After an impressive coronation ceremony, Xiao He successfully gained the approval of most of the crew.

Even the older generation who initially didn't like talking to Xiao He started to chat with him from time to time.

It was only at this point that many people belatedly realized that Director Qiu deliberately placed such an important scene at the very beginning in order to pave the way for Xiao He, establish his authority, and make it easier for Xiao He to work on set later.

So, Director Qiu, seemingly targeting someone, is actually supporting them!

Suddenly, no one dared to underestimate Xiao He anymore.

Xiao He's filming on set went very smoothly from then on.

However, perhaps because his outstanding performance inspired the scriptwriters on set, Xiao He would receive flyers from the crew before each shoot in the days that followed.

Flying pages: The act of temporarily modifying an existing script or adding new pages.

Unfortunately, the filming during this period mainly focused on the imperial court, involving a large number of dialogue scenes, and spanned nearly ten years. As a result, Xiao He not only had to change his look and makeup every few days, but also had to memorize a large number of new and old lines to the point that his brain was about to crash.

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During Emperor Chen's reign, he was known for his swift and decisive actions. Basically, once he made a decision, even if it was fraught with difficulties and required sacrificing the interests of some for the benefit of the majority, he would still execute it without hesitation.

Therefore, from the perspective of that time, he was more like a tyrant, stubborn and full of a strong desire for control, a true overlord in the court.

However, it must be admitted that many of Emperor Chen's choices were very correct.

He attached great importance to the military industry at the time, and forcefully promoted the development of metallurgy, casting, machinery and the artisan system, which led to the emergence of mechanized, standardized and large-scale production in the whole country under the impetus of the military industry.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Emperor Chen had lived a few more years, or if his descendants had persisted in carrying out this development direction, Daqing might have become the dynasty in history that came closest to the Industrial Revolution.

He had never witnessed the era of roaring machines, yet with a strong will to build a powerful army, he single-handedly propelled the dynasty towards a critical juncture of technological innovation and flourishing craftsmanship. He laid a crucial foundation for the development of the military industry in later generations, and many of the military industrial technologies he left behind even helped the descendants of the Chinese people, who had suffered numerous calamities, create one opportunity for counterattack after another, and provided more ideas for invention...

However, as later generations have commented, Emperor Chen was destined to be alone on this pioneering path.

Our predecessors had too narrow a vision to understand the epoch-making significance of the First Industrial Revolution in the later era. And those who come after us are standing on the answer of blood and tears, looking back, and can only lament the cruel fate that killed off the brilliant minds of those who were born.

The discussion of this part naturally became an important plot logic direction for the court scenes in "The Imperial Empire".

With numerous ancient sayings, classical allusions, and proper nouns, the production team, through the polishing efforts of later screenwriters, collectively created a unique image of Emperor Chen.

However, actors need to pay a tiny, huge price—

After memorizing his lines until his eyes were spinning, Xiao He slumped onto the sofa in the lounge and let out a long, lifeless sigh.

"I admire Emperor Chen more and more now."

In his opinion, Emperor Chen was too benevolent.

Although many later generations described him as an absolute tyrant, it does not mean that he was completely willful and turned the entire court into his own personal fiefdom.

On the contrary, Emperor Chen often considers the opinions of others and engages in debates in court to persuade others to accept his views. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

So, when he was "debating with the scholars" in the imperial court, Xiao He began to miss the days in the martial arts world when a disagreement would lead to a fight.

Only when he became him did Xiao He understand how difficult it was to become a wise and benevolent emperor for all time, and how to avoid dragging someone out and beheading them when their blood pressure spiked during a debate.

This Emperor Chen is really something else, he argues with you, argues with you, argues with you, and then argues with you again...

No, brother, am I not the emperor?

I'm the one who makes the decisions, so what are you all whining about? What? You're not listening to me? You're going against me? You have a problem with me? You're not convinced by me?

When he finished memorizing his lines, Xiao He only had three words in his mind—"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Kill them all! Kill those who disobey me! Kill those who don't listen to me! Kill those I don't like!"

"Hahaha, kill them all! Enough with the nonsense! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

After several days of filming, Xiao He's resentment was stronger than that of a ghost.

As he lay on the sofa, fantasizing about his tyrannical life, Xiao Chen didn't dare to approach. She could only carefully tidy up the props, afraid that Xiao He might get angry and have him dragged out and "killed."

Just then, Liu Rulan walked in.

Seeing the black, humanoid mist lying on the sofa, she almost thought she was seeing things. Only after waving her hand again did she finally realize that it was Xiao He himself lying there.

Liu Rulan:...

He couldn't help but laugh: "It's just a few more lines you memorized, it can't be that big of a deal."

"It's just a tiny bit! It's not that serious!"

The next moment, Xiao He scrambled up from the # Nоvеlight # sofa, his scarlet eyes glaring at Liu Rulan with a chilling expression, as if he would kill her if she said a few more words.

Perhaps it was the outburst of resentment that made it impossible to suppress the evil aura emanating from Xiao He. This time, even Liu Rulan was stunned by Xiao He's deep gaze. She took a weak step back, then coughed lightly and defended herself, saying, "It wasn't me who said it, it was Director Qiu who said it."

"Director Qiu?"

Xiao He gritted his teeth, unable to bear hearing that name at all.

Everyone says that the old man actually thinks highly of him.

But if you ask him, this old man is just pure evil!

Is all the pressure really on him?

Can't you see he's almost ruined?

“Yes, I really tried my best to persuade him.” Liu Rulan shrugged. “I just told him about taking leave at the end of the month, and he said he would reschedule my scenes for the next few days to make sure I could make up for the scenes I had to take during my leave, so that my leave wouldn’t delay the filming.”

"Are you... going to add more shows?"

Xiao He felt he really couldn't take it anymore.

Add more?

Even with the system's cheat codes protecting him, he couldn't withstand this kind of treatment!

He's already memorizing lines without sleeping, and they're even adding dialogue scenes for him. Does Qiu Zhenlong really think he's a genius with a photographic memory who can memorize lines after reading them only once?

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In fact, towards the end, Xiao He really couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to directly cheat and get a skill related to photographic memory.

But when the time came, Xiao He felt a little reluctant to part with it.

After a long period of accumulation, he has indeed managed to save up one million points again.

But... he still wants to use the remaining points to win a house!

Thinking back to his conversation with Liu Rulan during his last visit to Beijing, Xiao He wanted to test the system's capabilities and see if he could use another million points to draw a house in Beijing.

After all, in terms of skills, he doesn't have much ambition anymore. But if he were to use a million points to draw a crime base... where would the system's limit be?

If you do the math, it has to be a house worth at least hundreds of millions! And it has to be in a central location, even more luxurious than Director Zhuang's villa... When you get out of bed, the first thing you see is the ceiling, the second thing is the Forbidden City, and if you walk a few more steps, you can see a bunch of antique decorations... Oh ho ho!

Xiao He is probably the first person to be able to turn a crime system into a house blind box!

Hey, hehehe—

Xiao He tilted his head back, completely forgetting the hardship of memorizing his lines, and began to indulge in wonderful daydreams.

Xiao Chen was horrified: "Oh no, Sister Liu! Brother Xiao has gone crazy from memorizing his lines!"

Liu Rulan glanced at him, twitched her lips, and said with great pity, "Don't worry about your brother Xiao. He's been like this a lot lately. He'll be fine in a little while."