The Heart of the Matter was broadcast on China Central Television (CCTV).
"Ask the Heart" is an urban medical emotional drama directed by Lai Zhi, starring Zhao Yuting and Mao Xiaotong, with a special appearance by Chen Chong, and starring Chen Hao Yu, Zhou Nomang, Yan Xiao Frequency, House Bin, Zhao Jun, and with a special appearance by Jin Shijia. The drama tells the story of Zhou Xiaofeng, Fang Xiaoran and Lin Yi, three cardiologists who meet at the heart center of Dongli Hospital by chance. The three of them have different professional backgrounds and philosophies, and then gradually bond and reach a tacit understanding in the process of treating patients and saving lives, and eventually fight side by side in the battlefield of life.
On September 20, 2022, the drama released stills and announced the lineup; on December 10, the Radio and Television General Administration of China (R&T) held the release of the 2023 TV drama film list, and "The Heart of a Red Son" appeared in the "Hundred Tastes of Humanity - Life Symphony" film list collection; on June 19, 2023, the drama was released for the first time in the annual conference of the Tencent Video Film and Television in 2023 with a teaser and a poster; on September 26, the drama was released in the annual conference of the Tencent Video Film and Television. Poster; on September 26, the drama released the poster of the crowd; on September 28, the drama was announced to be scheduled.
Behind-the-scenes production of film and television drama
Writer Zhou Yifei said that in the early stage of creation, visited more than ten tertiary hospitals, in-depth exchange of nearly 50 first-line cardiologists, added more than 130 medical WeChat, and invited a number of medical consultants to follow up on the whole process of creation, from the outline to the script, from the selection of cases to the deliberation of each line, all strive for perfection. In November 2022, the drama was finalized.
Before the shooting of the drama began, the lead actors entered a number of tertiary hospitals in advance to practice and observe for more than a month, following the doctors to sit in on the clinic, treatments, learn how to communicate with patients, and accumulate experience. The creative team not only built 8,000 square meters of old, middle-aged and young hospitals of different generations, of which the heart center department and ICU studio covers an area of 3,000 square meters, purchased and rented more than 200 sets of professional medical equipment, such as ventilators, anesthesia machines.
Every surgical scene and every professional action during the filming process was professionally guided by the senior doctors of the tertiary hospitals, and the filming in the operating room of the real tertiary hospitals lasted for 25 days, with a total of 491T of footage shot.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - "Ask the Heart"