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The banking drama "Bright Future" is currently being broadcast on CCTV-8. The drama has gathered a group of gold medal creators. In terms of the cast, there are new generation actors such as Bai Yu and Wang Youjun who interpret the counterattack and passionate struggle of young bank employees, and powerful actors such as Wang Zhifei, Dong Yong, Li Naiwen, Chen Baoguo, Xu Yajun, and Li Hongtao who show the game and battle of wits between middle and senior management. As a realistic professional drama, "Bright Future" is refreshing with its solid professional content. In addition to its unique subject matter and story, the wonderful group of characters has also been well received. The rare "uncle circle team building" in the film and television circle brings enjoyment to drama fans.

The male protagonist staged a counterattack story

In the opening plot, Lin Qiang (Bai Yu) was originally the deputy general manager of the credit approval department of the Lianzhong Bank head office. Because he was unwilling to sign a problematic loan, he offended his superiors and was demoted to the Longyuan branch, which had the lowest performance. His close friend Zheng Shuai (Wang Youjun), who entered the bank at the same time as him, was also implicated and transferred because of this incident. The management of the Longyuan branch was chaotic. When Lin Qiang took office, he found that the branch president and assistants divided the bonuses of grassroots bank employees. He was dissatisfied and helped the tellers of the Longyuan branch to fight for their deserved interests. Later, he gradually uncovered the problem of illegal loan operations, which angered the president Hao Wei (Li Hongtao) and the interest groups behind him. In Hao Wei's words, Lin Qiang came to "make trouble in heaven."

Judging from the cast and the direction of the plot, "A Bright Future" is based on the theme of anti-corruption in the financial sector, with the background of a refreshing drama. In this "Havoc in Heaven" story, the young banker Lin Qiang has to confront a number of industry leaders one by one, upgrade and fight monsters all the way to the end, challenge the numerous shady dealings, and knock down opponents of different weights one by one, and finally realize his career ideal.

The plot of the passionate young people fighting against the big bosses is full of excitement, but it would be unbelievable in reality. Compared with the Monkey King in the fantasy novels who broke out of the stone and dared to make trouble in heaven and enter the underworld, the protagonist Lin Qiang in the play, as a subordinate employee, has to bow deeply when he meets his superiors. In such a strict hierarchy, how can a small person have the courage to fight? How can such a straightforward temperament survive in the workplace for many years and achieve step-by-step advancement? And the final counterattack to shake the big boss camp is an incredible life in the refreshing novel.

Portrait of young bank people, honest and lovely

The creative strategy of "A Bright Future" is to use excellent character creation and plot weaving to make the audience "take the story seriously". The series abandoned the story mode of strong plot, first established the characters, and then used the characters to lead the story. The work uses the flow of life and light comedy techniques to shape the role of a group of young bankers in Longyuan Branch. The young people in the play are in the banking workplace where money and desire are intertwined. In order to protect the rules and personal ideals, they fight back. Lin Qiang and Zheng Shuai lead the women's army team to fight against Hao Wei and others. There are times when the two sides are head-on, and there are also humorous and hilarious scenes.

The plot also constantly sets up suspense in the workplace to increase the interest of the story. For example, whether Lin Qiang can achieve the performance competition goals of "signing financial management customers within five minutes" and whether he can lead the team to complete "attracting 500 million yuan in deposits in a week", so that the audience can follow the suspense and follow the drama unconsciously. After a few episodes, watching the "Counterattack Alliance" team "rebel" again and again, several upright, lovely and youthful young people quickly won the love of the audience, and also established the image of the protagonist Lin Qiang as a fearless person who hates evil and knows the world but is not worldly. The advantage of character dramas is that the audience believes in the characters and the story.

Veteran actors' acting skills delight drama fans

Judging from the roles that have appeared, the actors and roles of "A Bright Future" are highly compatible. Not only are the young group portraits popular, but many veteran actors are also acting together on the same stage, and the exquisite performances make the fans very addicted. Li Hongtao plays the branch president with a sense of humor, and he vividly portrays the "old fox" in the banking system who deceives his superiors and bullies his subordinates. The character "steals the show" as soon as he appears. Xu Yajun's lifelike performance is unique. Some seemingly inadvertent performance details make people feel that this is a cadre who has walked out of life. Wang Zhifei's use of micro-expressions is perfect. He plays the deputy president of the head office with few scenes, but he is the character with the most facial close-ups. The character's expression is calm and meaningful, showing that this heavyweight boss who hides his true colors seems to be a little difficult to distinguish between good and evil.

"The Future is Bright" has a deep and rich theme. The plot involves the bank's business management model, the work life of bankers and the assessment mechanism. The many professional secrets revealed in the play make people feel fresh. After watching the big battle of internal bank audits in the play, everyone has a sense of broadening their horizons. Although the characters in the play often have long professional descriptions, and constantly pop up professional terms such as "capital repatriation" that ordinary people have no concept of, combined with the story context and audio-visual language, it is not difficult for the audience to understand. The plot presents professional content in a popular and easy-to-understand manner, which lowers the threshold for watching this financial professional drama.

Source: Beijing Daily Client

Reporter: Qiu Wei