Recently, there is a CCTV drama with a strong presence.
During the New Year's Eve, "Flowers" was strongly launched on eight CCTV channels. CCTV continued to rank first in ratings, and the platform's popularity exceeded 30,000.
This drama directed by Wong Kar-Wai and starring Hu Ge, Tang Yan, Xin Zhilei and others has been controversial since its launch. It has gradually impressed the audience with its unique business war drama, Wong Kar-wai aesthetics and Shanghainese accent. CCTV praised it, and director Wang Jing commented: I envy Wong Kar-wai and gain face from Shanghainese.
In fact, when "Flowers" dominated the ratings, there was another CCTV drama that silently won a high reputation. "Flowers" scored 8.2 on Douban, which is indeed good.
But this drama has a score of 8.7, which is CCTV's "Ask the Cangmang".
In my mind, this drama can be called the best domestic historical drama after "The Age of Awakening". Most Chinese drama viewers find it too long, but viewers of this drama find it too short and want to watch a sequel.
's two consecutive major dramas have exploded in word-of-mouth, once again proving CCTV's dominance in the field of Chinese dramas.
In my opinion, CCTV’s popularity will continue.
Just tonight, another drama with a score of 8.8 on Douban. After waiting for 3 years, the final chapter will finally be broadcast on CCTV 1 prime time and Tencent Video -
"The Days of the Great River" ", which is "Dajiang Dahe 3".
At the beginning of 2019, "Dajiang Dahe" directed by Kong Sheng premiered. Not only did it achieve a record of breaking 1% on both channels, and the number of online views exceeded 5 billion, it also topped the national drama reputation list that year with a score of 8.8 on Douban.
At the beginning of 2021, "Dajiang Dahe 2" was broadcast, and the Douban score once reached 9.4 points (now 8.8 points). Unfortunately, the popularity and online broadcast volume have declined. In the third part of
, Kong Sheng returns as the chief director, Sun Molong and Liu Hongyuan direct, Hou Hongliang serves as the chief producer, and Wang Kai, Yang Shuo, Dong Zijian, and Yang Caiyu return. Huang Jue, Liu Dan and Xu Yajun assisted.
The story of Song Yunhui, Lei Dongbao, Yang Xun, and Liang Sishen is finally coming to an end.
With Kong Sheng taking action, there is no chance of the drama overturning. The suspense is: can the drama break through the 8.8 rating of the first two parts? Can he create another classic and become the king of Chinese dramas in 2024?
What is certain is that this part "comes to say goodbye to you."
01. Review: A drama with the main theme can be so good. The story of Song Yunhui finally reaches its final chapter.
Many people no longer remember what the story was in the first two parts.
My answer is: the story of a generation’s struggle.
The most worrying point at the beginning of "Dajiang Dahe" is the theme.
"Dajiang Dahe 1" is somewhat of a tribute drama.
"Age of Awakening" and "Love of Mountains and Seas" had not yet been released. The worry of ordinary viewers is: Will it be too serious and difficult to watch?
However, when I really started to watch it, I realized that there was absolutely no need to worry!
Kong Sheng is still the same Kong Sheng in "Parents Love" and "Enter Guandong", and good dramas are always good dramas.
For myself, I couldn’t stop watching the first episode and followed it all the way to the end.
This is the appeal of "Dajiang Dahe". The
drama series focuses on the struggle of three poor young people. Through the step-by-step plot, the audience watched them recite the People's Daily to get into college, Xiaolei's family to start a business, start a business, etc., all the way up from the bottom.
This kind of counterattack story that ordinary people love to hear combines the destiny of an individual with the situation of the times, and uses simple images and emotions to present the collective memory of the Chinese people. Behind the spirit of those characters, they represent that era, and The spiritual temperament contained in that era. How could a drama like
not be good to watch?
But as the lead actor Wang Kai said, everyone's destiny is like a river.
And all rivers have ups and downs, undercurrents, and shoals.
If the first part is about the counterattack history of the three protagonists, then the ending of the second part is about the defeat of the three of them: Song Yunhui promoted the cooperation between Donghai Factory and multinational companies, but became a victim in the workplace and was transferred to a pesticide factory. .
Lei Dongbao was imprisoned.
Yang Xun failed in his first business venture and his family members died.
It can be said that the three male protagonists have all reached the bottom of their lives. I believe all old viewers want to see how they can fight back again?
02. Story: Being beaten, expelled, and besieged. I never expected the beginning of "Dajiang Dahe".
As the final chapter of the "Dajiang Dahe" series, the third part will be set in the last century when the market economy was emerging. In the 1990s, did the three protagonists change their destiny?
Let’s look at them one by one:
Male protagonist 1: Song Yunhui, was beaten.
In June 1993, the cross-border cooperation between Donghai Chemical and Luoda Company was in full swing, and Song Yunhui was transferred to the Pengyang Pesticide Factory, which was facing closure.
However, he adhered to his original intention of struggle and led everyone in the research and development of low-toxic and high-efficiency pesticides, bringing the small pesticide factory on the verge of closure back to life.
However, technological innovation requires self-raised funds, which also promotes the interests of older employees. The result was that Song Yunhui was shot in the head with a bottle of wine by an old employee as soon as the show started, causing him to bleed and get into trouble again.
Male Protagonist 2: Lei Dongbao, was removed.
After being released from prison, Lei Dongbao established the Thunder Cable Cluster, setting rules, running bids, engaging in foreign trade, and attracting investment, while still putting the interests of the collective and the villagers first.
However, this time, Lei Dongbao, who used to be the most consistent person in Xiaolei's family, has come to the point where everyone is betrayed and separated from his family.
The leader "prepared to get rid of him."
A large group of villagers even attacked him collectively. The excited Lei Dongbao fainted directly. This is probably the plot of Lei Dongbao's stroke in the original work.
Male Protagonist 3: Yang Xun, was "closed".
Due to the "false accounts" incident, his cooperation with Liang Sishen Shopping Mall was terminated, and he even encountered the desperate situation of having his account "blocked."
After watching the trailer, I thought to myself, good guys, the three protagonists not only failed to counterattack at the beginning, but also fell into a greater crisis.
The suspense of the story is also laid here: How will Song Yunhui lead the pesticide factory to continue reform?
Judging from the trailer, he succeeded in the end. The question is how?
Why did he say he "left for the second time"?
Where will his relationship with Liang Sishen go?
Will Lei Dongbao lead Xiaoleijia Village to move forward? Or will he suffer from a stroke like in the original novel?
Can Yang Xun regain his strength?
This all lays the foundation for potential suspense points in the drama.
It can be said that after watching the trailer, I can't wait to travel to night to see how Song Yunhui and the others fall deeper into the bottom, and how they counterattack?
03. Lineup: Wang Kai returns with the protagonist group and invites three powerful actors, but what I care about most is the return of this old man.
After talking about the plot, it’s time to talk about the lineup configuration.
From the current point of view, among the classic Chinese drama series in recent years, the one that has truly kept the original cast and crew unchanged is "Dajiang Dahe". In the
protagonist lineup, the three returning protagonists are naturally the highlights.
Lei Dongbao, played by Yang Shuo, is likely to be a surprise this season. The character
is a rough guy, has little education, and is impulsive in doing things.
But he led the villagers through various rural reforms, household responsibility, and village-run factories... He was bold, even a little foolish, but he was also kind-hearted, and he was determined to lead all the villagers to make a fortune.
Regardless of whether Yang Shuo's other roles are greasy or not, this role is just right.
It wouldn’t be Lei Dongbao if he wasn’t impulsive and reckless, but his character finally hit a wall in the final chapter, and he might suffer betrayal, family separation, or even a stroke. Yang Shuo's acting skills have more room to display.
and Yang Xun, played by Dong Zijian, is a representative of the self-employed.
has also experienced ups and downs in life this season. The cooperation with the Liang family has been suspended, but he has married the girl he loves most. Life is full of joys and sorrows. It depends on how Dong Zijian performs.
What surprises me even more is the three newly joined players.
ranked first, and "Shengtian Banzi" Xu Yajun was ranked first.
After surprising the audience with a role in "In the Name of the People", Xu Yajun's resource improvement is far inferior to that of Wu Gang and Zhang Zhijian who are in the same drama, but the audience has always wanted to watch him.
This time he plays the heroine's father in the drama, replacing the actor from "Dajiang Dahe 2". This adjustment is obviously because in this drama, this character will take on a heavier role.
It was this ruthless character who directly stopped the cooperation between Liang and Yang Xun. Every move he made showed his aura as a boss.
But the strong-armed figure in the business world will extend a warm embrace to his daughter and say that fallen leaves will always return to their roots. The role of
is definitely eye-catching.
The second and third places are Liu Dan and Huang Jue.
Putting the two actors together, it’s not that the film is not heavy enough, but that Noon Sunshine has clearly copied the most classic “Aunt Siguo” combination from “The Beginning”.
The two actors did not blow up the bus this time, but became the two leaders of Donghai Factory, and they had many scenes opposite Song Yunhui, played by Wang Kai.
After watching the trailer, I can already feel the strong human touch from the characters' demeanor. The two powerful actors playing positive roles should also surprise the audience.
In addition, Fang Fang Bin, who performed amazingly as Li Baoping in "County Party Committee Courtyard", once again played an important supporting role in Kong Sheng's drama, and it was he who took out Lei Dongbao.
Ren Xiayi, played by Zhang Jianing, is still full of aura. Wei Chunhong, played by
Lian Lian, will be Lei Dongbao's key pillar when he is down.
The cast is reassuring, and there are also talented people behind the scenes. Tang Yao, the protagonist of the first two parts of the
series, continues to lead the screenwriting team of "Dajiang Dahe 3". With the addition of Anai's original work, can the script be overturned?
This series is good to watch, of course because of the actors, but from the plot itself, whether it is plot setting or character creation, it is very skillful. For example, the marriage change process between Song Yunhui and his wife Cheng Kaiyan in the second part is not only not cliché, but full of reality , which is sad.
has a wonderful plot, which is why I think it’s very interesting and want to follow it.
But what is even more surprising is the return of the old man in the third part - Kong Sheng.
Kong Sheng was the director of the first part of the series. When filming the second part, Kong Sheng went to film "Mountains and Seas", and Li Xue took over. His return in the final chapter is undoubtedly the greatest confidence in the series.
Currently, there are only three winners of the Grand Slam Director Award in China: Zheng Xiaolong, Liu Jiang and Kong Sheng.
If Liu Yunlong is the king of Chinese spy dramas, Zhang Li is the king of historical dramas, and Kang Honglei is the king of military dramas, then Kong Sheng is the well-deserved king of period dramas.
The ratings of "Parents' Love" directed by him are 9.5, "Enter Guandong" 9.3, and "Mountains and Seas" 9.2. No wonder Kong Sheng dared to confidently say about the period dramas he filmed: "We have never missed a moment."
It's true.
Even for Kong Sheng, scoring 8 points in a period drama would be considered a miss, but it still didn’t happen.
None of Kong Sheng’s period dramas scored 8 points. The lowest score is 8.3 points for "The Age of Steel" by Chen Baoguo and Feng Yuanzheng.
's dramas are different from other film and television genres, but have profound social significance.
What it needs to shoulder is a mission of inheritance, and it must also look good.
Kong Sheng’s strengths are that he has the sense of mission of the older generation and is good at telling stories. In addition, Kong Sheng is a photographer, so he will not lose in the design of the lens language.
For example, in the first film, Song Yunhui's slow motion and light music showed the flying joy after learning the score, and the splashing sunset in "Mountains and Seas". These all make Kong Sheng's period drama "vivid" different from other period dramas.
04. Odds of winning: Can "Dajiang Dahe 3" become a god? Is Wang Kai the key?
Don’t get me wrong, what I’m talking about here is the odds of winning, not whether the series will be popular, or even whether the series will be successful in word-of-mouth.
These are not problems at all.
has a good reputation as a CCTV platform and series. The ratings of the drama series will not be bad. In addition, "Flowers" is approaching its conclusion. There will be no major dramas to compete with it in the Chinese drama market. "Dajiang Dahe 3" will definitely lead the ratings.
With the original cast led by Kong Sheng in charge, there is no chance of the drama’s reputation being overturned.
What I am referring to is the odds of winning: can the third part have a perfect ending and make the "Dajiang Dahe" series a classic of Chinese dramas?
Let me put it bluntly, success or failure lies with Wang Kai.
In my opinion, in terms of casting, the director team made the most correct decision from the very beginning - to let Wang Kai be the male protagonist.
Facts have proved that Wang Kai played Song Yunhui vividly.
What Song Yunhui represents or witnesses is a generation of intellectuals and the various developments and changes, including confusions, experienced by enterprises, especially state-owned enterprises, in the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up. The character of
is particularly introverted, not good at interpersonal relationships, aloof, and accepts death.
But the advantages are integrity and kindness, outstanding professional skills, ambition, hard work, seriousness and responsibility, broad vision, ideas, and humaneness.
Wang Kai performed all these character traits, he is Song Yunhui.
But the difficulty now lies in the breakthrough of the character. The character
went from carrying the People's Daily under the scorching sun, working hard alone to finish the work of three people, to being promoted to deputy factory director, insisting on stopping the inferior second phase for Donghai, etc. The external environment is changing, but the core of the character is the same.
Along the way, he got people who treated him sincerely, such as Da Xun, Shui Shui, Lu Si and Liang Sishen, and also hit countless walls. The beginning of this movie hit the bottom, and maybe even the director of the pesticide factory was removed. .
How will this character grow and break through, and how will he maintain his kindness and tenacity?
Obviously, as the core character Song Yunhui, the fate of this development will determine the quality of the entire final chapter.
Because of the "Dajiang Dahe" series, we can see the blueprint of the big era by tracing the fate of small people.
The fate of Song Yunhui and others seems to bring the audience back to that era that they have experienced or have not experienced personally. The fate of the character
has become a witness to the 40 years of changes in this era.
On the one hand, the times are moving forward. On the other hand, the reason why the audience loves this drama is because of the idealistic era of the 1980s that the story and characters place on it.
In that era, ideals could really be realized, and young people had great potential.
And the charm of this drama is that you see the ambitious young man step towards his ideal step by step, experiencing setbacks and persevering to realize his ideal. He is shaped by the times and also achieves that era together.
still remembers that in the first sequence of "Dajiang Dahe", Song Yunhui folded a paper airplane and threw it into the distance. No one knew its direction and landing point.
Now, this paper plane is finally about to land, and the stories of Song Yunhui and others are still continuing, and more people's "Dajiang Dahe" is still coming.
"The thorny paths of countless fellow travelers will eventually merge into a great river."
"The Time of the Great River is Like a Canticle" is certainly worth looking forward to.
