In recent years, anti-corruption and anti-corruption dramas have become increasingly popular. From the hit "In the Name of the People" in the early years, to " anti-crime storm " and "roving inspection team" in recent years, to the big hit "Kuronics" that will hit the screen during the Spring Festival in 2023, as long as it is filmed well Well, anti-gang dramas are basically one hit and the other popular.
Why are anti-crime and anti-corruption dramas so popular? The reasons are just the following.
is the first one. The subject matter is grounded and the content is close to reality, making it easier to resonate with the audience. For example, "In the Name of the People";
The first one, the plot is suspenseful, and it is easy to attract people to follow, such as "The Silent Truth", "Who is He";
The third one, such themes have become more and more popular in recent years. The older I get, the more I dare to shoot, which is also one of the reasons, such as "Hurry".
Speaking of "dare to shoot", Hunan Satellite TV has just launched a new drama in the past two days, which is also about fighting crime and anti-corruption. Just because it was so daring to film, it sparked heated discussions across the Internet just one day after it was aired. Many people asserted that Hunan Satellite TV's anti-crime drama is likely to become another hit on the anti-crime and anti-corruption theme.
This drama is the 24-episode anti-gang and anti-corruption drama "The River Rises" starring Huang Zhizhong, Mei Ting, Jiang Wu, and Zhang Guoqiang.
In terms of broadcast performance, after just 2 episodes, this drama has rushed to the first place in the country in satellite TV ratings.
So what is the standard of this anti-gang and anti-corruption drama "River Rises", the first anti-gang and anti-corruption drama in the year 2024? ? After catching up on the released episodes in one go, Qiqi already had the answer in her mind.
1. The first two scenes firmly caught the audience's attention. In the first scene of
, an important leader was offline at the beginning, but the male lead became the main target of suspicion.
At the beginning of the episode, the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspection Team came to Qijiang City. But who would have expected that as soon as the inspection team arrived, Wang Wu, the deputy mayor in charge of the environment in Qijiang City, jumped from the bridge and died.
At the same time, the inspection team received a box of things from a mysterious person.
All of this makes the situation in Qijiang City confusing and difficult to see clearly.
The male lead, Zheng Hanjiang, was even more unlucky. Because he was Wang Wu's classmate at university and the last person to see Wang Wu, he became a key suspect of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. In one day, I was invited to "drink tea" twice, and the conversation lasted all night. I really have never seen any leading male character as unlucky as him.
What’s even more interesting is that Zheng Hanjiang, who was called by the Qijiang City Discipline Inspection Commission for questioning all night, was invited by the provincial party committee secretary and the leader of the central supervision team early the next morning and was entrusted with an important task and became the new leader of Qijiang City. deputy mayor for environmental protection.
This plot can only be said to have too many twists and turns, the plot is too fast-paced, and you have no idea what will happen next.
The second scene is the scene of shutting down the snack street.
Zheng Hanjiang was ordered to take action at the critical moment, and he took bold action as soon as he came up.
The first project he took action on was the snack street project.
This snack street has existed in Qijiang City for many years. However, Zheng Hanjiang's actual investigation found that although this street is very prosperous, it has huge environmental pollution problems and safety hazards.
The snack shops on both sides of the street were built with all the load-bearing walls removed. The stairs were seriously tilted and they were already dangerous buildings. Five years before Zheng Hanjiang took office, this street has been targeted by the city for closure and relocation due to environmental and safety issues.
Unfortunately, the interests of all parties are involved and the situation is relatively complicated. Therefore, five years later, the problem of the snack street has not been fundamentally solved.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zheng Hanjiang arrived, he proposed thunderous measures and shut down immediately. This shocked many leaders in the city. Because over the years, in view of the complexity of the snack street issue, they have always adopted a soft policy and dare not push forward too forcefully. Who would have thought that Zheng Hanjiang would propose such an aggressive strategy as soon as he came up.
This made many cadres who were already dissatisfied with his appointment as deputy mayor even more convinced that he was just an armchair scholar.
But Zheng Hanjiang’s method of solving the snack street problem finally made many people give a thumbs up.
Just like this, with two big scenes at the beginning, with bright and dark lines interspersed, the ratings of "River Rises" exploded.
2, Huang Zhizhong + Mei Ting + Jiang Wu, plus no less than 15 powerful supporting actors, the lineup is very powerful.
"River Rises" has a total of more than 8 talented actors, plus veteran actors who play supporting roles, there are more than 20 talented actors.
ranks first, Huang Zhizhong.
54-year-old Huang Zhizhong is a well-known powerhouse in the mainland. The 9.8-point word-of-mouth classic "The Ming Dynasty 1566", the upright official Hai Rui, and " The Righteous Way in the World is the Vicissitudes of Life " Yang Liren, both let the audience see his acting skills.
In "River Rises", Huang Zhizhong plays the male lead, Zheng Hanjiang, vice president of Qijiang University and dean of the School of Environment. Because the environmental protection problem in Qijiang City is very serious, he was appointed as the deputy mayor in charge of the environment in Qijiang City. He took drastic measures to rectify and reform the long-standing and hidden environmental problems in Qijiang City.
I can only say that Huang Zhizhong fits this role so well. The municipal leaders who came out of the academy were played very realistically by him. As some media commented, Huang Zhizhong performed the character's "bookishness".
It seems that as Huang Zhizhong reaches middle age, he will rely on his acting skills to become popular again.
ranked second, Mei Ting.
Mei Ting, a national first-class actress, became popular all over the country in 2001 with the movie "Don't Talk to Strangers". Due to its overly realistic performances, this drama has also become a childhood shadow for many people born in the 1980s.
In 2014, Mei Ting won the Feitian Award for Outstanding Actress for her role as the heroine An Jie in the classic period emotional drama "Parents Love".
This drama finally received a high score of 9.4.
In "River Rises", Mei Ting plays Xiao Xue, the wife of the male lead, a chief surgeon in a tertiary hospital. Now 48 years old, Mei Ting's style and acting skills remain the same as before. Watching her act, you often have the illusion that you have really walked into other people's lives and are observing from the sidelines, because it is so real and natural.
The third place is Du Yuan.
Du Yuan, a national first-class actor, won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for his role as Sang Qiao in the movie "Thatched House". Over the decades, he has created numerous classic roles. He played Kim Dae-joo in the hit TV series "Kintaro's Happy Life" and Detective Chief Zhang in "The Blizzard Is Coming".
In "River Rises", Du Yuan plays Wang Chen, the leader of the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspection Team. The old dramatist has well interpreted the character's image of a senior leading cadre who is calm and confident, and takes things lightly.
ranked fourth, Zhang Guoqiang.
From Gao Cheng in " Soldier Assault ", to Zhang Milong in "My Commander, My Group", to Ni Weiqiang in "The Old Man", 53-year-old Zhang Guoqiang finally made his debut.
In "River Rises", Zhang Guoqiang plays Qijiang Municipal Party Committee Secretary Liao Yuzheng. He is a good leader who is conscientious and not very conservative in his ideas.
Zhang Guoqiang’s acting skills are really incredible. The characters' personalities and inner struggles were all well interpreted by him.
ranked fifth, Li Qiang.
is Zhong Baiming in " Secret and Great ",
In "River Rises", Li Qiang plays the mayor of Qijiang City, Li Ziping, who has backward and outdated ideas and has never supported the reform measures of the male lead.
To be honest, the old actor is really awesome, he doesn’t look like an actor at all.
ranked sixth, Jiang Wu.
Since 1995, Liu Erming in " Taking a Bath " has become well-known to the general audience. Jiang Wu has since created many classic roles: Liu Dahong in "Farewell, Vancouver", Pan Shulin in "The Empty Mirror", and Zhang in " Aunt Duohe " Jian, wait.
In "River Rises", Jiang Wu plays Qian Qi, a wealthy steelmaker in Qijiang.
seventh place, Sun Hao.
Sun Hao, who was born as a singer, did not expect that his acting in recent years would also be very recognizable.
In "River Rises", Sun Hao plays Wang Wu, the deputy mayor of Qijiang City who drowned at the beginning. Although there are only a few scenes, the image of a deputy mayor who has reached his end is very impressive.
is eighth, Zhao Ziqi.
Once upon a time, Zhao Ziqi was also a popular heroine. She starred with Lu Yi in the 2009 hit TV series "Who's in Charge of My Youth".
In "River Rises", Zhao Ziqi plays the wife of Deputy Mayor Wang Wu. In a funeral scene, the image of a widow who is full of grievances, suspicions and resentments after her husband suddenly passes away is perfectly portrayed.
is eighth, Guo Xiaoting .
Guo Xiaoting’s role as the Fairy Shunde in “Acquaintance with You” should be the most impressive to the audience. She is pampered and domineering, beautiful and cruel, and in the end, she becomes a demon. She is really pitiful and hateful. Guo Xiaoting really brought this character to life.
In "The Sun", Guo Xiaoting plays the role of female reporter Su Na. She is intellectual and generous, daring to think and act. She is also a female image with a distinctive personality that is very memorable.
No. 10, He Zhengjun.
He Zhengjun is the political commissar of "Bright Sword". He plays the role of Secretary He, the provincial party committee secretary in "River Rises".
In addition to the 10 actors mentioned above, this drama also has powerful actors such as Su Ke, Zhao Liang, Zhao Qi, Zhou Liang, Song Jialun, Period, Dong Yong
joining the cast. Qiqi counted, there are no less than 20 talented actors, and the lineup is quite strong.
03, two highlights, have shown the strength of hit dramas, the annual drama king is scheduled?
The reason why "River Rises" gained a good reputation and popularity as soon as it was aired is mainly because the series has these two highlights.
The first one is novel in subject matter and unique in angle.
In the past two years, there have been many anti-corruption and anti-corruption TV series, but there are still not many that take environmental protection as the theme. So from this perspective, the theme of "River Rises" is novel enough and the angle of approach is unique enough. In the
drama, almost every case is closely related to environmental protection. Water pollution, piles of garbage, children in some counties and districts are seriously ill due to the polluted environment, and various problems caused by snack streets...
drama series focuses on environmental protection issues. It can be said that they have done enough work and are very real. It shows the current situation of some areas with serious environmental protection problems, which is of great practical significance.
The second one is that the plot is real and grounded, which is particularly resonant.
As mentioned at the beginning of the article, this drama also has the common characteristics of many popular anti-crime and anti-corruption dramas, that is, the plot is close to reality and is resonant.
Whether it is the shocking water pollution in Qijiang City, the real current situation of the snack streets, or the pollution problems caused by the development of large steel companies, almost all of these issues are related to people's livelihood and the happiness index of the people. And the chain of interests behind this is already shocking even before it is dug out.
Therefore, as soon as a plot like this was aired, many viewers paid close attention, because there are few dramas that can make environmental protection issues and anti-corruption issues so real and realistic.
