[{"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-221":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},1297835,1723,"Chapter 221: Rubber Duck vs. Titanic","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-221",221,"\u003Cp>He Jiongjiong, truly worthy of his title as a gold medal host, snapped out of his daze after two seconds and immediately reacted, forcefully smoothing things over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Jiang is just too dedicated to his craft! He's even in character while eating! Let's give him a round of applause for his commitment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led the applause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smattering of claps followed, with Huang Yulei chiming in as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at everyone's complicated reactions, Jiang Ci felt genuinely puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply thought that line of dialogue perfectly matched his current state of mind, something Ye Chen would definitely say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this dish really be that problematic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was completely unaware that his one sentence had brought the conversation to a screeching halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the monitor, the program director excitedly pumped his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The live stream's real-time viewer count on the backend showed an exaggerated peak, breaking through four hundred thousand concurrent viewers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made a decisive call, immediately signaling the staff through his earpiece to move on to the next segment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hurry! Bring out the prop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon receiving the instruction, the staff immediately carried out an extravagantly decorated \"Mystery Magic Box.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden box was painted in a riot of colors, plastered with shiny stars and question marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, He Jiongjiong immediately stood up, shifting everyone's attention away from the plate of stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork that was about to go cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, dinner time is over! Now, let's begin our evening's main event!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He patted the giant box, producing a series of \"thump, thump\" sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"'Classic Reenactment' impromptu performance live stream, starting now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Jiongjiong began explaining the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rules are simple. The challenger needs to draw, from this magic box, one 'Classic Movie Scene' card and one 'Bizarre Performance Prop.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, using the prop they drew, they must perform an impromptu, creative reinterpretation of the movie scene!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This tests our actors' adaptability and imagination!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his words fell, everyone instinctively looked at the three \"culprits\" at the dinner table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To break the awkwardness from earlier and for the sake of variety show entertainment, Huang Yulei was the first to propose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... I think we should let Qingying go first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As the acting ceiling here, she needs to set an example for us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This suggestion received unanimous agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying was nominated as the first challenger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood up from her seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a professional actress, she wasn't afraid of any challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her earlier lapse in composure at the dinner table had left her with a knot of frustration in her heart. She needed a stage to prove her professionalism once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a serious expression, Su Qingying stepped forward. Under a gaze full of anticipation, she reached her hand into the first lottery slot of the magic box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled out a stiff card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Jiongjiong took it and displayed it for the camera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the card, written in artistic font, was a title — \"Titanic\" Bow Flying Scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow! A classic among classics!\" He Jiongjiong exclaimed in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet comments in the live stream instantly became lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Starting off with a royal flush!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This scene is so demanding on atmosphere. I wonder how Sister Qingying will perform it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying's professional instincts were immediately engaged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Titanic,\" Jack and Rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ship's bow, the sea breeze, the sunset, epic romance and the final tenderness before a tragic parting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind was already rapidly constructing the core of the performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to capture that feeling of breaking free from restraints, of embracing freedom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also had to portray the fragility and preciousness of the love between two small individuals against the backdrop of a grand tragedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, she reached her hand into the other, larger lottery slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside this one was the \"bizarre prop\" that would decide her fate tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand fumbled inside, touching something large, smooth, and elastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying's heart skipped a beat, a sense of foreboding washing over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the watchful eyes of everyone present and the entire online live stream audience, she slowly dragged that thing out of the magic box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire room fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a giant, bright yellow rubber duck, a full meter tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duck's entire body was a glaring, bright yellow. Its huge eyes were drawn pitch black and perfectly round, and it had an equally enormous, flat orange beak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying placed it on the floor. Unstable due to its center of gravity, it wobbled adorably a couple of times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Jiongjiong, quick with his hands, stepped forward and squeezed the duck's belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"QUACK—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud, raucous, giant duck call resounded throughout the entire Mushroom House.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying looked at the scene card in her hand, then down at the silly, cute duck by her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, her internal actor theory system crashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stanislavski's Method Acting theory told her to start from herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her memory contained no experience of feeling epic romance while holding a giant duck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was she supposed to perform this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't imagine how she was supposed to hold this goofy duck and portray that epic level of romance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camera, very understandingly, gave her a big close-up shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pressed her lips tightly together, her entire body frozen in place, desperately trying to control her expression that was on the verge of breaking down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet comments in the live stream, after three seconds of complete silence, erupted in an explosion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahahahahaha! Is the production team evil? Is this something humans would do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at Sister Qingying's expression! I feel like she wants to stab that duck!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm dying, I'm dying! My Ice Queen Best Actress! She's broken character more times today than in the past ten years combined!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I bet fifty cents Sister Qingying will refuse! This is simply impossible to perform!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, Su Qingying was waging a fierce war with herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her professional integrity as an actress forbade her from refusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the visual before her offered absolutely no artistic entry point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bow of the Titanic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding a giant rubber duck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying the line, \"I'm flying, Jack\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image was too bizarre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to deconstruct this problem from a professional angle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Treat the duck as a symbol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Symbolizing what? Symbolizing the childlike innocence deep within the heroine Rose's heart?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the duck meant holding her past self?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This logic seemed plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when her gaze fell once again on the duck's silly, grinning beak that stretched to its ears...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This artistic concept she had just built instantly crumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Try a different approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Treat the duck as the male lead, Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the duck meant holding Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the image of herself gazing lovingly at a rubber duck and saying \"Jack\" surfaced in her mind...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying's body shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt her entire acting career was being challenged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stuck between a rock and a hard place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Su Qingying was caught in this dilemma, almost frozen stiff on the spot...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A serious voice piped up from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been watching very seriously from the sidelines, also thinking about how to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the pained expression on Su Qingying's face, then at the innocent duck, he offered a suggestion he believed was perfectly reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Su.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's face was full of seriousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could imagine it as a swimming iceberg.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1231,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.556Z",1,"novelbin.me","a22ceb47a29fec790d5376bb504e5de61666d2334f3e47c766256b4c1341aada","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-222","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-220",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]