There is no CCTV new year drama more appropriate than this drama.
February 6th, that is, today, Bai Jingting and Ding Yongdai’s 39-episode new year drama "South to North" will be launched on CCTV’s eight prime time slots to meet you.
In addition to the sub-prime time drama "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", this year's Spring Festival drama series will be the best. There is a high probability that it will be watched tonight.
I know what you want to say. If it is aired during the Spring Festival, it is not necessarily a drama to start the new year, right? It could also be a bad start to the new year.
But CCTV’s New Year drama must be a big one. Not to mention the distant "Crossing Guandong", do you still remember " human world "? Do you still remember the scene of everyone watching the drama? Do you still remember the tears in the corners of Zhou’s old father’s eyes?
"In the World" has become a hit, and "South and North" also has the same potential!
Not only because of the super lineup composed of Wang Jinsong, Ni Dahong, Li Naiwen, Liu Guanlin, Liu Jun, Zuo Xiaoqing and dozens of powerful players.
is not just because of the Wang Zha combination of Zheng Xiaolong + Gao Mantang.
What’s more, it’s because of the unique type of the series: an era iron police drama. The first shot of the
trailer is of a green car driving over mountains and ridges.
Just as the episode was about to be aired, green cars were once again popping up all over the country amid the white snow.
Perhaps tonight, many returnees who arrived home in green cars sat on the kang and chatted with their families. Snow was flying outside the house, and the hot pot was hot inside. When the TV was turned on, "South to North" was played.
This is not complete.
1: Introduction
"Whose chicken is this? Why did it take off?"
"This is what our railway police should do." These are two lines in the trailer of "South to North". At this moment, as the Spring Festival is approaching, these two lines touched me.
At this moment, countless wanderers working outside are rushing home with New Year's goods and wind and frost.
People go to other places, each with their own fatigue and dreams, but I think everyone also has a wish in their heart, which is to celebrate the New Year and go home.
It is only at this time of the year that homesickness is the most intense, and what travelers traveling from north to south want is a smooth journey and safe entry and exit.
At this time, the last part tells a story about the railway, and it spans 40 years. It almost takes advantage of the right time, place and people.
In the story, there are two generations of railway police, a flying chicken soaring into the sky, the Spring Festival migration that young people have never seen before, the changes of the times and the warmth and coldness of the world.
Trains come and go from north to south, and passengers get on and off. This kind of drama
is a natural CCTV new year drama.
2: Story
"I was the first to graduate from the police academy, so I was nicknamed the Little Gun King."
"On the train, you basically don't need a pistol, it mainly depends on your skill with your hands."
"Oh, this vise." It's quite exciting!"
Audiences who like to watch domestic dramas must be very familiar with the two actors on the screen.
One is Zhou Zhigang, oh no, it's the old railway policeman Ma Kui (played by Ding Yongdai), and the other is the young police officer Wang Xin (played by Bai Jingting).
The play "South to North" is as its name suggests. The focus of the story is on the train. The old and new generations of railway police officers wear Lei Feng hats and blue army coats, which gives a sense of age.
Needless to say, this is another group drama that reflects the various aspects of life, very similar to the 2022 new year drama "In the World". In fact, Zhou Zhigang may have taken this train back then.
In the late 1970s, on a train from Dalian to Sankeshu, a case was stopped by the young railway policeman Wang Xin.
But he also mistakenly regarded Ma Kui, an old railway policeman who had returned from ten years of unjust imprisonment, as a fugitive during one of his duties. He would not have known each other until he was beaten. After he was handcuffed, his leader told him that Ma Kui would be his master from now on.
The two went from not dealing with each other, with many conflicts and constant misunderstandings, to working together and working together tacitly. They have been dealing with major and minor cases on the railway for decades.
is on the front line of railway public security, protecting the safety of trains traveling from south to north.
It is not difficult to see the three major highlights of the story:
The first is the iron police.
"South and North" is an atypical drama involving crimes of the era. It focuses not on the criminal police who solved major cases in the past, but on the railway police who are rarely mentioned in national dramas.
In the 1970s and 1980s, green trains were still the main means of transportation for long-distance travel.
Now the high-speed train can get there in four or five hours, but at that time it might have taken a day and a night. Many older generations have the experience of taking night trains.
When there are more people and the train rides for a longer time, there will inevitably be major and minor cases. Someone has to take care of everything, so there is the railway police.
The scene of flying chickens on the green train in the trailer is so real that you can travel back to the Spring Festival travel scene in the 1970s and 1980s with just one click. When people are crowded and people are carrying goods, they must pay special attention to preventing theft and pickpocketing, and fighting wits and courage with thieves.
Wang Xin and Ma Kui are representatives of two generations of railway police officers. Their work scope involves anti-piracy, anti-trafficking, anti-narcotics, line patrol, combating theft, robbery, gangs and evil, etc., integrating the real-life railway police, station police and other tasks. Comprehensive functions such as civilian police and line police.
A big case needs to be solved.
There are chickens to catch, passengers to find if they have lost their bags, and even more to find if they have lost their children.
In short, the two of them are indispensable in all matters big and small, from south to north.
The story of the iron policeman is so interesting.
The second is to solve the case.
Small train, big society.
When people from all over the world come together to form a world, anything can happen. There are too many people on the train, so if you commit a crime, you won't be able to find it if you get into the crowd. The railway police must catch it.
So the old iron policeman Ma Kui has trained a pair of vise pliers.
In addition to petty theft, there are also criminal groups. On the railway back then, there were railway police officers who sacrificed their lives. In the trailer of
, the character of "Old Mo" Feng Bing burst into tears and asked everyone if he could be punished for his crimes. He was obviously a member of a criminal group.
The trailer also showed a murder scene investigation scene. The drama involving the crime will not be fake.
The third is the favor of the times.
Judging from the trailer, the story to be told in "South to North" is not only about the stories on the train, but also the stories in the compound.
This year's young audience no longer has the concept of a compound. The older generation of viewers know that in such a large unit as the railway, employees may come from different places, but they will be gathered together because of the compound. They are both colleagues and neighbors. It is really invisible. See you soon.
"South to North" In the compound lived Wang Xin and Wang Yongge's father and son family, Ma Kui, Ma Yan, Ma Jian and Wang Sufang's family, as well as Dr. Shen who worked in the hospital, steam locomotive stoker Niu Dali, and the train's Broadcaster Yao Yuling, flight attendant Cai Xiaonian and steam locomotive driver Lao Cai and his son's family.
There are joys and sorrows in the compound, various aspects of the world, and comedy.
For example, Liu Guanlin's character ate the neighbor's pregnant chicken as a pheasant. A big discussion about the chicken murder case immediately started in the compound, and Wang Xin also said that he would get to the bottom of it.
Stories like this are full of steaming fireworks, giving people a very down-to-earth and real feeling.
The various aspects of life on the train, the warmth and warmth of the neighbors, the development and changes of China's railways, and the magnificent forty years from 1978 to 2017 are all put into this story about the changes of the times from the perspective of a small character.
It is not difficult to imagine that this period drama will become more and more enjoyable as the plot unfolds.
From south to north, there are stories.
3: Lineup
A good story cannot be separated from a good screenwriter, a good director, and a good actor.
In recent years, some big dramas have failed, not because the actors are not good, but because the scripts are not good enough and no one can act well.
The script of "South and North" is solid, because there is a period drama winner.
His works "Crossing the Guandong", "Family with Nine Phoenixes" and "Old Farmers" are all period dramas focusing on ordinary people.
Last year's ratings dark horse "Pearl River Family" by Yangyi was also his work.
I can't think of a screenwriter who is more consistent in writing period dramas than him.
Gao Mantang traveled several times to write this book. It took three years to write the script. There is no waste in such a good book.
The director of this drama is Zheng Xiaolong, the "Godfather of Chinese Drama" and a grand slam winner of three major awards: Feitian, Magnolia, and Golden Eagle.
From "Desire" and "Beijingers in New York" to "Golden Wedding" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan", few directors of Chinese dramas can compare with him in terms of hits.
The latest "Scouting Heroes" is also a dark horse that will hit the annual ratings crown of the two major TV stations. Many old directors will be eliminated by the times, but Zheng Xiaolong is still a guarantee of ratings today.
These two people, one is good at period dramas, and the other is good at various types of group dramas. They both have delicate and simple creative styles. This collaboration is unmistakable.
Let’s talk about the actors, they are comparable to the casts of “In the World” and “The Furious”.
stars Bai Jingting, Ding Yongdai and Jin Chen. The main supporting roles of
include Liu Guanlin, Hu Ke, Yang Kun, Song Jiateng, Fang Fangbin, Zuo Xiaoqing, Jiang Yan, Liu Jun, etc.
Because there are guests from all over the world in the play, the guest supporting roles also include Wang Jinsong, Ni Dahong, Li Naiwen, Wang Xun, Wei Qing, Pan Binlong, Yang Haoyu, Tan Jianci, Wu Yue, Gan Tingting, Wang Herun, Feng Bing, Tu Songyan, Tian Min, Li Ming, Fan Lei and so on.
Although these supporting characters do not have big roles, they are not just a formality, they all have roles.
There are no fewer than 28 talented actors and actresses in the cast, and the cast is quite strong.
Therefore, the requirements for the leading actors are particularly high. To live in a strong position and to be able to handle the dramas of powerful actors such as Wang Jinsong, Ni Dahong, and Li Naiwen, the leading actors must be a little bit weak.
What I am most looking forward to are six.
One, Ding Yongdai
I am actually a little surprised that Ding Yongdai can play the leading role.
Audiences across the country disagree if Ding Yongdai has no acting skills.
But in fact, among his classic roles, except for the villain Bai Baoshan in "Chinese Criminal Investigation Case No. 1" and the protagonist Peng in "Crossing the Yalu River", most of them were supporting roles.
Emperor Liang in "Nirvana in Fire" is a supporting role, Lin Maohe in "An Jia", Huang Youfa in "Trident", Fu Changming in "Breakout", etc. are all supporting roles.
Even in "In the World", he is still a supporting character. The audience felt that he was playing the protagonist. In fact, it was not because he had so many roles, but because his acting skills were so good that he made the role as important as the protagonist.
After "The World", Ding Yongdai's popularity among the audience has increased rapidly, but he is still only a prime supporting role. Who would choose such a capable actor who lacks traffic and can only act to play the leading role?
probably only has veteran directors like Zheng Xiaolong.
Firstly, he dares to use powerful actors, and secondly, he can shut up the platform that dictates the casting.
This time, Zhou Zhigang, an old father who often takes trains, has become Ma Kui, an old railway policeman. This role is still interesting.
had a good business, but he spent ten years in prison unjustly.
But the character did not have any resentment, but said firmly, "To this day, I am still a policeman."
Ding Yongdai's acting is good at using small details to show the character's personality, and he is very expressive. He plays Ma Kui very steadily. .
Another hot spot about Dante Yongdai is that he is very good at playing with others. From "Nirvana in Fire" to "In the World", young actors have excelled in roles opposite him.
This time, it’s our turn -
Second, Bai Jingting
Zheng Xiaolong has worked with many young actors, such as young Jiang Wen, Ge You, Sun Li and so on.
And his evaluation of Bai Jingting is: He has never studied acting, but he was born to eat this kind of food.
Bai Jingting is probably the most natural and life-like performance among the young actors.
In "Ordinary Glory", the character Sun Yiqiu he plays in the drama simply doesn't look like the actor, just like a real social beast who has just entered the workplace.
In "The Beginning", he and a group of powerful people did not fall behind in the party scene.
In "You Are My City Fortress", the SWAT policeman he played was very muscular.
Zheng Xiaolong will not choose him as the protagonist just because of his popularity. Choosing him is because he is really suitable for life-like period dramas.
CCTV’s new year drama has always made great actors.
Lei Jiayin's career has soared in the past three years with "The World". Last year's Central New Year drama "Crazy" made Zhang Songwen successful.
Whether Bai Jingting’s national status can achieve a complete ascension depends on this time.
Thirdly, in Jin Chen
her role as a beautiful dealer in "All or Nothing" made her popularity soar.
This time she plays Ma Kui's daughter, who has been in love with her father's apprentice for a long time.
The role is not very difficult, but it is more down-to-earth and has a strong likability. Jin Chen's performance in the trailer of
is very natural, especially in the scenes opposite Bai Jingting. Every time I watch the scenes between the two of them, the corners of my mouth are raised - "This has a bad influence" and "It seems that no one wants to rely on you to be so similar."
I bet this character will not be poorly received by the audience.
Let’s talk about some of the supporting characters I’m most looking forward to.
Fourth, Liu Jun
Liu Jun is the "professional scumbag dad" in the Chinese drama.
From the "Red Wolf" Sheng Hong in "Knowledge" to Qiao Zuwang in "The Qiao Family", they are so bad every time that they never disappoint the audience.
This time he played the role of Wang Xin's father, Wang Yongge. People who watched the trailer were okay. He was the one who called on everyone to solve the chicken theft murder case. There’s no need to worry about Liu Jun’s acting skills. I’m just curious about how Liu Jun would act as a good father.
Fifth, Zuo Xiaoqing
Zuo Xiaoqing acted in many good dramas during her peak period as an actress, such as "The Way of Heaven" by Wang Zhiwen and "Chinese Divorce" by Chen Daoming. She also performed very well in these national dramas.
Zuo Xiaoqing is still in good shape in the past few years, but he has not met many good characters. The role this time seems promising.
The character of Dr. Shen is the epitome of the intellectual women of the time. She is skilled, educated, independent, beautiful, and can write well. The existence of this kind of independent woman is a distinctive footnote to the women of the era. The role can be played. Zuo Xiaoqing's performance will not be bad either.
No. 6, Hu Ke
I just want to see how Hu Ke and Bai Jingting play son-in-law and mother-in-law this time.
From "Everyday Life" to "Chang Feng Du", the two actors have already played the role of mother-in-law and son-in-law.
This time Hu Ke plays Ma Kui’s wife Wang Sufang, who is also Bai Jingting’s mother-in-law.
In the past two times, Hu Ke's character was difficult to deal with, whether good or evil. This time, Wang Sufang is a simple and hard-working traditional housewife. Although Ma Yan and Ma Jian are not biological children, they regard them as their own.
heard that Ma Yan was in love and said warmly: Our Yan'er has grown up. It seems that this mother-in-law can handle it.
In addition to these people, there is also Ni Dahong who plays the role of a blind father who is looking for his daughter.
Li Naiwen came with regrets and a face full of vicissitudes of life.
"Liu Neng", a two-person swindler played by Wang Xiaoli, said, "We are all trying to support our families, so how can we be so arrogant?"
The veteran character played by Wang Jinsong said, "Any leader who does not lead is a servant of the people."
There is also the police station director Wu Yue, who has the right temperament.
I feel that Zheng Xiaolong made the series this time like a Hong Kong-style Lunar New Year blockbuster. In addition to the starring role, the performance of the guest stars is also a highlight. The ones who play the soy sauce may be national first-class actors,
The few lines may be old dramas Bones,
Perhaps this is the charm of group dramas and period dramas!
4: Can it become a hit?
In previous years, period dramas have been CCTV’s first-year dramas, and period dramas are the “constant winners” in terms of ratings.
The ratings of "Crossing Guandong" once approached 11%, setting a new record for CCTV.
"Human World" has set a new high in CCTV's prime time period in the past 8 years, and the whole country is talking about the phenomenon.
html It’s no accident that 0’s dramas have repeatedly become the biggest dramas of the new year, and they have repeatedly created blockbuster hits.
Because CCTV started broadcasting period dramas in the new year, it was the right time, place and people.
is the largest viewing platform when the audience is densest throughout the year. The themes and stories are close to life and can evoke people's memories. Most of the leading actors are national actors. The ratings can be poor, but how ugly the series is.
In recent years, dramas involving cases have also become a hit type in new year dramas.
Let’s look at “South and North” again. It is CCTV’s new year’s drama, a period drama, and a crime-related drama. The subject matter is interesting and the cast is strong. To be honest, I can’t think of a reason why the drama’s ratings are not good.
Looking at the trailer, in addition to the plot and cast, many of the period elements of the show are also interesting. In particular, the familiar scenes of the Spring Festival travel season are enough to evoke the collective memories of the older generation of viewers.
Who hasn’t experienced the Spring Festival yet? In the trailer of
, with long music, there are green leather cars traveling through thousands of mountains and dusk snow, old railway policemen, passengers from all over the world, train thieves, and flying chickens. It is full of characteristics of the era, which also highlights Big changes in China’s railways over the past 40 years.
Many period dramas are criticized by the audience for being exaggerated and having too new costumes.
In this regard, Zheng Xiaolong has done a real and down-to-earth job. The
drama series chose the small town of Fangci, which has completely preserved railway buildings in Shandong, as the filming location.
Whether it is the traces of the character’s life or the details of the scene layout, Zheng Xiaolong strives to be authentic, simple, and in line with that era.
The scene is real, the story is right, the characters are in the play, and the camera seems to have the power to travel through time.
From steam locomotives to electric locomotives to high-speed trains, railways have moved forward with the times, but the green trains of the past are still carrying passengers across the mountains and seas to their hometowns.
The title of the drama was originally called "Three Trees", which was pretty good. It was based on "Three Trees", the terminal station of the green train to Harbin.
But in the end it was changed to "South to North". I think this is the most appropriate title for a CCTV period drama after "In the World".
"The Human World" tells the story of the Zhou family, and it is also the story of the human world. "South to North" tells the story of the railway police, and it is also the story of the passengers traveling from south to north.
The trains are constantly flowing, and the world is traveling north and south.
has a place of origin and a destination!
Life is originally a journey from south to north.
No matter success or failure, you always have to go home to celebrate the New Year. A glance at the stories on the train will make you realize that your trip was not in vain.
