With the successive endings of "Walking with the Phoenix" and "The Wind Chaser" in March, a new round of ratings war started again in April.
This time it is not a "small fight" between local satellite TVs, but a strong showdown between CCTV.
On one side is "A City in the City", which opens the door to urban dramas from a financial perspective.
On the other side is "The Legend of Chenghuan" starring Yang Zi, showing the light of urban women with healing family affection.
Just the lineup can see that "City in the City" is superior, and sure enough, when the data is taken out, the ratings of "City in the City" are firmly in the first place.
However, although the ratings are high, the popularity is far less than that of "Chenghuan Ji" next door.
clicked on the Douban comment area again, and there was a lot of noise, from the plot to the acting skills of the leading actors, almost all over again.
Some netizens even posted that they hoped that "City in the City" would be taken off the shelves directly, obviously a work favored by CCTV, why is word-of-mouth so polarized, let's find out.
The plot is suspended, and the professionalism can't reach the bank threshold
"City in the City" tells the story of Tao Wuji (played by Bai Yufan), a recent college graduate, who was appreciated and carefully cultivated by Zhao Hui (played by Yu Hewei), vice president of the branch, because of his hard work and outstanding ability, and finally became the guardian of the new generation of financial industry order.
As an urban financial drama, the logic of the story is the most important part, but the drama "City in the City" still has not changed the problem of urban drama suspension, and even the professionalism of the plot does not reach the standard line.
First of all, it's the plot suspension, and the male protagonist's aura is too strong.
It can only be said that domestic urban dramas, as long as they are male leads, have an aura, and our "City in the City" is no exception.
For example, in this scene, Zhao Hui remembered that the deceased teacher had told him that he wanted to train the next generation of successors, good guys, and he directly moved a stack of materials to the counter staff to test their abilities.
That's right, this scene is for our male lead. When everyone chose to shut up when they found problems in the accounts, Tao Wuji spoke enthusiastically, and the finance graduate clearly calculated a complete set of corporate loan processes and operating sales, and was directly taken to the office by Zhao Hui.
After that, Tao Wuji was assigned an important task, and a bunch of important information was checked when he got it. After discovering the problem report, Zhao Hui came with a sentence of "I suggest you go to the field".
Okay, okay, the screenwriter is trying to highlight the ingenuity of the male protagonist, and he doesn't even care about Zhao Hui's character design. Let the counter staff, a newcomer, go to the field to inspect the problem enterprise, regardless of the degree of danger for the time being, Tao Wuji is a financial worker, and he can also serve as a covert reporter?
Don't say it, he really can.
Just do it, Tao Wuji went directly to the factory in question with a mobile phone. The result, of course, was discovered by the security guards, so the drama of you running away from me began. Our male protagonist is also reckless, and he ran directly to the lake and jumped and swam away.
These arrests also live up to expectations, none of them know how to swim, not to mention, just such a big lake, Tao Wuji didn't swim far, he drove directly to chase it, but he couldn't catch up, the screenwriter really deceived the audience as fools.
In addition to this scene, there is also Tao Wuji's living environment, which seems to be really small at first, which is in line with his character of having no money and just graduated.
But when the camera turned, I saw the bay window that overlooked almost the entire Shanghai night market. Is this really a "mansion" that can be rented with a monthly salary of several thousand?
All I can say is that the director will have a snack. When will this kind of domestic fake poor man's bridge be a head?
Next, let's talk about plot logic bugs.
The first to bear the brunt is Dai Xing (played by Zhang Shen), who went offline as soon as we appeared in one episode. The president of a sub-branch wanted to support small enterprises to tide over the difficulties, but he failed to find the vice president to sign and seal, and 10 billion yuan could still be drawn out.
No, is the figure of 10 billion yuan very small? Only the president needs to do it alone, and there is no need to go through the process? Where are all the auditors? And after the successful investment, Jiaxiang Industrial has weathered the difficulties, how can the money from the president flow directly into the bank through the trust?
In addition, there are also bank branches to recruit employees, a move is more than a dozen, or a class, how?
The male protagonist's acting skills are like wood, and he forcibly lifts the coffee to make people annoying
To be honest, I was quite looking forward to this drama at the beginning, after all, "City in the City" is full of actors, like Wang Jinsong, Yu Hewei, Tu Yansong, Chen Jin and other powerful actors, all of whom have a lot of roles in this drama.
But I never expected that so many acting schools were just to match the male protagonist Bai Yufan. If his performance is eye-catching, the audience will naturally not say anything, but obviously Bai Yufan's acting skills are not up to par, and he can't catch the play, and the overall performance is a hippie smile.
For example, in this scene, Tao Wuji filmed Su Jianren (played by Feng Jiayi) suspected of corruption, but was deleted by Zhao Hui's strong order, facing Zhao Hui's serious face, Tao Wuji asked why with a hippie smile, without a sense of tension and crampedness, as if the opposite side was not an upper-level leader, but his college roommate.
At this time, the camera turned to Yu Hewei's face, and I saw that he changed from serious to playful, and the atmosphere naturally became soft, without the seriousness and depression just now. Obviously, in this rival scene, Bai Yufan was crushed in all directions and had no power to fight back.
In addition, there is another actor who also makes the audience feel difficult to swallow, and that is Lonnie.
Zhou Lin played by Lonnie was supposed to be the finishing touch in the series, but the acting skills were too poor, not only did not let the audience feel the natural and warm feelings of middle-aged people, but it looked greasy, pretending to be sexy, and there was no hard rubbing.
I don't know how Su Jianren can say things like "You must be everyone's lady" in front of such a woman who has always been concave and sexy.
And this scene can be regarded as a small climax of the plot, between which Su Jianren picked up the roses on the table and confessed to Zhou Lin, and the audience who watched with affection all nodded their heads.
However, how does Zhou Lin, played by Lonnie, behave?
Tilting his head, squinting his eyes, scratching his ears, and a series of small combos made the audience embarrassed. The facial features are flying wildly, and I can't say a single line, it's too dramatic.
can only say that there is a reason why some people are not popular, don't do porcelain work without diamonds, and if you want to eat the meal of an actor after relying on the character to get out of the circle, it is better to improve your acting skills and then make a big appearance.
epilogue
Facts have proved that there is indeed a wall between fiction and film and television, and novels can ignore the reality of the situation, but after film and television, under the banner of the city, it is necessary to ensure the authenticity and professionalism of the plot.
Originally, watching the trailer, the drama between several powerful actors can make the audience brush up non-stop, but as soon as it falls into the feature film, the plot is full of loopholes, in the final analysis, the screenwriter's skills are not enough, he has never been to work, and he has not done a good job of professional background adjustment.
In addition, several actors in "City in the City" also let the audience play instantly, maybe in the general urban emotional drama, their performances can still make the audience watch, but this new work is a financial drama supported by CCTV.
At present, "A City in the City" is being updated, and Zhao Hui's blackening should be the biggest highlight of the show, and it is also the plot that can most arouse the audience's interest in watching the movie, but now because of the procrastinating plot and spicy-eyed actors, many people have directly abandoned the show.
It seems that CCTV has bet on the wrong treasure again this time.