"City Within a City" is adapted from the novel by writer Teng Xiaolan, which was rated as one of the ten "Outstanding Realistic Literatures" by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2018.
"City Within a City" is set in Lujiazui Financial City, Shanghai, and shows the interests surrounding bank newcomer Tao Wuji (played by Bai Yufan), branch vice president Zhao Hui (played by Yu Hewei) and audit chief Miao Che (played by Wang Xiao). A fierce duel with original intention. In this battle between love and law, Tao Wuji gradually grew into a new generation of guardian of order in the financial industry.
"City Within a City" poster
Powerful creators gather to create drama quality
In addition to bringing together a group of outstanding actors led by Bai Yufan and Yu Hewei, "City Within a City" also assembled a group of outstanding creators to form the main creative lineup, laying a solid foundation for the quality of the series.
In his nearly 30 years of career, director Teng Huatao has created "Double-sided Tape", "Dwelling", "The Age of Naked Marriage", "Ups and Downs" and "Heart Residence" with his multi-faceted depiction of contemporary life and his keen perception of cutting-edge social issues. There are many widely recognized reality-themed dramas, and this time it uses sharp realism to bring a human drama that profoundly reflects the interest disputes within the financial industry.
The script creation is led by screenwriters Bian Zhihong, Wu Nan, and Tian Yu. Among them, Bian Zhihong and Wu Nan have created works such as "October Siege", "Dragon City", and "City Full of Golden Armor". In their writing, the financial industry of the great era is The ecology and the faces of all living beings can be magnificently unfolded.
Bai Yufan character poster
Yu Hewei character poster
Wang Xiao character poster
"The city besieged by profit desire" reflects the "mirror of the trapped heart"
On the same day, the drama released a "Fortune Besieged" version trailer and a set of "People's Heart Trapped in the Mirror" version character posters. In the trailer for the "Fortune Besieged" version, a series of high-energy clips present the severe tests faced by the characters in the play. The strong plot texture and the strong tension between the characters are revealed.
At the beginning of the trailer, Tao Wuji's confession "I want these big shots to see my excellence, and I want them to take me to take root in this financial city and move up step by step", showing the admiration and admiration of young people for their predecessors. The unremitting pursuit of growth. "White shirts" and "black shirts" highlight the clear boundaries between good and evil, but then the financial practitioners' choices of "nine good and one evil" and the trust fund investors' promise that "there is no gold mountain that cannot be conquered" , as well as the temptation from interests and favors, repeatedly test everyone's persistence in original intention and kindness.
Xia Meng character poster
Lonnie character poster
The "Heart in the Mirror" poster released on the same day focuses on the inner world of the characters, with everyone's obsessions reflected in the picture. The main characters appear one by one, some are high-spirited, some are entangled and confused. Everyone faces the dilemma in their heart, and they all deal with it in different ways.
The game of human nature breaks into new financial issues
Faced with the hot market situation of reality-themed drama series, the main creative team adheres to the creative concept of realism, focuses on the scarce themes in the current market, and depicts a group of financial figures with growth and strong character from multiple perspectives, striving to create The audience unfolds a delicate and turbulent picture of the times.
"City Within a City" has made breakthroughs in both the authenticity of creation and the scarcity of material selection, striving to bring new experiences and new thinking to the audience. The plot uses a realistic style and unfolds the narrative from a dual-line perspective. It not only writes the bottom-up growth and struggle story of small people like Tao Wuji, but also focuses on the portraits of the elite represented by the president Zhao Hui. The multi-perspective approach makes the human game depicted in "City Within a City" more real, and also makes the practitioner's spirit of adhering to professional bottom lines and maintaining financial order more credible.
In addition, the play selects the most provocative issues of the times and uses the ideological inheritance and value comparison of two generations of financial practitioners to lead the audience to think about serious issues such as justice and interests, legal principles and human relations, returning to the creative essence of realism.
