Drama Reviews Help Raise Legal Awareness
Articles written by legal experts gain popularity among the public, which motivates people to know more about the law. Cao Yin reports.
In the year Since its release on August 8, the anti-cheat film Extra Bet has won countless fans across China, achieved strong box office results and sparked heated debate on social media.
Zhang Tunyu, who works at the People's Court in Beijing's Chaoyang District, is one of those who watched the film, not only because of the star-studded actors, but also because the case is related to his work, helping the judges. Conducting criminal cases. including online fraud and illegal collection of public funds.
With an in-depth understanding of the plot, he prepared an article on the legal aspects of the film and released it on the court's social media platforms along with an introduction to the relevant laws.
Zhang said movies and TV series have huge audiences and some big hits can generate millions of conversations. "In addition to helping to promote the law and make it easier to understand, it makes people more interested in reading about the law," he said.
“In short, knowing the law and analyzing legal issues through films and television series is innovation in judicial service.
Take gambling from now on, for example. Based on true fraud cases and starring celebrities including Zhang Yixi and Jin Chen, the film tells the story of a computer programmer and a model who find themselves a foreigner's prisoner after being tricked by the promise of a high salary. . . He is forced to work with a ruthless gang and online gambling scams.
According to data platform Beacon, the film's total box office as of September 19 was 3.8 billion yuan ($520 million). Meanwhile, Chinese Twitter-like platform Sina Weibo has more than 1,800 threads related to the film, many of which have generated heated discussion.
Among them, a post with the hashtag "No More Bets Movie" had 2.8 billion views and 6.34 million discussions as of September 13. Another titled "No More Gambling Shows Money Laundering" received 7.46 million views.
"This shows that many people like the film and care about the legal issues it raises, whether some of the actions in the plot break the law and how to avoid becoming victims," Zhang Tunyu said.
"By answering their questions, explaining the relevant rules, it is easy to stimulate their interest, which makes my writing more popular.
"The stories that caught people's attention are situations that people face every day, so the legal knowledge that I presented in the article will be more useful and more useful in solving life and work problems."
