On the evening of September 15, the TV series "On the Field of Hope" Tencent Video was launched in several episodes, opening the premiere mode. The drama is starred by young actors such as Cao Jun and An Yuexi, and the main plot line is the content of rural revitalization. However, the beginning of this TV series is very different from the previous poverty alleviation dramas and rural revitalization dramas. It can be said that the opening scale of the play is very large, which is rare in previous works.
Therefore, this is also a TV drama work that is not easy to do drama review and discussion. At the beginning of the play, the male protagonist, as a graduate student at a prestigious university, mentioned the problem of the primary school building in his hometown that had been closed for six years in his rural report, which was posted on the media platform, which then triggered a series of subsequent plot content. These contents may have a strong sense of substitution for some viewers. Regarding this opening, I would like to add a content that has a personal experience about me.
It should have been almost twenty years. I was in college in a provincial capital city. It is also the state of the male protagonist, trying to change his fate through examination. The roads in the countryside are very difficult to walk, they are all dirt roads, and after the rain, they are very muddy. So I wrote an article about the muddy dirt roads of my hometown. What happened next was very similar to what aired on "On the Field of Hope."
So, I empathize with the opening plot of the TV series "On the Field of Hope" and think it is very real. In my impression, among the rural drama genres, there are few narratives as large as this drama. In the creation of rural dramas, we hate and are unwilling to create some "villain" characters, even if there are villain roles, they are often lazy people and lepers in the village. This time, the task of "villain role" is far more than all previous rural drama works.
In the opening plot of this TV series, I am more emotional, not only the large scale in front, but also the students of Shanghai universities, who helped the male protagonist's hometown to donate to the school building, and the students of the Department of Architecture sorted out the drawings of the school building maintenance plan. Obviously, for college students in the new era, everyone is not only asking questions, but also helping to solve problems together.
In the TV series "On the Field of Hope", the male protagonist intentionally or unintentionally mentions the words "unity of knowledge and action". This is a very important emotional theme of the play, or the philosophical support point of the play. What is the "unity of knowledge and action"? This is the most important point in Song Ming's theory, and I not only know these truths, but also abide by and practice them. From emptiness to practice, especially an important feature of Ming Dynasty science. Or rather, the most important feature of the development of Chinese Confucianism.
In this TV drama work, on the surface, it is the story of the male protagonist building his hometown, but in essence, it is about the "unity of knowledge and action" in the spirit of traditional Chinese scholars. This is one of the most important spiritual forces for the Chinese nation to realize its rejuvenation. The current opening plot of "On the Field of Hope" has presented the audience with a very complex, but also unusually simple and firm image of young college students. Such a role is the living force for the continued progress of the times.
In the male protagonist, we can first see why we left our hometown. It's so poor that all you can see when you open your eyes is the mountains, and you have to fight to drink a sip of water, and so on. This is perhaps the most important reason why a large number of aspiring young people have left their hometowns. The reason why everyone wants to go to the city is to change their destiny, especially the fate of economic poverty. The big cities have pinned too many Chinese dreams. Many young people, even those of us who are middle-aged, dare not return to our hometowns because we are poor and afraid.
However, in everyone, there is a most simple love for their hometown. This is a very primitive spiritual belief. Many young people have the impulse to build their hometowns. Even in the pen of many literary artists, it will always be their hometown. Everyone strives to go out and go to the big city, but everyone's roots are still in the homeland. In the second episode, the male protagonist refuses to return to his hometown and throws the basketball in his hand far away. But as everyone knows, the farthest throw is even more recently inseparable.
So I say that the beginning of this TV series, in the creation of the male protagonist's personality, is firm and simple, and also has the complexity of universal life. When we ask life to practice the "unity of knowledge and action", this spiritual need to build a hometown is more clear. And the stronger this sense of appeal to building a hometown, the more harmless the large scale of the plot opening. Tv series creation, you should not be afraid of such large-scale content. It can even be said that such content can form a very abundant positive force.
Of course, the countryside is really not the kind of pastoral and chrysanthemum that many friends in the city think. The start of "On the Field of Hope" is very real. Later in the plot, we must enter the link of how the male protagonist builds his hometown. This is also a test of the screenwriter's skills. The quality of the follow-up content, the old editor continues to observe, and will discuss it later. (Text/Ma Qingyun)