The world of domestic dramas seems to have really ushered in a big change.
At the beginning of 2023, a "Hurricane" directly swept the circle of friends, which is a drama in which a fish vendor is the protagonist to describe his journey from "being bullied to becoming a local boss and finally going to prison".
And the beginning of 2024 also gave the audience a big surprise, "Flowers" let people know about Shanghai in the 90s, it turned out that when most parts of the country were still working hard to engage in production, the magic capital of Shanghai was already full of opportunities, and the Yellow River Road was also full of "drunk gold fans".
In fact, judging from the positioning of "Flowers", it can be regarded as a period drama, just when the audience thinks that the TV series in 2024 may be high and low, CCTV has brought everyone a good drama "South to North".
It is about the period drama of how an experienced criminal policeman (played by Ding Yongdai) and a newcomer (played by Bai Jingting) from the beginning of the dislike to the "colleagues" who handed over their backs to the other party in the end with confidence in the fight against crime.
I believe that most people's first impression of Bai Jingting is the warm-hearted second male in "The Year in a Hurry", although he is not the protagonist, but his handsome appearance and warm-hearted character design have aroused the love of many audiences, and the detective variety show on the back shows the true color of the "conspicuous bag", so that many netizens know about this handsome boy.
Not to mention Ding Yongdai, the old drama bone in the circle played the role of his father in the previous popular drama "The World", and performed his father's silent dedication and not good words, which moved countless fathers who experienced that era in front of the screen.
Although Bai Jingting's performance in variety shows is remarkable, this is a TV series after all, and some viewers still have doubts about the acting skills of this "traffic star", but they didn't expect the trailer to cause cheers from fans as soon as it was broadcast.
Bai Jingting, who is not from a professional background, plays the "railway policeman" in the play without any flaws, and plays the psychology of the young and stunned newcomer policeman who wants to solve the case.
has also been greatly improved in terms of lines, abandoning the trend of off-screen and variety shows, and the short and age-appropriate hairstyle with the dark ** live is a "newcomer".
In fact, Bai Jingting has been in the entertainment industry for many years, and it is a bit unreasonable to say that he is a newcomer, and the reason why everyone will question him in this drama is also because of a bunch of powerful factions in "South to North", from Liu Guanlin to Zuo Xiaoqing and even Li Naiwen also participated.
To be honest, this kind of theme is still very attractive to the current audience, people are tired of watching costume dramas and urban modern dramas, and the film industry in 2023 is almost all "crime films", and everyone's aesthetics have been brought to the field of solving cases and investigations.
But the big cases in the movie often have a great sense of distance from the people, but the pickpockets in "South to North" are different, but anyone who has experienced that era knows how arrogant the pickpockets on the railway were at that time, which makes people hate it!
The app has shown that more than 500,000 viewers have made reservations for this drama, just when everyone thought that the drama "South to North" would definitely become another masterpiece in 2024 after "Flowers", they never thought that a dark horse "Workers' Compound" would come out!
Everyone can guess when you hear this name, this is a period drama set in the 60s of the last century, when almost all the neighbors lived in the same compound and went to work in the same place.
And the heroine in the play is an unmarried pregnant rural girl named Qiao Fangcao, you must know that in the era of "rumors kill people", unmarried pregnancy will be poked in the backbone.
The male protagonist Lu Zhenhai also began to do his best to train girls, bringing him from a "rural girl" to an excellent worker, during which the relationship between the two was complicated, which also showed the shyness of people for "love" at that time.
Do you feel that in your memory, this drama seems to have been watched for a long time, yes, this drama has actually existed for 10 years, but it has been silently broadcast on local TV stations before, and everyone has not paid attention to it.
And now it is the first time it has been premiered on the Internet, just in time for this wave of period dramas, and it can be regarded as a "renovation of old dramas", although only 6 episodes have been broadcast, many viewers who have watched it feel that the actors in it can completely allow people to substitute for that era.
This is really not an exaggeration, because almost all the actors in it have really experienced that era, and their sense of relaxation in the play cannot be played by acting alone, and they must experience it to understand.
Since we have talked about this drama, I have to say that the heroine in it, Qiao Fangcao, is played by "Wu Yue", as long as you often watch TV series, you will not be a stranger to her, Wu Yue, who has debuted for nearly 30 years from 1995 to now, is impeccable in terms of acting skills.
Anyway, as long as you see her in the TV series, she is either a strong woman or a teacher or a workplace elite, it seems that her aura is not weak, and people feel that this person must have a strong work ability.
And in the nearly 30 years since her debut, as an "actress", there have been very few scandals, except for the film and television dramas that have been broadcast, she has hardly appeared on entertainment news, and everyone can no longer know her whereabouts from other aspects except filming.
Whether it is the crown princess in "County Party Committee Compound", which is called a science fiction film, or "Sweeping the Black Storm" and the most profound "Daming Fenghua", I believe everyone can't find fault with her.
And in this "Workers' Compound", she still did not disappoint the audience who liked her, maybe you just watched this drama and felt that it was talking about the "love and hate" of the older generation, but if you look closely, you will find that it uses those little things to reflect the changes of the entire era.
In the early days of reform and opening up, most of China was still in a period of development, trying to catch up with the backward pace, and the malice towards women at that time was also shown.
Because of the age problem, people at that time wore colored glasses for "unmarried women who were pregnant", no matter what reason you were pregnant, anyway, you were "indecent", which also brought a lot of pressure to Qiao Fangcao, and she even dared not come out to meet people for a while.
Just when she began to give up on herself, thinking that she might have to live in the shadows for the rest of her life, her fate ushered in a change, and a handsome man named Lu Zhenhai lived in the compound where she was.
Lu Zhenhai is "knowledgeable" on the surface, and at first glance he is the kind of high-knowledge young man, and the kind of matchmaker who rushes to say kiss, but only Qiao Fangcao knows that this person is a "scumbag", and any knowledgeable young man and handsome appearance are masks!
Because the reason why the heroine is "unmarried and pregnant" is because of this scumbag with glasses!
But at that time, I paid great attention to my reputation in any era, and the heroine didn't choose to demolish the male protagonist in person after thinking about it again and again, causing herself to be suffocated for a long time and almost suffocating herself out of illness.
You can imagine that you can finally prove your innocence after suffering all the white eyes, but for various reasons, you can only bury this secret in your heart. It's aggrieved enough to think about, right?
And Wu Yue's acting skills are just like Qiao Fangcao is herself, that feeling of aggrieved gives people the illusion of "she has experienced", the cold eyes of the family and the fingers of the neighbors, if it weren't for the child in the belly, I am afraid that Qiao Fangcao would have "committed suicide" long ago.
It can be said that this year can be regarded as a nest of "period dramas", whether it is "Dajiang Dahe 3" or "Workers' Compound" and the upcoming "South to North", they can all be called "electronic mustard" worth watching.
In fact, the reason why period dramas are so popular is because it not only grasps the older generation, but also seduces young people.
The older generation is because they have experienced it, so they feel empathy and practicality, while young people like this are full of curiosity about the era of the past, I believe everyone has asked their parents how they got together, right?
Even now, I am still curious about which one was not rich at that time. In the era when money is not valued, how do people live so happily? Through trivial things, the audience can understand that era and empathize.
Isn't this the success of period dramas?