The simple play filmed in the street square of Saint-Sunil was played on Gawain's desk, and it had been repeated for the second time.
Amber blinked and looked at the funny drama projected in the crystal, his amber eyes looking full of interest.
During the entire playback process, for more than ten minutes, Gawain did not say a word - but his eyes did not leave the magic device on the table for a moment.
His Majesty the Emperor's silence and the seriousness of the surrounding atmosphere made the young playwright from Barron very nervous. He had stopped telling his story long ago and was just waiting uneasily in silence, as if he was not. Showing off his proud creation, he is waiting for a judgment.
The ups and downs of thoughts in Gawain's heart gradually calmed down at this moment.
This is a film and television drama moved to the Magic Network terminal. It is the prototype of a movie. It is something he has imagined but has not had time to realize until now.
What does the establishment of the Magic Network broadcasting system mean? I am afraid that no scholar or philosopher in the current era can accurately calculate and summarize all the meaning it represents. Even Gawain himself can only say in general that "it will change the entire world" - but one thing is without doubt Yes, Magic Network Broadcasting is a carrier that can rapidly disseminate massive amounts of information. Its role is not just as simple as daily communication, the release of information by the Government Affairs Department, and the release of advertisements by big businessmen.
It can assume the responsibility of the spiritual needs of the new era - when Cecil people can have enough food and clothing, when basic reading and writing skills are no longer the privilege of nobles and businessmen, when people After they are no longer satisfied with basic survival and monotonous entertainment, they will definitely pursue something more advanced.
As a "experienced person", Gao Wen fully understands the significance of this "spiritual need".
But human energy is limited after all, and Gao Wen, the satellite expert, is no exception. The projects that the Government Affairs Department can promote at the same time are also limited - Magic Network Broadcasting has been developing rapidly since its emergence. Until now There have been several extremely popular programs, and some entertainment content has been broadcast, but such things as film and television dramas have not yet appeared. It is still in Gawain's mind, and it is a plan that has not been prepared in detail, but Before Gawain could take action, a young man from the north had thought of it.
"Did you come up with this?" Gawain finally broke the silence. He looked at the blond young man named Firm, "It was inspired by the holographic projection of the coronation ceremony. ?"
"Yes...yes, Your Majesty," Firm lowered his head hurriedly and replied, "I was very surprised by those magic projections...I have only seen illusionists create them on the stage before. Simple phantoms produced by the magic network - the nobles like to use magic light and shadow to decorate their favorite plays, but there has never been anything that can create such a large-scale, long-term and extremely stable image like those magic network terminals, and I also I heard that it can record images, so... I came up with some ideas."
"This is an infinitely valuable idea... Cord didn't let me miss this treasure." Gawain sighed sincerely, and took another look at the play in mid-air——
That plot The simple farce is still being played. As the prototype of film and television dramas, it is actually very primitive in Gawain's opinion. It also retains a lot of characteristics of theatrical performances, such as overly cumbersome aria-style lines, unrealistic character costumes, Exaggerated physical performances, and although it can be seen that the actors on the screen are performing hard and have solid stage skills, Gawain can still find that they are very unsuitable for the performance environment under the "photography device". They are very stiff and professional. The actors were not supposed to be nervous, and these greatly affected the quality of the clip.
It is a demo draft at best.
However, Amber next to her was looking at those pictures intently. Even after watching them two or three times, she still looked very interested.
Amber’s reaction may represent the reaction of most ordinary people when they see these plays - drama has always been the exclusive preserve of upper-class citizens or nobles, and ordinary civilians have the most access to performances on weekdays. That is, the lame rap of minstrels and the farce of vaudeville during festivals. Even though magic network terminals, newspapers, magazines and the like are now constantly filling the boring spiritual life of ordinary people, there are interesting plots in the field of "stage" The repertoire is still the most lacking thing for everyone.
Even the simple and comical pieces of the play should be very interesting to those who have never been to a theater.
But Gawain will not be satisfied with this kind of thing.
"Do you have a good script?" He looked at Firm and asked in a gentle tone.
"I...I'm not a real playwright yet, and I'm not qualified to write my own scripts yet," Firm said nervously. "I just intercepted and adapted a fragment of my father's script. However, I'm trying to write some stories of my own..."
Film nervously said that he was trying to write stories in private, but as soon as he said this sentence, he immediately regretted it—— I am really out of my mind. Why do I show off my immature and ridiculous stories in front of His Majesty the Emperor? What if His Majesty asks him to come up with those stories? What if those stories offend His Majesty?
Visible beads of sweat appeared on Firm's forehead. Rebecca immediately noticed this and ran to open the window - the cold winter wind roared into the room. Seconds later, the window closed again with a casual wave of Gawain's hand.
“You go and read a book for a while.” Gawain glanced at Rebecca, then looked at Firm, and said what the other party least wanted to hear at the moment, “Let me see you. Something to write about."
Firm's body swayed, and he felt as if he was falling backwards, but a hand calmly supported his lower back.
Findil's voice came to his ears: "Friend, your stories are very interesting."
Film no longer cared about Fendil's identity at this moment - there was everyone here that he could only look up to, so he simply gave up and regained some courage from Fendil's encouragement. He reached into the inner pocket of his coat and took out a slightly worn notebook.
"Your Majesty...this is a story I wrote," he handed over the notebook. "It is still very immature. If the content is inappropriate, please forgive me..."
"It's okay, it's just a story." Gawain said casually, took Firm's notebook and flipped through it.
There are some messy and intermittent narratives in the front, and the content still cannot avoid elements such as knights, princesses, gods, and extraordinary beings. Although some novel ideas of young people can be seen, in fact they are just It was just a modification based on the predecessors, but part of the latter content caught Gawain's attention.
"Is this... your experience on the Highlander?" He raised his eyelids and pointed to the contents of the last few pages of the notebook.
"Well...actually...not all," Firm tried to organize his words, "some of them I saw on that mechanical ship, but the stories behind those passengers, their departure The previous background and their various experiences after arriving in the South are all exaggerated and imaginary, especially the passages describing the passengers after arriving in the South... They are all imaginary. After all, we separated after landing. I can only guess what those people will experience based on what I have seen."
As he spoke, Firm couldn't help but feel ashamed. He knew that his description of the immigrants' life on the ship was "vulgar." "The story is quite unattractive under such circumstances. There are no noble knights, no heroic battles, no wise admonitions from the gods and sages, and not even heroic monologues and narration poems. Even a performance on a street stage at the Harvest Festival would look crude, let alone a palace...
However, he saw His Majesty the Emperor in front of him smiling and nodding: "It's a bit interesting..."< /p>
Gawain closed his notes and glanced at Firm, who was a little stunned.
"Few playwrights would write this kind of 'practical', 'logical' stuff, few would focus on an interesting story rather than a tasteful heroic mask, and you also delete Without the narration poems and formulaic monologues that have no effect on the plot...Does this story have a name?"
Film was still in a daze at this moment, and he said subconsciously without thinking much. It's called "Going to the South"..."
Gawain was startled and couldn't help but laugh: "...This is really a simple and straightforward name, and it's also quite interesting."
p>Film immediately lowered his head: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed..."
"No, don't be ashamed, this name is very good, and this story is also very good, although it is not It's a script." Gawain shook his head and looked into Firm's eyes again and asked, "Have you used it?The Magic Network terminal recorded a magic shadow play. Did you notice any difference between the performance under the photography crystal and the stage performance? "
Film did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly ask him such a detailed and professional question, but he did notice some situations in this regard, so he quickly answered: "The traditional stage is open and Fixed, the actors and scenery are directly presented in front of everyone, but the Magic Network terminal is like an 'eye', and its 'stage' depends on its 'gazing range'..."
Gao Wen But there was more than one question, and he continued to ask:
“Have you ever considered how to change the scene under the photography crystal? ”
“Have you ever considered the difference between the script format required for a shadow play and the script format for a stage play? ”
“The rhythm of the shadow play is different from that of the stage play. Have you noticed this? "
"Under the photography crystal, illusion magic can produce better effects than on the stage. Do you have any ideas in this regard? ”
“Let’s conceive such a story, which will be presented in the form of a shadow play...”
Gawain asked his questions one after another. He has already With great interest, the emergence of new things made him once again feel the excitement of the times advancing in front of his eyes. The conversation between him and Firm became deeper and deeper, and soon, the topic reached a point where others could hardly hear it. She didn't understand it - even Rebecca was dumbfounded.
She couldn't help but come to Amber and carefully poked the latter's arm: "Hey, hey, the ancestor is here. What to say? "
"How do I know? "Hubo pouted, "I'm telling you, once he suddenly talks to others about a lot of topics that you don't understand, you'd better not listen too hard, otherwise you will definitely get a headache. I am particularly fond of it. Experience..."
"...Wow. ”
Elaven, who had basically not interrupted since entering the room, was also at a loss like Rebecca and Amber. On the contrary, it was Fendil who was standing behind Firm, because During the trip, he often discussed things about the Shadow Show with him, but he vaguely understood some things.
As a result, he and Firm soon came up with the same weird idea. ——
When facing such a brand-new thing, His Majesty Gawain was able to extend the topic in such a detailed and specific manner, and even extended it to the future development of such a thing. It was as if he had already Thinking of such a thing, he even foresees the future of this thing!
Firm's forehead was sweating again, and the question raised by Gawain was not so easy to answer - Even though he was the inventor of the magic shadow play, he had never thought about so many things at all, and had not had time to discover so many problems. After answering a series of questions with difficulty, after Gawain finally gave him some time to breathe. , this young man from Barron finally couldn't bear it any longer. He said boldly and hesitantly: "Your Majesty, have you... actually thought about it for a long time?"To something like the Demon Shadow drama? ”
As soon as he said these words, the more he thought about it, the more likely he felt that it was possible-after all, it was said that the Magic Network Broadcasting was first proposed by His Majesty Gawain Cecil...< /p>
Gawain reacted immediately after hearing what Firm said.
He may have asked too much and said too much.
That’s it. It made the interesting young man in front of him doubt his life.
"No, I'm just good at discovering new things," Gawain laughed, shook his head, and looked at Barron. For the young people, "Mr. Firm, you created the Shadow Show. This is absolutely true. Don't doubt it." ”