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Chapter 794: Chapter 754: Shot all at Once_1

The audience was stunned!

From Jiang Yuyan’s transformation to her slapping the female protagonist, the audience had already been deeply attracted to this character.

Who wouldn’t love this perfect goddess who was compliant, gentle, and delicate around Qin Tiange, carefree and innocent in front of Yang Xiaofan, but could transform into a bloody and brutal antagonist for the sake of these two?

You should know.

Even though Jiang Yuyan transformed and started to act more ruthlessly, her actions were all targeted at villains.

And her interactions with the two main characters were all heartfelt.

Those feelings were all real——

Friendship towards Yang Xiaofan.

Love towards Qin Tiange.

However, it was this goddess of everyone, Jiang Yuyan, who killed a classic character equally loved and pupular in the original work. This left everyone’s minds blank for a moment!

“Ol’ Zhang is dead?”

“Jiang Yuyan kills even the good guys!”

“This is one of my favorite supporting characters besides the two protagonists! In the original work, Ol’ Zhang survived till the end, but now he’s dead?”

“Old rascal Chu Kuang! Give me back my Ol’ Zhang!”

“How could old rascal Chu Kuang do this? Ol’ Zhang didn’t have to die, why did he arrange for Ol’ Zhang to see Jiang Yuyan practicing, why did he let Yuyan kill Ol’ Zhang!”

“Dammit!”

“Hey, have you guys forgotten who Chu Kuang is? This old rascal has promised not to kill the protagonists, but ask him not to kill even the supporting role, aren’t you asking too much of him? His murderous intent is even heavier than Jiang Yuyan’s.”

…

After the collective shock, some audience cursed out loud, while some just laughed bitterly.

Some audience didn’t have much emotional fluctuations, even explained how helpless Jiang Yuyan was in killing Ol’ Zhang, after all, not everyone was deeply attached to Ol’ Zhang.

Anyway.

This plot twist didn’t affect the audience’s love for Jiang Yuyan, in contrast, all the hate went to Chu Kuang.

People are not mad at Jiang Yuyan, but at Chu Kuang for creating this plot twist!

In an instant!

All the audience were discussing “Yang Xiaofan and Qin Tiange”‘s recent episodes. Jiang Yuyan’s name was repeatedly mentioned, making the drama increasingly popular, and it even attracted people who weren’t initially interested.

The drama finally became a big hit!

Someone even edited a montage of Jiang Yuyan’s murders:

From her trembling hands unable to hold onto the knife at first, to later killing without even blinking an eye, letting the blood of the dead spatter onto her face…

The female killing machine had finally made her name!

Although Ol’ Zhang’s death had left the audience dumbfounded, Ol’ Zhang was after all a supporting character with not much screen time and so, the focal point of people’s discussion was not on this.

This was also related to the deep impression Chu Kuang left on the audience.

Some netizens teased:

“Don’t get too caught up in the excitement! Have you forgotten who the scriptwriter of this drama is? He is the infamous old rascal, Chu Kuang. If there aren’t any deaths, would that still fit his style?”

The old rascal’s style is all about deaths!

Compared to the popular characters the old rascal has killed before, Ol’ Zhang’s death was, after all, still acceptable.

Some even joked: “Ol’ Zhang died in place of the protagonists.”

The old rascal does not kill main characters.

So he killed a supporting character.

Some even teased that probably another popular supporting character will die later, as there were two protagonists in this drama, and it was unlike old rascal’s style to not kill two supporting characters if none of the main characters were to die.

…

The main creative team of the drama crew was also excited, Jiang Yuyan’s appearance really revived the drama. This level of internet discussion was totally unexpected and the ratings were through the roof!

“Let’s speed it up even more!”

The crew made a key decision to speed up filming and air the drama ahead of schedule.

This way they could charge on the video streaming website.

This was also a common way for Blue Star TV dramas to make money.

Now.

Lin Yuan quietly came to the outskirts of the drama crew to watch the filming.

He came with his System to provide the crew director and actors with accelerated filming.

In order to fully unleash the popularity of this drama and gather Prestige Value for Chu Kuang, they had to finish filming the remaining plot in one go. Four episodes a week were far from enough for Lin Yuan.

One day…

Two days…

Three days…

In the following days, the shooting team was operating at full throttle. The shooting efficiency was unprecedentedly high, the actors’ performances were surprisingly good, and the collaboration between departments was top-notch. No one could understand why the production was becoming smoother and smoother, as if the gods were helping speed up the shooting process!

“Damn it!”

“That was fast!”

“I have never witnessed such rapid progress, we shot nearly four episodes in a single day. This is a stark contrast to the previous gloomy atmosphere of the crew!”

No one knew.

Behind their speedy shooting, Lin Yuan was secretly exchanging a bunch of special props with the System.

Although the expenses made him wince, it was not only for Chu Kuang to harvest Prestige Value, but also for Lin Yuan to compensate for the huge hole that his adaptation of “Journey to the West” had caused in the television department.

…

Lancet was the original author of “Yang Xiaofan and Qin Tiange”.

His work had been adapted countless times. Initially, he had enjoyed seeing how his novel was being adapted, but after a while, he lost interest.

Bored.

Lancet had no particular interest in Starlight’s adaptation this time.

However, a few days ago, Lancet found out that the plot of this adaptation had been drastically changed, Chu Kuang had been employed to contribute, and both the viewership and discussion heat of the series had exploded!

It was actually popular!

His interest was immediately piqued!

After finding the series, Lancet binged the updated content. When he saw Jiang Yuyan’s debut and that Ol’ Zhang – a character he had carefully crafted in the original work – was killed off, Lancet was as dumbfounded as the other viewers!

Ol’ Zhang is dead?

Emotionally, Lancet found it hard to accept, but from a plot standpoint, there was nothing wrong with this adaptation, because Ol’ Zhang would indeed stop someone from practising the Devil Technique.

The conflict was not forced and logically made sense.

Not just this plot.

Everything from Jiang Yuyan’s introduction to the relationship setup with the two protagonists was flawlessly logical.

Jiang Yuyan experienced both love and friendship from the two protagonists.

Her father stood in opposition to the two protagonists.

Chu Kuang’s mastery of dramatic conflicts was absolutely brilliant, forcing even Lancet to admit that the adaptation was wonderful!

Chu Kuang, as expected!

Speaking of which.

Thinking about Jiang Yuyan killing the good man he created still tugged at Lancet’s heartstrings for no apparent reason.

This must be the natural emotion a writer has for his characters.

“I can understand, actually.”

Lancet convinced himself, choosing not to express his opinion on this matter, but to silently continue watching the series.

It happened to be a Saturday again.

He opened the video website immediately.

Huh?

When he opened the updates for this week, Lancet was taken aback.

A whopping thirty episodes of the show had been updated all at once, the kind you pay to watch, even including the grand finale!

“It’s finished already?”

Lancet, who was unaware of the shooting details, didn’t overthink it.

He found himself curious about how this series would develop from now on, especially since Jiang Yuyan’s appearance had completely disrupted the original trajectory of the original work!

Sunflower seeds.

Chips.

Coca-Cola.

Lancet casually swung an Erlang leg over the other, born ready for a binge-watch, and opened the updated content with great interest. He was determined to watch it till the end!

Meanwhile.

Audiences from different regions also noticed that this series had unexpectedly updated to its grand finale and were thrilled.

Nothing can bring more happiness than the opportunity to binge-watch your favourite series till the end!

Swipe, swipe, swipe!

Everyone started watching.

Lin Yuan, at home, after noticing that the video site had updated, was seriously pondering whether to disable the comment feature on Chu Kuang’s blog…

“Should be okay.”

In the end, Lin Yuan decided not to disable it, after all, he did fulfill his previous promise:

The two protagonists didn’t die in the end!