The Story in Time is a TV series produced by Xu Dong, directed by Li Tian, starring young actors Jelly Lin and Gao Zhiting, and featured by Li Hongtao, Guo Shilang, Wang Haiyan and Bao Dazhi.
The TV series Story in Time is set in Qingdao from 1990s to early 2000. It tells the twists and turns of Chen Yiduo and Bi Laifu, who lived in the same apartment with Chen family, for 10 years, and depicts the inspirational story of a group of passionate young people who grew up and struggled in the changing times, lived up to their youth and pursued a better life.
This time, Guo Shilang’s performance as the dean in The Story of Time impressed the audience deeply. Guo Shilang’s performance as the role of "Lao Guo" in the TV series Basic Law of Genius starring Lei Jiayin, Zifeng Zhang and Zhang Xincheng has also been widely concerned and recognized by the public. Guo Shilang is even called "an actor who is good at acting" by people in the film and television circle. As an acting actor, his acting skills are both positive and negative, and it is a great appreciation for him to win this title.
It is reported that Guo Shilang has appeared in hundreds of film and television works since his debut. In 2021, the cinema film "Peacock Flying from the Outer Space" starring Guo Shilang is currently in a state of waiting to be broadcast, expecting Guo Shilang to bring more new works to the audience.
According to Li Tian, the director of the play, the script structure of Story in Time is not designed to satisfy the audience’s curiosity and set up a ups and downs plot. "The story begins with a group of children’s world, from an extremely ordinary little thing to countless seemingly unremarkable life details." Li Tian said that the reason why the background of the play was set in the 1990s was mainly because that era was a very profound period in everyone’s memory. "With the introduction of the market economy, people have ushered in a lot of changes in their lives, and with the influence of reform and opening up, many new things and thoughts have also intensively affected people’s way of thinking. It was a golden age, an era when we traced back memories. " The Story in Time is just like this, depicting this group of teenagers who grew up in the 1990s and their ordinary families. The creator hopes that through this story, two generations can resonate: "Let the post-80s and post-90s trace the growing memories, and let the post-80s and post-60s find the imprint in their minds. It is our original intention to review everyone’s stories in time through this drama."
The Story in Time is a story with a linear structure that records time. The whole play revolves around Bilaifu’s growth perspective and focuses on everyone’s responsibility and responsibility in family and society. Bi Laifu was fostered in the home of his adoptive father Chen Dadong since he was a child. He saw the dribs and drabs that the family paid for him and the pressure that the family had because of his arrival. So he resolutely gave up the college entrance examination and went to work in the factory. This seemingly naive decision has caused a storm in an ordinary family. A childish but determined decision symbolizes a boy’s determination to take responsibility and become a man. All the stories in the play are started because of this seemingly immature decision, but the protagonists in the play have also chosen different ways to realize their life ideals.
The drama takes the youth stories of a group of strugglers as the main axis, and combines the changes of the times with personal changes. Games played in childhood, snacks eaten, toys that accompanied everyone in childhood … … It will be presented in the play, "We will watch cartoons we liked as children again in our spare time, relive childhood movies and TV dramas, listen to childhood favorite songs, or go back to our alma mater to have a look … … Perhaps there are many sticking points in today’s society, and an antidote can be found in that era. " Li Tian said. Therefore, in order to fully interpret that era, the producers also made great efforts. It is reported that more than half of the filming locations in this drama are Qingdao tube-shaped buildings that are not open to the public. The long and narrow corridors connect multiple rooms in series, instantly evoking memories that belong to the 1990s. At the same time, in order to further fit the scene at that time, the costumes, make-up and props of the play also highly re-engraved that era. Feixiang brand bicycles, old cars, blue, white and red school uniforms, and early stalls at the school gate are all perfectly restored in the play.