Zhao Tong.
Stills from the TV series "Welcome to McNuggets Village". Photo courtesy of the crew of "Welcome to McNuggets Village".
Since 1963, China's foreign aid medical service has gone through 60 years, and it is worthy of in-depth excavation and careful presentation by film and television creators, whether from the perspective of the development of medical and health undertakings in New China or the perspective of traditional friendship between China and Africa. The TV series "Welcome to McNule Village", which has recently been broadcast on Dragon TV, Jiangsu Satellite TV, Hunan Satellite TV and other platforms, tells a story of China's foreign aid medical treatment with life flow brushwork, which has attracted attention.
Welcome to McNuggets Village gives up the pursuit of "strange" and chooses the collection of "normal", highlighting the characteristics of China's foreign aid medical treatment, which is not a one-time act, but requires long-term work. The story of foreign aid medical treatment told in the play began in 2013 and revolved around the two-year tenure of the 25th batch of medical teams in China (Yuanjiang). Taking the "middle section" as the focus of the narrative is to take the meaning that there are pioneers before and those who come after the foreign aid medical cause.
"Welcome to McNuggets Village" does not attract the audience with emotional joys and sorrows, and the ups and downs of the characters' fates, but writes about daily life and constancy. There is always abruptness at first glance, and it is close to daily life to last. In the play, Ma Jia, Jiang Daqiao, Wu Mei and other medical staff of the Yuanjiang Medical Team have two years of experience in aiding Africa, there are times of tension, there are times of relaxation, there are helplessness when medical rescue is ineffective, and there is relief when it is effective, this is the benevolence of doctors.
Welcome to McNuggets Village has a timeless narrative that is reflected in the image of the medical staff portrayed in the work. The play portrays Ma Jia as a Chinese doctor. Ma Jia's transformation from a "technical conceited talent" to a mature doctor is not only due to Dean Liang's "ear to ear and face", but also to the example of his senior brother Jiang Daqiao, as well as the various experiences he received in the process of participating in aid to Africa. Doctor Zidan is also a unique and distinctive character. There is arrogance and sincerity in his character, and there are stereotypes in his work, and there are possibilities for flexibility, but he always has the pursuit of professionalism as a doctor. Therefore, the play shows that on the one hand, he adheres to the "rules" of Kasai Hospital, and on the other hand, he takes over the responsibility of the chief surgeon when Jiang Daqiao is overtired, although he is initially dissatisfied with his patients' "stealing" acupuncture, but finally asks the principle of acupuncture with great interest. When Qi Dan was about to leave Sanna at the end of his term, Jiang Daqiao, Ma Jia, and Wu Mei bid him farewell in Maile Village. When Ma Jia said to him, "You have real romance in your heart, respect your romance", and when he saw the Chinese medical team in the car on the way out to his father's ** who practiced medicine in Africa, Qi Dan finally reached empathy and recognition with everyone.
The TV series "Welcome to McNuggets Village" is impressive about the artistic portrayal of many Sanna medical staff at Kasai Hospital. In the play, there are not only ** leaders like Diaru who "more things are better than less", but also Dismasas who pursues medical technology improvement but lacks self-confidence, and Suleiman who "glare" at his teacher Ma Jia in order to maintain the national image. In particular, the director of Kasai Hospital, Kango, a Chinese-speaking hospital leader, sticks to his position and is good at bringing together all forces to serve patients in his country, which makes people see the charm of cultural integration.
The story of foreign aid medical treatment is a "bonanza" worth digging into. The TV series "Welcome to McNuggets Village" is a successful case, and we look forward to the increasingly moving Chinese stories based on China-Africa friendship and foreign medical aid.
The author is the director of the Television Art Center of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles).
People** December 15, 2023 18th edition).