If you want to say which drama can be scheduled for the hit drama at the beginning of 2024, it is definitely "South to North".
Those who disagree will take a look at this lineup first-
Director: Zheng Xiaolong, screenwriter: Gao Mantang, starring: Bai Jingting, Ding Yongdai, Jin Chen, as well as Zuo Xiaoqing, Liu Jun, Jiang Yan, Liu Guanlin and other old drama bones as a match.
This lineup couldn't be more luxurious. It's no wonder that more than 500,000 people have already made reservations before the file is finalized.
Just look at the stills and know that this is another period drama. But unlike some previous period dramas that talk about the short content of parents, this is a criminal investigation period drama that tells the story of a pair of police officers and apprentices on the train.
Look at these key words: railway police, train life, spanning 40 years, it is already full of storytelling.
From steam locomotives, internal combustion engines to bullet train high-speed rail, in this 40-year-old train, there are not only the previous generation who are running around for their dreams, but also the next generation who go to study.
At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, it is the season when people from all over the country return to their hometowns, and there seems to be no drama more suitable for broadcasting at this time than "South to North".
Although the content of the drama is complicated, it is jointly handled by director Zheng Xiaolong and screenwriter Gao Mantang, and the audience only needs to look forward to it quietly.
Let's talk about director Zheng Xiaolong first, the name of the godfather of his Chinese drama did not come out of thin air.
Whether it is the popular national drama "Desire" in the 90s, or the popular drama "Editorial Department Story", and then to the popular "Beijinger in New York", which is popular across the ocean, it is all the handwriting of Director Zheng.
To say that these young people are not familiar with it, there is also "Golden Wedding", which won the Magnolia Best Director Award, and "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which has been popular for ten years, and "Red Sorghum", "The Legend of Miyue", "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes", just copy one, all of them are ceiling level.
Zheng Xiaolong's dramas, regardless of men, women and children, are all suitable for watching.
Looking at screenwriter Gao Mantang again, in his early years, he wrote "Breaking through the Guandong", and it is never an exaggeration to say that it is the memory of a generation. There are also "Nine Phoenixes in the Family", "Old Farmer", "Two Families in Wenzhou" and "Pearl River People", every story can be told in people's hearts.
Gao Mantang's production pays attention to a quality.
Gao Mantang + Zheng Xiaolong, these two together are almost 140 years old, and if you want to talk about the possibility of overturning, it is almost zero.
And there is also a kind of powerful faction with outstanding acting skills.
The starring Bai Jingting is not only good-looking, but also passable.
Whether it is Qiao Ran in "The Year in a Hurry", or Senior Brother Chu Yuan in "Whirlwind Girl", or Lu Zhiang in "Summer Solstice Has Not Arrived", they are all proper existences that can fall into dreams.
He starred in "You Are My City Camp", which was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best TV Series
And his infinitely popular drama "The Beginning" was certified by ** Movie Report as a hit drama series at the beginning of 2022;
"Qingqing's Daily" starring him once again became the champion drama of the year on all platforms in 2022;
In the newly completed costume drama "Changfeng Crossing", the astonishing speed of breaking 10,000 in 41 hours once again proved Bai Jingting's appeal as an actor.
As a new generation of actors born in the 90s, Bai Jingting is undoubtedly a guarantee of quality.
Another male protagonist, Ding Yongdai, is even more familiar to everyone.
In the early years, Ding Yongdai played the role of China's No. 1 gangster "Bai Baoshan", who was almost mistaken for a gangster on the train because he was too realistic.
Later, he starred in King Liang in "Langya Bang", and Mr. Peng in "Crossing the Yalu River", regardless of good or evil, he can interpret it in place.
Father Zhou in last year's hit drama "The World", the scene before his death, can be called the pinnacle of acting. also made him popular overnight and remembered by more audiences, and also won him the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Magnolia Award at the Shanghai TV Festival.
In this way, the two male protagonists will definitely create unexpected sparks.
Next, let's look at the heroine Jin Chen.
Although Jin Chen's acting skills have been questioned, the dramas she participated in from "Secret and Great" to "Ordinary Road", and then to "All or Nothing" in the summer vacation, all of them are popular. It shouldn't be for nothing, right?
What's more, there are Zuo Xiaoqing, Liu Jun, Ni Dahong, Wu Yue, Li Naiwen, Wang Jinsong, Liu Guanlin, Jiang Yan and others, which can be described as strong and popular.
With such a superposition of strength, it is simply a through train to book a hit drama, and more than 500,000 people have already made reservations before the official announcement date.
Are you looking forward to this drama that has not been broadcast first?