China News Service Client, Beijing, June 7 (Yuan Xiuyue) In recent years, the drama in question is becoming the new favorite of the platform and the audience. The protagonists of this type of drama have also begun to become younger, and the stories about middle-aged people have gradually lost.

　　The recently broadcasted TV series "Trident" seems to be a counter-example. It tells the story of three middle-aged policemen who are about to retire and return to the rivers and lakes. Netizens named "Uncle with the Thorns". Since the broadcast, the ratings of this drama have also been rising all the way, Douban scored 8.3 points.

　　What do the three old retired police officers think? Zhongxin.com interviewed Lu Zheng, the original author and screenwriter of Trident. He revealed that, in fact, "Trident" was not optimistic at the beginning of his creation. Someone once told him to "write three old guns without flow".

"Trident" poster

Three old policemen

　　The writer Lu Zheng was a post-80s man and started writing novels at the age of 23. So far, he has written 14 books, including "Black Chess", "Mystery", "Police School", "Bus Detective", "Three Police", "Famous Mention" and "Fox Hunting" "Wait.

　　"Trident" is his twelfth novel. The stories of three old cannons have been put in his mind for three years. In the end, he feels that he is about to "blow up" and live in the protagonist's world all day long. So, after "Fox Hunting Action" was completed, he spent more than a month to "release" the story. The creative process is very smooth, without any pause in the middle.

　　This is not the first time Lu Zheng has written an old policeman. A few years ago, Grandpa Lu Zheng died of cancer, but the old man was very strong, and he persisted for three years after entering the advanced stage of cancer. At that time, Lu Zheng thought: "If I have only 6 months left, what can I do?" Later he wrote "Atonement Without Doors". A 60-year-old policeman used the last 6 months to solve the case. This The novel was later adapted by Zhang Guoli into the TV series "Tracking of Love".

Poster of "Tracking Love" (adapted from "Atonement")

　　At that time, Lu Zheng was only 30 years old, and the story was written with great sense of accomplishment, but he always felt that he was still far from the level he wanted to express. In his heart, the old gunner Kaner never passed until he met "Trident".

　　"Trident" has a total of 240,000 words. When Lu Zheng just wrote 40,000 words, a film and television company caught the news and bought the film and television copyright in advance. However, he did not have any excitement, even a little dazed. In his view, this work has not made significant progress compared to the previous "Ming Ti". "Did it become a living thing?" Lu Zheng had doubts in his heart. He said he could write another four or five parts according to the model of "Trident".

Lu Zheng, author of Trident

Is there a prototype for "Trident"?

　　The writer Lu Zheng is also a people's policeman, which is the difference between him and other writers. In 2000, Lu Zheng participated in public security work and spent sixteen years in the economic crime investigation in the police career. Economic crime cases are more complicated, often hiding behind various motives and inside information, and some even try to use public security organs as guns. As soon as he was engaged in investigative work, a senior reminded Lu Zheng to be careful of thieves and thieves.

　　After sixteen years in the field of economic investigation, Lu Zheng has developed a habit of not talking about things, but standing at a higher place to see the original. This habit also continued in his creation. He wrote "Trident", not only three old policemen, but also three people to write about the changes of society and times.

　　In "Trident", the three old cannons have also made people frightened, but as they grew older, new policemen came out, and the old cannons have long gone. There are personal gains and losses behind it, and it also represents the desolation of a generation.

Stills of "Trident": Cui Tiejun (Chen Jianbin), Xu Guozhu (Dong Yong), Pan Jianghai (Hao Ping)

　　A master Lu Zheng taught him two sentences, "Don't take people as people, don't take things as things." It is a calm feeling of a policeman. Don’t be afraid of even the most powerful enemy, he gave an example, enter a house, no one will move the stool for you, you have to move the stool down, not only to sit, but also to sit comfortably, in order to use equal Language communication can control the field.

　　Lu Zheng said that although there are no direct prototypes of the three old guns, it can be said that it is a high degree of integration of all the old comrades who have brought him.

"Trident" Book Cover

"Write three old cannons without flow"

　　The writer Lu Zheng is also the screenwriter Lu Zheng. He and the screenwriter Shen Rong adapted the "Trident" into a script, a process he called "breaking the circle".

　　At first, "Trident" was not favored at the beginning of creation. Someone told Lu Zheng that there was no flow in writing about the three old guns. It was also suggested that he should write a story for each of the three people, so that they can have the copyright of the three books.

　　However, Lu Zheng felt that it was particularly boring. He did not understand whether the market created the author or the author gave the market the possibility. He hasn't watched many domestic dramas involved, not because he didn't watch them, but he couldn't bear it. Many dramas pay attention to big scenes. When they come up, they are helicopters and special police, and a group of people catch a suspect. From a police perspective, this is a bit lacking in common sense.

　　In his view, the drama involved still needs a threshold, such as legal knowledge, the internal logic of the police, the logic of the public security system, etc. You can do everything when you create, but all the details must be within the framework of the law.

　　Shen Rong is the writer of "Remaining Sin". He and Lu Zheng are only two days away from each other's birthday. Both of them are facing a "middle-age crisis" and have similar confusion in their creation. Therefore, when writing the "Trident" script, the two had been holding their breath. They wanted to see, according to their way, whether the audience could pay.

　　Their cooperation was very smooth. Shen Rong was responsible for "flying" and Lu Zheng was responsible for "dragging". It took a year and three months from the start of the project to the completion of the shooting.

"Trident" stills

The second part of "Trident" is called "Across the Sea"

　　In addition to the screenwriter, Lu Zheng also serves as a consultant for Trident. The crew set up a WeChat group to communicate details in real time, such as what the pennant looks like, what clothes the superior leaders wear, what the real interrogation room looks like, etc. Lu Zheng will answer them one by one. Although he spends a lot of energy, he believes that this way he can avoid "Trident" going back.

　　The image of the three old policemen is also different from the past. Lu Zheng described it as "dog, wolf, fox". Cui Tiejun is a dog, knows a lot, knows the rules, and is loyal to the organization; Xu Guozhu is a wolf, rather than bending, people don't talk too much; Pan Jianghai is a fox, can change 72, and is good at dealing with people.

　　Lu Zheng said that this is the original ecology of the police. "The police are complex. The police are not as Facebook-like as many film and television dramas. They are either hard or cold, or I am particularly stubborn. I think it is impossible."

"Trident" stills

　　However, TV dramas and novels are different. They positioned "Trident" as a cross-age national drama. To this end, they made a lot of choices, weakened the original temperament of the original book, and moved closer to the public aesthetics. Director Liu Haibo also joined the light comedy The elements make the interaction of the characters more interesting. This kind of treatment has attracted many young audiences, and some netizens affectionately call them "middle-aged heavenly missions" and "uncles with thorns."

　　At present, the second part of the novel "Trident" "Cross the Sea" has been completed. Lu Zheng revealed that this novel is about the past of the trident when he was young. Compared with the desolation of the first part of "The Trident", "Across the Sea" is more idealized and romantic, and it may have a sense of misplacement when read, "They used to think that the future will be like that, but the time is particularly cruel. Everyone will end."

　　In Lu Zheng's view, this may be the common feeling of human beings, everyone must find the value of their own existence, and the "Trident" in the play is completing this search process. (Finish)