Gan Yuen's prototype is Gan Zuchang. Because the prototype of Gan Yu 'en at the beginning of the TV series is Gan Zuchang, and Gan Zuchang, a major general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, is a native of Lianhua County, Jiangxi Province, and is called "peasant general". 1926 joined the village peasant association, 1927 entered China, and joined the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants the following year. During his revolutionary career, he served as deputy section chief of the Red Army Arsenal in the Hunan-Jiangxi Military Region, chief of the quartermaster section of the supply department of the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, deputy director of the supply department of the 359th Brigade, minister of the supply department of the 359th Brigade of the Jinsui Military Region, minister of the logistics department of the second column of the Northwest Field Army, and minister of the logistics department of the second army of the first field army. He participated in the Civil Revolutionary War, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the Liberation War, fought and died for the cause of the party and the people, and was injured many times. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Gan Zuchang successively served as Deputy Minister of Logistics Department, Director of Supply Department, Director of Finance Department and Minister of Logistics Department of Xinjiang Military Region. Gan Zuchang is a deputy to the Ninth National Congress, the Third and Fourth National People's Congresses, a member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth NPC and a vice-chairman of the Fourth CPPCC.