"Longing for Life" starred Zhang Guoqiang and Fu Jing
On New Year's Day 2021, Guangdong Satellite TV broadcast the opening year drama "Longing for Life".
The TV series "Longing for Life" is based on Zhu Dong and Zhang Yue's novel "Shareholding Farmer".
"Shareholding Farmer" director Yan Yi and starring Zhang Guoqiang, Fu Jing, etc. at the launching ceremony
The novel "Shareholding Farmer" was published by Guangxi People's Publishing House, and was included in the national "Rural Bookstore" key recommended books and the Key Recommended Series of Books of the China Association for Science Popularization by the State Administration of Press and Publication, and won the 2011 Guangxi Excellent Science Popularization Works Award and the 12th Guangxi Spiritual Civilization Construction "Five One Project" Literary and Art Book Award.
"Longing for Life" starred Zhang Guoqiang
"Longing for Life" takes the "beautiful south" modern countryside as the background, tells the story of the hidden dangers faced by the main rural labor force in the countryside after the "hollowing out" after the reform and opening up, such as a large number of rural laborers entering the city, land abandonment, lagging agricultural development, and scattered grass-roots organizations, reflecting the process of farmers exploring land circulation and exploring a new model of agricultural development - the shareholding system model.
"Longing for Life" starred Fu Jing
"Longing for Life" ("Shareholding Farmer"), Cheng Yao (left) as Bao Chunli, Qiao Junda as Yang Fan
The TV series "Longing for Life" ("Shareholding Farmer") is jointly produced by Guangdong Satellite TV Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and Beijing Huasheng Jinbang International Media Co., Ltd., with the chief planners Zeng Shaohua, Li Hongqing, Zhu Dong and Su Yuguang, the directors Zhao Deming, Lin Guan, Sun Yang, and the chief producer Gao Ku. Gao Ming wrote the screenplay, Yan Yi directed, and Liu Sijun composed. The theme song "Inheriting the Past and Opening Up the Future" was written by Sun Yang and sung by Greene. The interlude "Love Is Too Bitter" was written by Zhu Dong and sung by Lu Moyi. The cast is quite strong, Zhang Guoqiang plays Bao Jiawen, Fu Jing plays Feng Ruolan, Guo Jiaming plays Bao Jiawu, Zhang Wen plays Liang Jiayi, Cheng Yao plays Bao Chunli, Qiao Junda plays Yang Fan, An Long plays Feng Zhenhua, and Li Yixin plays Liang Daxian.
"Longing for Life" takes work photos
Filming of the drama began on May 7, 2016, and a start-up ceremony was held next to the Dragon Bridge in Huangyao Ancient Town, Zhaoping County, Guangxi Province. Location shooting in Hezhou ended in July 2016. When the TV series was filmed in Hezhou, the TV series "Three Eight Lines" starring Zhang Guoqiang, who was known as a "national tough guy", was popular on several provincial satellite channels, attracting many fans to "chase the stars" to watch the shooting. Most of the scenes of the TV series were filmed in Hezhou, and the natural scenery such as Huangyao Ancient Town, Hakka Waiwu, Aunt Mountain, and Xiushui Zhuangyuan Village complemented the storyline of the play, revealing a strong local atmosphere and adding a lot of color to the work.