After 3 years of success, from "People's Property" to "Breakout", from 62 episodes to 45 episodes, this TV series that was regarded by the outside world as "The Name of the People 2" was finally finally scheduled to be broadcast. From the perspective of ratings and attention, "Breakout" was obviously successful, and the ratings broke through 2 on the day of premiere, ranking in the top three positions of the golden file. Indeed, this is a drama with explosive potential: Zhou Meisen and his wife Sun Xinyue wrote, Shen Yan and Liu Haibo, two well-known directors, directed, Jin Dong, Yan Ni, Huang Zhizhong and other more than ten national first-class actors joined, and the cast can be called the top match of Chinese opera.
However, the higher the expectations, the more stringent the audience. Judging from the episodes currently broadcast, the beginning of the story of "Breakout" lacks the "stimulation" at the beginning of "The Name of the People", and it is not until the eighth episode that there are touching episodes, so it is evaluated by netizens as "opening warm swallowing" and "watching Jin Dong and Yan Ni mix their mouths." ”
Ratings over 2, network broadcast volume exceeded 100 million, from the current broadcast situation, "Breakout" ratings, clicks have presented the appearance of the explosion, but the three major shortcomings it presents, so that it wants to become a "Name of the People" such a blockbuster, it is difficult!
The intention is still strong
In a sense, the intention of "Breakout" is still fierce, in addition to the anti-corruption content that Zhou Mason is good at, there is also a breakthrough in the reform of state-owned enterprises. The story of "Breakout" still takes place in Jingzhou City, Handong Province, half a year after the anti-corruption storm of "In the Name of the People": Zhongfu Group, a large state-owned enterprise in Jingzhou, is in trouble during the transition period, which has both factors of market changes and corruption problems that cannot be ignored. An unexpected explosion exploded the bizarre disappearance of half a billion funds, and various contradictions were gradually exposed. Senior party and government officials, business executives, all walks of life, the disadvantaged groups at the bottom, all kinds of characters you sing and I appear.
Although it is a group portrait drama, "Breakout" focuses on three people: Qi Ben'an, Shi Hongxing, and Lin Manjiang. The three were once brothers and sisters of a factory, and now Lin Manjiang is the number one of the Zhongfu Group, and under Lin Manjiang's arrangement, Qi Ben'an parachuted into Jingzhou Zhongfu as the first leader. The airborne landing of Qi Ben'an, the "second millennium oldest", broke the original balance of the enterprise, and also made Shi Hongxing face the problem of the right being suspended, and in the anti-corruption investigation within the enterprise, it seems to involve Shi Hongxing and Lin Manjiang.
Judging from the plot of the broadcast, "Breakout" still maintains a certain sense of truth and vitality, such as Qi Ben'an has just been promoted to the top of the position, some people have secretly installed cameras in the hotel where he lives; Qi Ben'an only said anti-corruption and clean government at the meeting, and some people came to give gifts after the meeting; at the democratic life meeting, the secretary of the district party committee was dumbfounded and sweated in a cold sweat... In the words of Zhou Mason, at the moment when the country is booming, it is inevitable that there will be such and such problems, and writers and screenwriters cannot be blind and dare to face contradictions.
The start was warm, and there was a slight delay in saying things slowly
Judging from the plot, the opening of "Breakout" is somewhat gentle, and it does not have the shock brought about by the small corrupt officials full of yuan at the beginning of "In the Name of the People".
At present, "Breakout" has aired more than a dozen episodes, but it seems to be too much, and Zhou Mason uses a rhythm of "having something to say slowly". The first seven episodes revolve too much around some family conflicts that are still messy, such as the contradiction between Qi Ben'an and his wife, Shi Hongxing and her husband Niu Junjie, and the work contradiction between Qi Ben'an and Shi Hongxing, which are parachuted in, and it is no wonder that some people complain, "The first few episodes have watched Jin Dong and Yan Ni mixing their mouths."
Until the eighth episode, with the sudden explosion, the shantytown collapsed, the corruption within the group was able to surface, Shi Hongxing's cousin Wang Ping absconded safely, Shi Hongxing was involved, and Qi Ben'an, who was determined to rectify the corruption, how would he face his friendship with Shi Hongxing and even With Lin Manjiang? In the next plot, the breakup of the three is obviously a core point of view.
Multi-line narrative, the editing is slightly chaotic
The beginning of "Breakout" was not opened well, and there was some confusion in the middle of the plot. For example, in "Breakout", Shi Hongxing and Niu Junjie, played by Geng Le, the two were dead and alive at the beginning, and they came up with a quarrel and kept clamoring for divorce. But the later plot, did not show what indissoluble contradictions the two people have, and it seems that the relationship is still good, after the 500 million capital embezzlement case surfaced, Shi Hongxing also confided in her husband, Niu Junjie was also busy comforting his wife, looking like a wife strict.
Secondly, the transition of "Breakout" is too fast, often two different scenes are continuously converted. For example, at the beginning, Shi Hongxing learned that Qi Ben'an was about to take office, and Lin Manjiang communicated with Lin Manjiang in the office, and the two sentences turned to other plots. After the explosion, the enlarged meeting of the municipal party committee and the meeting of Jingzhou Zhongfu were constantly switched together. The secretary of the municipal party committee here just finished speaking, and suddenly turned to the meeting of Jingzhou Zhongfu, a few sentences switched a shot, and the chaotic switching made the audience's sense of jumping and lack of coherence.
The protagonist is too preachy and ungrounded
"Breakout" focuses on the reform of state-owned enterprises, most of the characters in the play are leading cadres of state-owned enterprises, such as a number of characters appearing at the beginning of the chapter, and the positions involved are even more dazzling, the chairman of Zhongfu Group, the secretary of the Group Discipline Inspection Committee, the secretary of the Party Committee of Jingzhou Zhongfu, the chairman of Jingzhou Energy... For most viewers, these official positions will make people feel distance, and these positions will also make people have a gap, which will inevitably give people the feeling of "the gods fight, and what do I do".
"In the Name of the People" focuses on catching corrupt officials and fighting corruption, which can naturally arouse the attention and resonance of the audience. Although "Breakout" also involves anti-corruption, it is more of an internal anti-corruption of the enterprise, and from the perspective of the plot currently broadcast, it is not the focus of the presentation.
In addition, the lines of the characters in the play, especially those of the male number one Qi Ben'an, are somewhat ungrounded and too preachy, which also leads to the character being less popular. In fact, Jin Dong's performance has made a lot of progress compared to the domineering president in the past, but the qi Ben'an presented in the end still lacks human touch, whether it is with his wife or with leaders and subordinates, he always feels that he is holding a "shelf" in an "official style", such as "seeking survival and development in adaptation" to Niu Junjie at the beginning, "It is related to the life and death of our party and country" to Lu Jianjian, played by the full stop, and "You are my comrade-in-arms and comrades" to his wife.
Source/Chengdu Business Daily
Editor/Bow Lifang