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Suddenly, the TV screen was once again dominated by advertisements.
At this moment when everyone was taking a break, the people in Edward's tavern were surrounding Du Lin and asking him about the next story on TV.
After all, although most of the people here are actors who have participated in the movie, even as actors, they basically don’t know what happened after "Fullmetal Alchemist".
Except for the first three episodes, the entire story currently only exists in Du Lin's mind.
When faced with everyone's inquiries, Du Lin strictly adhered to the "three no" principle: don't know, don't be sure, and don't disclose.
To put it simply, you can ask as many questions as you want, and I lose if I can’t answer them.
Faced with Durin's almost completely invulnerable attitude, everyone's initial enthusiasm quickly faded, and they began to talk about the current content of "Fullmetal Alchemist".
"This story is really unique. How did you come up with it, Du Lin? I really want to pry your head open and see what's inside!"
Helena made her comments immediately. She always liked to criticize Du Lin after a movie was made.
In response, Du Lin ignored her meaning and said thoughtfully:
"Although there haven't been any problems with the current filming, there will still be many difficulties in the future. There are even a few major scenes that are a bit tricky for me. Perhaps I need to discuss with His Majesty the King to use part of the country as a filming location."
"you mean?"
On the side, the Duke of the South took the initiative to ask questions. He liked the role he played in the movie very much, so he was very concerned about things related to the filming.
In response to the other party's remarks, Du Lin just smiled and replied:
"It means that the size of the filming location may be expanded in the future. If necessary, we may need to use the entire empire as a filming location."
"The whole empire?"
Hearing Du Lin's words, everyone at the scene was slightly surprised. After all, such a large scene had obviously exceeded the limits of their imagination.
And Du Lin did not continue on this topic, and instead said:
"By the way, do you have any questions about the roles you are going to play? If you have any questions, you can ask me."
The Duke of the South was the first to say that he had no objection to Durin's words. He liked his role in the movie very much, and even after the filming was completed, he was reluctant to take off his blindfold.
Faced with this, Daphne even came to advise Du Lin, asking him not to add any more strange roles to her father, otherwise it would be all over if the other party really turned into a weirdo.
Except for the Duke of the South, Roy and Dean Hohenheim were very clear about the roles they were to play and did not care at all.
Dean Hohenheim was somewhat reluctant about having to play two characters with completely different personalities, but since he could use magic to shoot a mirror image, he was not completely helpless.
As Scar hasn't had a chance to play yet, he doesn't have any ideas for the time being. Maybe he's a little nervous.
After all, with his otaku personality, he was a little nervous about suddenly appearing as an actor in front of the general public of the empire.
Afterwards, Durin's brother Al expressed the difficulty he had in playing the role of Alphonse, because Alphonse's main appearance was a huge pile of steel, so every time he was controlled by Leticia through soul injection.
Of course, Al didn't mind the transformation of his soul. He just felt that it had too many side effects. Every time he transformed back, he would misjudge his height and body shape. Several times he would do splits while walking.
In this regard, Du Lin could only offer words of comfort and then tell the other party that this was a necessary sacrifice for being an actor.
After all, we are professional actors and we must have professional responsibility. We can't just stand there and complain for a long time just because we got a little skin scraped.
In order to capture the desired state, Du Lin forced himself to wear robotic arms and legs.
Of course, the mechanical arms and legs are just the appearance. In fact, the hands and feet inside are imitated by body shape changes and are just shrunk.
After making so much effort, Du Lin can be said to have put a lot of effort into this film.
While Du Lin was communicating with everyone, Wen Li at the side could not help but speak up:
"Lord Edward, is it really appropriate for me to be the heroine? Let me..."
Before Wen Li finished her words, Du Lin interrupted her and said with a smile:
"Of course it's suitable. Or rather, it has to be you, and only you!"
Faced with Du Lin's serious look, Wen Li fell silent.
But soon, she nodded vigorously and said with a smile:
"Then I will definitely do my best!"
"Oh, I must be the best heroine!"
Du Lin responded with a smile, while also cheering himself on in his heart.
This time, I must do my best to play a perfect Edward!
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Soon, in front of televisions across the empire.
After all the audience had gone to the toilet as needed, eaten and drank water as needed, and everything was gradually ready.
As the audience's patience was almost worn out, the scene of "Fullmetal Alchemist" finally reappeared on the TV screen, which meant that the third episode was finally about to begin!
Chapter 570: The Philosopher's Stone!
Chapter 570
Under the gaze of everyone in front of their televisions across the Empire, the third episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" slowly unfolds.
On TV, after Edward gained the status of a state alchemist, he and his brother Alphonse set out on a journey to find the legendary stone, the Philosopher's Stone.
According to legend, the Philosopher's Stone is a supreme treasure, also known as red liquid, philosopher's stone, stone of heaven, great alchemical elixir, red ultimate substance, fifth entity...
Just one of them can bring endless energy, which can be used to perform all alchemical syntheses and create various treasures.
After learning about this prop, Edward decisively tried to look for it everywhere. After all, he and Alphonse lost their right hand, right foot and body due to the equal exchange.
It would be impossible for the two of them to take it back through ordinary equal exchange. They must use this legendary stone to generate it.
So, the two took a train to a country town, hoping to find clues about the Philosopher's Stone.
During this time, they were having dinner in the village restaurant, and Alphonse accidentally broke the restaurant's radio.
To this end, he immediately used alchemy to repair it.
This shocked the villagers, and as always, they thought Alphonse was the legendary Fullmetal Alchemist, causing Edward to go berserk.
Afterwards, the two brothers learned about Bishop Cornello from the villagers. They said that Bishop Cornello came to this village a few years ago to popularize faith among the villagers, and performed various miracles in the process, even resurrecting the dead.
Edward naturally didn't believe such a suspicious person.
Afterwards, the two brothers came to the church gate and found that many villagers had gathered there to watch the bishop's ceremony.
During this period, Edward discovered that the miraculous power displayed by the bishop completely ignored the alchemy law of equivalent exchange and converted unequal objects at will.
This made Edward suddenly realize that the other party was very likely to have the legendary Philosopher's Stone!
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"The Philosopher's Stone! It sounds like a powerful thing!"
"A stone that can create everything, does this thing really exist?"
"It sounds scary."
"I think the two brothers just wanted to try their luck."
"But it seems that the two of them really met. The ability displayed by the bishop was obviously not ordinary alchemy."
"Is there really such a thing as the Philosopher's Stone?"
"… "
All at once, the opening of the third episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" immediately attracted the attention of all viewers.
Whether it was the existence of the Philosopher's Stone revealed in the story or the village that the two Edward brothers went to, the audience showed curious looks.
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The story on TV continues to develop under people's attention.
The brothers Edward and Alphonse came into the church when the crowd dispersed, and found a girl praying there.
The girl seemed to hope that someone important to her could be resurrected.
Edward stepped forward and refuted her idea directly.
He simply took out his old alchemy notes and read out the formula for human alchemy that he had tried when he was young. He showed complete contempt and doubt about the nature of human beings, and concluded that the resurrection of the dead was impossible.
The girl objected to this, saying that Edward's words were blasphemous and disrespectful.
Edward said calmly:
"So-called alchemists are people who pursue the truth. They cannot believe in any creator or god. After all, the so-called god may just be a more powerful creature. Alchemists want to uncover the principles of the world and pursue the truth! In a sense, alchemists who least need gods are actually the closest to gods. This is really an ironic fact."
After hearing what Edward said, the girl still did not agree at all. She thought he was too arrogant and even wanted to be on par with gods.
Edward did not pay much attention to this, but just asked the other party to meet Archbishop Cornello of the church.
When Archbishop Cornello heard the news, he immediately thought of the Fullmetal Alchemist's identity and showed a troubled look.
Finally, he asked the girl named Rose to invite Edward and Alphonse to an empty room. As soon as they arrived, several soldiers rushed out and controlled the two.
Rose was very flustered about all this, but Edward and Alphonse were well prepared and subdued the soldiers around them in one go.
Then, Bishop Cornello slowly appeared and said loudly:
"Welcome to our holy order, Fullmetal Alchemist. I apologize if some of the faithful have acted too hastily."
This seemingly upright bishop spoke in this way, and for a moment he shocked the whole audience.
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Seeing this villain-like guy in the third episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist", the audience in front of the TV immediately showed disgust.
After all, there is a strong sense of deception in the bishop's behavior.
But at the same time, people are curious whether the other party has the real philosopher's stone.
If the so-called Philosopher's Stone is really a strange existence that can realize the transformation of all matter, then it would be easy to cure the bodies of Edward brothers, and it might even be able to revive the dead and resurrect their mother.
At the same time, many church members frowned when they saw this scene on TV.
After all, the priest portrayed on TV seemed to be trying to discredit their church. Although Du Lin's TV movies so far have already criticized the feudal and superstitious church hundreds of times, none of them were as direct as this time.
The words that the protagonist Edward said to Rose can almost be said to have directly trampled on the essence of the concept of religion, and even because it was not satisfying enough, he whipped her severely a few times.
This can be a very unpleasant experience for these religious people with strong beliefs.
But no matter how slow it is, you still have to watch the movies you should watch.
In a sense, these religious people themselves have already had their concepts destroyed by the various TV and movies that Du Lin is making nowadays. They have gradually changed from their previous blind faith to some rational thinking now.
Some changes happened unnoticed a long time ago.
Under the dual influence of internal and external pressures, the empire's religion has long been due for a reshuffle. These days, no topics related to religion are heard at all, which may be enough to prove that these influences have actually occurred in private.
Chapter 571: The three-episode broadcast ended, and the audience was shocked!
Chapter 571
Under the eyes of all the audience, the plot of the third episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" continues to develop.
Edward was not fooled at all by Bishop Cornello's words. He acted very indifferent and believed that the other party was using alchemy to deceive the villagers.
In response, Bishop Cornello decisively demonstrated his abilities, saying that this was not alchemy, but a power called the power of miracles.
Edward directly exposed the other party's lie, saying that he must have a treasure called the Philosopher's Stone in his hand.
After hearing Edward's words, Bishop Cornello did not waver at all and ordered Rose to shoot Edward.
Rose naturally didn't dare to do so, so Bishop Cornello used words to make him waver, and eventually the gun accidentally went off, hitting Alphonse's helmet.
All of a sudden, Alphonse's head fell to the ground, and the empty body inside was exposed to everyone.
Seeing this scene, both Rose and Bishop Cornello were shocked. They didn't expect that Alphonse was not a living person.
So, the panicked Bishop Cornello immediately released the terrible synthetic beast from the cage, intending to let it kill Edward and his brother.
Edward didn't care about this at all. He created a spear out of thin air and demonstrated the power of his mechanical arms and legs in the battle with the synthetic beast, knocking it to the ground.
Upon seeing this scene, Bishop Cornello immediately realized the situation of the two brothers and mocked them for overestimating their own abilities by performing human transmutation and trying to resurrect the dead.
Rose was horrified to hear these words, because she joined the church just to resurrect her lover.