CCTV-8 received ratings and recovered from World War I..
The early hit "The Wind Rises in Longxi" scored 7.7, and the ratings rose to 7.9 all the way after the end of the play, with comments and seals: a costume drama with rare intentions in recent years. However, the ratings are another matter. Since its launch, the ratings of this word-of-mouth drama in Central Eight have been hovering around .6, far below the average rating of Central Eight prime-time dramas.
at the critical moment, who will be sent to save the ratings? Unexpectedly, Yang Ba didn't produce a spy drama like Opponent, an urban love drama like You in this Life, or a family emotional drama like Dear Children, but a female career drama.
Liu Mintao+Jiang Shuying, The Lady's Law.
focusing on women in the workplace and legal aid, the core of the story: women.
this lineup, this theme, and the expected value are directly filled. However, it is inevitable that people will have doubts. It is not the most familiar card of Central Eight. Can the audience buy it?
unexpectedly, as soon as it started broadcasting, it rushed back to the second place in the country. The audience rating of the first two episodes of Cool Cloud was .769, which was significantly higher than the last one, and the highest was .9, which was second only to the New House Covenant of Central 1.
Look at this momentum, it is likely that with the development of the plot, the ratings of CCTV 8 will soon break 1 again.
It also won many praises from netizens: some lamented the cool combination of two female hosts.
It's sweet to have a brother-sister relationship with Jiang Shuying and Pumbaa.
Others have finished the legal education of prenuptial agreements directly after watching the cases in previous episodes: it turns out that prenuptial agreements can have so many holes in love rat's hands.
The cards, opening and audience feedback seem to be very good. Did Liu Mintao and Jiang Shuying win the "king of ratings" again this time?
after catching up with the first six episodes in one breath, I assert that this drama is expected to spread to the whole country soon, but I'm afraid its ambition is not limited to this.
a good TV play is one that can get you into the play for one second.
At the beginning of "The Law of Ladies", head-on is a capture. Liu Zhibing's father, the deputy director who lives in a high position in Mingtang Office, was taken away directly by the police, which is suspected of committing a crime and is a duty economic crime.
the whole law firm is in a mess, crowded and flustered, watching the excitement.
Liu Mintao's heroine, Chen Ran, just arrived at the law firm when she saw her father being taken away.
From this scene, we can see that Liu Mintao's acting skills are back. In the face of great changes, this character doesn't make a hullabaloo about, but calmly understands the situation and accepts the facts. The first thing is to find out who is his father's representative lawyer.
in the scene of more than three minutes, Liu Mintao showed several emotions. With such a long shot, his acting skills were a little shaky and easy to be exposed. However, Liu Mintao showed a film-like texture in these three minutes, which reflected the character's character: he showed his concern for his father beyond words, but at the critical moment, he was able to carry things without losing the chain, which made people curious about the role.
But just after witnessing my father being taken away by the police, the next second, the law firm called another woman who investigated the truth of the incident to appear-Xu Jie played by Jiang Shuying.
I was directly taken to the public security bureau by the police to assist in the investigation because I saw a rough road in the bar.
at this point, it's not easy to mess with.
On the other hand, she was invited to the law firm, apparently at the invitation of Li Gongming, a partner of Mingtang Law Firm, and became an intern lawyer of the firm, working in Chen Ran's legal aid department. In fact, she took the secret task of investigating the truth.
The opening of "Lady's Law" is the rhythm of "watching the drama": the hook of the whole drama story is the case of the heroine's father, and the killing of the Xiuluo field may be hidden behind it. Rumors spread everywhere, the business of the law firm fell, and Chen Ran did not give up the opportunity to clear her father's suspicion. She has been secretly investigating. At the same time, Jiang Shuying's role parachuted in, and her investigation will sooner or later trigger a war between the two women.
At the same time, two powerful women with different purposes sit in the same office, and their different personalities and different workplace concepts will definitely lead to conflicts between them.
suspense, conflict and role tension. At the beginning, it was all there.
two heroines and three story lines.
The plot goes smoothly, and the background of the characters is explained in the first episode. Next, there is a slightly suspenseful female workplace drama, which begins.
It can be said that from the beginning of the story, it has entered a fast-paced narrative state, and the audience unconsciously followed the two female hosts into the play.
The Lady's Law has excellent narrative skills-the story is not result-oriented.
there is also no main line of "you can guess the end by looking at the beginning".
Just choose a slice of the work and life of the two female hosts to show the undercurrent of women behind them.
the three story lines cross. Through their own stories, especially the legal aid cases of law firms, the common social topics are extended.
I know what you are worried about. The hardest-hit areas in Lei Ju are, first, female dramas with two female protagonists, and second, so-called "urban workplace dramas".
The former tends to be flat in the characterization, even under the title of female drama, bringing out the stereotype of women.
as for the latter, too many so-called workplace dramas are just shiny skins, but the inside is like a mold.
But I'm responsible to say that this "Lady's Law" can't say how powerful it is, but the first six episodes basically avoid these minefields.
The advantages of the play are as follows: First, it is finally seen that lawyers in law firms are going to work in the fields, not to put on airs.
One of the biggest features of the previous domestic legal dramas is that a group of big-name lawyers, who claimed to have a consulting fee of tens of thousands an hour, hardly saw them working in law firms, and when they were free, they helped their female subordinates solve various family problems, or they bickered and said cross talk, knowing it was a law firm but not knowing it was Deyun Society.
Even if a few cases are handled occasionally, they are all cases imagined by the writers, which can't stand the scrutiny of reality.
but the two women in this play are here to work.
Only in the first episode, the father of one of the women owners has just been taken away, and a new legal aid case has come. Another woman owner entered the law firm, and it was not empty at all. The two women owners shook hands for the first time, both at the meeting of the new case.
Even the hostess Chen Ran tried to meet her father, and the investigation of another hostess was carried out with the first legal aid case in the play. If people used to watch domestic legal dramas, they had any misunderstandings about lawyers. But in this drama, everyone is really meeting with the opposing lawyer and doing an investigation.
In the play, Gao Shuguang plays the boss of the law firm and sends an apprentice played by Pumbaa to deal with legal consultation and popularization of law for him, which is also not too true.
As a former intern lawyer in a law firm, I can say very responsibly that the screenwriter in this play must have been on duty and know something about the law firm.
naturally, it is impossible for the female workplace drama set by "two women masters" to focus only on the workplace. At the beginning of the story, Jiang Shuying and Pumbaa's sister-in-law love story line and Liu Mintao and Gao Xin's middle-aged husband-and-wife marriage story quickly opened.
one pricks the heart and the other is sweet.
In the former, Gao Xin obviously played another love rat. With such a big change in Chen Ran's family, the role he played suggested that the company let him go to the Northeast.
It can be seen that he feels that he has been living under the aura of Chen Ran. When there is a promotion opportunity in front of him, he is bent on making a career and getting ahead to prove himself. However, their different attitudes towards family and marriage determine their positions and bury conflicts.
Moreover, in the second season, love rat's husband's cheating partner played by Gao Xin has also appeared, and she was hit by her daughter. When the time bomb is buried, it will definitely detonate. The drama of this couple should be behind.
On the other hand, the female host played by Jiang Shuying and the male host played by Peng Yuchang started the standard mode of sister-in-law love. In fact, at first, like most people, I was not very optimistic.
It means that Xu Jie and Song Xiu, who are eight years apart, can't be hooked, but the result ... smells good!
I can't say how strong their sense of CP is. In fact, it is really not strong, but their opposite plays are good-looking.
One is a domineering royal elder sister with strong beauty, the other is a simple and honest second-generation clingy younger brother, one chases and pretends not to chase, and the other refuses to greet the little suckling dog, and the opponent's squash game is so unexpected that people are caught off guard.
So even if the CP sense is not so strong, I can watch the story of CP, because it is interesting.
Third, we can really learn dry goods from the cases in which the dramas are closely related to hot topics and events in women's society.
The first two cases can be said to be closely related to everyone in the workplace.
the first case, "pregnant women were dismissed from suitable posts".
This case can also be regarded as the first stage of cooperation between the two women owners. The two women played their roles separately and fought against unscrupulous companies for three rounds:
Round 1:
The online sales company "Good Goods Arrival" run by Queen online celebrity did not directly dismiss pregnant women, but forced pregnant female employees to leave through transfer and salary reduction and marginalization in the workplace. The female employee entrusts Mingtang to fight for her legitimate rights and interests, and the other female lawyer is extremely arrogant: "There is no job waiting for someone to get pregnant in this world."
Two hostess: Our demand is simple, let the client return to his original post and stop harassing our client.
if the negotiation fails, I'll see you in court.
Round 2:
The female lawyer of the opposing party used sneak attack tactics on the spot, suddenly adding evidence and witnesses, trying to prove that the client was transferred due to her poor work, and called love rat who got her pregnant to testify.
Jiang Shuying, after he got off the court, stopped him directly at the gate of love rat Company, kicked him in the past, and then made a series of legal arguments to make love rat mainly tell the truth on the spot.
Round 3:
Liu Mintao, directly take out the pregnancy records of "good goods" executives in recent years: the result is zero.
"What do you think will happen if your consumers know that such a company that makes women pay and focuses on female images treats its female employees like this?"
opposing lawyer: "even if a topic is triggered, new hot spots will soon cover the past. "
Jiang Shuying plays the bad COP:" But it's enough for you to get good goods to such a big company, even if it's just a lively time. "
Liu Mintao sings the good COP:" Our demands remain unchanged. "
the opposing female lawyer's inner OS: ok, you are cruel.
Although it is said that not every audience will experience pregnancy, it is absolutely effective to advocate that employees must take legal weapons to protect their rights and interests, and don't silently accept the idea of being a bad company.
In the second case, it is said that a woman who marries into a rich family may be left home clean when she divorces.
I was shocked when I saw the case. The prenuptial agreement of online celebrity's husband was really full of traps. He talked about opening a company for his wife to support her hobbies, but as a result, he dug a big hole for someone and rented an exhibition with his company account, leaving her with huge debts without knowing it. I can't imagine how people can be so vicious, but these cases actually have realistic precedents.
In reality, love rat will only be more cruel to his wife.
As a former legal person, I think it is very meaningful to watch the rising posture of drama learning.
Of course, some people will be curious. Is this drama "a hot topic for film and television"? In my opinion, to evaluate whether the theme of a play comes first depends on whether the audience remembers the label or the characters.
to be fair, the lady's law should be the latter. The performance of the two female hosts in the opening six episodes can withstand inspection.
Although Jiang Shuying's figure is sometimes fat and sometimes thin in the play, the overall state should not be too good. A look up or a side face can surprise me, and the aura of the royal elder sister has been recovered. Sure enough, she is still the most suitable to play this glamorous bully!
judging from her acting skills, she also has a high degree of adaptability to the role. She is highly educated, professional, capable and capable, but sometimes her actions are biased. Fortunately, Liu Mintao's role drags her like the lead of a kite.
This character reveals a cool charm from head to toe. I don't think it's surprising that Pumbaa falls in love with her.
But it was Liu Mintao who really turned the corner in acting.
The role of Chen Ran was born well and the first half of her life was smooth sailing. Suddenly, she encountered great changes in her family and workplace in her middle age. However, her kindness and tenacity make her feel uneasy in the face of sudden setbacks.
Liu Mintao, who finally stopped playing the role of Zha Zha Hu, finally returned to the period of "The Pretender" and "nirvana in fire" and stopped chattering.
Liu Mintao's acting skills will bloom again once he finds the right way to play and perform.
If Xu Jie, played by Jiang Shuying, is outward-looking, and she is always the focus wherever she goes, then Chen Ran, played by Liu Mintao, is inward-looking, giving people a gentle feeling, but there is also a tenacity in her bones.
Especially when Chen Ran's husband kept saying that he was implicated, completely ignoring her feelings, and faced with family conflicts and her husband's swing, Chen Ran cried in the middle of the night, Liu Mintao safely performed the bitterness and difficulty of middle-aged women in the workplace.
If you want to describe Liu Mintao's performance, it is like a cup of hot tea in winter. The entrance is bitter, but the aftertaste is sweet and warm into the heart.
The transparency and gentleness of middle-aged working women are touching.
Liu Mintao and Jiang Shuying also cooperated well. At first, everyone was watching who could win the battle between the two hostess, but in the end, they were not the sworn enemies as the audience thought. On the contrary, they were two equally outstanding women, and Girls help girls helped each other.
Although they have different styles, they are both very powerful in heart, and they cooperate perfectly. They talked about the scene with online celebrity's boss for the parties. One directly went to the toilet to block people and broke the relationship, and the other humbly and politely gave people a step down to avoid the other side jumping power the wall, and achieved the best results.
You can see that two people are quickly becoming friends. However, after Jiang Shuying's motives are exposed, there will definitely be a rift between the two people. But in the end, two women should stand together.