Looking back at 2023, if you ask which drama is the home-made drama, it is difficult to find a peace of mind.
Some people will nominate "three-body," a rare sci-fi theme, although the reputation is good, but the popularity is not high.
Some people will also nominate "Long Season," life flow northeast suspense drama, if broadcast on the star, the degree of explosion is no less than "Hurricane."
And my mind is difficult to calm, is Comrade Mao Zedong's 130th birthday gift drama-"ask the vastness".
At the end of 2023, late, just in CCTV set 1 prime time broadcast, successfully ratings broke one.
After that, Hunan Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV followed and won the first place in satellite TV ratings with an absolute advantage.
Unfortunately, although the ratings are good, the popularity of the webcast of "ask the boundless" is not high.
So far, Mango TV has just over 900 million views.
Revolutionary historical dramas have few natural audiences.
Without the sugar sprinkled all over the sky in the idol drama, the weirdness in the fantasy drama, and the tension and excitement in the suspense drama, the historical drama is to break up the fait accompli and present it to the audience.
To many people, that period of history is unfamiliar, nothing more than a few passages from history books.
The establishment of Communist Party of China, the general strike of Beijing-Han railway workers, the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the death of Sun Yat-sen.
Cold words are both abstract and distant.
In fact, this is the life of a generation.
To paraphrase a netizen's saying, "how many people died on the way to today?"
If it is said that this is a hard-copy play, it is fine, but "Ask the Vast" is so careful, so sincere, so fresh.
Those historical figures once again appear vividly in front of us through the screen.
Even if you already know their fate, you will still have tears in your eyes, fear for them, and heartache for them.
At the beginning of the TV series, it was in 1921 that Communist Party of China was founded.
At that time, there were only more than 50 members in the country, and they had almost nothing but truth.
The first step for Mao Zedong to return to Hunan was to set up a self-study university to find "true comrades."
There are a wide variety of people who come to the interview, including the rich second generation in suits, who want to prepare for their son's inheritance, the government slaves who want to learn well, and the speculators who come to watch the fun.
Fortunately, they still found new young people who are determined to serve the country and save the people.
When old friends were reunited, Mao Zedong talked eloquently that he wanted to unite the workers and establish a proletarian regime, but he was said by his friends to be on paper.
Paper will sleep shallow, never know the matter want to practice.
Mao Zedong decided to be the forerunner of practice, go to Anyuan Mine, go deep into the workers, really understand their plight and understand what they are thinking.
The boy who came to pick him up was a little boy under the age of 11, small and thin, and his clothes were shabby.
Despite the fact that he is thin and small, Dong Yizi has been working in the mine since he was 8 years old, and now he is already an expert in the mine.
He had a good friend who went to the mine at the age of 6 and died in the mine.
When he arrived near the mine, Dong Yuzi warned Mao Zedong not to look back and would be haunted by ghosts.
In fact, it is not a ghost, but a mother with two children in the garbage to eat.
Her man died in the mine, and there was no compensation in the mine. the leaders worried that they were absent from work and sympathized with their orphans and widowed mothers, so they spread rumors that they were evil spirits and would be targeted if they looked at them more.
When he went to the mine the next day, Mao Zedong found everyone naked.
Dong Yazi explained that everyone only had one piece of clothing. If they wore it out in the mine, they would only be naked when they went out. It was too embarrassing.
The place where the miners live is small and dirty, and seventy or eighty people live in one room.
There are two shifts in the mine, people don't stop, and some people go to work during the day, so those who finish the night shift hurry back to make up for sleep.
In one bed, two people sleep in rotation.
Not only that, the quilt is full of lice and bedbugs.
As soon as people go to sleep, lice and bedbugs run everywhere, and their absenteeism is covered with bags.
Absenteeism also dare not rest when ill, because once rest, they will be swept out of the house, and they will not get back a penny of their wages.
Absenteeism is not only poor housing, but also poor food, all bad food.
They ate earthworms and bedbugs from their meals more than once.
Dong Yizi mocked himself that they did cattle and horse work and ate pig and dog food.
Even so, they didn't dare to leave. If they left this place, it would be difficult to eat a bowl of rotten rice. They could only starve to death.
If there is a next life, they would rather be a dog in the supervisor's house and have no worries about eating and drinking.
Suddenly came the news that the next train ran over people again.
The one who was run over to death was either someone else or the "evil spirit" that Dongyazi mentioned yesterday-the woman who had to pick up rotten vegetable leaves with her two children and eat with her dead husband.
The supervisor felt unlucky and shouted to quickly move this woman away.
To him, the life and death of these people is not as important as a dog in his family.
On the night of seeing Comrade Mao Zedong off, several workers in the mine together took out an umbrella of their own special treasure.
Mao Zedong didn't want it, saying that workers needed it more to protect themselves from the wind and rain.
Absenteeism replied, "Mr. Mao, you have a long way to go."
Eight words, full of profound meaning.
It was not long before Mao Zedong prepared to establish the Anyuan trade union to unite the miners and lead them to fight for their own rights and interests.
After that, Hunan launched several workers' general strikes, all under the leadership of Mao Zedong.
With true knowledge from practice, he changed from a forerunner of the revolution to a trailblazer, and behind him, more and more like-minded partners gathered.
Under the influence of Mao Zedong, his brother and sister successively joined the revolutionary ranks.
His favorite student, Jiang Xianyun, is the first of the three heroes in Huangpu.
Until the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Comrade Li Dazhao joined the Kuomintang while retaining the identity of the Communist Party.
The two parties work together to fight against the warlords.
Mao Zedong attended the meeting, he criticized the shortcomings of the times, talked eloquently, won the favor of Sun Yat-sen, was invited to participate in Kuomintang-related affairs.
Chiang Kai-shek at that time was still sitting on the bench and did not even have the opportunity to speak at the meeting.
"ask the boundless" tells the story from 1921 to 1927, which is rarely presented in the image of film and television.
At that time, they were vibrant young people. They learned from the experience of the Russian October Revolution and were trying to find a way to save the nation that was suitable for China.
It is precisely because of our youth that we can see the other side of the great man for a long time.
He and his wife Yang Kaihui are in love with each other.
As a novice father, he loves his children, but he is helpless and in a hurry.
As an elder brother, I care about the lives of my younger brothers and sisters and do ideological work from time to time.
Friends gathered together to celebrate the free love and marriage of Jiang Xianyun and Li Zhixin.
In "ask the vastness", I saw a more warm Mao Zedong, he is no longer a myth above, as cordial as the young man next door, warm and cheerful.
Putting aside the halo of the great man, he is already a living individual.
TV dramas take the form of multi-line narration and share many other stories.
Such as the battle of wits between Chen Duxiu and the representatives of the Soviet Union.
Wang Jingwei's cowardice and compromise.
How Chiang Kai-shek skillfully seized power through the Zhongshan warship incident.
And the reunion of Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao.
Xiang Jingyu and Cai Hesen fell in love and killed each other.
Jiang Xianyun was heartbroken after the loss of a loved one and was invited to the front under multiple pressures.
Recalling the extraordinary years of the past, "ask the boundless" is like a vivid history textbook.
However, this time it uses a newer perspective, so that we can see them in their youth.
Hearing their enlightening cries, they also witnessed the years when they fought for the truth.
Asking the vastness is not only a gift for the 130th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's birth, but also a rare revolutionary epic.
At the end of 2023, it came unluckily and ran into two powerful enemies, ancient puppet and fantasy.
At the beginning of 2024, when the Spring Festival is approaching, I earnestly hope that more people will see this show and learn about this history.