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

Guo Gang's face twitched upon hearing Chen Yu's words.

He was the president of the Screenwriters' Guild, a renowned writer of countless classic works. And Chen Yu actually offered to teach him how to write memorable scenes? "Who does he think he is?"

"Arrogant!" Guo Gang clenched his fists tightly and roared angrily.

But the next moment, Chen Yu's fingers clattered across the keyboard, the crisp sound interrupting Guo Gang's angry roar. Everyone's gaze involuntarily focused on the lines of text appearing on the screen. It was still Act Twenty-Three, but this time, the script's perspective had shifted to Chun'an County, focusing on Hai Rui's arrival there.

What greeted us was this scene.

Near the Chun'an County government office, two tall stacks of firewood stand, with a Japanese pirate and Qi Dazhu, a Chun'an resident who has been falsely accused, tied to them. Nearby, there are also more than a dozen cages, inside which young and strong men are imprisoned.

Rows of soldiers surrounded the county government office. Beyond the soldiers stood the silent populace, their eyes filled with hostility.

The atmosphere was incredibly heavy, like a taut bowstring ready to be released. The next moment, the deathly silence was shattered by Hai Rui and the soldiers from the province. The people stirred, the crowd surging forward. But the officials and yamen runners displayed their "technical skills." First, the musketeers raised their muskets, shouting for the restless crowd to retreat. Then, the yamen runners displayed their best techniques.

Holding bowls filled with ink, they dipped large calligraphy brushes in the ink and sprinkled it over the heads of the people in the back rows. Just seeing this made the audience outside the script clench their fists. "This is the second time I've seen these soldiers pointing muskets at civilians." "Heh, they're not good at fighting the Japanese pirates on the front lines, but they're good at bullying ordinary people here."

"And this method of splashing ink on ordinary people, haha, what a genius!" "I bet this kind of ink is really hard to wash off, and when it comes to holding people accountable, these yamen runners will just randomly arrest the people who have been splashed with ink."

"No wonder the common people are hiding; they must have witnessed their methods before." At this moment, an even more infuriating scene occurred after the ink-splashing move was used. The yamen runners brought out benches, stood high up, and lashed their whips fiercely at the surging crowd behind them.

The whips left bloody welts on the people's bodies, accompanied by shouts threatening to throw them into jail, which finally made the people instinctively back down.

Viewers outside the script felt both angry and saddened by this scene. "The whip is lashed at the common people like that, and they're constantly threatening to arrest them." "It seems that in the Ming Dynasty, not only do high-ranking officials treat the people as mere numbers, but even these yamen runners treat them like pigs and dogs!"

"Damn, that's corrupt!" The audience looked at Hai Rui in the script with expectant eyes, hoping that Hai Rui could stand up for the people.

But at this moment, Hai Rui's face was expressionless, and he didn't even look at the surging crowd around him, walking steadily forward. He saw Qi Dazhu tied to the woodpile, and his gaze swept over the young men locked in cages. But his eyes were filled with indifference.

Behind Hai Rui, an old man squeezed through the crowd, shouting that he was innocent. "Innocent! Your Honor, none of us are colluding with the Japanese! We are utterly innocent!" The crowd erupted in commotion.

But the commotion was quickly quelled by the soldiers present. Then, the ruthless soldiers seized the old man who had squeezed through the crowd, shouting his innocence. "He's a traitor to the Japanese too! Lock him in a cage!" The old man continued to cry out his innocence in the cage. But Hai Rui, throughout, remained expressionless, his gaze cold, and slowly walked towards the yamen (government office). Seeing Hai Rui's behavior, the audience watching the script looked on incredulously. "What's wrong with Hai Rui?"

"The common people are treated like this, and he doesn't react at all; instead, he just looks indifferent?" "Where did his imposing manner at the governor's office go?"

"Is it because there are soldiers everywhere, and they have muskets, that Hai Rui dares not speak up?" A wave of disappointed comments floated across the live stream. Some influential figures in the live stream offered explanations. "As mentioned before, colluding with Japanese pirates is a heinous crime punishable by death," "Hai Rui is now in such a trap. As you can see, there is no one around him who is Hai Rui's man. Even the soldiers sent by the province are there to coerce him into unjustly killing these disaster victims, thus placing Hai Rui completely against the people of Chun'an."

"In the face of turbulent waves, the slightest misstep could lead to Hai Rui's utter ruin." "That is why, before he had grasped something that could break the deadlock, Hai Rui could not reveal any flaws or give anyone any leverage against him."

"If he were to stand up for the people now and exonerate those who have been falsely accused of colluding with the Japanese, the same label of 'colluding with the Japanese' would be pinned on Hai Rui's head as well, and then everything would truly be for naught!"

"It's not that Hai Rui doesn't want to stand up for the people, but that he can't do so now!" However, although this explanation makes sense, it still inevitably draws complaints from the audience.

Upon witnessing this scene, the executives of the leading film and television companies behind the scenes had a sudden realization. "If this plot isn't handled well, it'll ruin Hai Rui's character!"

"Hai Rui is Chen Yu's handpicked sword of the Ming Dynasty. If Hai Rui's character is ruined, then the rest of the Ming Dynasty's storyline will undoubtedly fall apart."

"Hahaha, it seems the Ming Dynasty is finally about to collapse!" At the same time, Mr. Liu, who had previously been so eager to poach Ma Yingkui, now had a burning glint in his eyes. "I was just about to offer a huge sum to lure Ma Yingkui away, and now the Ming Dynasty storyline is about to fall apart. Is this just a coincidence?" "No, this definitely proves that Ma Yingkui played an extremely important role in the creation of the Ming Dynasty. A true talent!" "My decision was definitely right!"

The screenwriters under General Manager Liu also showed expressions of surprise and uncertainty. "Hmm, it does seem quite a coincidence. It can't be just a simple coincidence, can it?" "Could it be that we've all underestimated Ma Yingkui's abilities? Is he really a big shot?!" General Manager Liu slammed his hand on the table and made a decision. "Raise the stakes!"

"I'll do anything to poach Ma Yingkui!"

"With such a talent, how can our position as a top-tier player be shaken? Let alone top-tier, we might even be able to challenge for a spot in the super-top tier!"

At this moment, Ma Yingkui felt a sense of unease as he watched the plot of "The Ming Dynasty" unfold. Before, he would have hoped the Ming Dynasty would collapse as quickly as possible. But now, he genuinely didn't want it to fall.

After all, the more powerful the Ming Dynasty was, the more benefits he could reap.

He could even have Chen Yu do the work for him later! But just then, he saw the message from President Liu and the further increase in the price. He was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed.

"This idiot, he actually thinks I'm the reason the Ming Dynasty is starting to collapse?" "He raised the price again?" "Damn, now I know how he dragged a top-tier film company down to the point of almost falling out of the top tier. What an idiot."

However, a smile still lingered on Ma Yingkui's lips. He certainly wouldn't refuse such favorable terms.

Looking at Shen Langbai on the screen, Ma Yingkui breathed a sigh of relief, his expression becoming increasingly smug.

"What good is a brilliantly written script? All I need to do is ruin one plot about official corruption, and your Ming Dynasty will become my prize!"

"Chen Yu, when I become successful, I really have to thank you properly." "At that time, I'll give you a chance to work under me, hahaha!" At the same time, the higher-ups at Huaying also breathed a sigh of relief.

"I almost thought Chen Yu really had the ability to shake up our Huaying's script and compete with us for that one spot." A hint of sarcasm flashed in their eyes. "Now it seems he was just lucky."

"It was just that Chen Yu used some tricks to push the hype up. Now that the tide has receded, his true colors have finally been revealed." Director Zhao, who was in charge of selecting scripts for internal learning, sighed.

So far, the script for "The Ming Dynasty" has perfectly met his standards, even far exceeded them. But if the plot collapses from here, and the main character Hai Rui also falls apart, then there will probably be little hope. "Chen Yu, you're still too young after all. You've already lost control of the script at this point?" Guo Gang's smile was bright on the screenwriters' association's side. He immediately posted on Weibo.

"Haha, is this the famous scene Chen Yu said he'd teach me to write?"

"This is truly a memorable scene. The main character's character is about to collapse right from the start. I've been a screenwriter for thirty years, and I've never seen a memorable scene like this before."

"I've said it before: some people just get a lot of feedback by using crooked methods to write sensitive content."

"Actually, do you even have the ability? When it comes to writing a story, your true colors are revealed!" If it were before, after being slapped in the face by the Dragon Kingdom Poetry Association, Guo Gang's Weibo post would probably only have been ridiculed by everyone.

However, now, due to some viewers' disappointment with Hai Rui's performance, there are actually some echoing voices in Guo Gang's comment section.

However, the clamor was interrupted by the rapid tapping of Chen Yu's keyboard. Everyone's eyes fell once more on the screen, not wanting to miss a single word. At this moment, amidst the hostile and disappointed gazes of the people, Hai Rui strode towards the county government office. The commander who had arrested the man bowed to Hai Rui and introduced himself. "My surname is Xu, the commander of the Zhuo Si yamen." Hai Rui glanced at him, said nothing, and turned to continue walking towards the county government office. A low-ranking official of the eighth rank came out from the yamen and bowed deeply to Hai Rui. "Your subordinate, Tian Youlu, the magistrate of Chun'an County, respectfully welcomes Your Excellency!" Hai Rui remained silent, only glancing at him.

Tian Youlu then said.

[It is only now, Your Excellency, please change into your official robes. The execution will be carried out at noon.] Hai Rui withdrew his gaze, no longer looking at him, and walked into the county government office. This passage left the audience completely bewildered.

After arriving in Chun'an, why did Hai Rui, who had previously been so eloquent and passionate in the governor's office, suddenly fall silent? If we accept the explanation given by the higher-ups, he was afraid of being accused of colluding with Japanese pirates, which would prevent him from ever recovering his reputation.

So what's the situation now? After a moment, a big shot sighed.

"Did you notice that when Hai Rui faced that commander of the yamen, he just glanced at him and then turned and left without even stopping?"

"This is because he knew that the Zhuo Si Yamen was He Maocai's man, so there was no need to waste time."

"As for Tian Youlu, Hai Rui did not leave immediately, but observed him for a while." "Hai Rui was judging whether Tian Youlu could be trusted, whether this county magistrate of Chun'an County, who was theoretically his second-in-command, had any chance of standing on his side and on the side of the people."

"But after Tian Youlu asked him to change into his official robes to prepare for the execution, Hai Rui knew that this second-in-command would not help him in the slightest."

"In Chun'an, it can be said that Hai Rui had to face this situation alone, without any help and without anyone he could trust!"

After the experts analyzed this passage, the viewers in the live stream were stunned, a sudden pang of sorrow gripping their hearts. The atmosphere in Chun'an felt as if the sky were about to collapse. But Hai Rui could only hold up this sky alone!

His solitary figure walking into the county government office was utterly lonely and desolate, as if shrouded in darkness. Yet, he was like a ray of light, resolutely piercing the darkness!

Seeing this, the audience understood why Hai Rui hadn't spoken up for the people earlier. "In the entire Chun'an, Hai Rui could only rely on himself." "The yamen runners were their people, the soldiers were their people, and even the second-in-command, the county magistrate, who should have been under his jurisdiction, was their person. No matter how careful Hai Rui was, it couldn't be too much."

"Once the slightest flaw is revealed, all sorts of charges will be fabricated." The audience sighed. "It's tough, Hai Rui is having such a tough time!" Just then, seeing that public opinion seemed to be turning around, Guo Gang's expression twisted.

"What's the point of writing all this nonsense?" "Keep going! How does the story unfold? How does the plot turn around?"

"Didn't you want me to see a famous scene? Come on, let me learn from it!" Guo Gang kept posting on Weibo, and the members of the Screenwriters Association started chattering again. Like flies in summer, they were extremely annoying.

At that moment, Chen Yu's sudden keystrokes rang out like the clanging of swords. The words appearing on the screen silenced all the noise!

In the script, time had passed, and it was already noon, but Hai Rui still hadn't come out of the county office to the execution platform. The several commanders and Tian Youlu went in to urge Hai Rui, but Hai Rui remained unmoved, and suddenly said something.

"Let me see the case file." Upon hearing this, Tian Youlu and the others were stunned. "What? The case file?" "No, there's no case file..." Hai Rui's tone became more forceful, his expression cold.

[You're asking me to commit murder without any case file?]

[If a murder was reported, why is there no case file?]

Then, Hai Rui continued to question them about the time and place when these "collaborators with the Japanese pirates" were captured. Commander Xu said impatiently.