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Industry dramas can be said to be the main theme of today's urban dramas, and due to the influence of the market, it is difficult for urban emotional dramas and family dramas to make a breakthrough in word-of-mouth and popularity.
Even many head actors have turned around and gone to industry dramas to show their strength.
Sun Li's "Peaceful Residence", "Ideal City", Yuan Quan's "War of the Roses", and even the TVB industry cool drama "News Queen", which exploded at the end of last year, have added many professional elements in different industries.
This kind of more professional plot is full of plots, rich in highlights, and the character building is also more plump because of the industry insider.
It's just that so far in 2024, there has not been a brilliant urban industry drama that has been remembered by the audience. "A City in the City", which will be broadcast tonight, has become a potential dark horse.
It is reported that the TV series "City in the City" will be launched on CCTV tonight, which focuses on the financial industry and tells the fierce confrontation between personal interests and professional ethics between two generations of financiers in the tide of the times.
Judging from the preview, as soon as "City in the City" was launched, a series of entertainment traffic dramas had to be dispersed.
The plot is high-energy, full of pulling, and the story is extremely strong
The highlight of the financial industry drama lies in the ups and downs of the financial market, the contradiction between the original intention of the industry and the temptation of money and power, if you want to shoot an eye-catching story, you have to reveal some real industry insiders to the audience.
And these are fully hinted at in the trailer.
In the trailer, the concepts of "white shirt" and "black shirt" appear, and how the white shirt defeats the black shirt is the main line of "City within a City".
"You all wore clean white shirts to your posts, and you couldn't work for three days to turn into black shirts."
"This white shirt, as long as you come out to socialize, there is nothing that is not dirty."
"It's thunder that always wants to explode."
"Even if it's thunder, it doesn't necessarily explode."
The few lines that appear in the trailer all express the positions of different camps clearly and unambiguously, and under the interspersed editing, the two forces are constantly pulling.
"Aren't many recognized innovations half a step more than supervision", where is the bottom line of the rules? "City in the City" uses a wonderful plot to show the audience one by one.
Of course, the pull and storytelling of the trailer are so strong, which is inseparable from the charm that the actors bring to the characters and the texture of the plot.
The cast is strong, and it catches the eye in just a few seconds
Yu Hewei's ability to play a villain can be explained in a "Solid as a Rock", and in "A City in the City", Yu Hewei's expressiveness is still the eye of this drama.
Yu Hewei in the trailer, dressed in a noble suit, shows an elegant gentleman, attends various social occasions, has full marks of bearing, and is calm and confident, just like the male protagonist's initial impression of Zhao Hui (played by Yu Hewei), an industry boss, mature and stable.
But in fact, Zhao Hui played by Yu Hewei is actually a villain. He is sanctimonious on the surface, but in fact, he made a wrong step, a wrong step, and gradually fell into the trap of desire, from an idol to the scum of the industry.
At the moment when Yu Hewei said with a smile on his face, "You are so sure you can bring me down", the banter on his face and the expression revealed in his eyebrows and eyes were as if he was listening to a big joke.
At this moment, Zhao Hui was arrogant, and the courage to cover the sky with one hand was played in place.
Of course, Zhao Hui is not a simple villain, there are many different image creations in the trailer, he went from reserved to sinking in front of the beauty plan, and he went from fortification to compromise in brotherhood, when He Wei cried until he was not in the limelight, the audience's curiosity about the characters in their hearts increased again.
Compared with the villain played by Yu Hewei, what is more ruthless is the portrayal of Wang Jinsong. In the play, Wang Jinsong looks so friendly and kind, he doesn't even have Yu Hewei's workplace domineering, and he doesn't look like an industry leader at all.
But such Wang Jinsong is the villain Wu Xianlong, who has attacked Zhao Hui step by step to the point where there is no turning back.
Judging from the information revealed in the trailer, Wu Xianlong coerced Zhao Hui with brotherhood, and gradually pulled Zhao Hui into the water with small favors.
Just the relationship between Wu Xianlong and Zhao Hui makes people look forward to the rivalry between Wang Jinsong and Yu Hewei in the play.
There is also a powerful actor in the trailer, who makes the character full of oppression with one look, he is actor Feng Jiayi.
Many viewers are not familiar with this name, but if you mention Qiu Bizheng in "The Wind Blows in the Summer", he must be deeply impressed, in this drama he is the image of a treacherous and cunning businessman who sees the wind and steers.
In the trailer of "A City in the City", Feng Jiayi also looks like a ruthless character, in this second of the shot, he suddenly raised his eyes, with a murderous scarlet in his eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth made people shudder, and a slow "Wake up?" made people's backs cold.
In addition to the above powerful actors who showed the quality of their performances in the trailer, there are several dark horses worth looking forward to, who are likely to shine in "City within a City".
The first is Bai Yufan as the starring role, in "City in the City", he represents a young man with faith and original intention, he is full of ideals and ambitions, follows the pace of industry bosses, and hopes that he can also become an industry leader.
But when he was caught in the game, he found that everything is not so simple, the male protagonist played by Bai Yufan not only has the vigor and courage of a young man, but also has to perform the psychological changes when various beliefs collapse.
This is a test for Bai Yufan, but his performance in the preview is not inferior to the powerful boss at all.
The second is the actress Lonnie who appeared as a supporting role, Gao Qilan played by Lonnie in "Hurricane", she does not have many scenes, but she is out of the circle, and her face as a Kochi woman has countless fans in "Hurricane". And this time, she also appeared in "City within a City" with a similar look.
It's just that compared to "Hurricane", Lonnie in this drama plays a more dramatic role, she is a woman who was dedicated to Zhao Hui as a "beauty trick", she is ambitious and has bad intentions, but the beauty and temperament she showed in the trailer make people can't help but want to get closer.
With Lonnie's performance in "Hurricane", she is definitely an easter egg surprise in "City within a City".
Of course, Wang Xiao, Chen Jin, Yang Zishan, Tu Songyan, and Li Hongtao, who also appeared in the lineup table, are all old acquaintances of the audience.
There is no doubt that there are certain hidden dangers in urban dramas, especially in the financial industry, which are easy to shoot with texture, but they are also easy to cause the threshold of chasing dramas, and "Flowers" at the beginning of the year is a typical example.
"City within a City" wants to break through the niche restrictions of the subject matter, and it is still very stressful. But as long as the plot is okay, the actors are definitely a plus for this drama, and finally, what do you expect from this drama?