Chapter 741: Infinite Value
The rudimentary play filmed in the street square of Saint-Sunil was playing on Gawain's desk, repeated for the second time.
Amber blinked at the farce projected into the crystal, and amber eyes looked full of interest.
Gawain didn't say a word for the entire playback, for more than ten minutes—but he didn't take his eyes off the magic device on the table for a moment.
His Majesty's silence and the seriousness of the atmosphere around him made the young playwright from Barron nervous, and he had long since ceased to tell his story, and now waited in silence with trepidation, as if he were waiting for a judgment not to show his proud creation.
The undulating thoughts in Gao Wen's heart gradually calmed down at this moment.
This is a film and television drama that has been moved to the terminal of the magic network, it is the prototype of the movie, and it is something that he once conceived, 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, and even Gawain himself can only say in general terms that "it will change the whole world" - but one thing is undoubted, as a carrier that can quickly disseminate massive amounts of information, the role of Magic Network Broadcasting is not as simple as daily correspondence and the release of information by government offices and advertisements by big businessmen.
It can take on the responsibility of the spiritual needs of the new age—when the Cecilians are well fed and clothed, when basic literacy is no longer the prerogative of the nobility and merchants, when people are no longer satisfied with basic survival and monotonous entertainment, they will surely pursue something more advanced.
As a "person who has come over", Gawain knows how meaningful this "spiritual need" is.
But people's energy is limited after all, and Gawain's satellite essence is no exception, and the projects that the government affairs department can promote at the same time are also limited - Magic Network Radio has been developing rapidly since its appearance, and now there are several extremely popular programs, and there are also some entertainment content broadcasts, but film and television dramas have not yet appeared, it is still in Gawain's mind, it is a plan that has not had time to prepare in detail, but before Gawain starts to act, a young man from the north has already thought of it.
"This is what you came up with?" Gawain finally spoke to break the silence as he looked at the blond young man named Film, "Inspired by the holographic projection of the coronation?" ”
"Yes...... Yes, Your Majesty," Film replied with a hurried bow of his head, "and I was very surprised by those magical projections...... I'd only seen simple illusions made by illusionists on stage before—the nobles loved to decorate their favorite plays with magical light and shadow, but nothing had ever been able to create images of such a scale, for a long time, and as remarkably stable as those web terminals, and I had heard that it could record images, so ...... Some ideas were generated. ”
"That's a valuable idea...... Cod didn't let me miss out on this treasure. Gawain sighed heartily, and glanced at the repertoire in mid-air again—
The burlesque with a simple plot is still playing, as the prototype of film and television dramas, it is actually very primitive in Gawain's opinion, and it still retains a large number of characteristics of theatrical performances, such as overly cumbersome aria lines, character costumes that are out of reality, exaggerated physical performances, and although it can be seen that the actors on the screen are performing hard, and they also have solid stage skills, Gawain can still find that they are very unsuitable for the performance environment under the "camera installation", they are very stiff, and they have the tension that professional actors should not have, These all greatly affect the quality of this clip.
It's a demo draft at best.
However, Amber next to her looked at those pictures intently, even if she watched them two or three times, she was still full of interest.
Amber's reaction may be representative of the reaction of the vast majority of ordinary people when they see these plays - drama has always been the preserve of high-class citizens or aristocrats, and the most performances that ordinary people can access on weekdays are the crappy raps of bards and the juggling farce during festivals, even if the magic web terminal and newspapers, magazines and the like are constantly filling the boring spiritual life of ordinary people, but in the field of "stage", the repertoire with interesting plots is still the most scarce thing for everyone.
Even the sloppy and comical repertoire should be very interesting to those who have never been to the theater.
But Gawain wasn't going to settle for anything like that.
"Do you have a good script?" He looked at Film and asked in a gentle tone.
"I ...... I'm not really a playwright yet, and I'm not qualified to write my own plays," Film said nervously, "I just took and adapted a snippet of my father's play." But I'm trying to write some of my own stories......"
In a fit of nervousness, Film said that he had tried to write a story in private, but as soon as he said this, he immediately regretted it - he was really dizzy, why should he show off his immature and ridiculous stories in front of His Majesty the Emperor? What if His Majesty asks for those stories himself? What if those stories anger His Majesty?
Beads of sweat were visible from Film's forehead, and Rebecca immediately noticed this, and quickly ran to open the window—the cold winter wind whistled into the room, and the next second the window closed again with a casual wave of Gawain's hand.
"You go and read the book," Gawain said, glancing at Rebecca and then at Film, saying the last thing he wanted to hear at the moment, "let me see what you wrote." ”
Film's body shook a little, and he felt as if he was falling backwards, but a hand held his back silently.
Fendil's voice reached his ears: "Friend, your stories are interesting. ”
Film didn't care about Fendil's identity at the moment—he was a person he could only look up to here, so he simply let it go, and regained some courage from Fendil's encouragement, and reached into the pocket of his coat and took out a notebook that had been slightly worn.
"Your Majesty...... This is the story I wrote," he handed over the notebook, "and I beg your pardon if there is any transgression in the contents......"
"It's okay, it's just a story." Gawain said casually, took Film's notebook, and flipped through it.
The front is a messy and intermittent narrative, and the content still can't avoid elements such as knights, princesses, gods, and transcendents, although some of the young people's novel ideas can be seen, but in fact they are only modified and modified on the basis of their predecessors, but some of the latter content has attracted Gawain's attention.
"It's ...... What was your experience aboard the Highlander? He lifted his eyelids and pointed to the last few pages of his notebook.
"Uh...... In fact...... "It's not all," Film struggled to organize the language, "some of them I saw on that mechanical ship, but the stories behind the passengers, the backgrounds they set off, the experiences they had after they arrived in the South, there was an element of exaggeration and imagination, especially the passages that described the passengers after they arrived in the South...... It was all my imagination, after all, we were scattered when we came ashore, and I can only guess what those people would go through based on what I saw and heard. ”
As he spoke, Film could not help but feel ashamed, knowing that his "vulgar" story about the life of the immigrants on a ship was quite unpopular on such an occasion, there were no noble knights, no heroic battles, no wise admonitions from the gods and sages, not even heroic monologues and narrated poems, which would look crude on the street stage of the Harvest Festival, let alone the palace......
However, he saw His Majesty the Emperor in front of him smile and nodded: "It's kind of interesting......
Gawain closed his notes and glanced at Fill, who was a little stunned.
"Very few playwrights write anything that is 'practical' and 'logical', very few focus on an interesting story rather than a high-profile heroic mask, and you cut out the narration poems and formulaic monologues that don't contribute to the plot...... Does this story have a name? ”
Film was still at a loss at the moment, and he almost didn't think much before he subconsciously said: "It's called "To the South" ......"
Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "...... It's a really simple and straightforward name, and it's kind of interesting. ”
Film immediately lowered his head: "Your Majesty, I'm ashamed......"
"No, don't be ashamed, it's a good name, and it's a good story, even though it's not a script yet," Gawain shook his head and looked into Film's eyes and asked, "You've already recorded a magic shadow show with the magic net terminal, have you noticed any difference between the performance under the camera crystal and the stage performance?" ”
Film didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor to suddenly ask himself such a detailed and professional question, but he did notice something about this, so he quickly replied: "The traditional stage is open and fixed, and the actors and sets are presented directly in front of everyone, but the magic web terminal is like an 'eye', and its 'stage' depends on its 'gaze'......"
Gawain had more than one question, and he continued to ask:
"Have you ever thought about how to transform a scene under the photographic crystal?"
"Have you considered the difference between the script format required for the Shadow Drama and the script format for the stage play?"
"The rhythm of the Shadow Drama is different from the stage play, have you noticed that?"
"Do you have any ideas about the fact that illusion magic can produce better results under the photographic crystal than on stage?"
"Let's conceive a story like this, and it's going to be presented in the form of a magic shadow drama......"
Gawain threw out his own questions one after another, he was already in high spirits, the emergence of new things made him feel the agitation of the times advancing before his eyes again, and his conversation with Film became deeper and wider, and soon, the topic reached a point that others could barely understand - even Rebecca was dumbfounded.
She couldn't help but come to Amber and carefully poke the latter's arm: "Hey, hey, what is the ancestor talking about here?" ”
"How do I know?" Amber pouted, "I'll tell you, once he suddenly talks to someone about a lot of topics that you can't understand, you'd better not listen hard, otherwise you'll definitely have a headache, I'm very experienced......"
“…… Wow. ”
Elivan, who had barely interjected since entering the house, was also at a loss like Rebecca and Amber at this time, but it was Fendil, who was standing behind Film, because he often discussed things about the magic shadow drama with the other party during the trip, but he vaguely understood some things.
Therefore, he soon had the same and outlandish idea as Film-
His Majesty Gawain was able to extend the topic so meticulously and concretely in the face of such a brand-new thing, and even extended it to the future development of such a thing, it was as if he had thought of such a thing a long time ago, and even foreseen the future of this thing!!
Fine sweat oozed from Film's forehead again, the question raised by Gawain was not so easy for him to answer - even if he was the inventor of the Magic Shadow Drama, he hadn't thought about so many things at all, he hadn't had time to discover so many questions, and after answering a long list of questions with difficulty, after Gawain finally gave him time to breathe, the young man from Barron finally couldn't help it, and he said boldly and hesitantly: "Your Majesty, you ...... Did you actually think of something like a magic shadow drama a long time ago? ”
As soon as he said this, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was very possible—after all, such a thing as a magic network broadcast was said to have been first proposed by His Majesty Gawain Cecil......
Gawain reacted immediately when he heard Film's words.
He may have asked too much and said too much.
It's so much that it makes the interesting young man in front of him doubt his life.
"No, I'm just good at discovering new things," Gawain laughed, shaking his head, his gaze falling on the young man from Barron, "Mr. Film, it's true that you created the Shadow Show, don't doubt it. ”