[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans":3,"chapter-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-210":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The More Tragic I Act, the Stronger I Get — My Fans Beg Me to Stop Killing Off My Roles",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1297824,1723,"Chapter 210: You're More Suited for Puppet on Strings","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-210",210,"\u003Cp>Then, Zhang Mouyi's voice once again echoed across the entire set through the loudspeaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, attention!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The film crew, which had just been celebrating jubilantly, quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What we just finished shooting is the 'fruit,' the final outcome for Ye Chen, A Li, and Ling Xi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Mouyi paused, then dropped a bombshell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, Luo Yu's schedule is very tight. So, starting the day after tomorrow, we're going to shoot the 'cause' in reverse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shoot in reverse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant they would skip all the plot in between and directly shoot the scene from the first half of the entire movie—the scene where Ye Chen goes to rescue A Li for the first time and returns in miserable defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the ending, back to the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially for Su Qingying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She needed to piece back together, bit by bit, the soul that had just been filled with despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transform back into the young girl A Li who had just arrived in another world, curious about everything, naive and ignorant, even a bit of a love-struck fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Mouyi had obviously considered this point as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone has worked hard today. Tomorrow, the entire crew rests for a day!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The day after tomorrow, we start shooting the demonic array scenes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The director's command brooked no argument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief moment of stunned silence, the film crew erupted in cheers once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci opened his system panel and glanced at the final results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Total Heartbreak Value Harvested: 488 points!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Final Life Extension Duration Obtained: 88 days!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Current Heartbreak Value Balance: 5137 points】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Remaining Lifespan: 1358 days, 18 hours】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day of rest, for Jiang Ci, was spent hugging his hotel pillow and sleeping until the world went dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he returned to the film set again, the atmosphere was completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci had taken off that tattered, blood-soaked red robe steeped in despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had changed into a brand-new, spirited, battle-damaged half-demon costume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today's shoot was the scene where Ye Chen first charges into the demonic array, attempting to rescue A Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an action scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the moment in the entire film when the character Ye Chen was at his most arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I want is the feeling of a young man in splendid attire on a spirited steed, who doesn't know the meaning of life and death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the monitor, Zhang Mouyi held a megaphone, shouting instructions to Jiang Ci in the middle of the set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci stood at the center of the set, flexing his wrists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the camera and flashed a highly provocative smile tinged with a hint of nonchalance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's the feeling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Mouyi nodded with satisfaction, then shifted his gaze to Luo Yu on the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jie's scene was right here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to watch Ye Chen's foolishness from the stance of an absolute victor, then use him to break his father's seal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Action!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filming began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the Shattered Star Blade, he weaved through the demonic array filled with traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face showed complete confidence and flamboyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when the camera focused on Luo Yu as his opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone felt something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chi Jie in the script should be sinister, ruthless, and wildly arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Ye Chen charging through the array, he should wear an expression of mockery and disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Luo Yu on camera was nothing like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was overacting, his eyes bloodshot, that ferocity not stemming from cruelty born of absolute control, but from a frantic desperation to prove himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't resemble a demon king toying with his prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was more like a trapped beast that could only bare its fangs and roar mindlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had completely lost the style a villain should possess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cut!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Mouyi's voice carried a note of displeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up, pointed at Luo Yu in the middle of the set, and reprimanded him in front of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Yu! You're playing a demon king! Not a rabid dog that bites anyone it sees!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where's your style? Where's your cunning?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words showed no mercy whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu's face flushed a purplish-red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Nian immediately rushed over from the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a mother hen protecting her chick, she shielded Luo Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Zhang, please don't be angry. A-Yu just wants to perform well too much, the pressure is too great.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she took out a tissue and, in front of the entire crew, wiped the sweat from Luo Yu's forehead with extreme gentleness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's try one more time, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This display evoked mixed feelings among the onlookers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some envied Luo Yu for finding such a caring girlfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others secretly curled their lips, thinking this woman was putting on too much of a show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Nian's actions, in front of the entire crew, firmly cemented Luo Yu's image as a \"giant baby in poor form, needing to be taken care of.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the corner, Su Qingying watched this scene, her beautiful brows furrowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a professional actress, she despised this kind of behavior that treated the film set as a stage for personal drama, using personal connections to hold professionalism hostage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But given her position, she couldn't speak up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Jiang Ci was leaning against a pillar, expressionlessly munching on half an apple leftover from the props team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apple was sweet, and crisp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his system vision, that familiar label on Wen Nian was flickering with an ominous glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Mental Manipulation in Progress: Using \"over-protection\" to undermine the target's independence and self-confidence】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The methods are as consistently stable as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci had not the slightest interest in Luo Yu's fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even felt that the more miserably Luo Yu was scolded, the stronger that inexplicable sense of satisfaction within him grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An extremely serious problem now lay before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene had been NG'd seven times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire morning was stuck here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Zhang Mouyi didn't relent, this scene would have to keep being shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keeping it up meant seriously delaying the overall progress of the crew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the filming schedule directly affected the final quality of the movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, the portrayal of the villain Chi Jie directly determined the depth of Ye Chen's later tragedy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful, stylish villain—his victory would make the protagonist's failure feel soul-stirring and heart-wrenching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A \"pig butcher\"—even if he won, the audience would only think the protagonist was trash who couldn't even beat a pig butcher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where's the tragedy in that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where's the Heartbreak Value?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Jiang Ci stopped chewing his apple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Luo Yu in the middle of the set, being coaxed by Wen Nian, hanging his head like a child who had done something wrong, and his brow unconsciously furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Luo Yu suffer was indeed satisfying, but that satisfaction couldn't be eaten, nor could it be converted into life extension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A charming and powerful villain is what creates a thrilling tragedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Luo Yu, with this \"pig butcher\" face, defeated him, the audience would only think Ye Chen was trash. Who would feel heartbroken for trash?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was practically smashing his own rice bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's eyes changed. He felt pained and exasperated, hating that iron couldn't become steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An important production tool was on the verge of breaking down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could this be allowed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci casually handed the half-eaten apple to Sun Zhou,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pulled out his phone, his fingers flying across the screen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his gaze shifting between the search results and the dejected Luo Yu in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, he seemed to have made up his mind. He put away his phone and whispered a few words to Sun Zhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Zhou was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a strange expression and hurried off towards the entourage van.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another NG.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Mouyi couldn't even be bothered to scold anymore. He directly announced that Chi Jie's scenes would be paused for now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>letting Luo Yu find his state, and continue tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu shrank into a corner by himself, completely withdrawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Nian was still by his ear, using that gentlest tone to say the most heart-piercing words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Yu, don't blame Director Zhang. He might just prefer Teacher Jiang's style of performance...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look, how effortlessly he acted just now. The entire crew's attention was on him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words stabbed into Luo Yu's already fragile self-esteem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure blocked the light in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was holding two bottles of chilled mineral water, his face devoid of any extra expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His assistant, Sun Zhou, was following behind him, panting as he carried a folder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci offered one of the bottles to Luo Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu didn't take it, just looked at him with a wary and resentful posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here to laugh at me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci didn't mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He unscrewed the other bottle of water himself and took a sip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he spoke in a tone used for discussing professional matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Luo, do you have a moment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shall we run lines together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words not only stunned Luo Yu, but even the perfect smile on Wen Nian's face beside him cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Run lines?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a time like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't this just rubbing salt in Luo Yu's wound?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu practically ground the words out through clenched teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have nothing to run with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not the movie's lines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Jiang Ci pulled out a script from the folder Sun Zhou handed him from behind. It was held together with a clip, freshly printed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He handed the script over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu's gaze fell on that stack of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instinctively wanted to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his eyes were glued to those bold, black characters on the cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't 'Longing Across Time' at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a stage play script he had never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The script's title had only three characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Puppet.'\u003C\u002Fp>",1665,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.556Z",1,"novelbin.me","01c231239724273b138fd7b96509c9e4545d65dac486c0b5523bf2c250bce6e8","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-211","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-209",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]