Family emotional dramas have always been CCTV's favorite.
Usually, this kind of drama is also a very popular theme. For example, in the early years, Li Xuejian's "Longing", as well as Liang Guanhua's "Poor Mouth Zhang Damin", and Jin Dong's "My First Half of Life" and so on. At that time, when these dramas were broadcast, they all caused great repercussions and became the blockbuster dramas of the year.
And those produced in recent years, such as Zhang Jiayi's "Loading Stage" and Haiqing's "Home of the Heart", are all such themes. The response from the audience is also good, and they are all dramas with explosive ratings. This kind of theme, the plot is more grounded, more in line with everyone's life, and it is easier to resonate with the audience, and the ratings are naturally high.
April 15, which is today. CCTV eight sets will broadcast a new drama, starring Ma Yili, Bai Yu, Gao Xin, Tu Songyan, a large-scale urban family emotional drama "Dragon City", this drama has a strong lineup, many highlights, is a super drama, CCTV is going to make a big move this time.
Next, the editor will briefly talk to you about this drama, and interested audiences can use it as a reference.
1: What are you talking about?
When it comes to "Dragon City", don't associate this drama with "Dragon City Years". Although the name looks domineering, it is actually just the name of a city. And "Dragon City" is actually adapted from Di'an's novel Dragon City trilogy "West Decision", "East Neon" and "Nanyin", which is a standard urban emotional drama.
Zheng Dongni, Xi Jue and Zheng Nanyin are the 3 children of the Zheng family, and they have grown up together since childhood and have an excellent relationship. Although the 3 people are not biological, they are more like biological. Because of the influence of her original family, her eldest sister Zheng Dongni has been unbearable since she was a child, and she wants to leave her parents when she grows up. After repeatedly hitting a wall in his career, Zheng Dongni decided to marry away from Germany and leave Dragon City.
Before going abroad, Zheng Dongni hopes that Xi Zhi can also get rid of the shackles of his family and bravely pursue his own happiness. For this reason, he wants to break up Xijue's relationship with Chen Yan in order to take Xijue to Germany.
However, the sky did not go against his wishes. Although Chen Yan, Xidu's sweetheart, does not like herself, what she really likes is her little uncle. However, Nishi decided to stay and maintain the family. For this reason, Xi Zhi suffered the great pain of lost love, but he still wanted to help the uncle who suffered injustice to get justice.
The practice of "good old man" Xi Zhi sacrificing himself and dedicating himself to the family, Zheng Dongni saw it in her eyes, and she was even more determined to take away Xi Zhi. However, fortunately, there is no way to go, Zheng Dongni's best friend Jiang Wei entered his life when Xidu was in the most pain, and the two developed feelings and came together.
However, just when everything was going well, Zheng Dongni's marriage went wrong. Her relationship with her husband was broken, making two people jump, and the lawsuit for the child was fought from abroad to China, and Zheng Dongni, who wanted to escape the unhappy marriage and family, had a problem with her marriage, which made her particularly hurt.
At the same time, Zheng Dongni's father fell ill, and the death of his mother followed. Zheng Dongni, whose marriage failed and his family was broken, was extremely proud, but he was also difficult to endure the pain and invastation, and he was extremely tired, so he could only rely on Xi Zhi to take care of him.
And her younger sister Zheng Nanyin graduated from university, in order to get rid of her mother, she also made an unexpected move and married her boyfriend early. However, the marriage was not as beautiful as she dreamed of, and all kinds of frivolities followed, making her often have to go home to recuperate "wounds".
In this way, Zheng Dongni and Zheng Nanyin felt the warmth of Xidu under the care of Xidu, and at the same time understood the meaning of family.
Xi Jue seems to be a "good old man", who struggles to maintain family relationships, like a thousand arrows through the heart. However, for Xi Jue, he is not his biological child, he needs the warmth of family the most, and he also knows the meaning of family to everyone. Under the maintenance of the Western Decision, the Zheng family untied their hearts, and everyone gathered together warmly.
Through the introduction above, everyone can see at a glance the core idea of this drama, that is, "frivolous" and facing various tangled emotions in family relationships. Of course, this is also everyone's favorite.
After watching the plot introduction of "Dragon City", it reminded me of another drama of the same theme, "Home of the Heart" starring Haiqing, Tong Yao and Zhang Songwen, that drama is also full of various native family contradictions, various entangled contradictions, which are overwhelming.
Urban family dramas like "Dragon City", with intense dramatic conflicts and strong emotional elements, are most suitable for broadcast on TV platforms. Although the episode has not yet aired, I already have a hunch that a wave of fierce plot arguments is coming, so wait and see!
2: Cast
The director of "Dragon City" is Lin Yan, and the producer is Teng Huatao. Starring Ma Yili and Bai Yu, the main supporting roles are Liu Lin, Jie Bing, Gao Xin, Tu Songyan, Jiao Gang, Liu Lu, Zhang Duo, Shi Ke, etc. The protagonist plus supporting role, 10 well-known actors joined, all the drama bone strength, no young idols, no traffic stars, the lineup is strong and extremely solid.
With such a lineup, even if the script is average, the quality will not be bad, and everyone can watch it with confidence.
Among them, Teng Huatao I don't need to introduce too much. Audiences who watch domestic dramas all year round know that he is also a big figure in domestic urban emotional dramas, and his co-directed "Double Sided Tape" and "Snail House" are classic works that have been popular all over the country, and there are still many audiences who watch them repeatedly.
"Dragon City" can find Teng Huatao as a producer to check the quality, in fact, it has been half successful, Teng Huatao may not be able to direct the sci-fi film "Shanghai Fortress", but the urban family drama theme, he should be at hand.
In addition to Teng Huatao, in the cast of "Dragon City", the performance of 2 leading actors and 4 supporting roles is worth looking forward to!
3: Ma Yili
Ma Yili, I haven't seen Ma Yili for a long time.
Ma Yili is everyone's old acquaintance, whether it is film and television drama works, or personal entertainment industry experience, I think there are few audiences who do not know. In the early years, after coming out of the circle with "Struggle", Ma Yili at that time can be said to be popular all over the country, and the scenery is incomparable.
Later, she continued to participate in "Beautiful and Silent" and "Marriage Defense War", and her personal acting career reached its peak.
Unfortunately, however, Ma Yili, who was on the rise, suffered a marriage crisis. Since then, both the quality of her work and her personal popularity have declined significantly. It was silent for several years, until he collaborated with Jin Dong on "My First Half of Life", and gradually slowed down and got on the right track.
Along the way, Ma Yili has experienced ups and downs, which is not easy. However, sympathy to sympathy, you have to admit that Ma Yili has come up in age, and there are some young roles, and she is no longer suitable to play.
For example, "Qipao Detective" starring her has been questioned by everyone about pretending to be tender. In 2021, Ma Yili participated in "The Myth of Love", which was widely praised by the audience. This series of works proves that as long as Ma Yili is given the right role, she is still the drama bone power, but if the script is not suitable and the role is not suitable, she is also powerless.
This time, Ma Yili participated in "Dragon City" and played Zheng Dongni, in order to think that the challenge is not small, her performance deserves everyone's attention.
4: Bai Yu
I don't know how everyone knows Bai Yu, anyway, it's because I watched the high-scoring suspense drama "The Silent Truth" starring him. Speaking of which, I would also like to boast about this drama by the way, "The Silent Truth" is an almost perfect suspense drama in my mind, ranking first, and does not accept any rebuttal.
In the play, Bai Yu's interpretation of the character Jiang Yang is three-dimensional and expressive, which plays a sublimating role in the entire drama. Bai Yu's interpretation of the god is combined with the heavy plot, making the whole drama very easy to empathize with the audience, and the various plot pictures are unforgettable.
To this day, I recall some of the plots in the play, and I am still very touched.
Of course, Bai Yu is not a drama to go to the world, and the "Feng Qi Longxi" he cooperated with Chen Kun in 2022, as well as the family drama "Children of the Qiao Family" starring him, are all good works. Whether it is a suspense drama, a costume drama, or an emotional drama, Bai Yu is all at hand.
In "Dragon City", Bai Yu is also the absolute protagonist, he plays Xidu, the role positioning is the first good old man in the play, is an absolute warm man, very pleasant. This time, whether Bai Yu can return to the peak with this role is worth looking forward to!
5: Gao Xin
When it comes to Gao Xin, the first thing that comes to mind is "Yin Hao". Indeed, the Yin Hao he played back then did leave a deep impression on everyone. However, if you think that Gao Xin's representative is only Yin Hao, then you are very wrong.
Over the years, Gao Xin has unknowingly participated in many big dramas. Moreover, many roles, he has created very successfully, and even no one can see that he played them. For example, in "Langya List", he played the prince, and his mustache was glued, if I hadn't read the cast list in advance, I really wouldn't have recognized it.
Later, Gao Xin participated in the urban emotional drama "All Very Good", playing Su Mingzhe, which also left a deep impression on the audience. At that time, the character image of "death to save face and good big brother" created by him really made people love and hate.
Then, in 2021, Gao Xin collaborated with Jin Dong on "Breakout", and his performance was also excellent.
The most direct feeling of Gao Xin is that he has been challenging himself and constantly playing various types of roles. He can act in costume dramas, modern dramas, emotional dramas, workplace dramas, and even military dramas.
This time, Gao Xin participated in "Dragon City", I personally look forward to his performance, and hope that he can surprise the audience again.
6: Liu Lin
Mention Liu Lin, this is also everyone's old acquaintance.
Her performance in the classic era emotional drama "Parental Love" can be described as amazing, and Jiang Dehua is one of the rare highlight roles in the play under her shaping. Liu Lin's expressive interpretation gives people an immersive look, feeling that she is the character itself.
Watching "Parental Love", the deepest impression of the editor is the "midwifery" scene performed by Liu Lin and Liu Tianchi, Jiang Dehua and Wang Xiu'e faced An Jie to give birth late at night, the two people chattered, and completed the "delivery" task in a confused way, which is very dramatic and unforgettable.
Looking back on this singing play, Liu Lin and Liu Tianchi's various exaggerated expressions are still deep in my mind.
Of course, Liu Lin's masterpiece is not only "Parental Love", she played Wang Ruofu in "Do You Know It", and Zhou Chunhong in "Hidden Corner" are also very amazing.
Liu Lin has been promoted to the new treasure actor in the editor's mind, and I personally look forward to her performance in "Dragon City".
7: Ice knots
The first time I remembered the festival, it was because of a photo.
At that time, when this photo came out, there were various sounds, and many people regarded the information in this photo as a representative of optimism. Obviously there was a car accident, the couple still smiled and took photos with their broken car to show optimism.
However, the actual situation is that this photo is just a still of Jie Bing, and the car in the picture is a prop in their film and television drama. The two were not injured either.
However, although the information does not match, this photo made me remember the actor's festival ice.
In 2021, Jie Bing and Haiqing collaborated on the urban emotional drama "Home of the Heart", in which he played Gu Shihong, and his expressive interpretation made me thoroughly remember his acting skills. Jie Bing's line skills are strong, and his personal acting skills are delicate, giving people a feeling that can be described in one word, that is, "stable".
His performance can give you the feeling of acting textbook, so that you can't find a single flaw. This time, Jie Bing participated in "Dragon City", as an old drama bone, I will personally focus on it.
8: Tu Songyan
Tu Songyan is also an old acquaintance of everyone. In the early years, he was also Teng Huatao's royal actor. The two have collaborated on many classic domestic dramas, such as "Double Sided Tape", "Worm House", "Wang Gui and Anna", and "Double Sided Tape".
It can be said that Teng Huatao's peak is also the peak of Tu Songyan. At that time, Tu Songyan could not only play the protagonist, but also played a supporting role, and various roles were easily used, loved by the audience, and were also very popular.
However, it is a pity that after the peak, Tu Songyan experienced a period of silence. In recent years, although he has also participated in many film and television works. However, there are very few people who can really get their hands on it, especially compared with Haiqing in the same period, which is much worse.
Such as "Hengshan Hospital", as well as "Unconfused Journey", etc., in these film and television dramas, although Tu Songyan's performance is okay, the quality of the drama is difficult to say, and it is really impossible to get a hand.
However, fortunately, in 2023, the two film and television dramas he participated in, one "The Three-Body Problem" and one "To a Windy Place" have achieved good results, which can be regarded as saving word of mouth.
Participating in "Dragon City", cooperating with familiar directors again, or the theme he is good at, Tu Songyan's performance is worth looking forward to.
9: Say more
I guess a lot of people don't know.
Noon Sun's "Ode to Joy 4" has been broadcast.
Of course, you can't blame everyone for this. Although "Ode to Joy 4" is a super IP against the noon sun. However, "Ode to Joy 3" has already been seen, the quality is average, the rhythm is mediocre, and it is difficult to raise everyone's appetite.
Moreover, the story of "Ode to Joy 4" continues the previous one, and the audience is even less interested.
However, don't be discouraged. One drama is not good, and the next drama, "Dragon City" is coming?
Ma Yili and Bai Yu's "Dragon City" premiered on April 17. And on April 23, this drama will also be simultaneously landed on Oriental Satellite TV and start the second round of broadcasting. A film and television drama, the first round has not yet been broadcast, and the second round has been set, which shows the status of this drama in the hearts of TV stations.
Although the episode has not yet started, I dare not say the quality. But the drama "Dragon City" has many stories to see, a strong cast, not only with the strong promotion of CCTV, but also with the support of local satellite TV, it is difficult for this "Dragon City" to be popular.
I dare to assert that this drama has the potential to become a hit of the year and will soon be popular all over the country! Everyone wait and see!
Attached is a drama calendar, which can be collected for reference!
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