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Chapter 71: New Script - The Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Three Kingdoms

The victory celebration banquet began.

Amid the lively atmosphere, Zhang Guoli, who was acting as the guest host, said a few polite words and then invited Cheng Sheng and several supporting actors from the movies who were still in Beijing to come on stage.

In front of the 850 million digital ice sculpture.

"3, 2, 1..."

As Zhang Guoli counted down to the end, Cheng Sheng was the first to pick up a hammer and smash the ice sculpture.

Immediately, enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.

Next, the host invited Han Sanye, Xu Xiaozhong, and others to come on stage to speak.

After one process.

More than an hour has passed.

When these bigwigs took the stage to speak, they basically showered Cheng Sheng with praise.

The people below were incredibly envious.

If they could receive a compliment from a big shot, their status in the industry would likely rise significantly.

Cheng Sheng, a box office legend in both China and the United States, is also the youngest winner of the Golden Lion Award. He is truly amazing.

The problem is that while they outwardly admire Cheng Sheng, they may not truly respect him.

"Tonight is the celebration banquet for the cast and crew of 'The Great Tang Dynasty,' but unfortunately, several of the main actors need to fly to the country of Little Rizi for promotion and cannot thank everyone. On behalf of the cast and crew, I would like to sincerely thank all the guests."

"I hope to work hand in hand with my seniors and colleagues in the future to make progress and add luster to the domestic film and television industry."

Finally, Cheng Sheng said some clichéd pleasantries, ending the banquet which had lasted for nearly two hours, after which the guests gradually dispersed.

Cheng Sheng saw off the last guest before saying goodbye to the coal bosses, exhausted.

The coal mine owner even made a special trip from Xishan tonight.

After all, they invested in this movie, so as investors, they definitely have to show up.

After agreeing to have dinner together next time, Cheng Sheng returned to his new home, exhausted.

In the following days, Cheng Sheng was busy with matters related to his personal studio.

Teachers Zhang Yang and Yang Chao also helped him a lot during this period.

In particular, the recruitment of behind-the-scenes personnel was basically done with the help of the two teachers, and these people were all graduates of the Central Academy of Drama and crew members who had worked with them on the previous film.

Before long, all the behind-the-scenes staff for the studio were recruited.

Liu Meng also joined Cheng Sheng's studio and signed a director's contract.

Now, in addition to the manager, all the relevant staff have been recruited.

Cheng Sheng, the studio's manager, also has a target in mind: he just needs to wait for the right opportunity to recruit the person under his wing.

After finishing his work at the studio, Cheng Sheng also completed his script.

“Simulation,” Cheng Sheng said.

The script in my hand vanished instantly, then reappeared in the blink of an eye.

It's more than twice as thick as the previous script.

Cheng Sheng quickly flipped through it.

After two hours, Cheng Sheng took a deep breath.

My hands were trembling uncontrollably as I held the script. This script was simply too perfect.

It perfectly recreates the history of that time.

Cheng Sheng had a premonition that if the film was shot according to the script, it would definitely be the next "The Great Tang".

The Yellow Turban Rebellion of the Three Kingdoms.

This is a script written by Cheng Sheng, and it marks the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period.

Cheng Sheng did not follow the crowd and film the Battles of Red Cliff and Guandu.

These two major IPs have been overused and over-exploited. Without any new ideas, they won't be able to create anything new.

Therefore, Cheng Sheng chose the Yellow Turban Rebellion, an IP that few people touch, since the subject matter of the Yellow Turban Rebellion is not easy to film.

Even if a director wanted to make it, there weren't any good screenwriters who could write a good script.

Cheng Sheng, however, is different. With the existence of the simulation panel, he has no shortage of good scripts.

The film "Yellow Turban Rebellion" does not star Cao Cao, Liu Bei, or others, but rather portrays this period of history from the perspective of ordinary people, with Zhang Jiao as the main character.

When discussing the official history of the Three Kingdoms, one cannot ignore Zhang Jiao.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, and Taoism emerged in this region. Zhang Jiao and his younger brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were all devout followers of Taoism.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three of them founded the Taiping Dao, which was based on the "Huang-Lao" doctrine passed down by the founders of Taoism. They advocated the existence of gods and believed that there were gods in the heavens and ghosts in the underworld who watched over people's every move and bestowed good fortune or punishment based on people's behavior. Therefore, people should do good deeds, speak good words, and pray for the protection of gods and ghosts to ensure that their descendants are prosperous and peaceful.

The emergence of religion is always closely related to war.

When people are dissatisfied with reality or feel helpless about things beyond human control, religion comes into play. It uses certain ideas to guide people's behavior and provides them with inner comfort, such as blessings in the afterlife or the blessing of protecting their descendants.

The appearance of Zhang Jiao brought comfort to some people in this chaotic world. In addition, Zhang Jiao used medicine as a means to spread his ideas, and people's respect for Zhang Jiao increased day by day. He called himself "Great Teacher of Virtue" and used the Taoist Yu Ji's "Taiping Jing" (some say "Taiping Gangling") as the main ideology to promote, gradually expanding the number of believers.

The scenario provided by the simulation panel begins with Zhang Jiao leading Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang to Jizhou, a province ravaged by plague and suffering severe disaster, to begin spreading Christianity. After witnessing the tragedy at the end of the Han Dynasty, he begins to lead the people on the path of rebellion.

He started with three people and in just five years he had tens of thousands of followers.

Taking advantage of this, he founded the Way of Great Peace, spreading the declaration that "The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise; in the year of Jiazi, great fortune will come to the world." He incorporated the yellow banner of Taoism and the words from the *Taiping Jing* (Scripture of Great Peace): "The myriad stars are not as bright as the sun; the words of the masses are not as good as the words of a single wise man."

Afterwards, he called himself the Great Teacher of Virtue, while Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang called themselves "Great Physicians," meaning divine physicians who could save all beings.

Cheng Sheng wanted to use the perspectives of Zhang Jiao and the Way of Peace to showcase the history of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

Although Zhang Jiao ultimately failed, he was still a true hero.

In modern times, Zhang Jiao may be seen as a treacherous rebel who bewitches people, and the Taiping Dao he founded is regarded as a cult that threatens the stability of the imperial court.

Literary works such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" further reinforced the ruling class's negative perception of Zhang Jiao by portraying him as a "wicked Taoist."

Even in modern times, Zhang Jiao is often portrayed as a villain in many film and television adaptations.

From a modern perspective, Zhang Jiao is a hero of the people.

Moreover, from a modern perspective, peasant uprisings are 'correct'.

Within the framework of Marxist theory, peasant uprisings are seen as struggles of the exploited class against the oppressor class.

For example, textbooks often emphasize the role of peasant uprisings in ending corrupt regimes.

Modern history education emphasizes the "spirit of resistance" of peasant uprisings.

Of course, historical evaluations must be considered in the context of the specific era and cannot be simply judged by "correctness".

Ancient peasant uprisings had both the historical role of ending corrupt regimes and the enormous social destruction they brought, and their evaluation needs to take into account multiple factors.

(End of this chapter)