I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 464, Li Yun Saves the Ratings of "Three Kingdoms"

The attitudes of the audience members of the "Old Three Kingdoms" drama group have also undergone subtle changes, especially Sun Yanjun, the actor who plays Liu Bei. He gave his own firm answer regarding the scene of the rise of Shu Han: Liu Hewei has the qualifications to win another Best Actor award based on this role and this scene alone.

In other words, in terms of the actor's role alone, Sun Yanjun has already approved of this "handover between the old and the new".

At least in terms of the role, he acknowledged the portrayal of Liu Bei in the new Three Kingdoms.

The others largely agreed, accepting this "handover" between the old and new generations.

Of course, most of the dissatisfaction stems from director Gao Xinxin's self-righteous humor; otherwise, there aren't many other issues to criticize.

Although some members of the original cast may be anxious about the possibility of being replaced, most people agree that this is the case.

There won't be many opinions. Perhaps, it will just be some sighs of vicissitudes.

The feeling of lamenting that a new generation is replacing the old.

The most complicated feelings probably belong to Tang Guoqiang and Zhang Beiguang. Their roles were played by the same person, which made them feel the least respected.

However, from the airing of the TV series to the present day, complex emotions have spread between the two.

The role of Lü Bu has been completely surpassed.

Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, was perfectly qualified. For one person to play two roles, it was absolutely an incredible feat. It really is a bit unbelievable.

It's impossible not to feel moved.

"Amazing! He became the most authentic Lu Bu. I didn't expect him to also achieve such great success in the role of Zhuge Liang. Contrary to our expectations, the two roles didn't seem incompatible. He truly mastered the craft through his acting skills. I admire him."

"You know, for a moment, I really wanted to be like those people, nitpicking and publicly condemning 'The New Three Kingdoms'," Zhang Beiguang said with a sigh. "For a moment, I really wanted to..."

The new Three Kingdoms is not perfect; there are many things that are inappropriate and worthy of criticism.

If you look at it with a magnifying glass, you can indeed write a lot about it.

"But you didn't do that," Tang Guoqiang said.

"Yes, I didn't do that, because if I did, it would be out of jealousy. To attack them out of jealousy is something my pride would absolutely not allow me to do." Zhang Beiguang smiled, seemingly facing the darkness within his heart with composure. His jealousy had reached its peak when he saw Lü Bu's triumph.

However, he never did it.

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves.

"He is better than me, at least in the role of Lü Bu."

"Hmm," Tang Guoqiang looked at Zhang Beiguang with a hint of admiration. Unlike the "Lu Bu" in the drama, he was a refined gentleman in real life.

Excellent, refined

"I never expected that this young actor would be on par with me."

Tang Guoqiang's assessment is probably that he is no less capable than himself.

Judging from the fact that he created such a classic character, this Zhuge Liang is no less capable than himself.

At least, maintaining this level in the end would mean being on par with the leaders.

"If I said that his role as Kongming was even better than Tang Guoqiang's, would you believe me?"

I don't believe it.

"Yeah."

Liu Hewei's conversation with Liu Shanhe was filled with distrust, even more so than Tang Guoqiang's. This seemed highly unlikely, as Tang Guoqiang was the actor who established the image of Zhuge Liang.

Like Lu Shuming's portrayal of Guan Yu, it became a fixed image in other people's minds.

There is a preconceived image.

No one else can create a 'classic' design that surpasses it.

However, Liu Hewei shook his head.

Just like Sun Wukong, there's the classic version by Liu Xiaotong, but there's also the version by Stephen Chow, which deeply resonates with people and leaves a lasting impression.

At least in Liu Hewei's view, Li Yun's Zhuge Liang has such charm.

At this moment, Li Yun was watching "New Three Kingdoms" and was immersed in it, reminiscing about the feeling of being Zhuge Liang.

With boundless confidence and high spirits, I believe that human will can overcome nature. I have the support of others and the advantage of location. Even if one element is missing, I still believe that human will prevail over nature.

at this time.

Li Yun felt as if he were there, as if he were in the midst of it all, recalling how Zhuge Liang, alone, entered Eastern Wu and debated with a group of Confucian scholars.

He cleverly persuaded Zhou Yu to join forces with him to fight Cao Cao. At the Battle of Red Cliffs, they borrowed the east wind, used straw boats to borrow arrows, and set fire to the chained ships, routing the northern army that was skilled in land warfare. In the midst of laughter and conversation, the enemy's ships and towers were reduced to ashes.

She and Zhou Gongjin gradually developed a mutual respect and appreciation.

On the city wall, we drink and chat, raising our cups to drown our sorrows.

But after parting ways, they became enemies again.

Zhou Yu was thoroughly outmaneuvered by Zhuge Liang.

"Why did Heaven create both Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang?" This famous line, passed down through the ages, is a poignant lament.

In later episodes, Zhou Yu was consistently suppressed by Kongming, losing to him every time. As a result, everyone, including the viewers, felt that Zhou Yu and Kongming must have had a terrible relationship, perhaps even being enemies.

At the very least, Zhou Yu must have hated Zhuge Liang.

That's how it should be, that's how it should be.

But before his death, Zhou Gongjin said that he did not hate Kongming. On the contrary, he greatly admired this wise man who was superior to him in wisdom.

His targeting of Kongming was not out of jealousy or hatred, but because such a talented person, if not on his side, would surely become a great threat to his lord in the future. His targeting stemmed from his recognition of Kongming, and even, perhaps, a mutual respect.

He didn't care about dying now, and only then did he reveal his feelings to Xiao Qiao.

"Alas, Gongjin, he died young. I was heartbroken to hear the terrible news."

Kongming, in mourning, traveled to the enemy's territory, to the land of Eastern Wu. He and Zhao Zilong attended a banquet there, where he was nearly killed, a risk he was well aware of.

If it were Zhuge Liang, a 'wise man' with extraordinary wisdom, he would certainly not have acted so irrationally.

At this moment, however, he abandoned the consideration of advantages and disadvantages and followed his own emotional side to mourn. Although there was also a reason to show Eastern Wu that he wanted to make peace and cooperate, in the end, his personal visit to mourn was his heartfelt wish.

Go and mourn this enemy.

My friend.

In a daze, Li Yun seemed to return to the mourning hall from that time.

As Zhuge Liang, when he went to mourn Gong Jin, his grief was palpable.

But if it happened again, they would still be hostile, and would still want to kill each other because they each served their own masters.

They are friends, and enemies; they are confidants, and mortal adversaries.

It's also a relationship of mutual respect.

Even now, when recalling that scene, Li Yun can still feel Kongming's pain.

Even in pain, after seeing off friends, we must continue onward, to follow our lord and fulfill his promise of a benevolent and virtuous future.

It's painful, but we must move forward.

The scene of Zhuge Liang mourning his father is a famous one, a scene from the old "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" where Tang Guoqiang was 100% immersed in the role.

Even now, Tang Guoqiang can't forget the scene back then, what it was like to have your heart bleeding, but you still had to move forward and couldn't stop.

Now, I'm experiencing that feeling again.

That kind of empathetic touch.

The emotions and thoughts expressed by the Zhuge Liang in the new Three Kingdoms are exactly the same.

This scene was no less impressive than Tang Guoqiang's.

Frankly speaking, it was truly astonishing that this young man, not even 30 years old, could portray Kongming so well. Tang Guoqiang stared in disbelief.

He is now.

I feel a sense of shared experience with Zhang Beiguang.

Zhuge Liang's life was mostly smooth sailing.

However, things wouldn't always be smooth sailing. Kongming, or rather, Shu Han's convenient route, led to the crossing of the river in white robes.

After Guan Yu's death, the fate of Shu Han took a sharp turn for the worse.

Guan Yu is dead.

His head was cut off, and his body was desecrated after death. For Liu Bei, this was absolute pain, a pain that made it impossible for him to think rationally.

Ultimately, their joint venture was burned down, resulting in a complete defeat.

The decline of Shu Han began here.

The deaths of his two brothers, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, extinguished Liu Bei's ambition to conquer the world. Or rather, loyalty and brotherhood had triumphed over his ideals for the world. Without his brothers by his side, his ambitions and ideals were no longer as firm. In the end, it was his own selfishness that prevailed over his ideals.

With a good script and a good role, he has his own ideals.

Liu Bei, the epitome of a benevolent ruler in my mind, was gentle and kind, devoted to the people and the country, and had ideals and great ambitions in his heart. That's why this big-eared scoundrel was able to gather the enviable "Five Tiger Generals" and Zhuge Liang to serve him and help him build his empire.

Although he was ultimately burdened by matters of the heart, he still lived up to his reputation for benevolence throughout his life.

Finally, Baidi City? When he entrusted his son to the Prime Minister, he was sincere; he truly wanted to entrust Shu Han and Liu Shan to the Prime Minister.

The orphan was entrusted to a guardian in Baidi City.

The last possessions of Shu Han were all entrusted to the Prime Minister.

There were no strange off-screen voices of "axemen" behind him. Everyone could see that Liu Bei's entrustment of Kongming was his true thought, a genuine entrustment of his unfinished ideals to Kongming.

Kongming is crying.

As he saw Liu Bei off, his heart trembled along with his acting.

His muscles, his pupils, his eyes—his flesh and blood, his soul—were all grieving.

He is now the most powerful person in the entire Shu Han state, possessing the power of 100,000 Shu Han soldiers and the power of the entire country.

Heading north.

Whether rational or not, that's the decision he made.

In the very end, the aged and frail prime minister, his steps faltering and his body trembling, issued his instructions step by step. His time had come to an end, and everyone could see it.

What was driving that old, frail body?

No one was surprised that Li Yun, a young man, could portray an old man so vividly; almost all viewers of the Three Kingdoms were completely immersed in the character's performance.

Even though everyone already knows the ending, they still can't help but keep watching and want to see what happens to this character.

The viewership ratings for Three Kingdoms tend to drop as the characters die off, a common problem with all works. When your favorite characters die and their fates become tragic, many viewers will choose to abandon the series.

The same applies to the old Journey to the West, which has always been at odds with the original.

When Tang Sanzang is really close to obtaining the Buddhist scriptures, the viewership ratings will inevitably decline.

The most popular chapters are undoubtedly the Three Battles with the White Bone Demon and the True and False Monkey King. After the White Bone Demon was defeated and the true and false Monkey Kings were distinguished, what the audience wanted to see came to an end.

"It seems the ratings are all going down..."

At this very moment, Teacher Liu was also paying attention.

From viewership ratings to the level of feedback.

It could be said that he was more concerned than the creators of the Three Kingdoms, as an outsider.

From initially not wanting the TV series to be good, he later became completely immersed in it. It has to be admitted that even he himself wanted to see the ending of the work and what his final outcome would be.

What kind of fate awaits the characters in this story?

Go and see them off until the very end.

Of course, life and work should be kept separate. On the internet, there has been no shortage of criticism of "New Three Kingdoms". He is also speaking out from his own perspective, nitpicking and finding fault.

The TV series "New Three Kingdoms" has indeed received mixed reviews, with an average viewership rating of around 4.9, which is not particularly bad. However, the problem lies in its large fluctuations. Some episodes have high viewership ratings, while others have very low ratings, and some of the hellish scenes are still being criticized.

The viewership ratings shouldn't have fluctuated much.

Teacher Liu already felt that the "New Three Kingdoms" project was probably not a success.

However, at this very moment, the ratings came out.

Zhuge Liang died at Wuzhang Plains. The show achieved a viewership rating of 5.9, the highest rating of the entire series.

It's 0.1 points higher than the highest single-episode rating of "The Old Three Kingdoms".

A small victory

Kongming died of illness at Wuzhangyuan, and from then on, the Shu Han, which was born with ideals, came to an end.

Those characters are still vivid in my mind, as if they were right before my eyes. They fought, they sacrificed, they died.

While here.

Even with his eyes closed, Teacher Liu could see the white-haired Kongming, who, on his deathbed, lamented, "Oh, heavens, why have you treated me so poorly?"

Bow down and die.

This character came to life, so much so that even Teacher Liu was moved to tears.

And at this moment

Zhuge Liang saved Shu Han and led it to power, but in the end, he could not escape the tragedy of fate and was left with only the sorrowful heavens, wondering why they treated him so poorly.

Kongming saved the Shu Han state.

And Li Yun.

It saved the ratings of the entire "New Three Kingdoms" series.

(End of this chapter)