"All right, let's go!"
Jiang Du spoke with a beaming smile.
Chen Zhiyuan was still absorbed in what he had just said and failed to react for a moment.
"Where are we going?"
"To break the Fourth Wall, of course."
No sooner had Jiang Du finished speaking than he suddenly frowned, seemingly feeling some discomfort.
"But... how do we break the Fourth Wall?"
"There are plenty of ways. The moment we learned this was a movie, the advantage shifted entirely to our side." Jiang Du's voice was quiet, but it carried tremendous confidence.
For a moment, Chen Zhiyuan almost thought he saw Yang... no, the sense of security this Jiang Du gave him was even stronger than Yang's.
"The first thing we need to establish is the definition of the Fourth Wall," Jiang Du said as he headed downstairs. "Originally, performances took place on a stage. The sets generally had only three walls, leaving the front open for the audience to watch."
"The side facing the audience is considered the Fourth Wall. It doesn't exist, yet it is present throughout the performance. It separates the actors from the audience, preventing the actors from 'seeing' them and allowing them to become the people in the story."
"Fundamentally, nothing changed when performances moved to the screen."
Jiang Du spoke in an unhurried manner.
His explanation was fairly easy to understand. Chen Zhiyuan listened carefully and finally grasped the concept.
In other words, the Fourth Wall was an invisible wall separating actors from the audience. It was transparent to the audience but opaque to the actors.
Drama, film, and stage productions were supposed to create a convincing illusion. The audience knew they were watching a story, knew everything was merely a fictional performance, while the actors were enclosed within the Fourth Wall, living