The early hit drama "The Wind from Longxi" scored 7.7, and the ratings soared to 7.9 after the drama ended. Comment and seal: a costume drama that has been rarely used attentively in recent years. However, ratings are another matter. Since its launch, the ratings of this word-of-mouth drama in Central Eight have been hovering around 0.6, far below the average level of 1 in Central Eight prime-time dramas.
Who will be sent to save the ratings at the critical moment? Unexpectedly, Yang Ba didn't produce a spy war drama like Opponents, an urban love drama like You in this Life, and a family emotional drama like Dear Children, but a career drama for women.
Liu Mintao+Jiang Shuying, lady's rule.
Focus on women in the workplace, legal aid, core of the story: women.
This lineup, this theme, and the expected value are directly filled in. However, it is inevitable that people will have doubts. Not the most familiar card of Central Eight. Can the audience buy it?
I didn't expect to rush back to the second place in the country just after the broadcast. The ratings of the first two episodes of Cool Cloud are 0.7069, which is significantly higher than the previous episode, with the highest rating of 0.9, second only to the new house appointment of 1.
Looking at this momentum, it is likely that with the development of the plot, the ratings of CCTV 8 will soon break 1 again.
It has also been well received by many netizens: lamenting that the two female hosts are cool.
Jiang Shuying and Pumbaa are brother and sister, which is very sweet.
Others directly completed the legal education of prenuptial agreement after reading the cases in previous episodes: it turns out that prenuptial agreement can have so many loopholes in love rat's hands.
The cards, the opening and the feedback from the audience all seem to be good. Did Liu Mintao and Jiang Shuying win the "king of viewing" again?
Catch up with the first six episodes in one breath, I assert that this drama is expected to spread all over the country soon, but I'm afraid the ambition of the drama does not stop there.
A good TV series, 1 second can get you into the play.
At the beginning of the lady's law, head-on is a capture. Liu Zhibing's father, a senior deputy director in the Tang Ming office, was taken away directly by the police and was suspected of committing a crime, which was a duty economic crime.
The whole law firm is in a mess, crowded and flustered, watching.
As soon as Liu Mintao's heroine Chen Ran arrived at the law firm, she saw her father taken away.
From this scene, we can see that Liu Mintao's acting skills are back. In the face of great changes, this role did not make a hullabaloo about, but calmly understood the situation and accepted the facts. The first thing: first find out who his father's attorney is.
In the scene of more than 3 minutes, Liu Mintao showed several emotions. With such a long shot, his acting skills are a bit shaky and easy to expose. However, Liu Mintao's more than three minutes showed a film-like texture, which reflected the character's character: he cared for his father beyond words, but he was able to carry things at a critical moment, which made people curious about the role.
But the next second after witnessing his father being taken away by the police, the law firm called another woman to investigate the truth of the incident-Xu Jie played by Jiang Shuying.
Because I saw an uneven road in the bar, I was taken directly by the police to the public security bureau to assist in the investigation.
At first glance, it is not easy to mess with.
She was invited to the law firm, apparently at the invitation of Li, a partner of the law firm, to become an intern lawyer of the firm and work in the legal aid department of Chen Ran. In fact, she accepted a secret mission to investigate the truth.
The opening of the Lady's Law is the rhythm of "watching the drama": the hook point of the whole drama story is the case of the female host's father, and the killing of the Xiuluo field may be hidden behind it. Rumors spread everywhere, and the business of the law firm declined. Chen Ran did not give up the opportunity to clear his father's suspicion. She has been investigating in secret. At the same time, Jiang Shuying's role is airborne, and her investigation will trigger a war between two women sooner or later.
At the same time, two strong women with different purposes sitting in the same office, with different personalities and different workplace concepts, will definitely lead to conflicts between them.
Suspense, conflict, role tension. At the beginning, there was everything.
Two heroines, three story lines.
The plot went smoothly, and the background of the characters was explained in the first episode. Next, a slightly suspenseful female workplace drama begins.
It can be said that from the beginning of the story, it entered a fast-paced narrative state, and the audience unconsciously followed the two female presenters into the program.
The narrative technique of The Lady's Rule is ingenious-the story is not result-oriented.
There is no main line of "you can guess the end by looking at the beginning".
Just choose a piece from the work and life of the two female presenters to show the undercurrent of women behind them.
These 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're worried about. The hardest hit areas in Lei Ju are, first, a female drama with two heroines, and second, a so-called "urban workplace drama".
The former tends to be flat in characterization, and even plays the title of female drama, bringing out the stereotype of women.
The latter, too many so-called workplace dramas, only have shiny skins, but they are carved like a mold inside.
But I am responsible to say that this "Lady's Law", I dare not 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 putting on airs.
In the past, the biggest feature of domestic legal dramas was a group of big-name lawyers, who claimed that the consulting fee was tens of thousands an hour. They were hardly seen working in law firms, helping female subordinates solve various family problems in their spare time, or bickering and crosstalk, knowing that they were law firms, but not knowing that they were Deyun Society.
Even if a few cases are handled occasionally, they are all cases imagined by the writer and can't stand the scrutiny of reality.
The two women in this play come to work.
It's just that in the first episode, the father of one of the hostess has just been taken away, and a new legal aid case has come. Another woman has entered the law firm, which is not empty at all. The two women shook hands for the first time, at the new case meeting.
Even Chen Ran, the hostess, tried her best to meet her father, and the investigation of another hostess was carried out in coordination 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 a law firm and sends an apprentice played by Pumbaa to handle legal consultation and popularization of law for him, which is also not true.
As a lawyer who once worked as an intern in a law firm, I can say responsibly that the screenwriter of this play must have been on duty and know everything about the law.
The female workplace drama set by "Two Ladies" naturally cannot only focus on the workplace. At the beginning of the story, the love story line of Jiang Shuying and Pumbaa's sister-in-law and the marriage story of Liu Mintao and Gao Xin's middle-aged husband and wife quickly opened.
One pricks the heart and the other is sweet.
The former, Gao Xin obviously played another love rat. Chen Ran's family changed so much that his role suggested that the company let him go to the Northeast.
I can see 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, getting ahead and proving himself. However, their different attitudes towards family and marriage determine their positions and bury contradictions.
Moreover, in the second season, love rat's cheating partner played by Gao Xin also appeared, and she was also hit by her daughter. When the time bomb is buried, it will definitely detonate. The drama of this couple should be in the back.
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 get a CP, but the result ... smells good!
Can't say how strong their sense of CP is, in fact, it's really not strong, but their opponents are good-looking.
One is a domineering royal elder sister with strong beauty and ability, the other is a simple and upright second-generation clingy younger brother, the other is chasing and pretending not to chase, and the other is refusing to welcome a puppy, so the opponent's squash match was caught off guard.
So even if the sense of CP is not so strong, I can read the story of CP because it is interesting.
Third, we can really learn dry goods from drama cases closely related to hot topics and events in women's society.
The first two situations are closely related to everyone in the workplace.
In the first case, "pregnant women are dismissed from suitable posts".
This case can also be regarded as the first stage of cooperation between the two women. Two people each show their magical powers, and played three rounds with unscrupulous companies:
Round 1:
"Good Goods Arrive", an online sales company run by Queen's online celebrities, did not directly dismiss pregnant women, but forced pregnant female employees to leave by means of transfer and salary reduction and marginalization in the workplace. The female employee entrusted Tang Ming to fight for her legitimate rights and interests, and the other female lawyer was extremely arrogant: "There is no job waiting for someone to get pregnant in this world."
Two hostesses: Our request is very simple. Let the customers return to their original posts and stop harassing our customers.
If it doesn't work, I'll see you in court.
The second round:
The opposing female lawyer used sneak attack tactics on the spot, and suddenly added evidence and witnesses, trying to prove that the client was transferred because of poor work, and found love rat who got her pregnant to testify.
After Jiang Shuying walked out of the court, he directly blocked him at the gate of love rat Company, kicked him in the past, and then made a series of legal excuses to make love rat tell the truth mainly on the spot.
The third round:
Liu Mintao, directly take out the pregnancy records of "good goods" executives in recent years: the result is zero.
"If you let your consumers know that such a company that pays women's bills and pays attention to women's image treats its female employees like this, guess what?"
Counsel for the opposing side: "Even if the topic is triggered, new hot spots will soon cover the past."
Jiang Shuying plays the bad COP: "But good goods to such a big company, even if it is only a lively moment, are enough for you."
Liu Mintao sang "Good Police": "Our demands remain unchanged."
The opposing female lawyer's inner OS: OK, you are cruel.
Although not every audience will experience pregnancy, it is absolutely effective to advocate that employees must take legal weapons to safeguard their rights and interests and not silently bear the bad thoughts of the company.
In the second case, it is said that a woman who marries a rich family may be left at home clean when she divorces.
I was shocked to see this case. The prenuptial agreement of the husband of a female online celebrity is really full of traps. She said that she would start a company for her wife and support her hobbies. As a result, she dug a big hole for someone and rented an exhibition with her company account, which made her unwittingly bear huge debts. I can't imagine how people can be so vicious, but these cases actually have realistic precedents.
In fact, love rat will only be more cruel to his wife.
As a former legal person, watching the rising trend of drama learning, I think it is very meaningful.
Of course, some people will be curious, is this drama a "hot topic in film and television"? In my opinion, whether the theme of a play is the first depends on whether the audience remembers the label or the characters.
In all fairness, the lady's rule should be the latter. In the first six episodes, the performance of the two female hosts can stand the test.
Although Jiang Shuying is fat and thin in the play, his overall state is not very good. A look up or a face can surprise me, and the aura of the royal sister is back. Sure enough, she is still the most suitable to play this glamorous bully!
Judging from her acting skills, she is also highly adaptable to the role. She is highly educated, professional and capable, but sometimes her behavior is biased. Fortunately, Liu Mintao's role attracted her like a kite string.
This character reveals a cool charm from head to toe. I don't think it's surprising that Pumbaa fell in love with her.
But it was Liu Mintao who really turned the corner in performance.
The role of Chen Ran was born very well, and the first half of his life was smooth sailing. In middle age, he suddenly encountered great changes in his family and workplace. However, her kindness and tenacity made her uneasy in the face of sudden setbacks.
In the end, those who stopped playing Hu finally returned to the period of "pretender" and "fire nirvana", and the whole performance mode, especially the way of speaking lines, stopped chattering.
Once Liu Mintao finds the right way to perform, his acting skills will bloom again.
If Xu Jie's strength in Jiang Shuying is outward, and she is the focus wherever she goes, then Chen Ran's strength in Liu Mintao is inward, 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 facing family conflicts and her husband's swing, Chen Ran cried in the middle of the night, Liu Mintao safely interpreted the bitterness and hardship of middle-aged women in the workplace.
Describe Liu Mintao's performance as a cup of hot tea in winter. The entrance is bitter, but the aftertaste is sweet and warm.
The transparency and warmth of middle-aged women in the workplace are moving.
Liu Mintao and Jiang Shuying have also cooperated very well. Originally, everyone was watching who could win the contest between the two female presenters, but the result was not the sworn enemies that the audience thought, but two equally outstanding women, girls helping girls and helping each other.
Although they have different styles, they are both strong in heart and cooperate perfectly. They talked about attending a party with the boss of an online celebrity. One directly went to the toilet to block people, exposing a bad relationship, and the other modestly and politely gave people a step down to avoid the other side being cornered. Achieved the best effect.
You can see that two people are rapidly becoming friends. But after Jiang Shuying's motives are exposed, the two will definitely have a rift. But in the end, two women should stand together
This is also a valuable aspect of The Lady's Rule: the creator saw the complicated and tense side of women's relationship and tried to show the tears and fetters behind women in the story with restrained, implicit and calm details, but the ultimate goal of the story is the mutual healing and growth of women.
As for Pumbaa, at the beginning, he was soft and lovely. Two scenes from the police station, one is to meet Jiang Shuying, and the other is to be beaten by others. They are all very interesting.
This role really combines all the lovely points: intimate boyfriend+straight ball love story+pure love and bold love. Pumbaa's performance has doubled the cuteness of "dog man who is confused by beauty but has a hard mouth, and a born poor comedian".
But we can also see that he is using superficial cynicism to cover up his weak idealism. This role should be played.
Watching 6 episodes of "Lady's Rule" gives people two most direct impressions.
One is the plot level, which is full of fireworks and realism.
The tone of the whole story is relaxed, the rhythm is refreshing, the contradiction is set just right, and the emotional line is very cheerful and hearty. It's no problem to watch a relaxing drama, but the best place is the domestic female workplace drama, which is finally not so exciting.
Second, at the performance level, several leading characters performed well.
Jiang Shuying's legally blonde's personality charm is as eye-catching as long legs, and it doesn't look so different from Peng Yuchang's cp, but it is almost a sense of CP. Liu Mintao is the full return of acting.
So we can see the true character of each character. These people in the workplace are solid and flesh-and-blood under the pen power of screenwriters and the interpretation of actors.
However, the shortcomings are also obvious. For example, Liu Mintao's role matching is obviously problematic. The actors and actresses who play his parents are only 13 and 1 1 years older than him, especially when her name is Liu Zhibing's father, it is difficult to get into the play.
I also have to say that the love rat appearance rate of this play is a bit too high. At present, it seems that there are no good men in the whole drama except Pumbaa and Sha Baoliang, not only the role of Gao Xin, but also the man who made the client pregnant and didn't want to be responsible in the first case, and the husband who put a condom on his frostbitten wife in the second case, all of which are love rat models.
Although the series is a love girl, and there are many love rat in reality, the love rat density of the series need not be too high.
But even if it's not perfect, I still think the play is worth watching.
In particular, the play finally created two reliable domestic female drama heroines. Jiang Shuying and Liu Mintao originally played urban dramas, each with its own shortcomings, but when they were put together, their advantages were magnified and the performance of the whole drama was good-looking.
Pumbaa is as good as ever. Playing so well at a young age, the future is limitless.
At present, the plot of the play has just been rolled out, and there will be more drama conflicts in the follow-up. If the present situation continues, it will at least be a domestic female workplace drama above the passing line.
Although there have been many female career dramas in China in recent years, only Jiang Shuying, nursery rhymes and Rachel's Nothing in Momo's Thirty, Naomi's Love is Delicious in Chun-Li last year, and Ren Suxi's I'm Fine in a Foreign Land are really good.
Many works are unpopular with the public because their creative level is not enough to support their creative ambitions.
However, the continuous emergence of female-themed film and television dramas, in turn, proves the huge demand for this theme.
Of course, this is also an opportunity for a lady's rule. Although the ratings failed to break through on the first day, several dramas are currently being broadcasted, such as Happy Canal by Beijing Satellite TV, Please Call Me Director by Oriental TV, Lever starring Guo Jingfei and Yu Yi by Jiangsu Satellite TV, Shawn Dou and Hu Jun by Zhejiang Satellite TV, etc.
As long as the case of "Lady's Law" is true, the emotion is sincere, and the shooting intention wins the audience's favor, the ratings will soon rise.
So the key to success or failure is to look at yourself.
Just like the women in the play, parents will die suddenly overnight, boyfriends will break up, husbands will cheat, and divorce may set you up. In the end, the most reliable thing is to help each other with women.
As long as women are still working hard, it means there is hope in the future.
Feelings, life, worldly troubles, all these are really heavy. But in the play, I saw the light on the back of life.
That is a kind of female stubbornness and courage.
There is no "standard answer" in real life. Then in the harsh and cruel reality, create an answer that belongs to every woman.