Ordinary glory: workplace drama, you finally stand up.

Another high-scoring drama is coming out.

Although "Ordinary Glory" broadcast by Zhejiang Satellite TV and Taiwan Province Oriental TV and broadcasted by Youku on the Internet has not been scored, it is really worth recommending by 1 from the Amway I have eaten for several days and the overwhelming optimism around me.

After lying in the workplace drama for several years, I finally stood up.

A good play is a work that can stand the microscope chase. Judging whether a play is good or not depends on whether it can stand scrutiny.

And "Ordinary Glory" is a good drama worthy of frame-by-frame analysis.

No scene is wasted. At the same time, we try to add more information and subtext to every shot, every line, every prop and every scene to create characters, create emotions and promote development.

A performance is a play-

In the first three scenes of the first episode, Wu Kezhi is played by Qu Zhonghui, who is also a friend and an opponent, and Lin, a subordinate and a close friend. In the drama scenes, they are the negotiating table, the Hongmen banquet and the Huangpu River.

In the first scene, he "let go" and casually pretended to destroy the project, in fact, in order to protect the investment object;

Scene 1: Wu Kezhi's carelessness at the negotiating table

The second scene is "closed", respectful and defensive, and you can feel the dark tide between the two;

Scene 2: Wu Kezhi's inner defense at the "Hongmen Banquet"

The third scene is "Song". Only in the face of his brother can he shed all disguise and guard. He bluntly said, "I can't control what others think, but it's not so easy to pull out my thorn", which shows the character background of forbearance and perseverance.

Scene 3: Wu Kezhi is talking about his brothers by the river.

Only ten minutes after the opening, Mark Chao showed the complexity of this network and the entanglement of characters' states.

The lines are drama-

A few days after its launch, the drama contributed one textbook-style workplace quotation after another:

In the first four episodes, Wu Kezhi repeated this sentence twice, once for the investment object Zhu Zhijie, because he thought that the hope brought by this investment was a bubble; Once to Sun, a rookie in the workplace, because he thinks it is wrong to move forward on an unsuitable road. However, in the face of the madness of losing hope and the progress of Sun's breakthrough, his views seem to be changing.

After seeing Zhu Zhijie crazy, Wu Kezhi's state.

"In the mixed workplace, everyone should have a resignation letter in the drawer, either you write it to the leader or the leader writes it to you." This is Lin's first workplace lesson for Sun, pointing out Lin's attitude towards Sun and the cruelty of workplace reality.

"Everyone has his own value. I advise you not to be too brave." This sentence was shared by Lan and Sun, both interns, which brought their relationship closer and became a turning point in Sun's next scene. He chose to confess his education, experience and background in the live broadcast.

"Normal and correct are two different things", which is Wu Kezhi's mantra relayed from other people's mouths. Shaping Wu Kezhi into a person with principles, attitudes and not going with the flow also positively criticized the common fault of confusing normal and right in the workplace.

Eyes are a play-

Sun, played by Bai Jingting, has dramatic eyes in several scenes where the "trio" was framed for the first time:

First, after a cross-examination by Wu Ke, his eyes were flustered and at a loss; Later, Lin put Sun down from the reprinted materials, and after getting Lan's help in the copy room, his eyes lit up with hope again. Just coming out of the copy room, Wu Kezhi learned that he had no academic background and asked to leave immediately, and the light in his eyes was dim in an instant; However, Lin immediately helped Sun out, his eyes mixed with surprise, gratitude and fear.

The state after Sun helped clear the clearance.

In the eyes of this young actor, there is content, emotional transformation and dramatic tension. He brought new people into the workplace, just like a roller coaster with emotional ups and downs, and the chaos of a person was well interpreted.

Even the props are a play-

Suit, in this play, is no longer just an actor's costume, but has its own "play":

It explains the current state of the role. "Do you really think this suit is for others to see? It's for you. "Suits are not ordinary clothes, but white-collar shirts, which are the dignity of people in the workplace and the confidence of people in society. However, "can you become a member of the battlefield as long as you put on your shirt?" Sun's inner monologue is nothing but self-doubt or even self-denial in that state;

It depicts the deep relationship between mother and son. The mother spent a lot of money to buy a suit for her son's decent job, but the son felt sorry for his mother to spend money to return it. Mother said, "If you really feel sorry for your mother, you should insist on wearing this suit." This suit has become the materialization of the mother's hope for her son.

It also strengthens the suspense of the characters. Such a poor family who buys suits, why can they let their unqualified grandson enter an investment bank with talented people by "going through the back door"? What is behind this paradox?

Props have become theatrical props, participating in the shaping of characters, the rendering of emotions and the advancement of narrative.

How did Ordinary Glory become an "extraordinary workplace drama"?

After experiencing too many suspended, false and insignificant workplace dramas, Ordinary Glory, which eventually became a workplace drama, deserves to be remembered in the history of this domestic drama type.

In fact, what it does is nothing more than "one plus one minus".

On the one hand, it has done the "subtraction" that domestic workplace dramas should have done long ago, which makes the drastic changes in the workplace "pure".

The reason why domestic workplace dramas are often criticized is that almost without exception, they only involve the workplace background and tell the love stories of male and female protagonists. The core is "love" rather than "workplace", so they are just "love dramas" rather than "workplace dramas".

However, this drama finally broke the conventional "love relationship" and made a pure "workplace relationship".

On the one hand, a "trio" of dramatic relations with Wu Kezhi, Sun and Lin as the core is constructed.

Only in the first four episodes, the first stage of the three-person relationship has been completed:

Among them, Wu Kezhi was the leader, Sun was the follower and Lin was the mediator. At first, Wu Kezhi rejected Sun very much, but under the mediation of Lin, he changed Sun bit by bit-

When Lin forgot the appointment of an important client, Sun, who can't speak English, held the client back by playing games. Finally, he asked the customer to add his WeChat. Here, Wu Kezhi saw his toughness and affinity.

When he saw Sun working late at night alone, Wu Kezhi noticed that he posted the receipt of the research materials neatly. Here, Wu Kezhi saw his efforts and meticulous;

When knowing that Sun was the scapegoat, Wu Kezhi saw his loyalty and sense of responsibility, and even saw the same qualities between himself and Sun.

Finally, he changed from severely discouraging Sun to publicly defending Sun. "Why does our family Qiu Yi have to take the fall for you?" ? You bully me, and I won't stop bullying four groups of people in our family. "

Within four episodes, "Ordinary Glory" not only changed the "three people" into a "trio", but also completed the gradual change of relationship; It also shaped each character's character, which is cold outside and warm inside, smooth and honest, and the above characteristics of Sun displayed by the change of attitude.

On the other hand, it also revolves around Wu Kezhi and Sun, showing the "professional faces" of thousands of people.

As a middle-level company, with Wu Kezhi as the center, it radiates a network of people, including the general boss who suppressed him, the direct boss who took care of him, the loyal team subordinates, the colleagues who respected and respected him, and the investors he faced with different relationships.

As a newcomer in the workplace, Sun's joining shows different attitudes towards him, such as Lan, Li Xiaoxian, Gao Sicong, and so on. His attitude towards him only makes every role more vivid. Lan's innocence, Li Xiaoxian's arrogance, Gao Sicong's pride, and his insistence on the world are all vividly displayed in these workplace relationships.

Sun and Intern: It's a world separated by a layer of glass.

Subtracting love relationship and replacing workplace relationship, this drama finally achieved the relationship structure that a workplace drama should have. This is not only a challenge to the audience's taste, but also an opportunity to open the market.

On the other hand, the "addition" of domestic workplace dramas has been done to make the workplace "plump" dramatically.

Another identity of director Lu Xing is a scholar, a doctor of Beijing Film Academy, and a teacher of China Communication University, which makes his works more academic.

In the writing stage, the crew interviewed about 100 people in Shanghai's financial industry, referred to more than 20 domestic investment cases such as catering, food, TMT, high-tech, consumption, energy, medicine, logistics, culture and entertainment, and invited a number of investment company executives as professional consultants to provide industry-related guidance for the play.

In the shooting stage, in order to restore the real and pure workplace, the crew rented a real office building in Shanghai to shoot. Lu Xing said that simply using the studio to shoot will "damage the belief of the performance" and hinder the actors from expressing vivid emotions.

This creative atmosphere also drives the role creation of actors-

In order to interpret Wu Kezhi's relatively depressed age consciousness, Mark Chao tried various methods. "I even tried to gain weight, but I was rejected. Later, I wanted to grow a beard, dye my hair white one by one, try to be natural and broaden my sense of age. 」

Here, we finally see actors instead of stars. Is to input and create characters. The so-called cosmetic surgery really needs "cosmetic surgery". And this kind of "plastic surgery" even makes it rough and old, instead of keeping the brilliance of the star.

In order to approach Sun's introverted and fledgling state, Bai Jingting reclaimed the nature of liberation. On the lines, "In the past, everyone would think that my speech was a bit too serious and broken," Bai Jingting said, while Sun's speech to the audience was tense;

In detail, the character carefully adjusted the position of the water bottle and set a detail; This trait has been maintained throughout the play: in a pile of paper arranged to play games with foreign customers, this detail shows a long delay; Pick up a bowl of fresh diners' receipts and carefully flatten them one by one, revealing his awe of his work. In the details, we can see that Bai Jingting is always in the character state.

Bai Jingting's appearance: carefully fiddling with the water bottle (an implant with a soul)

Therefore, the reduction and the increase can only see such a veritable workplace drama.

The reason why "Ordinary Glory" deserves the recommendation of 1 is that it makes opera and traditional Chinese opera belong to their respective places-

Romantic drama belongs to romantic drama, and workplace drama belongs to workplace drama.

Love drama has the beauty of love drama, and workplace drama has the ignition point of workplace drama.

What the audience needs is a diversified experience. We hope to see workplace relationships outside of love relationships, workplace conflicts outside of parents, and workplace figures outside of talents and beautiful women, which have been scarce for a long time.