The Scare of the Deep Sea in the Spy War： The Transformation of Little People under the Background of the National Anti-Japanese War

　　The spy war drama "Surprise in the Deep Sea" is adapted from Hai Fei’s novel "Surprise in the Deep Sea". The drama is based on the complicated and sinister anti-Japanese war in 1941. The story begins with the fact that after the military spy Xiao Zhengguo was shot by the military spy Zhou Haichao for his own selfish interests, Chen Shan, a "punk" at the bottom of Shanghai society, was kidnapped by Japanese spy leader Araki, and Chen Shan was forced to enter the Chongqing military system as a Japanese spy to try to get it. It tells the story of Chen Shan, who was forced to be helpless. After entering the military system, in the "infighting" with Zhou Haichao, he contacted Zhang Li, an outstanding intelligence officer of our party who entered the military system, and was constantly struggling to get rid of the anxiety of Japanese spy control. In the inner torment of worrying about my sister’s safety; Inspired by Zhang Li’s devotion to the country’s national justice, Chen Shan is like a cicada dormant. In the thrilling "spy wars" with the military junta and Japanese spies again and again, he grew from a "punk" in Shanghai to a firm communist fighter.

　　As soon as the play started, Xiao Zhengguo, the protagonist, was killed by Zhou Haichao, a military colleague. In the jaw-dropping plot reversal of the civet cat for the prince, Chen Shan, a "punk", became a military agent Xiao Zhengguo under the coercion of Japanese spy leader Araki. There is no doubt that Chen Shan has become the core element of the whole drama’s contradictions and plot advancement. This change of identity is almost a bold attempt by the master to create a spy war drama in narrative mode and characterization under the condition of "knowing that you can’t do it".

　　Chen Shan and Xiao Zhengguo are indistinguishable from each other no matter how they look, and Chen Shan approaches Xiao Zhengguo infinitely in agent training. However, the background, personality and living habits of the characters can escape the eyes of Xiao Zhengguo’s wife Yu Xiaoyou, his superiors and his colleagues in the military system Xiao Zhengguo, but even if there is a little hint of exposure, there is always a hard listening to distinguish the true and false Monkey King.

　　This is the suspense of the play. In the first half of the play, Chen Shan fought bravely with Juntong and Japanese spies around the map of Chongqing’s military factory, the assassination of American pilots and the detection of underground radio stations in communist party, and its identity was always like a time bomb hanging over the characters and the audience, which added an uncertain crisis fuse to the exciting spy war "Three Kingdoms Killing" between Japanese spies, Juntong and our party.

　　The creation of this suspense atmosphere has made a new breakthrough in spy war drama. Just like the title of the play "Jing Zhe", before mid-spring, Chen Shanru’s insects hid in the soil (inside the military system) in winter for "sting"; At the "Sting Festival", the spring thunder suddenly rang and the stinger woke up.

　　In the play, when Zhou Haichao’s blood test report proved that Chen Shan was a fake Xiao Zhengguo, Chen Shan was rescued by Zhang Li and had to flee Chongqing. Zhang Li’s identity as an underground intelligence officer of our Party also surfaced, and Chen Shan, under the arrangement of Yu Xiaoye’s fee office in michel platini, played along and became a military double agent. Chen Shan changed from a "punk" to a patriot, which also laid the groundwork for his eventual growth as a communist fighter in the second half of the play.

　　The second half of the play focuses on Shanghai, which was completely occupied by the Anti-Japanese War. At this time, on the Shanghai beach, Japanese spies, Wang Puppet, Juntong and communist party are intertwined around the spy war under the background of the Anti-Japanese War. The plot mainly revolves around two narrative lines. One line is that Chen Shan and the Shanghai military "Hurricane Team" punish traitors and crack down on Japanese spies; On the other hand, Chen Shan secretly helped Zhang Li and communist party, represented by his brother Chen He, smuggle drugs to the liberated areas and crack down on Japanese spies. At this time, Chen Shan was already a spy on three sides.

　　In front of Araki, it was a pawn held hostage by the Japanese secret service; At the level of Chongqing military system, he was a double-faced spy who broke into the Japanese secret service; In front of Zhang Li, he is a patriot who hates his family and country, which requires actors to have convincing acting skills to change roles from the outside to the inside. It is worthy of recognition that Ruoyun Zhang, the actor of Chen Shan, has a good grasp of the role, especially the interpretation of inner drama.

　　An important breakthrough of the play is that the group images have shaped the general public’s future in the face of the confusion and anxiety of the whole era under the background of anti-Japanese. Zhou Haichao became a shameful traitor for his own selfish interests, abandoning the national justice and ignoring his commitment. Dentists Liu Fenfang, leather shoes and kitchen knife, as Chen Shan’s good brothers, participated in the resolute struggle with the Japanese secret service from helping Chen Shan with pure brotherhood to understanding the national justice. Dentists, leather shoes and kitchen knives are the epitome of countless ordinary Japanese in the anti-Japanese era — — 400 million compatriots are United in the face of the Japanese aggressors, and the bonfire of the national war of resistance burns all over China.

　　In the first half of the play, Chen Shan changed from a "punk" to a patriot. In the second half, through the tempering of blood and fire by Chen Shan, under the influence of his brother Chen He and his lover Zhang Li, he gradually grew into a communist revolutionary soldier.

　　Chen Shan is a "gangster" on the beach. By mistake, he became an agent. His brother and his favorite woman, Zhang Li, are communist party. Dentists, leather shoes and kitchen knives are also good brothers who attach importance to feelings and righteousness and distinguish right from wrong … … It is precisely because of these ordinary China people’s patriotic feelings that Chen Shan’s transformation, growth and sublimation in the belief level have been achieved in the play. And all this will turn into fire in his heart, burning up light and heat for the future of the country and the nation.

　　By portraying the role of Chen Shan, The Scare in the Deep Sea of Spy Wars integrates the fate of ordinary people in the context of the Anti-Japanese War into the tragic and solemn pursuit of national justice, and enriches the depth and breadth of the types of spy wars from the aspects of subject matter and technology. It can be said that this is a breakthrough in the creation of domestic spy war TV series. (Gao Xiaoli)