Hey guys, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a gripping drama!
It’s also a spy drama.
As we all know, spy dramas were once one of the favorite themes of domestic drama audiences.
From "The Conspiracy" and "Latent" to " Kite ", it can be said that there are one hit and one hit, and many of them have directly entered the list of the highest-rated Chinese dramas.
But unfortunately, as there are more and more spy dramas, the quality has not been maintained.
Let alone one popular drama, it is hard to say whether there will be a spy drama of acceptable quality in a year.
Faced with such a situation, even "the father of spy dramas" Liu Yunlong can do nothing. The latest broadcast of " odds of winning " Douban score is only 6.7 points.
I have to say that as the former ace of Chinese dramas, spy dramas seem to have really declined.
But just recently, "The Storm Chaser" broadcast on CCTV made my eyes shine!
After catching up on 8 episodes in one go, Qingshi had to sigh: The spy drama finally ushered in the "turnaround"!
"Storm Chaser" broke 1 in ratings when it first aired, and the ratings gradually increased with the broadcast. In the latest updated series, CCTV's ratings have exceeded 2!
4 days after it was aired, the drama even scored 6 achievements, and also gained . "People's Daily" strongly recommended .
So, at a time when good spy war dramas are hard to come by, why did the People’s Daily write an article to praise this drama?
Without further ado, let’s just start chatting!
01. As soon as this drama started airing, it firmly caught my eye.
The opening chapter of "Storm Chaser" showed us what is called "the rhythm of a spy drama".
The story takes place in Shanghai in 1930. The three lines led by the three main characters in the play unfold at the same time.
It is no exaggeration. In the first 10 minutes of the first episode, "Storm Chaser" has firmly captured my attention.
The three lines unfolded at the same time each have their own points of view.
Line 1: A talented novice in the financial world witnesses the storm of the stock market.
Wei Ruolai ( Wang Yibo ) who came to Shanghai from Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, has a high talent in accounting and finance and dreams of working at the Shanghai Central Bank.
But the reality is difficult to achieve.
had originally obtained an accounting certificate for attending night school, but due to his place of origin, the certificate had not been issued.
On weekdays, he could only do odd jobs in the printing factory. Occasionally he would check the accounts for fellow gangsters, or check the stocks for the landlady in the alley.
In the central bank hall, he led Aunt Zhou to watch the price rise and fall. In this small hall, everyone who bought stocks was excited, and their faces were full of desire for money.
And the people behind the scenes can short it with a few phone calls and a few whispers.
Why do stocks that had a great rise in the past frequently drop in price in just a few minutes, and finally end in a disastrous defeat for investors?
This is the first line introduced at the beginning of the episode.
The second line: New central bank executives encountered multiple assassinations upon taking office.
At the same time, Shen Tunan ( Wang Yang), an executive of the central bank, has just arrived. From the moment he got off the train, crises have continued around him.
Just as he was coming out of the Central Bank meeting, his car exploded.
In broad daylight, still on the street where people are coming and going.
What is even more frightening is that this is not the first time he has been assassinated, but the fourth time.
Who wants to kill this executive who was just transferred from Nanjing? And why?
The third line: Our underground party goes to war head-on to rescue our comrades.
When the camera turned, our comrade Shen Jinzhen ( Li Qin) was hiding on the roof of a building, holding a sniper rifle and preparing to rescue our arrested comrades.
The captain of the detective team, Lin Qiaosong, had already made preparations and arranged many people from the detective team in the escort car.
waited for the carriage door to open and then fired immediately.
With Shen Jinzhen's super accurate marksmanship, the detective team began to fall behind.
Under the pressure of Shen Jinzhen's sniper rifle, Lin Qiaosong used our comrades as hostages and forced Shen Jinzhen to stop shooting.
And this is actually Lin Qiaosong's delaying tactic.
Soon, the enemy's reinforcements arrived. The enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered. Shen Jinzhen's rescue mission failed and had to evacuate.
But during this rescue mission, our comrades also conveyed an important message - someone in the team has rebelled.
Three seemingly scattered lines gradually converged as the plot progressed. On the night of Shen Tunan's cocktail party, the three lines merged into one and became the main line.
It turns out that Shen Jin is really Shen Tunan's sister. Shen Tunan received orders from Nanjing and came to work at the Shanghai Central Bank. One of his main purposes was to rectify Shanghai's financial industry.
The first step in this rectification is to annex private banks.
The interests of private banks were threatened, so they naturally had to find a way. The several assassinations Shen Tunan suffered were at their hands.
And Shen Tunan's rectification of the financial industry was achieved by using short selling on stock prices.
Ever since, the group of investors who were in the Central Bank lobby at the beginning suffered a disaster, and Wei Ruolai and Aunt Zhou were one of them.
The intersection between Wei Ruolai and Shen Tunan does not end there. Shen Tunan came to the Central Bank with ideals and ambitions, and wanted to change the bad atmosphere of the Central Bank. If
wants to change, someone needs to be there.
He designed an exam for those who came for the interview, and only Wei Ruolai passed the test.
It was just because of his identity as a Jiangxi native that Shen Tunan did not dare to use him.
In order to find a new way out for himself, Wei Ruolai sneaked into Shen Tunan's reception and showed his value that he had seen through Shen Tunan's intention to manipulate the stock market.
This risky move made Shen Tunan notice him, and finally won him a "passport" to enter the central bank.
What's even more amazing is that after the three lines were merged into one, the rhythm of this drama not only did not slow down, but also accelerated.
So far, the whole drama can be read in just four words: is so hearty!
The spy war drama "Storm Chaser" has become.
2. Each episode is more exciting than the last. This drama captures the "magic weapon" of spy war dramas.
The script is powerful, which is already rare for a spy war drama.
What’s even more impressive is that the director of this drama also captured the “magic weapon” for spy war dramas!
What spy dramas to watch? What you see is the game between you and me, and what you see is the tense and exciting atmosphere.
It just so happens that these are all well presented in "Storm Chaser", take the three joint scenes in the play as an example.
In the first negotiation scene, was a comrade from our underground party codenamed "Lone Star" who came to Shanghai with gold bars and supplies.
However, the contact person Li Shengda has now been instigated and turned into a traitor. The meeting place and password are also known to the detective team of Songhu Security Command, and the detective team has made comprehensive arrangements.
Here, our friend Shen Jinzhen has arrived at the cafe.
In the flash of lightning, Shen Jinzhen used his identity to expose Captain Lin, giving "Lone Star" time to escape.
The highlight of this joint scene is the shootout after the true identity is revealed.
The second joint scene, is the key handover in the central bank.
Wei Ruolai witnessed his brother's death with his own eyes. At the same time, he also accepted the task assigned to him by his brother "Lone Star", activated emergency contact information, published newspapers to find contacts, and transferred important funds brought from Jiangxi to the other party.
However, the connection was disconnected due to the failure of the previous connection.
Wei Ruolai found an opportunity and published the information in the "Jing Bao". Shen Jinzhen also received it smoothly, and the meeting was scheduled to be held in the lobby of the Central Bank at 3 pm on the 26th.
But this news was also known to the cunning detective team.
Hey guys, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a gripping drama!
It’s also a spy drama.
As we all know, spy dramas were once one of the favorite themes of domestic drama audiences.
From "The Conspiracy" and "Latent" to " Kite ", it can be said that there are one hit and one hit, and many of them have directly entered the list of the highest-rated Chinese dramas.
But unfortunately, as there are more and more spy dramas, the quality has not been maintained.
Let alone one popular drama, it is hard to say whether there will be a spy drama of acceptable quality in a year.
Faced with such a situation, even "the father of spy dramas" Liu Yunlong can do nothing. The latest broadcast of " odds of winning " Douban score is only 6.7 points.
I have to say that as the former ace of Chinese dramas, spy dramas seem to have really declined.
But just recently, "The Storm Chaser" broadcast on CCTV made my eyes shine!
After catching up on 8 episodes in one go, Qingshi had to sigh: The spy drama finally ushered in the "turnaround"!
"Storm Chaser" broke 1 in ratings when it first aired, and the ratings gradually increased with the broadcast. In the latest updated series, CCTV's ratings have exceeded 2!
4 days after it was aired, the drama even scored 6 achievements, and also gained . "People's Daily" strongly recommended .
So, at a time when good spy war dramas are hard to come by, why did the People’s Daily write an article to praise this drama?
Without further ado, let’s just start chatting!
01. As soon as this drama started airing, it firmly caught my eye.
The opening chapter of "Storm Chaser" showed us what is called "the rhythm of a spy drama".
The story takes place in Shanghai in 1930. The three lines led by the three main characters in the play unfold at the same time.
It is no exaggeration. In the first 10 minutes of the first episode, "Storm Chaser" has firmly captured my attention.
The three lines unfolded at the same time each have their own points of view.
Line 1: A talented novice in the financial world witnesses the storm of the stock market.
Wei Ruolai ( Wang Yibo ) who came to Shanghai from Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, has a high talent in accounting and finance and dreams of working at the Shanghai Central Bank.
But the reality is difficult to achieve.
had originally obtained an accounting certificate for attending night school, but due to his place of origin, the certificate had not been issued.
On weekdays, he could only do odd jobs in the printing factory. Occasionally he would check the accounts for fellow gangsters, or check the stocks for the landlady in the alley.
In the central bank hall, he led Aunt Zhou to watch the price rise and fall. In this small hall, everyone who bought stocks was excited, and their faces were full of desire for money.
And the people behind the scenes can short it with a few phone calls and a few whispers.
Why do stocks that had a great rise in the past frequently drop in price in just a few minutes, and finally end in a disastrous defeat for investors?
This is the first line introduced at the beginning of the episode.
The second line: New central bank executives encountered multiple assassinations upon taking office.
At the same time, Shen Tunan ( Wang Yang), an executive of the central bank, has just arrived. From the moment he got off the train, crises have continued around him.
Just as he was coming out of the Central Bank meeting, his car exploded.
In broad daylight, still on the street where people are coming and going.
What is even more frightening is that this is not the first time he has been assassinated, but the fourth time.
Who wants to kill this executive who was just transferred from Nanjing? And why?
The third line: Our underground party goes to war head-on to rescue our comrades.
When the camera turned, our comrade Shen Jinzhen ( Li Qin) was hiding on the roof of a building, holding a sniper rifle and preparing to rescue our arrested comrades.
The captain of the detective team, Lin Qiaosong, had already made preparations and arranged many people from the detective team in the escort car.
waited for the carriage door to open and then fired immediately.
With Shen Jinzhen's super accurate marksmanship, the detective team began to fall behind.
Under the pressure of Shen Jinzhen's sniper rifle, Lin Qiaosong used our comrades as hostages and forced Shen Jinzhen to stop shooting.
And this is actually Lin Qiaosong's delaying tactic.
Soon, the enemy's reinforcements arrived. The enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered. Shen Jinzhen's rescue mission failed and had to evacuate.
But during this rescue mission, our comrades also conveyed an important message - someone in the team has rebelled.
Three seemingly scattered lines gradually converged as the plot progressed. On the night of Shen Tunan's cocktail party, the three lines merged into one and became the main line.
It turns out that Shen Jin is really Shen Tunan's sister. Shen Tunan received orders from Nanjing and came to work at the Shanghai Central Bank. One of his main purposes was to rectify Shanghai's financial industry.
The first step in this rectification is to annex private banks.
The interests of private banks were threatened, so they naturally had to find a way. The several assassinations Shen Tunan suffered were at their hands.
And Shen Tunan's rectification of the financial industry was achieved by using short selling on stock prices.
Ever since, the group of investors who were in the Central Bank lobby at the beginning suffered a disaster, and Wei Ruolai and Aunt Zhou were one of them.
The intersection between Wei Ruolai and Shen Tunan does not end there. Shen Tunan came to the Central Bank with ideals and ambitions, and wanted to change the bad atmosphere of the Central Bank. If
wants to change, someone needs to be there.
He designed an exam for those who came for the interview, and only Wei Ruolai passed the test.
It was just because of his identity as a Jiangxi native that Shen Tunan did not dare to use him.
In order to find a new way out for himself, Wei Ruolai sneaked into Shen Tunan's reception and showed his value that he had seen through Shen Tunan's intention to manipulate the stock market.
This risky move made Shen Tunan notice him, and finally won him a "passport" to enter the central bank.
What's even more amazing is that after the three lines were merged into one, the rhythm of this drama not only did not slow down, but also accelerated.
So far, the whole drama can be read in just four words: is so hearty!
The spy war drama "Storm Chaser" has become.
2. Each episode is more exciting than the last. This drama captures the "magic weapon" of spy war dramas.
The script is powerful, which is already rare for a spy war drama.
What’s even more impressive is that the director of this drama also captured the “magic weapon” for spy war dramas!
What spy dramas to watch? What you see is the game between you and me, and what you see is the tense and exciting atmosphere.
It just so happens that these are all well presented in "Storm Chaser", take the three joint scenes in the play as an example.
In the first negotiation scene, was a comrade from our underground party codenamed "Lone Star" who came to Shanghai with gold bars and supplies.
However, the contact person Li Shengda has now been instigated and turned into a traitor. The meeting place and password are also known to the detective team of Songhu Security Command, and the detective team has made comprehensive arrangements.
Here, our friend Shen Jinzhen has arrived at the cafe.
In the flash of lightning, Shen Jinzhen used his identity to expose Captain Lin, giving "Lone Star" time to escape.
The highlight of this joint scene is the shootout after the true identity is revealed.
The second joint scene, is the key handover in the central bank.
Wei Ruolai witnessed his brother's death with his own eyes. At the same time, he also accepted the task assigned to him by his brother "Lone Star", activated emergency contact information, published newspapers to find contacts, and transferred important funds brought from Jiangxi to the other party.
However, the connection was disconnected due to the failure of the previous connection.
Wei Ruolai found an opportunity and published the information in the "Jing Bao". Shen Jinzhen also received it smoothly, and the meeting was scheduled to be held in the lobby of the Central Bank at 3 pm on the 26th.
But this news was also known to the cunning detective team.
Lin Qiaosong gained experience from dealing with our personnel in the past. He cast a net to screen all the newspaper information and quickly locked in the time and place for the meeting.
Moreover, they arrived at the central bank lobby in advance, pretending to be in ambush, waiting for our personnel to appear.
Wei Ruolai was still a novice. Because an expired "Jingbao" was quickly exposed, the entire central bank hall fell into an extremely tense atmosphere.
The people led by Captain Lin observed everyone who entered the central bank hall with newspapers. Because all the disguises were in place, Shen Jinzhen didn't notice when he first entered the hall.
Just when she was about to meet Wei Ruolai, a pair of leather shoes worn by Captain Lin's men exposed his identity.
They disguised themselves as cleaning staff, but wore a pair of leather shoes that were incompatible with the cleaning clothes. It was this small detail that made Shen Jinzhen wary.
Immediately afterwards, she used the reflection in the mirror to see Captain Lin and others, so she immediately gave up the connection, and at the same time, she got rid of Wei Ruolai who was kept in the dark.
In this discussion, the director captured the atmosphere very accurately.
is deployed from Captain Lin, the man holding the newspaper entering the central bank, Shen Jin is really getting closer, the clock on the wall, all the camera switches are to heighten the tension.
After this scene, although there is no gunfight, it makes people watch with breathless concentration. This is what a spy war drama should be like.
The third joint scene, is in Wei Ruolai's rental house.
Because the central bank's contacts were exposed, Wei Ruolai was targeted by Lin Qiaosong and wanted to follow his clue to find out the contact person behind it.
So, he sent Li Sheng, who was instigated to rebel, to search where Wei Ruolai lived, and actually found a photo of him and "Lone Star".
At this time, Wei Ruolai came back.
In a small space, the game between the two begins.
Li Shengda used his identity as an underground party member to trick out Wei Ruolai's identity as the younger brother of "Lone Star".
Immediately afterwards, he revealed the identity of "Lone Star".
It seemed that Wei Ruolai was about to fall into his trap, but in fact the director had a trick up his sleeve.
Wei Ruolai pretended to trust the person in front of him and concealed the important information that he had seen his brother and that he was dead.
also took advantage of the opponent's back to quickly hold the paper knife in his hand as a weapon.
In fact, when he looked at the person in front of him, he had already exposed his lies.
's house was in a mess, and he saw it all, and he knew that the other party came to rummage through his things.
In this drama, the two people's back-and-forth conversations are actually digging holes for each other.
In fact, from the perspective of the plot of the drama, this part is not much different from other spy dramas, but it is better because of the director's skill, editing, switching, and the atmosphere is just right, and the tension comes out.
3. Wang Yang takes over from Liu Yunlong and becomes the "godfather of new spy dramas". Are domestic spy dramas really going to change?
Although he did not appear many times in the first few episodes, there is no doubt that Wang Yang is a highlight of this drama.
It can even be said that he is the most critical part of the show.
In terms of character relationships, the position of Shen Tunan he plays is very subtle.
Beside him, there is a sister who is an underground party, and Wei Ruolai, whom he admires very much and will soon be included in our side.
In terms of characterization, Shen Tunan is a complex image.
He is a consultant sent to Shanghai from Nanjing. He wants to stabilize finance and make financial reforms in a situation where Shanghai's financial economy is about to collapse.
This idea put him in crisis.
Private banks are naturally not happy if their cake is touched, and the forces behind private banks are also intricately connected.
Wang Yang never disappoints when it comes to handling complex characters.
In the play, while he has to face the leaders of major forces and cannot openly conflict, he is also secretly deploying his own financial reforms.
In a scene opposite Wei Ruolai at his home cocktail party, his performance was very exciting.
Wei Ruolai found his cocktail party and used the words "Kunpeng Industrial" to attract his attention. At this time, he was still "wary" of Wei Ruolai.
His expression looked full of distrust, and as Wei Ruolai clarified his purpose little by little, his suspicion rose to the highest level.
He questioned little by little, and when he finally got emotional, he took out the gun in the drawer.
From verbal questioning to physical pressure, Wang Yang acted out the sense of oppression on Shen Tunan.
In the end, the two of them talked about it. Shen Tunan realized that the man in front of him was indeed a talented person. His expression softened and he also started joking.
In one scene, a variety of emotions are expressed and multiple facial expressions are switched. Wang Yang's performance is as stable as ever.
From "Rebel" to today's "Storm Chaser", Wang Yang's role in spy war dramas has become more and more obvious. Some netizens even pointed out clearly: "If there were Wang Yang's spy war dramas, there would be no Poor! "
This comment is very familiar to us. It was often seen by Liu Yunlong, the "godfather of spy war dramas".
Moreover, the roles of Wang Yang’s two spy drama performances are also very different.
Unlike traditional spy dramas in the past, the protagonists in spy dramas are all playing games, but his character is indeed three-dimensional and complex, and he has more and deeper cores.
In the play, he said to Wei Ruo:
"Many people in China still eat bark and grass roots. Even in Shanghai, there are hundreds of thousands of people living in slums."
He wants to change this situation and do his best. It can change the rotten financial circle.
And this is actually related to the "innovation" of the current spy drama.
Spy war dramas have fallen into the vicious circle of "formatization" until today. It is difficult for traditional spy war dramas to make new breakthroughs, but in the context of the general background, there is actually a lot worth writing about and worth understanding.
This time, " Listener " uses financial espionage as an entry point, which is a bold attempt. Such a drama makes me want to stand up and applaud.
Judging from the results, this time's "boldness" has yielded gratifying results, and the ratings of the CCTV platform have been rising steadily.
The drama has gone from breaking 1 to breaking 1.5, and now breaking 2. The audience's choice illustrates one point:
It is not just traditional spy war dramas that have an audience, but as long as it has the core of spy war dramas, no matter what it is Audiences will buy into all types of spy dramas.
This result may provide a sample for the following spy war dramas. Domestic spy war dramas may really open up a new track.
The first masterpiece on this track is also the first "King Zha" drama in 2024, coming from CCTV!
Qingshi Film Editorial Department | Lao Meng
This article is the original content of Qingshi Film. Please do not reproduce it in any form without authorization
In the play, while he has to face the leaders of major forces and cannot openly conflict, he is also secretly deploying his own financial reforms.
In a scene opposite Wei Ruolai at his home cocktail party, his performance was very exciting.
Wei Ruolai found his cocktail party and used the words "Kunpeng Industrial" to attract his attention. At this time, he was still "wary" of Wei Ruolai.
His expression looked full of distrust, and as Wei Ruolai clarified his purpose little by little, his suspicion rose to the highest level.
He questioned little by little, and when he finally got emotional, he took out the gun in the drawer.
From verbal questioning to physical pressure, Wang Yang acted out the sense of oppression on Shen Tunan.
In the end, the two of them talked about it. Shen Tunan realized that the man in front of him was indeed a talented person. His expression softened and he also started joking.
In one scene, a variety of emotions are expressed and multiple facial expressions are switched. Wang Yang's performance is as stable as ever.
From "Rebel" to today's "Storm Chaser", Wang Yang's role in spy war dramas has become more and more obvious. Some netizens even pointed out clearly: "If there were Wang Yang's spy war dramas, there would be no Poor! "
This comment is very familiar to us. It was often seen by Liu Yunlong, the "godfather of spy war dramas".
Moreover, the roles of Wang Yang’s two spy drama performances are also very different.
Unlike traditional spy dramas in the past, the protagonists in spy dramas are all playing games, but his character is indeed three-dimensional and complex, and he has more and deeper cores.
In the play, he said to Wei Ruo:
"Many people in China still eat bark and grass roots. Even in Shanghai, there are hundreds of thousands of people living in slums."
He wants to change this situation and do his best. It can change the rotten financial circle.
And this is actually related to the "innovation" of the current spy drama.
Spy war dramas have fallen into the vicious circle of "formatization" until today. It is difficult for traditional spy war dramas to make new breakthroughs, but in the context of the general background, there is actually a lot worth writing about and worth understanding.
This time, " Listener " uses financial espionage as an entry point, which is a bold attempt. Such a drama makes me want to stand up and applaud.
Judging from the results, this time's "boldness" has yielded gratifying results, and the ratings of the CCTV platform have been rising steadily.
The drama has gone from breaking 1 to breaking 1.5, and now breaking 2. The audience's choice illustrates one point:
It is not just traditional spy war dramas that have an audience, but as long as it has the core of spy war dramas, no matter what it is Audiences will buy into all types of spy dramas.
This result may provide a sample for the following spy war dramas. Domestic spy war dramas may really open up a new track.
The first masterpiece on this track is also the first "King Zha" drama in 2024, coming from CCTV!
Qingshi Film Editorial Department | Lao Meng
This article is the original content of Qingshi Film. Please do not reproduce it in any form without authorization
