The biggest TV series in 2021 has finally appeared.
Four years ago, the famous actor Hou Yong played the corrupt official Zhao Dehan in "The Name of the People", from eating noodles calmly to tears.
A house of red and brilliant cash, it is shocking to see.
Dare to tell stories, sharp perspective.
Coupled with the wonderful performances of a number of film emperor drama bones, "The Name of the People" stood at the peak of the same kind of anti-corruption theme TV series.
Now this shock has come again.
"In the Name of the People" "sister article" - "Breakout".
Starring Huang Zhizhong, Jin Dong and Yan Ni, it has gathered 7 national first-class actors, an international film emperor, and countless acting skills.
Since its inception, word of mouth has been climbing.
You may be wondering, as related works, what are the similarities and differences between "Breakout" and "The Name of the People"?
There is a small episode.
This "masterpiece", after the completion of filming in 2019, almost missed the screen and was "hidden" for 2 years before meeting the audience.
Why?
In the opening episode, the sharp-eyed people have seen the familiar rhythm: an accident + a looming power conspiracy.
The scale is still staggering.
Qi Ben'an, played by Jin Dong, plays the role of "millennium old two" in a super-large state-owned enterprise with assets that rivals that of a small country.
From carrying a bag to the leader, all the way to carrying a bag for the leader.
Fortunately, the leader has risen step by step, and the title of his bag is getting higher and higher, and he has finally survived to the director of cultural propaganda in recent middle age.
But still soft persimmons are not as good as "hard cucumbers".
How depressed is he?
The group engaged in the 80th anniversary celebration, the chairman pointed to the copywriting on the wall, said that "blood and fire" is not as good as "war".
Qi Ben'an was about to swallow back the saliva of explanation.
Leaders said Myanmar has Dodge cars on display.
He had to respond immediately: I went.
Talk to the superior about work, habitually pour hot water into the thermos cup first, and then hand it to the other party.
In the eyes of everyone, Qi Ben'an lacked courage and only promised.
However, his luck suddenly reversed.
After a major safety accident occurred at a mine of the Group's subsidiary in Jingzhou City.
Qi Ben'an, the "second oldest of the millennium", was parachuted into the group's company in Jingzhou and served as a leader.
Just like the "airborne landing" of Sha Ruijin in "The Name of the People", it disrupted the arrangements of the original vested interests.
The general manager of the Jingzhou company played by Yan Ni, who usually has real power in his hands, suddenly came a boss, and she was very unhappy.
Looking at the third-in-command played by the full stop, he should have "progressed" on the seniority ranking, and the arrival of Qi Ben'an made his wish disappointed.
Pulling his whole body together, the "earth snakes" all regarded him as an imaginary enemy.
Absenteeism does not give face.
Behind the scenes, small reports were made to the higher-level leaders of the group and manipulated right and wrong.
An unidentified person installed a bugging device where he lived.
What's even more frightening is that the management and finances of the Jingzhou company are a mess, and several huge loss-making mines are like hot potatoes.
Dumping, to discount billions, will be scolded for the loss of state-owned assets.
Without dumping, 20,000 employees want to eat and have housing, and they can't hold on at all.
And 500 million public funds have disappeared, and this money is used to renovate the dangerous houses of coal miners.
Qi Ben'an had just arrived at the post, and the situation was already on the verge of breaking out.
But the bigger suspense behind it is that knowing such a mess, why should we parachute into a Qi Ben'an who has no front-line work experience?
Is it someone above who wants to cover up something with soft persimmons, or to throw the pot "honest man".
However, Qi Ben'an, who is determined to do something practical, has rejected two old friends who have taken the initiative to send money to the door, and it seems that there is also a posture of playing a pig and eating a tiger.
Although the story direction of "In the Name of the People" and "Breakout" is "anti-corruption", the scale is bold.
But they focus on different positions.
"Breakout" was once called "People's Property" and was about anti-corruption within state-owned enterprises.
"Breakout" used the name: the property of the people
The connection with "The Name of the People" is mainly in some character settings and story backgrounds.
For example, you can find a lot of interesting "Easter eggs":
1. The place where the story takes place is in Jingzhou City - this fictional big city where Secretary Dakang has struggled, Qi Tongweisheng is half a son, and Dean Chen is learning foreign languages.
2. "Parallel" characters, the number one in Jingzhou City in "Breakout" is called Lu Deguang, and the pronunciation rhymes, implying that It is Li Dakang.
Another character is even more obvious – Li Xue.
Compared with Yi Xue in "The Name of the People", the name is only one word difference, and it is exactly the same as the position held by Yi Xue in the later period.
Even this role has not even been changed by an actor, or Huang Pinyuan plays.
In the picture above, Tian Guofu, who is located next to Yi Xue, will also appear in the follow-up plot of "Breakout".
There is also a role, Chen Yingcheng, a clerk of the Science and Technology Museum, and Sun Liancheng, the mayor of the Guangming District who was degraded by Li Dakang to count the stars of the Science and Technology Museum, seamlessly connected.
The above "elements" are connected by Zhou Mason, the screenwriter of the two plays.
In the history of Chinese television dramas, the thunderous anti-corruption dramas "Absolute Power" and "State Prosecution" are all written by him.
Zhou Mason
Zhou Meisen, who was born in the system, has a characteristic of his works: the degree of restoration of "authenticity" is extremely high.
For example, sitting posture has a university question.
Qi Ben'an listened to the "teachings" of the leader Lin Manjiang, and he sat half on the sofa, with a humble and pious posture.
On the other hand, Lin Manjiang was domineering and pointed out the country.
The level of the aura comes out, and in the workplace of life, the familiar taste returns.
Some of the dialogues in the play, because they are too real, even make netizens who are state-owned enterprises listen to "tight brains".
"Breakout" also inherits Zhou Mason's consistent brushwork: human nature is complex and does not rely on faces.
What people say in the play is not necessarily what they think in their hearts.
What the audience sees is not necessarily right.
Just like the opening meeting of "The Name of the People", Qi Tongwei is good or bad, Li Dakang is good or bad, and the truth under the disguise is difficult to discern.
The plot is also like peeling an onion, after the layers are removed, countless grass snake gray lines gather together to see clearly.
This is also why the more Zhou Mason's drama is watched, the better the reputation.
According to the ratings law of "female grandson and male Jin Dong", it may only be a matter of time before "Breakout" becomes an annual hit.
But to say sorry, it is not nothing.
Because of the scale and various reasons, the "Breakout" we saw deleted 17 episodes compared to the original version.
Although it does not affect the viewing, it makes people very curious about what the original "Breakout" looks like?
The role of Lu Deguang, because of the actor's personal reasons, suffered an AI face change, which also triggered a wave of discussion.
Lu Deguang
At the beginning of the first episode, "Breakout" tells the birth history of The Zhongfu Group, which is a breakthrough from the blood and fire years.
How to keep this glory and industry at present, it needs a second breakthrough.
There is a multiple-choice question in front of Qi Ben'an, and if you are not careful, it will be made into a sending proposition.
Compared with "Step by Step", this is the real "Step by Step".
Text/Porco Rosso Watch Movie Editorial Department: Polluk
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