Director Wang Jun successfully played his signature with the two light and happy urban dramas "Little Farewell" and "Little Huanxi", but his latest fourth work "Xiaoman Life" is not as good as the previous ones in terms of ratings and Internet popularity.
Why didn't it succeed this time?
This drama is starring Qin Hao, Jiang Xin, and Wang Ou, and is broadcast on CCTV's eight ** files.
However, "Xiaoman Life" failed to resonate with the audience, making people wonder why it failed. In the story, the hero and heroine are a loving couple who seem to have a good life, but they have been fighting for a bigger and better house.
However, the audience has a hard time relating with their economic situation, as their living conditions are clearly not bad.
Considering that his son is far away from school, the male protagonist proposes to tighten his waist to live in exchange for a better place to live.
But in reality, their current residence is very spacious, with a large master bedroom and a well-organized children's room. Even so, the plot keeps emphasizing that they live in a crowded situation and need a bigger house.
This setting makes the audience feel unbelievable and difficult to sympathize with the protagonist.
The living standards of the characters in the film also surprised the audience.
The heroine is a documentary director, and the company provides the opportunity to go to business school and cover half of the tuition. She didn't feel excessively high tuition fees, giving the illusion that she could easily afford them.
And even if the rich wife goes bankrupt, she can recover millions from her relatives, which is in stark contrast to the real standard of living.
There is also a middle-class couple in the play who spend an expensive math class for their daughter, but they still present a luxurious life when faced with financial constraints.
This makes it difficult for the audience to sympathize, and the lives of the characters in the play instead become an enviable state.
The reason for the failure of "Xiaoman Life" may be that the audience cannot agree with the problems faced by the protagonist, and the living standards of the characters in the play are far from reality.
This makes the whole series seem a bit detached from reality, and the audience can hardly resonate with the economic difficulties in it.