The Glory of Youth
The Glory of Youth is a Chinese military drama television series based on Feng Jie's novel Graduated, Being A Soldier, developed & produced by The Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, Starring Li Yifeng, Chen Xingxu, Zhang Xinyu and Xiao Yang, the series aired on Zhejiang TV, Jiangsu TV and Youku from 13 April to 11 May 2021. A special edited version aired on Youku on May 20, 2021.
Synopsis
A story about "Xia Zhuo", a top-class college student, who won the world college student super brain competition but was framed; his roommate and rival "Ouyang Jun" was also disqualified from his degree for cheating; and Xia Zhuo's 2 buddies, "Lin Anbang", and "Yi Zimeng". Chose to join the army and become soldiers for the rocket force. The four walked into the Rocket Army's ace troop-270 brigade. The brigade commander "An Lei" is determined to form a highly maneuverable troop, "Warblade Company". Mobilized the best recruits with the best veterans, the four elders of the 270 brigade "Lang Yongcheng", "Chen Haofeng", "Wang Xianmin", "Hou Jidong" to join this experimental troop. The changes between veterans and recruits are slowly taking place in the troop. The fusion between them has made this troop the whetstone of the entire Rocket Army. Under the leadership and inspiration of veterans with unique skills, this group of Rocket Army recruits experienced both physical and mental tempering, and eventually grew and transformed into the "Ace Trumpeter" of the Chinese Rocket Army.Cast
Main
- Li Yifeng as Xia Zhuo
- Chen Xingxu as Ouyang Jun
- Zhang Xinyu as Huang Wen
- Xiao Yang as Lang Yongcheng
- Duan Bowen as Lin Anbang
- Dong Chunhui as Yi Zimeng
Supporting
- Wang Daqi as Lu Zheng
- Yu Bo as An Lei
- Jiang Tong as Chen Haofeng
- Fan Lei as Wang Xianmin
- Chunyu Shanshan as Hou Jidong
- Zhang Ruonan as Liang Nuo
- Zheng Xiaoning as Liang Kewen
- Sang Mingsheng as Shao Shuai
- Zhu Lingwu as Yan Yibing
- Zhang Shen as Huang Li
- Yu Xiaoming as Yang Wanjin
- Yu Zhen as Yu Quanhai
- Gao Jin as Qi Peng
- Du Yuan as Fan Chao
- Wen Zhengrong as Li Manwen
- Zhao Yansong as Xia Weilin
- Zheng Yu as Ouyang Hua
- Deng Sha as Teacher Zhou
- Wang Yingxin as An Lei's daughter
- Cao Xuheng as Qiao Dawei
- Lu Yan as Wang Tian
- Shi Zhaoqi as Fang Zhenjun
- Zhang Zhengyang as Wang Jinying
- Na Jiawei as Zhuo Wukui
- Dong Yanlin as Wang Guangwu
- Ni Min as Kou Xiangrui
- Wang Zepei as Chen Jialiang
- Li Mingxuan as He Lei
- Du Juan as Zuo Li
- Qiao Shengyi as Liu Ji
- Mu Dong as Li Mang
- Kang Lei as Qin Li
Production
The overall production process of the play requires live shooting in a large number of military facilities. For this reason, the crew took several months to build a military defense center in the Dongfang Sunac Film Metropolis.On October 7, 2019, Filming was started in Qingdao and was finished in Jiangshan, Zhejiang on January 20, 2020
The television version weight on the military parts from the beginning. And there was an urgent edit before the broadcast, cause some parts of the story missing. So there's a special version that was later released on Youku.