CCTV's premiere ratings broke 1, and Guo Jingfei's new drama firmly caught my eye as soon as it started

Last month, the college entrance examination just ended, and many candidates were on the hot search because of their "post-exam speeches".

In the face of questions from reporters outside the examination room, these post-00s did not follow the routine at all.

Facing the camera, the group of candidates began to shout fancy.

Some people became social cows as soon as they came out of the examination room, grabbed the camera and directly shouted Olympic champion Ma Long:

Play two more years, don't retire!

Some people turned into variety show masters and commented on a variety show:

Director, Zhang Zihao (contestant) should not be eliminated!

Some people shouted out the tears of the times for countless netizens:

Let's restore the old space, it's too ugly now

Some people use a one-click three-in-a-row tone to "pave the way" for their future workplace self in advance:

Cancel the holiday! Cancel the holiday! Cancel the holiday!

The faces full of vitality, coupled with playful and lively speeches, make the wanton and free of the student days very distinct.

And this also makes many people feel that it is really good to be young, and they can't help but miss their high school years.

In combination with hot spots, I have to say that CCTV is really good at it.

A few weeks after the college entrance examination ended, CCTV broadcast a TV series with the theme of college entrance examination candidates in a set of prime time:

"The Day of Chasing the Light"

Starring Guo Jingfei and Ren Min, the play tells the story of the "poor student class" of a high school who changed its appearance under the leadership of the new class teacher.

After three episodes of the premiere, the show's market response was quite good.

On the first day of broadcasting, the ratings of the show easily broke 1 and entered the fourth position in the country.

On the online broadcasting platform, the drama directly topped the hot list of campus TV dramas.

In the comment area, many netizens also praised the texture of the work:

It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a potential for explosives, and I have watched the best quality youth dramas in the past 2 years.

The casting is very close, and the youthful atmosphere of boys and girls comes to my face, dreaming back to my high school days.

Very typical Chinese teenager youth, every point pokes the memory, this drama wins numb.

Next, let Qingshi talk to you about what are the highlights of this work.

01. Enter the play: A "jumping off the building" scene, which firmly grabbed my eye at the beginning

In general campus dramas, the opening game often directly cuts to the topic of the campus.

But this "Chasing the Light" has a lot of personality, it is not.

The beginning of the story is not on campus, but with a rooftop "jumping off a building" play.

Shortly after the episode begins, a young man dressed in society looks at the scenery on the rooftop.

At this time, the man glanced back casually, but his eyes were frightened by the scene in front of him.

Ooh! Boy!

A girl who looked like a student was walking towards the corner of the rooftop, her eyes staring straight into the distance.

Could it be that she was going to jump off the building?

Seeing that the situation was critical, the man hurried forward to stop it, trying to save the young man in front of him with a piece of chicken soup for the soul.

Under the girl's hesitation, the man simply threw himself straight forward and tried to pounce on the girl.

Between pulls, the two directly fell off the rooftop...

This is only the first episode, is it about to release a life case?

Of course not.

Then the camera switches and everything is an oolong.

Under the rooftop, there is also a small flat ground paved with garbage bins.

The girl did not commit suicide, but just came to the rooftop to relax.

After being dragged off the rooftop for no apparent reason, she was extremely annoyed by unwarranted interference.

After doing bad things with good intentions, the scene of the man helplessly tiptoeing should also be in line with the embarrassing state of mind at this time...

At the beginning of the series, this "jumping scene" with wrong entry and exit caught the audience's attention and let us quickly enter the play with a fun style.

And it was also this scene that quickly paved the way for the personalities of the two core characters of this play...

02. Main Line: The wonderful encounter between a "melancholic" student and a "hapless" teacher

After this rooftop episode, the campus plot of this play kicked off here.

These two characters, who were not very pleasant to meet at the first time, have a different connection in the subsequent plot.

The girl's name is Ren Zhen (played by Ren Min), and she is a senior in high school.

Just like the melancholy painting style on the rooftop, she is also the same bitter melon face on campus.

In the plot, this introverted and sensitive girl also has an additional layer of identity - a repeat student.

Due to the psychological pressure of the previous year, she failed to get the ideal score, and she was a certain distance from her dream medical college.

The grades already made her depressed, and the operation of her parents made her feel worse.

In the volunteer stage, his father's statement that "there are acquaintances in medical science" made the heroine confused and apply for the medical college with a higher score line.

But in the end, the result of being defrauded by a fraud organization made the father and daughter a lesson from society.

After failing to fill in the volunteer, she passively entered a school called Tsing Wan Middle School to repeat her studies.

The background and encounter of the characters also make people understand her unsmiling style.

On the other hand, the rooftop man played by Guo Jingfei has a social identity related to the school.

The character's name is Hao Nan, and he is a re-employed teacher.

And just like the experience of saving people from embarrassment on the rooftop, Hao Nan's career and life are also constantly embarrassed...

He was originally a teacher, but he was forced to leave the school due to a teaching dispute and passively lost his job.

While waiting for work at home, Hao Nan, who had long literary hair, ran into various job losses because of this look.

Such a social person shape also makes him look at differently by many social people.

When standing at the door of the store, he will be politely dissuaded by the clerk;

When he sees righteousness on the rooftop, he also scares girls because of his appearance.

But when the character seemed to be about to lie flat, he received a call from the Educational Affairs Office of Qingyun Middle School.

After the shortage of teachers at the middle school, he was recommended to the school.

At this point, Hao Nan and repeat student Ren Zhen became a pair of teachers and students.

One is to restart school, and the other is to restart career.

These two also need to prove their roles, and they also start their own "chasing the light" journey through a new round of college entrance examinations.

03. Core: Restore the appearance of the senior three sentient beings and take you back to campus time

The main line of "Days of Chasing the Light" is not complicated.

Through the dual perspectives of re-employment teacher Hao Nan and repeat student Ren Zhen, this campus story unfolds in two lines.

At present, the series has only started 3 episodes, and the plot is still in the foreshadowing stage.

But judging from the painting style, this period of campus life is extremely realistic, and the resonant comments in the comment area are endless.

In this high school senior phase, there are no youthful and painful plots such as "early love" or "abortion".

Yes, it's just the truest side of campus life.

For example, various images that trigger the audience's "examination room DNA".

From all kinds of college entrance examination slogans that fit the theme, to the books folded on the desk and the endless papers, to the inside and outside of the examination room like a live shoot, it makes people feel familiar.

And the "examination room anxiety" of the heroine of the repeat student made many people call it true.

When she encounters the practice papers she encountered the year before, she will also feel a little bored, and when there is nowhere to vent, she will also anxiously scribble on the rolls.

Another example is the "rebellious" factor on campus.

And in the class, there will always be some naughty students who do not work very hard.

When the female protagonist was seriously doing the question, there were male students who tried to attract her attention with a wave of ridicule.

And all kinds of fights after class, there is also his figure.

Such a naughty object is believed to have been encountered by many people when they were students.

Another example is the "ignorance" complex in high school;

The senior student played by Wang Yuan repeated a grade due to physical reasons, and after returning to school, a primary school girl immediately came forward to shush and ask for warmth.

In the girl's eyes, the enthusiasm with a little shyness also plays the ignorant good feeling of the opposite sex at this age very real.

For this 30-episode work, the current series is just beginning.

But the plot of the first three episodes has given us a familiar shadow of high school life.

From the perspective of restoration, this drama is indeed shot very right.

04. Lineup: The overall star flavor is insufficient, and the main theme is "old with new"

This "Days of Chasing Light", the cast is actually quite innovative.

Compared with the popularity of other works, the cast of this new CCTV drama is mostly newcomer actors.

It has to be said that inviting these newcomers with limited popularity has obvious disadvantages for the attractiveness of the series.

But at least for now, the chemistry of this group of newcomers working together in the play is not bad.

The youthful face that fits the character and the performance that suits the character's personality make these newcomers like high school students in reality, naturally presented in the lens, and will not make people feel like a play.

In addition to these newcomers, there are not many well-known actors.

But judging by the first three episodes, at least three actors played brilliantly.

The first one, Guo Jingfei, who plays a re-employment teacher.

In the play, he mainly plays a contrasting interpretation.

From the depressed appearance when he was waiting for work with long hair in the early stage, to the capable painting style after returning to the teaching position, the two faces that changed greatly before and after made the character's face-changing acting skills recognized.

And in the overall relaxed plot atmosphere, Guo Jingfei also played the funny side of the character.

The second place, national first-class actor Ma Shuliang.

He once played Liu Xing's biological father in "Family with Children", and this time played the role of the principal in the play.

In the play, his role focuses on the style of "broad and benevolent".

When dealing with students, the character is always that amiable look, with a smile in his eyes.

Even in dialogue with subordinate teachers, the principal encourages more than blames.

Between the words and demeanor, the image of a kind and kind elder in the field of education stood up.

The third place is young actor Ren Min.

The rising star born in 1999, despite his young age, has participated in nearly 30 works so far.

Compared with other newcomers, she has more acting experience, and she also bears the burden of the heroine.

Playing the role of repeater Ren Zhen, she plays the character's strong appearance and sensitive inner character very vividly.

On the outside, the character is depressed because he failed the college entrance examination, and the cold and melancholy painting style is very distinct.

But inside, behind the silence, the heroine who has an obsession with the college entrance examination has a stubborn posture that is also very clear.

Compared with other national dramas with lineups as the selling point, this new CCTV drama can be regarded as a "plot as a selling point".

With a large number of newcomers, the play has received praise for its realistic portrayal of "high school life".

From the perspective of the core of the plot, "The Day of Chasing the Light" did not go to extremes.

There is neither the preparation plot of "excessive chicken blood" in the plot, nor the early lover character of "crazy pouring dog blood", and some are just a restoration of the original appearance of high school life.

High school, whether bitter or beautiful, is an important time in a person's life.

The college entrance examination is an important moment that has affected the trajectory of countless people's lives.

Therefore, the more realistic it can be filmed on the campus plot, the more it can resonate with the general audience.

This can be proved from the premiere data and word-of-mouth of this lineup of "Days of Chasing Light".

I have to say that this time CCTV threw out a good drama with explosive potential, and it also told us a truth:

To shoot a good school drama, it is not about the plot being playful, but about the plot being real.

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