Recently, the urban financial drama "City in the City", which was strongly promoted by CCTV, encountered word-of-mouth Waterloo after its launch, and the audience even asked to stop broadcasting and remove it from the shelves. Why did this drama, which should have been a hit, fall into such a situation? The author believes that there are mainly the following reasons:
The plot setting is deviant and completely detached from the reality of the industry
"A City in a City" tells the story of the struggle within the banking system, which is a common routine in financial dramas. But many details in the play are completely detached from reality, making real financial practitioners unbearable.
For example, the actor Tao Wuji can investigate the whereabouts of the loan at will as a small clerk, and the president can embezzle a huge amount of loans at will.
This is not possible in the real banking system. The financial industry attaches great importance to system construction and risk control, and any operation has clear processes and regulatory constraints, and it is impossible to do what you want.
It can be said that the screenwriters of "City in the City" are ignorant of the operation of banks in reality, and mechanically apply false contradictions, resulting in deviant and serious distortion of the plot.
This not only violates the original intention of the industry drama, but also fails to make real financial people empathize, which naturally attracts criticism.
The acting skills of the young actors are uneven
Although "City in the City" has old actors joining, the main roles are still assigned to young actors. For example, the actor Bai Yufan basically plays the whole play.
But the acting skills of these young actors are uneven, and there is a huge gap between them and the old actors. For example, Bai Yufan's performance is more blunt and artificial, lacking a sense of reality. This has a direct impact on the audience's perception.
On the other hand, some actresses such as Xia Meng and Lonnie also have obvious problems in shaping their characters, and their characters are not three-dimensional and plump enough. This also leads to a lack of realism and substitution in the relationship between the characters in the play.
The storyline is lackluster and lacks highlights
The main story line of "A City in the City" lacks clear highlights and climaxes, and most of the plot is about the characters. This causes the audience to feel bored if they watch too much.
At the same time, it also failed to focus on the wonderful struggle within the industry. Except for the stock price battle at the beginning, it basically fell into the monotonous description of the protagonist's daily life.
In stark contrast, the hit "Mountains and Seas" in the same period is based on the duel between police and bandits, connecting multiple story climax points, with a full sense of rhythm. This also reflects the shortcomings of "City within a City" in storytelling.
"City in the City", as an urban drama strongly promoted by CCTV, has poor actual performance, and there are many problems such as unreasonable plots, uneven acting skills, and monotonous stories.
This also led to a sharp decline in the reputation of the series, and even faced a situation where the audience demanded to stop broadcasting. As a creator of industry dramas, you must realize that the realism of detail shaping and the attractiveness of storytelling are the core competitiveness.
It is not advisable to blindly pursue traffic and hot spots, and it is also necessary to return to the quality of the content of the script itself. Otherwise, the audience's aesthetic standards will be raised, and it will be difficult for this kind of work to gain a foothold.