Another The Knockout？ Zhang Yi’s new drama was broadcast on Central Eight again, and the scale was not small.

The 24-episode TV series "Who Is He" will land on CCTV8 on March 14th, and will be broadcast at 9: 30 every night, which is the second prime time, with one episode updated every day. The play was produced by Ding Hei, directed by Chengzhi Bao, starring Zhang Yi and Chen Yushong, featuring Ding Yongdai and Ham, and featuring Zhao Yang and Liu Guanlin.

The drama tells a series of murders with similar methods. The victims are single young women on rainy nights, and the methods of committing crimes are not flawed, which makes the case difficult to solve, which makes the criminal police Wei Guoping (Zhang Yi) very depressed, but never stops investigating. In the end, it took eight years to bring criminals and those behind the scenes to justice.

This drama is adapted from the real event, Gansu Baiyin serial murder. Interested friends can search the cause and effect of this case, which can be said to be one of the major criminal cases in China after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The bloody scale is staggering, and it has been a hot topic for many years, even bringing certain negative effects to the local area.

The positioning of this drama has always been suspense, horror and thriller. Some time ago, because of the popularity of The Knockout, it was reported that this drama starring Zhang Yi might also meet with you in CCTV 8, which many people couldn’t believe.

On the one hand, as we all know, topics such as suspense, thriller and horror are too large to be broadcast on star-rated channels. Even if we meet online, it will take some effort.

On the one hand, everyone has always called CCTV 8 "Yang Ma", because it just likes to broadcast short rural dramas and women’s dramas from parents, and it has always been popular with women friends. It is impossible to broadcast such a theme that is not compatible with their own style.

As a result, just when everyone thought that "Who Is He" would be broadcast on CCTV 8 in order to rub the fake melon of The Knockout’s heat, now people officially announce that it has actually landed on CCTV 8, and this drama has been put on the broadcast list. It’s unheard of for a suspense and horror TV series to be on CCTV.

Some people questioned this matter, saying that the play was under the guise of suspense and horror, but it was actually just that it was not so bloody. Just looking at the preview, it seems that this is not the case. To tell the truth, some people even dare not read the preview, and they are frightened once they see it. Normal filter tone, but always has a shadow lighting, sudden flashback of the lens screen, with a machete to chop meat, showing suspected items.

Some netizens said that suddenly there was a sense of sight as if I had returned to the early 20th century and was watching Starscream. I hope I don’t want this drama to cheat at that time, just put the essence part in the preview to catch the eye, and there are only a few horror scenes, all of which are here.

However, in fact, there is no need to worry too much, because there must be a drama starring Zhang Yi, so "fraud" should not be implemented. Nowadays, Zhang Yi has been nicknamed "Translated Emperor", which not only dares to live in film and television, but also has high achievements in both aspects, including the film actor and the emperor, the box office and the ratings. It seems that he is the panacea at the box office and the guarantee of ratings.

It is said that it is also for his sake that CCTV Eight put such a large-scale drama on its own channel. CCTV Eight is not stupid. Of course, it also wants to replicate The Knockout’s success. Even if it can’t be replicated, it can be pursued by the former.

Besides, people have their own confidence in this drama. Producer Ding Hei is a well-known director in China, and both Flowers Bloom That Year and Jade Guanyin are produced by him. Speaking of last year’s most popular police group drama "Police Honor", it was also directed by him. The voice of the second part of this drama has been very high. Therefore, Ding Heixin has a good idea of how to handle the living conditions of grassroots policemen and will never be suspended.

Besides Zhang Yi, there is also Teacher Ding Yongdai among the leading actors. Ding Yongdai in these years, can also be said to be the guarantee of ratings.

Seven years have passed, but no one can break through the ceiling of the costume drama "nirvana in fire", starring him; It seems that it is like taking drugs, and the ratings have always exceeded 1.3%. In 2021, the CCTV TV drama ratings champion and the annual champion of all China TV dramas, "Crossing the Yalu River" starred him; In 2022, the annual champion of CCTV’s annual ratings, and the annual champion of the same national TV drama ratings, "In the World", also participated.

If we look at it this way, the play is really stable, and maybe there is still the momentum to recreate The Knockout.

Next, our task is to wait and see the show.