Hunan Daily·New Hunan Client Reporter Deng Zhengke
On January 4, a key project of the State Administration of Radio and Television and Hunan Province to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong was planned, created, and mainly invested and controlled by Hunan Radio, Film and Television Group (Hunan Radio and Television) , Xiaoxiang Film Group's major revolutionary historical TV series "Ask the Cangmang" ended on CCTV with a Douban score of 8.6 points, and ended on Mango TV and Youku members.
"In today's China, who is the enemy and who is the friend? Who will dominate? Who will return to me?" The young Mao Zedong in the play already has the answer in his heart, and the road to China's revolution is gradually becoming clear.
Stills from "Ask the Cangmang".
Leading the ratings and receiving praise
"Ask the Cangmang" has cracked the "hard nut"
Comrade Mao Zedong's life was magnificent and vigorous. The TV series "Ask the Cangmang" focuses on the young Mao Zedong from 1921 to 1927. In these six years, Comrade Mao Zedong went from a Marxist believer to an experienced professional revolutionary, and from a revolutionary idealist. To a revolutionary doer, from an ordinary party representative to a leader who pioneered the path of "surrounding the cities from the countryside and seizing power with arms". Although in terms of creation, these six years belong to the "prelude" of the great man's highlight stage, which is extremely difficult to dramatize and is rarely involved in works, "Ask the Cangmang" still chooses to bite this "hard nut" and show the audience the young Mao Zedong. The path to “entrepreneurship”.
What is gratifying is that the broadcast results and audience reputation of "Ask the Cangmang" have lived up to the creative courage of the creative team. Since the drama was first aired on CCTV’s late prime time slot on December 12, it has a 10.835% share of the CVB General Administration’s big data, ranking first among all channels in the country. Hunan Satellite TV has also led the ratings since its launch, ranking first among provincial satellite TV. It has been reported and recognized by mainstream media such as Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, China Central Radio and Television, and the People's Political Consultative Conference, and has been evaluated as a high-quality TV series with major revolutionary historical themes in recent years.
At the same time, "Ask the Cangmang" successfully broke through the ratings circle and communication barriers, once again setting off a viewing boom for young audiences for the main theme drama. As of the end of the show, the show has reached 4 billion topic views on the entire Internet, more than 140 hot searches on the entire Internet, and an audience of 600 million across all media. Young audiences born in the 90s and 00s accounted for 30%, making it the most widely covered young audience in recent times. , the main theme drama with the highest audience stickiness. Many netizens also praised the play on social media for "writing a thorough story of faith and country."
Stills from "Ask the Cangmang".
Back to the beginning of the "first union"
A sincere work dedicated to major revolutionary historical themes
Adhering to the principle of "doing the big things and not the small things", the TV series "Ask the Cangmang" features Comrade Mao Zedong as the protagonist, and at the same time portrays Sun Yat-sen , Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Zhou Enlai, Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei, Cai Hesen, Zhang Guotao and other influential figures who had interacted with Mao Zedong, using plain and simple brushwork to make the image originally rooted in textbooks come alive, showing the young Mao Zedong's "rooting downwards" The three distinctive characteristics of "growing upward", "unity of knowledge and action" and "treating official position and money as dirt", with the youthful and practical spirit of communists, reveal the historical truth of the success of the Chinese revolution, and are of great enlightenment to contemporary youth.
After being accused of not understanding the current situation of workers, Mao Zedong went deep into the Anyuan mines and found out how difficult people's livelihood was during his on-the-spot visits. When he learned that there were still a large number of farmers living in dire straits in the countryside, Mao Zedong opened night schools for farmers and established a party in the countryside. branch to fight for the rights and interests of farmers; in the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Mao Zedong was elected as an alternate member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang and acting director of the Central Propaganda Department for his outstanding performance. As the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke down, he resolutely gave up his comfortable life and adhered to communism. The play shows young Mao Zedong's delicate and real thinking, actions and choices. This series of small and specific narrative plots makes young Mao Zedong's excellent qualities and sincere emotions vivid in the scene-based, story-based and concrete construction. Together, they created a comprehensive, three-dimensional, rich, tangible, respectable and respectable image of young Mao Zedong.
More importantly, through the growth process of young Mao Zedong, it reflects the growth process of the Communist Party of China. In "entrepreneurship, growth, and path-finding", it answers the questions of the people and the times, and further clarifies and strengthens the idea that "only The self-confidence of "socialism can save China" provides a spiritual mirror for contemporary young people to shoulder their historical mission, realize their self-worth, and firmly move forward.
Stills from "Ask the Cangmang".
"Ask the Cangmang" is a key project of the State Administration of Radio and Television and Hunan Province to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong. Chen Jin and Liang Zhenhua serve as chief screenwriters, and Wang Wei directs. Wang Renjun, Jiaze, Ning Li, Baike, Tang Zeng, Nearly a hundred actors including Wu Xingjian, Zhang Xiaolong, Wei Daxun, Jiao Junyan, Niu Junfeng, Zheng Yecheng, Ma Shaohua, Song Jia and others performed together.
The play is produced by China Central Radio and Television, Hunan Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, Hunan Radio, Film and Television Group (Hunan Radio and Television), Xiaoxiang Film Group, Hunan Happy Sunshine Interactive Entertainment Media Co., Ltd., Changsha Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, Malanshan Video Culture and Creation Produced by the Industrial Park and Hunan Dangran Film Co., Ltd., supported by the Hunan Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, and jointly produced by Beijing Youth Hello Culture Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Perfect World Film and Television Co., Ltd., and Beijing Wuyuan Culture Media Co., Ltd.
