"..." After reading the letter, everyone fell into a strange silence.
After a while, Benesse mumbled unwillingly, "I knew that I shouldn't bless the fourth prince and look forward to thinking about the places he frequented in the capital and his reputation. I thought that ascending the throne made him..."
"Shh," Agpo pulled the other's arm, "be careful, the nobles who come and go here are all supporters of His Majesty the King. Even if they are not, they will pretend to be. If someone hears you say that, I'm afraid It's going to cause trouble."
Roentgen sighed, "We probably won't set foot on the territory of the new capital in our lifetime."
"That's not bad, we are quite popular here, aren't we?" Agpo said comfortingly, "Or, in addition to Neverwinter, the Cajun Theatre Company can be called a first-class theatre team and support themselves. No problem."
"The ghost will come to the old capital sooner or later." Kakin said suddenly, "I've been watching May's plays over and over these days, and I found that they all have one thing in common, that is, they face each other against a fictional background. The viewer moves silently, and the background is the future planned by His Majesty. Since it is the communication tool of the king's idea and will, how can it be broadcast only in Neverwinter? Until then, you can still tell yourselves Is the drama so confident?"
Agpo was stunned, "We... We can go to other places, such as Dawn. Teacher, as long as you speak, the theater over there will definitely be willing to let us stay there."
Kakin shook his head, "I won't go to Dawn."
"That… "
The drama master raised his head, "I'm going to Neverwinter again."
"what?"
"teacher?"
The three were shocked.
"It takes at least a month for the troupe to travel back and forth to Neverwinter, and during this period, everyone has almost no income," Agpo quickly discouraged, "We're just fine, but the following newcomers and apprentices are afraid that they will not be able to make ends meet, which will affect the stability of the troupe. ."
Of course Kakin knew this. Going out to perform in other places would be fine if he had a fixed base in the theater. Otherwise, he had to bring his own props and supplies, which was not an easy job.
But what he meant was not as everyone thought, "I won't take away the troupe."
This time the disciples were stunned for a longer time, "Then... what are you going to do?"
"To compete for the performance opportunity of the ghost." Kakin said slowly. "Although His Majesty said that ghosts will spread sooner or later, he didn't mention the specific time... Ten years, or twenty years? No matter what, I can't wait that long. Even if it's only five years, The Star Flower Troupe will reach an unprecedented height, and by then it will be too late for us to catch up and start contacting the ghost from scratch."
The best time to catch a wave is when it looks up and jumps out of the sea.
"The problem is, Your Majesty already has the Star Flower Troupe..." Benesse murmured.
"The Star Flower Troupe only had Xing and Hua at the beginning." Kakin glanced at the disciples, "What's more, my thoughts have not changed. An outstanding performance must be constantly tempered behind the scenes to reach the best level. Since the drama arranged by Your Majesty cannot be handled by Xinghua alone, our joining may not be a solution. If we can beat the other party in the drama, maybe we can win the performance of the ghost."
"You're going to do those... zajus?" Agpo said in disbelief.
"If you want to get one part, you often have to give up the other part." He nodded, "But even if it's a drama, it can't be a reason to relax, just go all out."
Kacking paused, "Of course, His Majesty may still refuse this request, then I will join the Star Flower Troupe in my own name. Do you want to come with me?"
No one answered.
I don't know if I haven't recovered yet, or I don't want to leave the old capital.
Maybe both.
Kakin was not surprised. In fact, when he had this idea, even himself was taken aback. As Aegpoo said, even if he went to Dawn, he could gain a high status by fame, but now he wants to. Aside from these, it will never be an easy choice.
What's more, he is old... His memory is not as good as before, and his legs and feet are not flexible enough. What kind of roles can he play on the stage? It's usually just an unimportant supporting role. No matter how good the performance is, it is probably a joke in the eyes of others.
It can be said that at the moment when he became famous and turned from the front to the backstage, he never thought that he would come back one day. Since His Majesty could not accept his script, he could not write like "New City" and "Dawn". story, then only try it as an actor.
Is it too incredible
Kakin looked at the expressions of his disciples, as if reading their thoughts.
That's right, it's really incredible that after making this decision, he felt a long-lost relief.
I am indeed old, but strangely, my heart seems to have returned to the scene when I followed my family into the theater for the first time and saw the play more than 30 years ago.
The uncontrollable excitement and impulse at this moment are almost the same as when they were young.
He has countless reasons to stop himself, but in front of that possible opportunity, all the reasons have come to nothing.
"Agpo has been with me for the longest time, and has enough knowledge about running a troupe. When I'm away, he will temporarily manage it." Kakin explained calmly, "Recently, many talented people have joined the troupe. The newcomers, let them make more appearances, as long as the drama is rehearsed normally, I believe there will be no problems."
"Teacher..." The three of them wanted to say something, but he stopped them.
He followed the voice of youth.
The voice was telling him.
He wanted to play the ghost.
The western border of Graycastle, Neverwinter.
As Roland expected, after finding the right material, the weaponization of napalm was astonishingly fast.
In just one week, the Ministry of Chemical Industry put the trial product in front of him.
It was a dozen iron barrels with a diameter of 30 centimeters and a height of about one meter. The center of the iron barrels was filled with detonating explosives and connected with wires.
"Your Majesty, this is the Burning City Sky Fire Thunder designed by me," Laitning introduced enthusiastically, "it has three layers, namely the special effect snow powder layer, the combustion-supporting layer and the fuel layer. In order to make the burning area spread more widely , these three layers are not simple wrapping structures, but like inverted mushrooms, the fire of snow powder will hit the combustion-supporting layer and the fuel layer upwards, just like an erupting volcano! And…”
It was probably hard to get a chance to replace Kemostrell. The chief alchemist who originally belonged to the Capital Alchemy Association eloquently explained his proud work, and his many designs really made Roland's eyes light up. . In addition to developing the detonation configuration and combustion-supporting considerations of directional ignition, he also mentioned the idea of delayed detonation for the first time, using the precise and controllable characteristics of electric detonators to detonate multiple explosives in sequence, reducing mutual influence and improving the killing effect. . I have to say that this group of people standing at the top of the industry do have different talents.
Lightnin, for example, seems to be particularly keen on chemicals being used to create explosions.
The only thing that made Roland questioned was the style and taste of the other party's name.
But these are not big problems, anyway, when the army is officially installed, he is the only one who has the naming rights.
"Then let's test your so-called Burning City Skyfire now." Roland smiled slightly.