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Lin Yuan has decided how to revise the script, but he needs to rewatch the aired episodes of "Yang Xiaofan and Qin Tiange" to gain a more precise grasp of the show.

Sitting in front of his computer,

Lin Yuan finds the series.

He spent the whole morning watching all twelve episodes that have been aired.

Viewing it at triple the speed is very practical.

The plot is similar to what Lin Yuan remembered from his childhood.

Yang Xiaofan and Qin Tiange are the two male protagonists of the series.

The former being unfettered and humorous, vivacious in character, and possessing a face that draws viewers in.

The latter, however, is the archetypical cold-hearted handsome man in an ancient costume, lethal to the girls, oozing an unruly charm.

The background setup is quite interesting as well.

Both male protagonists are blood brothers who were separated when young and taken in by two different factions...

Feels remarkably familiar.

On Earth, there is a representative piece by Gu Long named "The Peerless Twins".

The novel also focuses on two male protagonists, known as Little Fish and Hua Wuque.

The work of Blue Star's martial arts author, Lancet, can be considered Blue Star's version of "The Peerless Twins".

Both works seem to be carved from the same mold.

Sharing the dual protagonist setup, the character designs of Yang Xiaofan and Qin Tiange are also very similar to Little Fish and Hua Wuque.

Lin Yuan, however, was not particularly surprised about this.

In different times and spaces, there would always be similar sparks of inspiration colliding.

Just like when he originally planned to make a superhero movie, thinking he was the first one to break new ground, yet he found out that Blue Star already had the concept of superheroes.

This is pretty normal.

As for the reason why the series had poor ratings, Lin Yuan could summarize it through bullet screen comments and reviews.

It's not a problem with the series itself.

The actors are indeed very good, handsome male leads, beautiful female leads, and their acting skills are commendable.

Even their costumes and props are not a problem. Starlight had invested quite heavily in this series, ensuring quality production.

Yet, the series' ratings are still not good.

The reason being, the series lacks originality.

On Blue Star, "Yang Xiaofan and Qin Tiange" has been remade countless times before, and all the characters and plots in the series are already familiar to viewers!

This lead to viewers not having any sense of anticipation after watching just a dozen episodes.

Even if some minor adjustments were made to the original plot, viewers still felt it tasted too familiar.

Lin Yuan knows this situation all too well.

On Earth, Jin Yong and Gu Long's martial arts dramas have been repeatedly remade, raising the viewers' threshold for watching, hardly causing any emotional fluctuation easily. No matter what the protagonist does in the plot, the viewers could tell what would happen next.

This is because everyone is too familiar with the storyline, even having watched it dozens of times.

What will certain characters do in the story?

The viewers can predict it themselves!

Therefore, no matter how exciting the original plot is, after watching it dozens of times, viewers will certainly not be impressed anymore.

"This cannot go on."

After watching the series, Lin Yuan reads through the subsequent scripts again.

According to the screenwriter's intent, the upcoming plot will still follow 90% of the original storyline.

If things go on like this, the series will definitely flop!

The only way to save the series is to significantly revise the script!

This will make the subsequent plot unpredictable and raise viewers' expectations for the revamped version of the script!

That's the only way to revive "Yang Xiaofan and Qin Tiange"!

But how to make such significant changes?

The System has already provided a clear hint.

Think about how Wang Jing dramatically revised "The Peerless Twins"?

In the remake of "The Peerless Twins", Wang Jing created an original female character.

This woman, Jiang Yuyan, adores Hua Wuque.

After Jiang Yuyan's mother died, she was bitterly abused by her stepmother, and even the servants at home would beat and kick Jiang Yuyan, making her sleep in a pigsty.

Jiang Yuyan's father, intimidated by the power of her stepmother's family, did not dare to speak up.

While he is a renowned righteous martial artist out in the world, at home he is utterly spineless.

In the end, Jiang Yuyan is even forced by her stepmother to slash her own mother's memorial tablet with a knife.

Up to this point.

Everyone feels heartbroken for Jiang Yuyan!

Too tragic!

A soft girl as beautiful as a flower, nearly driven mad by torment!

This was her body, personality, and even her soul's dignity being repeatedly trampled upon by the villains!

As a result, Jiang Yuyan turned dark.

She began to seek revenge obsessively, relying on her extraordinary intelligence to continually grow stronger, and finally succeeding in her revenge!

But that wasn't all.

She even became the final boss of the TV series!

All those who stood in her way were killed directly or indirectly by her, including numerous beloved classic characters from "Proud Twins"!

This woman had gone mad with killing!

She even aspired to become an empress!

The ending, of course, was predictable.

In the final episode of the TV series, Jiang Yuyan was killed by the combined efforts of Little Fish and Hua Wuque.

After all, the main characters were the dual male leads.

It can be said that the direction of this drama has completely deviated from the original work.

But it is precisely Wang Jing's drastic alteration that made "Little Fish and Hua Wuque" stand out among numerous martial arts remakes at the time!

The ratings exploded!

Crushing everything else in the same slot!

The discussions were intense!

Judging by the performance of all other classic martial arts remakes, this drama created a miracle, a miracle of drastic alterations!

There were even people joking about it:

This series should be renamed "The Legend of Jiang Yuyan".

Or simply rename it "Empress' Legend" and be done with it!

And because of this, Jiang Yuyan became the childhood trauma of countless millennial audiences.

Those who watched the series still couldn't forget this woman who annihilated all the other characters, leaving only the title of the drama years later.

Here, we have to digress a bit.

Wang Jing is truly a genius in some ways.

He's the kind of director who can play with film and television, whether it's movies or TV shows, with the purpose of making money.

Prolific in producing bad films!

But also not lacking in classics!

His filmmaking is so spontaneous, truly unconventional.

You should know that the script for "Little Fish and Hua Wuque" was originally filmed according to the original work. But because the character Jiang Yuyan was too outstanding, he decided to add more scenes for this character on the spot!

Ordinary directors wouldn't dare to play like this.

Wang Jing dared. He's really good at portraying women.

By continually adding scenes, he forcibly made Jiang Yuyan the female lead, and not the purely auxiliary antagonist. Jiang Yuyan's transformation made this character complex and contradictory. Even till the end, some people still felt sympathy for her.

Was Wang Jing remaking the martial arts drama "Proud Twins" with two male leads?

He was clearly filming a drama with Jiang Yuyan as the main character, one big female lead drama!

Having said that.

Lin Yuan's intention is already very clear.

He wants to make "Yang Xiaofan and Qin Tiange" experience the terror of being dominated by Jiang Yuyan!

Kill, kill, kill, kill!

Under Lin Yuan's pen, a swath of classic characters from the original novel were destined to die at "Jiang Yuyan's" hand. Audiences will surely be thrown into existential crises after watching this.

Too ruthless!

This is exactly why Lin Yuan couldn't help but summon Chu Kuang. This kind of thing really needed an expert to handle.

Xian Yu is still a child.

Shadow would never be so excessive.

Bloodthirsty and ruthless matters were better left to Mr. Chu.

Chu Kuang recently happened to be free, and he was widely seen as a heartless God of death.

Killing Biyao was a piece of cake, even Poirot wasn't spared. He even almost killed Sherlock Holmes. Chu Kuang could be considered the first person in Blue Star's healing literature...

Chu Kuang: ???