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"Cao Jianjun, you are confused."
People who are chasing "Police Honor" recently, as long as they see the name Cao Jianjun, they may subconsciously say this sentence.
This old policeman, who regards honor as his life, was hit and run because of an "accidental" drunk driving behavior, and personally ruined his career. Among the laughter and laughter of Balihe Police Station, he was no longer there.

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The response from the audience was too enthusiastic, and the screenwriter Zhao Dongling specially posted on Weibo, describing the process of shaping the role of Cao Jianjun, and explained to the audience: "Cao Jianjun's story is far from over, but the rest of his life, I don't know what it is Define it in terms of tragedy or comedy."
Many people are writing the ending for Cao Jianjun, maybe it is a glorious sacrifice as an informant after being released from prison, maybe it is a fall and sinking, or maybe it is another way to find a new life. Many people are waiting for an ending and an explanation.

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But for Zhao Yang, who plays Cao Jianjun, he has personally experienced a wonderful and unique ending like a fairy tale:
At a plenary meeting at the Balihe police station, the director Wang Shouyi assigned a young apprentice named Yang Shu to Cao Jianjun. The master and apprentice communicated for the first time, and they were still a little awkward. Cao Jianjun stretched out his hand to Yang Shu, "The director speaks, let's learn from each other." The sarcastic tone attracted a burst of laughter on the scene, as warm and harmonious as a big family.
This scene is the last scene that Cao Jianjun filmed in "Police Honor". Sometimes fate is so wonderful, Zhao Yang's farewell scene to Cao Jianjun is actually "the place where the dream begins" in the eyes of the audience.

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After that scene was filmed, Zhao Yang walked up and down the building for a long time, because he knew in his heart that this might be the last time, and after that, the place should be demolished. But he was not ready to withdraw from the role.
The following is Zhao Yang's self-report.
The fate with Cao Jianjun originated from Zhu Wei
To receive a role like Cao Jianjun, I would like to thank "Silent Truth".
In that play, I also played a policeman named Zhu Wei. He is known as "Pingkang Baixue", and together with Chen Mingzhang played by teacher Tian Xiaojie, he forms the life and death arm of Jiang Yang. This role has made me known to many audiences, and it has also brought me some attention in the industry.

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At the end of March last year, the "Police Honor" team approached me through the producer of "The Silent Truth" and asked me if I was interested in acting. The character they were talking about was Cao Jianjun.
I think most actors have the ability to judge the role, and Cao Jianjun is a simple and complex, lacking love and love, both lovable and annoying, and many actors may not meet once in a lifetime. . Even in the group portrait drama, he is particularly conspicuous.
So, it's a lucky thing, and I'm that lucky guy.
At the time, I had just finished filming "The Showdown" not long ago. In that play, Mr. Wang Jingchun was a policeman, and I was a "carpenter" who did all kinds of evil. Coincidentally, he also came to "Police Honor" and became my leader.

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Coincidentally, Xu Kaicheng and I, who played the role of Poplar, were a pair of fencing masters and apprentices in a previous drama "Please, Senior Brother". I didn't expect this fate to continue into "Police Honor".
In the last drama, he had a lot of roles, and he was so busy that we didn't even have a meal together, but when we filmed "Police Honor", we became very tacit understanding, and we had more time to contact, whether it was in private. Watching a movie, eating or going to the gym, they will be together. The strong teacher-disciple emotion in the play is actually cultivated in this way.

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Before filming, the crew arranged for us to go to the local police station as an intern, in groups of two or three people, entering different police stations in turn, to feel the atmosphere there. We ate dinner with comrades from the police station, dispatched police, questioned prisoners, and listened to their stories of life.
Among them, an older policeman has helped me a lot. When facing different cases, he will have different emotions, different intonation and speed of speech, and even different gestures. I can read from these details. his different states. At that time, I felt that this person was a bit like Cao Jianjun.
From a bystander's point of view, what I see is a live image of a police officer. If I can perform it, the audience should feel the same as when I was watching. This shaping method is simple and direct but fast and effective.
The environment can quickly change a person, and before I know it, I have the breath of a policeman.

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For example, when Cao Jianjun and Yang Shu went to the police, sometimes the first line when they got out of the police car was "Oh, it's so lively." When there were many onlookers at the scene, one of the things he often did was wave his arms and shout at the crowd, "Fuck up. Come on, everyone is gone." To some extent, these are the instincts engraved in the bones of the police.
From the first scene after the start, I felt that I was Cao Jianjun. For an actor, the feeling of the first scene is very important. If you prepare well for your desk work in the early stage, then you will have a sense of self-confidence and achievement when shooting. The sooner you build this self-confidence, the better The sooner you become that character, the more confident and better you will be.
The secret to plump characters is triviality
The preparation of the preliminary work does not mean that the shaping of this role is complete. In fact, many of my ideas about the character are developed, enriched and confirmed step by step during the performance.
Teacher Zhao Dongling wrote Cao Jianjun very completely and meticulously, but he ignored his original family intentionally or unintentionally. Cao Jianjun's biological parents did not appear in the play.
I know that for screenwriters, it would be redundant to write about the original family, but for actors, there must be such a line in their minds.

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When I was doing a biography of a character, I was thinking, is there a possibility that Cao Jianjun's desire to be recognized, for fear that others will look down on him, and even compete with his apprentice for this character weakness, in addition to the snobbishness of his mother-in-law, it is Not also related to the environment in which he grew up as a child.
With this idea, a new question will arise: Why do Cao Jianjun and his wife always visit their mother-in-law, but never see their parents, because their parents have passed away? Or is there another secret?
There is a scene in the play in which a young man tries to jump off a building because his parents are too strict. When Cao Jianjun was doing psychological work for the other party, he said in a hurry, "My mother also likes to take care of me, but I have not listened to her for a long time, and I haven't contacted her for many years."

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I thought this statement was not just a negotiating tactic, it could also be the truth.
If you follow this conjecture to deduce, then you can understand why Cao Jianjun regards his wife and daughter as all his family sustenance. It is also understandable why he always acts as a peacemaker when his wife and mother-in-law quarrel, because he does not want his wife to lose this affection from his original family.
In addition, Cao Jianjun is eager to make great achievements, and there is a reason for wanting to make a face for his wife, because he needs the approval from his family incomparably.

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I'm not a very skilled actor, but I'm willing to think about it. The shaping of Cao Jianjun is a process of continuous sorting and verification. After finding the inner logic of this character, I will play it a lot more smoothly.
In the process of watching the drama, I found that many audience members said that in the previous scene, they hated Cao Jianjun because he robbed his apprentice for his merits, and in the latter scene, he felt sorry for him because of his shaking hands and drinking water. This character is both love and hate from beginning to end.
In fact, most of the details that people hate are mostly the performance of the shooting. For example, in a scene, Cao Jianjun and Yang Shu went to solve the problem of the loss of electric vehicles of the masses. They stood under the building and were thrown a basin of water.
When I was shooting this scene, I was completely taken in and felt very wronged. Obviously we caught the thief, recovered some of the lost vehicles, and promised to continue to look for it. Water splashes on us.
One accident was that after the pot of water was poured, a vegetable leaf was left on the poplar tree. I subconsciously went to dial it for him, but the feeling of grievance and excitement was still there, so my hands couldn't stop shaking. That's how it is sometimes, when watching that scene on the TV screen again, there is no line that reflects the mental state of the character more than that action.

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There is also a scene. Now everyone is discussing it fiercely. Cao Jianjun was arrested for a hit-and-run accident. The director and Yang Shu went to see him. The emotions of the three people broke out in one scene.
Before shooting, I made a preset for myself. Because of the shooting angle, this scene had to be shot several times. I said that I had to play the first one at a leisurely pace, otherwise I would be bored later. As a result, as soon as the filming started, the whole person couldn't control it at all, and he completely released his emotions involuntarily. What acting skills, what handling methods, I forgot all about it.

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After the performance, the whole person is very tired, and I feel a little breathless, and there is a kind of sadness that I can't lift my head.
go-ahead tags
My acting career has always been accompanied by labels.
More than ten years ago, I played Gongsun Ce in "Youth Bao Qingtian 3", which was recognized by some audiences, so he became a label for me. No matter what I played, some people called me "Gongsun Ce". Especially in the Internet age, people will even directly say, we don't like you playing such a role, but we still like Gongsun Ce.
This time I was a little troubled. Because I think I treat every character conscientiously, maybe the influence of that drama is not so good, maybe people's acceptance of that character is not so high, I always feel that no matter how hard I try, I can't lift the label.

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Later, I would often look at my past memories, and gradually found that I no longer bothered about this matter. For an actor, shouldn't it be fun to have a role that everyone remembers? And to a certain extent, it is also a memory of their youth. Why should I compete so hard to make them forget it?
When I was filming "Police Honor", I learned a creative quality from director Ding Hei: never make any presuppositions for the performance of the work, just work hard, put your perception of art into your work, and be able to I have no regrets and no regrets at the end, and that's enough.
Everything is the best arrangement. After "The Silent Truth", some people started calling me Zhu Wei, after "The Showdown", some people called me Carpenter, and when "Police Honor" came, they started calling me Cao Jianjun again.

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People recognize me through characters, and I continue to have the stage to create more characters, which is the luckiest thing for me. The fate of Cao Jianjun is unfinished, and I have not yet stopped.