Li Xian's new drama was launched, and only 3 episodes were broadcast, and the ratings exploded, and CCTV proved its vision again
Unexpectedly, the most surprising theme in April turned out to be a romantic drama.
It can't be said that the momentum of national dramas has not been strong recently.
However, the most popular "Chenghuan Ji" is a standard person-led drama, which proves Yang Zi's personal ratings appeal.
The ratings of Yang 1's "City in the City" are really high, but it is mainly supported by Yu Hewei, Wang Xiao, and Feng Jiayi.
The newly launched "Harbin 1944" is menacing, and it has the meaning of catching up with "Wind Chaser", but it only proves once again that the strong market chassis of spy war dramas, and the combination of director Zhang Li + Qin Hao is really good.
And the new drama broadcast by CCTV 8 tonight relies on the rare funeral theme and heart-warming small-town love story in China to send a touch of spring-
"Spring Sends Lover".
Li Xian and Zhou Yutong led the way, and Liu Lin, Fang Fang, and Wan Peng helped.
Director Cheng Liang is the Bai Xiaosheng of the Yellow River Road who knows nothing in "Flowers".
I know what you're trying to say!
Domestic romantic dramas, can you also watch them?
Isn't it levitation, distortion, and blood...... It's all pits?
To be honest, I was so dismissive at first, but after one look, then two, three eyes, from disgust, to addiction...... "Dazzled" 3 episodes in one breath, and I couldn't stop at all, this is the first time I have watched a domestic emotional drama this year.
The reason is that netizens frequently mention a few words:
Real, natural, unpretentious.
makes people see that the producer is making a drama with his heart.
The ratings also proved that the audience voted with their feet, and the central broadcast started at half past eight or nine, and it was hitting the shutdown tide, but the ratings still broke 1, and successfully won the first place in the national ratings in the prime time.
A small-town romance drama adapted from the 9.8-point novel "Lover" serialized by Shemusi on Douban, why?
Just by virtue of real love, the most unspeakable "taboos" are almost all thoroughly explained by this drama.
1: Entry
Many domestic romantic dramas, after watching the first look, I don't want to watch the second look at all, because it is all the routine that the boss loves me and I am so poor but I can live in the big flat in the city.
"Spring Sending Lover" perfectly avoids many thunder points.
At the beginning, well, the most cliché domestic urban drama, catch the high-speed rail.
Understood, the beauty is in trouble, the boss appears, and the hero saves the beauty. Someone is disrespectful to my concubine? Is the whole high-speed rail bought enough? Is the whole high-speed rail company enough to buy?
I'm sorry, I just said, "Spring Sends Lover", there is none.
There are beauties, but they are not waiting for the boss, but they take the initiative to chase after them, and the one who is chasing is not the boss, but just a small Nanfang town - "dragon and phoenix among people".
Zhuang Jie (played by Zhou Yutong), a social e-person who returned to his hometown from a big city on paid leave, recognized Chen Maidong (played by Li Xian), a high school classmate and scandal object sitting next to him. Wave your hand first, and then talk to you, and report your home directly, right?
Chen Maidong, who is the i, took off the headphones, dragged up the suitcase, and changed seats directly.
But sister is so easy to get rid of?
As soon as he got off the high-speed rail, Zhuang Jie chased after him directly - "I, Zhuang Jie, our two high school classmates." Have I changed that much?"
Chen Maidong: I'm sorry, I don't remember any of your characteristics.
"Me, no features?"
Replaced by other beautiful girls, she was already so angry that she burst her blood vessels, but Sister Zhuang was not an ordinary person, and continued to take the initiative to post - "Did you drive? ”
Chen Maidong's response was absolutely absolute - "It's open, but it's inconvenient, you can take a taxi yourself." ”
Looking at the cold back of the "dragon and phoenix among people", Sister Zhuang couldn't help but send a sentence - I'm bah!
Is this really the opening of a domestic romantic drama?
But in the next chance encounter in the town, the heroine sat in the seat of the male protagonist's grandmother.
The male protagonist just gave an eviction order.,Grandma arrived.,A pair of eyes.,Isn't this the girl who taught her to shake and help her grandson go on a blind date.。
What kind of blind date, this girl is very good.
So I listened to the drama to find fault and chatted with each other, and a sales pitch - "This is my grandson." And the young man in the year of establishment can be admired in the town. ”
Heroine: This grandson!
Hahaha, "Spring Sends Lover", right, you have completely caught my eye.
It's time to get into the play!
2: Conflict
It is not difficult to see that this drama is different from the tall urban romance dramas you see every day.
The whole drama is very lively, and it also tells the love story of small people, and this is actually a small-town love drama.
In a small town, such a girl with such a symbol, the two are high school classmates, and there have been scandals, is Chen Maidong amnesia? How can he forget Zhuang Jie?
Of course he didn't forget.
It was he who said that to Zhuang Jie, who was fitted with a prosthetic leg in a car accident: crutches can also be weapons.
It was also he who carried Zhuang Jie on his back and accompanied her through the saddest years of her life.
It's still him, who was said by his friends to be a spiritual PUA by the woman, so he hasn't found a partner until now.
He deliberately avoided Zhuang Jie.
Why?
Because both protagonists are people who "live to die".
Chen Maidong, when he was young, had a rebellious personality, and even rumored to beat people to death, after this life change, he chose to become a body plastic surgeon.
That's right, it's the special industry worker in "Life Events" and "The Undertaker".
When we mention them, our first subconscious reaction is "dead people", "bad luck", and "stay away".
In "Spring Sends Lover", in fact, the same.
Chen Maidong in the play does not shake hands with people, because "we are not used to shaking hands with people in this industry", and we are not used to saying goodbye.
But he really cares about the deceased.
In the dead of night, everything was silent, Chen Maidong was lying quietly on the board with his eyes closed,
The apprentice is seriously giving him a facial service.
Chen Maidong suddenly opened his eyes and began to teach.
directly scared the apprentice so much that he almost fainted: Master, can you not open your eyes suddenly, it's too scary.
Yes, but the teaching complaints will continue: if we have a return visit in this line, the service just now will definitely give you a bad review.
Also industry return visit, this, too, too scary!
But what is even more terrible than this is the invisible discrimination of the people.
People say they don't care, but what if your boyfriend is a cosmetic surgeon?
Over time, it is no wonder that Chen Maidong has formed a character that is not close to others, Wong Kar-wai said in the movie: If you want not to be rejected by others, the best way is to reject others first.
Zhuang Jie, however, is the other extreme, walking the road of life with a crippled body, but walking out of a different style.
She worked alone and became the champion of medical device sales in the big city.
When she was in love, she was a sister, and at other times, she was a capable but not humble worker.
Even if he went to have surgery by himself, he was pushed to the operating room by Wan Peng's guest girlfriend, and he didn't forget to say hello to the hospital.
Even thinking that it was the vice president of the hospital who operated on him, he was still thinking about how to make a good impression on the other party, and then solemnly sorted out the hospital gown.
It's really people from two worlds.
From this, we can also see the core conflict of this small-town love story: why can't these two be together?
According to the traditional routine of domestic romantic dramas, what can be considered is: the female protagonist is terminally ill, or the male protagonist is terminally ill, or both have terminal illnesses.
Or, the female protagonist has a companion, the male protagonist has a companion, or, there is a vicious and glamorous female mistress-
I'm sorry, there is no terminal illness, no junior, and no junior.
All the bloody routines common to domestic romantic dramas do not exist in this drama.
Then why isn't the male protagonist with the female protagonist?
Because - reality.
The reality is, "I am a person in a small town who does my duty, Zhuang Jie, we are not all the way." ”
This is the real "missed love" around us.
There is not so much blood, sadomasochism, and the world is spinning.
In life, love is not more than everything.
The two are not together, often because of those real helplessness, the most realistic difficulties.
This is the biggest conflict in real love.
To be honest, this scene is not full of ups and downs, but I watched it with relish. The male and female protagonists have a unique charm, without any pretentiousness, and they feel very comfortable.
It makes people want to read on:
A rebellious but physically and mentally lonely body plastic surgeon, a medical salesman with physical defects but straight ball chasing love, how to gradually get closer in the constant pull and heal each other's "imperfections".
This story is kind of interesting.
3: Perception
watched 3 episodes of "Spring Sending Lover" in a row, if you want to ask me what is the most direct perception of watching this drama, I will say, two feelings, one taste.
The comedy of the storyline!
The warm human touch of the town!
The realism of ordinary everyday life!
First, a warm sense of comedy
From the first meeting between the male and female protagonists, everyone was introduced into a comedy atmosphere, and then through the two families in the town, a small town comedy group portrait was outlined.
For example, the male protagonist's grandmother played by Fang Fang single-handedly made the male protagonist Chen Maidong a celebrity in the town, broke her heart for the male protagonist's lifelong events, and locked the female protagonist to death.
So I directly took the information of the heroine to calculate a hexagram for my girlfriend, but it was a hundred secrets, and what I brought was the information of the heroine's brother, so the following conversation appeared - "The person you are looking for is not suitable for Dongzi." ”
"You didn't even look closely. ”
"There are some things that everyone's opinion is conventional. "Don't discriminate against me, I've seen this kid from the banker, handsome, good personality, nothing else is a problem." ”
The old girlfriends were stunned: "Your mentality really impresses me." ”
There is also a conversation between grandma and grandson Chen Maidong - "Boy, I haven't forgotten my ability to chase girls." "This set, never. "It's always been girls chasing me. “
In the next shot, let grandma fly directly.
The man's parents are very enthusiastic, and the woman's relatives are also quite hardworking.
Especially Zhuang Jie's younger sister, a scumbag, doesn't know anything about learning, and the love gossip between my sister and Chen Maidong is painted all over the blackboard, "I have every reason to suspect that for so many years, Chen Maidong has been lurking in our sister's heart, and with the power of the underworld, CPU my sister." “
Okay, got it, both are comedians.
Second, the human touch of the town.
Catching up to the third episode, you can feel a kind of relaxation and healing that is rare in urban romantic dramas.
The whole town of Nanfang has a warm tone, giving people a sense of comfort and healing, and it is full of the human touch of the acquaintance society.
It's not just the scenery that's warm, it's the people.
For example, the sister who can be called at will for 50 yuan will always be the most loyal servant of the sister!
The fireworks in the town are ordinary, the people in the world are warm and cold, and the warm painting style is natural.
The third is the reality of the world.
The encounter between the male and female protagonists is very natural, and the handling of the drama party is also up to the point, without too much exaggeration of the plot, and no exaggerated princess hugs.
The whole play does not deliberately create dramatic conflicts, and all the development of the plot is natural.
The plot of the male and female protagonists establishing a connection is also in line with common sense. The female protagonist came back for vacation, the male protagonist started a business in a small town, and the story did not add an aperture to the male and female protagonists, let alone forcibly increase the follow-up dramatic conflicts.
Without the glamorous urban life and urban elites in those urban romance dramas, it just makes the audience feel that the story is very close to us.
Because what resonates most with the audience is always those daily lives in the world.
4: Actor's acting skills
After watching 3 episodes of "Love Only", in addition to the plot being eye-catching, the performances of several actors are also remarkable.
First, Zhou Yutong
From "The Chronicles of the Song Dynasty", "I'm Good in Another Country" to "Love Only", the average score of Zhou Yutong's starring dramas has remained around 8 points all year round.
This time Zhou Yutong played Zhuang Jie in the play, it is not an exaggeration to say that the drama can leave me with such an impression, and Zhou Yutong's performance is indispensable.
She portrays Zhuang Jie, without gorgeous clothes, gorgeous makeup, or exaggerated facial expressions, but she makes a deep impression.
I would like to call her the actress who is the best at acting in love scenes in domestic entertainment, and the feeling of relaxation in love is not like acting at all.
If there is no trace, it is a good show.
Second, Li Xian
From "Dear, Loved" to "Going to a Windy Place", Li Xian has always had a special sense of cuteness when acting in urban romantic dramas.
is careless on the surface, but in fact, his heart is surging, which is his forte.
He plays Chen Maidong, who is cold and unkind on the outside, and is solemn and solemn in the face of work.
But in front of grandma, like a good child, in front of her lover, there is a kind of childlike clumsiness.
The TV series starring Li Xian has basically not paddled the water, and he is especially good at playing roles that are pure in appearance but actually have a psychological burden, and it is said that the crew has waited for him for more than 1 year, I think it is worth it.
Third, Liu Lin
From "Parents' Love" to "Do You Know", Liu Lin's performances have always had an immersive look, and it is easy to bring the audience in.
This time, she plays a small-town mother, who doesn't have a good word for her daughter every day, but she can't hide her heartache and love at all, "Girl, I only look at your face in the future, and I don't care about your legs, so I won't think about it." "The heart of the beloved daughter overflows directly.
Whether it is lines, body movements, or facial expressions, Liu Lin makes people feel that she is not playing a mother, but a mother who lives in a small town.
This is acting at its highest level.
Fourth, Fang Fang
69-year-old Fang Fang is known as the founder of Taiwan's variety show clown industry.
She is no stranger to acting, she was in the early years of "Four Youths in Beijing", and in recent years, the domestic drama "I Want to Go Against the Wind" also has her.
Although she is acting in a mainland drama, she integrates too well and will not feel out of place.
In the performance, she raised her hands and feet with a sense of joy in life, and she easily played the comedy, she was really a master.
Finally, Wan Peng.
In the past few years, she has acted in "Praying for the Present Dynasty" and "The Disappearing Eleventh Floor", all of which have a mediocre reputation, but her personal performance is outstanding.
Wang Xixia, who played this time, is just a cameo.
But she is so eye-catching, even if there are only a few scenes, it is still beautiful and unforgettable, when will she become popular?
5: Domestic love
In the current domestic film and television drama market, there are many big dramas.
In contrast, "Spring Sends Lover" is like a plate of porridge and side dishes.
Can clear porridge side dishes, also has its taste.
The biggest feature of "Spring Lover" is that the ordinary male and female protagonists talk about a love that does not need to be forced to increase the scale, and does not rely on big filters and BGM to create an atmosphere in an ordinary town.
Although it is about the love story between a small-town mortician and a disabled girl in a big city, it actually speaks about the choice between the town and the city, the ideal and the reality.
Do you want a town, or do you want a girl?
Contemporary young people fall in love, which is so realistic.
But the show's solution to this core contradiction is to set a bigger choice question: life or death?
The male protagonist Chen Maidong is a practitioner in the funeral industry, and what he faces every day is the impermanence of life and death.
Everything in the world, except for life and death, is a trivial matter.
There are very few domestic romantic dramas, one of the male and female protagonists has a special identity and the other has a disability, but in the face of heavy issues, the method of the drama is very light, very joyful, and romantic.
There are two extremely "romantic" scenes in the play, which I like very much.
The first paragraph is what Chen Maidong said to practitioners during the funeral industry training: For a long time, our work has been lowly, dirty, and hateful, but I hope you understand that it is not us that people hate, but death.
The second paragraph is what Chen Maidong said when he was young to Zhuang Jie, who had just experienced a car accident and was disabled: crutches can also be used as weapons.
At this moment, the theme of the play is sublimated again.
It presents a unique understanding of "death" and a gentle gaze on life: people are born with a fear of death, and life will inevitably experience twists and turns, but the existence of the "end" makes the "process" more vital and worth cherishing.
Born to die, many big things, but small things.
Death is to embark on the other side of the journey, but how to face life with a normal heart, face difficulties, and discover the spring in every moment of life is the core topic that "Spring Sends Lover" to everyone.
There is no romantic BGM + rotating kiss scene + rising shot three-piece set in the whole play.
But it filmed the greatest romance of love, that is, facing reality, the possibility of love itself.
The male and female protagonists don't seem to be all the way, and they have no confidence to be together.
But have you forgotten?
Couldn't love itself be confidence?
The biggest ridiculousness of the current domestic romantic drama is that the people in the play believe in power, money, and the right person, but they don't believe in love itself.
Yes, establishment, medical insurance, five insurances and one housing fund...... There are so much more healings than love.
Love without material things is like a plate of loose sand, and there is nothing wrong with it.
But what is love meant to be?
It's "At this moment, the excitement of the world has nothing to do with me, I just want to hug you desperately and talk about a romantic love like spring".
This is what makes love fascinating.
Ultimately.
No one has a definitive answer to love.
And good film and television works do not give answers, but in difficulties, under pressure, and in the trivial quagmire, tell the audience -
Anyway, I'm still alive today, and I can talk about a love that is somewhat beyond reality.
If you happen to want to watch a simple romantic drama and relax your mood, I recommend this "Spring Sends Lover", because spring is just right, and the best expectations are as promised.
Of course, a drama can't help you solve life's problems, and neither can love.
But to live, don't underestimate love.