Original title: The ratings and public praise of City in the City continue to rise (quotation)

The Realistic Value of Yu Hewei's Performance of "Gray Characters" (Theme)

Beijing Daily (Reporter Li Xiazhi) Since the broadcast of the financial TV drama "City in the City", the topic has been hot. Focusing on the creation experience of the drama, the seminar on the TV drama "City in the City" was recently held in Beijing.

Since its launch on April 9, the show's audience rating and public praise have continued to rise. It not only won the top rating of CVB prime time TV series in 2024 with a single episode rating of 3.754%, but also set the highest average rating of CVB since its revision with an average rating of 3.167% for each episode of the show; In terms of popularity, the play occupies the first place in the hit list, soaring list, hot search list and many other lists in iQiyi.

The "grayscale characters" created by the play caused extensive discussion during the broadcast. In this regard, Yu Hewei, Zhao Hui's actor, said, "Every character in the play actually has gray scale and changes. They are all 'gray' transitions between black and white light and shadow. As an actor, I love this gray scale character, and I think he has realistic value." Feng Jiayi, the actor of Su Jianren, also shared her feelings: "Before the play was broadcasted, the director encouraged us to let our works' stay in the art gallery ', so that each role can leave its own mark. This encouragement has inspired many people, and I have also been encouraged. I think an actor should go deep into life, observe life, be a small person in life, and be a big person on the stage. "

Yang Wenhong, the representative of the production side and chairman of Xingge Media, said by reviewing the production process of the drama, "Literacy is the background and internal strength of City in the City, which makes all the characters in the drama have a complex spectrum. The realism of close combat is City in the City." The sharp edge of, interrogate the characters in the real environment, so that the characters have the real environment, real reaction, true feelings, so that the creation and reality closer. " At the same time, Teng Huatao, the director of City in City, shared how to determine the direction of creation and the theme of the play in the preparation: "We choose to give up writing an industry play from a pure bank background and focus on writing people. Pay attention to what people have done, what they face, how they make choices and face these temptations in the process of such change."

Dai Qing, professor of the School of Drama, Film and Television of Communication University of China, said, "Art itself is an adventure of the soul. If there is no adventure, art is boring and mediocre. In this regard, City in the City outlines a very vivid and rich picture of financial beings with fresh realism." Director of the Audio and Video Office of the Media Center of Peking University Lv Fan, deputy director of the TV Research Center of Peking University, commented, "The city in the city shows the great waves in the torrent, which is also the writing of Chinese modernization. The entire creative team has the feeling of piercing the heart with sharp edges and being cold eyed, and has engaged in creation with a calm and objective perspective, which has brought inspiration to many realistic themes."