Chapter 7: Chapter 7 Hi, Everyone (Please Favorite, Please Recommend)
Li Siming stared blankly at the screen!
Chen Jianbin---Emperor!!
What is this, Legend of Zhen Huan 2.0?
Or is it some unaired part of the TV series?
But the images and content I've seen in these two or three hours...
No, no, no...
Li Siming shook his head violently!
An inconceivable answer had already faintly emerged, but reason refused to believe it, and he wasn't alone; weren't the other 107 people in the live stream the same?
Li Siming turned on the barrage of comments, and in an instant, it was overwhelmed by a sea of exclamation marks and question marks!
Bits and pieces of questions and discussions, those were the parts he was utterly puzzled about, until he inadvertently saw the name of the live streaming room and the brief introduction to the title!
"Spirit Live Streaming Room---Live streaming the mysteries of ten thousand realms, appreciating the splendor of the vast world..."
Suddenly, a chill developed at the base of his spine, then spread like lightning, and finally shot straight into his brain!
............
Li Xu hadn't seen the Emperor's face, but he had seen the other main character on the scene.
First Attendant Chun!
A delicate, innocent, and naive girl in apricot-yellow palace attire.
Barely fifteen or sixteen, very youthful, youthful like a middle school student.
But that's not the point.
The point is, this First Attendant Chun bore a 90% resemblance to the actress he had seen on TV!
Such a discovery quickly reminded him of the settings he had written down by hand.
A type of space that collects The Wishes of All Beings, generating worlds based on the public's definitions, cognitions, and impressions of fantastical things!
Just like when people think of Huang Rong, the first reaction is Barbara Yung from the '83 version of Legend of the Condor Heroes. For most people, this image is the most intuitive and profound, and therefore, if the world of Legend of the Condor Heroes were to be manifested by the live streaming room, then Huang Rong's image would be foreseeable.
The world Li Xu was experiencing was similar.
But why 90% and not 100%, not a perfect match?
The answer is simple!
It's because the cognition of him, the streamer, exerted some influence... Oh, no, it should be that a small group of people like him had some influence.
Li Xu had read the original novel of the TV series, and not just once.
Because of his fondness and profound impression, he harbored aversion toward the television adaptation of the novel; he couldn't muster the interest to sit in front of the TV even during its prime.
Reading a novel is to follow the protagonist to experience his world, encounters, and his joys and sorrows, especially those classics that deeply immerse us and leave us with a thrilling experience. We involuntarily conjure up an illusory world that best fits our imagination according to the book's descriptions, forming our own cognition and definitions!
What a certain scene should look like, what a certain character should look like, and so on.
The deeper such cognitions and definitions are rooted, the less likely they are to be redefined or changed.
Therefore, Li Xu never watched the television series version of Legend of Zhen Huan completely, even during its heyday, even when every channel on TV was broadcasting it.
A fine classic of an imaginary dynasty's inner palace, stiffly adapted into a market-pleasing drama with pigtails!
The young and handsome emperor turned into a middle-aged Uncle Version of Emperor Yongzheng, and even Yongzheng was an innocent victim, forcibly "cuckolded" countless times!
In the end, Zhen Huan became Empress Niohuru and, in a bloody twist, became Emperor Qianlong's foster mother?
There were many more such ridiculous points, and Li Xu was overwhelmed by them!
It's certain that Li Xu's situation was not unique. Though the original novel's audience could not compare with the TV drama version's, there were still many people like Li Xu who managed to have an influence at this time!
Therefore, the current First Attendant Chun only bears a 90% resemblance to the actor from the TV drama.
Younger in age, more delicate features, prettier appearance, and an air of greater purity, innocence, and naivety.
And then there's the current Forbidden City, or more accurately, the emperor's inner palace, which has become somewhat unrecognizable, because in reality, this part is rarely opened to the public and there has been no deeply entrenched perception or impression formed among the general public.
But, to what extent did his own changes or so-called corrections play a role?
Li Xu pondered this.
He didn't know yet that even a 90% similarity was already shocking enough to completely blow the minds of the people currently watching the live stream.
Were those celebrities and actors so bored out of their skulls that they all decided to participate in this live stream?
Was the production company so flush with cash that they wanted to burn it for fun, hence this grand scene?
Okay, even if they all went mad together, they couldn't achieve this extent, could they?
"Xiao Lu Zi, what are you spacing out for? Don't want breakfast?"
"Oh, oh, coming, coming..."
"Be careful, it must be cleaned before the noble ones wake up!"
"Yes, yes!"
Li Xu swung a broom taller than himself, sweeping a secluded path.
Jade Screen Palace was a vast palace complex, with the main hall, side halls, and annex buildings covering an area that could easily be compared to the residential community where he lived. Inside the red palace walls were gardens, rockeries, lakes, flowing waters, galleries, pavilions, little bridges... everything one could think of, and there were countless such winding paths.
To keep it in pristine condition required a great many eunuchs performing miscellaneous duties like Li Xu. And to think, this was just one of the palaces, and that was when the main hall wasn't even in use. One can imagine what the scale of the entire imperial palace was like.
It was like a small city and not at all exaggerated to say so.
Could a TV drama represent this scale?
Could not!
So why did it appear?
Quite simply, because it was true to reality and conformed to public perception!
Li Xu became distracted again until a proud peacock strutted past him and haughtily gave him a look.
"Damn beast, I'll pluck all your feathers off one day and see how pompous you can be!"
As an eunuch in charge of miscellaneous duties, Li Xu was definitely unqualified. The other little eunuchs had already moved on to the rockery at the corner while he was still dawdling on the spot.
He looked around and, seeing that there was no one nearby momentarily, dragged the broom into the shade of trees next to him, carefully looked around, then turned back eagerly.
The barrage of comments continued to roll, Li Xu's image was still obscured, but it no longer had the momentum of a waterfall. As soon as he turned around, the barrage briefly paused, and then plunged back into the previous frenzy.
Visitor count: 1181... Spiritual power collection: 0.1nt/minute, mental power reserve: 149.85nt...
Live stream duration: 9 hours 32 minutes, return countdown: 27 minutes 46 seconds...
Li Xu smiled and then wrote this on the ground with the big broom: Hi, everyone!