Starts tonight! The 38-episode period drama is coming, 6 powerful people are sitting in town, led by Tang Zeng
As we all know, period dramas are the fastest rising drama genre in the field of Chinese dramas in the past two years.
In previous years, "White Deer Plain", "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky", "Parental Love" and "Zhiqing" are all excellent works in period dramas.
However, most of the premiere ratings of these word-of-mouth dramas that year were not outstanding, and some were even dismal.
But since last year's CCTV's "The World" word-of-mouth ratings double explosion, period dramas have gradually secured the throne of "one brother" in the field of national dramas.
From "The World", "Ordinary Days" to "The Road of Life", period dramas have become popular one after another, and the recent "The Sea of Dreams", the ratings have exploded again.
But then again, more than a year has passed since the explosion of "The World", and the period dramas are hot, but there has never been another drama to take the title of "drama king".
Some are classic adaptations with poor tones, and some are idol drama elements in period dramas that cause doubts, in short, the taste is not correct enough.
And the real masterpiece of period drama should be like a strong wine into the throat, mellow in the mouth, and endless aftertaste.
Can the drama afford this heavy responsibility?
Perhaps this period drama with an industrial theme, which will be broadcast tonight, can create a surprise - "Quenching Dan Xin".
The theme, look at the title of the play, you can understand that the steel industry drama, the original name of the play "Red House", directly to the hearts of the older generation of steel workers, the dormitory building of Wugang back then, is not a row of red houses.
Starring, no top class, no big name, are all powerful, male and female protagonists Tang Zeng, Lu Yi, as well as He Rong, Zhang Chao, Dong Qing, etc.
platform, landing on Guangdong Satellite TV prime time from June 14, Anhui Satellite TV from June 21 for the second round, and Hubei Satellite TV for the third round. Although it has not been scheduled for CCTV or first-line satellite TV, but it can be strongly promoted by the relay of three David TV, this drama must have something.
Period dramas are flesh and skin, and industrial dramas are bone and blood.
Then look at this period drama with an industrial theme, can it be integrated into the furnace of the years, and then refine the "quenched danxin" for the domestic period drama?
1, the theme of steelworkers, another explosive candidate for the era industrial drama? This time it's going to come for real!
This is a drama that can feel its weight from the title, but really speaking, its "background" is indeed "weighty".
This drama is one of the 100 key TV drama projects of the State Administration of Radio and Television.
The series has been started as early as November 2019, but during the filming helplessly encountered the epidemic, stopped filming and re-filmed, after twists and turns, it took more than three years to finally meet the audience.
Although it has not been broadcast on CCTV, the most suitable platform for period dramas, it can be favored by three David TVs at the same time, the first round has not yet been broadcast, and the second and third rounds of broadcasting are arranged, why?
First of all, this is another film and television work with an industrial theme.
In the past two years, the audience has seen industrial dramas such as "Top Priority" and "Promise You Ten Thousand Lights", but in fact, if the shooting had not gone through twists and turns, "Quenching Danxin" should have been the first to eat crabs.
Look at the story, the play tells the story of the mid-eighties, when Geng Yunhui (played by Tang Zeng), a high-achieving student of Jianghan Iron and Steel Institute, was expelled from school and slumped, his father Geng Weidong was held accountable for the research and development accident to make him reinvigorate, after entering Jianggang work, Geng Yunhui went through a series of research and development and challenges, and finally grew into a responsible and responsible Jianggang person.
It can be said that the main line of "Quenching Danxin" is summarized in two words: steelmaking.
To summarize the two main elements of the story:
The first is the theme of the steel industry.
The whole drama will focus on our own steel enterprises in China, on the basis of starting late and being stuck in the neck, catching up and finally quenching into steel.
The word "steel" is undoubtedly one of the most "hardcore" elements of this era industrial drama, there is no messy emotional line, and there is no idol drama element that cannot be erased, that is, steelmaking.
Three generations of steel people have calmed down to break the shackles of Western technology, completed the introduction, digestion and absorption innovation of the "one meter seven" project, realized the advancement of steelmaking technology from passive "introduction" to active "going out", and achieved the transformation and upgrading of modern steel industry.
But because a lot of professional knowledge is involved, coupled with the public's unfamiliarity with the steel industry, how to do "in-depth and simple" and let the audience understand is a difficult point.
Fortunately, I found the idea of solving the problem in the episode -
The second is the element of period drama.
As long as you connect the development of the steel industry with people, the story will look good.
The core protagonist of the story is the male protagonist Geng Yunhui played by Tang Zeng.
He was originally a senior student of Jianghan Iron and Steel Institute, and invented the "converter gas automatic ignition device" during his college years, which won the attention and appreciation of Jianghan Iron and Steel leaders.
But the "paper plagiarism" incident appeared, his good brother hurt people in order to stand up for him, and the righteous Geng Yunhui stood up for his brother.
As a result, the school was expelled and detained for six months.
When it rained overnight, his father was held accountable for a major accident while developing a new steel grade, but Geng Yunhui was inspired to fight and join the steel plant to start from the bottom, and finally complete the transformation step by step.
In the process, he encountered humiliation from Japanese experts and questioning from foreign collaborators, but in the end, he impressed the countries that had been despised by his ability.
So you see, although it is a steel theme, the story is still very good-looking and burning.
The dilemma encountered by the male protagonist is also the price of the late start of the mainland steel industry. are all force majeure factors.
The most powerful thing about "Quenching Dan Heart" is this——
Focusing the story on three generations of steel people, complex clues and character relationships can be advanced at the same time.
But being able to take care of their respective lengths and be methodical.
Finally, the ups and downs of the new Chinese steel industry in the past forty years have been tempered.
Second, the gold medal director + all the strength, this drama lineup is "rigid" enough
For a drama to look good, the first step is to find the right person. That is, who to direct and who to act.
The director + actor of "Quenching Danxin" has a common characteristic: unpretentious and tough enough.
The director of the play, Xiang Yong, served as the executive director of "The Right Way is Vicissitudes in the World" directed by Zhang Li, and also participated in the creation of "Revolutionaries Are Always Young" and "The Legend of the Great Southwest Bandits" and other word-of-mouth masterpieces.
This is a director who is good at period dramas, historical dramas and other heavy drama themes, with him, "Quenching Dan Xin" not only has a guaranteed painting style and image, but also will definitely not be made into an era idol drama.
Look at the actors again.
The actors of this drama have no traffic, and they are not famous.
It's a show.
Let's talk about the first one, Tang Zeng
Many viewers have a misunderstanding of Tang, thinking that he is a powerful actor who has only risen by strength in recent years.
In fact, Tang Zeng, who graduated from the play, played the leading role for the first time in the period drama "Zhiqing" as early as 2012, and he interpreted the simple and enthusiastic blood of Zhao Tianliang, a young man in Beijing, very well, and every expression and every action was impeccable.
The final episode Douban 8.5, he was also recognized for successfully portraying this character.
But as said at the beginning of the article, the real popularity of period drama ratings is in recent years, and Tang Zeng 11 years ago did not gain much dividends because of his outstanding performance in this big drama, and gradually fell silent.
From the protagonist to the supporting role, until the broadcast of "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes", he was re-noticed with the role of the honest and cowardly Wang Qinglai. also because the axis of the characters is played too vividly, the audience substitutes the plot to spit on the characters.
However, this role reopened Tang Zeng's drama path, and then there was the horse bolt in "The Road of Life".
This role originally appeared as a female protagonist, but Tang Zeng played it too well, so that this kind and simple, hard-working, affectionate, down-to-earth and brainy character circled a large wave of fans, and even the charm of the role overshadowed the male protagonist Gao Garin.
It can be seen that Tang Zeng is not only good at period dramas, but also a period drama general, and the period dramas he participated in are one fire, and the latest "Long Season" is popular again.
Tang once played Li Qun's character is very unpleasant, but it is this lively character that sets off Ma Desheng's single-minded determination to solve the case.
Tang Zeng's acting skills are still stable.
The audience believes that with his acting skills, he can stand up to the characters in any period drama, but what is missing is an opportunity.
This time finally played a protagonist, the character is emotional, brainy, ambitious, can be said to be a role tailored for Tang Zeng, there is no doubt that he can play well, the question is only, is it enough to make him out of the circle again.
The second place, Lu Yi
The female lead in the play is Lu Yi, who is regarded as the "bead" of the film and television industry.
Lu Yi is a rare in internal entertainment, to have a face, to have acting skills, to have a representative work, but it is a low-key actress who "is not popular".
Lu was selected by Tsui Hark as soon as he debuted, and subsequent dramas such as "Flying Immortals in the Sky" and "Flying Fox in Snow Mountain" can be regarded as childhood dramas of a generation.
Although the facial features are exquisite and the ancient costume is extremely eye-catching, Lu Yi has repeatedly challenged period dramas, especially the Shanxi girl He Xiulian in "Ordinary World", who was hammered by the "Northwest Hammer King" Wang Lei from beginning to end, in fact, he was put in the heart of men, and the hammer was reluctant to hammer.
The heroine Ju Xiya played by Lu Yi in "Quenching Dan Heart" is the ex-girlfriend of the male protagonist.
As an experienced period drama actor, Lu Yi's performance is undoubtedly worth looking forward to.
The third place, Dong Qing
"Quenching Dan Heart" is characterized by actors who are good at discovering treasures.
When the filming of the series began, Tang Zeng was still a small transparent in the entertainment industry, and Dong Qing was too, and now they are all beginning to emerge.
Many viewers know Dong Qing through the role of "Beta" in the TV series "The Best of Us", although this role is a supporting role, but she is beautiful and has a beautiful career, and can be said to be the most popular female character in the whole play.
But this drama did not let Dong Qing out of the circle.
After several years of silence, Ge Yue in "Home of the Heart" let her be seen by the audience again.
This year's two word-of-mouth dramas have her, "Go to the Direction of the Wind" she played the small courtyard manager Xie Xiaochun, who is cheerful in doing things, and Du Mei in "Thirteen Years of Dust", is a dust woman but not vulgar, and even a little pitying, there are not many scenes but leave an impression on the audience.
In the next "Splendid", she will also cooperate with Guo Jingfei, who is obviously an actress who has entered a rising period.
The chemical reaction between her and Tang Zeng in this drama is also expected.
The fourth place, He Rong
This national first-class actor plays the heroine's father in the play and is also the former father-in-law of Tang Zeng's character.
In recent years, He Rong has played Zhang Fu in "Shang Food", Jin Changmao in "Positive Youth", Director Ding in "Fox Hunting", etc., and the most out-of-the-loop role should be Zhao Xilu in "Sword in the Snow".
Although there are not many scenes, the rivalry scenes with Zhang Ruoyun are very exciting.
Such an old actor is good at setting off the protagonist while leaving the brilliance of his own role, and I am waiting to see his rivalry with the male and female protagonists.
The fifth place, Zhang Chao
Zhang Chao plays the male protagonist and his father, and he is also an older generation of steel people.
This audience may not be familiar with him, but in the 80s of last century, Zhang Chao was a well-known popular male star, starring in a series of popular films such as "Ah, Cradle", "Strange Friends", "Qiu Jin", "Echoes of Qilian Mountain" and "Corner Forgotten by Love".
After entering 2000, Zhang Chao's most famous work should be the "Six Groups of Serious Cases" series, and in recent years, he has appeared in big dramas such as "Crazy" and "Wind and Rain Send Spring Home".
Although the position of the male protagonist no longer belongs to him, it is important for him to appear, and there is weight.
The sixth place, Dong Kefei
Although not very famous, this young actor is definitely a gold medal supporting role in Chinese dramas in recent years.
He is Lin Dabao in "Qing Yu Nian", Cui Yingjun in "Perfect Relationship", Hong Store Manager in "An Home", and Chen Dazhuang in "I Am Yu Huanshui".
Although most of his plays are villains, he is characterized by playing unlikable villains or harlequins vividly and with a bit of cuteness.
It depends on how he plays this time.
3. How to break through the era industrial drama? This drama may be able to make a sample
In recent years, period dramas have indeed become more and more popular with the audience.
But in terms of subdivision, the most popular period dramas are actually 3 categories.
The first is the family emotional drama of the era.
For example, 2014's "Parental Love" has become a ratings artifact for various Davids to see replays, and there are always viewers watching them at any time. The success of "The World" and "The Road of Life" also proves that this type of audience really loves to watch.
The second is period historical dramas, such as "The Age of Awakening" and other heavy era historical dramas, as long as the story is qualified, the interpretation of the acting school can often make the drama have a long aftertaste.
The third is the struggle inspirational drama of era + regional characteristics. For example, "Mountains and Seas" and "Ordinary World" have gained good reputation and ratings stamina.
And some period dramas are easy to applaud or not to be popular.
For example, "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky", which opens the door to commercial period dramas for the audience. Zhang Yi and Yin Tao played on the same stage and won both awards, but such a high-quality period drama, the ratings of that year can only be said to be mediocre.
The other category is the type of industry with a high threshold.
For example, the "Great Rivers" series starring Wang Kai, although it is already an ace in industrial dramas, the plot and character shaping have nothing to say, but only the first one has good ratings, and the ratings of the second can only be said to be mediocre.
In the end, it is still the industrial theme and the audience that have a wall.
Zhao Liying's "Wind Blows Half Summer" ratings are successful, in addition to the high-energy plot full of twists and superb acting skills, and Zhao Liying's transformation to the addition of the drama is not unrelated.
But "Quenching Dan Xin" has neither a pleasing period drama theme nor a top-notch blessing, how to break the circle? Just for the period industrial drama sample.
This is a story based on the story of China's steel industry from poverty to peak, the theme is grand, but the content is not boring.
Judging by the trailer, burning is the keyword.
How did this feeling come about?
The first is to seek truth.
The reason why the play made the audience wait for three years is because it was filmed in 2019, in time for the Wuhan lockdown, it encountered many difficulties, but in order to truly restore the scenes of steel making, the drama team still went to the steel mill to shoot on the spot.
The second is to shoot the taste of period dramas.
The title of the play "Quenching Dan Xin" is very good, whether it is steel or people, you must go through a roaring fire quenching to refine "Dan Xin".
"Quenching Danxin" is a period industrial drama, but who said that the era industrial drama must be filmed "old-fashioned" and "tasteless", it can also become interesting and make people of all ages love to watch.
As a steelworker-themed TV series, it is easy to win the recognition of middle-aged and elderly audiences, which has a basic rating.
In addition, Guangdong Satellite TV's recent drama ratings have increased significantly, often comparable to first-line satellite TV ratings such as Zhejiang Jiangsu, which provides conditions for drama integration to become a dark horse.
The rest, depending on the quality of the series, can trigger the deep Chinese feelings in the hearts of countless people.
Compared with other Western countries, mainland industry and other industries started late, and the 70s and 80s were still lagging behind significantly.
However, the older generation has always been "poor and strong", and finally completed the counterattack and overtake.
The conditions of "Quenching Dan Heart" are not gorgeous enough in all aspects, but if there is really a Dan Xin, then the result will be like our steel industry——
Poor mountains are far from the sea and cannot be stopped.