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Urban dramas, how long has it been since there been a hit?
In fact, there have been a lot of urban dramas in recent years, such as "Fearless" and "City in the City" and other dramas have been launched one after another, but there are too few that can make the audience chase down.
The plot of all kinds of bloody stews and workplace trivialities is less and less innovative the more you watch it.
The last urban drama that can be regarded as a hit seems to be "Little Shede" starring Song Jia, but that was also a drama three years ago.
The bureau of urban dramas has to be broken by old drama bones.
In 2000, "Iron Tooth Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan" was launched, and Zhang Guoli, Wang Gang, and Zhang Tielin formed the "Iron Triangle" which was very popular.
Fifteen years later, this classic combination brings a new work -
"Old Guy".
only 4 episodes were broadcast, and the ratings won the first place in the country, and then looking at the word-of-mouth, Douban received rave reviews, which is worthy of being an urban drama that the audience has been looking forward to for so long, with a bumper harvest of ratings and word-of-mouth.
Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy.
Focusing on "elderly entrepreneurship", the plot has highlights
When most urban dramas are still indulging in the vulgar routine of scumbags looking for juniors and juniors looking for bosses, "Old Guy" chooses to tell the story from a special perspective - elderly entrepreneurship.
Compared with starting a business, the drama must first explain why start a business?
"Old Guy" came up like looking in the mirror and pulled out a group portrait of the "old man".
The first to appear is Xiao Changqing (played by Zhang Guoli).
He was widowed at an early age, and managed the whole family's affairs, but after retiring from the position of the former vice chairman of the trade union of Metro Group, he still shined and organized the retired women's group to prepare for the 30th anniversary celebration.
The program organization is in full swing, but the home is a mess.
Xiao Changqing and his mother, son and grandson are crammed into a house for four generations, but the place where his sister lives is smaller, and his sister and son have no place to live when they get married, so the eccentric mother asked Xiao Changqing to give some money to buy a house for his sister.
He didn't want to do it in his heart, but his mother cried, made trouble and hanged himself, and Xiao Changqing relented and agreed.
But where does the money come from?
Don't worry, Sun Qiancheng (played by Wang Gang) has appeared.
Sun Qiancheng and Xiao Changqing are good brothers, retired employees of Xincheng Group, and they are also "old foxes" in the eyes of money.
He was fooled into an online credit company, which sounded good, but it was actually a pyramid scheme organization specializing in the elderly, and he secretly escaped from it.
But Sun Qiancheng's proper "career approval", retirement can not be idle, planning to start a business, happened to know the opportunity of Xincheng Group is about to be acquired, so he asked Xiao Changqing to ask the group for an explanation.
The chairman of the group is none other than a mutual friend of the two -
Chen Xincheng (Zhang Tielin).
The first person to be kicked out after the acquisition of Xincheng Group was Chen Xincheng, Xiao Changqing came to ask about the 30th anniversary celebration, and Sun Qiancheng came to inquire about internal information.
Yuan Yingshi (played by Zhang Bo), the director of the group, changed the old factory area into a resettlement center for old workers and handed it over to Chen Xincheng to deal with, and Sun Qiancheng persuaded Chen Xincheng to accept the land and set up a pension center.
Xiao Changqing was also fooled into being the director of the pension center, while Sun Qiancheng only wanted the right to the pension center.
In this way, one needs money, the other needs power, and the other needs to prove himself, and the three old guys got together and started an elderly business.
There are almost no big ups and downs in the opening scene of this play, they are all trivial things, but the background of the three "old guys" is clearly explained at the beginning.
Coupled with the actors with their own sense of humor, the whole drama is spoiled with just the right amount of nonsense, witty but reasonable.
The "Iron Triangle" is reunited, and the acting skills are guaranteed
I think most of the audience is chasing the drama for the actors in "The Old Guy", especially the drama between the "Iron Triangle" is too cool.
Let's talk about Zhang Guoli first.
Zhang Guoli has often appeared in film and television dramas in recent years, and he has appeared in dramas such as "Little Shede", "Solid as a Rock", "Echo", etc., and the acting skills of this actor can only be described in one word: absolutely.
In the new drama, Zhang Guoli plays Xiao Changqing, a little old man who takes care of the trivial chores at home.
The old mother asked him to pay for his sister to buy a house, and after being rejected, he pretended to cry and pretended to be pitiful, Xiao Changqing sat on the side and saw his mother "acting", his facial features were crowded together, his head twisted in the opposite direction, and he made a sound of "sigh~".
Then the corners of his mouth pulled out a bitter smile, looking at his mother helplessly and sadly, Zhang Guoli used his life-like acting skills to interpret the role in place.
This kind of little character was vividly interpreted by Zhang Guoli.
Let's talk about Wang Gang.
Wang Gang has rarely appeared in the public eye in recent years, but his acting skills are still solid.
In "Old Guy", Wang Gang plays Sun Qiancheng, a shrewd "old man".
When he appeared, he sat in the car, with his feet in front of the car, his hat on his stomach, and the whole person leaned back on the seat, and kept gesturing his hands when he spoke, and the image of a sleek and sophisticated little person instantly stood up.
When drinking free mineral water, cross your legs, smash your mouth and savor it, take a long breath of relief after drinking, as comfortable as drinking, and it is delicious without spending money.
The characteristics of the role of heavy profit and greed for small and cheap are accurately grasped by Wang Gang, and this role is too suitable for him.
Finally, Zhang Tielin.
Zhang Tielin has a sense of emperor majesty, so the director handed over the role of "boss" Chen Xincheng to him, which is too right.
He wore a suit and "spoke" passionately in front of his subordinates, his eyes were round, and his hands were raised and lowered with the tone of his voice, looking like a proper old leader.
When he was forced to retire, he was calm on the surface, squinting at each other, but the movement of rubbing his hands and the expression of his mouth revealed his nervousness.
The feeling of being flustered but pretending not to care is so funny, it was an unpleasant character, but under Zhang Tielin's interpretation, there is a little more comedy, and the acting skills of the drama bones are not covered.
In addition to this, the performances of the other actors in the play are also wonderful.
Xia Mingzhou, played by Zhou Tao, is delicate from head to toe, and her own aura is strong, needless to say, she knows that she is a strong woman who is resolute.
Xiao Lin played by Wang Zijian, a proper "daddy treasure man", is always hunched over, talking and spitting, and the appearance of the nest is simply not like acting.
It is worth mentioning that in the follow-up plot, there are also characters played by actors such as Liu Jia, Liu Tao, and Zhang Lingxin.
Epilogue:
Although some plots in the play will seem nonsensical, "Old Guy" is still worthy of the strongest dark horse in May, because it captures the two most important points of urban dramas.
One is people.
The story starts from the perspective of three elderly people, letting the audience know that the anxiety of life is all over every age, but no matter when, daring to think and do is the ultimate goal of life.
The second is life.
The series aired four episodes, unhurried, but the pain of life and the embarrassment of the elderly were put in front of the audience.
A drama that makes people empathize will keep the audience chasing after it.
Do you think this show is good?
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