You Asked Me to Write a Political Drama, So I Wrote Ming Dynasty 1566

Chen Yu wakes up to discover that he’s competing in a live-broadcast variety show where contestants write screenplays! The contestants have to write scripts based on prompts from the production team. When the team gives them the prompt [Political Intrigue], Chen Yu immediately thinks of Emperor Jiajing’s famous line: [My money! They take two million, I get one million, and I’m supposed to thank them?] [Yan Maoqing, you’re practically smoking!] And the Junior Grand Secretary’s line: [I’ll mess you up, you son of a!] So he promptly writes The Ming Dynasty in 1566! By the end, The audience is stunned! “I’d call this one of the finest historical scripts in all of China! If it were made into a show, I can’t even imagine how good it would be!” “Let’s be honest, the political intrigue in Game of Thrones is child’s play next to The Ming Dynasty!” “Chen Yu’s casting instincts are incredible, too. Chen Baoguo as Emperor Jiajing and Teacher Zhang Zhijian as the Junior Grand Secretary both feel like they’ve come to life!” Next, the prompt is [Tragic Heroism]. He puts pen to paper and writes: “Chief Qi: Go to hell, you goddamn heavens!”