Another suspense drama ＂Thirteen Years of Dust＂ was finished in Chongqing. This time, Chen Xiao Chen Jianbin co-starred in the criminal police mentoring.

Chen Jianbin, Chongqing’s son-in-law, is back, but this time it’s not as simple as going home with his wife Angel, but he has a new work. On October 24th, the upstream journalist learned from the producer that another criminal investigation mystery drama "Thirteen Years of Dust" filmed in Chongqing was announced. This time, Chen Jianbin, who is going home, and Chen Xiao will form a pair of INTERPOL mentors and apprentices, trying to catch the man behind a murder that lasted for 13 years.

"Thirteen Years of Dust" was officially released in Chongqing a few days ago.

"Master and apprentice" joined hands to pursue the murder for 13 years

Thirteen Years in Dust attracted a lot of attention when it was first turned on in January this year. In addition to the popularity of Chen Jianbin and Chen Xiao, directed by Liu Haibo, who won the Best Director Award of the Magnolia Award at the Shanghai TV Festival, the co-starring of Liu Mintao and Yu Entai once became a hot topic for fans and netizens.

Chen Jianbin plays a policeman. Perhaps the first thing that many viewers think of is the criminal investigation drama Trident, which was also directed by Liu Haibo two years ago. In contrast, thirteen years of dust has more youthful power brought by Chen Xiao. According to the outline of the plot that has been officially announced at present, the story of the whole drama is presented by the ingenious overlapping of two years, 1997 and 2010.

In 1997, there was a mystery in the south city of the play. Wei Zhengrong, a criminal police officer played by Chen Jianbin, was ordered to investigate but never found the real murderer, so he left the front line of criminal investigation. Thirteen years later, the murderer’s whereabouts reappeared, and new evidence and clues were discovered by the younger criminal policeman Lu Xingzhi (Chen Xiao), which had multiple coincidences with the evidence of that year’s case. Wei Zhengrong and Lu Xingzhi, who were originally apprentices, joined hands again, reeling from the cocoon and jointly chasing the murderer.

Interestingly, the change of time is not only the key to the evolution of the case story in the play, but more importantly, it has had an important impact on the personnel design of the two protagonists-thirteen years ago, Lu Xingzhi played by Chen Xiao was young and immature but the theory was supreme, and Wei Zhengrong (Chen Jianbin) was middle-aged but had off the charts skills; Thirteen years later, their personalities were reversed and they grew up separately. Interlocking clues, pressing killers, evidence reversal suspense, cleverly overlapping in parallel double time and space. In the end, the two men broke through the fog to make the truth emerge gradually, and all roads lead to the same goal to complete the inheritance of the police spirit between the two generations.

Double-line parallel shooting spans winter and summer.

"We focus on how to show the atmosphere of the times and great changes." There is no doubt that thirteen years of dust is a realistic style. In this regard, director Liu Haibo said that his creative philosophy is to let the audience "live in it at a glance and feel more empathy for the story."

Of course, in striving to restore the fireworks atmosphere in the market, the main creative team naturally made considerable efforts. The old sewing machine in the 1980s, the police station with white and green walls, and the quick-talking neighbor’s aunt all truly reproduce the social conditions seen by the police in the process of handling cases. Yin Xiaoye, the chief producer, hopes that Thirteen Years of Dust Collection can simultaneously show the unchanging police spirit inheritance under the great changes of the times, as well as the value background of humanistic care and punishing evil and promoting good.

It is worth noting that, in order to restore the double time-space setting in which the cases in 1997 and 2010 overlap and interweave, and fit the real situation, the crew specially chose to shoot the scenes in 1997 and 2010 in winter and summer respectively, and the shooting cycle span was extended to 9 months.

A group photo of the co-author of "thirteen years of dust"

There are small tricks on the scene in Chen Jianbin, Chen Xiao

In an interview with reporters, Chen Xiao, one of the leading actors, used three words to evaluate the crew: Excellence, efficiency and professionalism. For example, in the aspect of Excellence, in order to highlight the sense of hierarchy spanning 13 years, Chen Xiao took the initiative to remove the hairline and sideburns to increase the sense of vicissitudes, and the old actor Niu Piao lost 20 Jin in a few months to show the role difference.

At the same time, the styling director also went deep into the streets of Chongqing to observe the image of the local ordinary people, and designed a makeup style for each actor that is both mountain city temperament and character characteristics. Like Liu Mintao in the play, it was a small scroll in 1997, which highlighted the pungent character and sense of the times; Thirteen years later, her hairstyle softened, showing the character characteristics of gradual gentleness and generosity.

In addition, Chen Jianbin also showed many unique expression skills when shooting. For example, in order to arouse the anger of the opponent’s performance, he suddenly slammed into the door when the other party was unprepared, and let the actor instantly transform the interrupted anger into the role, and the emotions in the play became very real.

Chen Xiao also has great changes in the play. When he played the 1997 play, he always held a notebook in his hand and his eyes were clear, which vividly portrayed the fledgling student spirit; When he played the scene in 2010, he has faded away, his eyes are more firm and resolute, and the righteous temperament and resolute style of senior criminal police are ready to come.

Chen Jianbin and Chen Xiao will play a pair of police mentors this time.

According to reports, at present, the filming of "Thirteen Years of Dust" has all ended and officially entered the production period. It is expected to land on the iQiyi platform in 2023.

Upstream journalist Qiu jinyi

Editor: Chen Xiujuan

Editor: Liao Lei

Audit: Feng Fei