[{"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-284":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},1297948,1723,"Chapter 284: The Red Carpet is Also a Trap","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-284",284,"\u003Cp>Kyoto National Film Center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camera flashes lining both sides of the red carpet merged into a continuous sheet, turning the rainy night bright as day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci stepped out of the entourage van.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dark red velvet suit intruded abruptly into the clamoring scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screaming from both sides of the red carpet stopped dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strong sense of detachment made him utterly out of sync with all the fervent expectations around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci ignored the flashes and the hushed whispers that followed the sudden silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply followed the procedure, moving forward step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, Qin Feng walked onto the red carpet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his smile gentle, his interactions with the media nearly flawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some reporters smelled gunpowder and, tearing at their throats as if desperate to stir up trouble, shouted at the top of their lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher Qin! Teacher Jiang Ci! Stand a bit closer to the center!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Give us a stare-down! Let’s see whose aura is stronger, the King of Han or the Hegemon!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take a shot! Just one! Let’s give the Hongmen Feast a proper ending!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heckling spread quickly, and the whole red carpet area boiled over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng’s smile remained warm and unflappable; he waved to the media,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>walking forward at an unhurried pace, ready to complete this staged “century reconciliation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Jiang Ci, who had already reached the front, unexpectedly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paid no attention to the shouts on either side, and slowly turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes cut through the web of flashlights and settled on Qin Feng behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng extended his hand, preparing to fulfill the media’s expected “century handshake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as his hand reached halfway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci took a half step backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny, almost negligible distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng’s hand hung frozen midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Qin Feng’s pupils contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t the anger of being offended, but more like the brief dazed look of a top chess player\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who sees an opponent play an utterly unexpected,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet exquisitely dangerous, move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thrill of matching skills replaced his perfunctory smile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but that emotion was so fleeting it was instantly wrapped up by his consummate acting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>transforming into a perfectly measured awkwardness and bewilderment at being publicly slighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his gaze slightly; that brief bow\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was both Liu Bang’s feigned weakness and Film Emperor Qin Feng’s silent digestion of Jiang Ci’s “attack.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he raised his head again, he had become that warm, slightly flustered, even ingratiating elder from Pei County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single line was spoken during the entire exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heckling from the reporters along the red carpet faded away without anyone noticing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell over the venue, followed by the dense, suffocating sound of camera shutters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, several white-haired elders who had just stepped onto the red carpet also came to a stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A reporter thrust a microphone at them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the leading Professor Li pushed up his glasses,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>lowered his voice, and said to his companion, “The aura is wrong… this isn’t actor interaction, this is Xiang Yu humiliating Liu Bang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nearby professor who specialized in ritual etiquette turned pale,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pointed at Qin Feng’s frozen hand, and said in a low voice, “Xiang Yu is the host, Liu Bang is the guest and also a minister. If the host does not extend his hand, the guest extending his first is presumptuous!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Xiang Yu stepping back that half step completely tramples that ruler-subject status underfoot!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The etiquette professor’s expression changed; his voice took on some agitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This young man, he has brought the murderous intent and humiliation of the Hongmen Feast directly onto the red carpet! We are witnessing a living history lesson!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a red carpet barely a hundred meters long, they had just witnessed a silent, oppressive Hongmen Feast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci did not linger another second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and continued toward the autograph board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng slowly withdrew his hand, pulling a smile more painful than tears toward the cameras, and hurried to catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red carpet entered its climax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low-key black sedan pulled up, and Gu Huai stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a special guest, his arrival sparked another round of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huai ignored the shouts from the media and did not linger long at the designated photo spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked straight through the crowd toward the figure who was signing at the autograph board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci had just finished the last stroke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huai came up beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and, in front of all the cameras and as if oblivious to everything, straightened Jiang Ci’s slightly crooked bow tie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The motion was light, but the shutters around them suddenly fired several times more rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he patted Jiang Ci gently on the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The premiere officially began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the brilliantly lit stage, the creative team took their seats one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Song took the microphone and, trying to drag the atmosphere from online revelry back onto the track of historical drama, used his most heartfelt tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Legend of Han and Chu took five years from preparation to today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We crossed the Gobi, we trod the sands…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Song spoke passionately on stage,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but from the corner of his eye he caught sight of a bespectacled young man in the audience\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>covering his mouth, his shoulders shaking violently from suppressed laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man’s companion was furiously poking at a photoshopped image on his phone showing a “Hegemon ruler caliper” gag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Song felt as if his heart had been stabbed by that picture; the muscles at the corner of his eye began to twitch violently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a helplessness and anger like playing instruments to an unappreciative crowd surged to his temples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately forced that fury down and tightened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laugh, then. Laugh as much as you want now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hastened his speech, almost brutally truncating it, and handed the stage back to the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could hardly wait to see how those laughs would turn to cries when Wu River’s blood stained the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host came onstage to bridge segments, but the atmosphere remained strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the interaction portion ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host announced loudly, “Now, please enjoy the epic production The Legend of Han and Chu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bespectacled young man who had been shaking to hold back his laughter\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was about to snark to his companion, “Here comes the main feature, time to nitpick,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when the theater lights suddenly went out with a thunderous click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abrupt darkness felt like a giant hand clamping down on everyone’s throats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The joke stuck in their mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light from phone screens was unnerving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter, chatter, all the noise were swallowed whole by the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bespectacled young man felt as if thrown into a deep sea,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>left only with the slightly hurried breaths of his companions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightheartedness and pleasure born of meme-play were being rapidly siphoned away by the hush,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a solemn oppression began to rise from the depths of everyone’s hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant screen slowly brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scarlet dragon emblem glowed quietly in the boundless black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci sat in the front row, calmly watching that swath of red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that second on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could laugh anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>",1203,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.557Z",1,"novelbin.me","b90a14d5d0a191a640c062ab87c197d072d5155675de50bbf057216d1d66cc2f","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-285","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-283",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]