Recently, Neiyu has a drama series "Love as a Camp" focusing on the media industry, and "News Queen" focuses on the interweaving of career and love with its unique perspective. Different from the love story of a financial reporter and a domineering president in "Camp with Love", "News Queen" pays more attention to the development of her career, especially the interweaving of news industry ecology and office politics.
In "News Queen", the news and television department headed by anchors Wen Huixin (played by Charmaine Sheh) and Liang Jingren (played by Ma Guoming) formed two major factions, Wen Jiajun and the George Party. The journalistic idealists represented by Zhang Jiayan (played by Li Shihuan) uphold absolute journalistic professionalism and become the third faction that does not stand in line. The whole drama takes the struggle for discourse and status as the main story line, bringing the audience a feeling similar to "Gong Dou".
However, the "palace fight" in "News Queen" is fundamentally different from the historical palace fight drama. The men in the historical palace fighting drama have public political attributes, while the women have emotional attributes. And in "The Queen of News", career and love are not mutually exclusive, but intertwined. Through their own efforts and talents, the female characters in the play have achieved success in the workplace, and at the same time, they have also gained beautiful love. 
Unlike some dramas that advertise big heroines, "News Queen" does not regard individual emotions as a way to construct female subjectivity. The female characters in the play are not confined to a certain field, but continue to expand their development space through their own efforts and talents. Whether it is professional or emotional, they are able to deal with it with ease, showing the independence and self-confidence charm of women.
"News Queen" allows us to see the struggle and growth of women in the workplace, and also allows us to see the emotional independence and autonomy of women. It does not limit women to a certain field, but allows them to show their talents and charm on a broader stage. Such a female image is more real, three-dimensional, vivid, and more appealing.
In "The Queen of News", the construction of female subjectivity is not limited to the emotional level, but focuses more on career and inner ambition. The three female characters in the play represent three different news ecology, namely news idealism, news entertainment, and the extreme and extreme of news.
Zhang Jiayan is a model of journalistic idealism. She takes the news seriously with a professional attitude and does not take sides. She has excellent professional ability, such as when she was interviewed at the scene of the fire in Qiaochang Industrial Building, when other **attention**situation and **time, she went deep into the *** reason. When the interviewee prevaricated, she keenly grasped the point and asked if the fire system was working properly. When the firefighters dodged the problem, she decisively pointed out that there was a problem with the fire fighting system. Interestingly, Zhang Jiayan's persistence and persistence seem out of place in the human society, but her existence does not constitute a mockery of the power society, but is more unique because of her firmness.
Wen Huixin chose another way, she used the report as a threat to get the tainted Mr. Liu to voluntarily give in, saving a game for Ye Chen, and at the same time keeping the TV station's advertisers. When dealing with the workplace sexual harassment incident, Wen Huixin publicly released a statement in the hall, while Zhang Jiayan chose to question the other party on the spot, interrupted the scene, and asked for a live broadcast to clarify.
Each of these three female characters shows a different news ecology and coping style, but they all show the independence and self-confidence of women. Their struggle and growth in the workplace, as well as their emotional independence and autonomy, have allowed the audience to see the power and charm of women.
Xu Shiqing represents the tendency of news to be entertaining. In pursuit of attention, she asked that yesterday's anti-pornography news be placed in the headlines. She deliberately brought the family members of the injured to the driver, created a conflict and completed **, as a way to attract traffic. However, instead of portraying her as a pure bad guy, the screenwriters highlight her personal ability, bravery, and decisiveness.
When the whistleblower released the news of the death of the richest man, Zheng Songbai, it became an opportunity to become the first reporter, but it was also fraught with risks because there was no official endorsement. When everyone chose to retreat, Xu Shiqing bravely stood up and asked to become a news anchor. This is the embodiment of her courage and determination, and the business ability behind her has become her support. Only she visited the teahouse frequented by the richest man and found more anomalies.
Each of these three female characters shows a different news ecology and coping style, but they all show the independence and self-confidence of women. Their struggle and growth in the workplace, as well as their emotional independence and autonomy, have allowed the audience to see the power and charm of women.
Wen Huixin represents the extremes of journalism. She was not only the key person who contributed to the news of the death of the richest man, but also relied on her own judgment and decision-making to make the news a sensation. When everyone was hesitating, she decisively determined the authenticity of the news based on the information retrieved and the speculation about the identity of the whistleblower. Many of her journalistic achievements stem from a spirit of risk-taking. In order to do the best live broadcast, she used the newcomer to risk his life to enter the fire scene and shoot first-hand materials. Even if she has experienced it twice, she can quickly organize herself and continue the live broadcast.
Behind Wen Huixin's extreme is a strong decision-making and action, as well as an indomitable ambition. However, this extreme is also taken to the extreme by the act of sacrificing oneself and others. In this story, the three women have different personalities and attitudes, and their ethics and morals are ambiguous. It is the existence of this space for discussion that makes them vivid characters.
We are no longer just comparing and judging the characters themselves, but through them we see the desire behind the behavior and the power behind the industry. In this way, the signifier of women's self-construction in "The Queen of News" has truly realized the transformation from love to career and power.
So, does it mean that the story of a woman's career is equivalent to a big heroine? The answer is clearly not. In this series, the expression of the big heroine may also lie in a sense of struggle. The women in the palace fighting drama also have a sense of struggle, but they are mainly aimed at other women, a group that is disciplined by the patriarchal discourse, rather than directly pointing at the men themselves who represent the patriarchal discourse.
However, the power struggle between Wen Huixin and Liang Jingren in "The Queen of News" is the main line, and the male and female protagonists share the political logic, making the object of the struggle more clear. This sense of struggle does not only stay at the individual level, but also includes the reflection on the power system, thus giving this sense of struggle a certain publicity.
Take, for example, the scene where Ms. Wen went to the golf course to meet with the head of the television department, when she had been promoted to deputy director of information, but was told that the high-level meeting was held on the golf course, which is considered the exclusive domain of male leadership. When Wen Huixin went to the golf course alone to meet with the leadership, the whole scene became subtle. Spatially, the male group is opposed to Wen Huixin, with the former occupying an advantage in space. Liang Jingren taunted her for being late for a meeting and joined other men in sneering at her, interrupting her presentation of the reform proposal. One of the men complimented her on the beauty of her watch, while the other ridiculed the lack of technical content in fashion watches.
This scene vividly illustrates the concept proposed by Chizuruko Ueno: that male same-sex social sexual desires are based on discrimination that excludes people and women who do not become men. Men quickly form alliances through this desire. Here, men occupy all key positions in the company, reflecting the gender skew in the workplace environment, a phenomenon that has been rationalized for a long time.
The appearance of Wen Huixin, her experiences, encounters, growth and struggles, as well as the appearance of female group portraits in this drama, to a certain extent, present the realistic predicament of professional women. This is not only a challenge to individual women, but also a reflection and critique of the entire gender inequality workplace environment.
When creating the image of the big heroine, "News Queen" tried to give a more reasonable social imagination to female characters, abandoning the Mulan narrative routine commonly used in previous professional women's dramas. Many female characters in the workplace are often portrayed as neutral or absolute powerhouses, ignoring their feminine identity and qualities. However, Wen Huixin in "The Queen of News" shows the perfect combination of ability, desire, and femininity. Each female character in the story can represent a different aspect of the heroine, but there are still some contradictions and deficiencies in the expression of female consciousness in this drama.
The underlying logic of the play is still the cool cultural concept of consumerism, and the plot conflict is constructed through the conflict of interests between the sexes, which sometimes seems too dramatic. For example, intern Tang Zhiyao knelt down and begged in order to complete the interview task, while Xu Xiaowei also chose to kneel and beg for forgiveness because her betrayal was exposed. Although this plot setting strengthens the plot conflict, it seems to be too violent, and it is separated from the real theme, resulting in an unrealistic perception.
In addition, "The Queen of News" is too dense in the intrigue between the characters, causing the plot to appear to be separated from the real theme. For example, Xu Xiaowei and Xu Shiqing fought with each other for the position of news anchor during the ** period, and Xu Shiqing gave Xu Xiaowei a fake pathology report to mislead her into creating fake news. Although these plot designs highlight the power struggle in the office, they are biased because the means are too shoddy and exposed, deviating from the reality that people are political animals.
Overall, "The Queen of News" has achieved some success in trying to create the image of a big heroine, but there are still some problems and deficiencies in expressing women's consciousness and dealing with plot conflicts.