has only aired 4 episodes, and the ratings have broken 2.5, and finally there is a CCTV period drama that makes me stay up all night chasing it
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The period drama is out again.
The theme of the era has always been favored by the audience, especially CCTV's period dramas, which are the word-of-mouth guarantee in the hearts of the audience, and many masterpieces have been born.
For example, "Parents' Love" and "Big River" directed by Kong Sheng, etc., the audience never gets tired of watching them, and the big drama at the beginning of 2022, "The World" directed by Li Lu has achieved a big hit in the whole circle.
It is not difficult to see from the success of these works that good period dramas have a strong creative team.
And at the beginning of 2024, CCTV will send another ace player-
"South to North", directed by Zheng Xiaolong and written by Gao Mantang, it seems that the main creative team has won at the starting line.
Sure enough, the first four episodes were broadcast, and the peak ratings exceeded 2.5, and finally there was a CCTV period drama that made me stay up all night chasing it.
The growth history of the Hinayana police brings out the development of the times
"South to North" tells the story of the old policeman Ma Kui (played by Ding Yongdai) and the young policeman Wang Xin (played by Bai Jingting) who do not know each other and cherish each other in the end.
As soon as the story opened, two problems were placed in front of Wang Xin.
The first problem: the train catches the thief.
Wang Xingang graduated from the police academy and was assigned to the railway as a police officer, and he couldn't stop to patrol back and forth on the train every day.
On this day, he finally encountered the case, and as soon as he helped the eldest mother catch the chicken, he heard a passenger in the carriage shouting-
The package is lost.
Wang Xin hurriedly stepped forward to ask what valuables were in the bag, and the passenger said hesitantly that there were three baked cakes and some medicinal herbs in it, and he was embarrassed to surround the two of them.
But adhering to the idea of not letting go of a bad guy, Wang Xin took the passengers to guard the exit of the train station to see who could come out with the bag, and waited for a long time without waiting.
Wang Xin had an idea, and asked the announcer on the train to read the prompt for the train to start, and the thief was really fooled, hid his bag in his clothes, and came out with his stomach covered.
This sneaky appearance is waiting for someone to arrest it, Wang Xin immediately stepped forward without saying a word, subdued the thief, and took back the baked cakes that the passengers used money to make stuffing.
After that, the passengers were placed in a safe position, and the first problem was solved, and the second problem followed.
The second problem: recognize the "thief" as the "father".
Wang Xin hadn't caught the thief yet, and when he saw the police escorting the criminals during his inspection, he instantly had more eyes and always paid attention to the movements of the criminals.
Not surprisingly, the prisoner broke free from the police on the pretext of going to the toilet and was about to jump out of the bathroom to escape.
The suspect jumped out of the car and ran away and sprained Wang Xin's hand, but unexpectedly, a few days later, Wang Xin saw the "suspect" in the office again, and locked the other party in the wardrobe while he was not prepared with a few moves.
As soon as the leader came, Wang Xin stood in place and begged for praise, but he didn't think about it, the leader directly untied the other party's handcuffs and introduced Wang Xin - this is his new master, Ma Kui.
It turned out that Ma Kui was unjustly sentenced to ten years in prison, and he had just cleared his grievances and resumed his police membership, and it was also a misunderstanding to break free from the shackles on the train.
Just worshiped the master and got married, Wang Xin's life in the future will not be easy.
Compared with many period dramas that impatiently throw out a series of period drama title scenes at the beginning, Zheng Xiaolong is slow and eloquent, and spreads out the background and scenes of the story one by one, and the future story has a foundation.
And the life on the train is the story that Zheng Xiaolong wants to tell the most.
The lineup is luxurious, and all the members are acting
CCTV has no weak dramas, and every drama that CCTV has watched is not weak.
This is even more true of "South to North", all the members are powerful actors, and even the tricks with few cameos are also familiar to the audience.
The overall acting skills are definitely good in this year's national dramas.
The first place, Ding Yongdai.
Ding Yongdai's performance in period dramas is a must, when playing the role, he gestures, and his expression and eyes reveal a sense of story.
This sense of story is not the kind of explosive performance, but contains the confidence of the characters' experiences.
Ma Kui was escorted by the police before he cleared his suspicion, and he only showed his face and didn't say anything, and that force came out very fiercely.
Later, when he was handcuffed to the wardrobe by Wang Xin, he saw the leader come in gloating with a look of schadenfreude, waiting for Wang Xin to look foreign, and when he learned that Wang Xin's father was his friend many years ago, he was stunned.
Needless to say, there must be something between Wang's father and Ma Kui, good acting skills are like this, they can lay the groundwork for the plot, and Ding Yongdai acted wonderfully.
second place, Liu Jun.
Liu Jun finally stopped playing the children's bad father, this time, he played Wang's father is a good father.
His performance is hidden in the details, accurately performing the kindness of the character, cooking for his son every day, taking care of his son's daily life, and carefully picking all the meat on the bones into his son's bowl when eating, and snorting the bone stick himself.
Seeing his son injured, while warning his son to pay attention to safety, he thought of his deceased wife, and the regret in his eyes was self-evident.
Liu Jun acted so sincerely and gently, and instantly completed the sublimation of the role.
third place, Bai Jingting.
Bai Jingting's acting skills are not particularly good, but his performance is natural enough, and he is not stunned when he is placed in a bunch of acting schools.
In the new play, Bai Jingting plays the protagonist Wang Xin, who plays the madness of the role.
For the first time, I was working with my master to show off my achievements in the police academy, and I couldn't hide the pride and pride on my face.
When he was ridiculed by his colleagues for doing bad things with good intentions, the little eyes hiding outside the door were resentful and embarrassed, and the audience in front of the screen was happy.
Bai Jingting played against a group of actors, and he didn't lose at all, and it was not easy to be among the traffic actors.
In addition, there are also Jin Chen, Ni Dahong, Liu Guanlin, Jiang Yan and other actors in the play, and it is these brilliant performances that make the audience want to continue watching.
Epilogue:
After watching a few episodes, "South to North" has great potential to be a hit.
On the one hand, the show is full of pyrotechnics.
The creators meticulously portrayed the various lives on the train, the people in the neighborhood are sophisticated, real and down-to-earth, and full of substitution.
The costumes in the play are also very detailed, full of a sense of age.
On the other hand, the actors' performances are in place.
Ma Kui's profundity, Wang Xin's recklessness and the characteristics of each character are perfectly interpreted by the actors, forming a wonderful group portrait of the era.
If the actor plays well, the audience will naturally enter the play.
As long as the follow-up plot does not collapse, "South to North" is another hit of the era, and the ratings of the premiere have already proved it.
What do you think of this drama?