For the first time in the TV series, a large-span group image shows the professional field of winter events "Beyond", which truly restores the dream of short-track speed skating people.
Short track speed skating is one of the most advantageous winter sports in China. The stories of famous short track speed skating players such as Yang Yang, Wang Meng and Wu Dajing are also well known to the public.
However, with short track speed skating as the performance object, the TV series that really focuses on the professional field of winter sports and professional athletes, "Beyond", which is being broadcast on CCTV's prime time, is still the first.
As soon as the TV series begins, it goes back to the era when the short-track speed skating team of Heilongjiang Province was founded in 1989, which was not long after short-track speed skating was listed as a performance item in the Winter Olympics.
Coach Wu Qinghong came to set up a stall on the frozen Songhua River and used the gimmick of "skating with prizes" to find good seedlings.
After the two young men Chen Jingye and Zheng Kaixin chased each other, the camera quickly turned to 2014. Chen Mian, a roller skating girl on the streets of Jinan, bought her beloved short track speed skating shoes with the prize money, and set foot on it without telling her mother. The dream of going to the Qingdao short track speed skating team for trial training.
The story unfolds in two time and space, telling the struggle and inheritance of three generations of short track speed skaters and coaches, and also outlines the chronicle of China's short track speed skating project from its rise to the present.
The time and space span of 25 years allows the audience to see the development and progress of the times at a glance.
For example, in the early 1990s, an enamel cup of brewed milk powder was the most valuable nutritional product for athletes, and the new generation of athletes not only guaranteed nutritious meals, but also comprehensively improved their training equipment, equipment and management systems.
In addition to the great improvement of material conditions, with the enhancement of China's competitive sports strength and the change of concept, the slogan of the short track speed skating team has also changed from "golden gold shining" to "capable of literature and martial arts". , but pay more attention to the self-transcendence and comprehensive quality of athletes, which is also a further deepening of the understanding of the Olympic spirit.
The two generations of athletes have different backgrounds, different personalities, and face different opportunities and challenges, but what remains unchanged is persistence and love, hard work and dedication, which is also the "burning point" of sports-themed film and television works.
According to reports, in the "Beyond" crew, all the young actors started ice training two months in advance and practiced their basic skills hard, and people were injured almost every day.
It is precisely because of this that the presentation of "Beyond" in the technical and professional aspects of short track speed skating is convincing enough.
At the same time, the realism in the details of life also makes the work more immersive.
Walkman, skating wild ice, soaking in video halls, doing business in the south... These memories of the 1990s were restored on the screen one by one, arousing the audience's nostalgic thoughts.
"Beyond" not only has a large historical span, but also uses a panoramic group portrait to depict the characters.
In addition to athletes, the show also focuses on coaches, sparring partners, family members and staff.
The coach played by Ma Li leads the players to train with a big belly, and fights wits and courage with these gangsters in a different way, infiltrating the hearts of each team member with selfless love; the coach's wife played by Tong Yao volunteers to tutor the athletes English, took the initiative to use her savings to support her husband to replace new skates for the players; the mother played by Mei Ting did not blindly impose her will on her children, but let go and supported Chen Mian in pursuing her dream, giving her children enough trust even if the road ahead was confused.
It is their silent support and dedication that makes the athletes' focus and persistence on the field.
In addition to showing the burning of competitive sports, "Beyond" does not shy away from its cruel side.
Competition puts the relationship between teammates to the test. Injuries can end an athlete’s career at any time. During competitions, they have to sacrifice individuals for the collective benefit. Live respect.
It is worth mentioning that the show added a short interview at the end of each episode, 40 real Chinese short track speed skaters walked to the camera to tell their ice and snow life, and also let those who failed to lead the way. Ordinary athletes on the podium have the opportunity to be recognized by the public.
Their real stories and the plots in the play mirror each other, which makes "Beyond" have emotional power beyond ordinary TV series.
On the days when the Beijing Winter Olympics are about to open, the broadcast of "Beyond" is not just a gift, it shows the development achievements of China's winter sports, it also condenses the Olympic complex of the Chinese people, and inspires ordinary people in the In life, we constantly surpass ourselves and strive for our own goals in life.
Reporter: Li Li