Author: a dead end
Reprinted source: a little drama reading (ID: yidianjd)
"The cleanliness of the cost table means the cleanliness of the project" and "All the time, is that right?" ….. When Su Xiao, played by Sun Li, said these words to his leaders and colleagues, the workplace drama door of the TV series "Ideal City" officially opened to the audience:
In the workplace ecology outlined by screenwriters Zhou Wei and Luo Hong, the heroine Su Xiao is no longer a "white workplace girl" with a golden finger and attached to a man step by step, and several waves of characters standing on the opposite side of the heroine also have their own calculations, instead of being a facelift "bad guy" who is mentally retarded and does not conform to the logic of the characters … The real, vivid and behavioral logic workplace side can be said to be a good impression for the early stage of the play; At the same time, the industry background with the construction industry as the entry point and the cost engineer as the entry point has also filled a blank in China’s workplace drama.
It can be said,"Ideal City" is quite stable in word-of-mouth level.Su Xiao, played by Sun Li, has the basic qualities of a "workplace employee" in terms of makeup and personnel design; The scene of old people in the workplace, led by Zhao Xiankun (Yu Hewei) and Wang Yang, fighting with young people and old cadres at the same level is more like a "career plan" full of philosophy.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there will be disputes. In this regard, "Ideal City" has basically achieved the top level of the current reputation of workplace dramas in China. It is a pity that this "Magnolia Sky Group" starring Sun Li and composed of many old and new faces such as Mark Chao, Yu Hewei, YCY and Chen Minghao (note: Sun Li, Yu Hewei, Mark Chao and director Liu Jin all won or nominated Magnolia at least once) did not get off to a good start in the market.
According to relevant data, the average daily ratings of the drama have basically stabilized at around 0.41% since it landed on 8 sets of Oriental TV and CCTV on August 12th-the ratings of prime-time files are not as good as those of "Sweeping the Black Storm" broadcast on the same platform (CCTV 8) and slightly lower than those of the family drama "Dear Mom and Dad", which also makes the drama lose face slightly. According to the data of Guduo, the highest historical popularity of the drama is 67.25, which is far from the highest popularity of the drama "You are my glory" (88.67).
Can the follow-up of "Ideal City" be "supported"? Is this workplace drama based on China architecture worth watching? Does Sun Li still have the ability to "carry drama" after Empresses in the Palace’s "Settle Down"? It is worth exploring.
"career-only workplace drama",
The "core" of Ideal City is very hard.
Although there are a large number of workplace dramas broadcast every year in China, there are few works that can really stand the assessment of the word "workplace". The last workplace drama that won unanimous praise from the public was "Ordinary Glory" with the situation of "applauding without being a hit", and the last one may be "Blame You for Being Too Beautiful" focusing on the entertainment industry and targeting the relationship between brokers and artists.
The final word-of-mouth trend of "Ideal City" may not be as 8 points as its predecessors, but it is well-deserved to wander around Douban 7.5. Focusing on the construction industry and taking the cost engineer as the entrance, this is an industry ecology of workplace drama for the audience in Ideal City. In this industry ecology, the audience can initially understand what a cost engineer is. The construction of a building, what manpower and material resources are needed, and how much preparation is needed in the early stage.
"The pile is reinforced concrete, but it is built by people’s hearts." Behind every high-rise building, the most complicated thing is often not professional skills and academic cost, but the untouchable relationship between people’s minds and workplaces. For this reason, in the story of Ideal, there are not only younger generations such as Su Xiao and Wu Hongmei, who have been in the workplace for several years, but also the "Xia Ming" generation, which has lost the edges and corners of their youth and is more stable and mature, and the older generation of leaders who are deeply hidden and seemingly harmless but are full of "small thoughts".
What "circles" these people together is a top-level domestic well-known private enterprise, Yinghai Group. The company is made up of Zhao Xiankun, Wang Yang, Huang Lilin and other old backbones. Today, it has become a large enterprise with five subsidiaries. Tiancheng, where Su Xiao is currently located, and Tianke, where Xia Ming is located, belong to this company, and they are also the two most competitive subsidiaries.
Judging from the 13 episodes currently broadcast, the audience saw at least three complicated career lines in the play. One is the personal career struggle history headed by Su Xiao. Su Xiao, who lost the qualification certificate of first-class cost engineer after taking the blame for his former company, faced with all kinds of scheming in the workplace, such as being unable to find a job, being blacklisted by the industry, being "hard-working" by the leaders, being excluded by colleagues and so on.
The other is from Su Xiao’s entry into Tiancheng Company, explaining the past of the two subsidiaries, and exposing the infighting between the leadership and the river’s lake grievances for more than ten years, which is also an important foreshadowing of the play; The last one is to introduce an "audit team". The parent company seems to trust the leaders of the two subsidiaries, but in fact it is suspicious and unannounced, which also highlights the real power arena behind the group … It can be said that "Ideal City" presents a real workplace arena to the public through the creative techniques of point to face and grass snake gray line.
This arena is not only full of bureaucracy and intrigue between the old school, but also full of "tactfulness" of the younger generation based on their own ideals. I’m glad,At last, the domestic workplace drama has an "attack" scheme in which all the pros and cons have online IQ. At the same time, the interpersonal science and the dark side of human nature involved behind the workplace are all full of it.
This is the "hard core" of "Ideal City", and it is also an important reason why the play is well received by the public at present.
Behind the "kernel",
"Ideal City" also has flaws?
It is undeniable that "Ideal City" is not too badly hurt in the content creation level, and even shows "workplace scheming". However, in terms of professional knowledge, this drama is just like some previous workplace dramas, and there are flaws.
First pointed out by netizens,It is the responsibility of the cost maker, which is presented by Su Xiao shortly after the opening of the drama.It is understood that in the project, the cost engineer often has a series of management and budget investment responsibilities for the project, and does not have the problems of project quality and project payment presented in the play.
In addition, the 32-gauge horse stool, the white hat worn by the construction workers, and the contract department that was the first to be held accountable after the project collapsed have all been "accused" by netizens.The details are slightly distorted, which is a subtle flaw in the content creation level of Ideal City.
Secondly, it is the rhythm and theme of the play.In the first two episodes, Su Xiao, the heroine, went on stage. After experiencing an "accident storm", Su Xiao was used as a gun by her direct leadership and became a back-burner in this incident. Then, disheartened, she called her boyfriend who had been in love for many years, and raided her boyfriend’s workplace, only to find that she was derailed and her boyfriend was "engaged" with her immediate boss … Then, Su Xiao officially started her own career path and explored the "Politburo" behind the scenes of Yinghai Group.
This seemingly harmless and logical "career opening" also exposes the rhythm and theme problems behind the play. As we all know, because workplace dramas often involve group portraits, behind the complicated events, it also reflects the creative difficulties of this kind of theme, that is, how to simply explain the industry background to the audience and quickly catch the eye in the golden opening time.
At present, at this point, The Ideal City needs to be improved. This is also an important reason why the "opening" of the play is cold and it is not getting better in the heat level at present. Can it overtake in corners? Looking at it from another dimension, this may also be a ratings test for "Empress" Sun Li.
After settling down,
Can "Sun Li" reach the top again?
In the public view, Sun Li really became a household name and a TV audience sister because of Empresses in the Palace directed by Zheng Xiaolong in 2012. At that time, the drama not only became the "explosion" in the TV drama market, but also made artists such as Ada Choi, Rulu and Chen Jianbin popular and became the first choice for TV stations and variety shows. Sun Li also got the "second bonus" of his career after this drama. This is another story.
Before Empresses in the Palace, many people may not know it.Sun Li has made many well-known TV dramas, and has been nominated for Magnolia, Hundred Flowers Award and other awards.She is the peace of mind wandering between relatives and enemies, affection and law in Jade Guanyin, the pure and kind cuckoo who loves the dance career in Happiness Like Flowers, and the actress with different images but great personal charm in many works such as Love is Air, Huo Yuanjia and New Shanghai Beach.
Sun Li was very spiritual and talented in acting in her early days. Many famous directors who worked with her, such as Ding Hei and Gao Xixi, praised her for her dedication and her personal performance charm.
("Happiness is like a flower")
Empresses in the Palace, the "explosive drama", elevated it to a brand-new level, and after welcoming the second spring of the career of married actresses, doubts followed. Once, because of legend of miyue, which is similar to Empresses in the Palace’s theme but not as good as the former, her and Tamia Liu’s performances in the play were once questioned by the audience as "overexertion"; The other time was "Anjia", which starred as a screenwriter in 1966 last year. This douban score happened to be on the verge of passing the exam (6.2 points), and it was also questioned by netizens about its ability to choose plays.
The audience is critical and tolerant. Just as these two films were questioned by the market, two works broadcast in Sun Li, "Flowers bloom and the moon is full that year" and "The Story of Hot Mom", played a mediating role. Sun Li’s position as "the queen of TV viewing" and "the first sister of domestic drama" in the drama market is unshakable.
The divergence point reappears, which is the "Ideal City" currently being broadcast.Su Xiao, played by Sun Li in the play, was accused by netizens of being slightly old and in poor condition. At the same time, her acting skills were also questioned. Can Sun Li still complete the myth of "carrying drama" in the past?
At present, hope and disappointment are 50-50. First of all, the word-of-mouth of "Ideal City" is excellent compared with the same type of workplace drama; Secondly, judging from the plot, after the "content foreshadowing" of the previous episodes, the competition of the whole power field became more and more fierce, and there were several tipping points in the middle if the film was strong; Finally, and most importantly, workplace dramas are different from other types of dramas, and they often have more advantages in reflecting realistic topics. This is also the biggest "explosion point" in the follow-up of the play.
And advantages may also become disadvantages. After all, in front of the workplace drama headed by "Ordinary Glory", it is too divorced from the workplace background of public life, and it is difficult for ordinary audiences to get it. In addition, at present, the drama market is in the second half of the summer, and various platforms have made great efforts to "play", which has also distributed some audiences of the drama to some extent. This is the pity of the play.
However, no matter what the final result is, The Ideal City is based on "realism", and the principles of high-quality creation in the workplace are still worthy of recognition. After all, in developed countries headed by Britain and the United States, the creation of workplace drama has long been a mature type, but in China this kind of theme is just the "beginning".