Among the 86 TV dramas presented for the 70th anniversary of the National Day in 2019, there is one of the most non-existent spy war dramas, I don't know if you remember it, that is, the TV series "Guihong", which was once known as China's first aviation spy war theme.
The TV series "Guihong" aired in November 2019, and this unusually low-key TV series has done little publicity or even released materials when it is about to air. This is in stark contrast to the high-profile TV series "Spy Battle Deep Sea Sting" broadcast before it and the subsequent CCTV eight sets of New Year's Day broadcast "Breaking the Game 1950". This has also caused the audience to ignore and forget it, after all, at the time of 2020 and the past 2020, there are too many spy dramas that have entered our field of vision, some of them have been dusty for many years, and they are expected; some have been publicized for a long time, and the expectations are expected; some are unexpected and surprising; some are highly anticipated, but they are unexpectedly folded. Partial this "Guihong" is "gently I go, just as I gently came, wave a hand, do not take away a cloud", so the wind is light, even the drama reviews are very rare, and throughout the whole drama, the production and reputation of this TV series, compared to some of the publicity is hot but accidentally overturned works or have great advantages, today I will simply introduce this low-key spy drama "Guihong" for everyone.
Based on the real "Uprising of the Two Airlines", the spy drama "Guihong" is set on the eve of the liberation of the whole country in 1949, telling the story of the successful uprising of two airlines, China Airlines and Yuanhang Airlines, and resolutely flying to the embrace of the motherland. The drama is directed by Liu Biao and starring Ling Xiaosu, Liu Yihan, Fu Dalong, Shi Tianqi, Shao Feng, Chen Yiheng and Feng Enhe.
Director Liu Biao is a cinematographer, turned to directing in 2010, his most famous directorial work is the spy drama "Jinshui Bridge", directed by him in October 2020, Zhang Xincheng and Cai Wenjing starred in the revolutionary legendary TV series "Radiance". The TV series "Guihong", which is based on real events, has a theme that has not been dabbled by previous choreographers, so it has a lot of artistic creation space and the characteristics of attracting the attention of the audience.
The lead actor Ling Xiaosu was born in Xi'an and has lived in the Xi'an Film Studio since childhood, and his mother Fu Xiaojian is the director and screenwriter of the Xi'an Film Studio. His grandfather was a cinematographer at Xi'an Film Studio, and his grandfather was ling Zifeng, a famous director who had directed "Camel Xiangzi".
Ling Xiaosu, who was influenced by his family since childhood, naturally entered the film and television circle when he grew up, and in 2001, when he was still studying at the Beijing Film Academy, he starred as the male number one of Zhang Hanjie's "Guanzhong Bandits", playing the avenger Dunzi who was saddled with the blood debt of his parents deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and received praise from the audience. After that, Ling Xiaosu won the most popular actor at the Youku Film and Television Festival with "The Temptation to Go Home". In 2020, he starred with Si Ni in the Hainan Agricultural Reclamation theme drama "Tianya Hot Land" broadcast on CCTV. In "Guihong", he played Nie Yunkai, an underground intelligence worker of the Communist Party of China, who was fully responsible for planning the secret work of the Uprising of the Two Airlines, he shouldered heavy responsibilities, wandered in the complex environment of the competition between various forces, and finally successfully plotted against the "Two Airlines" high-level, and was a calm, wise, decisive and tenacious excellent agent.
Fu Dalong, a visiting professor at the Beijing Academy of Performing Arts, won the Outstanding Performance Award at the 2nd China Film Child Cow Awards in 1987 for his biographical film "Young Peng Dehuai". In 2007, he won three awards for best actor in Huabiao, Golden Rooster and Media for his starring role in the feature film "Tengu". In 2013, he starred in the costume historical drama "The Vertical and Horizontal of the Great Qin Empire" as King Huiwen of Qin, which impressed the audience. Fu Dalong is low-key and humble, versatile. On weekdays, he loves calligraphy and painting, guqin musical instruments, martial arts opera and other miscellaneous items, and is even more proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In this drama, Fu Dalong plays Zheng Bin, director of the internal sales department of China Airlines, who is a mysterious identity, who was originally an undercover agent code-named "Partridge" of our party, and because he holds major secrets, he is deeply valued by the top management of the two airlines. However, it seems that the enemy's strategy is confused, until the truth surfaces, but this person has already defected to the enemy and finally committed suicide with uneasiness and guilt, which is a more complex two-sided character.
In addition to the two actors introduced above, there is also Shen Xiyan, the girlfriend of Zheng Bin, played by Liu Yihan, a staunch underground worker of our party, but she has always been deeply in exchange for the painful choice caused by Zheng Bin's betrayal. The actress may not be familiar to everyone, but in the recent TV series "Operation Icebreaker" and the just-aired "Golden Soma Flower" she played a different role, perhaps you can notice her. Although Duan Mu Chong and Nie Yunkai, played by Shao Feng, are alumni brothers, their beliefs and backgrounds are not the same. Duanmu Chong is the son of a high-ranking official, who has a prominent family background and a complex mixed mentality. His origins gave him no chance to choose, he said: "As long as the brothers are loyal to the party-state, I will do everything", which is his bottom card and his confidence. However, this confidence made him eventually fail, and it also became a shackle that was difficult for him to turn over.
The joining of the old drama bone He Zhengjun and Feng Enhe is the surprise of this drama, one of them is the Zhao political commissar in "Bright Sword", the other is the old treacherous wu station manager in "Lurking", in this drama, one of them plays "Lei Gong", and the other plays Duan Mu Chong's father Duan Mu Heng, once again let us appreciate the style of the drama bone.
As the first aviation-themed spy drama in China, director Liu Biao focused on two major difficulties in the filming of the film: First, the script creation. "Guihong" is based on the real "Two Airlines Uprising", which determines that the logic of the series should be very tight and can withstand scrutiny. "The script of the play has been polished for three years, sorting out half a room of historical materials, and we have also interviewed witnesses of historical events and condensed many prototypes. In the end, the current story was created on the basis of realism. Liu Biao said, "With the continuous understanding of historical stories, we ourselves have been deeply moved." Another difficulty is shooting details. Because the play shows specific historical nodes and historical events, "Guihong" is extremely elaborate in terms of shooting methods, costumes, props and other aspects. Its purpose is only to restore the characteristics of the era and the empathy generated by the audience while enjoying the play.
The TV series "Guihong", the integration of the workplace and the spy war of the drama, the story pace is very fast, in the early stage, Ling Xiaosu played by Nie Yunkai and Fu Dalong played by Zheng Bin two roles, from the workplace to the position, and even the showdown between the love scene, people are addicted, mysterious and complex identity fog, if close to the emotional entanglement, in the background of the enemy and me difficult to distinguish the conflict, so that the audience is easily trapped in it, unable to extricate themselves. The later spy contest was even more surging in the calm atmosphere under the special background of Hong Kong british rule, which made the life and death contest between the two sides full of uncertainty and attracted everyone's attention to look forward to the final outcome.
However, there are also some problems in this drama, the first is that the role of Fu Dalong, the actor who is liked by the audience, was prematurely offline, resulting in many viewers who came for him with regrets, and then the plot was intended to be gradual and gradual, layer by layer, but because of the loss of the main line of the first few episodes, it became falling apart and lost its continuity. Of course, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, whether it is good or bad or whether it needs to be commented upon.