Chapter 174: Rest Day
The high-intensity busyness lasted for half a month, and everything was finally settled, and the days of happy play were returned. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's a pity that it's only one day, because the first batch of 300 homeless people is sure to arrive in Crescent City tomorrow, and the three counties visiting group will be the day after tomorrow, needless to say, it will be busy again.
All in all, this small half month of busyness has indeed paid off with a rich harvest.
Of course, the dormitory building of the first slave camp has already been built, and it has been occupied for several days, and many suggestions for improvement have been given back one after another. The other site, the residential building for the displaced people, is also largely completed, with some final corrections and finishing touches underway, and will be completed after today. Nearby, another building has been built.
Seriously, even considering the use of spells to assist the uncommon golden finger, it would still surprise and pride all the participants to be able to build two three-story buildings in just ten days.
On the other hand, Rocchi has been in hiding for several days, and it is said that he and Midwinter have organized a special crackdown on law and order in the city.
How big?--The Knights of the Crescent and the City Guard were dispatched at the same time, and it was that big.
Naturally, the use of such power cannot be used solely to maintain law and order. On a dark and windy night, with the most aggressive posture, they raided two taverns in the city, and as for the result, there is no need to say much.
These two badly damaged taverns are the camps of two large mercenary teams, and these two large mercenary teams are the two most direct sources of serious security problems in the city. That night, they were served in a pot, and of course they were not killed, but were tied up in uniform, beaten fat, and sent to prison.
So, how do they do the trouble of law and order?
The context of the matter is not complicated, it is nothing more than the continuous accumulation of the battle of wills, so it gradually becomes small and big, and finally makes trouble, and lives are endless...... A particularly classic grudge routine.
These are two teams that have always had a disagreement, and the root of the disagreement is no longer available, anyway, as long as they meet, they will at least have a verbal battle. Of course, they all came to Crescent City because of the Grand Duke's bounty order, and then they all had to stay here because of the wind and snow.
So, hehe, it's fun.
Think about it, two groups of people (mercenaries) who are particularly unruly and especially brave, don't like each other (known as suspicion), but are forced to be in the same city (look up and don't look down), and are bored all day long and have nothing to do (except for drinking, bragging, prostitution, and gambling, but these are obviously easy or anxious pastimes), the time and place are favorable, if there is no friction, is it worthy of the deep "affection" between them, which has long been so strong that it cannot be dissolved?
It's very reasonable, the fight started, more than once, and it became more and more intense.
If that's all there is, it's not a big deal. Isn't it just two groups of people fighting? This kind of thing is commonplace, and it doesn't happen in a huge city? The impact is certainly bad, but it is also very limited.
The bad thing is that these two groups are just large mercenary teams.
"Big" not only refers to the strength of many personnel, but also includes a broad and deep network.
The two groups of people who have suffered a loss and are anxious will easily think of pulling their relatives and close friends back to find the field, coming and going, you come and go, expansion is inevitable, constantly spreading, constantly implicated, slowly, the two groups of people will become the two camps.
The fight between the two camps is called a conflict and a war, and the consequences are not comparable to the fight between three or five or even a dozen people.
Therefore, there was a strike-hard operation, so the time of its launch was stuck on the eve of the outbreak of the war (causing death), so it did not hesitate to use the most powerful force in order to plow the court and sweep the holes in one net, uproot the two sources of disaster in one fell swoop, and by the way, deter Xiaoxiao, so as to solve the public security dilemma by both the symptoms and the root causes.
It must be said that the operation was very successful. While achieving the goal, the scale was also quite precise - the scope was not too small, the intensity was not light, and the desired deterrent effect was obtained, and it avoided the rebellion of the mercenary group as feared before - it was simply perfect.
In any case, Rochi, Midwinter, and even the Grand Duke and other high-ranking officials were quite satisfied with this strike hard operation, which not only solved the problem, cleared the hidden dangers, but also demonstrated strength, and more importantly, maintained the authority - even if it was not good, it could create a period of peace, and ensure that there would be no big jokes and chaos during the visit of the delegation of the three counties to Crescent City.
However, Ye Guyun inexplicably felt that they seemed to be too optimistic, but he pondered it repeatedly, but he couldn't find anything wrong, so he had no choice but to solemnly put forward a series of suggestions such as "to maintain vigilance" and "don't relax the monitoring efforts" that seemed to be nonsense, and then said no more.
"Maybe, it's really just that you're too sensitive?"
Walking on the street, the greatly improved law and order situation that he personally felt made Ye Guyun have to doubt his judgment.
There was no more bastards of two gangs openly fighting in the streets, and the adventurers I saw were all restrained, courteous and cautious, more docile than the most law-abiding citizens...... Everything seems to have returned to its former state, busy but harmonious, at least on the surface.
In that case, whatever! This hero came out to enjoy a break today!
As soon as he thought of this, Ye Guyun withdrew his thoughts and refocused on the present. At this moment, he and Frank were walking through the city together, and the destination was the Civic Theater, and the purpose, hey, pickle girl, both of them soaked, each soaked.
Frank's expression was particularly wonderful, both excited and expectant and apprehensive, all sorts of things, mixed into a hodgepodge.
"Ye, you still stay with me, okay?"
"No!"
"Alone, I'll be afraid...... I'm afraid I'll mess things up again......"
"I don't have the courage at all, and I still want to push other girls down?"
"Push, push, push, oh! It's so ugly! It's so filthy! I must state that my desire for Kenna is entirely out of the purest love!
"If Kenna had the face of Aunt Susanna, I don't think you would have any 'purest love'!"
"Uh......"
"That's it, I have no intention of discussing the subject of love and lust with you...... Discussing this kind of profound emotional proposition with an innocent little virgin like you who has no love experience is definitely a brain drain......"
"Hey! I can hear you!"
"Anyway! You're going to have to do it yourself! As a friend, I think I've done enough! Look, I'm writing scripts, I'm preparing props, I'm helping to pick out gifts—hmph! You don't even know how many brain cells it took me to get to those damn scripts......"
"Brain cells?"
"Ahem, that's not important. ”
"So, these scripts...... Can they get Kenna out of this mess?"
"What do you think?"
Frank was speechless, he had read the scripts in detail—"Cinderella," "Snow White," "Snow White," and "Beauty and the Beast—so he knew the synopsis and characters of each script, and frankly, he felt that he might never find a script more suitable for Kenna!
They're made for Kenna! Kenna must be the perfect heroine! No one in the Brilliant Troupe can compete with Kenna for these positions! Not even the Midnight Lady!
Oh! This is not a negation of Midnight's strong acting skills and outstanding stage charisma, but simply that those roles are better suited to Kenna.
They are generally similar, they are all young, beautiful, kind, and intelligent, but they have suffered bad luck due to various factors, and their image, of course, is indispensable to the strong component, but at least they should look feminine, delicate, like little white flowers fluttering and swaying in the wind, admirable and pitiful.
Undoubtedly, Ms. Midnight is a great beauty, and her beauty is stunning. However, because of this, it will appear too charming, too strong, too rich, too mature, so aggressive, easy to fall into, like a flower blooming on the other side of the Yellow Spring Road, mysterious and enchanting, seductive.
The other side flower plays the little white flower, which is certainly not suitable.
Of course, Ms. Midnight is definitely a great performer, and no one can deny the possibility that she can play the little white flower with great skill. It's just that there is already a ready-made little white flower (Kenna) clearly placed here, so why not give priority to it?
Frank understands all these reasons, but he still feels uncertain.
"Well, I'm not questioning the quality of these scripts, they're good and fit Kenna, it's just that I'm not even sure if they'll be adopted and put on stage......"
"Hmm, why?" Ye Guyun couldn't help but wonder.
"They...... It's too non-mainstream!" Frank carefully considered his words, "the genre is short, the plot is simple, and the theme is all about celebrating the truth, goodness, beauty and pure and beautiful love in the world, and when it is moved to the stage, it can only be presented as a short play...... Compared to the grand and magnificent heroic epics that are now in vogue, it seems somewhat, uh, ......childish," he shrugged, "If I were the boss of the troupe, I might not have the determination to take the risk of launching such a new drama that I don't know if it would be popular with the audience." ”
The reason for this made Ye Guyun unexpected.
To tell the truth, although it is true that these fairy tales were reproduced because he could not afford to revive Shakespeare's classic plays in a short period of time, he also had great confidence in them, and thought that they would be enough to save Kenna's acting career! First, as I said before, they were really very suitable for Kenna, and second, they were good enough - even if they were just fairy tales, they were classic fairy tales! To become classics, is it doubtful that their quality is excellent?
However, Ye Guyun really ignored the issue of audience acceptance.
Each era has its own aesthetic taste. For example, in the modern world, people prefer to watch movies rather than stage plays, listen to pop music rather than classical music, and appreciate slender bodies rather than plump and plump bodies.
At present, among the dramas, heroic epics are undoubtedly the most popular dramas among the audience, although in Ye Guyun's eyes, they are extremely dull and cliché.
As for fairy tales, compared with heroic epics, isn't it just the contrast between the beautiful and timeless freshness and the salty and wet "song of killing and......"?
Well, because these stories are excellent, I have to believe that the audience will like them in the end, but they will not like it immediately, and there must be at least a process, long or short.
"So...... Yes. If I were the owner of a theater company, I wouldn't be willing to risk losing both fame and profit to launch this kind of so-called new drama that doesn't seem to sell well......
Thinking of this, Ye Guyun felt even more difficult, weighed it, and said with a wry smile: "Anyway, the script has already been figured out, no matter what, you always have to try it." ”
"That's the truth. Frank nodded, "And will you still accompany me to see Kenna?"
"......" Ye Guyun's forehead jumped, "Please! This is your own love! You have to fight for it yourself! What about your courage? What about your wisdom?"
"It's not a matter of courage and wisdom! It's a matter of experience! I just wish someone came to me for a detailed explanation, so that I don't have to make some stupid choices......" Frank argued, pausing, but shaking his head, "Forget it! You'd better go find your midnight lady!"
"Uh......" Ye Guyun immediately felt choked.
"Ye, do you really want to pursue the property lady?"
“...... Yes. ”
"Why?" Frank frowned, "didn't you say you couldn't afford more love anymore?"
"I don't know. Ye Guyun's answer was crisp but surprising, "If you think you want to do it, you will do it, and follow your heart." ”
"Huh?" Frank couldn't understand.
"In fact, I've been in this ...... since I came into this world. In a ridiculous, uncontrollable state. Ye Guyun shook his head, "So my behavior is always inconsistent, irregular, and difficult to guess...... I can't explain them all myself......"
"It's terrible! it's so uncomfortable!" Frank looked at him sympathetically, but then changed to a thoughtful expression, "Is this ...... A series of physical and psychological discomforts caused by the all-round changes in the environment and rules after the first arrival in a different world? Well, this is a good topic and worth studying!"
"......" Ye Guyun was full of black lines, so depressed, and finally only turned into one word, "Get out!"