I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 283, Anger

What makes a person human.

It is because they understand the meaning of sublimity and purity.

This is the difference between humans and animals.

Li Yun pondered those words repeatedly.

Although Li Yun himself delivered this powerful line, he may not have been able to fully grasp its significance.

But Li Yun felt that it didn't matter since he didn't understand.

As a teenager, I understood.

As long as Cai Sen himself understands, that's enough.

In this era, youth and learning are not always smooth sailing, and the most important turning point in the entire story is about to arrive.

The newly arrived warlord, Mr. Tang, said.

Come on, everyone, let's write an essay in support of Kou Zhengwen.

For the teenagers, and for the teachers and principal, this was undoubtedly the greatest insult.

An absolute insult.

The boys were angry.

The boys were upset.

The century-long national humiliation on our land—these shared memories reside in the hearts of the actors and the characters they portray.

Li Yun could feel it even more clearly at this moment.

By the way, Li Yun was hallucinating.

He experienced hallucinations while on set.

The people in front of me were no longer just cameras, production crew, and staff.

Everything has changed.

The land was shattered, and people were dressed in rags.

In fact, Li Yun's concept of the shattered land was mostly derived from books and TV dramas; his actual feeling was not as profound as described in the text.

Yes, for young people of our time, the concept of national humiliation is nothing more than a thin history book.

But it really happened, I really experienced it.

Something intense.

"Kind person, could you give me a bowl of vegetarian noodles?"

The female beggar, leaning on a cane, carried an infant on her back, yet her feet were still bound with tiny lotus feet, meant to please people.

Scholars, merchants, porters, women, men.

The feeling of a shattered land was incredibly intense, and the feudal dynasty's compromise with the invaders was infuriating, even vividly present before Li Yun's eyes.

Anger is a very real emotion.

When Yuan Shikai signed the Treaty of National Humiliation.

Li Yun also felt strongly that he could not back down.

Looking at the devastation and the national calamity this land was suffering at this moment, Li Yun felt a surge of scholarly integrity within himself.

Well, if these things can be called integrity.

Li Yun felt that she had these emotions.

Especially when he saw the country in ruins right in front of him.

That intense emotion turned into anger.

"No!"

At this moment, a student, whose classmate was killed by Governor Tang's men.

The reason was that he was holding Liang Qichao's banned book.

My former classmates.

Die here.

Why is he so brave?

He saw the fields littered with starving corpses, the ground covered in dead bodies, and the fact that human life was as worthless as grass—something that students in modern ivory towers could never see.

Li Yun cried.

The boy cried.

Time and illusion began to move forward again, seemingly reminding Li Yun what national humiliation was like.

What is it like to be a weak country?

Before the establishment of the Republic of China, there was the Qing Dynasty and an allied army of eight countries.

correct.

The time now is no longer 1913.

Rather, it refers to the atrocities committed by the Eight-Nation Alliance during their invasion of China, which was no different from the Japanese invasion of China, only the perpetrators were different.

The suffering people remain unchanged.

This is what happens when a nation is weak. Look at the true face of the invaders! Yuan Shikai restored the empire, and he even sang praises to the invaders.

so ridiculous.

Such insects.

"What's wrong with Li Yun's emotions? He suddenly broke down."

At this moment, Liu Qun looked at Li Yun with some confusion. Why did her emotions suddenly change while she was acting?

Gong Ruofei also found it strange.

But there's a strange feeling about it.

The emotion of weeping was so genuine, so moving, as if it were for the death of someone.

It also seems to be for a certain event or phenomenon.

But Li Yun quickly regained his composure and resumed his Cai Sen persona.

"How's it going? Can we take the picture?"

Let's begin.

With a strange feeling in her heart, Gong Ruofei began filming the next scene.

Governor Tang called on the students of the First Normal School to write poems praising Yuan Shikai for the National Day celebration.

In the midst of this emotional scene, the final imperial edicts that were distributed were replaced with Liang Qichao's book.

This scene clearly has a somewhat satirical and cheerful atmosphere, which is the main theme of the play.

The young protagonists here each have only one line.

Yuan Shikai, I am sorry to the Republic of China.

Face slap.

Although it ultimately brought disaster to the First Division, it was saved from this calamity by the help of an illiterate General Zhang Zhizhong.

Why oppose the imperial system?

Actually, there are many answers to this question.

In fact, many people believe that it was taught by their teachers.

As for the specifics, there isn't much of a concept.

"It was Yuan Shikai who betrayed the Republic of China!"

At that moment, a voice rang out, deafeningly clear.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

Even Zhang Yu looked in the direction of the sound and saw Li Yun roaring angrily. That roaring voice seemed unforgettable.

"His mood is a bit strange."

"Um."

Liu Qun and Gong Ruofei noticed that Li Yun's emotions had suddenly become very strange since she had just cried.

It's very infectious.

A resounding, earth-shattering sound.

Like a ball of fire, it ignited the entire film crew.

The mood here was originally quite cheerful, even a little bit lighthearted, because the character played by Zhang Yu had finished teasing Governor Tang.

The youthful spirit is exhilarating.

This is the rhythm set by Zhang Yu.

But what about the rhythm set by Li Yun?

It was anger, it was shame, it was like a raging fire.

It was burning fiercely

The emotions the two people carried could even be described as opposing.

The rhythms they bring are mutually contradictory.

This is somewhat unbelievable.

The emotions evoked by two different characters.

Now it's up to the young actors present to decide whose rhythm to follow.

Who is more infectious?

"Isn't he just stirring up trouble?" the screenwriter exclaimed in astonishment. The emotion he originally intended for this scene was exactly the feeling Zhang Yu was conveying—playful and teasing—that was the emotion he had envisioned.

"You're the screenwriter."

"Yes, I'm the screenwriter."

Moreover, he is a screenwriter who has directed many well-known dramas and has absolute influence in the industry.

They also have a say in the production crew.

After noticing that Li Yun's emotions were acting strangely, he was somewhat bewildered.

"You're just a screenwriter, how could you possibly understand the meaning of 'The Young Students'?" Gong Ruofei delivered a definitive conclusion at this point.

screenwriter:"???"

However, just as he was about to say something, the rhythm of the entire crew and the filming location changed.

It's no longer the light and cheerful rhythm that was initially set.

"He has let down the Republic of China!"

At this moment, Li Yun was angry.

This anger is contagious.

Leading the entire crew's pace.

Whether it was Qian Fangfang, Ye Bingqing, or Xu Fang, they did indeed act according to the script at the beginning.

They chuckled lightly at Governor Tang on the stage.

Together with Zhang Yu.

Li Yun's voice shattered everything.

His voice was angry, a roar that came from his throat; this gentle and refined young man was furious.

It's not a problem with the system.

It's not a restoration of the monarchy.

Rather, it is the blood and tears of this land over the past century.

You have betrayed this land.

You betrayed the will of the people; you don't deserve it!

The sound spread like wildfire.

That's how emotions spread.

Li Yun, on the contrary, became the one in control of this scene.

What was Cai Sen's personality like, this hero who sacrificed his life in his thirties?

There doesn't seem to be much record of it in later generations.

In the novel "The Young Students," he was a refined gentleman, a bright and diligent young man from a poor family.

A wise man, a young boy.

But it seems there are no more records left, and even his harem can hardly know what kind of person he was. Now, his anger and his emotions...

It can infect everyone.

Even Zhang Yu noticed his emotions starting to change, and he roared along with Li Yun in rhythm with her roars.

"Yuan Shikai has failed the Republic of China!"

Even Zhang Yu was swept up in the rhythm, and he even felt a little resistant. He was supposed to be the one leading the way, but his inner feelings wouldn't lie to him.

Li Yun's voice is infectious.

Zhang Yu himself was caught up in the rhythm, even though the highlight of this scene was clearly his own.

"Yuan Shikai has failed the Republic of China!"

At that moment, someone on the film crew's side also started shouting.

Looking in the direction of the sound, it wasn't some hot-blooded young man, but producer Liu Qun, who was also affected by the emotions at that moment.

"I'm sorry, I can't help it, but I still have to shout along." Liu Qun raised his hand, this producer, who is over fifty years old, venting his emotions outside the theater and film set.

The passion is boiling and hard to cool; looking back at myself, I realize I'm already a character in this play.

"Yuan Shikai has failed the Republic of China!"

The resounding voices even made the actor playing Governor Tang on stage tremble.

I'm scared.

He also got into character, playing the role of the wicked governor-general and Emperor Yuan's number one lackey.

He was deeply immersed in his role and was very adept at playing the role of the emperor's number one henchman. As long as he could support Yuan Shikai to successfully consolidate the throne, he would be the top minister.

But the dream of power was shaken and frightened by the students' slogans.

This is also an emotion that he naturally expressed, completely unadorned, purely stemming from the actor and the role.

The wicked are afraid.

The loyalists were ecstatic.

These are the students.

Hu Nan First Normal School.

At this moment, Gong Ruofei looked in the direction of the sound and saw the center of the angry commands in the crowd.

Cai Sen.

Li Yun.

(End of this chapter)