This is a truly female-friendly "domestic sister-brother romance", which received a round of applause!
Stills from "The Sun Is With Me" Xiao Zhan as Shengyang
In recent years, in domestic film and television dramas, audiences have gradually become tired of "tyrannical presidents" and "warm uncles". The theme of sister-brother love has suddenly emerged, and many works have been published.
However, although the creators have stepped into this trend, their performance is not satisfactory. Many works have been complained by the audience, "The relationship between sister and brother is not about a greasy aunt and a greasy young man, nor is it a young mother and her mentally retarded son."
Until recently, another urban drama about siblings, "The Sun Is With Me", was broadcast on CCTV 8. On the first day of broadcast, the drama was "hounded" by "The First Lesson" and Jackie Chan's action movies that students and parents across the country must watch. It scored a peak score of 1.5977 and an average score of 1.4707, surpassing the previous ones. The finale of the drama "All the Way to the Sun" set a record for the highest ratings among CCTV's eight sets on the same day in the past five years, and was also well received on the Internet.
Why did previous domestic dramas always fail to capture the relationship between brother and sister? What is the secret to the success of "The Sun Is With Me"?
True respect for women, rather than deliberately trying to please
"The Sun Comes with Me" tells the story of the director Jian Bing (played by Bai Baihe) as the "sister" and the designer Sheng Yang (played by Xiao Zhan) as the "brother". From meeting and getting to know each other to supporting, encouraging and growing together. Although Jian Bing has a successful career, her husband cheated on her and her marriage failed. The appearance of "little wolf dog" Sheng Yang brought a different color to her life.
What is commendable is that in this work, the creative team did not use "young and attractive suitors" as a traffic code to please female audiences, but truly described the life difficulties faced by "middle-aged women".
The heroine Jian Bing has won numerous awards as an advertising director, but she still has to face gender discrimination in the workplace. Clients are more willing to choose and trust her ex-husband’s team; in her love life, her ex-husband frequently cheated on her, but she decisively chose to divorce. Afterwards, most people around her still regard her "stop loss in time" as a reflection of a frustrated life.
Luo Meijuan, the mother of the male protagonist Sheng Yang, has always been frugal for her family, but because she bought an expensive skirt to attend a class reunion, she caused an uproar and was indiscriminately accused by her husband of being "materialistic" and "materialistic". vanity".
These contradictions abound in the lives of contemporary women. The work provides an objective description of them, as well as in-depth thinking and analysis.
There are frequent golden sentences throughout the play, such as Jian Bing asking her ex-husband, "Why do women have to be good wives and mothers? If a word can only describe women but not men, then it is a kind of kidnapping."
The heroine's best friend Liang Shanshan also Said, "Why should a person's success be defined by marriage? Doesn't this person have friends? Doesn't he have a job? Is there no other way to prove his charm except for men?"
These all make the female audience feel the coming from The respect and understanding of the creative team also aroused emotional resonance among women.
"Near Years" is not immature, it restores the real workplace ecology
While facing the plight of women in life, in shaping the role of the "younger brother", the work does not treat him as a tool to "satisfy the sister's emotional needs", but has multiple perspectives. It creates the image of the male protagonist Sheng Yang, a newcomer in the workplace, and vividly restores the current situation of contemporary young people's workplace survival.
In the first episode, the work relies on Sheng Yang's inner monologue, "In this era where everything is speeding up, it is easy to follow the trend, but it is difficult to stick to the original intention, but it is also the most precious thing." One sentence expresses the confusion and persistence of contemporary young people. .
When Sheng Yang was a teenager, she was inadvertently encouraged by her "director sister" Jian Bing and planted her original dream - to become a designer in the advertising industry. But after the initial realization of his dream, he was also trapped in a siege: too much overtime, too low income, plagiarism by his predecessors, credit-stealing by his superiors... All kinds of troubles faced by people in the contemporary workplace came to light, causing the audience outside the screen to shout "Together." Affection".
In this case, Jian Bing's reappearance not only strengthened the meaning of "original intention", but also provided Sheng Yang with some mature experience from those who had been through it, helping him to grow rapidly on his career path.
In the plot, when Sheng Yang encountered many problems, he did not ask his "sister" for help unilaterally, but relied on himself to face them independently. While accepting Jian Bing's business guidance, he used his love to arouse Jian Bing's original intention and passion for her career; emotionally, he did not unilaterally ask for love from Jian Bing, but instead gave her careful care and positive attitude. Emotional value helped Jian Bing get through her low period. "Sisters and sisters" are not unilateral demands and "poverty alleviation". Both parties are equal in terms of personality and emotional relationship.
It is no wonder that such a male protagonist makes the audience sigh, "Although he is under his age, he is not naive and is still very reliable." This relationship of mutual companionship and common growth also appears to be healthier.
It is worth mentioning that actor Xiao Zhan himself had work experience in the designer industry before his debut. When the actor's real life experience interacts with the character, a wonderful chemical reaction occurs, making the character appear more three-dimensional and real.
Say goodbye to bullshit preaching and focus on "telling good stories"
Xinli TV, one of the producers of "Sunshine With Me", has launched many excellent works in the field of urban dramas, such as "Big Husband", "Hot Mom", "I" "The First Half of Life" and so on, which not only won both ratings and word-of-mouth, but also gained a lot in terms of awards.
's production of "The Sun Is With Me" continues its strong performance in the field of urban dramas. It does not have the chronic problem of one-sided pursuit of popularity and bloody plots, nor does it focus on preaching in order to highlight its depth. "Tell the story well" to make the characters more real and the plot more realistic. In the process of conflicts breaking out, the show did not deliberately intensify gender opposition or vilify the characters. The words and deeds of the characters were all from the perspective of their own personalities; there was no bloody plot to "drain wisdom", and all developments depended on the audience's "common sense" within the scope. This focus on "telling stories well" not only allows the audience to become more naturally involved, but also makes many people rethink issues about the maintenance of family relationships and family communication, which has triggered good discussions and reflections on the Internet.
As a theme of urban drama, the work should not only show the sincere emotions between the male and female protagonists, but also reflect more social reality issues and hot spots of audience concern. At this point, "The Sun Is With Me" has made a very positive attempt.
Starring Xiao Zhan in a series of three dramas, highlighting his acting skills in diverse themes
Successful works are inseparable from the outstanding performances of the cast and crew. The declaration of "You come to the world and you want to see the sun" in the first unseen preview of "The Sun Is With Me" indicates that this is a story centered on "Shengyang" played by actor Xiao Zhan. The main filming location of the series is Xiao Zhan's hometown of Chongqing, which allows this character to incorporate more of Xiao Zhan's own speculation and understanding of his hometown and another possible parallel world.
Speaking of Chongqing, Xiao Zhan said that most people’s first reaction is Chongqing hot pot. In the summer, many people sat on the street, eating spicy hot pot, boxing with friends and drinking cold beer. It was a life in Chongqing that was full of fireworks in Xiao Zhan's memory. Xiao Zhan considers himself to be a very standard Chongqing native, who dares to think and act, is decisive and forthright, and the Chongqing flavor in the hot pot soup base seems to be flowing in his blood. I walked into the alley and had a steaming bowl of Chongqing noodles. The familiar taste was still fresh in my memory.
Just as Xiao Zhan himself said at the launch: "The difference between Sheng Yang and the characters he has played in the past is that he is closer to life, and he is like you and me. He has family, partners, simple and ordinary happiness and Happiness also has endless work and trivial matters, as well as unpredictable difficulties. He is just like you and me, he solves problems when he encounters them, does not question or get entangled, and goes upstream for his ideal appearance. I like him very much ! I like this young man who works hard with everyone in the parallel world and sticks to what he loves in his heart."This is also Xiao Zhan's third work broadcast this year. The first two works are Xiao Chunsheng's period drama "The Sea in Dreams" which was broadcast on CCTV, Dragon TV, and Beijing Satellite TV during prime time and achieved great success. It is also currently on display at the Beijing Radio and Television Service Trade Fair platform; the most popular fairy tale TV series "Jade Bones" in July has a line "What is the purpose of a Dharma student?" To save Li Yuan from danger. " and "Autumn in the Western Wilderness" have been widely disseminated by China Tower, China Unicom, China Telecom and major cultural and tourism accounts. Sheng Yang played by Xiao Zhan in "The Sun Comes with Me" and Beijing young master Xiao Chunsheng and the great priest Shi Ying is completely different, showing the appearance of a young man in his early 20s who is full of dreams and love. The three characters are completely different and there is no overlap, which proves that Xiao Zhan's acting skills can well control the diversified roles of different types of themes, and he has It provides a wider interpretation space and possibilities. It is reported that Xiao Zhan is filming Jin Yong's centenary film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great One" produced by China Film Group Corporation and directed by Tsui Hark. He plays the male protagonist Guo Jing in it and will present his performance at that time. How about a Guo Daxia worth looking forward to.
