On April 8, the TV series "Harbin 1944" finally received schedule information: it is tentatively scheduled to be broadcast on Dragon TV and Beijing Satellite TV on April 20, and will be broadcast exclusively on the iQiyi video platform. This TV series stars the well-known actor Qin Hao as the male protagonist, and the well-known traffic star Yang Mi as the female lead. Wang Xiaoqiang leads the screenplay and Zhang Li directs. The screenwriters and directors of the play can be described as real kings. As of now, the show has not officially announced this schedule.
When I introduced TV series schedule information in the past, I have repeatedly put forward a personal opinion: when everyone says that a TV series has a lineup of Wang Zha, don’t think that there are many stars starring in it, and it is Wang Zha. For a TV series Generally speaking, the real kings are always screenwriters and directors. In many cases, screenwriters play a greater role than directors; of course, it is easiest to find excellent directors for excellent TV drama scripts.
This time, the combination of Wang Xiaoqiang and Zhang Li in "Harbin 1944" is a typical Wang Fang. Works such as " versus " by Wang Xiaoqiang and "Toward a Republic" by Zhang Li are all truly excellent works. With such a screenwriter and such a director, it would be difficult for the two of them to jointly present "Harbin 1944" with low quality. After seeing this Wang Zha screenwriter and director lineup, it is the actors and others.
What story does the play tell? The plot outline of "Harbin 1944" is as real as us Northeasterners, and it almost tells the audience all the contents of the previous episodes:
In 1939, the Liaohe River in the Northeast overflowed, and Southern Manchuria suffered from disasters, leaving people starving and dying everywhere. While escaping from famine, the dying siblings Guan Xue (played by Yang Mi) and Guan Kai were rescued by the heroic Song Zhuowu (played by Qin Hao). Two days later, the bandits killed and robbed the three of them of food, and scattered the three of them. From then on, the three of them lived and died in different directions, and there was no news from them.
Six years later, in 1945, Harbin was already under the rule of Manchukuo. Guan Xue has now transformed into the chief of the Special Agents Section of the National Police Agency. On this day, she suddenly received news about the mob that participated in the murder of Zhuo Wu. When they arrived, the mob was fighting to the death with another small patrolman who was covered in blood. Guan Xue suddenly realized that the young patrolman in front of him was Zhuo Wu who had "resurrected from the dead"!
When Guan Xue called Zhuo Wu's name, patrol officer Song Zhuowen (played by Qin Hao) realized that the spy leader in front of him had mistakenly identified him as his long-lost twin brother. Surprised, Guan Xue quickly took Zhuo Wen back and sincerely invited him to join the Secret Service.
Everything came unexpectedly and suddenly. It turns out that Zhuo Wen is an underground member of the Chinese Communist Party in Harbin, and the party organization has been looking for opportunities to break into the puppet Manchukuo spy agency. There seems to be a good opportunity right in front of you! But although the two brothers have the same appearance, they have completely different personalities: one is literary and the other is martial, Zhuo Wen is thoughtful, calm and wise; Zhuo Wu has a bold personality and great skills. What's more, he doesn't know anything about Zhuo Wu and Guan Xue's past.
With the permission of the party organization, Zhuo Wen decided to take risks and make mistakes, and lurked into the Secret Service Section as Zhuo Wu. But Guan Xue is no longer the immature girl she once was. Years of special agent training have made her gradually test this "Brother Song" whose "temperature has changed drastically". The other people in the Secret Service Section also started to panic when faced with the section chief's "relations" in front of them.
When Song Zhuowen tried his best to gain the trust of Guan Xue and senior Japanese officials, someone in the Special Service Section of the Police Department suddenly saw another person with the same appearance, walking swaggeringly on the streets of Harbin.
In the play, Qin Hao will play two roles respectively. This is also an acting challenge for Qin Hao. The biggest problem when playing two characters, especially two characters who look the same, is how to show the subtle differences between the two characters. For example, in the TV series "The Legend of Magpie Sword", teacher Zhao Benshan plays Ximen Changhai and Ximen Changzai respectively. When Teacher Zhao sits there and doesn't speak, everyone can tell whether he is playing Chang Hai or Chang Zai. That's the level. If Qin Hao can achieve this level, his acting skills in this TV series will definitely explode.
Instead of caring about Qin Hao, it is estimated that more drama fans will pay attention to Yang Mi. I am a fan of Da Mi Mi, but I admit that besides being good-looking, Da Mi Mi is really not good at acting. She is on the same level as Zhao Liying . These popular female celebrities born in the 1980s are already quite old. They are destined to be looked down upon when filming those popular dramas. Therefore, these female stars around the age of 40 who have no acting skills are all faced with the problem of how to transform.
This time, the starring role of Da Mi Mi in "Harbin 1944" is a very wise choice. One of the reasons is, of course, the stellar lineup of writers and directors of this TV series. Another reason is that spy dramas do have more traffic star advantages than urban dramas. Why do you say this?
If a popular female star stars in an urban drama, especially if it features an urban female white-collar worker, the audience will immediately have to correspond to what the female white-collar worker looks like in real life. The current batch of female celebrities are all good-looking, but they still look like celebrities, which is different from real working women. Playing a realistic-themed character also faces unusual problems. Popular female celebrities with no acting skills cannot handle many thematic roles.
However, this is not the case with spy dramas. In spy dramas, the characters themselves are fictional and fake, and cannot correspond to reality. The audience has no way of saying which spy character is real and who can correspond to whom. In this case, as long as the female stars are not too overdone or have no acting skills, they can act correctly no matter what they do.
Moreover, among this kind of fictional characters, the appearance of female stars is a bonus. Letting Dong Lifan play the heroine is really not as good as Yang Mi. In addition, Yang Mi's appearance is quite average, and she does have a sense of coolness. This kind of coldness, among many film and television drama characters, can easily lead to a state of lack of acting skills. In spy dramas, coldness is a bonus.
In addition, the spy drama is still high-end, unlike some fantasy dramas, which are obviously for young children. For those of my age as the editor-in-chief, when watching Yang Mi’s spy dramas, they will feel that they are worthy of their own IQ. Let me watch a fantasy drama and I will really vomit. Yang Mi finally knows how to choose a movie. I hope this "Harbin 1944" is of high quality. Of course, although I, the editor, am a fan of Yang Mi, if the quality of the show is not good after it is aired, I will still have something to say. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
