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, blowing up the bizarre disappearance of half a billion funds, gradually exposed various sharp and complex contradictions. 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 in a factory and grew up together. Today' Lin Manjiang is the number one of the state-owned enterprise 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.
From left to right: Lin Manjiang, Shi Hongxing, Qi Ben'an
Judging from the plot of the broadcast, "Breakout" still maintains a certain sense of authenticity and vitality, such as Qi Ben'an has just been promoted to a top leader, someone secretly installed a camera in the hotel where he lives; Qi Ben'an only said anti-corruption and clean government at the meeting, and someone came to give gifts after the meeting; at the democratic life meeting, the secretary of the district party committee was dumbfounded and sweated coldly... In the words of Zhou Meisen, 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.
Qi Ben'an was monitored
Subordinates came to give gifts to Qi Ben'an
Problem one: the beginning is warm, and there are words that are slowly said to be slightly procrastinating
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". Through the tense stimulation of an episode, it steadily grabbed the audience's attention. This is the key to the success of the ratings of "In the Name of the People" - the contradictions and conflicts are clear, and the main plot is clear.
At present, "Breakout" has aired 12 episodes, but it seems to be too much, and Zhou Mason uses a rhythm of "talking 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."
Shi Hongxing and her husband Niu Junjie
Qi Ben'an and his wife
Until the eighth episode, with the sudden explosion, the shantytown collapsed, the corruption within the entire 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 friendship break between the three people is obviously a core point of view.
Problem two: 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 plot behind, did not show what is the indissoluble contradiction between the two, and the two seem to have a good relationship, after the 500 million fund embezzlement case surfaced, Shi Hongxing also confided in her husband, Niu Junjie is not unsympathetic, it seems that a wife is strict, busy comforting his wife.
Yan Ni in the play
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 this scene in the office, and the two sentences turned to other plots, and the seemingly ordinary and coherent content had to be cut. After the explosion, the enlarged meeting of the municipal party committee and the meeting of Jingzhou Zhongfu were constantly switched together. After the secretary of the municipal party committee here finished speaking, he suddenly turned to the meeting of Jingzhou Zhongfu, a few sentences switched once, and the chaotic switching made the audience's sense of jumping and lack of coherence.
Problem three: The protagonist is too preachy and not grounded
"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 a sense of distance, and these positions will also make people have a gap, which will inevitably give people the feeling of "fighting with the gods and immortals, and what to do with me".
The end of the play
Xi Meijuan in the play
"In the Name of the People" focuses on catching corrupt officials and cracking down on corruption. This is a problem that the audience is very concerned about and deeply resentful, and it is a major social pain point today, and the plot set in this context 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. From the perspective of dramatic function, this role is similar to Hou Pingliang in "The Name of the People", seeking the truth and stirring up the qing. In fact, Jin Dong's performance has improved a lot compared to the past domineering president, but in the end, Qi Ben'an still lacks the human touch of an ordinary person, whether it is with his wife or with leaders and subordinates, he always feels that he is holding a "shelf" in an "official manner", such as "seeking survival and development in adaptation" to Niu Junjie at the beginning, saying "It is related to the life and death of our party and country" to Lu Jianjian, played by the full stop, and saying "You are my comrade-in-arms and comrades" to his wife, this kind of overly preachy line makes the character float on the surface. Lack of real feelings.
Qi Ben'an's lines are not very grounded
Red Star News reporter Qiu Junfeng
Edited by Li Xueli
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