I Became A Playwright In Medieval Fantasy

Male students, inspired by the wire-action stunts in Farewell My Concubine, repeatedly attempted the reckless feat of jumping from high windows of the academy's towers.

Though they laid out multiple layers of soft mattresses on the ground to avoid injury, it was a dangerous venture. A single misstep could easily result in a broken neck.

“Damn it! Another failure!”

“A man’s life is all about grit! We keep training until we get it right!”

“We'll live like Xiang Yu—conquering the world with nothing but a sword! Let’s gooo!”

These fools were the reason warnings like “Do not try this at home” existed.

Unlike with Admiral Yi, I’d deliberately avoided any localizations this time to enhance the exotic flavor of Farewell My Concubine. Names like Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Fan Zeng, and Han Xin were left in their original, unfamiliar forms. It might sound like a string of strange syllables to these medieval fantasy-worlders, but who cared? I just needed to deliver a dose of Orientalism that would blow their minds.

And, judging by the frenzy surrounding the play, it was a success. Farewell My Concubine’s overwhelming focus on sheer entertainment unleashed an almost dangerous level of dopamine and adrenaline on the audience. The play had taken over the campus, with Farewell My Concubine fever spreading like wildfire.

A quick glance at the campus message boards made that clear enough:@@novelbin@@

Rotten Melon Score Meter – Farewell My Concubine: 100%

"└ Why is Farewell My Concubine being underrated? It should be 200%, not 100%"
"└ You idiot, the max score is 100%. Go complain to the board administrator."
"└ So, when’s Part Two coming out? Someone hurry up and tell me, I can’t wait!"
"└ Fun fact: Farewell My Concubine saved the Rotten Melon board from complete chaos."

The first part of Farewell My Concubine covered Xiang Yu’s rise to glory. It followed him as he and his uncle rebelled, as he defeated Zhang Han in the Battle of Julu, entered Xianyang, and destroyed the Qin Dynasty. It culminated in the Hongmen Banquet, where Xiang Yu danced with a sword and drove his rival, Liu Bang, to the distant Shu region.

‘Of course, I toned down some of the more brutal parts for now.’

The scenes of Xiang Yu mercilessly slaughtering both soldiers and civilians, or the infamous Xin’an Massacre where he buried 200,000 Qin prisoners alive, were softened for the audience. Instead of focusing on the atrocities, I portrayed Xiang Yu’s harshness as a way to suppress rebellion through fear, punishing those who opposed him without mercy.