The day before, Gu Chi and Shen Qingdai brought Xiaoyu and their little darling Shen Yi to help the director of the garment factory sell tens of thousands of pieces of inventory. Although this incident was not widely reported by the media, the owner of the garment factory unexpectedly took the initiative to thank the two for their generous behavior on TV.
Not only that, the old farmer even brought his fellow villagers to hold up a banner for Gu Chi and Shen Qingdai, thanking them for their help and kindness. They will no longer have to worry about selling their vegetables in the future.
In less than a day, the news spread throughout the entire circle, and Gu Chi and Shen Qingdai have now become well-regarded good guys.
After seeing the news about the two of them, Director Chen and the man he had arranged to meet exchanged glances. "That's exactly the feeling I want from them!"
Zhou Chenguang slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "Gu Chi was the inspiration for this character."
He still remembered the first time he saw the young man on the deserted island. After learning about his experience, a righteous and tragic character popped up in his mind without hesitation. He was a hero, a hero who sacrificed his life for the people, and many people didn't even know his name.
Since there was a policeman among the criminal group that was exposed in the explosion who did not leave any name, his confidence and determination to create such a character became stronger.
Heroes should not be buried. The character he created is not a microcosm of anyone, but a microcosm of all unsung heroes.
His idea coincided with that of Director Chen Yuliang, whose niece had once been abducted by human traffickers and who was finally found after years of searching. Therefore, he also deeply detested human traffickers.
He was also planning to make a film about a criminal gang that trafficked women and children. When Zhou Chenguang approached him with his carefully prepared script, he only took a look at the title and immediately decided to film it.
Even if it means losing money, we have to shoot it.
The script and director had been decided. While the two were discussing the script, they happened to glance at the news about Shen Qingdai and Gu Chi. Chen Yuliang and Zhou Chenguang immediately said in unison, "Those two are it!"
Director Chen was very efficient. He immediately asked his assistant to contact Gu Chi and Shen Qingdai's agents. Unexpectedly, the two of them didn't even refuse and agreed immediately. This made Director Chen and Zhou Chenguang very happy.
The script, director, male and female protagonists have all been decided. Now all that’s left is to choose a location and start filming. Just thinking about Chen Yuliang makes him extremely excited. These damn human traffickers deserve to die one by one.
Chen Yuliang said to his assistant anxiously, "Xiao Zhao, grab your gear, let's go find a location to film the movie."
He had been waiting for a long time, full of anger, just waiting for the script to be filmed well so that he could vent his anger. After deciding on the male and female protagonists, he wished that filming could start the next day.
Just as Gu Chi accepted the male lead role from Director Chen, his agent told him another good news: the movie "Phoenix Returns" will be officially scheduled to be broadcast in a few days, so Gu Chi should prepare to attend the premiere.
Gu Chi has a lot of feelings about this movie. This is the first big production he has taken on and also the first time he plays a villain role.
However, Gu Chi did not think that Xiao Fengting was a villain. During the filming process, he immersed himself in the character of Xiao Fengting, feeling and experiencing his struggle and helplessness again and again.
His family was destroyed, and he crawled out of a pile of corpses. He relied on his outstanding political talents to climb to the center of power step by step. The old emperor was incompetent and cruel. He was in a high position, ruthless and merciless, and was deeply trusted by the old emperor. He was a powerful sword in the royal family.
Only in the dead of night would he take off his disguise. The souls of those who died unjustly in Mobei, the thousands of dead soldiers, and the common people oppressed by the foolish and incompetent old emperor were all crying in pain, demanding their debts from him.
He told himself that he could not die, he must live, he must wait for a great hero to come and save the country and save these ordinary people who were still in dire straits.
He lived in fear and tread on thin ice all day long, dealing with the old emperor's stupidity and cruelty, but secretly recruiting soldiers and horses, openly repairing the plank road while secretly passing through Chencang, and secretly sending all those good soldiers and generals to the northwest.
When the news of the uprising came from the northwest, he breathed a long sigh of relief and knelt in front of the dozens of members of the Xiao family for a whole night. He polished his pole until it was shiny, his eyes were extremely firm and full of hatred.
He could finally do whatever he wanted without restraint, and this foolish dynasty was sent on its final journey by this treacherous man.
The next day, news came from the palace that the Regent Xiao Fengting was plotting a rebellion. At noon the next day, Xiao Fengting hung the old emperor's head on the wall and announced his ascension to the throne. From then on, Xiao Fengting successfully usurped the throne.
The rebels rose up in great vigour, under the name of clearing the court of corrupt officials, and rose up in rebellion from all over the country, pointing their spearheads directly at the capital, and taking the head of Xiang Shang, the damned Xiao Fengting.
Among them, the most powerful are the Northwest Uprising Army, the Zhou Family Army led by General Zhou's daughter Zhou Fu, and the 30,000 cavalry led by King Libei. Both of them have a close relationship with Xiao Fengting.
King Libei's father died because of a letter of advice from Xiao Fengting, and Zhou Fu's father died even more miserably. Just because he pleaded for King Libei, Xiao Fengting carelessly dragged him out and tore his body into pieces. He didn't even get to see the old emperor, and his body was finally thrown into a mass grave.
The two teams had a mighty force of no less than 100,000 men, and their spearheads were pointed directly at Kyoto where Xiao Fengting was sitting. Xiao Fengting was not in a hurry. He sat in the seat where the old emperor once sat and calmly arranged the troops. His decisive look reminded the ministers below that their majesty was once a hero on the battlefield.
It’s a pity that after the battle in Mobei, Xiao Fengting was the only one left in the Xiao family. It’s such a pity.
Xiao Fengting sat on the dragon throne and casually glanced at the ministers below, smiling nonchalantly.
According to his deployment of troops, within three days, the Zhou family army and the 30,000 cavalry of King Libei will be able to flatten the imperial city. By then, none of these aristocratic families, who are rotten to the core, will be able to escape.
The next morning, King Libei's cavalry broke through the city gate. The Zhou family army led by Zhou Fu attacked Huanglong and besieged the imperial city like an iron barrel. All the aristocratic families were tied up like pigs.
The next step is to go straight to the palace to capture Xiao Fengting and cut off his head to avenge his deceased father and soldiers.
"Your Majesty, the city has been breached." The young eunuch tumbled and crawled into the Xuanzheng Hall from outside. "Your Majesty, I know a secret passage. Please follow me, Your Majesty."
"They all ran away, why did you come back to save me?"
Xiao Fengting sat on the throne with a relieved look in his eyes and the determination to die, as if he already knew everything about what would happen today. However, he did not expect that at the last moment, there would be someone willing to risk his life to save him.
"Because I think you are a good person." The young eunuch knelt on the ground and said tremblingly.
Xiao Fengting laughed after hearing what he said, "Good person? That's interesting. How many people have called me treacherous, cruel, and unforgivable? You're the first one to praise me as a good person."
"You are a good person. You don't want to be like the old emperor who would beat and scold us and chop off our heads at every turn. You also told us to run for our lives..."
The young eunuch spoke incessantly, like pouring beans. Xiao Fengting had a headache listening to him. He sneered, raised his eyes slightly, and said nonchalantly, "I'm not a good person. You'd better run for your life. The army of the King of Libei will not be able to see clearly later."
"Your Majesty, I won't leave unless you leave. The palace is my home, and I'm not going anywhere." The young eunuch knelt on the ground and said stubbornly.
Xiao Fengting hadn't seen such a stupid little eunuch for many years. He was only thinking about himself, but he couldn't even remember who he was. He looked at him for a long time, but still couldn't remember, so he just let him go.
His name was no longer important. He waved his hand and said lazily, "Well, if you want to stay here, then stay. I'll leave you a talisman. When the Libei King sees it after the attack, he will spare your life. Then you can petition to go home. The palace is not a place for people to stay."
After saying this, Xiao Fengting stood up. The young eunuch hurried over to him and supported him, and he followed him.
He walked swiftly out of the Xuanzheng Hall in a few steps and headed towards the Imperial Garden. The young eunuch was somewhat delighted, "Your Majesty, you want to escape, right? My mother said that as long as you survive, nothing is impossible."
Xiao Fengting smiled lightly and said nothing. The stupid little eunuch didn't even know that he was going to die, and he was still serving in front of the emperor. However, this was somewhat like his own youth.
King Libei had already rushed over. He was tall and sitting astride his horse, looking majestic and heroic, with the demeanor of an absolute master. "Xiao Fengting, take another step forward, and I will shoot you into a hedgehog."
The young eunuch had already blocked Xiao Fengting's way, but Xiao Fengting chuckled and pushed the young eunuch away, his eyes slightly raised, "Prince Libei, you haven't got my abdication edict. Even if you kill me, you are still a traitor and your name is not legitimate."
"I am of authentic royal blood. This time I am here to purge the court. Who do you think you are? A traitor. Watch me kill you with one sword today." King Li Bei drew out his shiny sword, pointing the tip directly at Xiao Fengting.
Xiao Fengting was not afraid of him and said calmly, "You don't want the abdication edict, but you are interested in the imperial seal, right?"
"Without this imperial seal, I can't sit on the throne firmly, right?" When King Libei was at his most proud, how could he allow someone to threaten him like this, especially Xiao Fengting who was already a prisoner.
"You have been given the mandate by heaven and wish you a long and prosperous life. How could King Li Bei not be moved?" There was a smile in his deep eyes as he looked at King Li Bei without blinking.
"What are your conditions?"
No man in the world can refuse these eight words, not even King Li Bei is an exception.
Xiao Fengting raised the corner of his lips slightly, "It's very simple. Give the eunuch next to me a way out. He is the only one who knows where the imperial seal and the abdication edict are. He also has to send me to Yuxin Lake."
"What are you going to do at Yuxin Lake?" King Libei immediately became alert. Could it be that Xiao Fengting's men were hiding near Yuxin Lake?
"Go and die, and make room for the new king."
At this point, Xiao Fengting simply began to speak. With the new king on the throne, there was no reason for him, a defeated general, to survive.
He wanted to die with dignity. Yuxin Lake was the place he had chosen for himself. He had asked a Taoist priest to cast a spell there. After his death, his soul would be locked there forever, unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation and never be reborn. He had been waiting for this day for a long time.
A person as guilty as him has no face to see his parents or his dead soldiers. Such a wish in the next life is a blessing to him. A living devil like him should suffer torture for eternity, never enter the cycle of reincarnation, and never be reborn.
King Li Bei was also shocked by his words. He was a little dazed. He had been fighting with the man in front of him for decades and had never seen through him. But today he felt that he was a little different from the past. He seemed to be really going to die, and his eyes were very calm.
"Your Majesty!" The young eunuch knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Majesty, you cannot die."
Xiao Fengting pulled him up and said, "Get up and live well for the rest of your life. Whether you leave the palace or stay in it, remember that I gave you this life. Live well for me."
After Xiao Fengting finished speaking, he threw him down and walked towards Yuxin Lake with steady steps. Under the gaze of King Libei and Zhou Fu, he put his hair up again, stood on the boat, and laughed wildly at the sky and the earth, as if this was the real Xiao Fengting.
Before everyone could react, Xiao Fengting, who was standing on the boat, jumped into the water with a splash. In a few seconds, he sank without even struggling.
"His Majesty!"
The screams of the young eunuch beside him were heard, and the treacherous Xiao Fengting was dead.
"Go back to the city." King Li Bei and Zhou Fu said together.
The huge group of people turned around and continued to move towards the imperial palace. Xiao Fengting's era officially came to an end.
But when the new emperor ascended the throne, King Libei learned that King Libei had actually cleaned up the entire court in just less than a year, reduced the people's taxes, reformed the land system, emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, and rectified the power of the aristocratic families.
The soldiers he prepared for him also popped up like bamboo shoots. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers really scared the newly appointed emperor. If he had known that he had so many troops, he would never have dared to rebel.
He didn't know why Xiao Fengting left these things for him, nor did he know why Xiao Fengting wanted to die calmly. Perhaps only Xiao Fengting himself knew the answers to these questions.
The only thing he could do now was to work with his queen to govern the country they had conquered well, so that the people could live in peace and lead a prosperous life.
At the end of the movie, the young eunuch has become an old eunuch. He is now very old, and the emperor has shown special favor to him by finding him a house in the palace and arranging people to serve him. The only thing he is worried about is the old friend from Yuxin Lake.
He walked to Yuxin Lake with trembling steps and found a place to sit down. "Your Majesty, this may be the last time I come to see you. I hope everything is okay with you, and I am fine too. The current Emperor and Empress are a legend. They govern the country very well, and the people are..."
The movie ended with the old eunuch's nagging voice, and the story of the treacherous regent who was cursed all his life came to an end.
The audience sitting in the cinema were all crying, cursing and feeling heartbroken at the same time. The acting was really good.
[Suddenly, for a moment, I didn’t want Gu Chi to act so well. Give me back my tears!]
[This character is even more interesting than the male and female protagonists! ]
[The young eunuch cried so hard, even in his old age he still remembered the Emperor.]
[Help me, Xiao Fengting, give me back my tears! ]
[Sisters, be sure to buy a roll of tears before you go see this movie. I almost cried myself silly in the cinema.]
On the day of its premiere, the box office of "Phoenix Return" directly exceeded 1 billion, and exceeded 3 billion on the second day, setting a new record for Chinese historical films. The audience scolded Xiao Fengting while crying for him, and everyone also saw Gu Chi's superb acting skills.
This was such a great performance that the character was taken right out of the book, making everyone cry. It also gave a slap in the face to those who said that Gu Chi was just a vase with no acting skills.
Gu Chi did a really great job in this movie. His acting, lines and fighting scenes were all excellent and quite solid. He gave a satisfactory answer.
"Gu Chi! Good news! 'Phoenix Returns' has been shortlisted for this year's SKAAO Awards. You have a good chance of winning Best Actor!"
Zhou Jingxiong walked in excitedly and hugged Gu Chi. This was the first time that a historical film appeared on the international stage. Gu Chi really made him proud!
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