
The gorge is cang, the water is vast, the kites are flying harriers, and the Huaishui Weifang is. It is bordered by the Bohai Sea in the north and the Hundred Rivers in the south. Two hundred red furnaces, three thousand copper blacksmiths. Nine thousand embroidery girls, 100,000 looms, Weifang City, which occupies one-tenth of the area of Shandong, has been famous for its manufacturing industry since the Ming Dynasty. If "kite" is a city business card of Weifang, then the advanced manufacturing industry of "the heavy equipment of the country" is a trump card of Weifang. We all have 41 industrial sectors in China, while Weifang, as a medium-sized city in the north, has 37. The production and sales of 30 kinds of products, such as heavy-duty engines and micro microphones, are at the forefront of the world.
Then the TV series "Caster", which reflects the cultural heritage of Weifang's industrial manufacturing, was recently launched on the central cctv8 channel. The play mainly tells the story of Murong Bai, an aspiring young man in Weixian County, Shandong (the old name of Weifang), who was obsessed with mechanical technology, and in order to assemble and produce Chinese his first diesel engine, he founded a national industrial enterprise - Taifeng Machinery Factory. With the youth and life of two generations, the Murong family has experienced a series of conflicts such as entrepreneurship, branches, factories, bombing factories, and donation factories, and has practiced "industry to save the country" all his life, expressing patriotic enthusiasm and highlighting the national spirit. The play also shows the history and culture of Weifang, local specialties and folk customs in many ways. Georg, a German engineer played by Dima, passes in front of a chaotian pot shop, flying kites, diesel engines painted by the little young master... Full of Weifang original customs and customs.
It is worth mentioning that Dong Xingmei, as an investor and screenwriter of this drama, was once a laid-off worker, and after being laid off, he co-founded the Yuanyou Machinery Manufacturing Factory and is committed to building a national industrial brand. The products produced by its enterprises are widely used in the construction of many national key projects such as the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the development of the western region, the north-south water diversion, and the yunnan hydropower project. The drama was created by the well-known screenwriter Cha Wenbai and his team for a year, a total of 36 episodes, directed by Cheng Qian, Ding Yinnan as the artistic director, and Starring Han Wenwen, Chun Yu Shanshan, Zhang Zhengyang and so on. Touched by Dong Xingmei's experience and persistence, famous actors Li Youbin, Wang Bozhao, Zheng Xiaoning and other big-name actors also took the initiative to reduce their remuneration, which deeply touched Dong Xingmei, who is a collection of laid-off workers, writers and entrepreneurs.
According to reports, "Caster" originated from Dong Xingmei's childhood life and the experience of her grandparents for three generations, because her mother died unfortunately when she was two years old, in order to supplement the family, Dong Xingmei followed her father to help in the factory at a very young age, coupled with the 40-year mechanical worker process that began at the age of 17, so that she has a special feeling for national enterprises, and its taste is waiting for the audience friends to watch quietly and slowly experience.