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The current workplace dramas have almost completely replaced the popular position of urban emotional dramas, and the decline of emotions to the theme has made workplace dramas with more interesting content a trend.
In the past two years, many good dramas starring Tsing Yi Dahua, such as Sun Li's "Settle Home", "Ideal City", Yuan Quan and Huang Xiaoming's "War of the Roses" are all conscience works with more workplace elements.
The first quarter of 2024 is coming to an end, and it's time for modern workplace TV dramas to be launched.
"A City in the City", which is about to meet the audience on CCTV, is a potential dark horse that is expected to set off a hit.
It is reported that the TV series "City in the City" will meet the audience on April 9, from the start of this drama to the finalization, it can be said that it has opened an accelerator, and the confidence of the film and broadcast platform in the TV series can be shown everywhere.
And from the configuration point of view, "City in the City" is menacing.
The financial theme is once again popular, and "City in the City" is exciting
2024 is really the "financial" year of domestic dramas, and the "Flowers" at the beginning of the year, the popular "Wind Chaser" and "Riding the Wind and Waves" all have financial, commercial and other elements.
"A City in the City" puts the background of the era on two generations in the financial circle, telling the story of a group of young college students who joined the financial bank in Lujiazui, Shanghai, played tricks with big names, communicated with seniors, and finally played with human nature in the bottom line of their careers and fame and money.
Judging from the original book and trailer, "City in the City" took financial corruption as the entry point as soon as it was launched, compared with a simple legendary story, "City in the City" still has a lot of industry insiders, in terms of scale, "City in the City" is exciting, and the trailer has released a lot of "very criminal" signals.
Not only that, "City in the City" is adapted from the novel of the same name, the original book is famous for its financial reality theme, and the author of the novel, Teng Xiaolan, is the winner of the Lu Xun Literature Award.
The buff is superimposed, and the highlights of "City in the City" in the plot are stable.
Of course, the casting configuration is also the reason why many audiences are looking forward to "City in the City".
Yu Hewei partnered with Wang Jinsong, and the lineup did not lose "Hurricane"
The hit drama "Hurricane" in 2023 can be from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and the TV series will be launched at the beginning of the year, but by the end of the year, the short video platforms are all from the Gao family, and Gao Qiqiang, a classic character, is very popular.
And the popularity of "Hurricane" is, of course, also popular with a number of powerful actors.
Zhang Songwen, who plays Gao Qiqiang, has completely become the top of the uncle circle, and Gao Ye, who portrays the sister-in-law, not only cooperated with Zhang Yimou, but also played the position of the heroine in the TV series filmed, not only that, but Gao Qilan, who does not have many roles in the play, has also had a significant increase in resources.
This time, as the main role, she also participated in the TV series "City in the City", playing the role of the female No. 2 Zhou Lin.
In "Hurricane", Gao Qilan's image is noble and knowledgeable, with an elite face full of sisterhood, and in "City in the City", Lonnie once again reproduced the style in "Hurricane", with long brown-red curly hair and gold-rimmed glasses, a sense of high intelligence, elegant and intellectual.
In terms of image charm, Lonnie is a must. What's more, compared with the emasculated character charm in "Hurricane", Zhou Lin in "City in the City" is ambitious and plays a love game with a financial tycoon, which is full of highlights.
Of course, "City in the City", as a financial workplace drama from a male perspective, cannot all be focused on a second female person, judging from the main cast of actors, the cast configuration of "City in the City" is really not inferior to "Hurricane".
The most eye-catching one is Yu Hewei, who plays the financial tycoon Zhao Hui, in terms of plot design, Zhao Hui is the bank president of the financial circle in Lujiazui, Shanghai, he has a legendary shopping mall experience, and he is almost the idol and target of a group of financial newcomers when he is middle-aged.
But it's a pity that the role created by Yu Hewei this time is not an ascetic system in a suit and leather shoes, but a lawless "prison system" swayed by money and power.
In the trailer, Yu Hewei's whole person is shrouded in sanctimonious but bottomless scheming, his arrogant sense of relaxation, when the male protagonist recognizes the true face of the idol and challenges Zhao Hui, he performs a kind of watching ants on top, a playful smile, which is enough to stand up to the charm of Zhao Hui's character.
And Wang Jinsong, a national first-class actor who played against Yu Hewei this time, also makes people have to look forward to it.
Wu Xianlong played by Wang Jinsong is also a big man who stirs up the storm in the financial circle, Wang Jinsong has a beard in the play, and the clothes he wears have a kind of home affinity, but in fact, he is a villain with no lower limit, and Zhao Hui's misguided is directly related to him.
No matter how the plot goes, I am already looking forward to the rivalry between He Wei and Wang Jinsong, pulling each other, and even when the characters explode at the end.
One Yu Hewei, one Wang Jinsong, two bigwigs play two villains, what kind of protagonist does this have to be calm?
Thinking about it, Bai Yufan, who was chosen by the filmmaker, is already the most suitable candidate. The financial themes staged during this period are almost two extremes, Wang Yibo's idol sense is too heavy, and Qiao Shan's Northeast earthy taste is too strong, but Bai Yufan has a completely different painting style.
It can be seen from Bai Yufan's performance in the dramas "Mountains and Seas", "The Beginning", and "I'm Good in Another Country" that he is actually an acting school of life flow, with delicate acting skills, down-to-earth expressiveness, and no idol appearance, but his height is online, and he can play a rich and generous company boss at the top, and a young man from northern Shaanxi with a rustic face.
As for Bai Yufan in "A City in the City", he is not handsome, but he is full of youth, and his vitality is up and down to death, which is obviously different from the depth released by He Wei and Wang Jinsong in the play.
However, in addition to his youthful vitality, I am also looking forward to Bai Yufan's portrayal of the male protagonist Tao Wuji's mental journey in the play, from full of reverence to the collapse of the idol image, how Bai Yufan will interpret the collapse of the male protagonist's three views hit by reality, which can almost directly determine the success or failure of this role.
In short, the main actors of "City in the City" are more exciting than the other. Not only that, Wang Xiao, Yang Zishan, Tu Songyan, Chen Jin, Li Hongtao, etc. in the supporting role list all stand up to the level of the lineup configuration of this drama.
At present, the TV series "City in the City" is still warming up, but the theme content and cast of this drama have released a signal of popularity to the audience.
But whether "City in the City" can become a hit depends on the market feedback after the feature film is launched. Next, let's look forward to the play of "City within a City", and wait and see.