40 episodes of financial anti-corruption dramas are coming, Yu Hewei Wang Xiao is in charge, another dark horse drama in 2024

Many people must still remember that during the Spring Festival of 2024, CCTV's New Year's drama "Flowers", "South to North", and "The Years of Great Rivers are Like Songs" brought by several big dramas.

In fact, at the 2024 "CCTV Drama Watching Main Station" event, CCTV announced four major dramas, and the 2024 Central 1 and Central 8 dramas will be broadcast.

These four dramas are "Flowers", "The Years of the Great River are Like a Song", "South to North", and "City in the City".

The first three "Flowers", "The Years of the Great River" and "The South to the North" have all been broadcast one after another around the Spring Festival, and almost every one of them has a strong response, which can be regarded as a real hit with both ratings and word-of-mouth.

Only the business war drama "City in the City" has not been broadcast so far, and many viewers can be said to have been waiting for it from the Spring Festival to the present.

Now finally ushered in the news of the start of broadcasting.

In the past two days, "City in the City" has released a finalized trailer, which will be broadcast on CCTV from April 9 (next Tuesday), on the online platform iQiyi.

So, why can this "City in the City" be included in one of the four major dramas of CCTV in 2024, and why does it have such high expectations, we might as well take a look.

1. Story: Reveal the real inside story of the financial industry, and the faces of all people in the financial industry, from executives to ordinary employees.

"A City in the City" is adapted from Teng Xiaolan's novel of the same name, telling the story of Tao Wuji (played by Bai Yufan), a young man in a small town, who was admitted to the Binjiang branch of Shenmao Bank and started as a teller at the bottom.

Tao Wuji is down-to-earth and hardworking, and soon stood out from his work. Zhao Hui, the president of the branch, took a fancy to his talent and energy, and decided to cultivate him and let him become his apprentice.

Under Zhao Hui's careful cultivation, Tao Wuji grew up quickly. But who knew that one day, the master he respected and admired the most became his opposite. The contest between master and apprentice between justice and darkness is one of the biggest highlights of this drama.

Judging from the trailer, there are at least two major highlights of this drama.

The first is a big drama about human nature.

The complexity of human nature has always been the point of observation of countless excellent works in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

This drama is no exception, the drama is set in the financial field, trying to let us see how the deformation and distortion of human nature occurs step by step.

Some people eventually lose themselves in the face of the temptation of huge interests, some people always adhere to their original intentions, and some people have to temporarily stay in obscurity and wait for the opportunity in the complex power game and human nature contest.

In short, the good and evil in human nature have been most vividly demonstrated in the financial industry, the industry closest to money.

As the show's producers put it: "It's a big drama about human nature. "

The second is the appearance of people in the financial industry.

In addition to the in-depth torture and excavation of human nature, this drama also has a comprehensive display of the faces of all living beings in the financial industry.

In the play, there are the arduous growth of rookies in the financial industry, as well as the mastery of business elites, loan officers, online loans, prevention of international financial risks, and complex business battles in the financial field. The hottest financial topics at the moment are almost all covered in the play.

Although I write about the financial field, I am closely related to almost everyone. Especially in reality, ordinary audiences who do not have the opportunity to contact the financial field will see many sides, even dark sides, of the financial industry through this drama.

2. Cast:

Yu Hewei

+

Wang Xiao

+ Bai Yufan + many powerful supporting actors, the lineup can be called strong.

As CCTV's 2024 drama of the year, the cast of "City in the City" is also very strong. Yu Hewei, Chen Jin, Wang Xiao, Wang Jinsong, Bai Yufan, Tu Yansong, Zhang Shen, Long Ni and other more than 30 powerful actors are among them.

The first place, Yu Hewei.

Yu Hewei, who has debuted for many years, has created countless classic roles. From Liu Bei in "New Three Kingdoms", to Cao Cao in "The Alliance of Military Divisions of Sima Yi", Feng Sen, the male number one in "Patrol Inspection Team", Chen Duxiu in "Awakening Age", and Li Zhitian, the villain of the movie "Solid as a Rock", each of them can be called textbook level.

In the CCTV drama "City in the City", Yu Hewei plays the role of President Zhao Hui, judging from the trailer, he should be the biggest villain in the whole play. Thinking about Yu Hewei's performance in "Solid as a Rock", you can imagine how exciting his villain role is.

second place, Wang Xiao.

I believe that many people know Wang Xiao, all from the fate of "Three Lives, Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms". It was this role that made him popular overnight and had countless fans.

Wang Xiao is best at portraying the little people at the bottom.

The irritable brother Shen Guangshun in "Patrol Inspection Team", and Sun Zhijun in "With You in This Life", these well-interpreted little characters all make the audience remember his acting skills deeply.

In "A City in the City", Wang Xiao plays Miao Che, and has a lot of rivalry with his investigation object Zhao Hui and Tao Wuji.

third place, Bai Yufan.

Bai Yufan, who was 95 years old, impressed Qiqi the most was Jian Yifan, the airborne director of the workplace drama "I'm Good in Another Country", and Liu Xinli, the young policeman in the suspense drama "The Fog of the Octagonal Pavilion". In last year's hit costume suspense drama "Under the Prosperous City", Bai Yufan played the male number one Qu Sanchang, which let the audience see his solid acting skills.

This time, in "A City in the City", Bai Yufan plays the male number one Tao Wuji. A young man who is new to the financial field. What he has to face is to compete with the villain Master (played by Yu Hewei), who has cultivated himself for many years and is in a high position, for justice and fairness.

fourth place, Wang Jinsong.

Lin Yaodong, the villain of "Icebreaker", Yan Hou Ye in "Langya Bang", Guan Yongshan, the intelligence director of the spy war drama "Thin Ice", and Wang Jinsong, the old drama bone, played himself into a golden supporting role with this brilliant little role.

In "City within a City", Wang Jinsong plays Wu Xianlong, judging from the trailer, he is another treacherous and cunning character.

fifth, Chen Jin.

has been debuting for 30 years and has won six actresses, and the veteran actor Chen Jin is a proper queen slam winner. In recent years, her most classic roles should be the mother of the little grandfather in "Do You Know", and the elderly Ye Wenjie in the CCTV sci-fi drama "Three-Body Problem".

In "City in the City", Chen Jin plays Mr. Ouyang, and the only few scenes in the trailer are full of aura and very oppressive.

fifth place, Tu Yansong.

is Li Yaping in "Double-sided Tape", Yang Weining in "Three-Body Problem", and is also a national first-class actor.

Double-sided tape

In "City in the City", Tu Yansong plays Xie Zhiyuan.

Sixth, Zhang Shen.

is Hu Haiyang in "Celadon", Miao Juanyang in "Eye of the Storm",

In "City in the City", Zhang Shen plays Dai Qiye.

Seventh, Lonnie.

is Gao Qilan in "Hurricane",

In "A City Within a City", Lonnie plays Zhou Lin.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at this cast, you will find that this "City in the City" is worthy of being one of the four major dramas of CCTV in 2024.

3. The main creative team: gold medal director + gold medal screenwriter, the quality of the episodes is stable.

In addition to the strong cast, the main creative team of this show should not be underestimated.

Director Teng Huatao is a well-known director in the mainland. The name Teng Huatao may not be familiar to everyone, but it is estimated that no one knows the film and television dramas he directed. The phenomenal hit "Snail House" in 2009 was directed by him.

There is also the 2011 hit romance movie "33 Days of Broken Love", which is also his work. The film also won the Outstanding Feature Film Award at the Hundred Flowers Award for Popular Films that year.

Screenwriter Teng Xiaolan also has a lot of background. Teng Xiaolan himself is a writer and winner of the Lu Xun Literature Award. The hit urban drama "Home of the Heart" in 2022 is adapted from her novel and written by her.

With a solid script, a gold medal director and a gold medal screenwriter jointly created, a number of actors led by Yu Hewei pressed the formation, coupled with the broadcast platform of CCTV, the probability of "City in the City" becoming a big hit like "Flowers" is still very large.

What is the quality of the episodes, we will wait and see on the evening of April 9 for a set of CCTV golden files.