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Chapter 450 The Emperor is Ruthless
With the script polished, the actors in place, and funding abundant, Li Yu's new drama will soon begin filming.

By the way, the actor who played Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian is Chen Baoguo.

His role also has a relatively heavy part.

Because the timeline of this drama begins after the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Southern Chen and unified China.

The character of Yang Jian also has two completely different states before and after.

In the early period, he worked hard to govern the country and created the Kaihuang Reign, which is recorded in history and is a famous period of good governance.

It is said that emperors cannot live too long, and this also applies to Yang Jian.

In his later years, he became arrogant and complacent. On the surface, he cared about the people, but in fact, he cared more about his personal enjoyment.

In order to prevent others from imitating him and usurping the throne, he often displayed his unpredictable and cruel power.

If an official made a small mistake, he would have people fight against the ministers in the court. Hundreds of years later, Zhu Yuanzhang would call him an expert when he saw this.

What's even more perverted is that one time he felt that the people who beat the ministers were not cruel enough, so he killed the person in charge of the execution in front of all the court officials.

He did this with only one purpose, which was to intimidate his ministers, to establish his authority, and to prevent people from having the slightest thought of resistance.

Only a veteran movie star like Chen Baoguo could bring out the two sides of this complex emperor.

It is explosive enough to have two movie kings, Chen Baoguo and Fu Dalong, gathered in one TV series.

What’s even more exciting is that the actors who play the ministers and generals are all veteran actors with high reputation.

For director Li Yu, watching a bunch of powerful veteran actors perform on the set is a real pleasure.

Look, after a few days of normal filming, Chen Baoguo, who was getting into the groove, had already given Li Yu a surprise.

After the ground staff shouted three, two, one, start.

Chen Baoguo, wearing the emperor's regular clothes, sat in the main seat.

Chen Baoguo's acting skills are really strong, every look and every micro-expression is a drama.

The Yang Jian he played gave people an unfathomable feeling, and no one could see his thoughts from his face.

This was the effect that Li Yu asked him to perform.

Without a doubt, he gave Li Yu a perfect answer.

As for why it is 100 points, because the full score is only 100 points.

Chen Baoguo slowly spoke out the lines on how to execute the Yuwen clan in just the right tone.

The Yuwen clan was the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Yang Jian usurped the throne.

"How do you think we should deal with this?"

As Chen Baoguo spoke, his eyes swept across the faces of several actors who played the ministers.

A minister played by a veteran actor put forward his own suggestion, saying that the Yuwen clan should be killed.

This is the real Machiavelli.

Most of the time, political schemes are just that simple and crude.

The more complex a strategy is designed, the higher the probability of errors occurring during its execution.

This can be seen from the well-known story of the Three Kingdoms.

The eunuchs didn't need to go through so many twists and turns if they wanted to kill General He Jin.

He directly instigated the Queen, He Jin's sister, to issue an imperial decree for the general to come to the palace to discuss matters.

After they entered the palace and closed the gate, a group of eunuchs rushed forward and hacked to death the general who was in charge of the world's troops.

By the way, Tang Guoqiang, who played in the old version of “Three Kingdoms”, came to guest star in Li Yu’s new drama.

Tang Guoqiang played Zhuge Liang, a loyal minister who devoted his life to his country until his death, in the old version of "Three Kingdoms".

Since he came to make a guest appearance, Li Yu naturally had to assign him the role of a loyal minister.

"No! If Your Majesty listens to him, you will definitely make a big mistake."

The loyal minister Li Delin, played by Tang Guoqiang, gives people the feeling that he is dedicated to his work until his death, as soon as he appears on the stage and opens his mouth.

Unfortunately, the monarch he met in this drama was not Liu Bei, but Yang Jian, who was suspicious and guessing, and had already become arrogant. Tang Guoqiang made a convincing argument and explained why Yuwen should not be killed.

Many years ago, Tang Guoqiang was a pretty boy.

In that era, "creamy boy" was an insulting word.

Tang Guoqiang spent tremendous efforts to finally become a talented actor recognized by the people across the country.

He has a strong command of lines and it is a pleasure to listen to him deliver them.

The lines of hundreds of words spoken by him are powerful and full of emotion.

Director Li Yu admired Tang Guoqiang's performance very much.

This is what a real actor is.

Are those who say 1234567 to the camera worthy of being called actors? It is an insult to this profession.

Li Delin, played by Tang Guoqiang, has not changed. He is the same as before, a typical scholar who says what he thinks.

However, he was not good at guessing people's thoughts and did not realize that Yang Jian had changed after unifying the country.

In the past, the world was not unified and Yang Jian still had rivals. He had to remind himself all the time to work hard to govern the country, so he could accept the sharp advice from his ministers.

Now that the world is unified, he is immersed in the great prosperity that he has built.

To put it simply, you are too successful and you become arrogant.

"You are just a scholar, not qualified to discuss this."

There was murderous intent in Chen Baoguo's voice.

He exemplified what a ruthless emperor is.

Even if they were the ones who sided with him and gave him advice when he was in the most difficult time, or the meritorious officials who played a very key role in his usurpation of the throne, his consolidation of power, and the creation of a prosperous era, what about them?
If you oppose what he wants to do, he will immediately turn hostile and ruthless.

The emperor is ruthless and it is not just empty talk.

An emperor wouldn't even blink an eye when killing his own son, let alone a minister.

Of course, the character played by Tang Guoqiang will not be killed.

However, in the later plot, he was the one who was excluded and suppressed, and eventually died in depression.

This scene took more than two hours to shoot, and the final effect was very satisfactory.

Veteran actors are veteran actors, and every actor’s performance is great.

"Teacher Chen, you acted really well. Today's scene is the beginning of the change in Emperor Yang Jian's character. You played out the ruthlessness of the monarch."

Li Yu praised.

"I'm afraid I might be scolded after this drama is broadcast. Yang Jian was so wise in the early stage, but what he did in the later stage was so annoying."

Chen Baoguo shook his head and smiled bitterly.

“The Imperial Master’s Curse of the Golden Flower is not a good film, but his satire of the emperor’s family affairs is quite accurate.

Power alienates people, and once you become an emperor, you will be truly alone.

To him, his throne and power are the most important. Anyone who crosses this bottom line must die, including his own son.

I can only say that this kind of emperor is a real emperor, and Mr. Chen’s performance was very good.

It’s hard to say whether you will be scolded by the audience. Isn’t the Jiajing you play also a hypocritical and beastly emperor?
The root of the problem of the court's deficit lies with him, and the audience is praising your performance."

Li Yu commented.

Serious historical intrigue dramas are more selective with their audiences. Audiences who don’t use their brains to watch the drama may not understand what is going on.

Therefore, Li Yu believes that Chen Baoguo will not be scolded by the audience, but will only be praised by the audience.

Including Yang Guang, who becomes even more difficult to deal with later on, the audience will only scold the character and not Fu Dalong himself.

Of course, except for a very small number of extreme drama fans, Li Yu is talking about normal drama fans.

(End of this chapter)