like Liu Ye.
Zhao Yi later acted in dramas such as "Qingdao Past", "Playing the Middle Game of the FateFul Bureau", "Bone Language 2" and so on, because he played an inconspicuous supporting role, so few viewers could pay attention to him.
9. Cheng Haofeng plays Zhao Shuguang
The drama "Zhiqing" not only tells the story of the Zhiqing who happened to the Heilongjiang Construction Corps in the 60s and 70s, but also follows the steps of the male protagonist Zhao Tianliang to the countryside of northern Shaanxi, and also reproduces the life scenes of the Zhiqing here.
In "Zhiqing", Zhao Tianliang's brother Zhao Shuguang is a Zhiqing of northern Shaanxi. He is played by Cheng Haofeng, who has now been renamed Cheng Feng. At that time, I thought he was the most handsome actor in the entire "Zhiqing" crew, and there was a rare literary and artistic style on him, and I thought he would soon become a first-line star. But it didn't.
Cheng Haofeng has also appeared many film and television dramas over the years, and many of them are phenomenal masterpieces such as "Zhiqing" and "Langya List". However, most of his roles are not very conspicuous supporting characters, so it is difficult to be noticed by more audiences. For example, after watching "Langya List", we all remember Mei Changsu played by Hu Ge and Xiao Jingyan played by Wang Kai, but we forgot the gentle and jade Xiao Jingrui he played.
Today, Cheng Haofeng is still active in front of the film and television camera, but the limelight is no longer like that of the past. Although he also starred in dramas such as "Tang Dynasty Female Forensic Doctor", "Sideburns Are Not Begonia Red", "Li Song Xing", etc., he has always been in a tepid state.
10. Huo Yaming plays Wu Hongbing
Huo Yaming (now renamed Huo Yuming) was a classmate of Deng Chao, Zhu Yuchen and others when they were studying in Chinese opera. His role in "Zhiqing" is that of the Red Soldier of Zhiqing Wu in Northern Shaanxi. I still remember that when I saw Wu Hongbing steal gasoline from the county assembly department's car and be taken away from labor camps in order to use the dilapidated tractors in the village, my heart was very uncomfortable. However, Wu Hongbing's expression was quite calm.
Huo Yaming acted very well in the play, but unfortunately there were not many scenes. After that, he acted in dramas such as "Shi Guangrong's War Youth", "Old Farmer", "If Snails Have Love", "Born on a Brilliant Day" and other dramas, and was loved by the audience for playing Huan Wang Zhao Ceying in "Do You Know If It Should Be Green Fat Red Skinny". In last year's hit "Children of the Qiao Family", he starred in the role of Chen Junliang, director of Xinhua Bookstore, as if he were already an old drama bone.
11. Su Yujie plays Liu Jiang
In "Zhiqing", we also met Su Yujie, a young actor from Inner Mongolia. In it, he starred as Liu Jiang, a young intellectual in northern Shaanxi, who had a problem, and his performance came alive. In particular, the scene in which the women in the village chased and beaten up, every time I saw it, it would be very enjoyable.
Su Yujie looks very distinctive, and later became a famous supporting actor, starred in "My Regiment Leader My Regiment", "If snails have love", "Will Night", "Rebel" and other dramas, this year in the just broadcast "Dream Hualu", starred in the role of Lao Jia, but appeared in a few episodes to "receive a box lunch".
12. Yuan Man plays Wang Pingyang
Yuan Man, a handsome young student with thick eyebrows and big eyes, starred in the movie "Flying Crane" at the age of 5, and after graduating from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts in 2001, he entered the Bayi Film Studio Actors Troupe. In 2005, he starred in the TV series "Bright Sword" starring Li Youbin as the role of traitor Zhu Ziming, and in 2012, in the TV series "Zhiqing", he played Wang Pingyang. The performance is natural and vivid and unforgettable.
Since then, he has starred in "Loyalty and Betrayal", "Sui and Tang Heroes 5", "Rebirth", "Ordinary Glory", "Female Psychologist" and other dramas, shaping various roles and being very malleable. In this year's broadcast of "Please Call Me Director" and "Forensic Qin Mingzhi Mind Reader", he also appeared.
13. Wang Yinong plays Gao Weidong
The TV series "Zhiqing" also took us to Shandong and witnessed the living conditions of the Zhiqing who were struggling in the coastal area at that time.
Wang Yinong starred in the role of Shandong Zhiqing Gao Weidong. The character of Gao Weidong is very distinctive, and it is a common type of youth in that era. He often quarreled with other intellectuals, always thinking that others were not correct, so he often "provoked". Actor Wang Yinong portrayed this character full of contradictions to life and unforgettable. He graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy in 2006 and then became an actor at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center. He has not starred in many film and television works. In addition to "Zhiqing", he has also starred in dramas such as "Zhan Beiping" and "Tianxingjian".
14. Sun Bo plays Tian Qi
In "Zhiqing", there is a Shandong Zhiqing named Tian Qi, the image is very plump, the performance is very real, and it also left a deep impression on us. His actor's name is Sun Bo, and he has participated in film and television dramas such as "China Brothers Company", "Almighty 囧 Dad", "Green Mountains, Green Waters and Red Days" and so on. In 2019, he starred in the TV series "Lonely Queen". I wonder if you remember him?
Fifteen, Tang once played Zhao Tianliang
Zhao Tianliang is the male protagonist in the drama "Zhiqing", with ideals and ambitions, and dares to take responsibility. The actor of this role is Tang Zeng, who has now become popular again with the role of Wang Qinglai in the hit drama "Happiness to Ten Thousand Families".
"Zhiqing" is Tang Zeng's first starring role, and he presents excellent acting skills in the play. At that time, his face was green, but the fortitude between his eyebrows made us unforgettable. After the release of "Zhiqing", Tang zeng became a hit. But he did not desperately hype because of this, but lived a low-key life and acted seriously.
Tang Zeng has also played many unforgettable roles since then, such as Xu Chong in "The Moon Embracing the Stars", Zhao Hanting in "The Battle for Gold", Tong Jiageng in "Mother-in-Law Uncle", Wang Changlin in "Red Shark Assault", etc. His performance has depth and breadth, and he has excellent performances in terms of lines and demeanor. Yet he has always been outside the ranks of A-list stars. Until the hit of "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes" this year, more viewers have appreciated his excellent acting skills.
I think Tang's performance in "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes" can be described by the word "forget me". He completely forgets the self, and immerses himself in the role, whether it is the external shape of the character, or the look and style, it is extremely in place, which makes us feel real and believable. I think that a good actor like Tang Zeng, who is so deep-hearted and carefully studying the role, will definitely have a good future. We look forward to his wonderful performance in more film and television dramas.
In 2012, a "Zhiqing" did not know how many viewers' hearts were touched. Not only did many middle-aged people who had experienced knowing the youth recall their youth again, but even many young drama fans were deeply attracted and infected. Young people like Zhao Tianliang, Zhao Shuguang, Qi Yong, Wu Hongbing, etc., wrote magnificent youth poems in the torrent of the times, and in the absence of other choices, they also sang their own songs of youth. With their young hands and surging passion, they turned the barren Northern Wilderness into a rice granary and made the barren Poti Village richer and more prosperous.
I think the most moving thing about them is that it is full of idealism. This also seems to be the biggest difference between them and today's young people. Therefore, every time I see the drama "Zhiqing", I can't help but burst into tears. For their hard work, and selfless dedication, and with respect.
Today, the TV series broadcast in 2012 has a Douban rating of 8.5 points. More than 80% of the audience gave it four- and five-star positive reviews. This fully shows that a good drama will not be forgotten with time, but will only be like an old wine, lasting.
So do you remember this "Zhiqing" that premiered on May 29, 2012 on CCTV? Remember how you felt when you first watched this work? Remember the performances of the actors? Who do you think is the most memorable performance? Welcome to interact with more netizens through the message area. I am Yaqing, thank you again for your attention, friends remember to like, share and collect. We'll see you tomorrow at the same time.
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