Chapter 252: Among the Twelve

This chapter is subtitled: Role-Playing Movies and Games

"As the creator of the film 'Twelve', Mr. Yuen has adopted a very creative approach to writing, which he calls 'role playing'. 23us Later, this writing method was applied by Mr. Yuan to table games, so there was a role playing game......"

"The first role-playing game was "The Legend of Sordman 3" written by Mr. Yuan Yanqian himself. As for why the third part, it is said that Mr. Yuan has two trial versions before this. This is a purely Chinese-style board game, the story is set in 745 AD, that is, the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, in August of this year, Yang Yuhuan was officially canonized as Yang Guifei, and began her ten-year favored career. It was also in this year that An Lushan was edicted to enter the pilgrimage, and the prosperity of Chang'an once again stirred up the fire of ambition in his heart, but Tiance Mansion brought him endless shock, he never thought that Datang still had such a strong army. In order to achieve his own goals, An Lushan persuaded Yang Guozhong to support the Shence Army to suppress Tiance, and on the other hand, he began to secretly prepare his own army, the Wolf Tooth Army. At the same time, what shocked An Lushan was the momentum of the entire Central Plains martial arts, and he who had seen the famous sword conference of the Tibetan Sword Mountain Villa knew that if he wanted to really enter the Central Plains, then it was necessary to solve the great problem of the Central Plains martial arts forces. At this time, a mysterious person walked into An Lushan's camp......"

"The game was a huge success not only in Mr. Yuan's hometown of China, but also very popular with Western gamers. On top of this, Wizard of the Coast Games, a subsidiary of SCP Magazine, has developed a Western-based tabletop game, which is based on the eponymous A Song of Ice and Fire, also known as the Dragons and the Great Wall......

β€”β€”β€”β€” excerpt from A Brief History of Table Games

"Is anyone volunteering to sign up next?"

"Mr. Yuan, this is too much to listen to. I signed up for ......"

Before our Master Yuan could finish speaking, Mr. Fitzgerald raised his hand in the air. This guy is only 24 years old, and his personality belongs to the kind of Aixian, so when he sees such a novel and interesting thing, he naturally responds immediately.

"Mr. Fitzgerald...... Well, it should be juror number 3, tell us what kind of person you are. ”

The young writer said with some excitement: "I am a clerk in an advertising agency......"

Heck, that's an interesting coincidence. He did work in the advertising industry for a while, and the earliest 1957 movie version of "Twelve Angry Men" did have a young advertising man who looked good and had a somewhat flashy temperament. (Author's note: "Twelve Angry Men" also had a TV series version before that.) οΌ‰

I just heard him continue: "Well, I should be unmarried......"

Yuan Yan said, "So you're in a hurry to go to tonight's date now, right?" ”

Mr. Fitzgerald was stunned for a moment, and after a moment's thought, he suddenly realized, "Yes, I do have a date tonight, or with a beautiful girl." So ......"

He glanced thoughtfully at the beautiful "defendant" and said, "Then I don't care whether the defendant is guilty or not, I just want to end this discussion as soon as possible." ”

Look, that's what a genius writer is. As long as I give a little hint, I can make up a complete character design in my brain.

β€œperfect! Juror No. 3, please take your seat. ”

Just as the young writer was seated, a female voice rang out.

"Mr. Yuan, I think there should be a female juror!"

Master Yuan looked at it when he heard the voice, and the person who spoke was indeed Lady Vivian-Cather. It was only natural for a feminist like her to make such a request.

The passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920, which enshrined women's right to vote in politics, marked a breakthrough success for the feminist movement and a major milestone for the feminist movement in the United States. Of course, after giving women full suffrage, the issue of female jurors was the subject of a nationwide discussion. It seems that the famous female writer also wants to add a political topic to "Twelve".

......As a neoclassical liberal master, Yuan Yanqian must support feminism. However, as a screenwriter, he also has to consider the acceptance of the public. The topic of female jurors was too sensitive, and America in 1920 was too conservative, remembering that even New York State did not admit women to jury until 1937 and allowed women to excuse themselves from jury duty simply because they were women.

So he had to refuse in an apologetic tone: "Ms. Cather, personally, I fully support women being on jurors. But it's a ...... after all Well, a realistic film, it's unrealistic to have women on a jury in New York City this year. It's not as good as ......."

He had an idea and said, "Why don't you simulate a male character?" ”

Ms. Cather rolled her eyes and said very happily, "Well, then I'm a big bastard who discriminates against women......"

"Hahaha......" The crowd let out a good-natured laugh.

"I should still be a devout Christian!" The female writer, who suddenly became menacing, pointed at the female star who was still pitiful and said: "Such a bewitching woman is a cheap woman sent by the devil to seduce men to sin, so of course she is guilty." We are guilty too! ”

"Papapa......" Literary young women like Miss Helen Brown and Miss Emma Pulitzer applauded enthusiastically.

"Well, that, well." Our Master Yuan wiped the cold sweat on his head and said, "Juror No. 4 is here." ”

Then he saw another woman raise her hand: "Emma, are you going to play a male juror too?" ”

Miss Pulitzer grinned and pointed to her father, "No, I signed up for Mr. Pulitzer." ”

"Nonsense!" The editor-in-chief of Le Monde was a little dissatisfied.

Her daughter said nonchalantly, "Dad, what's the matter?" Mr. Brown can be a juror, and so can you. Do you think so? ”

"That's right, that's right!" How could Master Yuan let go of such an opportunity, this is the owner and editor-in-chief of the four major newspapers in New York, if he can pull it in, it will be the icing on the cake for the promotion of this film.

He hurried over to Mr. Pulitzer and said, "Our juror number 5 is a ...... Well, sir, who are you? ”

Mr. Editor-in-Chief said a little helplessly: "Then I'll be an ordinary office worker." By the way, I also have a beautiful and cute little daughter who gives me a headache! ”

"Hahaha......" Yuan Yanqian laughed with everyone, "So do you think the defendant is guilty?" ”

Mr. Pulitzer shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly, "I don't know, maybe there is, maybe not." ”

"You may be seated, Juror 5." Master Yuan turned to everyone and said, "Okay, plus my words, half of our jury is full!" ”

"Then I'm Juror No. 6, and I'm going to ...... next."