You were asked to write a political intrigue drama, but you wrote "Da Ming 1566".

After this brief interlude, Chen Yu's live stream suddenly surged in popularity once again. The screenwriters watching from behind the scenes turned pale and then flushed.

"No way, is this kind of dialogue free for Chen Yu? He can just write it like that?" "And some high-ranking official even escaped punishment because of those two lines? What kind of luck is that?" "Is it a shill? Did Chen Yu hire one?" The top screenwriters' cheeks twitched slightly, but they managed to control their expressions, feigning nonchalance. "What's the panic?"

"It's just a few pretentious lines that happened to be there." "It might get these viewers excited for a moment, but it won't actually have any impact." "A few lines can't change the fact that the plot of 'Da Ming Dynasty' is going to collapse. Even if you gave Chen Yu a hundred famous lines, if the plot is already ruined, it still wouldn't be salvageable!"

As soon as they finished speaking, a member of the screenwriting team glanced at his phone, his pupils suddenly contracting. "Boss, it's on official social media." The star screenwriter who had spoken earlier paused, then asked casually, "Official social media? Which one?"

"I don't think I've received any interviews from official social media accounts recently?" the member mumbled.

"Ah, no, I wasn't talking about you, boss. I meant 'The Ming Dynasty' was published on an official social media platform." The top screenwriter paused for a moment, his movements slightly hesitant, before speaking naturally. "Of course I know you're talking about The Ming Dynasty, but I was just joking because the atmosphere seemed a bit off." "So what if it's published? Come on, let me see which one." As he said this, his hands moved incredibly fast, snatching the phone and immediately seeing a provincial-level official social media post.

The article was short, mentioning a recently emerging form of bribery called "elegant bribery," which is highly covert and corrupting. A division-level official in a powerful department in the province almost fell victim to it, but realized his mistake in time and submitted all the ill-gotten gains and accounts to the disciplinary committee.

It is reported that the department-level cadre only realized he was in a predicament after watching two lines of dialogue from the TV series "Da Ming Dynasty".

This official social media account also posted these two lines, calling on other cadres to reflect on themselves in time and not be corrupted by such methods.

After reading this short draft, the top screenwriter's hand trembled, but he still tried to remain calm.

"It's nothing, just a provincial-level official social media account." "These kinds of social media accounts don't have much attention, they don't mean anything." But the next moment, several more update notifications from social media accounts popped up on his phone. The top screenwriter glanced at them subconsciously, and his face immediately turned green.

Four or five provincial-level self-media outlets either reprinted the previous article or issued similar notices, calling on public officials to learn these two lines from "The Ming Dynasty" to reflect on their actions and avoid being corrupted by people with ulterior motives.

He took a deep breath, wanting to say something to calm the atmosphere. But then, a series of updates from social media platforms popped up. Numerous provincial official social media accounts had reposted or reported similar articles.

Even worse, some provincial official media outlets directly used lines from the TV series "The Ming Dynasty" as their headlines. The barrage of notifications made this top screenwriter a little dizzy.

He immediately glared at the team member who had first pointed this out to him. "Wait, what's wrong with you?"

"If you're bored, why don't you follow some film and television self-media, literary self-media, or even just some borderline bloggers?" "Are you out of your mind? Why do you follow so many official media outlets?" "What, you're not going to be a screenwriter anymore? Want to take the civil service exam?" The team member mumbled.

"I... I write a modern officialdom script. I'm just checking out some information and gathering some material..." Before he could finish speaking, the top screenwriter took a deep breath, unfollowed all the provincial official media outlets, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

"Alright, stop writing that script. It's annoying me. Let's find something else." The top screenwriter tossed the phone back to him and looked at the team members. "No matter how many provincial media outlets feature the dialogue from 'Ming Dynasty,' it's irrelevant; it's all trivial." "The plot of 'Ming Dynasty' is doomed to fail; that's a done deal. Let's focus on writing our script and helping the company counter Xiangyu Pictures. Don't worry about anything else."

"Besides, don't forget, we're not the only company targeting Xiangyu Pictures. With so many of us targeting them, what if the dialogue from 'Da Ming Dynasty' gets featured on provincial official media?"

"It's useless, you know?!" "From now on, don't let anyone mention to me that 'Ming Dynasty' was featured on any provincial official media. Focus on your work!"

His team members nodded quickly.

They glanced at it instinctively, and then their pupils contracted sharply.

This is yet another update notification from an official social media account.

But this wasn't just a provincial official social media account followed by a few people; it was CCTV News' social media account! With a sense of foreboding, the group clicked to take a look at the details.

The next moment, those lines from "The Ming Dynasty" came to mind. CCTV News' online self-media reported in several hundred words about the self-reflection of officials and the exposure of bribery triggered by these lines.

Before they had even finished reading, they saw the article's view count jumping rapidly every few seconds.

The surge in views was astonishing to them. Even official media outlets like CCTV News rarely see articles with this kind of growth. It's absolutely phenomenal!

It's hard to imagine how much buzz and discussion "Da Ming Dynasty" can gain from being featured on such an official social media platform!

The group instinctively looked towards Chen Yu's live stream.

The number of viewers in the live stream was rapidly increasing. In a short period of time, the number of viewers in the live stream, which had already reached the ceiling for similar content, seemed to have broken through some bottleneck, generating a "breakout" effect by appearing on various official social media platforms. The number of viewers and the popularity were still soaring, and in the blink of an eye, it had reached 1.2 times the peak popularity of last night! Not to mention five years, you won't find a variety show with higher popularity in the next seven or eight years! *Gulp*

Everyone swallowed hard and looked at the lead screenwriter. "Boss, are you alright?"

"Should we still target 'Da Ming Dynasty'?" The top screenwriter looked at them with a speechless expression. "Target?"

"Snipe your mother's head!" "What the hell are you even using to snipe?"

"Using sniper rifles to shoot down Gundams? What are you guys thinking?" However, aside from shock, the top screenwriter didn't show much else. A hint of schadenfreude even began to appear. "Let Huaying Film Studio worry about 'The Ming Dynasty'."

"They undertook a task from within the system: to create film and television scripts for those within the system to study."

"At this critical juncture, the TV series 'Da Ming Dynasty' has suddenly appeared and even made it onto so many official social media platforms, causing such a big stir."

"Previously, the people from Huaying Film Studio, arrogant and aloof, refused to join us in targeting 'Da Ming Dynasty.' Now that they've had their turn, I refuse to believe they won't make their move."

At the same time, the commotion caused by "Ming Dynasty", especially the fact that it was reposted by many official self-media as learning material, finally stirred up a storm within China Film Group.

The senior executives of Huaying Film Studio had cold expressions.

Huaying Film Studio takes this collaboration with the government to create a script very seriously. This is unlike the scripts they used to create for celebrations or holidays, which were basically ignored and were just for fulfilling political tasks.

The script and the resulting film/television production are something that everyone within the system, from top to bottom, must watch and study. If the script is ultimately selected from Huaying Film Studio, it will be exceptionally beneficial for Huaying in expanding its influence and acquiring more resources.

The matter was almost a done deal, but they never expected that something like "The Ming Dynasty" would suddenly appear out of nowhere.

They wouldn't normally care about a newcomer's unfinished script.

But it's only been a few days. First, it was strongly recommended by Director Zhao, who was in charge of this matter, and then it broke the popularity record and entered the main selection list, where it can compete with Huaying's script for a spot.

Today, "The Ming Dynasty" is being cited by so many official self-media outlets again.

If this continues unchecked, won't "The Ming Dynasty" secure its spot in a couple of days? That would be outrageous!

Only then did they finally take "The Ming Dynasty" seriously and give Huaying's screenwriting team a firm order. "The official script deadline can't be delayed, but 'The Ming Dynasty' is too popular; it needs to be suppressed." The top screenwriters responsible for crafting the script still wore a somewhat dismissive expression. "Suppress what? I've already said the plot of 'The Ming Dynasty' has major problems; it'll collapse soon. Is it really necessary to deliberately suppress a script that's bound to fail?"

"Sigh, it's too narrow-minded, the vision is too limited."

"Forget it, it's what the leaders asked for after all. Besides, the audience has really hyped up the Ming Dynasty to such an extent that it's been called the number one drama about officialdom and power struggles."

"Heh, where do we put our script that hasn't even been born yet? The newcomer is so arrogant, we have to step in and put him in his place." "Then let's take action." The group casually flipped through the script of the most recent episodes of the Ming Dynasty, their sneers growing even louder, as if they had already seen through all of Chen Yu's plot developments.

"Judging from this, what follows is the honey trap that Shen Yishi has arranged for Gao Hanwen."

"But if Gao Hanwen falls, how can Hai Rui, a mere county magistrate, possibly stand up to his superiors in the province? So that's impossible."

"At the same time, because Gao Hanwen's previous brilliance was too great, it overshadowed Hai Rui, who was originally slated to be the great sword of the Ming Dynasty. Next, when Gao Hanwen encountered a crisis, it was definitely Hai Rui who stepped up and helped Gao Hanwen get out of danger, so that he could continue to fight against Zheng, He and others."

"Hai Rui's character will also be portrayed in this performance. He will deduce Gao Hanwen's danger through some minor details and successfully turn the tables, seizing the opportunity to control Zheng Bichang, He Maocai, Shen Yishi, and others. This will highlight Hai Rui's image as both wise and brave, while allowing the plot to continue."

"After that, the plot stabilized for a while, until Zheng and He took a risk and used some ruthless means to kill a character or put a character in danger, causing the plot to take another turn."

"Well, judging from the current situation, Gao Hanwen definitely won't leave, and neither will Hai Rui. That leaves Wang Yongji, who hasn't shown any special characteristics yet."

"This plot is too predictable. With this script and a few decent lines, is it really worth hyping it up like this?" "Those so-called top screenwriters from those top film and television companies can't even handle this script?" "This kind of scum can be called top screenwriters alongside us? Suddenly, I feel a bit ashamed of this title." A top screenwriter from Huaying shook his head, casually wrote out an outline of the "sequel plot" of the Ming Dynasty they had just figured out, and then created a group chat with the top screenwriters from those film and television companies, sending the outline into the group.

"A script like 'Ming Dynasty' isn't worthy of our personal involvement."

"We've already written the sequel to Chen Yu's story. Don't tell me you still can't suppress the popularity of 'The Great Ming Dynasty' even after getting this. If you still can't, then you deserve to be squeezed out of the top tier by Xiangyu Pictures." Immediately, Huaying's top screenwriter stopped caring and returned his attention to the script he was working on. Meanwhile, the top screenwriters from the other top companies gasped when they saw the sequel outline of "The Great Ming Dynasty" thrown at them by Huaying's screenwriter.

I knew there was a gap, but I didn't realize it was this big.

How long has it been, and Huaying's screenwriters have already written out the plot outline for the sequel to "Ming Dynasty"? It's safe to say that Huaying is indeed a top-tier film and television company; there's a qualitative difference between them and other top-tier companies—an insurmountable gap. However, while marveling at this, the screenwriters of these top-tier film and television companies facing the impact of Xiangyu Pictures all breathed a sigh of relief. With the plot outline already guessed, suppressing the popularity of "Ming Dynasty" is incredibly easy. For example, the simplest way is to just release the plot outline directly, making it known to everyone.

Once a large number of viewers have seen the outline, Chen Yu's subsequent writing will inevitably be completely disrupted. If he doesn't change it and insists on writing it this way, it will be utterly boring for viewers who already know the plot. Moreover, more and more viewers will be spoiled, and the script will lose its surprises and thrills, causing its popularity to decline steadily and posing no threat.

It would be even better if Chen Yu saw this outline and made urgent changes to the plot. An hastily revised plot would not only be much less exciting, but would also contain various fatal flaws.

No matter what happens, once the screenwriters at Huaying Film Studio guessed the outline of the subsequent plot of "Da Ming Dynasty", Chen Yu was already destined to fail!

Then, these top-tier film and television companies did not hesitate to send the first half of this plot outline, that is, the part where Gao Hanwen is rescued by Hai Rui through a honey trap, and Wang Yongji is likely to die or fall into a trap and be disgraced and leave the stage, to the film critics and film and television self-media they had previously cooperated with.

Enjoy reading "Let You Write a Political Drama, You Write Ming Dynasty 1566".