On the evening of August 26, the 34-episode poverty alleviation TV series "Maple Leaf Red" ended in a prime time set of CCTV. In addition to the plot that people relish, the rich national culture, magnificent grassland scenery and simple humanistic feelings of the Keyou Zhongqi have also become a major attraction of this drama. Among them, the actor Meng Haoqiang, who plays the first secretary Han Li, has attracted more attention. Meng Haoqiang, who looks thick and upright, has natural and grounded acting skills in this TV series, allowing everyone to see the various practical problems encountered by grass-roots poverty alleviation cadres.
Qi qige, vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region CPPCC Committee, said that "Maple Leaves Are Red" truly restores the touching moments of party members and cadres serving the people and selfless dedication in a realistic way, and presents the fiery scene of the peasants and herdsmen in northern Xinjiang watching out for each other, uniting and struggling, and running together to be well-off.
The magnificent and vast Horqin grassland, staged a lot of touching stories, poverty alleviation on the last kilometer of the road, Meng Haoqiang played by Han Li full of confidence to batu Chagan Gacha (village) found that the poverty alleviation work is far from what he imagined, but he was not intimidated by the immediate difficulties, united party members and cadres, door to door to accurately identify the object of help, change the extensive production and operation mode, introduce the appropriate cash crop to enhance the industry, multi-pronged, and finally for Batu Cha Gan Gacha (village) to take off the poverty hat worn for many years.
Rooted in the soil of reality
As a TV series with the main theme theme, "Maple Leaf Red" closely follows the theme of the times, takes the national implementation of the "precision poverty alleviation" strategy as the story background, and uses the poverty alleviation secretary to connect the stories of small rural people, reflecting the background of the times.
"Three months of farmland, three months of gambling, three months of New Year's Eve, three months of ploughing", there is nothing to drink a little wine, this is the habitual lifestyle of rural farmers and herdsmen for a long time, and bad habits are deeply rooted. In the play, Liu Changli, who is addicted to gambling, BaiYinbao, who is drunk and self-abandoning, and Bao Seventy-three, who is delicious and lazy, represent different types of poverty in poverty alleviation.
Wang Weiguo, a professor at the Communication University of China, was deeply impressed by the four poor households in the play, saying that in addition to establishing the artistic image of First Secretary Han Li, "Maple Leaf Red" also intelligently shaped four characters with typical significance and value - Gao Wa, Bai Yinbao, Liu Changli, and Bao Seventy-Three. These four poor households have their own different poverty reasons, which is the screenwriter and director through the summary and refinement of life, with the real life to create the art of reality, has a strong appeal.
These vivid plot characters increase the story and ornamentation of the TV series, and also arouse the resonance of the audience, truly reproducing the difficulty and complexity of batu ChaGan Gacha (village) poverty alleviation work, just like a live broadcast focusing on grassland precision poverty alleviation.
It is reported that the bridge sections in the drama in which villagers secretly sell "poverty alleviation cattle" and herdsmen drink alcohol to cause poverty have really appeared in the grass-roots poverty alleviation work in pastoral areas. In the play, Han Li organizes farmers and herdsmen to develop and expand the Gacha collective economy, sets up public welfare posts for cleaners for poor households, hardens the road surface, builds cultural squares, and improves rural infrastructure construction.
Meng Haoqiang introduced that after reading the script, he was deeply moved by the story of Secretary Han Li and Batu Cha Gan Gacha. "The four words of precision poverty alleviation were a concept in my mind before, and after reading the script, I learned that the party's precision poverty alleviation policy is a meticulous care for China's poor farmers, and the party's grass-roots rural cadres are practicing the party's principles and policies with their bodies and minds, and even with their lives."
Create grounded characters
In order to make the role of Han Li more three-dimensional and more realistic, Meng Haoqiang went to the filming site to experience life and did a lot of research before filming, interviewed many grass-roots poverty alleviation secretaries in pastoral areas, followed the real poverty alleviation village secretary to run from village to village, and also met the prototype of Secretary Han Li - Han Jun. "I have carefully observed his daily dress and tone, and many of the character characteristics of Secretary Han that I am portraying now are based on him." The in-depth communication with the character prototype allows Meng Haoqiang to accurately grasp the all-round characteristics of the role, present a more delicate and vivid performance in the play, and every move looks like a professional poverty alleviation cadre.
In the play, Secretary Han Li needs to explain the specific content and technical terms of many poverty alleviation policies, and these lines are all memorized by Meng Haoqiang word by word, and then do the treatment of life. "I want to make the technical terms of these poverty alleviation policies come alive so that the audience likes to watch them." It is Meng Haoqiang's performance that strives to be close to reality and grounded, and Han Li's role has achieved the artistic height of truly reflecting the work and life of grass-roots frontline cadres.
With the artistic creation of "going deep into life and taking root in the people", the characters portrayed by Meng Haoqiang are vivid and three-dimensional. The image of Han Li, the first secretary of the village, "positive energy", "tough guy" and "sunshine" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In order to be able to devote himself to Han Li's character creation, Meng Haoqiang did not take on other plays for a whole year, and he poured too much effort into this role, and even for a long time he could not completely withdraw from the role. But for all this, Meng Haoqiang is willing to eat, in his view, "the actor is ultimately a 'true' word, truly believe in his role, sincerely treat his performance, will definitely be able to get the affirmation of the audience." ”
Meng Haoqiang sent a Weibo to celebrate the successful conclusion of the TV series
The TV series "Maple Leaf Red" ended in glory, which not only won the affirmation of many experts, but also won the love of the majority of audiences. With the popularity of the drama, many people who like this drama have run to travel, Meng Haoqiang said: This is the literary and artistic contribution we have made as a literary and artistic worker in poverty alleviation, so that literary and artistic works can help poverty alleviation, drive the development of tourism economy, and contribute to the construction of beautiful villages.
It is reported that Meng Haoqiang's next work "Not To Live up to the People" has also been started in Hunan, Meng Haoqiang played the deputy secretary of the county party committee Yang Shuguang, which is his second interpretation of the secretary image after "Maple Leaf Red", the scene Meng Haoqiang bluntly said: This secretary is a bit on top. Asked about the specific reasons, he smiled and said nothing, creating a sense of mystery of the character that makes people look forward to "Not Living up to the People", and also looking forward to the wonderful performance of Meng Haoqiang's "secretary".