Qin Cheng skipped through the framework story from the "Setting Book".
Zheng Chunhua, Huang Shengjie, and Zhou Wanlin all looked slightly troubled.
This "Setting Book" is different from the "Jury Game", filled with many details, such as the daily life of the county high school homeroom teacher, who Gong Zheng’s deskmate and class monitor are, and the fact that county students mainly ride bicycles to and from school.
It’s absolutely impossible to read all the contents of the Setting Book in just 30 minutes.
Therefore, Qin Cheng chose to first narrate the general outline directly related to Gong Zheng, establish an initial strategy, and then refer to the relevant content in the Setting Book if there are any doubts.
The entire story outline is actually not complicated, but the problem is that it’s impossible to determine which information is useful and which is not.
If you only memorize the outline, any mistakes or omissions in the performance could lead to serious consequences;
But if you remember everything, the details are too many to be completed in a short time.
Zheng Chunhua is clearly the most stressed since he really has to go on stage and perform.
"What if I can’t remember all this? The rules seem to have a ’Liar’, who not only cannot violate their own Setting Book content but also cannot violate the content of other actors’ Setting Books, right?
"If I act incorrectly, I’ll be identified as the Liar, right?"
Qin Cheng reassured, "I think there’s no need to worry too much about this.
"The Setting Book will remain in the dressing room, so Uncle Zheng you should have plenty of time for further reading.
"Moreover, the rules only require not performing content that doesn’t match the Setting Book, but they don’t require performing all the content in the Setting Book.
"In other words, as long as you stick to performing only the information in the Setting Book, you won’t become a ’Liar’."
Zheng Chunhua nodded, feeling a bit relieved.
"So what should we do next?"
Qin Cheng thought for a moment, "First, let’s determine the core gameplay of this game and the collective strategy we need to adopt.
"Especially the actor part of Uncle Zheng."
In the game rules, it’s clear that the audience can only communicate with the actors during the preparation time before the game starts, and afterwards they can’t enter the actors’ dressing room.
This also means that either the community strategy is set and does not change or a community strategy that doesn’t require actor cooperation is set.
Qin Cheng continued, "First, we must be clear that this game is completely different from the ’Jury Game’ in terms of gameplay because from a rules perspective, there is clearly a ’unique determinate truth’ in this game.
"At the beginning, the entire script is in a finished state.
"The players’ goal is not to ’deduce possibilities’, but to ’figure out the truth’ like in a detective novel.
"The sooner we figure it out, the more of an advantage we have.
"The game ultimately determines rewards and punishments based on the number of questions answered correctly, so as long as we anticipate the truth ahead of time, we can answer all the questions correctly.
"Not only that, but we can also mislead other communities through the actors’ performance or the content of questions, allowing them to guess the wrong truth, making wrong choices.
"The ’Special Player’ in the game knows the key information from the beginning, so guessing the truth is easier, making it easier to mislead.
"But clearly, Uncle Zheng is definitely not one of them because this Setting Book doesn’t contain such information.
"In terms of game strategy, we can only adopt a defensive strategy, trying to guess the truth through the performances of other communities.
"Forcing a performance to mislead other communities is like using a good identity to do bad things, which might not be too good."
Huang Shengjie and Zhou Wanlin each nodded, agreeing with this statement.
Zheng Chunhua seemed anxious, "The key is, what exactly should I perform? It says to play freely based on the Setting Book, but I can’t think of which specific scene to choose.
"Also...which content from these Setting Books should specifically be performed?"
Qin Cheng thought for a moment, "We still don’t know what the staging will specifically look like, but any scenario related to the staging should work.
"Assuming the stage is set in the county high school, there are several ways to perform.
"For example, giving a lesson to Gong Zheng; calling Gong Zheng to the office for a talk; having a conversation with Gong Zheng and his parents when they come to the school; praising Gong Zheng as an outstanding student representative on occasions like flag-raising, and so on.
"Try to include all the key information you need to convey in this scene.
"My suggestion is to perform all the content that looks like key information, without any concealment."
Zheng Chunhua looked a bit conflicted, "Perform all of it?
"But there’s a problem, won’t this make it easier for other communities to figure out the truth faster? If we choose honesty while they choose concealment, and other communities have a better chance of guessing the truth than us, then that’s troublesome."
Qin Cheng shook his head, "The key lies in our identity.
"If you consider the normal players as ’Good People’ and the two Special Players as ’Werewolves’, then the 4 Good People should naturally be allies.
"Because the Good People’s goal is to figure out the truth, and the Werewolves’ goal is to cover up the truth.
"In this scenario, Good People must share information as much as possible to have a chance to win.
"If all communities with Good People identities think about hiding, this game won’t have any chance of winning.
"So, Uncle Zheng, you should try to convey all these key pieces of information in as few as three performances, ideally in the first performance.
"As for figuring out the truth and answering questions, those are things we, the audience, should worry about."
Zheng Chunhua nodded, "Understood."
Huang Shengjie scratched his head irritably, "This game is again about unfair identity confrontation. Why do two communities know the truth from the start, while we have no useful clues at all..."
At this time, the "Setting Book" had already passed into his hands.
But seeing the densely packed words, Huang Shengjie really didn’t know where to start, he could only skim through it roughly.
Lin Sizhi said, "It’s not entirely without clues.
"The character design in the script might contain some information itself."
Qin Cheng thought seriously for a moment, "The six roles are teacher, professor, supervisor, mediator, mother, lovers.
"Regarding the character design...Lawyer Lin, do you mean that the roles of teacher and professor have overlapped?"
Zheng Chunhua looked puzzled, "Isn’t that normal?
"I’m playing the teacher from the county high school.
"And the professor must be from a prestigious university.
"These two identities have a big difference."
Qin Cheng shook his head, "These two identities do indeed have a significant class difference, but both play the role of ’mentor’.
"This means there’s bound to be some homogenization in the performance.
"This game has only 6 different roles, each of which should be important. If it were me, with overlapping roles like teacher and professor, I would definitely consider swapping out or removing one.
"Of course, it might indeed be to make up numbers or to ensure the number of participating communities, but if not...
Zheng Chunhua suddenly realized, "Then it indicates that the identities of teacher and professor have a clear distinction and must both exist.
"This distinction might be the breakthrough."