[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu":3,"chapter-you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Told to Play a Warlord, You Say You Don't Eat Beef?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2203859,3829,"Chapter 30","you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>An hour and a half later.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As *Life's Big Event* officially drew to a close.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The lights in the venue slowly brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And all the audience members recovered from their immersive state.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was clearly visible that many female audience members were wiping tears from the corners of their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They were evidently moved by the countless touching scenes in the film.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A full half-hour break was provided between each film to allow for emotional stabilization and buffering, ensuring the audience remained in the right state of mind to provide objective scores.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[So touching...]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a movie that makes you laugh and cry like this! Very good!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Zhu Sanlong’s acting is absolutely incredible!! This is peak performance!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[My Long Long has always had such great acting! He is a Best Actor winner after all!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Wuu wuu, I started crying as soon as the little girl cried... my tear threshold is too low...]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[With this performance, Zhu Sanlong is definitely getting over 90 points!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Su Chen must be feeling the pressure now, right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[A perfect hand, played well—Zhu Sanlong is really showing off now!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[I have to say, this genre is really popular!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The live chat was filled with praise for Zhu Sanlong’s performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Many sentimental audience members also had red eyes after watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Clearly, this film perfectly suited all of Zhu Sanlong’s strengths! The score would be the highest in history!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the contestant area.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Chen was also amazed by Zhu Sanlong’s performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the other world, didn't Zhu Sanlong also win the Best Actor award for this film?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was only natural that his performance this time was exceptionally outstanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It’s just a pity... it shouldn't have appeared in this round.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Su Chen couldn't help but feel a bit regretful, and he closed his eyes to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The half-hour passed in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The audience’s emotions had long since settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the livestream, popularity was at its peak! Countless viewers were waiting in anticipation!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Please watch the next film.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Contestant Number Three, Su Chen, *Joker*.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Accompanied by Xiao Sa’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The lights in the venue dimmed once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All the audience members felt inexplicably nervous!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps because of their expectations for Su Chen, or perhaps because of Zhu Sanlong’s overly dazzling performance!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Those who had originally thought Su Chen would win without any suspense were now starting to waver.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, as one rises, the other falls; Zhu Sanlong had chosen the film best suited to him and the easiest to score high with, and he had performed perfectly!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Chen, on the other hand, had suffered a setback in terms of subject matter, and if his performance were even slightly lacking...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He might truly end up handing over the top spot in this round!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But this round... in the imagination of countless viewers, was a cinematic feast of needle against wheat-awn!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And in this atmosphere mixed with tension and anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Amidst the pitch-black darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The sound of a broadcast slowly began to play.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is Gotham City Radio, reporting the news you need, 24\u002F7!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is Gotham City Radio, reporting the news you need, 24\u002F7!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Good morning, it is Tuesday, October 15th, temperature 5 degrees Celsius.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Today is the eighteenth day of the sanitation strike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Accumulated trash is increasing at a rate of ten thousand tons per day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Even the most beautiful areas in the city are now like swamps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Health Commissioner Edward O'Rourke has declared a state of emergency for the entire city!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While the broadcast played in the background.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The camera slowly brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before them was an old, dim dressing room.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The room not only contained lockers and a dining table, but miscellaneous items were even piled on the radiators, as if it served multiple purposes at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As the camera slowly pushed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Several figures busy in the dressing room were passed over, including a short dwarf and a fat man wearing a strange clown suit...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In front of a makeup mirror surrounded by warm yellow bulbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A long but incredibly thin male figure was applying makeup in the mirror, his right hand holding a brush, smearing white clown paint onto his face stroke by stroke.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Following the man’s movements, he wore a thin undershirt, his shoulder blades somewhat protruding.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the audience members, whose minds were still wondering where Gotham City was.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The figure of this disheveled, down-and-out man in the camera... inexplicably gave them a very familiar feeling!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Until the camera pushed in further.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The man’s face in the mirror became vaguely visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although it was already covered in clown makeup, making his features almost unrecognizable!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But some viewers still recognized him! They gasped in disbelief!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The man with his back to the camera, incredibly thin... with a messy mop of curly hair...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Was actually Su Chen?!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But... it was true that one could change their physique through AI when participating.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It stood to reason that Su Chen wanted to fit the character better!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Realizing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All the viewers recalled the synopsis.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The protagonist, Arthur, was indeed an image of a down-and-out man suffering from mental illness and living a hard life.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It matched this back view inexplicably well!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although the look was a bit ugly...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And as the camera pushed in, the broadcast continued, now playing countless complaints sent in by citizens.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is the first time in decades, there's no need to wait until someone dies or gets sick from typhoid! The situation is already very urgent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Almost everyone in the city is suffering! No matter what their names are or where they live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"No matter which street you walk down, you see trash and rats.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"My customers can barely walk into the store!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It’s a mess! I’ve been in this country for fifty years, I’ve never seen a situation like this, what is this world coming to?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Lock them in a room and make them come up with a solution, whether it takes 24 hours or 48 hours!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Having the National Guard clean it up is a good idea!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Next news, builders and landlords express concern over the rising price of heating oil...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Amidst the terrible broadcast full of social unrest and public dissatisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If any readers are still watching! I sincerely ask for flowers! Rating tickets! Monthly tickets!!! Thank you all!!!.\u003C\u002Fp>",1066,"2026-06-17T06:33:32.085Z","2026-06-17T09:01:43.081Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","dcda4efea42a992ba20177e7d70f683fd5c37945d3d0d25ab14a57ae3fcf6b3d","you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-chapter-31","you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-chapter-29",250,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-cover.jpg"]