On the evening of October 28, the TV series "Breakout" aired episodes 13 and 14 on Oriental Satellite TV. In the part of the discussion group of the play, some viewers left a message saying that after seeing the back, the TV station suddenly changed to the Republic of China drama, and they once thought that the TV station had jumped off the stage, and when they saw that the STATION logo had not changed, they knew that the broadcast was still "Breakout". In a modern drama "Breakout", a long-lasting Republic of China drama is arranged, which may not be understood by the audience. Why would screenwriter Zhou Mason do this?
Let's take a look at how these scenes are arranged in the plots that have been broadcast. This Republic of China drama entered in the 32nd minute of episode 14. At that time, Qi Ben'an had already discovered The problem of Shi Hongxing's 500 million funds, and found that his old classmates were also involved in it and received benefits. Faced with this situation, Qi Ben'an's immediate boss, Lin Manjiang, began to shield Shi Hongxing and took his old classmates away from Jingzhou. Qi Ben'an's heart must have waves. His jingzhou zhongfu number one, how should the next work be carried out?
It was in the car that Qi Ben'an fell into the memory of the predecessor of Zhongfu Group. This former staff officer of the propaganda department is of course very precious about the history of the Zhongfu Group. And his memories of Zhongfu's predecessor are naturally hand-to-hand. Subsequently, there was this Republic of China drama that some audiences were more surprised by. In this scene, it is several leaders of Zhongfu's predecessors, how to express difficulties with their families. Obviously, this Republic of China drama is intended to praise several leaders of Zhongfu's predecessors.
And what is the impetus for this kind of praise for Qi Ben'an and even the entire plot? In a word, find strength in history. Qi Ben'an, who sat in the car and began to reminisce about the history of Zhongfu, obviously came to a fork in the road in the workplace. At this time, Lin Manjiang asked Qi Ben'an not to do things, but to maintain the unity of Jingzhou Zhongfu. And Qi Ben'an himself, but found a large number of problems in Jingzhou Zhongfu, these problems are not solved, Zhongfu will not be able to achieve better development - is it to get by, mix life, maintain the relationship with the big guys, or make a water dragon, find out the truth, and the sky does not care about the enemy?
After this memory, it should give Qi Ben'an "historical power". Qi Ben'an would stand on the side of his own morality and conscience, not on the side of Lin Manjiang and Shi Hongxing. Therefore, this Republic of China drama, which seems to be a bit of a drama, plays a very obvious role in the TV series "Breakout". This Republic of China drama, even can not be realized with a simple memory lens, it should be filmed and presented with a large section of content, which is a respect for history and an important part of the actor's firm motivation for the character's behavior.
In "Breakout", we can see a strong "historical atmosphere". For example, the beginning of the play is the Daqing that Zhongfu Group has been engaged in for decades, and a lot of manpower and material resources have been arranged to realize the celebration. There is even a lot of money to buy an old car that can reflect its own transportation history. For another example, in the plot that has been broadcast, when Lin Manjiang reprimanded Qi Ben'an's old classmate, he also first talked about the history of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression on his ancestors. This is all typical of "finding strength in history". That is what we often say, forgetting history means betrayal.
In my previous film and television drama review articles, I often quoted a view of Mr. Qian Mu that Chinese culture does not emphasize artifacts, but emphasizes the spirit of history. In "Breakout", there is a large amount of content with historical atmosphere, which is a typical "heavy historical spirit" - we are more willing to find spiritual inheritance and guidance for behavior in our own historical content. Specific to the content of "Breakout", showing the history of Zhongfu, especially the history of the founders, is to let the whole Zhongfu achieve a sense of mission that does not forget its original intention. This is very much in line with the spirit of emphasizing history in our Chinese culture.
Veteran screenwriters always have their own unique narrative wisdom, which is the foundation of history and culture that many young screenwriters do not have. For many of our viewers, watching TV dramas may be a fun, and even many young screenwriters are also this wrong cognition. For excellent screenwriters, everyone engages in film and television drama creation, not really to entertain the audience, but to bring the audience a kind of historical thinking through effective plot stories. Excellent film and television ultimately talk about the "spirit of history" - of course, some film and television dramas talk more and span more; some, they talk about a precise point.
The TV series "Breakout" is obviously "talking about a little". Through these Republic of China dramas, Zhou Meisen strung together the thinking of the "historical spirit", which not only strengthened the motivation of Qi Ben'an's character behavior, but also consolidated the historical and theoretical foundation of this TV series. (Text/Ma Qingyun)